Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-03-06
of Choteau, is spending few days in

OF Choteau, is spending few days in
the city.
Attorney j. G. Bair of Choteau is in
the city on professional business in the
district court.
G. T. Rowles, we'll known rancher
| OF Sun River, was registered at the Ulm
yesterday.
j. W, Donovan, chief dispatcher of
the Montana Central, is absent at Hell
ena on business trip.
| j. W. Sulgrove of Choteau, county
attorney for Teton county, is in the city
on professional business.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Franklin will leave
this morning for Anaconda, where Mrs.
Franklin will visit for some time, while
Mr.. Franklin will 90 to Hot Springs,
Ark, for his health.
H. d. Evans and wife of Truly are in
the city, registered at the Ulm house.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans came in to attend
the celebration of St. David's day by
the Welshmen of Great Falls.
The county commissioners met yester
day in adjourned meeting, Chairman
Ellis and Commissioner Hay being pres
ent. No business was transacted and
the commissioners adjourned until this
morning,
TIE fire department was summoned at
1910 p. IN, yesterday to the Great
Northern passenger depot, where d stove
had been overturned. No damage re-
suited and the departments services
were not needed.
The fire department was summoned
about 7 p. III. Sunday to Mayor &. Nj,
Websters residence at Fourth avenue
north and Fifth street, where tlue was
burning out. There was no damage and
no water was turned on
Mayor Webster will oddress the immi
grafton convention at Helena on March
:, 10 on "ihe Resources of Cascade
3 County" and 7. E. Collins has been az
signed the important subject of "The
i Coal and Iron Interests of Montana"
M. L. Milfer, OF the Miner Cattle
company, chairman of the executive
a committee of the North Montana
j. Roundup association, is spending his
s winter vacation abroad. He is now Wis,
d iting in the Mediterranean countries.
= There is now only one telephone at
l. Belt, but another will soon be placed 10
a between the eff :es of John X. CaetneI
n and Justice Fitzgerald, which will be
q much more convenient for a large por
ton of the town than the present loca
ton.
}. ia the district court yesterday, on mo
II ton of Ransom Cooper, attorney fol
g. plaintiff, the suit of Mrs. S j. Merritt
e We. Mark e Bray ct al, involving th'
d possession and ownership OF the so
g called Merritt mine at Belt, was dis
missed as settled.
n Mise Vickie Ginchereau, aged 10 years
If died yesterday at the Burlington hote
70 from tonsllitis. She was Il sweet littl
h girl, who had arrived here from Helen
only little more than a week ago to re
., side with her parents. who are proprie
'" tors of the Burlington hotel She wa
'o not very we'll when she arrived here An
- steadily grew worse. The funeral wi
q take place this afternoon at 2;}O at tn
" Catholic church, and the remains will b
u; u inferred in Calvary cemetery.
~. j. G.. Rumney of the Rumney Cattl
~ company came in from Cascade yestel
I day and is stopping in the city for
IN week or two, being summoned on tn
a. jury. Mr.. Rumncy states that it is Sc
dom, indeed, that such a favorable VIII
ter for cattle has been experienced
here has been no loss at all and tn
cattle are in splendid condition in b
section. With a-littie rain or snow
,v give the ground good Wettlng, SO thu
the grass may get an early start, tn
year 1896 will be a red letter year III tt
ne cattle business for Montana.
n Ii
Grove Of Gey ser, II native of Scotian
r. who was summoned TO act as IA trial jurt
y, IN the district court, was not d cItlzt
lst nf the United States, although he hH
declared his intention of becoming
citlZeu several years ago and had 1--we
- in the United States the required tim
rs He soon secured the necessary witness
ma and was naturalized by Judge Bento
rhomae p Green was summoned on It
first special venre He WAS rot a cit
III zen, bad declared his intention Of becon
~ ing "A citizen three years ago, but did n
'h' come to he United States until Marc
LII 5, 1871, so that he lacked SIX days
having lived IN the country long enOul
m 10 become naturalzed. Consequent
,ia he was excused.
III freight wreck occurred Sundt
h' morning on Ihe NtlhhTt DFhDCn ABOUT
'er mile this side of Swift. ~ o late co
We train from Belt WAS coming into Il
he Falls when it got stalled, and secti'
of the train WAS detached and carried {
i over the heavy grade, the engine retur
is ing for the balance. The engine b;
Of just returned about a. m. when H
ast other train came along, and, 4
at engineer not seeing the flagma
,ill crashed into the caboose of tt
ne coal train. The engineer and fiji
an man on the second engine jumped ju
no before the co lieion. The cabooee fl
ion tunately was empty, so that no one W
,t. hurt. The caboose was badly smash
1al and the collidirg engine deraled, OIL
en several OF the cars attached to itpiled
or on top of each other.
at Wednesday,, March 4.