Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-02-14
Or LOCAL INTEREST,

The meeting of the directors OF the
Electric City club, for the purpose of
electing officers of the club for the en-
suing year, to have been held yesterday
evening, was postponed until o'clock
this evening.
An attachment was levied yesterday
by Constable Joe Huston Oh the stock
of Yataro Ichinari e. Co., the Japanese
firm on Central avenue. The amount at
issue is Sl52 y, alleged to be due another
japanese house for goods sold and de-
livered The constable will probably
sell out the stock Of Japanese goods to
meet the sum due.
Thos. w. Murphy, we'll known attor.
ney, who formerly practiced his profess
sion in this city and at Fort Benton, but
recently settled in practice at Duluth,
Minnesota, arrived here yesterday to
he is still interested in this section. He
expects to be here until the 22d inst,
when he will return to Duluth.
Some person has been cutting ice i'm
mediatelv below the point where the
Third street main sewer enters the
river and residents Of the North side
charge that the ice has been hauled to
town and stored. The ice is from water
which is filled with sewage and must
certainly be tainted. The intent doubt
less is t, 'iiapnse of tho ice, for which Of
fenee the penalty is Imprisonment for
not more than six months and fine Of
not more than $780, all If which anyone
"ho would endanger the public health
! y sell ng such compound would de-
SCI. .,
| A prominent business man residing on
the North side has heard frequent jokes
about the antipathy OF tramp to cord
wood, but is finally convinced that such
sentiment exists, His wife fed seven
| tramps in three days recently, and On
the fourth day the gentleman purchased
q cord # wo-d, which was piled behind
his house. Since, the buns pass by
with an unanmity that is surprising.
and h. is so well pleased with the result
that Lo desires to recommend to all the
same remedy, which he viii guarantee
to ho clIicacious.
! Chris. Diedrich Of l0G Seventh street
south, aged - years, q lncmbcr Of Mill
and Smeitermen's union, No >, died at
! 9 p. II Wednesday, 1T Columbus hozpi-
| tai, alter an illness of about one week
with pneumonia. His wife. nee Miss
Bertha Noeth, to whom he was married
January 6, 1896, survives him. The
funcr under the auspices of the Mill
i and Smeltermcn's union, will take place
from the German Lutheran church.
Eleventh street and First avenue south,
Sunday afternoon, The services viii be
conducted in English by Rev, NJ, Merz
of Helena.
In tie case of the State vs. Edward j.
| OBrien, convicted Of maneaughter and
sentenced to Imprisonment for 10 years,
it is Il question whether or not an appeal
will be entertained by the supreme court
The defense did not move for a new trial
or an arrest Of Judgment claiming sucn
d course was unnecessary, but appeals
on bill of exceptions TO tho proceedings
in the case. The state claims that an
appeal cannot be taken unless a motion
for new trial or an arrest of judgment
be made in the district court. The
point has never been decided in Mon
tana and the supreme courts action in
the matter is awaited with interest by
attorneys.
At $50 o'clock Wednesday evening,
while freight train on the Great North
ern WAS crossing, at the rate of 10 miles
per hour, trestle at the foot Of Teton
hill, about four miles below Fort Benton.
the tiange on wheel of one of the cars
near the rear of the train, loaded with
coal, broke and the car went through
the bridge. The five cars following, also
loaded with coal, struck the first and all
were derailed. No one was Injured.
Yesterday morning the passenger trains
transferred with very little delay and
during the day the damage was wholly
repaired.
The members of the Scandinavian
Brotherhood, new but remarkably
prosperous fraternal and beneficial So
ciety met Tuesday evening last at
Groves hall and enjoyed what might be
termed good, old fashioned evening
of fun and pleasure. There were dia-
logues and acting, speeches dancing and
music, of course, and plenty of delica-
cies to comfort the inner man, so that
all enjoyed themselves during the even
ing.