The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-19
GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Alex Cameron is in the city from
Evans.
William Plunmer is in the city from
Geyser.
Harry Winters is in the city from
Melrose.
Thomas Harvey of Box Elder is in
the city.
George w. Gates is in the city from
Chinook.
w. N. Smith is visiting Great Falls
from Benton
Milt D. Cooper Is in the city from
Teton county.
A. p. Larson of Cascade was in the
city yesterday.
John Bauer came down from Sweet
grass yesterday.
A. McNaughton Of Missoula is visit
ing Great Falls
Henry o. Hanlon was in the city
from Chinook yesterday.
Thomas M. Chamberlain, the Geyser
sheepman, Is in the city.
]. NJ. Carlisle and Tom II. Reese came
in from Truly yesterday.
J. w. Bridges registered from Ana
conda at the Park yesterday.
Jim Mcdonald is in the city from the
Snow creek country above Neihart
Attorney A. P. McAnnalley Of Belt
was in the city yesterday on legal bust
ness.
Joe Wagner of Stockett was in the
city Monday to attend the funeral of
Captain French
Major John r. Miller and sister, Miss
f. l.. Miller Of Helena. were Great
Falls visitors this week.
The official board of the First NJ.
e. church will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night at the parsonage.
II. A.. Fitch and Henry Muntzer, the
Butte brewer. were in Great Falls yes
terday from the Smoky City.
Mrs. ]. C. Huntoon, wife of Attorney
Huntoon, will leave for the East in a
day or so to spend the winter.
Assessor Birkenbud and wife came
down from the Sun river ranch to at
tend Captain French's funeral
Captain A T. Jensen has returned to
Great Falls from Butte and will re-
main here as manager for A. Nathan's
store.
Miss Belle McCaffery of Anaconda,
who has been visiting friends in this city
for several weeks. has returned to her
home. s..
Great Falls parties who have re-
turned from Helena report great
many case Of scarlet fever among the
children Of that city
Sheriff w D. Hagen of Teton passed
through the city yesterday, en- route
for Choteau, from delivering candi-
date to the Deer Lodge pententiary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Clark have
come into the city from Mr.. Clark's
Teton sheep ranches and are located
for the winter at S27 Fifth avenue
north.
Hon W. G. Conrad and family left
yesterday morning for Whitepost, Va,
where Mr.. Conrad goes to place his sons
Arthur and Hartford In a preparatory
college school.
Mayor T. A. Cummings of Fort Ben
| ton has gone to rejoin his family in
| St. Paul for the winter and will not
| return until the calf crop blooms in the
spring, ha! ha!
After Jan. LIST the Great Falls laun-
! dries intend doing a cash business and
the man who has not Is cents change
| in his inside pocket must wear his last
weeks shirt for a change.
r. E. Brown, who has been quarter
master sergeant of Fort Assinniboine for
years past, has been transferred to
Michigan, and he and Mrs. Brown left
| for their new home Tuesday.
w. I. Baker is in the city from Arm
ington. Mr.. Baker lately disposed of
!
| Armstrong of Indiana and expects to
take a trip to the East during the win
| ter.
To-day Rev. e. A. WATSON preached
| his farewell sermon in the Episcopal
church Of Great Falls and tomorrow
| leaves for his new charge in New Jer-
sey., A pastor has not been selected
| to fill the vacancy here caused by his
resignation, but probably will be the
| coming week.
| Chase E. Heisy, the Northern Mon
tana representative Of Reid, Murdoch
| & Co., left for Chicago this morning
| for business visit with his home office
| of several weeks. He will be joined in
st. Paul by D. T. Haskell OF Butte, and
| they will go the rest of the distance on
schedule time.
! The railroad men who were in town
yesterday stated that work would be
| commenced on the new river line this
| winter, though operations would be
| confined to station work. i. e., heavy
earth or rock work which would not
be interfered with by snow or cold
weather, says the Benton River Press
| Even with this, however, there is no
reasonable prospect of the completion
of the line for nearly year from now.
The state superintendent of public
instruction has sent to Miss Craven, su-
| perntendent of schools for this county
his decision that when a teacher has
failed to pass an examination in
| branches which she does not teach,
thereby reducing her average standing
| below the prescribed minimum, she
may yet be granted a certificate, If the
county superintendent is satisfied that
she Is competent to teach the branches
which she is teaching and that she Is
an experienced, successful teacher.
w. II. Simons of Lewistown passed
through the city yesterday, en- route to
the coast, where he will spend the win
ter and take passage for Cape Nome
on the first boat which leaves Van
couver in the spring. Mr.. simons is an
old timer in Montana, having come
here SO years ago. For many years he
engaged in mining in Last Chance
gulch, Diamond City, and other placer
bonanza camps, but for the past dozen
years or more he has been a resident
of Fergus county, where up to a year
ago he acted as under sheriff for many
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