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OL 1 GREAT FLLSMONTANA TRITORYATURDAY MARCH 7 88 43
VOL. 1. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MARCH 7 1886k NO3 43
THE ALAXSA SOCIAL CLUB,
WIT:I=TEN FOR TJ$ TRIBUNE. -
This club was organized by Prof.
D{lison of Col. Brady's conmand,
the writer and a few others in '67. In
a short time we' counted fifty mem
bers. It would be difficult to find in
any city of the Union, an equal num
her of young men raised from the va
ried ranks of life, posessing so much
intelligence. In every sense the club
was cosmopolitan, composed of
Americans, Germans, Irish, Russians,
Finlanders and Swedes. In a large
measure it became an educational in
stitution. Prof Davison, the presi
dent, was a young man of fine abili
ties and high moral, training. Tom
Conually, the vice-president, was a
son of the postmaster of Rondont,
New York, and John Philpot Cunan,
the brother or an esteemed clergyman
of California, secretary.
The German element was strong in
numbers and equally so in force of
character, all of them were fine music
ians, excellent singers, well educated,
cordiaal and social, consequently very
popular. In the formation of ta con
stitution and by-laws, there appeared
to be as much serious and impressive
responsibility resting on the commit
tee of four as on the Commanding
General.
The rules were stringent, profane
or unbecoming language was punish
able by fine the first offense; a much
heavier fine the second, and expulsion
from the club the third, and not to be
re-admitted. A commodious building
was given for the use of the club by
the able and efficient commanding of
ficer Col. George K. Brady, of the
23rd infantry. Among the members
were to be found carpenters, painters,
and jack's of all trades who at once
set to work and in a short time had
the rooms furnished and decorated in
a manner not inferior to the Cobden
club ofNew York. Tables, chairs,
chandeliers, reflectors, a good stove
and abundance of wood were of the
initial proceedings.
At the first meeting a motion was
made to ;form a library, and a vote
taken on the magazines and newspa
pers throughout the country, each
member having the privalege of se
lecting from his own native locality
or the entire nation. In this way
every satisfaction was offered. The
books and papers were in charge of
of the librarian, and under no circum
stances to be taken from the club
room. A marshal was appointed to
exclude all persons except members
of the club. but any member was priv
ileged to admit personal friends in
A. initiatinmn ifee- paid anll Hi,':id~,ltal
epenise4 Each member paid t
the tiroa~iriy ;2 pker month, and the
fines for infringeomrnt of the rnles
amounted to considerable, adding
largely to'the funds of the treasury.
Maps, globes, charts, science, histo
ry and political economy became the
chief study, two nights in each week
were set apart' for 'the debates, such
subjects as who was our greatest gen
eral, McClellan, Grant, Sherman,
Thomas, McPherson, Hancock, Meade,
Hooker, Burnside, Butler, Logan and
others were discussed according to
the partiality of the contestants: On
such occasions a great many of the
military authorities became attentive
listeners. Tom Connally was the
Henry Clay of the club. He had serv
ed with distinction in the army of the
Patomac, and possessed a mass of in
formation derived from a staff ap
pointment. It is needless to say
like every soldier of the grand army,
he was an out and out McClellan
man.
Prof. Davidson was dubbed the
Daniel Webster.of debates. He was
a fine scholar, well up in facts and
figures, but slow, heavy and ponder
ous, yet very impressive. At a dis
tance of. 18 years it creates a pleasur
able feeling to recall those two gladi
ators intellectual combat. I can well
remember the grave and solenin dig
nity of the Professor in bringing
down the'gravel,, the infringmnent of
the rules and pronouncement of the
fines--"Mr. Secretary record it."
Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, Gen. C.
Tompkins, Col. Brady, Judge Store,
William Sumner Dodge, Thomas
Murphy and Lawye. Wood contribu
ted freely to maintain the college-
such it evently-become. Young men
grown up -to be 21 to 25 years of age
who could not write their own names
s.nght admission and at the end of a
year no words cean ex4ese the pride
those men felt in being able to read
the newspapers and write their own
letters. in'brngingin is subject be
fore the readers ptf the Tamuirs, it is
with the vie ot inciting the young]
men of Great Falls t1organize ai. nb
:for mutuial and social mpro vment, I
would anggest also the frmao a
)Xtilitsry-ciompany-4hhe e~ ery best ma
terial we have-organization is wha
is needed. There are pleifty of hall
large enough for an atniory, that Wil
bo renteed moderately; and certain..
there is no better parade grqund it
the counry, or finer site for practici
in the school of the soldier.. The
same company could perform, the du
ties of a fire company a nehessity;thal
cannot be overlooked. The town i;
growing rapidly, buildings going on
chiefly of lumber. . In case.-.a fir(
started in anylone house and reached
much headway it is doomed. The
fact that buildings are not connected
and consequently no danger except tc
the building where The fire originated
is a poor apology.
Pardon the degression Mfr. Editor
and permit me to continue the wheel,
or in other words, to inform your
readers of some pleasureable incidents
connected with the subject here nar
rated; viz.-the 17th March in Alaska.
It was evident to us all in 1870 that
the military department in Alaska,
would be reckoned among the things
that were in a very short time. The
period of enlistment of a great many
of the soldiers had expired,: and
among our members as beforeestated
were a good many of the brave Ger
mans who fought mit Sigel in the
war. Some of those young men had
graduated in the Universities in th'e
Faderland, and had.considerable cor
responcence -with the "old .folks at
home." I had many friends in their
number and one day one of the
students came up to say good-bye, at
the same time'showing me a letter he
received from home.
The Alaska Club Social and milita
ry met for the last time early in
March. The funds in, the hands of
the secretary were considerable and
as the 17th of Ireland was at hand all
the members voted th t we celebrate
the day, and devote alI the- funds and
so much more as'may be needed for
the occasion.
The club room was decbitated tri
umphal arches erected in front, form
ed from everything gr.:.e in the for
est, Chinese lantierns lined the arch
way and everywhere the eye rested on
some emblem recalling the beauty of
"Erines green isle."
The Alaska Times got out a thous
and cards of invitation. The James
town and all United States vessels in
the port received a complimentary in
vitation. The pfficers of the United
States navy and the "web-feet," as
President Lincoln loved to call the
sailors, attended in great numbers.
The chairman on the occasion was
Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, vice-chair
John H. Kinkead, since governor of
N ,vada and Alaska. Capt. Mitchell
:im hip ships came en-masse, and to
tird ro,,m large enough became per
The gallant soldier commanding the
the post, Col. George K. Brady, kind
ly placed at our disposal the dining
room and the quarters attached there
to of his own company. All the offi
cers and prominent citizens, lent us
tableware, some, of the most valuable
kind. Sergeant John Ochse, the best
of cooks and caterers, superintended
the cuisne department. It was a job
to get dinner for about four hundred,
but everybody was willing to help:
and Delmonico could not have done
better than they did. Dinner was to
be at six o'clock, and surely it was. a
sight to enter that great hall and. see
"big John," as the boys: called him,
sweeting and'blowing liker,n 'porpus"
with some twenty-five or thirty yoaag
men in white aprons attendainte on
him. In the club room kegs of beer,
boxes of cigars, and some "'old rye"
for the initiated, lined the shelving
and tables. At six o'clock Gen. Davis
accompanied by his staff and the local
authorities, entered the club room.
A ringing cheer went up from soldiers,
sailors, and citizens that might have
been heard in the British possessions,
and the band playing, " The conquer
ing hero comes."
After dinner speech making began
in due form. The President of the
United States was toasted,all standing,
the mayor of the town responded,
the Army, Col. Braby, the Navy, Com
modorefMitchell, the day we celebrate,
and Kelly off the Alaska Times. It
was expteM and set down on the
programme 'that Connolly would re
spond as there ,was no one so well
qualified or so capable, but Gen. Day
is expresaed a wish -in favor of the for
mer who could not very well decline.
During his remarks the speaker elicit
ed cheerasand lahghter. ,Whenrefer
ing to incidents of :the war, .the Irish
soldier on: the field, many of whom
where in Jefferson C. Davis' own army.
'Indiana'sbraind w inu hospiaI,h
near CokhervTe, is 3eldag i and,
tumbling downs The 1bel house
hos'utterly and it hta beu
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Moody and Sankey are meeting
with great success in New Orleans.
Gen. N. A. Miles left Boston for
New York, last week, on route for the
West.
Rev. J. L. Swift a prominent Ten
nessee divine, deserted a large family
and eloped with a notorious woman.
A $50,000 granite dam, 250 feet long
across Chicopee river at Springfield,
Mass., gave way last week.
Emerson Smith of Maine is said to
be the oldest Free Mason in the Unit
ed States, having been "raised" in
1824.
Rev. Jeremiah E. Pond, well known
in Wisconsin, where he preached for
fourteen years, died of paralysis at
Alfred, .Me.
Seventy men employed by the fur
niture manufacturing firm of Brusche
& Ricke, at Chicago, have decided to
strike for higher wages.
What astonishes the pension is that
there are now on the rolls the names
of 17,212 women, widows of soldiers
of the war of:1812.
The Massachusetts house'represent
atives has passed a bill to amend the
constitution by abolishing the poll tax
as a suffrage qualification.
Charles Livingstone, assistant sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A. at Galveston,
Tex., was arrested for a murderous
assault upon and robbery of a road
house keeper.
A bill introduced in the Kentucky
legislature to prevent bribery at elec
tions makes the offering or acceptance
of a bribe punishable by a long term
in the penitentiary.
A colored woman at Indianapolis,
who has quite a reputation as a faith
cure doctress, uses no medicine except
a bag of salt. - For. rhumatism she
simply hugs her patients.
Kenward Philp, aged forty years,
aisEnglishmanrby birth, and at one
ifi.i charged with forging the famous
.orey letter in 1880, died Sunday at
his residence in Brooklyn. N. Y.
Maine ice operators receive dis
patches regularly from the signal ser
vice department: 'and rely on- the
predictions. The service failed to give
warning of the last big storm and thaw
and heavy loss wais sustained.
Bruff & Madddx of Baltimore, dry
goods, who compromised with their
creditors a year ago, failed last Satur
day, having been unable to meet their
obligations given ,in settlement.
The original indebtedness was $260,
000.
SMary Anderson has returned to
Louisville, which gives the Courier
Journal the opportunity to say:
"There was the feeling that nature
could not have made a woman of
grander possibilities and that art could
not have more perfectly fulfilled nat
ure's design.
The title to 4,000 acres of land on
Bar Harbor island is held by deed
from the owner of an unforeclosed
mortgage. Suit is now about to be
brought to oust the present owners.
The value of the property is enormous.
reaching into the millions, and land
owners are appalled at the threatened
danger.
The sheriff at Wooster, Ohio, has
closed the storeroom of E. B.' Childs,
dealer in boots, shoes and clothing, on
judgments amounting to $50,000.
The failure was caused by Mr. Childs
endorsing notes for his uncle, Robert
Childs, who recently assigned for the
benefit of his creditors.
Stock in Idaho. *
The Boise City Statesman says:
"The per cent. of loss in stock in Ida
ho `during the of 1885-6 is less than
for several years before. Very little
feeding has been done, the grass in the
hills is growing nicely, and all kinds
of stock is reported doing well."
Texas Cattle.
The Texas cattle drive for the last
20 years, including last year, as figur
ed by R. G. Head of Colorado, has
aggregated 4.713,979 head, the great
est number in any one .year being
300.000 head in 1871 and the smallest
35,000 in 1867. The yearlyy average
has been 285,699 head.
Expensive Artesian Well.
They are sinking an artesian well
at Cheyenne, Wyo., in hopes of gett
ing-good watet for the city. The Trib
une say:e "The wellis down 1,200 feet.
It has cost so far $10,000, and the
county commissioners are debating
the advisability of continuing opera
tions. Asa yst nosolid formation of
rock has been found."
Financialty Embarassed.
It is reportedr in fiiRCania circles
that John W )ackay, of b o.nnz o-'
i ey is ei to be so tied up in
speculation that his available cash is
not as plenty as he would desire.
Several investments, including the
Atlantic cable, and postal telegraph,
are said to be losing money for him.
Selling out of Zion.
Salt Lake Tribune: We: regret to
learn that Howard Sebree, who has
long been engaged in the agricuiltural
implement business, has sold out his
Salt Lake and Ogden houses to Grant,
Odell & Co., on a cash consideration
of about $45,000. Stock taking is in
progress, and as soon as completed
the transfer will be made. :This will
give Mr. Sebree an opportunity to de
vote more time to his immense busi
ness interests in Idaho and Montana.
The Park.
Col. Wear3, Superintendent of the
National Park, says the season in the
park will probably open earlier this
year than the general rule, as the
weather is warmer with every. indica
tion of the snow disappearing very
soon, and no embarassment from high
water likely to result. The old roads
arc to be improved as early as prac
ticable and new ones to be construct-'
ed to the extreme limit of the oppro
priation, whatever that may be, and
he has high hopes that it will be lib
eral. Everything points to a big
tourists season in the park.
The Northwestern.
The Chicago & Northwestern is
pushing its way westward through
Wyoming, and will eventually reach
into Montana. The Cheyenne Sun
says:
"A gentleman who arrived from Ft.
Fetterman yesterday stated that the
land the Northwestern compatny had
secured, about six miles below the
present Fetterman, covered 500 acres
of gently sloping land, 400 acres be
ing on the east, or north side of the
Platte, which there runs directly
south, and 100 acres being on the
west side. Two buildings have been
put up on this land. By May 1, it is
expected that building will begin and
that the town will be booming by the
ist of September, when the railroad
is .expected . to teach there. At the
Shawnee Creek's head the coal mines
of the company =will probably be lo
cated. They will be about twenty
miles e astof the townsite spoken of,
and the camp there will probably give
an early .impetus to the business of
the place."
"Dutch Albert."
The arrival of some forty-six fine
horses here on Thurday evening from
Wood mountain caused us little sur
prise, It seems the police scouts had
sent information to headquarters that
the notorious "Dutch Albert," so un
favorably known here in '83 was head
of a gang of horse thieves at Wood
mountain, and that he had a large
number of stolen horses in his.posses
sion. Inspector McGibbon and ten
men were sent south, and arriving at
"Duch Albert's" stronghold during
the rare of a lucky blizzard found
Pete Olson in charge of the horses at
the old fort, Dutchy having left for
Yankee land on another horse steal
ing expedition. The horses are sup
posed to have been stolen from the
Gros Ventre Indians, in Montana.
"Dutch Albgrt" is well known here;
having been arrested here in '83 on
suspicion of robbing or attempted
robbery of the Bank of Iontreal. He
enlisted in the N. W. M. police in '84
and took French leave last fall. He
is a tough 'un.--Regina Leader.
Condition of Cattle.
Chicago journals have collected vol
uminous reports concerning the con
dition of cattle, which may be sum
marized as follows: Texas-The loss
along the northern tier of the Pan
handle counties, where the' prairie
fires destroyed the feed, is heavy. On
the ranges south of Mobeetie and
Fort Elliot, the loss is estimated at30
per cent. It is.claimed, however, that
on the whole the loss in Texas will
only be about 5 per cent. Montana
-Stock in good condition, cattle win
tered well so far. Manitoba--Ranch
men report a favorable winter, and
the cattle coming through are in fine
condition. Kansas-In the western
part of the state there was a heavy
loss on account of the unparalleled
blizzard in January. Stockmen admit
that the number of cattle. frozen in
the country tributary to Dodge City
will reach 25,000 head. Colorado-
The cattle on the plains have stood
the winter well, and the losseswill be
less than 2 per cent. In some of the
mountain parks there is sti a3i.
of great losses as the rangesare over
stocked and feed searee Wyojiug
Cattle have never experiene4d a be
ter winter. No snow : aeie 1..
The warrn weather has; kph .h
stAreams n c Aog the®- Pl4tte for
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3 months 8.. 10 . I -,---.. 56.
s mnoiths [ 9. '10. I 4. 30. .l . 110.
Sgear, .... . . ... 3 o. , M I . Iso.
Business notices in readhg mnater, 25 cents
erline. S I r" t
Business notices 1d e"nt~r-tsirwtor-5rst in
usrtio., and 10 cents per lis fotschabseqsent
iasertion of same matter. - ' .
CounterfeIers aptfured.
Portland dispatch, 13th: For ser
eral days past the police have been
trying to find the resort of counter
feiters, whe-have been making coun
terfeit standard dollars. About oie
hundred of these bogus coins have
made their appearance in the stores
and saloons. They bear the dates of
1885 and 1880. The work iS'e~cellent,
the ring perfect, but they are a' trifle
lighter than the genuine. Early this
week a young negro was arrested for
passing one of these bogus dollars
and purposely released. T'Ihre police
men were detailed to shadow him.
He went down the- river to -Xalama,
and thence in small boit' t.l:offin
Rock. The. police followed, and af
ter a walk of a mile in the: dark
through dense woods, came to a cabin
and succeeded in capturing. Jim
Blagg and Willian Etherage, togeth
er with the entire apparatus. Blagg
is a hunter and fisher by occupation,
and has lived in the neighborhood
about two years. Etherage,s ~ very
bright young man and is evidently
an excellent chemist.
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Mrs. Sanford's Diamonds.
Mrs. Senator Stanford's diamonds
are valued at $1,000,000. She has four
sntire sets which belonged to Queen
Isabella of Spain. It will be rememb
ered that the Queen was in Paris in
iuch needy circumstances that she
had to sell her jewels. Governor
Stanford bought the jewels at that
time. Each set has tiaras, necklaces,
brooches, and earrings, and other or
naments. One set is very beautiful,
as the rays which are emitted are of
• violet hue. These are the rarest of
ill diamonds. Another set gives out
ose-colored flashes; anotherl has yel
ow tints, and the fourth pure white.
[he price paid for these sets was
5600,000. Outside of these Mrs. Stan
ord has one necklace: which cost
6100,000 and the pendant $30,000.
the also has -many bla iamonds,
and has sixty rings of ;great maugnif
sence, and does not wear anyy. She
ias many pearls and rubies in addi
ion to these diamonds. One of her
>earls is valued at $7,000, and in said
)y Tiffany to be the finest in the
vorld.
Closingthe Grass'Creek Mines.
Evanston (Wyoming)lE~asi"iner:
Late authentic informatiop.~;:from
Grass creek is to the effect::that the
coal mines at that point are to4be ul
timately'closedidown. The~ force is
being reduced to such an extent that
only about eighteen or twenty men
are left. The reason given for this
action on the part of the cqmpany is
that it costs too much to get the coal
out. It seems that when the: mine
was first opened, it iv the desire of
the superintenden take out cheap
coal from the. surfne.jInori.der to
accomplisl tis, therooms were made
large and thaitthe pillars seiti were
small. After the mine: had' been
worked for a number-.t o ears. this
manner of operating it began to tell
in the following way.
The great weight of earth which
necessarily bears on: these pillars
causes the bottom of the nmine to
bulge up. We have beein idfbrmed
by those in a position to ahrnidthat it
is impossible to remedy .thi" Qvil at
anything like a reasonable expense,
and the company does not· fepl
shouldering that- responsibility
now. It seems that the men are
constantly at. work to keep the sl.
open for the passage of ears. W:.W
the work is abandoned one night
next morning the passage is found
be closed as to hinder the hoi.ng of
coal. Considering this statf of af
fairs, the company has decided to
close the mines down, and the force
now retained is only sufiocient to sup
ply the local demand:
Notes.
.In Paris it. costs $3 A cremate a
body, and this includes coal and la
bor, with'an urn thrown in. In Mi
lan the cost is only $Lb, bu they
give no urn or chrome.
New England manufaiturers say
there is a decided revival of iusiness
in the factory districts of Ce~inecti
cut, Rhode Island and Massachu
eatts. -
A quartz ledge baýnbeen fonad on
Sixes rivers, Or., which . Sua a ,
a.ton, of gold and silver\
Winnipeg papers r po tit Mr.
Gabbet of aMedicina at, began his
spring pl4o ig lst week,,.
The cenius u ils .tij the=
Population of the co pst i` resent
i.d:i;fe-r·;;thr i.I`t, a ?h,.vn ..jL"