Great Falls tribune. [volume], March 19, 1887, Image 2

About Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890

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GREAT FALLS is located at the Falls of the Missouri which furnish the greatest available water power on the Continent. Is within seven miles of the most extensive COAL
and IRON district in the West, immediately beyond which are rich GOLD, SILVER and COPPER districts. It lays tributary the best agricultural and grazing part of
the Territory, and the pineries of the Upper Missouri and tributaries. It is especially adapted by its natural resources and geographical position to become the leading
MANUFACTURING CITY between Minneapolis and the Pacific, and the principal RAILROAD CENTER of Montana.
The trip to Great Falls will amply repay tourists by the beauty of the scenery on the way, and they will find here the most magnificent series of waterfalls in the world,
while the surrounding country is rich in picturesqe scenery. For further information address H. O. C HO WE N, Agent.
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.Ii
Telegraph Milage.
Last year we had in operation in this
country 170,000 miles of telegraph. Russia
had 7x.000; France 60.000: Germany 50.
000, and Entgland l6,000
silver Dollar Coinage.
The circulation of standard silver dol
lars is now 57,214.510 out of a total coin
age of 256,471.047. Silver certificates in
circulation amount $12:.20)0.."'2.. deduct
ing which leaves 25.006,715 standard dol
lars in the treasury.
Wool Product.
In 1588 the total wool product of the
United States was reconed at 320,000,000
pounds, besides which 78035t).621 pounds i
were imported. The demnl'nd for home I
consumption is now considerably over i
400,000,000 pounds per a:num.
Cotton Statistics.
The cotton crop last year was 6,52'0,215
bales, an amount only twice before sur
passed, in 1881 and 1883. The largest crop
ever raised with slave labor was in 1860,
4,669,770 bales. The bale is 475 pounds
and the average product 100 pounds per
acre.
True Gentleman.
But the true gentleman nowhere shows
his superiority to other men more striking
ly than in his behaivor toward these who
have given him cause for offense. There
is solid truth in the quaint old Scotch
proverb: '"Its aye gudle to be ceevil, as
the auld wife said when she beckit to the
deevil." In society, to treat with marked
coldness those whom we do not like is dis
respect to all present. --(?erg.e L. Correy.
Daylight Through.Another Tunnel.
Mr. W. II. Green, the railroad contrac
tor, is in from the scene of his work on
the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte rail
road. Seen by a Hler, ld reporter he said 1
the road to Boulder was in a bad shape for I
wagoning, but that the thaw did not inter
fere with railroad work. Green & Bar
bour have the contract for seventeen miles
of this road from Jefferson to Boulder and
have a few miles of it already completed,
ith lots of work on rock cuts and tun
nels in an advanced stage. On Thursday
last, daylight was let through one of the
tunnels, a :360 foot bore through the moun
tain at Barertown. This is the first tun
nel finished on this road, but there are two
more in course of construction.--H-Ierald.
Sensible Suggestion.
Without entering into the matter of the 1
extent of loss on cattle, it is a well-known
fact that there are to-day lying on the sur- i
face of the land in Montana thousands of i
decomposing carcasses, and it is another
well-known fact that this must be to some
extent prejudicial to the health of ani
mals grazing around them. Whilst it
would perhaps be too much to ask or ex- t
pect that these carcasses be buried, it is
suggested to parties who are skinning 1
their dead animals, to pull the carcasses t
out of and away from the water courses. I
This will obviate to a considerable extent c
the danger of the water which the cattle r
are drinking becoming contaminated, and r
may be the means of saving the lives of c
many animals and possibly human be- s
ing.-Live Stock Journal. L
Conscientious at Last.
Five years ago last July Mrs. Bell, wife
of Major J. M. Bell, Seventh cavalry, had
all her jewelry stolen. lHer husband, then
stationed at Fort Buford, followed the I
suspected thief to St. Paul, but lost track s
-of him. Last May a friend of Major Bell
gave him a new clue by saying that he had
received a letter from the supposed thief,
asking if the person would be prosecuted
if the jewelry ias returned. This was
followed by another letter saying that the
missing jewelry could be found in a tin
can in a stone pile about fifty-nine miles
from Fort Buford, the location of which
was accurately described. With little
faith in the reliability of the information
Major Bell recently visited the stone pile
and found the jewelry in perfect condition
having remained in the stone pile five and
one-half years.
Wants a Husband.
Mrs. M. E. Warden, post office box 1,
495, San Francisco, Cal., wants a husband
bad. From extracts t::ken from a lengthy
letter in the , i.epe:i at of the 4th inst.,
we quote: "I am a woman possessing fair i
sense, appearance, manner suflficientlyi
agreeable to be pleasing generaily, with
tlhorough appreciation or an honorable I
man." Again: "That I am of eastern birth
and eductation, blessed with strong'self
will, necessary for ardent adventure, and
that my disposition varies according to
communications, if pleasant, ditto, and.
vice versa, as I receive them. That 1 am
sensitive quite to humor and pathos and
variable .xpre-sion of humanity in gen
eral. Also that I am thoroughly woman
and decidedly human, avoid adversity and
court prosperity. I can accommodate my- 1
self to circunistances." Listen at this:
e "Now, here I am, highly respectable, an
0 attractive. companionable woman, with
ts ine physique, perfect health, fully capa
e ble and desirous of making a reasonable
r man happy,"
Deadlier Than Greek Fire.
The navy department has contracted
with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun coin
pany, of New York, for the construction
P of a dynamite steel cruiser, to be complet
ed by June 1. If this vessel is all that is
claimed for it, then the harbor of New I
1 York will be safe from any foreign fleet.
The work on this vessel will be hastened
on account of possible complications be
tween this country and England. Con
gress authorized the completion of this
vessel last year, but very little has been
said about it. and the fact that the depart
ment has completed the arrangements for
its building is not generally known.
The vessel is to carry three dynamite
guns, each capable of throwing with accu
racy 200 pounds of dynamite a distance of
one mile. The contract provides that each
gun shall be capable of being discharged
once in two minutes. These are to be
guns of ten and one-half inch calibre. The
company has promised to make them
twelve inches. If the guns are made of
that capacity they will be capable of
r throwing 400 pounds of dynamite, which
would be sufficient to blow up the largest
vessel known to any modern navy. The
s contract specifies that the vessel shall have
a capacity of twenty knots an hour, which -
meanstwenty-three miles of speed. There
are very few vessels of great capacity ca
pable of making any such speed. None
of the heavy armored vessels of modern
times will be capable of running away
from this new cruiser. She is to be 230
feet long, 26 feet breadth of beam, with
1/e feet draught, and 3,200 horse power.
The government contracts to pay for her
$350,000. The company has given bonds
to carry out this contract. If the vessel
a does not reach the speed named she will
- not be accepted. The contract also spec
f ifies that these guns are to be fired with
r safety and accuracy at objects one mile 1
distance as another condition of accept
ance. The company is confident it will be
able to fulfill the rigid letter of the con
tract. The plan of the boat has been fa
vorably reported on by a naval board, and
by the secretary of the navy. Although
the contract was made with the Pneumatic
Dynamite Gun company, the boat will be
constructed by the Cramps, of Philadel
phia. Naval officers think this vessel will
revolutionize the naval systems of the
world. If the experiment of her con
struction is successful, modern navies will
be rendered useless. A few such vessels
would protect our coast against .the com
bined navies of the world.-Industrial
World.
Out of - a list of seventeen bachelors at
Keystone, D. T., who three years ago re
solved never to marry, eleven are now
msrriey and two are soon to be.
An Ohio farmer has written to the au
thorities at Castle Garden applying for a -
farm boy. He wishes him to be first taken
to a prenologist and have his head felt.
While the thermometer stood ten de
grees below zero in Nebraska last week,
the Baptists of Red Willow cut through
ice two feet thick and immersed a number
of converts.
Printing Material for Sale.
One good '-column Washington hand
press, one eight-medium Paragon jobber,
a quantity of body type, etc.
TRIBU~E COMPAJ Y,
tf Great Falls,
y Gold is shipped across the ocean in kegs
, of extra strength holding $500 each. There
r are lines of red tape, sealed, across each I
end.
i Philadelphia i to have a colored Catho
lic church. There are two hundred Cath
olics in the city, and but very few of them
find it advantageous to worship with their
white brethren. Archbishop Ilyan is
strongly in favor of the new movement, it
is said.
iBorneo has come int, the field of tobac
tco growing competitors. A recent slip
n ment which arrived in London from. that
d colony found ready sale, and was pro
nounced to be equal in all respects to the
valuable cigar tobacco produced in the
n neighboring Islands of Sumatra.
h A birds' head dinner party was a unique
entertainment in Paris. Each guest had a
e coiffure representing the head of a bird,
an owl, turtle dove, and other birds. The
most elegant was that of a peacock, with
crest, represented by an aigrette in dia
monds, emeralds, and sapphires.
Bills have been introduced simnultane
ously in the legislatures of Missouri and
Wisconsin looking to the compilation and
Spublication by the state of a uniform sys
temn of public school text-books, and the
WiSconsin bill provides that the state-pris
on convicts do the printing.
s GEOIGE W. TAYLOR,
a Attorney-at-Law.
r NOTARY PUBLIC
Special Attention
e Giveu to Real Estate and Land Entries.
H. H. CHANDLER,
ASSAYER,
f Great Falls, Mont.
Samples sent by mail or express
t carefully assayed and returns
e promptly made. Charges reason
e able.
Jackson's
MUSIC STORE
BROADWAY,
Helena, - Montana.
G. W. JACKSON, Prop.
Pa 0os & Or aus
Sold at Eastern Prices
With Freight Added.
over 6,000,000 PEOPLE USE
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D.M. FERRY & CO.
areadmitted tobethe
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Dg in the world.
tm D.M. FERRY & CO'S
$ SEED ANNUAL
For 1887
will be mailed
FREE to all
appslicntaand
customers
without or
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each year. ir- 312 pages,
8%xllh inehes,with over
.600 illustrations - a
wihlte Pictre Gallery.
GIVES Wholesale Prices
dNreet to eonsumers on all goods for
personal or amily use. Tells how to
order, and ges exact eost of every
thibng you use, eat, drink, wear, or
hav rar with. These INVALUABLE
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A. C. ASHRY & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Mitchell Farm and Spring Wagons,
Furst & Bradley's Walking, Gang & Sulky Plows
Oliver Chilled Plows
Stdebaker Bros. Fine Buggies, Carages, Phdtons,
Carts, Buckboards, Etc.
{ Common Sense Bobs, Farm Machinery, Wagon Extras & Repairs for all Goods Sold.
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HOTEL
MONTANAAND BUILDERS
WECA IM S T HO MAE HOUSE TO BUYICK I THE MYOU AR
Glothing, Furnishig Goods, Boots,
Shoes, Hats. Caps, Etc.
Mail orders solicited, and when you come to Helena drop in and see us.!
6Brick Makers, Contractors
AND BUILDERS
We are Prepared to Take Contracts for all Kinds of Brick Work
and Execute the Same.
WEzCLAIM TO MAKE THE BEST BRICK IN THE MARKeY.
Great Falls. - - ontana
Bakery and Restaurant,
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT,
Meals Served at all Hours, Day or Night.
FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKE EVERYDAY
Also Bar in:Connection Stocked with the Finest Brands of LiQuors and Cigars
Central ave. - - - Great Falls
Pontet & Mathews,
-DEALER IN
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
-stAve. touth, Great Falls, Montana
M. SIL VERMAN,
PROPRIETOR
Helena Armory DE~ H Fresh Fuit, Tobacco, Cigars &c.
Main Street, Helena, Montana
Great Falls Blacksmith Shop,
WM. J. PRATT, PROP.
Blacksmithing and Repairing of all Kinds
I am prepared to any class of work in my line, an in a most thorough and
workmanlike manner. All work done on shortnotice .All
piseases of the feet treated successfully;
Livery, Draft, and Mule Shoeing.
Corner let. Ave 8th. & 2. t., Great F.,