Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-10-03
GENERAL HTERHs. ! ].

H. w BEECHRR lately declared himself In
favor of billiards, And already HIS portrait
begins to appear in many places on the walls
OF rooms set apart for indulgence in the
game. One enthusiastic proprietor has
named his place Beecher Hall. : TT
The number of coal, establishments and,
ployed underground, "a, 40; above ground.
20, 364 total, 3,S06. Capital, $50, ,687, ,251;
wages paid, $43,647, 118. Total tons of coal
mined, 81, 842, 119; value, $71, ,240, ,916.
I LORD DUNDREARY, In the suite of the Duke
OF Saxe-Coburg, who recently arrived in San
Francisco, got into q difficulty at the ferry
landing with a hack-driver, and proposed to
mash his bloody ed, but refrained at the sug-
gestion of red-shirted gentleman, who spoke
of punching his snoot lat9ttf 4' Gfig
A MODEST bachelor says that all he should
ask in wife would be a good temper, sound
health, good understanding, agreeable physi-
ognomy, pretty figure, good connections, do
mestic habits, resources of amusements,
good spirits, conversational talents, elegant
manners and money. ',A aFsal 9it s&T 3asis
ALExANDRE DUMAS. pare, was one day ,
asked by friend to contribute ten francs for
for the funeral of q bailiff who had died In
destitute circumstances. ''Wha'!" exclaimed
the great novelist ''ten francs for burying
bailiH Hero are one hundred francs-- bury,
ten bailiffs! !" .,,s f.,. $3.50. "a
By an act of the British Parliament, lately !
passed, 1t is enacted that no person shall use
or employ, In any mandatory or any other
place, any steam whistle or steam trumpet
for the purpose of srmmoning or dismissing
workmen or persons employed, without the !,
sanction OF the sanitary authority. !. ..s.
"WHEN was Rome built ?" asked school.
committee man OF the first class In ancient
iit,io g;rl ~ MIa tne an ngns y, answered bright
na.o st Al .no hisnt 1t eAclainieu ntne Z
.Isoe IN y, eAam1er. % Iarl oW 40 you mage
Srn.,, S,"s VI. .n.. r.. Wy,. ! .nougnt everybody
'nas .'e WASH puiie aIV'fn. IN uay
Bob--Jim, de men don't make such fools
OF uemselves ABOUT de women as de women
90 about de men. III dey look at de moon, sti
nibbling, it's man; and dey all look under
dc bed de last thing ut night TO find d man. .
! neDber looks under my bed to find awomaii,
does you, Jims,'II Aua E5s Jl3 - alisaH oai vi
THE original manuscript of the Declaration I
of Independence, which has been on exhiM.
ton at the Patent Office In washington for
many years, is fast fading out. the signatures
having become almost entirely effaced.
Washington's commission as Coumanier-in-f
Chief of the Colonial forces Is also in the sere,
and yellow leaf, the writing beinq aImost
"A0SAoAo'
THREE California Governors have died and 3
eight are living The deceased are Med DougaI. !.
Bigler and johnson. :. The living are Burnett Il
in San Francisco. Weller in New, Orleans.
Latham in San Francisco, Downeytl III Tos
Angeles Stanford In Sacramento. Low in q
China, Haight in San Francisco, and Booth ,
in Sacramento. ~ McDougal and Downey y
were not elected Governors. brt succeeded
Burnett and Latham. 77'''' mas
A. oo1oRED preacher Ia SpartaI Ga some me-
time ago, was heard to saw IN a funeral seflo,
mon of a deceased brother i The ruIninates, i
no longer among us; he have exoneratad -
from the syllogisms of this worlds discrime-
nation, and when he gifts I'd de cold dr,vr r'a
dry stream of de River Jordin the Kerosines
and Periphenes will meet him dare and row..
him over ON dry land to the sllyerstering ii
city,"
A GOOD joke is told Of Florence merchant
who recently took q trip to Canada. While
taxing dinner upon one of the Canadian p
Steamers said merchant very innocently took q
m egg, broke Its shell and emptied Its con- !
tents, as ne supposed, into an egg cup At
ser arranging 1t 70 suit the TASTE he raised the"
imposed cup, when lot 1t was a china nap ~
kin ring. The Indignation of the merchant
ana the mirth or the guests were alike unmis- m
akable.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia
Press calls attention to the fact that the lives
IF many valuable horses have been sacrificed !,
Turing the past summer by drinking from \
he public fountains. He says: EVERY old
diseased horse drinks out of them. / have
'cen half pint of corruption left IN the ba.
lin after such horse has taken drink, and
Immediately after / have, seen a fine horse