Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-07-15
No. "a
ALL SORTS.


THE death is announced Of Mr.. Mortimer
Thompson, better known under the sobrl0uet
of 20. X. Philander Doesticks.'
IT is calculated that the full proceedings ~
the Tilton- -Beecher trial will make ten volumes
the size OF Appleton Encyclopedia
TIE Bceaher trial has thus far broneht the
Western Union Telegraph Company three
Quarters Of a million in additional newspaper
tolls.
IT is said tha: Tom Thumb has declined T.
position in the New York pos ofce, They
wanted to PIT hinl in Cn2 tf t':c pigeon
holes.
A CulcAao sharp by the name cf 0sia, has
presented q bill against tie GoTernn22t Of
$500 per annum for three years, for the asa
of post-hoe. Calculation shows thc charge
to Re at the rate of $9,GS0 per acre.
TIE Old South Church has disappeared
from Boston and the historic world. It has
been torn down and more modern structure
is to occupy the place where the remarkable
old meeting house has stood for los years"
SOME ultra Democratic organs are still treat
ing their readers to 1.-THE bayonet policy" OF
the present Administration. Less than 3d.
600 troops out of population of over 49,.
OO0, ,000, looks very unlike "a bay onet policy.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, denies the re-
port that he lost 500, 900 in stock specu!a-
ton in Wall street Il few weeks ago. lie told
a reporter Of the San Francisco Chronicle
that he lost nothing, but On the contrary made
$500 or $4,000.
JEROME J. H1NDs, charged with bribing
Frank l.. Channel, clerk ia the Post Office
Department, in connection with fraudulent
mail bids, has been acquitted. II is thought
a nolle pros will be entered Of all The parties
concerned in the mail bid frauds.
In recent test of oak and Oregon pine,
made at San Francisco, with bars each side
one inch square and three feet long, the pine
was found equally as strong as the oak. Botn
broke under the same weight, placed III the
middle of each bar, viz, 2tO pounds.
CONTRARY to all the teachings Of Sunday
school literature, Pennsylvania lad has tall
en- upon prosperity by going fishing on Sun
day He did not catch any fish, but he sav-
has had $4,000 bank account started for
him by the grateful survivor.
THE Commissioner of the General Land
Office 10 devising means to dispose Of the
great accumulation of land patents in. his
Office. They have been accommodating since
the time Of President Monroe, until there are
now nearly 100000 Of them stored away in
the basement rooms Of the Office.
By direction of the President the limits of
the military department Of the Platte are ex-
tended so rs to include SO much of the Terri
tory of Idaho as lies east Of a line formed
by the extension Of the western boundary OF
Utah to the northeastern boundary of Idaho,
embracing the post of Fort Hall.
The american Nesupoper Reporter states
that the richest editor in Troy, New York, is
Hon. John NJ. Francis, OF the Times, who is
worth $3.50, ,O00, and that A. S. Abel, of the
Baltimore Sun, is probably the Wealthlest
Journalist in America, his wealth being estl-
mated at from seven TO ten millionsof dollars.
A SETTLEMENT has been made witt, Mrs.
Sinclair, the divorced wife Of the late Edwin
Forrest, who claimed arrears Of alimony and.
dover interest in the real estate IN New
York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, and she
receives 500, ,000-a So, 900 mortgage on the
Mount st. Vincent property 1T New York and
1895, 900 in cash.
MISS ALICE NJ. SINGER, g daughter Of
Singers Sewing Ma-,hat is, daughter of the
sewing machine inventor, is going to marry
a Mr.. Della Grove, of England. Considering
that she will have dowry to the tune of ST.,
600, 900 in cash, and $4,000 in diamonds, it
is not to be wondered at that sheis the choice
Singer of the Grove.
Little Bessie is the fye-year-old daughter of
Portland lady who married a clergyman not
long since When her father was away, and
she was playing in the yard, a stranger came
along and inquired If the minister was at
home 4'No," she replied, but mother is in
the house, and she will pray with you, you
poor miserable sinner"
DIR. F. V. HADEN, the United States geoi0-
gist, has received official notice of his election
as corresponding member Of the Society Of
Natural Sciences at Neufchatel, Switzerland
The Society is one of the most famous in
Europe, and that in which Agassiz published
his frs: scientific memoirs, some forty years
ago.
A Royal ordinance has been issued COM
manlling the members Of the Carlist Juntas,
and all families of which any member is in
the Carlist service be expelled from Spain,
and directing the property Of the Carlists to
be confscated and devoted TO indemnifying
communities suffering from the Carlist re-
QUESTIONS.
THR Postmaster General has received
communication from German IN vienna,
Offering to make a test OF a balloon which he
claims is provided with machinery to control
it's movements invented by him. He wishes
to make voyage from New York to San
Francisco, to demonstrate its availability for
carving correspondence, his reward to be de-
pendent upon his success.
There is scarcely any ache to which child
ren are subject so bad to bear and difficult to
cure as the earachc. But there is remedy,
never known to fail. Take bit of cotton
batting. put upon it a pinch Of black pepper,
gather it up and tie it, dip it in sweet oil and
insert il into the ear. Put flannel bandage
over the head to keep it warm. 1t will give
immediate relief.