Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-16
Helena, Montana, Thursday, August 16, 1877.
ALL SORTS.

ALL SORTS.
THERE are sc, 900 afflicted Masons in the do
miniOn of Canada.
THE young fellow out in Texas doesn't tell
that his sweetheart is Gas sweet as sugar.
but says Of her, ''Oh! she'll do to put in
coffee"
The unterrifed Democratic patriots OF Mis-.
souri, are coming to the front with an eye
upon the seat which the ponderous Bogy
holds in .hc cnate.
CONGRESSMAN GARFIELD has bis country
home in the neighborhood of Little Mountain,
Lake county, Ohio. He owns farm of one
hundred and twenty broad acres.
TnH ancients called the pale, chaste moon
Diana. but the modern New Workers say
that Dana is the Sun. Whew, only an eye
knocked out in making that joke.
Mr.. BENJAMIN LOSING, the historian, has
chosen for his residence quiet and retired
spot in Dutchess county, n. Y, sixteen miles
east of Fishkill and the Hudson river.
FRANKLIN, N. Y, is a town abounding in
twins. The infant class of one of the Sunday
scho OILS there is composed of three pairs OF
twin boys, all of about the same age and size.
THERE are now in the oil regions of west
ern Pennsylvania eleven pipe lines for the
transport of petroleum, with an aggregate ca
pacity. for continuous delivery OF 30, OQO bar--
rels daily.
The bride of the telephone man, Mr.. A.
Graham Bell, is Miss Hubbard, daughter of
Mr.. Gardner G. Hubbard, of New York.
The welded couple will make tour of Eu-
rope soon.
WHILE compositor on the Montreal W.T.
ness was setting up an advertisement OF lost
canary, few days ago, the bitd flew in at
advertising.
BRAZILIAN merchants who have visited
New York assert that in few years the Uni
ted States will supply their country with
large per centage of the goods they nav im-
port from Europe.
The long stalks of wheat sent to newspaper
Offices every spring should be carefully pre-
served and presented to summer resort hotels.
| Short straws and low counters are making
the tall young men of our best society fright
fully round-shouldered.
U. s. TREAT, of Eastport, Maine, has LETT
for Japan at the request Of the japanese Min
lister, on salary of $4,000 year and ex-
AA0~~'
and canned goods generally.
THERE is woman in Hazardsvllle, Conn.,,
| who has lost five husbands in explosions OF
powder mills there, but she is engaged to
sixth. who is also powder miller. She says
she can stand the ''racket" if they can.
MIR. BRET HARrE has written a letter to the
| Washington Nation, denying any knowledge
of the authorship of the story entitled
| RI
name was attached to it without consent.
The chief of military collegiate institu-
ton, in New England, lately received an ap-
plication for admission from young lady.
He replied that she might come it wiling to-
wear the uniform and go through the drill.
| WHEN the London World reporter went to
interview Grant, the General gave long sigh
and calculated: "This seems like home.
! feel rs if were in the States once more
Jesse, order up julep for the young man.
FREDERICK BROWN, brother OF tho origi-
nal old John Brown, died at his residence at
Reedsburg, Wis, Sunday, at the age OF ~
wears. He was citizen of high standing,
and was generally liked where he was known
! Ex-Governor PACKARD arrived in Auburn,
| Me-, the other day on visit to his mother
| He is a native of that town, studied law thess-
| anu c0tcTcu b MALL IcElulCHt, "A'NAA ""o
! to Louisiana, where he married and settled,
| TOXIC. Japan, has ten important theatres,
| the largest of which accommodates aOout
5000 people. The plays are not as long as
those of the Chinese, butthey are longenough,
occupying whole day in theM representa-
| tiOn.
THE San Francisco Post is alarmed at the
spread of the religion of Confucius on the
| L. ;~,x <ho nf
who are sincerely anxious to preserve Amer
ican institutions to the danger which men,
aces them" from this source.
| THERE are 4,413 Tammany office holders
in New York City, not including the 2, 1856
policemen, 500 fremen, trustees of schools,
and the 5000 to 10, 600 laborers. The Repub-
| lican organization can muster about !, 342 or
! fee holders No wonder Tammany wins.
VIM. B. CARR, the great California poll
,ician, banker, jobber and railroad king, was
born in Indiana. He emigrated to California
in 1852 He is said to be the most energetic
man in the State and owes his large fortune
to clear mind, backed by great energy and
bulldog tenacity.
| James Hart was arrested in San Francisco
on charge of forgery A bank clerk posi-
| tivelv inentified him as the man who had OBJ
tanned money on bad check. He would
| have been wrongfully convicted-for he was
| innocent-had not the real f0rger, Livingston
Ayres. come forward and confessed. A close
resemblance between the two men had caused
the mistake.
To the remark of the Springfield Republicans
that "there is demand for a copy OF the
Louisiana contract between Hayes commits
sion and the Democratic leaders" the Hart
for C0urant, Gen. Hawley,s newspaper. re-