Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-01-17
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THE failure of the Galu1y is misfortune
to the literary world.
THE Mexican Congress has voted to admit
breadstuffs free of duty.
A RECENT issue of the Cincinnati Gazette
six pages of delinquent tax sales.
Josh Billings says: ''Doing business
without advertising is like winking behind
blue goggles-you know you are doing it,
but no one else does.'
FINE American carriage horses bring good
prices in London. A Kentucky horse worth
$125 can he transported to Liverpool for 500
and then sold for $780,
The Iowa Supreme Court decided that the
Legislative Act allowing cities and towns to
vote tax in aid of railroads or other public
corporations is constitutional.
THE London Telegraph rather grudgingly
admits that lit is not possible to deny that
the United States may ultimately become one
of the greatest Powers upon EARTH
The boy stood on the burning deck, that
he had hauled from the fire, where his father
had thrown it, but the old man yanked him
off and completed the cremation of the vile
cards.
SENATOR GORDON has received from the
women of Columbia, South Carolina, the
gift of silver salver as "a token OF their
gratitude and regard" Gushing letters were
exchanged.
OLIVE LOGAN alleges that Pierrepont has
informed her that he had spent in London
during his one years tenure of office the sum
of $3.50, 900, irrespective of the little official
salary of $17,500.
JACOB GRAU, who died in New York re-
Gently, introduced Ole Bull, Ristori, and
other celebrities to the American public, and
under his management Miss Kellogg won her
first triumphs.
A PRIZE of 1900 marks is offered through
the Central Literary Bureau of Berlin for the
best novel dealing with German subjects of
the present day. The work must be done by
the first of next March.
DIR. MERCY B. JACKSON, of Boston, a home
opathic physician, the mother OF eleven chill
dren, died few days ago, aged IS. She had
a large and lucrative practice.
II beg of you, have you few cents for
starving man ?" asked tramp OF pedes-
trian on Vine street last evening. "Oh!"
exclaimed the latter, ''yOu are only begging
the question" and he passed on.
ST. LOUIS is wrestling with religious
controversy of huge dimensions. Father
Ryan criticised Protestant beliefs and prac-
tees, and the Protestant writer's are retortlng
on Catholic beliefs and practices.
A HEN nosing, or rather billing, around one
morning for something to wet her whistle
with. found some wine in broken bottle and
slipped it, and Immediately she started OFT on
a waltz, crying: ''Cut-cut-cut-cut. Cut-Gao-
ba!"
The Boston Iravener says of Conkling's
victory in the Senate: ''That was a victory
for real civil service reform in the Senate,
when the New York nominations were re-
jected, and the Republican Senators did we'll
in applying the lesson"
LIEUT. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, who gradu-
ated last year at West Point, has been as
signed to the Ninth Cavalry, the enlisted
men of which are negroes, and has started to
ioln his command now on special duty under
COL Hatch, near Ell PasO.
THAT is a quaint little picture of Andrew
jackson which the venerable Southern pain
ter, Washington Cooper, gives. jackson
YVES rather pompous old mana fine, clever,
sensible old gentleman, thought, and had
way of making every one about him feel at
home.
Thomas G. Mitchell, one of the most prom
inent men at the Cincinnati bar, died in that
city few days since. Mr.. Mitchell was out
fifty.six years of age. The ruby wine, win
its attendants, clouded the brilliant lie wnlch
was promised in Mr. Mitchell, and resulted
in ruin.
SALv1N1 has Just appeared in Paris as
Othello. and an old observer says that he
never saw ragedian so completely conquer
a strange audience in so short time. The
fastidious French audience remained until the
end of the play, at 1890, and the great actor
was called several times before the curtain.
A NEW Pompeii has been discovered in
Italv. At the foot of Mount Gargano a
hurled town has been laid bare, the houses
being twenty feet below the surface. A tenn
ple Of Diana was first brought to light, then
portico of columns without capitals, and
finally anecropolis covering nearly four acres
FARMERS in the vicinity of st. Paul, Min
nesota, were blowing on Christmas, and ex-
cursion parties went by steamer to Fort
Smelling and Minnehaha. Ordinarily moth.
ing but an ice-boat navigates the Mlsslsslppl
at this season of the year. while plowlng
could only be accomplished by means OF
diamond. pointed drills and blasting powder.
TIE President recently directed his secre-
tary to write to Mrs. Chisholm, the widow OF
Judge Chisholm, who was murdered in
Mississippi, offering her clerkshlp IN tne
Treasurv Department. At the same time he
issued an imperative order that she should be
placed on the rolls if she accepted the offer.
She has accepted, and will arrive soon to
take the place offered her.
Scene in . horse car: Enter determined
looking female, to whom slender geI:le, gm
man offers his seat. 81 always like to oolige
the weaker sex, affablY remarked the youtn.
s.Weaker sex, indeed! Any more OF your
;mnertinence. Young man, and you'll see
whether I'm weak or not /" Then, assuming
a defiant air. she gratefully dropped into the
.oo.A .oot -Now York Herald.