Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1879-06-05
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won $3.50. 900 ON Parole.
HERscHEL v. JOHNSON is named as csn-
didale tor The Vlce-Presidency by Savan-
nah paper.
ILLINOIS proposes 10 amend her Cons,i,u-
| tion so that the Leg niature shall meet only
once in six ears.
FRED. ARcARB, the famous English Jockey,
| received $2,5UO tor riding Parole in the cny
and subur ban race.
T4e Dutch word for insurance company is
neutrality-suspicious.. Ihe'eare many
people who would cali the in~u ance com
panies by worse names than this it they could
! only invent them.
The estimated value Of the manufactured
products Ot The New Eng land States, acc.hd-
ing to the last censu-, was 500, 1l6, 772.
The capital invested was estimated ii, $500
666. .04l; wages 1913, 763, 206, and materials
$60O, 956, 600.
The plan originated by Mr.. James O.
Woodruff, for a scientific expedition around
the world, has, for a second time, failed.
Less than half the 800 subscriptions required
were received, and th1 managers announce a
loss of $50. 600.
The Scientific A5AsrscGa says the paint
niue at Reno, Nevada, comprises ledge
| torty-two feet wide and Of unknown depth.
The material is said to mix we'll with oil and
not to settle ON standing The mineral con-
tains small quantity of silver and traces Of
gold.
AN Irishman went to the theater for the
first time. Just as the curtain descended on
the first act boiler in the basement exploded
| and he was blown through the roof. coming
down IN the next street. After coming to his
serses he asked: AN what piece do lez
II nixt?"
IT is stated that Jay Cooke is gettil'r 'non
his feet again, through An in .eres' in Gu do
mines. His friends assert that if he accu'nu-
lates another fortune he will do all in bis
power to make restitution to those depositors
in bis banks whose funds he used in his rail-
| way enterprises.
THE once great chess player, Paul Mor-
phy, II in an insane asylum. lie utterly re-
pudiates chess and denies having ever known
anything about it. He imagines himself a
great lawyer, surrounded by clients, and is
busy At all times settling an immense estate
left him by his father.
THE New Orleans Times dislikes and de-
spises nlden because be represents and is the
latural product of the worst era and the
most corrupt methods of American politics,
and objects to his candidacy in 1880 because
be is neither great man nor good one, and
because he is a political trickster.
Poetic tags are appended to marriage no
tees in the Michigan papers. For example:
''At Medina, by the Rev. q. NJ. Lyon, Mr..
Oliver Hill. of DAvishurg, and N Mss Nina
Lyon, OF Medina" ''Oiver, you have from
her childhood home our Nina taken May
she by you be ne'er forsaken, And may her
love for you prove always true and un-
shaken"
GENERAL GRANT is the happy owner Of
two Arabian horses OF the purest hloOd-a
gift from the Sultan Of Turkey. One is of
dapple grey color and is called Djeyran
(the panther), and the other is a magnificent
black fellow with q white star on his fore
head. and named Missrli. They are on
board steamer on the way from Constanti-
nop|e to New Haven. They are housed on
deck and treated like saloon passengers.
BENZ min Slngerly. State Printer in Penn
sylvania. Sc, up bis hast take two years ago,
and died. A few days ago his remains ~eIe
when il was found they had pet
ri6ed. The entire face and form seemed ns
if chise|ed in marble, every feature and linea-
ment being az perfect % in life NJ. Singer
ly weighed at the time of his death, some two
years ago. nearly 400 pounds, but the pttri-
fed carrse weighed $50, ano: block and
tackle were found necessary to raise it from
the grave. ...:f - .-..
No other State in the Union has so much
politics to the square inch as OHIO. The
main reason for Obn's abundance is the ef-
fervescent enterprise OF her newspapers.
They persist 10 talking politics all the time,
h<~A~y in fhIA AfufD tul
too. If public man in Ohio lives two days
without bring interviewed by two or three
reporters be- knows his political end is ap-
THE Indianapolis Journal quotes from
the Federal laws relating 10 honest electmns,
and s,ys: 'It may not be known At Wash
ington, but is fact nevertheless, that Seha-
tnr VOORHEES, and his party have made Tie
rrques, to the Court for the appointment of d
all the Supervisors that have ever been ap-.- ;
pOinted in Indiana The last time Superyi-s.
pors were appointed II was on the writt-h He-p
quest of Senator Mcdonald and other DSn@- 3
crats." go
SPEAKING Of the California elect4npt@ .
New York Tribune Gays: '.AccT'@$ngie =
late and had newe, California. finds aeae!f &
'oaded down with a consttuti@ EhEtSs5rE 3
iouhte,ily the worst one ezSra;n1 fedkunpg
any State in tha Amrrica1 - &pa sTeaS e 3
baa been adopted is duepqnE allX + the 9as
natical Chinese agisxliof = Eaqps8r& pf9
people who knew tbE ge& n&rnm&t2 VS.
full of blunders A4dswSrae, *o{PdfF 2 ~
cause OF its C8nSe@Tc6G
heir rage they @ye ss4eS q 1lESAtfee
Chinamen ana hR sh{gsel3ed: BzoS 1hay
have recovered 6oea A45n39 iedE4 Ton