Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-03-25
ALL SORTS.

ALL SORTS.
THE Ute chief Ouray is worth $500, 900 or
more.
HUNDREDS of cattle are dying of starva-
ton in eastern Nevada.
It looks like hard case when murderer
cannot get new trial and an acquiltal.
WILLIAM II. VANDEB1LT will soon receive
q set of china from Dresden, consisting of
400 pieces.
THE great Cornish copper Smelter, John
Michael Williams, has just died, leaving a
500, 0OO, 600 estate, not entailed.
WHEN a citizen of Bodie dies an officer
goes around and inquiries where he took his
last drink, in order to fix the responsibility.
An Irish farmer once sent in bill to a
gentleman with the following item: ''To
curing your hOnor's horse that died, Is.
A Boston paper has discovered thatthey
have four regular scandals per day outside of
elopements and church rows.
d. w. Fuller, Boston capitalist, lately
fell from bucket as he was ascending from
mine at Leadville, and was instantly killed.
"Young man," says the Oswego Record,
''invest your capital in integrity 1t is quite
| impossible. There is really none in the mar
| ket
AN eccentric old Georgian, William Will
SOD, of Newton county, recently died, leav-
ing his estate, worth 5000, to his former
slaves.
Says Josh Billings: "If you kant trust a
man entirely, let him skip; this trieihg to
get An average on honesty alwuss has been
failure.
A FLEET CT the finest French war vessels,
accompanied by crack regiment from the
French army, will attend the Yorktown Gen.
tennial.
INDIANA Republicans spoke for themselves
and said ''Blaine." There will be chorus
of the same sort of chanting from the whole
West presently.
CALIFORNIA produces 40, 600, 900 pounds of
wool every year, CT which 38, 600, 600 pounds
is sent abroad only to be returned to her in a
manufactured state.
Sir Garnet Wolssley has discovered that
English missionaries in Zululand for the past
| twelve years have grown fat and rich, but
have not converted one native.
The editor of the Rochester Herald intim-
ates that stealing umbrellas is bad; but as to
silk umbrellas with ivory handles-well, for
tunately it doesn't look like rain.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that "Han-
cock stalks into prominence as Bayard drifts
out of notice." and then proceeds to chant
prelude to the Hancock ''boom."
In April Boston will hold a cat show, and
New York dog show. If the two could be
united under one mammoth pavilion, as cir
Gus men say, things would be more lively.
The New Orleans Picayune has published
five columns of names of eligible bachelors
and widowers in that city, for the convenience
of the ladies, in view of their leap-year priv
ileges.
The man who invented 'boom"
Should be flung in a cold, dark room,
And over his head
blanket spread,
AS hint of his coming doom.
An English coachman was asked to tie up
dog and he resigned on the ground that it
was the buffers duty. The butler declined
and resigned, and after six servants had left
the Earl tied up the dog himself
A man without legs was recently arrested
for stealing a pair of overshoes at Little
Rock, Arkansas. We wish to mention that
he had no feet either, which makes his klep-
tOmania all the more remarkable.
THE London Truth, speaking of the galaxy
of Celtic bea uties at the drawing-room held
in Dublin Castle, says that an Irish girl, to be
perfect, must always have touch of the
brogue, which adds piquancy to her conver-
satiOn.
Jones fears that the photographers, john
son and Walker, owe the excellence of their
dictionary to the use of stimulants Jones is
80 literal. These views came from seeing in
the title page of that work: johnson and
Walker. Improved by Todd"
"What's in a name ?" All, William, you
didn't know everything, that's certain. Salt
can be bought for few cents quart, but
call it chloride of sodium, and the apothe-
cary will mulct you to the tune of half dol
lar for one poor scruple.
The views of the Michigan Senators and
Representatives in Congress on the Presiden-
tial question coincide with those of the mass
es of Republicans in that State as they have
been shown in a recent canvass. Both Sena-
There are some men so homely that pretty
women fly to them and marry them for PHYS
sake. Why, man may be 80 ugly that his
face actually aches from pain caused by its
terrible shape, and yet that man will become
owner and proprietor of one of the sweetest
little women in the world.
The London Truth has an article on fash
ions for little dogs. The only exception we
take is to the style of walking dress for small
bull pups. Instead of scarlet velvet poke
bonnet and close fitting ulster, we think
blue felt coronet shaped hat and fur-lined
circular would be more becoming and appro-
pirate.
CONCERNING the outlook in Wisconsin,
Senator Cameron of that State says he thinks
''Blaine has got the best of it," though per-
sonally he favor Grant. Congressman Will
liams adds: 81 am for Blaine and believe
that my State is" Of Iowa, Congressman
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