The Helena independent., 1889-04-17
PERSONs AND THINGS.

Every French bank has photograph of
every empl0ys.
A canyashack duck ia said 10 be able 10
| fly eighty miles an hour.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett will sail
Tor England on May II.
The premium on gold In the Argentine
republic has reached sixty-fOur per cent
Fire.clay that takes a brighter polish
than marble IS found In Blair county,
pennsylyania.
A Vanderbilt syndicate is building up n
gas mon lpOly In 81. Louis II is said II
will have a capital Of Sl2,OOO,OO0.
owing TO his declining mental faculties
the venerable historian, George Bancroft
has entirely ceased his literary work.
Roswell Beardsley, who has held post
Office in New York ever since ls2s. has al
ways been democrat His salary Is $50
year.
John }. Blair, the New Jersey railway
mRgDate. who has fortune Of siOOOO,OUO.
lie began life by selling plug tobacco and
notions.
Mr.. Edison Is reported 10 have no doubt
that the time Will soon come when feasi-
Bile system OF aerial navigation will be dis
covered.
The Paris Figaro says that King Alfonso
KILL, OF Spain, In a beautiful child with
laughing face and fair hair falling down
over his shoulders.
Dr. Charles ). Thompson, OF Hartford,
Conn, the Oldest living graduate of the
Yale Medical College, celebrated his
eighty eighth birthday on Saturday.
Prince Oscar, Of Sweden, who last year
abandoned his claim to the crown In order
10 marry Miss Ebba Munck, thinks that all
Is atoned for now that he is the father OF q
fine daughter.
Hiram Williamson, one OF the immortal
"6OO,n who rode into the "valley OF DEATH"
at Iialaklava In 1854, has just been made
chief porter at the Boston postofiice. lie
is 10 years Of age.
Mildred Fuller, young daughter OF
Chief Justice Fuller, Of the supreme court,
has written three-act comedy called
Dreams. She Is n member Of the senior
clAss of Wells College.
Joseph Pulitzer, OF the New York
World, will soon return from his years .
residence in Europe, much improved in
health, but still unable 10 see. IL Is said
thas he Is hopelessly blind.
Judge Allen q. Thurman and his son aT-
rived at Washington last week. The Judge
is looking very feeble, ana In walking he
had 10 lean on the arm Of his son, ms we'll
rs bearing heavily ON his staff.
Dr. Cyrus Edison says there Is a wave Of
epidemic disease In New York at present.
One out Of every ten eases Of scarlet fever
proves fatal, one In eight OF measles and
four out OF ten OF diphtheria.
Prof. Begas. the celebrated German
sculptor. has Just finished three marble
, busts Of Emperor William. One Is for IN,
czar of Russia, another for the emperor OI
Austria, and the third for the king of Italy
| Bills for payments ON the new cruisers
, | have been approved by Secretary Tracy, NJ
follows: In favor of Cramp Bros for the
Philadelphia, sl2l 500 and in favor OF the
: Union Iron works for the san Francisco,
SI2s,5 ,52D.
A citizen Of Portland, Me-, made public
: his desire 10 present sack OF flour and q
| bushel Of meal 10 every man In that town
who neither kept a dog, drank rum. used
tobacco, nor needed bread. lie has moi
had a call.
[ A local syndicate has made proposition
. TO the Ellensbufg. ore, board Of trade, "a
take its subscription OF 100000 and com
plete the railroad from Ellensburg TO the
Columbia river, and begin operations im.
. mediaiely.
u st. Louis Globe Democrat: IL is not like
: ly that Mr.. llalstead would now accept thc
, German mission II he could get II, mas
u much rs the action OF the senate upon his
7, case has furnished him special inducemeniI
l. u continue his career as an editor.
, John u. Rockefeller, president OF th,
Standard on company, and who will ID,
z the Richest man In the cauntry IN few
+. years at the present rate OF increase, earned
his first dime by carrying package for
r man on the docks at Cleveland.
g Senator sherman will sail for Europe on
May !. lie goes simply for rest and pleas
ure, has no programme, and with a smile
g OF apparently the greatest satisfaction
k said, 81 will 90 wherever fancy leads me. y
lie does not know Just when he will re
q turn.
= Nothing vegetable may be carried from
scale-iniested regions into the chOic,
orange section OF Riverside Cal, without
: danger. The Riverside Press says: "A
n lady was handed an elegant bouquet a
Los Angeles the other day, and without
thought cf danger To her own Riverside OF
| chard brought IL home. Seme one called
. her attention % the possibility OF bringing
scale here, when she examined IN,
3 tlowers and found many specimens o
, the cottOny scale. The bouquet went int
the fire with dispatch"