The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-24
MELANGE OF M|SSOULA..
Interesting News Of Various Enter
prises and People Of the Gar
den City.
Potlatch Fanny, Implicated With
Philip John, at Last Under
Arrest.
Extensiye improvements in tho Railroad
Shops Plann I'd and in Process Of Erec-
tion-Other News.

M1ssou1A, June g. Especially The 70
ception, card party and dance given by the
Gate City club on Thursday evening was a
most brilliant affair The wealth, beauty
and fashion Of the city gathered at the ele-
Rantly furnished club rooms, the attend
ance was large and representative Of the
best interests of the city.
A new mining company has BEEN moor
porated here-the Stone Greek Mining COM
pany-and is composed Of men Of Helena,
Philipsburg and MisDonla. The company
has section Of land, the bed rock being
supply of water with good pressure and
plenty Of dump. The ground TO be washed
is placer ground on Stony Greek in Mis-
soula county, between this city and Philips
burg.
coming week, to be composed of some of
our leading merchants and capitalists. In
the event of the organization being per-
fected, the first thing that will be done is
the organization Of a first class base ball
club and the laying out and enclosing Of
grounds.
Ever since the conviction of Philip John,
the Indian, for the murder of the pros
.pector, Rombaugh, the Hon. w. NJ. Bick-
ford has made strenuous effort to appre-
bend the notorious Potlatch Fanny. A
reward of $1,000 was offered by the state
and yesterday Mr.. Bickford's labors were
rewarded BY the information from ". D.
Robbins, Indian agent at Lewiston, Idaho,
that he had the long sought for Fanny.
Mr.. BickfOrd will, on Monday, ask Gov
ernor Toole for q requisition on the gov
ernor of Idaho. According to the testi-
mony. elicittd at Philip Johns trial, this
notorious squaw. after Rombaugh had been
shot, crushed in his skull to make death
certain. It has been the opinion here that
III Fanny could be apprehended, she would
prove Phillips innocence. Philip is now
serving life sentence at Deer Lodge, Gov
ernor Toole having commuted his death
sentence last April.
Reports from the Cedar Creek mining
district are to the effect that all the mines
ARE looking we'll and that there is abund-
ance of water for placer mining. The work
of developing the Mary Ann and Dundas
quartz mines is being pushed ahead rapidly
and both of these properties are now pro-
Mr.. Alvin Lent, now of Fair
haven, Washington, formerly of this
city, and for several terms
county clerk of this county, is in the city to
attend the marriage of his sister-in-l law,
Miss Maggie Miller, to Mr.. W. G. Allerton.
which takes place on next Friday afternoon
at the Episcopal church.
The owners of the Morton coal mine near
here will, as soon as the necessary prelimin-
airy arrangements are perfected, put in a
force of men to work it up. The property
is owned by Butte and Missoula parties.
The Homestake and Gold Hill mining
company will on Monday morning COM
mence work on their property.
Mr.. Adams who ran the Exchange hotel
near the depot, which was destroyed by fire
year ago, has his plans completed for 4
new brick hotel 50xSO, three stories, on the
old site and will commence on the founda-
ton at once.
Assistant Chief Engineer Lemmerioh, of
the Northern Pacific, has just completed
plans for extensive improvements and addi-
ton. to the railroad shops in this city. The
specifications include an addition, 6Ox75feet,
to the machine shop; car shop, 7Ox2lO; an
addition to the blacksmith shop; 3Ox8O, and
an addition to the boiler shop also
3Ox8O. Eleven stalls are to be added
to the round house and an additional coal
ing station 400 feet long is to be con-
structed. All in all the improvements as
planned will cost in the neighborhood of
100000. A new wheel lathe and man.
moth planer were placed in position at the
machinery have been ordered and will
shortly arrive. These many Improvements
have become necessary owing to the rapidly
increasing business of the company at this
point.
Milot & Co., of Philipsburg, have leased
the first floor of the new building now in
course of construction by Jos. Wagner,
proprietor of the Missoula brewery. They
expect to occupy it by August LIST.
ing the Paying Teller mine on Jumbo
mountain. two miles from the city. A force
of men will be put to work next week to de-
velOp this new find.