The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-03

Ono Of Uncle SANS Mail Boxes smashed
BY . Runway Horse and
! Wrist sprained.
One Of the carpet bag orators that the
republican state COMMITTEES brought into
the state last year was General George A.
Sheridan who hurled his golden shafts Of
eloquence broadcast over Montana and jug.
gled statistics until he took ones breath
away. Tho general" has not been on the
stump here this fall but he has not been
overlooked. Hon. William Wallace, Jr.,
who appeared with Hon. ". w. Dixon in
MinR's opera house last Fxiday evening
read this letter addressed to him from
Great Falls about tho windy warrior, un-
der date Of October q, 1880: ION my re-
turn to day from tho east find your favor.
was on my way east a year ago; left two
suit was known. In the train found Gem
eral Sheridan. He and several others got
into discussion over the result, Sheridan
maintaining that the republicans had not
the slightes chance Of losing. He was 80
positive that all his hearers were firmly
convinced that he had the inside. track Of
what was going on. He was a
snorer from Snoreville. He kept us
all awake, but between SHORES he
would occasionally holler Montana must go
republican. They will not have Silver
Bow. That precinct must be thrown out
And many other similar ordinations. The
funny part of it was that one night after
he had exhausted his supply of murmur-
ing about Montana politics, he gave a yell
that woke rs all, My God! he has killed the
girl There was newspaper man think,
on the Chicago Herald or Tribune, who
heard it all, and he and discussed it next
day. He promised to write it up, but
never saw the story in print. have for
gotten many of Sheridan's sayings, but on
learning that precinct 81 was thrown out
they Immediately came back and told
several at the time that believed S. knew
what was going on and took some part in
the scheme"
A writer for an eastern paper who spent
few days in this city a short time ago,
took run across the range and got his
lungs full of sulphur smoke. This is part
of the result that appeared in his paper:
Newspaper correspondents have paid
considerable attention to Butte for some
time perhaps too much attention. No less
than twenty-seven of them were registered
at the local Office of the Great Northern
railroad in the single month of last Sep
TENDER. Doubtless this western wonder
has earned for itself all the favorable COM
xuhioh ~ hoe hut ~
notice hath made it vainglorious. It is inn
patient of criticism. It vaunteth itself and
is much puffed up. It sneereth at tho effets
east and snaps its fingers at old staRers with
record. Standing on the very pinnacle of
wealth, 6,OOO feet above the common level
Of low-down communities, it snuffeth the
smoke of its furnaces and cries: Ha! ha!
The man who is not in direct touch and
sympathy with Butte is of no account.
Verify, the populace of Butte seems to for
get that there are no other worlds than
theirs. But assuredly and unquestionably.
with all other places on the globe, Butte is
incompatible. There is no place like unto
it, socially. morally and physically, and
there never will be. It Is an aggregation |
of hills, and a conglomeration of heteroge- !
neous people. It is stock combination |
and variety show OF the most intense and |
character"
The usual Sunday runaway occurred yes
terday afternoon. Two blacksmiths were
driving mp Main street in road cart be-
hind mare when the animal started ON |
run. The outfit turned the corner Of Main |
and Grand street 20 close that it tore Uncle I
Sans letter box away from the telegraph |
pole in front of the First National bank. A |
lot OF letters were scattered about and the |
iron box was broken into several pieces.
Tho mare dashed across the street, landing |
on the sidewalk behind Northern Pacific
expreHs wagon. whore she broke away from |
the road cart and continued her flight until |
stopped on Jackson street. One OF the \
had his left wrist slightly |
sprained.
The numerous friends Of handsome and |
popular hotel clerk In this city are enjoying
, very good joke in which he was his own
victim. Some time ago . travelling man
from the east came to this city and decided
to spend few weeks in looking over Mon
tana. He had ticket from st. Paul to +
Portland and return purchased at low
rate under the usual conditions one Of |
which was that the ticket was good only to
the purchaser. His name was on the back
and the number was in one corner. When
he decided to remain in Montana he offered
TO sell the ticket to our friend the clerk |
Who thought he saw chance for specula-
tion. Tho trade was made and finally along
uame customer. To make sure that the