The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-10
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE STATE.

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. George Gee os i'ao .a;rl.
Cottonwood, on Friday NV '
weight, 8 pounds. , 1,or,tand
of Lewisfown. on Thursday wv
weight, pounds. .- ,,,,e, on
Mnrried-At the Lewlsto"n n p',a ,ud
Thursday. Nov. 9TH hr. ". IN Of lewis
Miss Lizzie Z. Pattlson, o ot,ic;atino.
town, Rev. George Ed"afos uahara Who
Dan -, ;' thc foothills of the Little
R nns es cave a party on THANKSGIVING WIN
ho.As, "a k attendance for sparseiy SET
W. srold;no was in from Grass Range
,rs al ~ rr;th his family. MIR. spaldlng re-
aan.ir rstnrned from visit to MS DE- DIo,nei;
IN Madison county, driving BACK ooo iie'o
of sheep. oro shoc;red
The people of Lewistown were e saooI i,;s
to learn that Peter Anderson LA" I'LL e h.ni.
death by falling from a mnEvn ,%pnntains
ing poles from the oi'o"'
Nov. 80. - phi,
Tn tho matte, of the shooting at fnil-
~, II sn1 Nv u the iurv found that henry
Th.eas non,e Ia his death on NOV. 70 Dy
'.un nho t' ,ronnd from revolver III the
hands Of John James, in our OPINION ie'oi1-
iously. ~ ~ Mt At the
Horseshoe Bar ranch. SeVefai paA o.e S -.
located on land fenced in by Inc co coinl n.,,
under the belief that II was ope oa,, oa,,ni;e3
OF that the land laws hau nov o De va.ched with
with. Developments VIII 10 ""'
considerable interest.
f,eoroe Lamb, son of Mr.. FRANK La!no,
~ th;a ,,lace met with a serious accloen1 Oh
Sr,da,f last He with several other boys
was engaged in lathing the nouse u i; -, tho
Ms;r IN Taneau street, and while IN the
act al breaking lath to make ~ WIG Pr
truding piece flew and struck u na'n . n, ' nn
left eye. DR.. Lapalme was as c a,e0s"ht de-
stroved. Il is possible only the IRIS 10 M
;nred and that the accident will not result
IN the loss of sight.
-os ~ town last Saturday. Mr.. Garllck
VAS the first to "brng his grst to the ni. H.
II consisted of five or SIX busnels u nlo
wheat and about the same amount u eo.n ;;
The corn is what is known as squa" eoin
Mr.. Garlick says there Is no t1ou a.. season
ing it in Montana, and should ne4t season
he more favorable he will raise large
Quantity. MIR. Stiles, in speaking OF tne
corn. says it is the same kind that was
Drown in Michigan thirty or forty years
ago, when people thought. no otner hilu
could be raised. He says 1t makes eAcei-
lent corn meal. 1t would be we'll Tor our
16uCQIlCu W keb ooino " ~
It more generally MISCELLANEOUS
The ball given by the G. A. II. post on last
Thursday evening was decided success.
The large hall was filled to its utmost ca
pacity and everyone present seemed bent on
having happy time Miss Augusta Wey-
dert voted to be the most popular young
lady present. The post netted about Sloo'
Glendivc.
Dawson county shipped from the various
railroad stations in her limits, million
pounds of wool and the assessors returns
showed 81, 900 sheep. That is little more
than 361a pounds per sheep.
j. M. Mitchell, late of Manden. OAK.
and formerly from Washington, Iowa. hai
located with us to pursue his profession al
teacher of music.
Frost g. Co., have been inspecting thu
Yellowstone river at this point with view
Of building bridge across. This finn ha
concluded to build, in fact have commenced
operations and are pushing the job to com
pIetion.
A rare treat is in store for our people IL
the near future in the shape of muslca
festival to be given by the Glendiye Chora
society. The central piece will be the can can
tata. Queen Esther, under the dlfectlol
of Prof. de Jong. assisted by Prof. .. M
Mitchell and the Glendive Cornet band.
At the whist party given in honor of Mis-
Maggie Reynolds at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. +. REYNOLDS Wednesday evening
Dec. 3, a very pleasant time was had. III
first prizes were won by Miss May Tame
hill and John +. Boylan. and the secons
prizes by Miss A. Kate Hampson and W. Il
Timing. Refreshments were served i'll
recherche manner.
The bids for furnishing $50 cedar post
for use of the Horse Fair ana caes assocla
ton were opened Friday, Dec 5. Fran
Ketchum, N. w. Comford, j. Il. Sawyer. ii
H. Brooks, d. Cavanaugh. Gilbert Bur
dick, Lewis Jones and Arnold Griffin put Il
bids. Sawyer was awarded the contract a
10 cents per post.
The present term of the district coul
was held in compliance with the law, br
the expense to the county was reduced full
thousand dollars by Judge Milburn 70,
getting in the closing hours of the last teri
to summon the jury commission. TO
tunateiy nothing occurred in the intervel
ing time to necessitate one and :Old DaW
is just that much winner, thanks to Il
judge.
At regular meeting OF Thomas l.. kal
Post No. II, G. A. r., held Thursday eve
ing, Dec. 4, the following officers We're cleo
ed to serve the ensuing year: n. s. Benne
post commander; j. s. Shaub. senior viz
commander; G. N. Smith. junior yice-col
mandar; j. w. Allen, officer of the day;
w. Fish. officer of the guard; John Terrol
quartermaster; j. S. Amy. chaplain; Phil
Bonham, surgeon. Delegates to the dePa
ment encampment, NJ. p. Wyman and j.
Shaub; alternates, James McCormick q
]. w. Allen.