The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-11

A very prominent city official yesterday
received printed letter signed I'll. Daley,
ITO Hester street, N. Y" It was one of the
old saw-dust games. The writer stated his
business as follows: t7s :.
thinking you are in position to safely
handle my goods, have concluded to
write to you.
I am dealing in an article. the denomina-
tions of which are, rs, rs, SIS los and eos.
They are Of the American and Dominion
of Canada issues and are perfect in every
respect. You may consider my bus
mess questionable one, but the loss falls
only on the government, and it can we'll
afford to stand it. If I have made mis-
take in writing to you on this subject, I
hope you will pardon me and let the mat
ter drop: Should you decide to answer
this will send you full particulars and
terms and convince you that I have an
article that is perfectly safe to- handle and
that will enable you to make money both
safely and rapidly. Be sure to return this
letter If you wish to hear from me again.
will return your letters promptly and will
expect you to do the same with mine.'
letters daily asking for information or as
sistance, and the requests come in many
different ways. "At times they are rather
amusing and often grow vexatious," said
Clerk Botkin yesterday. "a good many let
ters are from amateur brokers, who want to
sell church bells or FIRE apparatus, hose,
etc., and school supplies. There is one
agent who wants to sell church bell every
three months. wrote him reply and
told him the Jewish synagogue of this place
was just dying for church bell, and re-
ferred him to the purchasing committee,
which I said was Hugh McQuaid, Fred.
Wilson and Ferd. Chadbourne, with Pat
Delaney as rabbi. In due time these men
were deluged with circulars. Again, some
of these people ask for informa-
ton on postal card that
costs them just one cent, which
it would take month to gather. One of
these geniuses said he wanted copy of all
our state mining laws and list and de-
scription of all the mines in Montana.
Other correspondents seem to think that
city clerk has an employment bureau in
connection with his other duties, and it is
very rarely that they enclose stamp. I
find the Board of Trade very handy to re-
lieve me of the work of answering letters.
turn good many of them over to the
secretary
Postmaster Curtis has received . letter
from President Lyman, of the civil service
commission. relative to examinations for
postal service. The letter states:
"Civil service examinations will be held at
Miles City, Mont, Friday, May 16, and at
Helena, Mont, Monday, May IS, for the de-
partment and railway mail service. There
is scarcity of applicants from Montana
for the railway mail service, and persons
desiring appointment in that service are in
vited to compete.
Male citizens of the United States, be-
tween the ages of 10 and IS. are eligible.
The maximum limitation of age does not
apply to old soldiers who were discharged
on account of disability. Persons wishing
to take the examination should write at
once to the civil service commission, Wash
;mgton, .: G, for application blanks and
1T is reported that a detective is IN town
from Portland, Oregon, to get information
about the suicide of Frank Cartwright in
tins city in January last. His relatives
think that he was murdered because several
physicians say that his wound in his head
could not have been inflicted by Cartwright
himself. This view of the case will hardly
be taken by those who are acquainted with
the facts of his death. The evidence at the
inquest showed that it was a very clear case
of suicide.