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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
ST. vINCENT'S ACADEMY.
Examination Conducted by Rt. Rev
"i Bishop Br0ndcl, February 2. ~

Examinations Conducted by Rt. Rev.
~ Bishop Brondcl, February 2. ~
Monday morning, February =, ~sixty-one
littIe. hearts went pit-a-pat with excitement.
Blue; black and brown eyes looked at the
sky with anxiety, hoping for a bright,
beautiful day, and 30 it proved to be. II
was the day of examination for the little
angels, without wings, at st.. Vincent'a
academy. Dressed in their best bib and
tucker, they wendell their way to the CON-
very tastefully decorated for the occasion.
They ranged themselves N order
and upon the arrival Of his lordship,
Rt. Rev. Bishop j. b. Brondel,, greeted his
appearance with an opening hymn. His
lordship then began the work of the day.
The first little n addressed, and she was
a very wee one, burst into an April shower
of pearly tears; after this small storm all
went merry as a marriage bell. Between
the different classes the music was also
examined.
After the examination of the minims
came classes OF a higher grade. who did
ample justice to themselves, and to the
good sisters who have for the past FIVE
months iabored SO indefatigablv to prepare
them for this occasion. The music was
we'll selected and skilfully rendered. The
third day was devoted to the higher grades,
the graduating and the su~bgraduating
CLASSES. The examination concluded by
the reading Of essays by the subgraduates
as follows: Out in the Streets" drama,
by Miss Katharine Monforton; "Letters."
by Mary Arnold; Bells" by Annie Her.
mann; The Earth" by Belle Klei;
"FSwers," by Annie Mcdonald. and 'The
Sky" by Minnie Randall. The subjects of
the two young lady graduates-elect were
King Lear" by Miss Josephine Hermann,
and s'Macbeth." by Miss Agnes Coonsy.
The music deserves particular notice, but
We shall not i~ndividualize on this occasion,
but At the conclusion Of this present schol.
astic year, Thursday, June 25, We hope to
all meet again in II grand reunion, when
with great pleasure we will give to tho pub
divine art of harmony.
His lordship Rt. Rev. Bishop J. b. Bron-
del, who was present during the entire time,
expressed himself well pleased with tho
progress the pupils had made during the
previous five months and wished them God
speed" for the remainder of the year. And
may God bless st. Vincent's and all the ill.,
habitants thereof. Flora.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
THEY WANT THE KILOGRAMS.

Important Testimony Taken Before q
COMMISSIONS In Helena.
There was another phase to the Davis
will case yesterday. It came in the shape
of testimony taken before a commissions
in Helena with the object in view of showing
hat there was a conspiracy to prove the
contested will a genuine document. The
district court at Butte appointed Dudley
DuBose "a commissioner to take testimony
IN the matter of the estate of Andrew J.,
Davis Mr.. DuBose being away, Thomas
D.. Penny was appointed by stipulation to
attend to the matter, and 10 o'clock yesser-
day morning was the time set. At that
hour the lawyers we're not ready and the
matter was put of to 1890. Then Henry
A. Root, the principal contestant, with Col,
Robert G. Ingersoll appeared at Commis-
stone Penry's Office. Judge WoolwortG, of
Omaha, of counsel for John A. Davis, the
principal beneficiary of the disputed will,
was also there.
ager j. G. Swan. Of the Western Unions
Helena Office. h contestants wanted him
to produce certain kilograms TENT and cop
les of others received in Helena between
July IA and July "a. last year. The sender
and recipient in Hslena was Erwin Davis,
a brother of Andrew j. Davis and John A,
Davis. The parties with whom he was in
Geographic communication were II. II.
Trimble, . lawyer Of Keokuk, Iowa, and j.
v. Sconce, OF Arkansas, the only person liy.
ing whose name appears as a witness on
the disputed will.
When Manager Swan appeared he refused
to lroduce the tslegrar4s from the Western
Union office except on an order of court.
He said he had been instructed by the com
pany not TO do 30. Then the lawyers got
into q discussion az to Commissioner
Penry's right to enforce his orders for the
production Of the kilograms. Judge Wool
no such right. Col. lngersoll and Mi.
0oot held that he had and the commits
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
An Indian Scrip Entry.

The Helena land Office had a visit yester.
day from a f~ull-blooded Sioux squaw and
her son by a half-breed husband. They
came all the way from Minnesota to file
on some land with half-breed scrip. The
scrip was issued to the half-breed husband
Of the Sioux sauaw over twenty years ago,
but was never made use of. The husband
il dead and the son wishes to utilize the
privilege. He selected 16O acres in the
western, part of Missoula county. Half
breed scrip covers entries on either survey
ed or unsurveyed lands, and requires no
residence OF cultivation. Formerly the en-.
tries could be made by power of attorney.
Under rulings of the interior department,
they have to be made in person now.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
OfHce Removed,

DIR. Carl Schulin has removed his office
and residence TO the Horsky building, cor
ner Sixth avenue and Main street, where he
opened elegant quarters. The doctor is a
graduate from the German universities of
Leipzig and Marburg. Consultation in
English, French or German. Oflce hours
from 10 to II a. m. and from 8 to 8 aud Z
t. y 2. NJ. Telephone AO4.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
Meantime q Homesteador Has
File on Some Of the Proc
ious Land.
Though = Pilgrim =. ID. spratt was Right
When He Took Up the Abandoned
Claims.

F. d. Spratt, one Of the owners Of tho FL
dorado and Stubb's Ferry sapphire fields,
was In town yesterday. His business Wal
quire into the entry Of John b. Edwards'
on some Of the valuable land where the
precious gems are being found. Edwards
6led on 100 acres there last May under thu
homestead law, and yesterday he made APP
pltcAtion at the land Office for permission
to commute. 6pratt, his two brothers and
N. O. Holmes, own 1000 acres along the
river, which they say comprises all the land
valuable for t1s finding Of sapphirss and
rubiss. They say it was entered under the
mineral laws at least q year before Ed
wards filed on his piece under the home
stead law. In vltw of the nature OF the
ground and the fhct that an English syndi-
cate 10 negotia*ing flor an interest, . big
fight il promised between Edwards and the
mineral claimants.
1.-The deal with the English syndicate ID
not completed yet" said F. D. spratt yes
terday, but it is in progress. We are to
retain a one-ffth interest, and a company
was not considered worth anything. There
were 9 number Of mineral claims filed On 1t.
and it was known that the stones were
there, but no n believed they were valu-
able. So they were abandoned by their
claimants. When / first began to work
over there the old miners laughed at me
You know I am a pilgrim-and told me /
would only make myself poor. But 1 kept
on at it. and now there are lots Of those
fellows who were laughing at me who
would like to find a piece Of land to Hle on.
Any. little corner would do. 1t proves the
truth Of the old saying, he laughs best who
laughs last"
Mr.. Spratt did not care to mention the
amount. that the English syndicate Is to
pay him and hin partners for the four
hfths interest in.the land, rs the deal is not
yet c~onsummated, But he looked happy. in
spite Of an impending fight over a portion
Of the land, and carries around lot Of
which would make a hotel clerks eyes
water. Il
The ground whore the gems are found,
Mr.. SpfASE aAys. II Slso valuable for placer
mining. He saysS the gold found pays all
ceeds from the sale Of sapphires and other
precious stones g. clear profit.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

G. w, Jackson, the Helena music dealer. has
now on Exhibition IN his stor., ~ North Main
street, II large numbsf Of magniticent Chickering
pianos. All music NY inclined people are cor,
daily invited to ca | and see and hear them. Mr..
Jackson has the largest and bsst stock Of pianos
and other musical goods ever brought to Mon
See the wonderful vocation for church, hall or
home.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

There was q lively row in tho Helena
lobby last evening and for = few minutes it
looked as IL a fight would follow. II was
all over the agency Of the Agnes Booth
cigars. Mr.. A. J. Engelhart, the general
agent for the company, arrived yesterday
from San Francisco, and appointed Bach,
Cory y Co. sole agents for the Agnes Booth
from st. Paul to Washington state. A lit
tie later 3. !. Gunsberg turned up aud
claimed the solo right to sell these cigars in
the same territory as representative OF the
Electric Cigar company, Of st. Paul. Chas.
Basnitx, tho manager Of Bach Cory's cigar
departments, IN the meantime was quietly
enjoying the fun for he saws that hrs firm
hasthe sole right OF handling she cigars.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
Ice.

Bach, Cory d Co., will receive proposals
for about $40 tons ice delivered at their
warehouse on N. p, and M. G. Il. II. track.
Ice to be II to 10 inches thick.
BACH, Cory Il Go.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
pi.trlot Cous. Proessd.nr..

Helena Produo. company ~. G. W.
Douglass Il Son. Motion to dissolve at
tachment sustained except as to claim Of
$50. Sheriff ordefsd 70 release all property
attached except sufficient to satisfy plain
tiff's claim Of $50 and costs.
Mary Hammond VI. James Hammond.
Leave granted to die. answer.
Brown va. Hanley.la Leave granted to
amend answer.
James Pendleton va. r. C. Cowling, Of al.
Judgment rendered against defendant.
l.. A. Harris vs.. Bells d. Co. lime grant.
ed to file atiidayits and statement on mo-
ton for new trial.
William Kranich VI. Mao %Jovanovic. De-
PENDANT fined $50 for contempt of court.
State vs. A.. A. Lareau. Two indictments
against defendant for perjury dismissed on
account of death of defendant.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

The Board of Commissioners, of Lewis
and Clarke County, Montana, will meet in
special session, Thursday, February 10Th.
1891, at 10 a. II. by order of the board.
j. s. TooKER, Clerk.
Helena, Mont, February 7th, 1881,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

InruuKu SleertT 70 st. FOULS.
Commencing Sunday. February l. 1891,
q through Pull9pn palace sleeper will X
run from Salt EMke City and Ogden to 81,
Louis via DenveSand Kansas City over a.
Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railw9ys.
This car connects at Cheyenne with train
for Montana points.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Hereafter until further notice all choice
cuts OF beef, veal and mutton will be sold
at 10 cents per pound and plain steak 10
cents, at the East Side Meat Market.
4. l.. MATTHEWS, Prom.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

The management Of Harmonic hall announces
the first appearance in this city of Ella kaime
prima donna, Monday evenin q.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Ministers, Lawyers. teachers, and others whose
occur alton gives but little exercise. should nse
( n,tsr's Little Liver fills for torpid liver and
bhl,ousness. One 10 . dose. Try them.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

y. M. q. A. star Course tickot holders Sc
Cure reserved seats Tor Boston Ideal lanlO,
Mandolin. Guitar ! ~ Pope q O'CCn.
nor's,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

R0ston Ideal Banjo. Mandolin, Guitar
Club. Ming's opera house, Feb. IL.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

A new line Of black and white India linsns inst
received q fowlss' Cash Htore.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

The clerks n he Ree Hive are % busy that
= they have ncNtime to make = display OF goods.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

The latest novelties in rulings in cream, black.
blue. pink and lavender just received by express
Ut FOwles' Cash store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Fowles' Cash Store carries the largest line of
Infants goods to be found n the city.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

fOu can always find tho latest noyeltie. In
notions aud fancy goods ct Fowles' Cash 0tore.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
Through Sleeper to 81. Loui..

DR.. Meyer. French opt,cian. ut Mcr-
chants Hotel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

We Have No Competitors ~!
IA lbs %9ranulated sugar for. ..........S l oO
16 lbs brown sugar. l OO
Matches per doz IL
Cocoanut in bulk per ID .............. 20
Finest table butter per 2 lb rolls ..... GO
Strictly fresh eggs per doz. .......... 30
10 lbs buckwheat -four for. ......,. Is
8 Id cans Snowflake crackers. ......., rs
Very best full cream cheese. ......... 1917
White clover honey in comb. ......... 81
Imported macaroni per lb package -. 10
Very good par!or broom for.......... rs
10 lbs sack table salt for. ...,,..... 70
Very best hams psr b.:;...:..."..: 1917
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Three thousand yards Of ruchinss just received
at FOwles' Cash Store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Cut Fl"werA
Choicest selections always on hand.
Prices reasonable. Enquire 10 Broadway
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Stocks are always complete at Fowles' Cash
Store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
The Cosmopolitan

DIR. Meyer, French optician, Mt Mer.
chants Hotel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08
Cannot Seize Borrowed Property.

Cannot Seize Borrowed Property.
Judge Fleischer yesterday decided the
case of Charles I. Morrill, against William
McComas, which was a suit to recover a
sleigh and bells. These articles were
loaned by Morrill, to q man named Osborne,
who kept his horse at MoComas' stable.
McComas claimed that Osborne owed him
for board of the horse, and seized the sleigh
and bells in payment. Judge Fleischer de-
cided in Morrills favor, ordering the re-
turn of the property or its value, $40.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

The Cosmopolitan.
The Cosmopolitan hotel has tho largest
lobby and billiard hall in the state, which
has been recently entirely reftted. This
popular hotel also furnishes the best meal
in Helena for fifty cents.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Only a few more lamps left at The Bee Hive.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Beginning Monday, Dec. 8, and continuing until sold, we shall
oner our entire stockat cost. We have now in our ware-rooms, at
Main ST. and Sixth ave., alarge and elegant line of seasonable goods
which this sale offers an exceptionable opportunity to purchase at
prices never before offered in Helena.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

Many lines Of new spring goods can now
b. seen at Eowles' Cash Store.
Kid gloves xtttted to ths sidk And 1t Fow,es' c..h
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-08

will please call at our stores.
W.. WE1NsTErN & Co,
- ~ Lower Main Ut.
$3.50 Pacific TEA Co.,
aoj 49, .40s Rodney street.
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n s3sa' at from g cents and upwards at The Be
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-16
Arlington NawS

Arlington's long-felt need of local paper
is TO be filed at last o. w. Bradley for
merly editor of the Harold Telephone. vii!
get out the first issue of the Arlington Her
aid next week. Mr.. Bradley is young
man, and his appearance bespeaks a live
paper.
Tuck Trigg will move to Dallas this week.
Mrs. Roberts of Dallas is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Ditto,
Mr.. C. T. Alcus Of Hutchins has located
here.
Professor Whitehurst is proving himself
invaluable to the community in the capacity
of both citizen and teacher.
Pryor Wheeler, an old resident of this
community, died yesterday OF pneumonia.
He has been living at the place where he
died ever since the war.
Professor Wilson and Sanity left Sunday
for Richardson. Professor Wilson will
take charge of the public school there.
The family Of W. c. Weeks, who were
poisoned from eating beef, are all better.
The pulpit of the Methodist church was
occupied on Sunday by Rev. w. L. helms
of Fort Worth. He preached grand SER
mon. 1t is hoped his advice to parents will
be needed by the people of this place, who.
he said, We're trying to make their children
obey their precept instead of their example.
Miss Nora Ditto left Sunday for George
town, where she will attend school this
!" There is some sickness here. Among
those reported i'll are DR.. Tins, j. W. Ham
mack, Lewis King and Mrs. Marsh Collins.
A. j. Rogers, one of our merchants, is
opening 4 business in Mansfield which will
be in charge OF Austin Fritts.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-16
{. !. Smith & Co

Sale of manufacturers ends
in Dress Goods~th that will Gre
ate a sensation. On Friday
next, under the tariff laws Of
this country, a manufacturer
of Dress Goods on the other
side can send to their agent
On this side any length of
dress goods less than a pat
tern marked samples, and the
custom house passes them
free. These ends Of dress
goods are supposed to be cut
into a thousand smaller sam
pies and sent broadcast to
merchants Sometimes this
is done, and sometimes those
lengths are sold to be sold
again to the consumers. We,
were offered a lot of 5Ss.eh6rt
lengths Of dGess-'Soods of
various Stec,s and of yari-
9lSfngths, ranging from s
yards down to g, and on Fri
day We are going to sell them
and the benefit will be worth
needing. Do Won want p
dress pattern for your daugh- |
ter or a skirt or a waist for
yourself. or can you use a
short length of fine dress
goods for any purpose what |
ever! If so, come on Friday |
and pick it out. The yards
and price for pattern will be
plainly marked on them. The
buyer will be the gamer, or
III other words she will get a
very fine dress for the price
OF an ordinary one. Come on
Friday.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-16
DIVORCE STATISTICS.

lie J nurnal Official publishes some read
able 81 sites relative to the divorces and
separoIusas 6ecreed in France during a
period # twelve months. The divorces
granted after less than one years connubial
happiness amount to 2 per cent. Then
comes tremendous jump TO % per cent. in
the case of unions having lasted from one to
five years. The heaviest proportion of all
is that for the period extending from the
fifth to the tenth year, the number reached
being 40 per cent. Afte. that the figures
drop rapidly. Only % per cent. of couples
seek divorce between their tenth and
twentieth years of union; between twenty
and thirty the proportion is only per
cent, and finally only one pair in hun
dred seeks to cut the knot after sailing,
through life together for over thirs,a6d
under forty years. After more than forty
summers of welded happiness there is no
instance of the French equivalent for "a
decree nisi." Conjugal infidelity is only
the cause of just one-6fth of the divorces
granted.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-16
THE CRIES OF BIRDS.
Legendary Tales and Quaint Fancies Con-
nected with Their Notes.

There is a never failing charm in the
many musical and plaiHtive cries Of birds,
waited from one quarter and then another,
around which, in our own and other coun-
tries, SO many pretty and legendary tales
have clustered. Indeed, long ago, poetic
fancy has given an Interpretation to the
notes of birds, and the sweet song of the
skylark. as heard at "heaven's gate" has
been said to be a repetition of the word
''tirra-lyra," a combination of sounds Dor
rowed from the French tire-lire. Shake
speare in the winters Tale" speaks of
''the lark that tirra-lrra chants" and
Browne, in his "Britannia's Pastorals'
makes it "teery-leery." The woodlark' s
note resembles the syllables "lu lu," or
ter H." and the plsiutive cry of the
chatfinch, which is generally considered q
foreruEner OF wet weather, is rhymingly
initiated by the English peasantry who cry
out when they see the bird, "Weet-weet!
Derep-derep."
The cry of the wood pigeon, which has
been interpreted as meaning Take tuo-o
coo, Tafyl take tuo-o coo, Taffy!'' forms
the subject of an old Suffolk legend The
magpie, runs the story, once undertook to
teach the pigeon how to build more sub
stantial and commodious nest; but in
stead OF being a docile pupil the pigeon
kept on her old cry Of Take tue, Tafyi
take tuor The magpie insisted that one
stick at q time was as much as could be
managed to advantage; but the pigeon,
needless of the advice, kept On crying out
as before, "Tuo, take tuo." Thereupou
the magpie in passion gave up the task,
exclaiming, Il say that one at times
enough; and if You think otherwise you
may set about the work yourself, for will
have no more to do with it," Since that
unhappy quarrel the wood pigeon, we are
told, has built her slight platform OF
sticks, which certainly suffers much in
comparison with the strong, substantial
structure of the maybe" The wood
pigeons nest, it may be remembered, is
merely layer of cross twigs, through
which the eggs can be seen from below
As might be imagined, the song of the
nightingale forms the subject of many
legendary tales, and according TO one popu-
lar story on the continent in olden times
this favorite bird had a dog to which it
was very much attached, but one day he
tied it to tree while he went out for a
walk. During his absence, however, the
animal in his struggle to get loose and re-
gain his liberty, pulled up the stump and
escaped. The nightingale on returning,
and finding the dog gone, has ever sincs
lamented its loss thus:
Kaie va, kaie val
tuit, fuit! sicot, sicot!