The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-17
LIVE MONTANA TOWNS.
Interesting Budget Of Live Local
News From the Capital
of Park.
Tho Stars and Stripes Now Float
From the Public School
Building.
A Successful Entertainment at Great
Falls-Mining and Bridge
Notes.

LIVINGSTON, May 16.-[special. IA large
new flag has been purchased for the public
school building of this city and it will be
raised next Tuesday evening with appro-
pirate exercises. The money to purchase
the flag was raised by the pupils of the
schools and a donation from the Patriotic
Order of Sons of America.
The regular meeting of the pension board
was held last Wednesday, with all the
members present. Seven applicants for
pensions were examined-Harry Appel and
D. X. Buchanan, Of this city; Thomas Loan
and George Dixon, of Billings; James Whit
taker, of Spring Hill, Gallatin county; JOS
eph Flemming, of Bozeman, and August
Adam, of Melville. s
J.. C. Villas and +. w. Wright to-day let
the contract for the construction of an irri-
eating canal for the purpose of reclaiming
their desert land claim southeast of the
city. The canal will be about three miles
in length and the water will be taken from
the Yellowstone river just below the county
wagon bridge.
About twenty-five of the members of St.
Bernard C%ommandery No. 6. Knights Tenn
plars, attended Ascension day service at st.
Andrews Episcopal church last Sunday
morning. The rector, lRev. J. W. Van In.
gen, preached an eloquent and impressive
sermon and the choir furnished excellent
music for the occasion.
Articles of incorporation of the Wiscon-
sin Mining and Smelling company ..were
filed with County Clerk d. Deutsch on
GOO, divided into 100000 shares Of two dol
lars each par value. The incorporators are
James Ennis, Henry Frank, Daniel Ross.
w. +. Sheard and William M. Thompson.
Operations of the company will be at
Cooke City, Montana.
Thomas II. Smith, deputy clerk and
recorder for Park county, was married in
Burlington, Iowa, on the Both inst, to Miss
Julia White. The bride is a sister to w.
McC. White, formerly acting superintend-
ent of Montana division of the Union
Pacific railroad with headquarters at this
place, but now a resident of Butte. Numer-
GUS congratulatory messages from friends
of the groom in this city were sent upon
the announcement of the marriage. Mr..
and Mrs. White will arrive in Livingston
next Wednesday,.
The state board of stock commissioners
have appointed G. l.. Heron. Of Shields
River, collector of strays for Park county.
Ihe work of collecting strays must be COM
pleted within the next thirty days. in order
to be in readiness for the commissioners
sale.
D. A. McCaw, the popular assistant cash
Ter of the National Park bank in this city,
was married May II to Miss Sarah Belcher,
at South Manchester, Conn. Mr.. and Mrs.
= are expected to arrive in Living
ston tonight, and it is understood that the
Livingston cornet band has been engaged
to welcome them home.
A surprise party was rendered Miss Kitty
Mclnerney at the family residence, Wednes-
day evening, by a numerous company of
her friends. They were royalty entertained
until after midnight with dancing, music
and cards.
The Ladies' Guild of the Episcopal
church gave an exhibition of Mrs. Jarlev's
wax works, followed by a suntlower concert
by eight young ladies. After the entertain
ment cake and ice cream were served. The
entertainment was a decided success tinan-
cially, tho ladies making after all expenses
were paid about 800.
Lieut.. Craighill, engineer in charge of the
government work in the park, arrived
from st. Paul this morning and Ill company
with Col. Lamashire, superintendent of the
road work, will 60 at once to Mammoth
Hot Springs to arrange for beginning work
in the park.
A. L. Dickerman, mining expert of the
Northern Pacific. accompanied by Len
Lewis and Thomas F. Ash, OF the Cumber-
land company, went over to Castle Tuesday.
1t is said they will be joined at that place
by Joseph Colby and II. G. Davis, the for
mer a Northern Pacific director. Their OBJ
ject is not known but it is supposed they
will examine Castle properties, and the re-
port of their finding will probably decide
the question of a road to Castle this season.