The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-21
MONTANA TOWNS.
Much Delay Caused by a Washout
on the Road to Mon
arch.
Scare on the Steamer Swan, q
Party of Excursionists
on Board.
News and Notes From DIll0n-Telephono
Line and Electric Lights-A New
Church Assured.

GREAT FALLS, June 19.-lSpecial. The
washout on the branch of the Great North
ern to onarch has caused g%revious delay.
A quantity of freight awaits shipment and
the travelling public are seriously incon-
v%enienced. The company is making siren
uous endeavors to remedy matters, n large
gang of men being employed on reconstruc-
ton at weak spots along the line. Should
no further damage arise from succeeding
rains the management hopes to run their
regular train on Sunday.
On Tuesday last a coroner's inquest was
held on the body of Joseph Wood, who died
suddenly at the Leland hotel from causes
which at the time were attributer to mush-
room poisoning. The post norton. how
ever, disclosed the real cause of death to
have resulted from chronic liberation OF
the tomach. The remains were inferred
on Wednesday.
The Iribune's sixteen-page special edi-
ton, which appeared on Friday morning,
met with an unprecedented sale. nous
ands Of copies Of it went east, and no doubt
it will be the means of enlightning many
regarding Montana, and especially Great
Falls.
All jury cases set down for hearing at the
present term of tho district court having
been disposed Of, Judge Benton discharged
the jurors to their homes on Tuesday.
The steamer Swan, having in tow a barge
filled with pleasure seekers, started up ths
river Wednesday night. Approaching
Myers mill some floating rope from a boom
in the stream became entangled in the
propeller. causing the shaft to break. Dis
abled, the steamer was at the mercy of the
strong current, and grave fears for q
time were entertained that it and it's living
freight might be drawn over the falls.
Jumping overheard. a man swan to the
boom, and a rope being thrown to him
everything was soon made fast. What
might nave proved a calamity was thus
averted.
Attracted by the volume of water passing
over Black Eagle, Golfer. Rainbow, Horse
Shoe and Big Falls, numerous sight seers
have visited those localities during the past
week.
Major Camp, the temperance lecturer, is
. stirring up church members and temperance
people with a view of securing better or
ganization to cope against the increase of the
liquor traffic in this vicinity and is meeting
with success. The major hits from the
shoulder and with no uncertain sound stig-
matizing the lack of activity shown by
those favorable to the cause of temperance.
Building operations, almost suspended
during the recent wet spell, are now in full
swing.
Running to head off horses which were
trying to escape from q corral, James
O'Brinner, a %ranchman living in the vicini-
ty of Highwood, fell and dislocated his
shoulder. Brought to town in a spring
wagon, he suffered intensely until DIR.
Newman set the bone back in its socket. A
unique feature in connection with the acct
dent is that this is the seventh dislocation
of the shoulder blade O'Brinner has expert
enced in tumbling through life.
Passenger Conductor Stevens, we'll known
to travellers between here and Butte, left
yesterday on a we'll earned vacation. His
destination is Winnipeg.
A. Guthrie. arriving from Monarch by
private conveyance on Friday, states that it
rained continuously for twenty days in
that camp.
Charles Graves, colored, implicated in
the recent shooting ARRAY at the Dakota
saloon and tried for assault, was acquitted
by the jury. Richardson, who manipulated
the gun, was also discharged.