The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-30
THE SHADOWGRAPHER Err.

Tho Fairwenther mystery ia now In = fair
way for solution. Frank II. Woody, the
we'll known Missoula lawyer, writes to
Chief Justice Rlake that he WAS In San
Francisco when Richard Jockey, Conrad
Kohrs aud w. G. Gillette met the man al
legged to he FairweathSr. Mr.. Woody saw
the man who was stopping at the same
hotel. They got into conversation about
Montana and FairwoAther remarked that
he had been in Montana at an early date.
He said, however, that he WAS a Thomas A.
Fairweather. brother Of Bill Fairweather r.
one of the discoveries of Alder Rulch. He
was in the state in 1866 and 1867 and mined
in some Of the gulches running into the Big
Blaokfoot and in Washington Rulch. He
was afterward at Phillipsburg and worked
with Horace Countryman in building the
st. Louis mill. He said he was we'll ac-
ousinted with John Gerber, Dick Dickinson
and other old time residents OF Phillips
burg. He left that own in 1867 and 10 now
living in Bloomfield, Nevada county, Cali
fornia. Mr.. Woody saw MIR. Fairweather
every day. He remembers Bill Fairweather
as a tall man and Of n pronounced sandy
complexion. His brother in California is a
smaller man and is of dark complexion.
This disposes of the mystery until a new
phase appears.
A pawnbroker's shop is often quite AZ in
terestiltg AS a museum. l stopped IN front
of an uptown place the other day and gazed
in the window at a show of firearms, cheap
watches and = miscellaneous assortment OF
jewelry. A long leather covered sheath.
mounted with silver wire. was labeled gen
uine Damascus club. This knife has caused
the death of fourteen men," A few feet be-
low this was a small derringer and with 1t
was the explanation that it is the revolver
used by Jere Dunn when he killed Jim Eli
OFT, the heavy weight fighter, in Chicago.
A closer examination of the knife reveals a
curious implement of warfare. The story
that it is a Damascus blade is
somewhat clouded by the name of
an Edinburgh firm stamped on the
blade. Nevertheless it is interesting. A
big topaz crystal is set in the handle, which
is marked with the figures %. indicating,
perhaps, the number of a regiment. The
knife very likely belonged TO q seotch
soldier, and was highly priced. The story
that it assisted in the killing of fourteen
men is to be taken with a grain of salt, rs
nc one could be found around the place to
furnish names, dates or facts. The pistol
hat is said to have killed Elliott is a very
simple affair, but has the appearance of a
business-like weapon. It was brought to the
pawnbroker some time ago by the man who
picked it up where it was thrown by Dunn
just after the shooting.
#**
China Tom is a character we'll known to
the citizens of Helena. The other day he
was looking for the city treasurer's office
to settle a license fee.
Where he got ~tleasure Officer" he asked.
cover there in that building. He repub-
lican all same Chinaman," said a bystander.
"All light: Chinaman all same bleat
Ilish," said the celestial as he started for
the building.
Xxx
Restaurant walters have a dictionary of
their own for names of various articles of
food. l was sitting at a table in all night
restaurant the other evening when a gamb-
Ter dropped in.
"What will it be?' asked the waiter.
"A plate of cakes and two eggs on one
side" ~.
The waiter stepped to the door and called
"a stack of reds and two white wings, with
the sunny side up" l afterwards learned
that soup is known as shot stuff al ONE
let as a half moon;'' a cup custsrd as
TON and Jerrs;'' two eggs on toast as
''two on the crust" a half dozen raw oys-
tiers as "a half Kelly, slide;;'' q porter-house
steak with mushrooms as n "a big winner
a sirloin steak as a ~''staud-cff;'' three
boiled eggs as three white cheeks and
three boiled eggs and a piece of toast as
"three white checks and a marker" This
is a small list, as I learned that the names
are different in different towns,
Order yolr clothing from l.. Robinson, the
practical tailor, he will press and repair them