The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-28
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Prof. A. u. Walton, the mining exper1
leaves to-day for Old Mexico. Altar 1 brio
I visit In that temalli ridden land he Will 10
turn 70 England FOR The winSsr. The pro
, fessof promises to fsturn 10 Montana nex
: June with : trunk full OF Mexican sou
! venifs for his friends. The oollsotion vii
include 4 choice lot Of unflnishsd revolu
tions; Mexican menus, including 4 water.
melon for dinner, . cigarette for ripper
sto.i q few original lava beds and ..evsry-
thing else Of the kind"
Mr.. Menno Unxioker. The popular repre-
sentative Of the Chicago Iron Works,
and Ton Hanlon, Of the Springs, rode
the Elka' eoat last evening. III another
column will be found advertisements TO
break bronchos in three minutes.
Yesterdays Butte Miner had q column Of
recipes for Thanksgiving drinks. There
are a few people left in Butte who think a
column of bracers would have commanded
more consideration on the day following
Thanksgiving.
We learn that Shelby ELI billiard, Who
lately disappeared from the Red Lodge
Picket, has been offered q lucrative position
on the Arizona Kicker.
The Sundowners will meet for their usual
monthly dinner at The Helena Monday
evening. Col. Botkin. Montana's Chaun-
cey NJ, will preside, ana the SUBJECT for
discussion will be the art and Ethics of
Lying" The president informs us that
every member present will furnish a finely
FURNISHED and acceptable lie or be fined.
It may be mentioned on the side that sew
eral good fellows will be dropped from the
membership at this meeting unless they
furnish sufficient excuses for previous abb
ssnce.
AyounR society buck learned a lesson
the other day which is not likely to be for
He is one of a small GLASS in this
state who thinks that Q refusal to drink
WITT him is . deadly insult. which is to be
wiped out alone with blood from the inner
most ventricles of the heart. The other
ho dropped into The Helene. in a
tate Of hilarity and invited a gentleman to
DIN him at the bar. The declination caused
he hot cheek of this young M~ontanian to
.hlten with rage and, turning about, he
aid: II want you to unde'shtand, sab,
hat no man can refuse to drink with me.
)ont You know, sab, that it is q deadly in
ult, for which ] must call you to ~account?"
The man to whom this conversation was
lrected rather enjoyed the turn of affairs
ut determined to have a bit of fun on his
lde. He wrote a card serving notice that
ne younRster must apologize before nine
clock the following morning or enjoy the
of being killed. A written
pology was in his room at eight O'Clock
lat morning.
DR.. j. M. Read. of this CITY, has a nephew
Woodland. CAL, who promises to be-
a surgeon of no mean Importance. At
10 present time he is a druggist but de-
ties his spare time to amateur surgery,
ne other day he was favored with a patient
the person Of an italian fruit vender
40 by accident had driven a tenpenny
through the palm Of his hand. He
mt to the doctor-druRgist who calmly
'nt to his instrument case, produced a
y goods box nail puller and hauled the
ii and placed it away to use in another
INDEPENDENT contained a
lef Geographic dispatch announcing the
mapping of the two-year-old son of
'vld I. Beals, Of Kansas City. The
me will arouse some degree Of interest
long the old-timers Of Montana. In the
'ly sixties MI. D.. II. Weston, of this city,
rted the Quincy Shoe company in this ~
te. David I. Beals fu, nished the capital =
lie the firm bore the name of his brother n
law. At one time there was a branch II
lse of this firm in every mining camp in IL
ntana and Idaho. Mr.. Beals visited
! county every summer for many years. w
made a fortune out of trade and won't rig
D the cattle business, in which he was ba
'wise successful. He was one of the -
und floor men in Denver, and finally w
led IN Kansas City and beoane presi-
t of the Union National Bank.