The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-10
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE STATE,
Butte.

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Thu work Of putting the. court room in
shape for Judge Pemberton is progressing
rapidly and will be completed during the
week.
William J. MoNamara will in a few DAYS
begin breaking ground for a six-story bust.
ness block adjoining the Lewisohn block on
the east. The plans for the structure have
been drawn up.
One of the largest pipe organs in the state
has been received at ST. Johns church and
was used at Sundays services for the first
time.
Sunday being the only really fine Sabbath
with which this part Of Montana hes been
blessed for several weeks, many people
whom the Indictment weather had previous
~ kept at home attended the various places
OF worship. AS a result each church was
crowded almost to the extent of it's capao-
ity.
At the SPECIAL meeting of the Clerks as
sembly, held in Caplice hall last FRIDAY
night. it was decided to issue union cards
to all the establishments represented in the
order. 1t was also decided to issue badges
in order that the members of other labor
organizations might know them.
The Butte Amateur Comedy club was or
ganized Wednesday evening with Vim.
Braden, president; @. j. Dryer, treasurer,
and Harry o. Andrews, manager. The
members will consist of those who CON-
prised the cast of May Blossom, which was
a short time ago.
Rinaldo, the Italian who was shot in
Meaderville last Sunday night, has been
steadily growing better since and was
thought to be out of danger Sunday. Stefani
has been kept in the county jail awaiting
the result OF his injuries, but was released
on bail of 81. 600, as the life of his victim
was regarded as being safe.
At the Baptist church Sunday Rev. A. w.
Graves preached the morning sermon, while
in the evening Rev. j. G. Pulliam occupied
the pulpit. After the evening service the
ordinance of baptism was conferred on
several persons who desired to become
members OF the church, among whom were
three Cinnamon belonging to the Chinese
school,, which has an enrolment of fifty-two
and an average attendance Of twenty eight.
The waiting rooms of the Montana Cen.
trail depot in South Butte have been con-
verted into sleeping n lounging quarters
by a gang of toughs who have made it a
practice to beg from and bully passengers
rival by train Of friends. The waiting
rooms are kept open at night for the &C.
commodatlon of persons arriving by late
trains, and as the rooms are we'll heated
and comfortable a small army of tramps
has moved into them. Four were arrested
Saturday night and the gang will be cleared
out.
Friday afternoon the Silver Bow club
formally accepted its new rooms from the
contractors, everything being satisfactory.
and the amount due for the work was paid.
In the evening half the club WAS at the new
rooms and half at the old, telling about
old .imes in the club. At SIX O'Clock Satur-
day night the old club rooms were closed
permanently and the club will begin a new
lease Of life in the finest club rooms in the
northwest.
The Butte Banking and Real Estate COM
pany, with . paid up capital of $4,000,
divided into shares of 300 each, is a new
corporation recently organized with the fol-
lowing incosporators: w. r.. Vaughn, J. @.
Kegan, William Book, Robert Z. Srahorn,
w. Il. Vaughn, Dr., w. w. Williams, L. j.
J~effries, W. +. Patterson and others. The
purpose Of the new company il TO do a gen.
eral banking, real estate and mining bust
ness. The new company will transact bust.
ness on East Broadway, between Main and
Wyoming streets.
Demersvillc.
A. ]. King has rented his house on Gregg
street for $75 per month.
w. u. Casey has rentsd his new building
opposite Adams' store for one year, at 800
per month.
Mrs. w. U. Casey gave birth to q bounc-