The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-15

a n consisted of four people and when
tthe time came for tho play there
woro not enough TO NIL thN
caste. Ed offered tho use Of
his histrionic talents n the ohor was
promptly accepted. The walters were also
placed on tho stage ~ supers, and alto
gether il was a strong company-nuMesi-
cally. Tho fascination Of the footiighta did
not hold Mr.. Zimmerman, and he retired
from the stage after the performance. This
was thirty years aHo-a long time TO old
timers but not long to Lolita.
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Mr.. Zimmerman tells another good story.
Years ago there came to town a young fell
low whose greatest vice was an uncohquer-
able love of gambling. When he left home
in the cast he promised his mother that she
would hoar nothing Of him until ho
had stopped gambling for good. After
losing all his honey in Helena,
no started u "brace" gamo and
and coined money faster than he could
count it. One day no took a thousand dol
lars worth of dust and went down to tho
express office. He could not write, but he
dictated a letter to tho messenger. He
opened the communication, which was to
his mother, by saying: II promised that
you would would never hear from me until
had stopped gambling. l have quit"
Hold on. said the messenger, .'Jou
don't mean that"
Eyes, I do"
"Well, you are gambling now?"
"Oh, no; I have got a sure thing..'
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The Honorable W.. j. Penrose, n. r.,
told OF a funny thing that once happened
in the Nevada legislature. One day, for a
joke, q member from Eureka introduced a
bill making treating a misdemeanor.
The bill was laughed at, but the other mem
bers thought they would carry along the joke
so they made the bill a law and it was
signed by the governor in the same spirit.
Then the joke was carried a step farther.
After the legislature adjourned a few of the
''boys'' met the author Of the bill and set 'em
up to him. Finally it come his turn and
he treated, but the next minute he was ar
rested under the act to prohibit generosity
of that nature. He paid his fine. but it
cost him a good many times that sum be-
fore he heard the last of the joke.
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The readers of THE INDEEENDRNT and all
of his many friends IN this city will regret
the departure of John McMurray or "Little
johnny AZ Hugh calls him. Tomorrow
he will begin work on the Inter-Mountain,
and he will carry with him many good
wishes for a prosperous and happy future
in newspaper work. No journalist in Hell
ena ever had more good friends than he,
o-l oil o~o ;,kovootal ~ hSo u,oIfopo Tho
city council took genuine pleasure the
other evening in heartily endorsing the fol-
lowing resolution introduced by Alderman
Connolly:
Whereas, Mr.. John McMurray The INDIE
PENDENT representative who has for a long
time past reported the proceedings of this
body on behalf of that paper, has severed
his connection with The INDEPENDENT and
accepted a position on the Butte Inter-
Mountain; Therefore be it resolved, that it
is the sense of this body that we bear sim
cere testimony to the faithfulness of Mr..
McMurray in his attendance Upon the
meetings of this body and to the ability and
impartiality which has always characterized
his reports of the proceedings of the coun-
ell; s
Resolved, That the best wishes Of this
body follow Mr.. McMurray to his new field
of labor and that WE wish him the full
measure of success his ability and energy.
deserve.
Last evening a few of his friends in the
business Office and editorial rooms of The
INDEPENDENT gave him a genuine surprise.
As a slight token of their appreciation of
his genial qualities as a friend and CO.
worker they presented him with an elegant
scarf pin, a brilliant rnby surrounded by
diamonds. a@H