The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-04
FOOT TO Be PROUD Of.
The Chicago Model for the Statue
Wears a Two and-a-Half-
Shoe.
VI. F --------
Working Hard to Swell the Fund
for the Little Blind
Baby.
The Cases Against Hnupt-The Chain Gang
Runaway Gets Sixty D~ays-Refor
In

"Two-and-a-half shoe. No sandal.
Hence foot covered"
The above dispatch from Chicago TO the
anatomical critic of this paper 10 in reply
80 the article descriptive of the latest can
didate for the honor of posing for tue
Montana silver statue of justice. Ii Is graf
living to learn that the lady has no cause
TO he ashamed Of her foot. 1t would have
been very annoying to have had a statue OF
iustice credited 80 Montana with a six-and-
a-half shoe, even if it were made of French
CALF and hand sewed. The vexed question
of the size of the unseen foot having been
settled, the Chicago application should be
marked "accepted' and the matter be set
tied at once. 1t ia sad to know, however.
that Chicago, with its almost hmltlsss re-
sources, cannot produce a sandal small
enough to fit a two-and-a-half foot. That
fact should nos have prevented the lady
showing the foot. Sandal or no aandal, a
t~wo-and-a-half foot is something no wo-
man need blush for, and no woman should
ba without.
Alderman Lissner says che fund for the
blind baby is growing steadily, and he
doesn't care how big 1T grows So far most
Of the contributions have been from people
to whom the giving of a dollar meant de-
privins themselves Of something. Ths al
derman now means to work up the case of
the little unfortunate among those who
haye most to spare. He also thinks the
case one worthy of a special collection IN
the churches. If the fund can be swelled
to sufficient proportions to allow of curing
the child's blindness and still leave a bal
ancs, what is not needed for the doctors
can be placed in bank and allowed to in
crease until the little one grows up.
There 10 some talk of allowing the cases
against Henry L. Haupt for violating the
lottery law, to GO over until some time
next year. The idea is that they will make
good cases for the next United States dis
sriot attorney to begin work on. With the
many other pressing cases demanding the
attention Of the district attorney, the pres
emit incumbent will find he has all that one
man can be expected to do for the remain
der of his term. The Haupt cases involve
a principle in which the government is
very much interested. Their trial will
lake a long time and will involve a lot of
hard work on ths part of the prosecuting
officer. If the government loses, it is held
by those in q position to know that there
will be no such thing as a violation of the
lottery law outside of the one concern at
which the law was specially aimed-that at
New Orleans.
George Towne, who bruised the eye and
the new hat of the police clerk on Friday,
will have sixty days to reflect on the ~futility
of trying to run away from the chain gang
with a heavy iron on his leg. The charge
of assault against Towne. preferred by
Clerk P~oznanski, was tried before a jury in
Judge Cages court yesterday. Neither the
state nor the accused were represented by
counsel. The jury brought in a verdict of
guilty, and fixed the punishment at sixty
days in the county Jail.
A new board walk is being laid trans
verselY from the corner of the city hall,
across Bridge street, to the corner of Main.
IL is a great convenience, not only to tbs
Cinnamon who live in hat part of town.
but to the people who have business at the
city hall. The new crosswalk is spacious
and sufficiently high above the bed of the
street to keep it out of the. mud. This re-
form In crosswalks is being very favorably
commented ON. The residents of the east
side are anxious to have it tried along
Eighth avenue. where it would be a great
convenience to the Cinnamon having bust
ness in shat locality.
Sheriff Jetferis is still in possession of the
Helena Daily Journal, and will probably
remain in charge for some time to come.
Yesterday Undersheriff Hoss was told by
the attorneys for the Montana National
bank, who bought the property at sheriff
sale Thursday for $21, 900, to re-advsrtise
the property. 1t was expected thas the
cash would be paid over to the sheriff
officers yesterday and the claims of the en-
ployes. at least, settled in full. But fol
some reason the purchasers concluded mo-
to take the property. Though nothing il
known certainly about the matter beyond
those Immediately concerned, it is sale
that difficulty has been encounted in qettin!
tho eastern creditors 60 come into the poo
and form q new company The sheriff viii
attach the property again, advertised i
again and sell within the statutory period
In case q less amount is received c5 thu
second sale than was realized at the ira
the successful bidder at the first sale viii
have to make good the difference. Mean
time a number of the former employees arr
looking about for new positions, and severa
are in receipt of offers which they will
probably accept.
TWICE WINNER In A DAY.