The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-22
JOTTlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

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Grip is reported to be very prevalent at
Fort Assinaboins.
The Lewis and Clarke grand jury will be
in session again tomorrow forenoon.
The lecture of DIR. Schwennsen-at Turner
hall last evening was largely attended.
City Marshal Sims is expected back to-
morrow from Pocatello with Doc Seeley.
The state meeting of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America will be held in Butte to-
day.
To-day being a legal holiday. all the
banks, state offices and courts will remain
closed.
Yesterdays west-bound Northern Pacific
express contained a crowd of travelling men
bound for the sound country.
An attractive and entertaining meeting
was held last night by members of Myrtle
lodge X. of p. in their Castle hall.
A party of Helena miners left early this
morning for the sapphire fields on the Mis-
souri, river to make q number of locations.
In less than SIX months nine now consol-
idated engines will be put upon the North
ern Pacific between Glendive and Dickinson.
State Mine Inspector Hogan has Just fin
ished an examination OF the mines in the
Barker district. 1t was his first visit to
Barker.
There is to be a regular meeting of the
city council tomorrow night at which the
auditorium proposition will most likely be
taken up.
A petition has been sent to congress from
Helena praying for the passage of a per-
petual Chinese exclusion act. 1t bore 989
signatures.
Ihe students of the Montana Business
college will give a hop IN Wednesday even
ing, ut the college hall, Music will he fur
nished by the Elite orchestra.
AT the Y. M. G. A. meeting Yesterday af-
%ternoon Hon. A.. FL. Nelson mnde a short
addEos5. On March ], Major G. ~, Beard
will deliver a lecture before the members.
Prof. Tolmie, who has received very fiat
tering press notices on the const, will be
heard for the first time in Helena at his
piano recital to- morrow evening at Ming's
opera house.
Robert Watson. the switchman who was
seriously injured while coupling cars in the
yards at Livingston some weeks ago, is so
far recovered MS to resume work. He has
accepted Il position on the PASSENGER ru n
between Helena and Livingston.
Handsome cards of invitation have been
received in Helena to the reopeninp of the
Eopniar McDermott hotel, Of Butte. The
~well-known west side house will be formally
opened to the public on Monday evening,
Feb. 70. with dancing and Il banquet. "
II. J. Mock. of Knlispell, has ssnt some
CLAY to Secretary Eddy. of the Helena
Board of Trade. to be sent to Ohio to be
tested as to its worth i'll the manufacture
of pottery and thing. M. Mock saws If il
proves to be a good article Il plant viii. be
erected.
Officers Vanasse and Bossler nrrested two
men in n saloon on Main street Last nipht
who were making thingslivelv for each other
with everything handy. Fred Starting and
Peter Fox were the fighters. They had
been playing n game of cards. Inr;no
which ttnrling accused Fox of denlin1
from the bottom. ~
The Montana students at the Michioan
university, have organized d Montana Climb
The officers are: Harry M. Parsons. Mis-.
aouia, presidents; Il. >. Wheeler, Helena,
secretary; and W.. Israel, Helenn. trsns-
ureF. arrangement have been n;ade for
the receptlon OF Hon. j.. Il. Clnyburp, of
Helena, lecturer on mining law.