The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-29
JOTTlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

Major Baird's lecture at the Y. M. G. "A
hall tomorrow promises to be well attended
The original Joe Mulhatton is in Helent
and tells one of his wonderful stories ir
another column.
The annual election for directors Of the
First National bank will be held next Mon.
day at the bank parlors.
Andrew T. Burleigh, formerly of Helena
is now the general counsel of the Oregon
improvement company at Seattle.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Sewing society will
nave 4 meeting to-day at 2:30 p. IN. at the
residence of Mrs. kaufman, 4O2 Dearborn
avenue. @ @
To-day is the 29th day of February. The
extra day is placed in the month in order
to make the civil year correspond to the
solar year.
The Rt. Rev. L. n. Brewer. bishop OF
Montana, will. make his annual visitation
to st. Luke's parish, Lewistown, on Ash
Wednesday, March ?. #=5 @@m.
Hazel Kirke will be produced at Ming's
opera house to-night'by the Helena Catho-
lilo Literary and Dramatic society. Miss
Belle klei will be in the cast.
A meeting of the board of the Working
Women's home is to be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. G.. G. Swallow, Sixth ave-
nue. and Ewing street. at 1880 a. m. to-day.
Reserve seats for the entertainment at
Ming's opera house, to be given Tuesday
evening. for the benefit of st. Peters hos
pital San be secured at Pope & O'Connor's
this morning.
There will be g gospel temperance meet
ing tonight at the Murphy Gospel Temper
ance hall on Main street. It will be led by
Rev. Mr.. Rollins. There will also be a
scandinavian speaker.
Alderman Hartwig says he will not be a
candidate for reelection to the city coun-
Gil, and that the announcement in SUNDAYS
INDEPENDENT to the effect that he would
run ii urged by the democracy Of his ward
is an error.
Some of the Helena wheelmen made a
run to the Broadwater yesterday via the
Boulevard which is in good condition.
-Four of the riders got punched in one
place and went down in a heap but received
no injuries
j. Nj. Holt, one of the largest cattle
owners of Montana. has recently made
large purchases in the San Pedro country
in Arizona. He bough 5000 head of two
and three year old cattle which will be
shipped to Montana in May.
The car from Oregon which was at the
Northern Pacific depot some weeks ago
with exhibits from that state is still ON its
rounds. having Travelled G,O2l miles since
it left Portland. 1t has been visited by
120, 100 visitors in the past three months.
4WO pOyS WE'RE loullO Sleepl1E III Il Sleu
,on jackson street last night by Officer Van
| Asse. They were taken home. The young
ste,s are part of a crowd of boys who run
away from their parents frequently and
spend the nights in roaming about the city.
The Whitlatch Union and Mcintyre Gold
Miningcompany has elected II. III. Parchen,
president, Nick kessler, vice-president, W.
tary n Michael Cooney. general manager.
Work on the property will begin in a short
time.
Manager Solomon says that the grand
Oregon team, champions of the north Pa
cific league. desire to come to Montana. An
effort will be made to secure their services
for Helena, and have them represent this
city in the proposed six-club circuit of the
state. 49,
Worlds fair commissioners of Montana to
have Charles M. Russell, the cowboy att
ist," produce two large oil paintings
typical of western life, for a place in the
Montana exhibit at Chicago. Russell will
make an effort to Guido all his former
efforts in the execution of this commission.
Three pieces of timber have been selected
to represent the state in the Montana build
ing at the Worlds fair by Patrick Cunning
ham. of Bonner. The pieces consist of a
pine, fir and tamarack. They are twenty
five feet long, and were cut and taken to
Bonner without marring the bark. A brass
| plate will mark each stick when in posi-
ton, telling where it came from and who
cut it.
A copy of the High Private, published at
Fort Assinniboine, has been received by
TIE INDEPENDENT. 1t is published semi
monthly. Chaplain G. G. Bateman is the
editor and Private Marshall the publisher.
At the head of the editorial column is the
motto For God and Home and Country
The High Private is a neatly printed paper
and the Largest, Brightest and best news
paper published at the garrison"
The Great Northern system now has in
operation $3.50 miles of railway, including
the Montana Central, the Eastern RAILWAY
of Minnesota, Duluth & Pacific. Wilmar d
Sioux Falla and several Puget sound lines.
Its Pacific extension is being vigot ously
pushed to completion, and is at present
in operation to Kalispeli. and, when
completed to Seattle and Portland. will in
crease the Great Northern systems mileage
to 4, 800.