The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-08
JoTTINGs ABOUT TOWN..

Fifteen applicants were granted final Oft
izenship papers yesterday.
A regular meeting of the w. G. I. u.
will be held to-day at three y. m.
The trial jurors in department No. Q, OF
the district court, were discharged yester-
day.
Miss Hattie Whitacre 10 lying very i'll at
the residence of Mrs. Lou Hess, 16 Shiland
street.
The total repatriation in Helena up to
last night was 1850. of which 1000 was in
the iirst district and /, $50 in the second.
The Virginia City Columbian association
reports, through their secretary, Mrs. j. M.
knight, that they have eighty mine mem
bers up TO date.
Reports from Butte are to the effect that
work commenced ON the railroad between
Butte and Anaconda Tuesday. A large
force is employed.
The many friends of Ed. p. Zimmerman
will regret to learn that he is seriously i'll at
his residence, suffering from a severe at
tack OF erysit elias.
The members of Helena lodge No. 81. O.
G.. L. will give a pie social at their hall on
next Monday evening. Twenty-Five cents
will be charged for each pie. lhe public Is
invited to attend.
were filed with the count Gle X yesterday:
Hector, Owyhee Park district. by j. 9. Mo
Cam; Silver Belle. Greenhorn district, by
Paul Kramer and Mat Richards.
Mrs. Clara Meadow writes that the Mich
igan childlen have given in pennies 81 00,
for the Childrens' home. and she expresses
an earnest desire that Montana children
shall do as we'll in proportion to their num-
Der.
The Great Northern Bulletin for October
is devoted almost entirely to the western
extension. and the fertility of that portion
of Montana through which the line passes
10 detailed at great length. 1t ia a good ad-
v%ertisement of western Montana.
The school trustees yesterday decided to
allow the city, to cut OF a corner of the
school grounds at Warren and Lawrence
streets. The corner is to be made Oil cuiar,
80 as to make the approach to Lawrence
from Ninth avenue more convenient.
The second annual meeting of the First
districtlodge of Montana will be held at East
Helena to-day Saturday. Delegates from
Helena, Boulder, Wickes. Elkhorn and Au-
gusta WILL be III attendance. The district
lodge will be entertained by the members
of Rocky Mountain lodge No. 6l.O q. L.
A slight fire caused by the ignition of
some old rags. occated in the cabin of a
man named Thornton. i'll Dry Rulch, yester-
day afternoon, and brought out the City
hall fire de partment, Damage trifing.
Another slight fire occurred in the rafters
%. . y . 4Aetnouise onufcG' ou' WAS pun
out without sounding an alarm. 1t was
caused by a defective tiue.
The funeral of Henry Kenck took place
from the cathedral yesterday. He was a
popular young gentleman, Is years of age,
and was highly esteemed by all who knew
him. For several years he suffered from a
complication of maladies, and although his
death was not unexpected, it was, neverthe-
less, particularly sad that he should have
been called into eternity at q time when his
future seemed most promising and bril-
liant. A large concourse followed the re-
mains to their tinal resting place. Six of
his former friends, Edward Horsky, Theo
Kinda, Louis Henry, Albert Hewey, Elver-
ton Gebauer and BENZ. Brooke were the
pail bearers.