The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-18
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

The private baths at the Broadwater.
which have been closed for several days.
are open again.
The recent rains have demoralized travel
on the railroad running into Neihart.
There are eleven washouts above Monarch.
The Lewis and Clalke county Sunday
school convention will meet at Marysville
Monday next. The session will continue
two days.
Harry j.. Matheson. Robert Luke and
Thomas Sanford, natives Of Great Britain.
were admitted to fnalcitizenship yesterday
by the district COURT
A water right of $50 inches to the waters
of certain springs in section fourteen, town
ship twelve north of range five west has
been recorded by William Johns.
The Northern Pacific expects to run trains
through to the coast via Helena to-day.
the repairs on the line between Garrison
and Elliston being about completed.
There arrived in Butte yesteId day via the
Union Pacific q special train composed of
eleven cars, filled with returning coast
delegates to the republican convention at
Minneapolis.
Work on the cracker factory is being
pushed at u lively rate. The building is
now up to the third story, and two carloads
of machinery are expected next week. II
will be in active operation in a few weeks.
The i'm pression seems to have been Gre
ated that according to the schedule printed
in connection with Col. G. A. Broadwater'a
will he owned only a half interest in the
Broadwater hotel. At his death he was the
sole owner of the hotel property.
Active work will be begun On the new In
dian school, on the site of old Fort Shaw,
in about ten days. Additional buildings
will be erected. many of the old one torn
down, and a general overhsuling Of the
entire premises take place this summer.
Ella l.. Knowles has sold to II. u. Reed
portions of lots eighteen and nineteen,
block thirty-two, Broadwate' addition, fol
81, ZOO. G. l.. sutton has sold a half int;
est in lot two, block seventy-seven. FRS,
Northern Pacific addition, for 5000 to M.
g. Reed.
1t was Policeman Barrett who caught M.
Silve,man's runaway horse on Thursday.
The act was requiring quick movement
and great nerve, and the feat of stopping
the msddened animal called for loud praise
from many of the visitors to the city who
were on the cars and saw the Occurrences.
Capt. r. p. Fuller has consented to ac'
as marshal of the day for the Sons OF Vet,
Grams national encampment parade in Hell
ena next August. u. s. Grant camp No.
has offered $1,000 in cash as drill prizes
Camps in Illinois. Minnesota, the Dakot as
Oregon and Washington have been Eeart
from who will enter this drill competitions
1t is understood that the street car com,
panies will raise their fares in a short time
Tickets will be issued at the rate Of eight 70
half a dollar, and cash fares will be l
cents. The officials say they have beef
under great expense lately. owing to tn
disastrous storms. while their share of tn
Main street paving will be a good man,
thousand dollars. Az a result both line
are said to be running behind. not making
operating expenses.
One, among the many mental tests /
which Mr.. Brown, the mind reader, will
submit at his wonderful geance at the oper
house Tomorrow evening, will be that O
reading the number of a bank note over
wire stretched between the Helena hote
and the stage of the opera house. Som
we'll known gentleman will be selected b
the audience to go to the hotel and do tn
thinking, while Mr.. Brown remains at til
theater and reads his mind over the wir'
writing the number thought of on a blac
board.