The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-24
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

The banks and all public offices will be
closed to-day.
Children in the public schools will have a
holiday to-day and tomorrow.
+. G. Russell, of Helena. was appointed
a United States commissions yesterday by
the circuit court.
There will be an important meeting of
the Catholic Literary society this evening
at st. Aloysius Hall at $3.50 o'clock.
August Englund. of Sweden, and Peter
Peterson, of Norway, were admitted to oit-
%izenship yesterday in the district court.
Major Camp, the great evangelist, will
commence a series OF revival meetings to-
morrow night in the Murphy Gospel Tenn
perancs hall.
The pupils in the Helena high school are
now using the new building. IL will be
several weeks. however, before the work
men are out of the lower floors.
The ball given last evening by First Mon
tana camp No. AZ, Woodmen of the World.
at Adams hall, was q success in every re-
spect. There was q large attendance and
every one had an enjoyable time.
The taxpayers are keeping the county
treasurer quite busy these days and it looks
as if there will be but few delinquents
when Dec. l arrives. After that date q
penalty attaches for putting payments off.
Official capital returns received by TRE
INDEPENDENT from all the counties except
Dawson give the following vote: Helena
IL. 765, Anaconda 10, 100, Butte Z. 100, Boze-
man 7,414. Great Falls 1924. Deer Lodge
$50, Boulder 292.
An electric light wire running across
Main street in front of Cans d kleins broke
eleven o'clock last night. II dropped across
some telephone wires and hung high enough
to be out of the way of traffic.
Judge Hilger says the Lawrence dam
site is located twelve miles below the Stubbs
ferry site, and is fourteen miles north and
four miles east of the Northern Pacific
depot. The Judge says the location IL one
OF the best on the river for a dam.
Galiger, the man who stole the buffalo
coat at Wolf creek. was convicted of the
offense in Judge Cages and will spend
three months III jail. Another offender.
who stole q coat and vest off a dummy in
front OF q Main street clothing house was
sent up for sixty days.
Coroner Rookmsn went to Rimini yester-
day to hold an inquest on the body of Silas
Chapman, II years old, who died suddenly
in the morning. The verdict was tnat he
died from natural causes. He was born in
New York state. The remains were buried
at the county poor farm.
S. N. Nicholson. sergeant of police under
Marshal Sims, has been appointed BY Ex-
~ecutive Commissioners Bedford, of the
ohtad NORla . lulI HdAdScIb, CustOulUU
of the Montana building at the Worlds
fair. The appointment is generally re-
Parded as q good one. MIR. Nicholson goes
to Chicago next week.
A story is going around in Helena legal
circles about q young lawyer who booted
two clients out of his office the other day.
1t appears that they arranged 2 compromise
with their opponents in the law suit ana re-
celved $50. They spent all of the money
but SlO.50 and then visited their lawyers
office TO inform him of the settlement. The
two l~itigants thought they had done a good
thing, but were a little surprised when the
attorney asked for his fee of $50. After
quietly submitted to a kicking from the
legal light. who booted them alternately,
from the otios door to the head of the
stairs.