The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-02
JOTTlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

King, the mind-reader, opens his engage
ment at Ming's this evening.
There has been a decided drop in the
price Of eggs by the case in the last few
days.
Samples OF FIRE clay. to be sent East to be
tested, are received almost daily at the board
of trade rooms.
Work on the new Montana club building
will start up in, n few days, II the good
weather continues.
The Great Northern has changed the
form of its monthly bulletin, adding an
artistic cover page.
A man named Hall was arrested on y
warrant yesterday for beating his wife. Lie
lives at Unionville.
Marshal Furay has appointed Thos. p.
Adams deputy United States marshal for
the Flatheaa reservation.
The city did II good business in dog
licenses yesterday from the owners Of those
CANNES who had Cotton into the pound.
Officer Grogan, who was shot last fall by
the highwayman Clark, has reported for
duty. He will be assigned to the day shift.
Workmen In the employ Of the Rapid
Transit Company worked all last night
putting in the switch on the corner Of Sixth
avenue and Main street.
Secretary Eddy. of the Board OF Trade. is
IN receipt of a number of pamphlets relat-
ing to exhibits at the Worlds fair. They
are for free distribution
The first party Of engineers to survey q
line far the Helena, White Sulphur Springs
g. Castle railroad will leave Helena to-day.
Another party will SO out Monday.
This being Ash Wednesday, and the be-
ginning of the Lenten season. evening
prayer and a liturgy service will! be held in
st. Mary's Episcopal chapel, Marysvllle, at
: p. m.
G. w. Potts, Great Northern ticket agent.
who is also the representative of the Amerl-
can Steamship company, has q lot OF
pouches. handy for silver, which he is
giving his friends.
Chas. Allard has notified the board Of
Worlds fair managers that he desires to
send his entile herd of bufalos to the
Worlds fair. 1t is the largest and finest
herd in the United States.
The state board of equalization held a
session yesterday and adopted Tor this year
the form for railroad assessment book,
superintendent books, county clerks state
ment and lists for county assessors.
Messrs. j. t.. Perkins and f. Ii. Reed,
who are going to start a pressed brick man
ctactory near Cascade, have ordered 9 first
class plant. The clay to be worked is said
BY experts to be the best in the state.
An effort is being made to establish a
branch Of the Kelley institute in Helena.
"A Salt Lake ompany has the exclusive use
of the Treatment for Montana. and Mana
ger Eiseman is nov looking over the field.
Supt. s. G.. Ramsey. of the Rocky Noun
tain division Of the Northern Pacific. has
offered FREQ transportation to the board Of
trade committee Of Missoula appointed to
collect mineral exhibits for the Worlds
fair.
The Baupre Mercantile ompany which
is to Do business IN Helena, has filed its
statement with the county recorder. 1t
shows: Capital stock, 100000. of which
S250,WO is paid in; assets. $622. O9O.35; liza
SS3572., 09o.35.
Paris Gibson, FL. p. Rolfe, John L. Harris
and Charles D. Wilt have Incorporated the
Great Falls Improvement to deal
in real estate and build and sell houses in
Great Falls. The capital stock is S25, 900,
IN $50 shares Of 800 each.
A carload Of bananas and lemons, the
first large shipment this season, will arrive
in Helena today consigned to Lindsay d
only eight DAYS on the road, and were
shipped via the Union Pacific.
Messrs. Paulsen a Lavelle did not rub
nit plans for the public library building.
owing to the fact that they had not had
time 20 prepare them. Mr. Paulsen has
been compelled to BE- out Of town d great
deal il the past few days, while Mr.. La
yelle is absent in the east on business.
The Helena Water Power company has
been incorporated by h. s. Vivian, of Kan
sas City, and j. I'll. Lawrence and A. K.
Barbour, of Helena. withsS2,O 900. 600 capital
in 10000 shares Of 500 each, to dam the
Missouri river and use the water power in
generating electricity for mechanical and
other purposes.
Ihe Northern Pacific has just issued
some new folders advertising the Yellow
sfnna 1nrE and ainSka Iihpr - ~r~
fusely illustrated with views of scenery
from those two places. The passenger de-
partment of the same road is also extern
sively advertising the park and Alaska by |
means Of elegant oil paintings of scenery
placed on exhibition in the hotels II art
SaloDS 0f Europa