The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-28
JOTTlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

The Goodyear lode in Blue Cloud dis
trict, has been located by William j.
Sweeney. @
The public schools closed yesterday for
the summer vacation of three months,
Many of tho teachers will spend the time
in the east.
1t Ia announced that E. B. Wakeman,
general superintendent Of transportation,
has had his jurisdiction extended over the
Montana Central.
Prof. Petermsn gave a rehearsal at the
Helena Business college last evening. He
is fully prepared to do his part at the aud J.
toriGm opening.
A. c. Froom. the Spokane dentist. was
allowed to 70 yesterday. The case of in
struments he brought with him were left
with Marshal Calvin
A washout on the Montana Central, neal
Besnice yesterday. delayed trains about ten
hours. The damage was repaired. AID il
is not likely there will be any delay to-da y.
1t has been reported that the B~roadwater
hotel and n%atatorium have been closed. This
is not a fact, and the hotel and n~atatorium
are pen n will continue SO through the
season.
Private advices from the east are to the
effect that a big brewery syndicate Ia ne
gotlatlng for the purchase Of q site for the
erection of the largest beer mandatory in
the northwest.
There is a strong feeling against having
felt that Helena can we'll afford to forfeit
the game to Missoula, if no arrangemen t
oan be made to postpone it till another day.
In a com parative table of cash dividends
paid the Equitable and Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance companies, a bad type
made the total of the latter company
S57.l0, whereas it should have read S357.1O
The ladies of the Woman's Relief corps
and Ladies' Aid society will meet at G.. A. r.
hall at one r. IN. to-day to prepare tho
floral wreaths for Decoration day. All who
are willing to assist in the wo:k are cor
daily invited to be- present.
A committee of prominent liquor dealers
are making a canvass of the c!ty with the
object of inducing all the saloons to close
up between one and six o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon to allow everybody to attend the
funeral of Col. Broadwater. and out of re-
spect to the dead.
Carrie Nesbis. a morphine fend, ia locked
up in the city Jail or the charge of COM
plicitv i'll the burglary of the Main street
tailor store. A bolt of cloth taken from
the store by the burglars WAS found by Po-
licemsn Martin in the hut which the Wo-
man occupies.
An electric wire crossed the fire alarm
wires yesterday morning and kept the city
hall engine house bell ringing for about an
hour. 1t was only a hanging end. but as it
swayed in the wind it touched the FIRE
alarm wire at every swing. and every time
it touched the bell rang.
Ed. Kline was found guilty before Judge
Gage yesterday of stealing several brides
and some provisions from q cabin near
Craig. He was sent to the county Jail for
ninety days. Policeman Bossler, who ar.
rested him, thinks he also stole some horses
and traded them of. but no complaint. has
been made against him for hat.
A big st. Bernard dog belonging to Build
ing Inspector McNally, returned to his
masters house yesterday morning with a
bullet wound in his head. The ball entered
Mr.. Mentally says it must have been the
work of some malicious person as the dog
ia very gentle and was never known to
harm any one.
James U. Sanders. of tho Sons Of Veterans
committee, has received a telegram fro IN
Jas. Smith, chairman of the Trans-M Missouri
Passenger association, saying that the asso-
citation has authorized q rate Of one fare
for the round trip on excursion tickets to
A to 10 inclusive, with final limit Oct. 10,
and transit limit of twenty days in each
direction. This is the best yet done by any
Of the passenger associations.
A change of time goes into effect on the
Montana Central Tomorrow. BY it the
train for Great Falls will leave at 1870,
twenty minutes later shan at present. The
train from Great Falls will arrive at ll:1S,
eighteen minutes later than under the old
schedule. Ii will arrive from Great Falls
at 2:40, ten minutes earlier than now. The
morning local for Butte will leave at S:3E
instead OF $40 as now. and arrive here al
G:3O p. M, instead of G:20.