The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-20
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

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B. lode on Little creek.
An important meeting of the board Of
trade will be held this evening.
A fine specimen OF petrifed wood il on
exhibition at Marshal Galvin's Office.
Troop A will meet for canteen drill at
the srmory this evening, at eight O'Clock
sharp.
An important meeting OF the Hendricks
club VIII be held this evening. All men,
bers are urged to be present.
there will be q regular meeting this
evening Of Excelsior Lodge No. s., |. O. o.
F. Visiting brothers CO. daily invited.
August Peterson was arrested Yesterday
for hitting the tve-year-old daughter Of
William kranich. He will be examined to-
day.
Lightning stopped the current on the
halld transit line wires yesterday after
noon, and held up the cars for a few min
utee.
Gearge Walters, n young son OF John
Walters, of the Sixth ward, fell from a
lumber Pile yesterday aftsrnood and broke
his left arm.
BY an error OF the types it was made to
appear Yesterday that the sites for the mil
ltary post each comprised 1880 acres. It
should have been LOCO.
The next series of ball games here will be
between Helena and Great Falls on Satur-
day and Sunday. 1t will be the commence
ment of the second series.
The ladies' executive committee for tho
Worlds fair will meet to- afternoon
ut three O'Clock at the Board OF Trade
rooms instead of Secretary Ramsay's ofiee.
as announced.
Tn State Fair association has decided to
give a drilling contest this wear. Hand
some prizes will be offered and all contest
opfa yNnok hn PocIIorfo 80 9A nv,
winners OF previous contests will DO barred.
Two little three-year-old children wan
dered away from their home on the east
side yesterday morning and were not seen
by their people until evening, after the
storm. when they we're found in the Chln.ae
garden near the depot, thoroughly soaked.
A fine silver water tankard on exhibition
i'll Pope a. OConner's window is to DO
gwen to the highest scoring pair of either
horns or Houdans at the state fair, The
p emium is offered by Herbert b.. Reed.
proprietor Of the Woodlawn poultry yards.
Charles Jones: the man who ran of from
Moscow. Idaho, and came to Helena with
1900 cigars, was released yesterday. but
was fined $25 for peddllng the goods with
out a license. The cigars were taken
charge OF by the police or behalf OF the
owner, who is in business in San Francisco.
On Sunday last two boys named Collier
and Gordon, aged s and 10, living in the
Indian creek country, Jefferson county
found q discarded stick of dynamite near
the Murray placer digging. and began ham
mering it on H rock. Tho dynamite ex-
ploded. severely injuring both boys. One
had an arm badly shattered.
Ed Duval. otherwise known az "Missouri,"
wanted as one of the gang Of horse thievss
r~eceu!!y ounds up in this vicinity, was
arrested by Sergeant Callahan at an earlv
hour YESTERDAY morning in the Coliseum
theater. Fleming and Klein. two Of the
gang. are now at Dssr Lodge. and Drake.
another member, has been tried and &C.
quilted.
Angus Mcqueen and Jerry Collins have
formed a partnership under the name of
Mcqueen ~ Collins. for the purpose of buy
ing and selling mining propeI ties, making
eGt ert examinations. etc., for investors.
Both mhlnbers OF the firm are we'll and ia
vorably known throughout Montana. and
Will undoubtedly transaot a large aud sue
cessful b1hluess.
Unuer Sheriff James b. GALLAGHER, of
BUTTE, came over to Helena yeste. day to
pet n reputation for = man under arrest in
On 1ha ami wanted III the smoky CITY. Or
arrival be WAS informed b. telegraph from
Oinaha that the chief of police had beer
compelled to let tie mau 90. The man
who e Iame Is Richard Price, ia wanted 4,
butte AZ An accoinpllce IN a hold up, Hi
Hccompllce IL now III the penitentiarv Riot
escaped from the officer after the arrest
while H third aooonplice got away befor.
being arrested.