The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-03
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

The county board of equalization meets
again to-day.
Troop A will meet for sabor drill at the
armory this evening. Roll call ut 8 o'clock
sharp.
Marcus Days sc, SOS Hampton Cherry
yesrling arrived in New York safely last
week, and was sent to join the horses In
care of Trainer Byrnes.
A Congregational church lawn festival
will be held Thursday evening at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. j. B. Sanford, Lawrence
street and Park avenue.
Thu Helena market has not had an
abundance of fruits or fresh vegetables the
past day or two. but large c~onsignnents of
California fruits are expected to-day.
Reports from Placer are to the effect that
a rich strike has been made in a mine in
that vicinity. near the East Pacific. The
district is about forty miles from Helena.
The Helena ball club goes to. Philipsburg
TO-DAY, whore it will play the team of that
CITY Thursday II Friday. Sunday and
Monday the Helena club plays at Missoula.
Branch No. 29S, G. X. of A., will hold 4
regular nesting at Marysville sunday, Aug.
!. at 2:30 y. m. Quite a number of mem
bers from Helena will attend. ALI are in
vited.
Owing to an insufficient supply of blocks
the main street paving has not progressed
very rapidly this week. 1t will probably be
next week before it 10 completed below
Sixth avenue.
The Gold Dredging company Of Montana
has been incorporated by James I. Daily,
Hugo Engsl. Thomas S. Rodgers, Chas. +.
With a capital stock of $1,000 600 in shares
of S. each.
Lode locations nave been filed with the
county recorder as follows: Bell Girl,
Stenple district, by II. H. Plotting and
John F. Plotting; Neglected and MoIntyre
Fraction. Ovybee Park district, by c. d.
Thomas.
b. F. Starkee. arrested on the charge of
obtaining money on a check drawn on a
bank in which he had no funds, plead
guilty in Justice Cages court yesterday.
Sentence was SUSPENDED to give him an op-
portunlty to make the check good.
George A. Sheridan, the republican CAM
paiRn speaker. will visit Montana this
month and address meetings at Dillon.
Butte, Wake vile. Anaconda, Missoula,
Helena. Great Falls, Bozeman, Livingston,
Billings and Miles City. He will reach
Dillon about Aug. 8.
The Sons of Veterans have every reason
to expect a good attendance at the national
correspondence Spokane is going to send a
good delegation, with q band, and Seattle
will probably do the same. Some OF the |
Dakota delegates arrived yesterday.
The Cinnamon arrested Monday evening
on the complaint of Jerry Hoyt, on the
charge of violating the law prohibiting the
sale of lottery tickets. waived an e1amina-
ton before Justice WoodmRn Yesterday and
were held in $3.50 each for tho district
Ex-Justice d. P. Wade appeared a
their attorney.
Geo. Il. Wood. manager Of the Hotter
Lumber company at Great Falls, was pre-
last week BY employees of the Mon
Lumber n Manufacturing COMPANY,
Of this CITY, (of which he was until recently
m%anagsr). with a costly knights Templar
watch charm, made to order by Jaeouemin
u Co. The seal 10 set with diamonds,
1t 10 expected that the carpenters will
have finished their work on the third floor
of the new high school building this week,
with the exception of hanging the doors,
They are working down and not VI, and it
will be October, at least, before the building
will be completed. It ia expected to have It
90 it can be used, however, when school
opens ne1t month.
At meeting of the Montana Mineral
Land and Development company yoster-
day a dividend of 10 cents a share was do
payable Aug. ~. The following
officers were elected: President. G. u
Curtis; frat vice president. l.. X. Roberta.
OF Portland. Me-; second vice president.
A. II. Nelson: secretary, W. NJ. G. ssttlss:
treasurer, n. M. Hotter; general manage
Dan. Z. surpin.