The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-09
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

+. N. McAllister has sold Anna Muller
lot %, block u. Helena townsite. for $3.50.
There will be a meeting of Meagher
guards this evening ut Assembly hall at
eight O'Clock.
Robert c. Sandel has been granted a
divorce in the district court from his wife.
lydia L. Sandel.
Proof of annual representation work on
the Argus placer on the Missouri river was
filed with the county clerk yesterday.
C%rosswalks and sidewalks as we'll, in
various portions of the city, need cleaning.
In some places the slush is ankle deep.
There will be a meeting of the German
independent club this afternoon in Turner
hall at foul o'clock. Let all members at
tend.
The western railroads have advanced The
price OF meals on dining cars to the same
figure charged by lines east of ChicaRo--S1
each.
The state board of prison commissioners
will meet at Billings on the 10Th instant to
select a site for the eastern Montana peni-
Tertiary.
Gov. Richards received yesterday a spe-
cial invitation from the joint committee on
ceremonies of the Worlds Columbian expo
sition to attend the opening at Chicago on
May l. The invitation Is engraved on a
handsome piece of cardboard and came in
a large envelope by mail.
General Manager Browning of the North
ern Pacific Express ompany who has
been looking over the business of the COM
pany, has decided to make BoZeman the
end of the eastern and western divisions.
and will take 100 miles from the eastern
division and add it to the western. Butte
has heretofore been the terminus of the
division.
The Helena Literary society will meet
Monday evening, April 10, at the residence
of Mrs. j. b. Sanford, Park avenue and
Lawrence street. There will be an essay
on spenser and one on the lyric in the age
of Elizabeth. Selections will be read from
the poetry of Sir Philip Sidney. Music
will also be n part of the programme. The
meeting will be called at eight o'clock.
Under Sheriff Hoss yesterday arrested
Lun Wah Kse, q Chinaman. better known
as 'Kow," on a warrant charging him with
being insane and dangerous to be allowed
at liberty. The Chinaman had been terri
fyinR women in the n~eighborhood of Sixth
avenue and Hobnck street. He WAS locked
up in the county Jail and a jury will pass on
the question of his sanity. He had some
cash and a certificate of deposit on him
| when arrested.
Bill Nye and A. P. Burbank, who will
give an entertainment in Helena next Sat-
urday night, are having n most successful
tour on the coast. Their wives have accom-
panied them on the trip. and with Manager
Ii. b. and Mrs. Searle, and a number of
friends. the humorists have had both u
profitable and pleasant tour. William
wishes it distinctly understood that his
performance is neither a tragedy nor an
opera; also that it does not require q car.
load of machinery.
The ladies of the Columbian association
will hold n very important meeting on
Monday as three p. m. in the Board of
Trade rooms, and desire to urge upon all
members the necessity for their tendance
The treasurer will give Il detailed and full
account of all moneys received and dis
bursed by the association. ana all persons
desirous of hearing what has been accom-
plished by the association and also the cost
of the fountain donated by the ladies of
the county to the woman's building are re-
spectfully requested to attend.
the funeral OF Charles +. M. Holmes
took place from ST. Peter's church on Fri
day afternoon. conducted by the rector.
Rev. +. 4. Webb. Mr.. Holmes was a miner
and prospector, owning claims near Placer,
and was taken ill with pneumonia about o
week ago. Notwithstanding the care which
he received at tho hospital. he grew rapidly
worse and died on Thursday last, the 9th
instant. his brother, the assayer of the
II. and H.. mine, being with him. Members
of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew acted as
pail bearers, accompanying the remains to
the new cemetery.