The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-16
Highest of all in Lcavening Powcr.-LatcstU u. s. Govt i
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

The supreme oout will meet to-day at II
q. m.
A dance will be given next Friday by tbs
Home Social club.
A regular meeting OF Canton Schuyler
Colfax No. , will to held this evening.
The house meets at II Il. IN. and the SEN
ate at III II. IN. to-day.
There will be n meeting of members o.
the Legislative session OF 1871 at The Helena
at eight O'Clock Tonight.
w. $. Kelly, first assistant In the Helena
United States ASSAY office was in Livingston
last week collecting mining statistics for the
annual report of the assay office.
In the Helena wheelmen's whist cham
pionship series the cone uding game was
played last night, w. +. Frank and A. ID.
Il etH winning BY & SEQ Q OF 100 to 96. and
defeating c. Ii. Cooper and G. Il. Fisher.
Rumors come from Helena says the Mis-
soulian that some of the Missoula deieGa-
ton now there in the into ests of MissoulR'a
university bill arc mixed up IN the senate
rial fight to the exclusion OF all other bust
mesa and duties.
II. c.. Provinse was circulating a petition
among the republicans of Red Lodge last
Wednesday for an endorsement Of P;of.
Clinton I'll. Moore. Of Butte. formerly of
Deer Lodge county, who ia an applicant
for state examiner of schools. to be appoint.
cd by Gov. Richards.
Andrew McGinnis will have a hearing
before the police court to-day on a charge
or assanlt anu battery preferred by M S.
Moore. George Powers. who was arrested
Tor stealing an owe coat at the Northern
Pacific depot, and j.. Blaokwood and Pat
Moran, for fighting. will also have a hear
ing.
Charles L. Morrell and Fred Naeeele re-
TnrDeu SATURDAY. from n weeks hunt in the
Big Blackfoot country in the vicinity of
Salmon and Saltwater lakes. They brought
back four deer and an elk. They report that
the ranchmen and settlers complain loudly
OF the Indians. who kill deer and elk in
great numbers during the spring and sum
mer months.
A petition is being circulated praying the
Legislature to pass II law under which Red
Lodge will be allowed two terms OF the dis
trict court annually. S. G. Hunter, who will
be in Helena during most of the session,
has promised to work for the measure, an
it is unde stood that other residents Of Red
Lodge who will visit the capital from time
to time will also look after the matter.
The Unity club will give a public enter
tainment az e. A. II. hall tomorrow night.
Mrs. Josephine Il. Wilson, q recent arrival
in Helena from san Francisco, is to deliver
the lecture, which is the principal feature
of these meetings, and has selected for her
subject, Unity and Oneness" Mrs. VIII
son is a highly cultivated thinker and is the
leader of the Christian scientists in the
western section of the United States. A
general invitation ia extended.
The certificate Of the result Of the presi-
election goes to Washington in the
hands of Col. Malone. of Miles City. with a
silver seal ON it. After the signatures of
the electors had been placed on the certifi-
it was placed in an envelope ready to
be sealed. No seal was at hand, and for
awhile the board was puzzled what to do.
Finally W. E.. Hall, of Walkervllle. one of
the presidential electors, solved the puzzle
by taking q new silver dollar from his pock-
ct which he firmly pressed into the wax
which the envelope was sealed and per-
Mitted it to remain there,