The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-11
JOIIlNGS ABOUT TOWN.

| The invitations TO the letter carriers' ball
will be distributed in the course Of four or
five days.
Louis Wilson has sold to Oscar Carlson
part of lots / and 2. block 54S, Brooke addi-
ton. for IS. 800.
Sturrock IL Preuitt hnvc boon awarded
the contract for plumbing the new Catholic
Orphan asylum. UBrien's fixtures will be
used.
Dog tags are going fast and there arc
many good animals at tho pound that ate
being bought up by the ranchmen to lake
out Of town.
The following lode locations have been
made: Capital, in Coon Hollow. BY Joe
Luttrell; Copper Bell. Three Mile district,
by John Hecg.
The ladies' auxiliary Of Tomple Emnnu-
Ell will meet Monday afternoon. March IL.
at the residence Of Mrs. Herman Cans. 41G
north Ewing street.
COMMISSIONS OF Agriculture Mills ia fit
ting up elegant offices in the Denver build
ing. The location ia a central one, con-
venient to the state house and the business
portion of the city.
This evening the Juvenile Templars will
give a social entertainment at q. A. Il.
hall. All are cordially welcome. Refresh
ments will be served and there will be an
admittance fee of 25 cents.
Loeb Bros. owners of the frame build
ing on upper Main street. SO long occupied
by Chas. Reinig as q confectionery store.
have torn the structure down. and IN Its
place will build a modern structure.
A devil fish, on exhibition at the Broad
way fish market yesterday, attracted n
great deal of attention. 1t weighs about
ten pounds and IS q curiosity to most Hel-
ena people. 1t came from San Ffanoisco.
How a mino should be timbered is il
Illustrated by u model made by Thomas ~.
Cox, OF Butte. on exhibition in Cans Il
Klein's show window. The mode will DO
part Of the Montana Mineral exhibit at
Chicago.
Cashier Frank Baird, of the Helena Ma
tional bank. and Geo. L.. Tracy, have start
tlemen has commenced the erection of an
elegant residence on Harrison avenue. in
the vicinity of the Power mansion, and
they will be pushed to an carly completion.
The Eagle pneumatic bicycle that the
Helena Wheelmen's club will rattle next
Monday night has arrived, and is on exhi-
bitlon in Parchen's drug store window. 1t
pounds and will carry q person Weighing
200 pounds. II is Of 1893 pattern and has
the latest Improvements.
Chas. Horn. the constable in Justice Vo-
taw's court, yesterday received q letter
from w. 2. Howell, of Modesto. Col. in
curing for a brother named Andy Howell.
The man is described as being 80 yeas OF
age. weighs $50 pounds, five feet eleven
inches tall, black eyes and hair. and by oc.
cupation a sheep shearer. He was last heard
from about a year ago when he was in Hell
ena and about to start on a fur hunting
trip. Anyone knowing of the man is re-
gueBted to write to w. p. Howell.
Julius Rechnitz, who keeps a store on
Main street, was before Judge Gage yester-
day or the charge Of n%ssaulting j. w. An
derson. One of the clerks in the store was
also charged with being q party to the as.
sault. There we're Two stories of the affair.
Anderson and e friend said they went into
the store. and the former looked at some
clothes. but did not buy. AT this, they
said. the proprietor and his clerk assaulted
Anderson. The other side of the story wal
that Anderson WAS abusive and the force
undertook to put him out. Five witnessea
swo,e to the latter story. The judge. with
out impeaching the credibility of any OF
the witnesses. said the ~preponderanoe OF
testimony vas on the side OF the defense
and disnissed the case.