The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-09
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

will initiate about thi.ty members tonight
at A. q. u. W.. hall.
The name of Saltwater, in Yellowstone
county. has been changed by the postofioe
department to Columbus.
John Potter has sold to Sarah E. Potter
lots p. %, %. 26. 81 and %. in block 104. Of
the Ming addition; consideration. 81. etc.
The second fortniRhtly meetinQ Of the
Mecca Dancing club will be held at San
ford d Evans hall this. Thursday. evening
At nine p. IN.
There was a slight fire last night on Clore
street. back of the city hall. The depart
ment at the Central station put it out.
There was no alarm sent out.
The noxt attraction at Ming's opera house
will be Chas. Dixon and his excellent ON
psnv in admitted to the Box" II will be
produced next Monday evening.
w. N. Carev & Sons. Of st. Paul, who are
drilling q well at Fort Aesinniboins under
contract for the government. have found
gas at q depth Of about eight hundred feet.
The rumor that W. A. Clark was going TO
heln reorganize the Higgins bank, of Mis-
soula. and become its president as a ma
tionrl bank, Is denied by Nj. Clark's
friends.
The chiefs of the band of Cree Indians
osmped near Great Falls are in daily con-
srltation with Lawyer Hoffman on impor-
s~As s"SA AoeNAS
and happiness.
Tbs new county commissioners, John
Horsky. VIM. Muth and E. Bench. quail
fed yesterday. The new board will moot
Saturday and formally organize. They
will hold Office Till Jan. l. 1895.
E. E. Weaver. the man arrested Tuesday
in connection with the Montana Central
freight car robberies, will hnve his hearing
in Judge G utchet's court saturday at two
r. H.. on tho charge of petit larceny.
The annual report of the Fourth Of July
Mining company has bsen filed with tho
county clerk. II shows the capital stock to
be $3.50. 600. OF which $500, 900 has been paid
il. The company has no existing debts.
There was a very interesting debate at
Nouparsil assembly room last night on the
question, Which 10 the greater the lord of
lane or the lord Of finances. The same
subject Will be discussed next Wednesday
evening.
New Yerk Journal: The most Insulting
thing to ask a man." says Phil shenon, tho
Montana millionaire. ''out our way. IL to
ask him what silver Is worth O ton. This is
due TO the silver repeal bill. There is no.
body so poor as a once silver king"
H. b. Palmer. Of this city, has neQoti-
ated tho sale of s7b.0O 0 worth Of Park
county bonds to N. W. Harris g. Co.. of
Chicago. The county paid o commission
of $1,000 for placing the bonds. MI.
Palmer says the oonts arc now being litho-
grsphed. and that one half will be taken
up Nov. Is and the rest Dec. Is.
Among the heaviest. possibly the heav-
lest shippers of cattle from Montana this
year WAS the Home Land md Cattle COM
pany, whose herds ranQe in Valley county.
The shipments OF that company 70: tho
senson have ended, and in all they SHIPPED
from Nashua nnd Oswego, ovsr the Great
Northern. over IT, 900 cara of cattle, which
lot included steers. spayed hsifess and
cow The numbsr of cattle thus sent out
by this one company alone was %. 500 head.
Mr.. T.. j. Walsh delivsi ed a lecture last
evening at ST. Aloysius hall on the Worlds
far. Tho lecture was illustrated by excel
lent storeopticon views of all the great
buildings, the Gtatnary and the Midway
plaisauce. The audience, which was large.
we're highly entortain-d and were taken on
a realistic journey through the Worlds fair
in an hour and a quarter. 1t was interest
ing. ente tanning and instructive, md re-
fieoted credit on the lecturer snd the man
aRemsut.
Another piece of hard luok has ovsrtaken
the Northern Pacific OF the Rocky noun
tain division. Tuesday the big wsshout
near Hope WAS repaired and trains came
through. That night there was anothe. flood,
and last night the track where the previous
washout occar ed was impasssble. 1t is
tUe uohsleot IHiuIdii over IcpOIbcU In tlat
section, trees, cordwood and debris Of all
sorts being washed down on tho tracks.
The train due i'll Helena at 2:3O yesterday
had not arrived up to an early hour this
morning.
Amy and Navy Gazette: The Few bar
racks at Foit Brady. Mich. being now COM
plcted and roady for occupancy, Capt. &.
S. HOYt. assistant quartermasteY, United
States army. will now 20 to Helena to su-
periutend The construction of the new post
there, to be named Fort Harmon. Cant
Hoyt has been on construction duty at Fort
Brady since July. 1890. and has we'll upheld
the reputation as a palnstakinQ, sklliful
and efficient Office which he achieved dur
ing his twenty-five years. service in tho
Eighteenth United States infantry, eight
yeass OF which Were in the position OF reai-
mental Quarterinaster.
Chas. May and VIM. Hildreth, the NOR
phins hends who used to live on Park
avenue, escaped irom the poor farm yester-
day, where they were sent a short time AGO.
and came to town. They were arrested
ami put in tho city jail. But what TO do
with them is the question. They will not
stay at the farm. they are an intoierable
nuisance to eople who live in the nsiuh-
borhood OF their cabin on Park avenue, and
it IL Impossible TO keep Thorn In the city
jail unless they are supplied with NOR
phine. Both are young men and are en-
sirely unser the influence of the drug.