The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-18
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE STATE.
Compiled from Exchangea.l
Anacsnda.

Anaconda.
Mrs. w. j. Reed gave q very pleasant
card party TO q number of her young friends
Tuesday evening.
John AcCinnis, chief clerk of tho Tuttls
Manufacturing and Supply Co.. has sons
east for . visit TO his relatives.
The notice for the sale Of tho $15, 900
bonds recently voted for the erection Of the
be opened on April 8.
The anti-Chineas movement In this city
mas accomplished more this time than At
any previous time. There have been moro
Cinnamon lefs town then ever before n
more places Of business closed.
b. Drank & 90. have closed their tailor
Ing store IN Anaconda and shipped their
they will embark for the Hawaiian islands.
They expect to open in Honolulu.
There has been very little Of interest TO
relate regarding mining in the vicinity of
Anaconda of late. Some time ago the Blue
Eyed Nellie mine was leased, and it 10 now
said that the lsssees have struck q very fns
body of orc that is likely to prove . verita-
BILE bonanza for them.
There has been a change In the manage
msnt of the Montana hotel. Mr.. G. w.
LOOMS has been succeeded by M. k. p.
Harris, Of New York. Mr.. Loomis intends
to engage In another line OF business In
Anaconda. hence the change. Mr.. Harris
him the strongest kind of endorsement.
II . person were entitled TO read between
the lines of the article in Sundays stand
ard II would seem that the smelter will not
start up until the completion of the new
railroad, which will be some two or three
months hence. 1t 10 not for US to state. for
We are not on the inside, but it IL . COM
mOn rAr0Ft that ruOh 10 khA Noan -pn,Sa-
Miles City.
The Big Four combination, the Miles City
theatrical venture. has started on the road.
Forsyth was the first stand.
Col. +. N. Malone came back on Sunday
nights train from Washington, whittier he
went with the Electoral vote OF Montana.
Capt. W. W. Dousherty. of tho Twenty
second infantry, has been retired from &C.
tive service on account OF disabillties inoi-
dental to the service.
A marriage license was issued yesterday
by Clerk Zimmerman to John 8. Kelly, of
Fort KeoRh, and Bridget Lee, Of Miles City.
and they were married last evening.
Charles F. johnson. the man who was in
jured on Saturday while at work in the
Glib d Oxford coal mine, died at the Fort
Keogh hospital on Sunday afternoon at four
O'Clock.
Grin II. Wolfe, late corporal Of H COM
pany,. Fourteenth infantry. has been pro-
NOTED to . second lieutsnantcy n assigned
to duty with the Twenty-seoond infantry at
Fort Keogh.
The Ut. Valentine dance came of at the
Miles City club rooms. and as tho usual
elaborate arrangements had been made for
the ample entertainment OF guests the at
fair was o success.
Yesterday morning Frederick Gerke, the
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longing to the WV outfit. came into court
and stated that he desired to withdraw hia
former declaration of innocence and In
stead plead guilty to the charge. Thia he
was permitted to do. and was accordingly
remandsd for sentence.
There was 4 fair attendance OF the base
ball lovers at Justice Gibbs Office last nipht
TO %inaugurate = movement for a FIRST GLASS
base ball nius for the coming season. 1t
was decided to improve the grounds and
put them in the beat possible condition,
and in order to facilitate matters u com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Savage. Hicks.
Gordon. Deokert were appointed to draw
up q constitution and bylaws for the Or
ganization, and report the same at q gen-
eral meeting on the 23d inst.
Billings.
Rev. j.. W. Bennett, of Bohemian, ia as
sistinR Rev. Stull in special meetings This
We0k hbtuo NJ. u. CuurCn.
Mrs. j.. W. Naugle. wife of a former rail-
road station agent at Laurel, now of Butte,
was in the city yesterday.
The valentine social at the Congrepa-
tional church parlors Tuesday evening was
an occasion OF great fun. Sentimental val
entinss were very i%nfrequent. but the COM
ics were omnlpresent.
The Sunday school institute ~conducted
during the early part of the week by Rev.
". s. Bell, Of Helena, assisted by Rev. G.
II. Cook, pastor of tho Cong, egational
church at Billings. and others, was success
fully carried out.
A concert by the select local talent of the
city under the direction of Miss G. l..
Whitney will be given at the Congregational
church early in March. In the course of
the evenings programme there will DO
rendered several selections from light opera
in costume.
The new school house has been formally
opened and the primary scholars of the
city are all to be taken care of in the new
building. Miss Annebel Mooney is principal,
assisted by Miss ArIie Baker. The new
school house has not yet been christened
and it has boon proposed that it be named
after some prominent and public-spirited
citizen of the town who while lending his
name will at the same time add to his popu.
larity BY presenting the new building with
q suitable bell.
Billings Division, No. 8, Uniform
Rank. Knights of Pythias, at its last meet
ing elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: Sir knight captain, j. G. Bond;
sir knight lieutenant. A. p. Hart; sir knight
herald, 3. W. Soule; Sir knight treasure,
Alex Graham: sir knight recorder, H.. L..
Knight. At the next regular meeting,
Tuesday evening, Feb. q. the newly elected
officers will be installed and the division
inspected by Sir knight Harry M. Allen.
installing and inspecting officer for this
division.
Now orders have been issued for carrying
the mail between Billings and Great Falls.
as follows: Leave Billings daily except
SundaJ, At 9:3O a. N. and arrive at Great
Falls in hfty-four and t~hree-fourths hours:
leaves Great Falls daily. except Sunday, at
seven q. m. and arrive at Billings in atty
four and three-fourths hours. From No
vember l to April 80: Leaves Billings
daily. except Sunday. at $3.50 a. NJ. and ar
rives Al Great Falls in sixty seven and
three-fourths hours;leaves Great FALL daily
except Sunday. at seven q. m. and arrivea
at Billings In sixty. sOven and thrce-fourths
hours.
Livingston.
During the past week N. ID, Kellv bas
been circulating q petition in tho interest
OF James Sohofisld, who il q candidate for
postmaster.
Al a regular meeting of the pension board
held last week JAS. N. Samples and Jas.
Cook. OF this city. wore examined for
original pensions.
Brakeman Peter Thoman. who wss in