The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-12
JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN.

Visitors from Teton county report .
scarcity Of sheep shearers In that section.
The first regular monthly meeting Of the
| city council will be held tomorrow even
ing. 3ttfg tS ,
The PLAINTIFF will begin TO INTRODUCES tss-
timony to-day In the Helena high school
case.
The county commissioners will meet at
10 q. N. to-day to continue the regular quar-
tsrly session.
Tho funssal Of Mr.. Rsbecca Richardson.
one OF, the pioneers of Montana. took place
yesterday from the Presbyterian ohnrch At
$50 ?. n. 7BE g.
John s. II. Nell, of Hslsna, who has the
contract to build a Jail for the now county
of Teton at Choteau, Is about to com nsnse
work on the structure.
Yesterdays business d the city hall po-
lice station was represented BY : clean Page
believed, he's cleared the city Of some pretty
tough characters.
Ms. P. B. Keyes, Of San Francisco. will
deliver a fres lecture to ladies 1t The B DAD
way Methodist church, Tuesday, June Is.
n $50 =. m. Subject: "Nerveless5 Wo-
men and Their Influence on Heredity."
Lieut.. GOV. Botkin will deliver an ad-
dress 1t eight .. m. to-day At the Montana
university before the Pullman Literary so
oiety. Aspseial electric car will leave the
city at 1880 and return after the exercises.
The enRsgsment OF Richard Mansfield at
Ming opera house will begin on Thursday
evening next, when he will be seen in Dean
Brummell." On Friday he will present
"A Partisan Romance" and on Saturday
1.-THE Scarlet Letter."
Arguments will DO made before Judge
Buck to-day in the Great Falls street paw.
ing Injunction case. Mayor Gslsthorpe and
City Attorney ). A. Largent arrived in
Helena yesterday. George F. Shelton wall
assist the city attorney in The arguments.
Ransom Cooper, OF Great Falls. Will appear
for The street railway company.
According TO the registers in nearly every
building. western people are going TO the
fair in much greater numbers than those
living east. An investigation shows the
number of people registered at the follow
ing state buildings, among others: Illinoil
of course leads the list, q Michigan II
second With 5000. Montana 5000. Ayizon,
sixty-fve. New Mexico fifty, Utah 800
Idaho $50. Warrington 1000. lao4
A. ou:ioas piece of wood carving 10 on OK
hibition a. the executive office In the ooor
house. II was made by . prisoner In th,
county Jail out Of . half-inoh pine boart
with q common jack knife. The wood Il
carved into . number of circular shape
like small wind mills. The prisoner i,
this Way srsnt the leisure moments Of
tnlISy OAys xeBloO0Co IN IAo JAIL 1Of 0S0oI
ing an ovsyeoat.
When near ths university at / r. M, yes
teEday. Charles johnson, the pilot Of o.
electric cal, stuck his head out on ore sid
and looked back. A pole near the tracI
struck him just back Of the right ear. H
was taken in an unconscious condition (
his room On Chestnut street, below th
electric power house. Dr.. Kellogg, VII
attended him, says that Johnson 10 not sc
rtously hurt and was resting easy last night
There WAS q fne exhibition of ball play
ing at AthletioPark Yesterday afternoon BE-
the Reed d Lust nine Of Helena, snd tn
Asrysville Athletics. the latter bein,
besten by . score of twenty-one to ten
Mr.. Reed. Of the local team. did fine worl
bis credit. The work Of Andrew Fretz a
short and his base running was one Of th
features OF the game. Mr.. Luss's goo
batting also contributed to the victory
Mr.. Grinrod of the visitors hold the locs
plays . down for two innings and sfte
this hts arm gave out and he was bit freely
A small nrs witnessed by . largs GROW
sta ted yesterday afternoon In a woodshe,
. In the rear OF . double frame house at 10
D Bsattie street. The building 10 owned b
, james Blake and was occupied on one sid
by Thomas Purcell and on the other b
> Mrs. Agnes Collins. The FIRE spread fro1
the woodshsd to tho roof of the roar win
y which WAS entirely Quilted. The frems
arrived. however. In time to save the from
of the house, which was not damaged beIo
the roof. Thu origin of the Gre 10 M
y known, but 1t il thought several small boy
who were playing in tho woodshed are r
. sponsibls. The loss was not more than $50