The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-14
JOTTINGs ABOUT TOWN.

A special meeting Of the Ladies' Auril-
larry society. Temple Emanuel. will be
held AZ tho residence Of Mira J. FsldberG
to-day.
Ths statement that Rev. T. V. Moore
had gone east was an error. He 10 Ia the
city, and has no intention a. present. OF go
ing east
James 7. Fitzgerald desires 10 return
thanks TO his many friends for thsir kind
mesa daring the illness ami after the death
OF his wife.
The gentle man named BY the president
on Monday for receiver OF the bozeman
land Office is Il. Asbury. CLERK OF Judge
Armstrong; court.
The funeral OF Mrs. Kate Tuner, sister
of Ms. John Brady, of Helena. and Mrs.
Joe Guilbault Of Maryeville. will take
place this morning At 10 o'clock from the
cathedral.
There will be alum meeting" at talvA-
tion Army hall. Feb. IL, beginning 10 eiRht
y. m. Staff Captain Mo ton. of seattle,
will also give a talk upon ''Slum Wofk."
Admis sion 20 cents.
A liberal church movement 10 under way
In Great Falls. The idea IL 70 establish n
church Of liberal tendencies, whore people
of all oresda aud of no creed at all can
meet on the same footing.
II w. Shearunn has transferred 10 Ida
l.. Iwohy a one fourth interest In the Bea-
oonsneld, Lenote. Balfour and Sterling
lodes in the l. ons and Little Geek dis
tricts. the consideration named being 81,
etc.
The body Of Mrs. John Hsmblin will ar
rive from spoksne this morning and the
funeral will take place al three .. m. from
the Episcopal church. Interment la the
Benton avenue cemetery. Friends are In
vited.
The city expenditures for January wee
% ollows; Pay rolls mayo g Sl34952
police 81 $50, street 81 $500. fire S76b
euginee $751;; accounts audited, general
fund S2,5s2.O7, IRE fund fl,9d6 80; total
- 963.o4.
There will be a meeting Of the b. =. O.
Il. this evening at 1850 O'clock ahsrr. At
the social session following q clam ohowder
will DO served. A full attendance IL earn
estly requested and visiting brothers 9
cordially invited 10 attend.
A general demurrer has been nled with
ths clerk OF the district court 10 the COM
. amt Of Dell HeEshheld. who IL suing l..
ii. He shield aud wife for alicnAtina the
affections Of her husband. Aaron Hsrsh e
field. The demurrer 10 on the general
ground that the complaint does not state a
sufficient cause of action.
The death ofW. @. hoG eGoFy, a pioneer
Of Alder gulch. 10 rspo ted from Pasadena.
Cal. Mr.. MoGreRoty vent 30 Alder in
1864. and after AeeumulatinR quite little
fortune he went to PassdsRs, where he
purchased an orange farm. He was 90
Yeas of age. aud leaves q brothei, who
lives a. Virgins City. and a wife and
child.
The county commissioners Of Silver Bow
county sre engaged in an examination OF
the books Of Assistant County Tieasul er
scott, That Official disappeared about
eight DAYS ago. and IL was thought his so-
counts we're all right 10 Is reported from
Bate now that the examination. which has
not been concluded, shows up TO date a
shortage Of s.. 600 or $4,000.
At the Wednesday evening meetings Of
the Frat Presbyterian church the pastor 10
conducting a course OF study OF the epistles
of Paul la their chronological order. EI-
cent in case Of the longest spistles, each
letter Is taken up ~ Q whole. The epistls
for TO- night ia the second to the Ihessa.
loniane. The course will prove both inter
ssting and profitable, and all interested in
the subject are cordially invited. Meeting
from 1880 to $50 p. m.
William Hamilton, a well known and
highly respected citizen OF Butte. was aooi-
dsutAlly killed at his ranch near that city
Monday. While driving through a gate he
was caught between n post and the wagon
snd instantly killed. Mr.. Hamilton came
20 Montana in 1864. settling in Alder pulsh.
From 1866 80 1863 he lived in Helena. going
from here 20 Jefferson county and later 30
Butte. He leaves wife. aOn and daughter.
lie was quite wealthy. and was noted for
hIs unostentAtiOus cha ny.
IL il possible the Montana national
guard, OF AZ least part of them. will short. y
be supplied with the KrAig-Jofgenson gun,
the new magazine rife with which the gov
eTnmsnt Is arming its troops. The sdju-
tant general has number Of Sp ingheld
rifles on hand that have never bsen used.
Ike government will exchange its new
magazine rifles for such Springf0lds as
have not been In use. Adiutant-Gensral
LLOYD will shortly take steps to have the
exchange made. and the new rides will be
dealt out as fast as they arrive.