The Colored citizen., 1894-10-15
THE CoLORED CITIZEN.
OFFICE No. 1a N. MAIN STREET.
Local and gersunal.

Don ldll u lNB istSA'
See that your friends register
Let every colored voter register.
Isaac Smith and family of White
sulphur Springs are here attending
conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Birthwright, of
Butte, we're welcome guests in our
city last week.
Mrs, Hattie Adams of Deer Lodge
is here on visit. She will probably
remain all this week
Robert Lawrence of Butte, the pop
ular tonsorial artist, was over on a
living visit last week.
The visiting delegates of Odd Fell
lows we're very favorably impressed
with Helena and its people.
Coles band, with their becoming
uniforms and headed by their gaudy
drum major, attract much attention.
Let the colored voters of the state
vote solidly for Helena as a compli-
ment to her 500 prosperous colored
citizens.
Ed. Simms, the popular restau-
ranter of Great Falls, was in the city
last week attending the sitting of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Rev. j. Fl. Redd of Great Falls is
here in attendance on conference.
He is one of the brightest and most
popular young men of his section.
The genial and popular Phil Sim
mons, who has been rusticating over
at Townsend for the past few days,
is home again looking well and happy.
Hon. J. p. Woolman, chairman of
the capital committee, was over to
Butte last week looking after the in
terests of Helena, which he reports
as fiattering.
VIM. Morgan of Great Falls, the
popular candidate for constable of
that city, was over on visit last
week. He was favorably impressed
with our people.
Hon. L. I'll. Hershfeld was one of
the committee sent to Butte to con-
fer with Anaconda representatives
relative to preventing fraud in the
pending capital contest.
Right Rev. James II. Handy, now
presiding over the Colorado confer
ence of the A. M. E. church in this
city, is one of the most popular
bishops in that denomination.
Thomas e. Amos was over from
Butte last week visiting old friends,
of whom he has legions in this city.
We regret that pressing business pre-
vented him from making a longer
stay.
l.. A. Lasha, one of Butte's most
substantial citizens, was in the city
last week. The responsible position
of district grand treasurer was be-
slowed upon him by the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows.
c. L. Bailey of Fort Custer made
himself prime favorite during his
short stay here. AS mark of the
high esteem in which he is held his
brother Odd Fellows made him dep
uty district grand master.
Gen. C. d. Curtis donated 800 in
cash to assist the ladies in their cam
paign against bribery and corruption.
The ladies returned vote of thanks
for his generosity and no doubt would
give him solid vote If they could.
Corporal ]. p. Dundee of Fort Gus
ter is one of the leading lights of
Soldiers Home Lodge of that place,
which boasts of an active membership
of $50. Mr.. Dundee has made host
of friends in our city and we hope he
will pay us another visit soon.
III. H. Holmes is one of the rising
young men of this state. He is To-
Gated at Havre and is engaged in a
general periodical business and is
making success of it. This is a
move in the right direction and we
trust more of our young people will
follow his example and start in busi-
ness for themselves. We learn through
him that the Misses Cora and Laura
Howard, for some time residents of
this city, are now living at Havre
with Mrs. Lettie Rose, who will act as
their guardian. Also, that colored
soldier who had committed a grave
offense, had been arrested and placed
in iail nendinU a nreliminarv eXami-