The Helena independent. [volume], February 21, 1892, Morning, Page 6, Image 6

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THE BICEST GIRAY WOLF
A Story of the Retreat of ]apo.
leon's Grand Army From
Moscow.
Two Musicians E oape the Wolves
to Be Captured by them
Cossacks.
Their Fearful Plight, Shut Up in a Cabin,
Beslegad by Ravenous Brutes-
Generous Soldiers,
[Written for Tax HEzLNA INDEPENDENTI.
Jean Potoir and Antoine Savary were
French boys of the department of the
Yonne. They shared everything, were
nearly always together.
It happened that just before the invasion
ef Russia by the emperor a number of re
cruits belonging to the village were allowed
to return home for a visit and the two boys
heard their stories of the last campaign.
All France was ablaze with military glory,
and as Jean could beat the drum and An
toune was an excellent fifer, the recruits
begged the parents of the boys to let them
go to the army and share in the glory of
taking the capital of the czar.
The parents agreed, and when the re-I
cruits went back the boys went, too, and
were accepted by the mastering officer: he
said he needed a good drummer and fifer,
and was glad to see them; and long before
they reached Moscow both had become
prime favorites in the regiment.
They saw much to interest them, for they
never before had crossed the boundaries of
their own district. The land of the great
czar was a new world.
They saw the burning of the city of Mos
cow and stood together in the light of the
Kremlin, not dreaming of the hardships be
fore them.
It was a dreary time for the French army
when it started away on that famous re
treat from the city of the ezars. Winter
had set in, the earth was white with deep
snows, the air was bitter and cold. Before
they had gone far hundreds of soldiers
froze to death.
All the time, too, they were continually
harassed by Cossacks end by wolves. Vnl
tures continually hovered over the weary
ranks; sometimes they would swoop so low
as to be pierced by the bayonets 6f the sol
diers.
At night the wolves would fill the frosty
air with their howls, and when a man
dropped out of the ranks they would rush
down upon him and devour him before his
comrades. They were large and fierce, and
they came in great packs, and sometimes
could not be driven off, not even by a fusi
lade.
The army suffered too for lack of good
food. One evening, near sundown, Jean
came to Antoine and said he had discov
ered a farm house near by; he thought they
might get some warm milk for themselves
by telling the people how exhausted they
were.
The boys stole off. Jean with his drum
and Antoine with a musket and some am
munition which had been given him by a
soldier who had been transferred to one of
the ambulances. 'When they reached the
place instead of a farm house, inhabited by
kind people, they found a hut nearly ready
to crumble to pieces and no sign of anyone
near.
"Let us go in anyway, and see what is
here!" said Jean.
As they passed into the hut something
rushed out with a snarl, and the boys
found they had disturbed a large gray
wolf. Antoine tried to get a shot at him,
but he ran off, and they saw no more of
him.
"That was the king of wolves," said An
toine. "What a feast he would make for
the mess!"
The hunty boys started back. Night
came sooner than common. Darkness suad
denly swooped down on all the vast snowy
plain. When they tried to find the army
they could not. They stopped at last and
looked at one another with blanched
cheeks. Presently the moon rose, lighting
up the scene. But they were lost. They
did not know in which direction marched
their companions.
The boys went back to the hut and tried
to make themselves comfortable there.
Jean amused himself at first beating his
drum, but at last his fingers grew so stiff
that he could not use the sticks, and he
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looked at Antoine, who was blowing on his
own hands to keep them warm.
Suddernly thero entered the cabin a long
low howl that startled the young musi
" t'ho welves have come herel" cried An
toine, surigirrn up and running to the
door, which they ehd shut.
\'hen ther looked oat unon the snow that
glistened in teo light of the moon they saw
da k objects mrrv:ng bither and thither,
what the Lolth knew too well were wolves.
Netler aind wilerlbr caeic the animals, and
all it in e .en cried ut that that he saw the
otr they had drivnr frorn the but.
lirle orllorlvi out on the snIow stood a
:hu~e wolf whose iidres shone like silver,
thoewinir that he wore a gray coat. lie
seired to head thie vack. As the boys looked
at hirm he appea:ed to grow larger and they
could plainly see the teeth he s.irwed while
he dlared at the crbin. lie haul brought
themrn aclo the boys" track.
Antoine wari for !iring at the wolf. but
Jean said it would only precipitate an at
tack. 'The- had hopes that some of Prince,
blurat's hotsieren would coein along and
rescue them without further dangers. It
was hoping aearinrt hope. for the army was
far away pustlrim onr tward I rance.
By and by tlh wolves becamre bolder.
'lThe boys rsaw therl come almost close
enough to be struck with a stone. '1 hey
had discovered the young musicians and
now the began to set up their long pe'cut
iar howl.
Jlean seized the dorriticks and boat the
rataplan in hopes of frirlhtentinr the bea trt
off. but the Inuuio maile them howl thO
more. They gathered about the hut, coim
pletely encircling it. Fitting on their
haunches like dogs and filling the cold
night air with their discordant cries,
The big wolf only was mloving about.
He aseemed eve:whlere. Now he would an
pear in front of the huit, and now would be
seen behind it, as if he wole a general in
specting his Ii:t s.
"They will chtrge the door," said Jern.
The lig wolf Las inspected it three tim.ne.
He aeems to think the hut can be taken by
lissault."
"Let them try it," cried Antoine vat
iantly, as he looked at the musket. "iWe
have some good powder hole and they will
feel it in their teeth when they come."
Anc now the numbers of the waoles
seemed to be on the increase. They were
coming in from every direction; but none
were as large as the former tenant oa the
hut.
"If we werp at home we would know how
to catch these fellows," said Jean. "We
would throw poisoned meat to them and
see them feall dead in the snow. Here we
can do nothing of the kind."
"Here they come, Jeep," erolaimed' An
toine. "Look to the door. If they throw
themselves against it in a body it will not
keep them out."
The pack in front had risen and were
rushing forward. The boys heard the
doeadful sunping of teeth as they reached
the door. Antoine thrust the muzale of
his musket through a crack and fired into
the howling, struggling mace. Several
yelps of pain attested the power of the
shoe. The wolves drew off, carrying with
them a dead comrade and devoured hint
before the boy's eyes.
Antoine had reloaded. They stood against
the door and awaited another attack.
"'This is woiso than fighting the lRue
elans," said Antoine.
Jean seized his daum. He beat the charge
vigorously in hopes of sending far out on
the night air the sounds of musie to reach
the errs of some detachment of the army.
The little musician of the Yonne played as
he had never played before; his drumetiaks
flew, warming his half-frozen ftinerh and
filling the old shanty with strange music,
the roll-call of Napoleon's army.
The smell and taste of fresh blood had
infuriated the pack. It came back to the
attack with more fierceness than at first.
Antoine looked for the big gray wolf but
could not see him.
The hat was not high and its roof was
covered with beavy snow. Suddenly the
boys saw several wolves leap up and dis
appear. They seemed to have bounded
toward the roof, and when Jean cried out
that he heard something overhead, they
both knew that the animals were on the
hut. Yes, the wolves were up there, try
ing to scratch the snow away that they
might leap down into the cabin and make
short work of the young soldiers; For a
moment Jean and Antoine shrank together
aghast.
"Look! thedoor! the door!" shouted Jean,
drooping his orumsticks. "They are here
again, Antoine."
Once more the boy with the musket
fired at the lot outside, to hear another
howl and to see the peck devour a slain
comrade. But this time the wolves did
not fall back; they continued to try to
force the door while Antoine reloaded
with half-frozen hands and Jean held the
barricade.
The boys must have felt that they were
fighting a hopeless battle, but they were no
cowards, and had resolved not to give up.
They knew they could not successfully
fight all the wolves of the czar's dominion,
but certainly they could perish like Fienoh
boys.
The animals on the housetop made a good
deal of noise and the boys had begun to
think the roof could not be forced, when
Jean cried out that a pair of eyes were
gleaming overhead, and the young soldiers
looked and both saw tie head of a wolf.
"It is the big fellow," said Antoine,
bringing his musket to bear on the appari
tion. "It is the head of the wolf we dis
turbed when we oame to the hut,"
The next moment the cabin was filled
with smoke and the boys saw the head van
ish and the stars only were seen through
the hole in the root.
The wolf shot by Antoine did not fall to
the ground. Only live wolves leaped down.
Hut as they stood ready for'the howling
pack at the door the boys believed they had
killed the leader. He was nowhere to be
sooeen.
The assaults of the ravenous beasts now
begin to tell on the strength of the door.
Jean placed his body against it, and An
toine fired as often as he could, but the
wolves appeared ten times fiercer.
"Liatea!" said Jean, suddenly, and he
bent toward the door, making an ear
trumpet with his hands.
"I, too, heard ,something like a shout; a
human shout!" replied Antoine.
The little fifer looked through a crack.
He turned to his friend, crying out with jay:
"1 see dark figures moving over the snow.
They seem to be horsemen. Whatever
they are, they are coming this way. They
are too tall to be more wolves."
Jean picked no the drum and beat a wild
tune which went out over the snow. It was
answered by shouts, and now both could
see horsemen eallopina forward.
"They are Cossaoks!" whispered Antoine,
his shoulder to the door. "We shall never
see the grand arlmy again."
The wolves were making a final effort to
force the door. Antoine mechanically met
them, firing away his last charge and dron
ping his weapon. 'Then the boys stood
silent, side by side. In snottier moment a
party of wild-looking Cossacks swooped
down upon the hut and surrounded it, while
the wolves drew off.
"Come out!" oried the Cossacks. "Come
out, you who are within! Surrender to the
soldiers of the great czar!"
Jeanand Antoine opened the door and
marched forth. When the Cossacks saw
the boys they set up a loud laugh, and their
betman, a fine looking fellow, satirically
touched his cap in the way of a salute.
'Ihev had expected to capture a number of
men coldiier. They were cormpletely taken
aback when they discovered that their
pritnere were boys.
"Yes, there is the big wolf no the roof,"
said ,uan to Antoine: and sure enough up
there lay the gray monster, the cause of all
their trouble. One of the Cossacks culled
the c:ercass from the 0oot and threw it on
the snlow.
"l'!av for us," commanded the leader of
the wild band.
"Wo can't play your tunes," answered
Joan.
"Play the music you know."
Jean and Antoine drew up together in the
snow and in it rnlotllent the lively airs of
France were wafted over the dreary waste.
For a while the face of the Cossarke
clouded. iut at last they awuni their great
caps over their thads and cheered the boVy
of thlie Yoiiio.
"'You hall go back to your army." said
tha hetman. "You ehabll not be taken to
prieoll. \'ol heive been brave. We like
brave boys like our own."
'The (' osaeckH kept their pledge. The
next dcay the rear ;guard of the grand atl rt
saw approacliinr them with a whiter fla,,
a troop of the wild horeemeln of the
stepies, aud the ruilnuent to which Jean'
and AntonI,. belonrged was ovOeroyed to re
veelve oncae more iao its ranks the little mu
lc'1 ioy endured the horrors of that re
trert, and, in r!tiler years, when they att
with old il)[armaRte under tIhe a reading
tree of the villa:ie anrl relntidl etoriec of
Naprleoeon' ill-tatedr campaign, they ievror
failed to tell how thlley foughlt the big: wolf
and his In:ck. and their rescue by the ('os
sacks of the iDon.
T . (C . l l .' , Ar n ,,H .
Iuc.krilen' Atrnlan Car. e.
The bsht arve in tLr world for cute,
bruisy. cores, lcers, sa!t rilecurn fever
corer. tettrr, chopped kauda, chilblains,
cors alid all sklu in ertion, and moeittvely
euren ,ilea or co tay reqoired. It is gear
autted ~.oglv perfeet sati faction, or money
refundoed. P'rice 25 cents per box. For
sale by it. . . Hale & Co.
Nee- n veoi lusat r.ce ivead at Thr r leo tlive.
Helena's ILeading Business -Houses..
DRY GOODS.
THE'NEW YORK DRY GOODS BTORE.
Main and Stato Streeta
Latest Goods From the East.
Stock Unourpaseed in the Nothweit.
Costumes From Paris.
Every Department Complete in All Detaile.
SANDS BROB.
Dealers in Dry Goods, tarpets and Fine FanIo
Gooda.
FOWLES' CAIH STORE.
Broadway. Opposite Independent Ofile
The Leading Millinery, Notion and Fano. Dr3
Goode Store in the City.
CROCKERY AND CHINA.
. J. EDWARDS,
19 South Main Street.
Dealer in Fine China, Crockery and Glassware.
Silverware, Tinware. Lamps. etc.
FURS.
lAB3COCK,
Main Street, foot of Broadway.
Coats, Jackets. Capes, MuSf.
Gentlemen's Fine Furnishing Goods.
INSURANCE,
THE GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Of London.
L. F. Lacroix, Agent
Capital paid in, $5,000.000.
Assets over $23,000,000.
PAPER HANGERS AND DECORATORS.
0. J. HOLdIS,,
22 North Main Street.
Practical Interior Decorator in Fresco and Wall
Paper.
Leading Dealer in Paper Hangings and Room
Mouldings. Stlore. Office and oouse Wisdow
Shades, Curtain Poles, etc.
FREIGHT TRANSFER.
J. L. BSMITH.
Office at J. Feldberg's Store.
Main Street
And at the Depot.
SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS.
W. NEIL.
Sto3k Saddles, Stockmen's Eluipments.
Harness of Every Description. etc.
17 North Main Street, Heolena, Montane
LEGAL BLANKS.
CRAIG & DAVIDSON.
Postoffice Box 777.
Complete line Legal Blanks of every description
M1INING MACH INERY.
HIICAGO IRON WORKS.
Meno Unzioker, Western Representative.
4 North Main Street.
Enilders of General Mining and Milling
Machlaer:.
BLANK BOOKS.
C.B. LIKICHER,.
Herald Building, Broadway.
Blank Books made to order.
llooks Rtlod and Printed.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
EDWARD C. RUSSELL,
littsburgh Block.
Special Attontion Paid to Patent Business.
PRODUCI'IE AND I"IESlI Ft'i T.
LINDSAY & CO.
20 and 22 1'1 wards bStreet.
Wholesale and lletail Ir Iits and l'roduce.
(CONIEI('TI)N ESRN.
SALAIE & II I'FE'IIlI1DIE/ZEL,
Practical (onfllt lioners.
13 South Main Street, Ielrlnr.
Make choice high gradlr goods only.
Orrlrs for ('ak~ , l , "'ranns alne) Fruit ions re
Ceive our mlost pran it ttlent ion.
I'IA n';ii; A i,qnn
I']un x l ,a, I. rN
NaniIa.j N~n{: a bip"iaIty.
i. 3I u.J -,
lNureoryziau andi I su,15, upr iarvlrrul r.
£hdtr Pnark &lunteru.
IUalena, hluntauaa
ARTUUR P. OUiIN.
The Leadiag sltn lisae In Mqtana.
'urniturn, Carpetý Ws er. Roah. Far.
Music Department complete in every detail
JR. SANFORD.
Dealer in
Furniture. Carpets, Shades, Laoe and Chenille
Curtains.
JEWELERS.
C. . JACQUMN & Co.
Leading Jewelers and Silversmiths
Dealers in Diamonds, Montana Sapphires, Oar.
nets and Other Precious Stones.
Cut Glase, Crystal and Solid Silverware, Piahos
Clocks, Bronzes, Art Goods, Vaseu.
|HELENA JEWELRY CO.
Power Block; Sixth Avenue.
Fine Watches. Jewelry and Silverware.
Jewelry Manufacturing and Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
COAL AND WOOD.
SAND COULBE COAL COMPANY.
E. C. Perret, Agent.
Lamp CoalS, $.2; Nut, $.0 per ton by car and
$4 in small quantities; extra stove
coal. $7 per ton.
Full Weight.
Telephone 101. Uptown Omce in Motor Block,
Sixth Avenue.
HELENA LUMBER COMPANY.
Agent for Galt Coal.
The Best Fuel in the Market.
City Office, Room 8, Thompson Block.
Telephone 14.
BROKERS.
H" B. PALMER.
Dealer in Investment Seourities.
Money to Loan.
Purchases County. School and Municipal Bonds
and Warrants. Commercial Paper and
S Mortgage Notes.
10 Edwards St., Merchants National Bank Bldg.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
L. ARNOLD,
124 SBoth Main Street. opposite foot of Wood
Street, in People's Loan Office.
Boot and Shoe Maker.
Repairs Neatly Made.
NEW ENGLAND SHOE STOREL
11 South Main Street.
Full lines Men's, Ladies' and Children's Goods.
MINING AND FARM MACHINERY.
T. C. POWER & CO..
Main Street and Helena Avenue.
jobbers and Dealers in Mining and Farm
Machinery,
Steam Boilers, Pumps and Hoists, Wire Hoisting
Rope, Quartz, Lumber and .arm Wagons.
Brown's Patent and Maine Bob Sleds
GUN AND LOCKSMITIIS.
CHARLES T. MORRIELL,
Practical Gun and Locksmith.
Manufacturer 'of and Dealer in Guns, Rifles and
Revolvers.
All kinds of Bporting Goode.
Silver. nickle and gold plating and oxidizing.
Guns made to order and repaired. Sate work,
lock work and key fitting. All kindse of repair
ing promptly done. 17 North Main street,
helena. Mont., opposite Grand Central Hotel.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
S FINIIELESTEIN; -
The Ron Ton Tailor.
Fine line of Gents' Furnishing Goods. Suits
Made to Urdor.
Business Suits, $30 up. Pants. $8 up. Drees
uSits, *: Sul. Dres, Pants, $11 up.
All "ork guaranteed and ratisfaction assured.
107 S. Main st., lternational Hotel Building.
GROCERS.
, REIBOLD & CO.
Staple and Fancy Gsocers
And Dealers in Hay and Grain.
No. 15 Bridge Street.
Telephone No. 193.
Helena. Montana.
A. R. GATES GROCERY CO.
B Sole Helena Agents faI
Richmond Creamery Butter.
Telephone 19.
B ACII, CORY & CO.
Sixth Avenue and Main Streets
Wholesale and ~etail Groeors.
The Larg(et and BIest Stock Carried in the
State.
Fine Cigars and Candles.
BUTl IERM.
lAREIS & FISHER,
110 Broadway, IlHlena, Montana
Choice cuts of Fresh Mhleot. Lard and Sausage
alwayn ln haud.
I L. MATTIIEWS. -
Wholesalo and Re'uil Dealers in Fleah Moat.,
Lard and SausagO.
403 North Park.
BItOADVWAY MEIAT'' ARKi'':
John J. Back. Propriotor.
Whulosalo and t Itail Dealor in Fresh Monta
l'ohltry. llsh an.d Gae.
Telephone 19l.
, F NANCIAL INSTITUTIOns,
T. . . W.i lfht. Cashier.
-- Ueo. . Bill, Seoond Ametat Cashier.
IECOND NATIONAL BANK
Paid Up Okpltal, $75,000
Surplus and Praoits. $25,000.
B. D. Edgerton. Prsident.
C. K. Cole ViLce President
Geo.B. Child CVhier.
Joseph 1N3' enok. Ast Cashl.r.
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANL
Capital, $200,000.
2. C. Power, President.
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.A. C. Johnson. (Cashier.
George . Cope, Ass't Cashkc
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
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Pain In Capital, $100,000.
Thos. Crose, President.
Frank K. Cruse, Vice President.
Wm. J. Cook, Ass't Treas. and lSeoy.
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Four Per Cent. Interest on Savings Deposits.
Compounded July and January.
MONTANA NATIONAL BANK.
Capital Paid In, $500,000.
Surplue and Profits, $200,000.
United States Depository.
Q. A. Broadwater, President
L. G. Phelps, Vice President.
3. L. MeCulloh, Cashier.
A. L. Smith. Aselstant Cashier.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
Paid Up Capital, $530,000.
Surplus and Profits, $90,000.
United States Depository.
L. I. Hershfield, President.
A. J. Davidson. Vice President.
Aaron Hershfield, Cashier.
WHOLESALE AND ItETAIL LIQUORS.
Established 1866.
I. MARKS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Straight Kentucky Whiskies.
Imported and Domesti' Wines, Liquors, Cigar
and Tobaccos.
Smokers' Articles.
No. 15 North "in ctret. lJelena. M.ontana.
IBE & GOODKIND.
Seventh Avenue and Main Street.
Wholesale Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Cigars
HOTELS.
THE BRISTOL. .
Corner S. Main and State Streets,
Helena. Montana.
Gas, Electric Light, Steam Heat and Elevatos
Service.
Street Care To and From All Depots Every
Fifteen Minutes.
Finlay Urquhart, Prop.
THE COSMOPOLITAN.
European Hotel and Restaurant.
Helena. Montana.
Rooms 50c. 75c and $1. Meals 25c.
Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers.
H. C. Eurgard. Proprietor.
BELVIDERE HOUSE,
511 and 513 North Main Street
European Hotel and Restaurant. Rooms, 500e,
75c, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 per day.
Regular meals 25c.
Regular meal hours: Breakfast, 6 to 9 a. m.;
dinner. 11:30 a. n, to2 p. m.: supper, 5:30 to 9 p.
m. Meals cooked to order at all hours. Special
rates by week or month. Modern conveniences.
D. A. McDonald, proprietor.
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Marcus Lisoner. Proprietor.
First Class in Every Respect.
Rates $2 Per Day and Upwards.
The Celebrated Mineral 'Spring Water Used
Exclusively.
WINDSOR HOUSE.
411-417 North Main Street.
European and American Plans
Modern Conveniences.
Rates $1.25 to $2.00 Per Day.
L P. Gincherean, Proprietor.
BOTTLING WORKS.
HELENA BOTTLING WORKS,
827-329 Water Street.
Merritt & Co., Proprietors.
Mannfacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Soda
Water, Root Beer, Ginger Ale, Seltzer Water.
Orders by mail receive prompt attention
FANCY GOODS,
THE BEE IIIVE,
SoL Genzuorger & Co,
5 North .Main Street.
Fancy Articles of every description. The larg
est and most complete Department
Store in lolena.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
CAPITAL CITY MUSIC CO,
(D. B. Howe, V. B. Howe.)
Exclusive Music House.
8'2 Ninth avanue.
Helena, Montana.
BIIEWERIIEIi.
VAL BLATZ BIIIEWIN(I CO..
Cf Milwaukeoa
Mulch rose..
Wholesale Deal5ers in Milwaukee
lager fleer.
Holena. Montana.
I. ELENA BILEWEIRY.
Miller & Co.. l'roprietors.
Offlio 65 South Main Street.
Estabiished 18611.
Brewers and bottlers of first quality Been
Shipoed to all railroad points in Montana.
OLOTHIERS AND GENTS' FURNISHERI,
GANS & KLEIN.
Broadwa and Main Street.
tinest Store, Best Goods and Largest Stock In
the State.
Clothing for Menloy a and Nhldren, .
Vaulhlonabloe Foreign Noveltigb
Ilve Fler. Full ot New Gooeds
LOEB & BRO.
85 S. Main Street.
Dealers in
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hate and Furnishlin
Goods, Blankets aqd Quilta.
The Only Cash Clothing Store in Helena.
EED, CRAIG & SMITH CO.
Gold Block.
Dealers Ininke Nkwa, Hsee Underwear,
Hndk-erchnefs, Umrel ee.r.
Mufier, 'Travelig Cases, Etc.
Fine Shirts Made to Order.
THE BOSTON CLOTHING COMPAI .
28-21 South Main Strete.
SDealers i
Fine Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing
Goode.
EtookLarge and Adapted to Every Need,
J FELDBERG,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Beady Made Clothing and Gents' Furnishing
Goods
TICKET BROKERS.
.. GOLDBERG, -
Cut Rate Railroad Ticket Oflice.
55 South Main Street, Helena, Mont
Tickets Bought, Sold and Exchanged.
Member Guarantee Ticket Brokers' Association.
LOAN OFFICES. *
pEOPLES LOAN OFFICE.
124 South Main Street
Money Advanced on AlU Personal Property.
Unredeemo I Pledles, Consiseting of Clothing,
Watches, Diamonds, (unas, Pistoln, Etc..
For Sale.
P, O. Box 535, Helena, Montana.,
UNCLE SAM'S LOAN OFFICE CO.
Corner Main and Wall Streets.
(Old lirst hational Bank Building.)
Money Loaned at I.ow Hate of Interest on AD
Kinds of Collateral.
$10,000 in Unredeemed Pledges For Sala
Railroad Tickets Bought and Sold.
MARBLE WORKS.
31ONTANA MARBLE WORKS,
Lower Main Street.
O. F. Smith, Proprietor.
Manufacturer of American and Italian Marble
Monuments.
Cemetery work executed ti the neatest style.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
?RUTCHER & GARLAND.
(T. E. Crutcher, It. C. Garland)
Attorneys at Law.
Rooms 7 and 8, Bailey Block.
Mining. crrororatin and real estate law special.
See. Will practice in all the state courts, in the
United States sulreme court and before all the
lepertmoots in Washington eily. in connection
with lion. A. I1. Garlandr. late attotney general.
ASRBURN K. sARBOUIR,
Attorney and Counseloa at Law.
Masonic Temple, Helena, Mont.
MASSENA BULLARD.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Will practice in. all courts of record In the
state. Office in Gold Block, Helena, Mont.
SIZER & KEERL.
Civil and Mining Engineers
. S. Denputy MineralSurveyors. Mlneralps.
Onto secured. Booms 12-13, Atlas Building, Ro.
sna, Mont.
DR. M. ROCKMAN.
Pkysiolan. Surgeon, Acconchor, Oculist, AnrieL.
Member of San Francisco Medical Society,
*lo Nevada Statr, Medical Soriety. Office on
U&in street. oery Steinuretz Jewelry Storeo.
THE CHICAGO, . ...
_ MILWAUKEE &
ST. PAUL RAILWAY
Is the Fast Mail Short Line from St.
Paul and Minneapolis via La
Crosse and Milwaukee to Chicago
and all points in the Eastern states
and Canada. It is the only line
under one mnanagement between
St. Paul and Chicago, and it is the
finest equipped railway in the
Northwest. It is the only line run
ning Pullman drawing-room sleep.
ing cars with the luxurious smok
ing-rooms, and the finest dining
cars in the world, via the famous
"River Bank Route," along the
shores of Lake Fepin and the beau
tiful Mississippi river to Milwaukee
and Chicago. Its trains connect
with those of the northern lines in
the GraTnd Union depot at St. Paul.
No change of cars of any class be
tween St. Paul and Chicago. For
through tickets, time tables, and
full information, apply to any
coupon ticket agent in the North
west.
Room No. I, Power Blick. Postoffico Box 811.
HELENA. MONTANA.
J)IBOhOIUTON NOTIh 'I.-- NO'I'I(1 IS IBllIE
Sby giroon that tie c piartnuerhjp hlretoforo
uxisting bEtweenu Frank f.ro, anld tleury Fislher
lndeur tie firmn or.Io and title of Maloas ,'isehr.
doing business at the Central Moat Market on
Blroadway. IeIlena. hlo,ntans, is this day dis
eolved hy neitsel conhson, lHenry Fisher retir
ing. All indfteludass of thle firm i aserumo.l Iby
Ifrank Marus, wihe will ale,,o olwt all ontstaI:d
lng debts duo snid firm.
II I'ItY FIBIlEII.
FRANK AIl~