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LOCAL NEWS
From the Dailv Heraid of Septenilier 27.
HEP1 IILICAN C LI U ORGANIZED
A KaUliin
Republican
.Marvsville.
Rally atl
The Republicans organized iu grand
shape at Marysville last week. A dub
was started with a numerous membership
and much enthusiasm. Its aim is to elect
the entire Republican ticket, and it lully
intends to do so and give a ronsing
majority for it. The club has rented the
hall belonging to the I. O. O. F. and will
hold another meeting next Friday, when
many other names are expected to be add
ed to the list. The officers chosen at the
lirst meeting were as follows :
President—1*. Donahue.
.Secretary —Ed. Lathrop.
Treasurer— J. C. Hanrahau.
Fergus County Meetings.
Col. Wilbur F. Sanders. Republican
candidate for Delegate to Congress, will |
address the people of Fergus county as
follows:
Lewiston, Friday, Oct. 1st, at 1:30 p. m.
Cottonwood, Friday evening, October 1st. ,
Utica, Saturday evening, October 3d.
Helena as Seen by an Outsider.
A gentleman passing through Helena
yesterday eu route to the Last, was called
upon to ' stand and deliver' his opinion of
this town. Nothing loth he did so in
words to this effect : "Although I have
been here only long enough to appreciate \
all you are doing, yet through the courtesy j
of one of your citizens I was driven around
every part of your city. The lirst thing
that struck me was the number of hand
some brick stores and residences. T he
next, the large amount of building that
was going on in every direction, and the
quality of it. Your new court house, for
instance, strikes me as being one of the
handsomest buildings of the kind I have <
ever seen. Of course, I speak of it as I saw
it in the architect's plans, hut every indi
cation points to its being as tine a building
in reality as it is on paper. The hustle
aud business hurry in your streets im
pressed me very much, but 1 was no longer ,
surprised at it when I was told ol the enor
mous hauking business done by the lour
banks in town. That ol the I list National
seemed almost incredible to me. I was
shown a statement of the various mines
situated near this towu aud drawing their
supplies from it, and 'still my wonder
grew.' fNlo not see why, with the marvel
lous mineral resources of the country sur- ;
rounding Helena, there should not spring
up a secoud Denver here. I shall return
East convinced that I have seen the he- :
ginning of a great city. More was said ■
tiy the gentleman, and all iu the same
eulogistic strain. As an evidence of his be
lief iu his opinion, he remarked that he :
was about to invest largely here as soon as
he could make arrangements for doing so.
.Such strong praise coming from a stranger \
is a straw that shows how the wind ot
public opinion is blowing.
Court Items from White Sulphur
Springs.
Judge Wade is hack from holding court j
at White Sulphur Springs. He reports that 1
the Springs were crowded with strangers.
Every room in the hotels was lull and
sleeping places had to he improvised to
accommodate those seeking abiding places.
There were a large number of eases dis- |
posed of by the court aud the following
sentences were imposed :
Fierce Kirby was sentenced to the peni- ;
tentiary for live years for the crime of
forgery. Tex Reed, a man named Smith
and a man named McDonald received
terms of two and three years in the peni- j
tentiary, and John Derg was sent up Jfor |
three years for arson. Probably the rea
son lor the great rush of business at this
term of court is that it will he the last oc- !
casion ou which Fergus county will be
judicially attached to Meagher. When
the time for the uext term arrives Fergus
county will Ire within Judge Rach 's juris
diction. Beside the penitentiary cases
there were tour criminals committed to the
county jail.
Gold Bricks.
The U. S. Assay Office at Helena melted
to-day another $13,000 gold brick for the
Drum Eummon Mining Company, the re
sult of some selected ore from that famous
miue. Two more gold bricks were stamped
to-day by the same office for Mr. McNntt,
of .Salmon River, Idaho, who sent his gold
dust through the Merchants National
Bank of Helena to he melted. The two
bricks of Mr. McNutt ruu 950 line and
have a commercial value of $12,000.
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Fatal Cattle Disease.
Advices from Benton state that twelve
out of twenty head of cattle have died
near that place within the past few days of
a strange disease. The disease baffies
treatment, every animal attacked having
died, and no diagnosis yet undertaken sat
isfactorily delines the fatal ailment. Of
several theories advanced here, one is weed
poison ; another, the mineral taint of
streams, in their stagnant or sluggish How
following au unprecedented drouth.
The Way of the Transgressor.
The would-be smarty who tried to beat
Treasurer Clewell out of a commercial
traveler's license, and who registered in
Helena as E. B. Sawtelle, Washington, D.
C., and iu Batte the other day as E. B.
Strickland, was caught by a telegr&i*n
message aud made to stand the license for
selling jewelry iu Helena, with costs of
suit. Served him right.
Base Ball.
The Actives aud Alerts tried conclus ans
at base hall again yesterday afternoon.
This time the game was for a purse of
.9100. The result must have been disap
pointing to the Alerts, for the Actives
walked away with them by a score of .>9
runs to'lA
from the Dally Herald of September 28.
LARGE REAL ESTATE SALE.
Two Hundred Dollars a Front Foot for
Ground on the West Side of Main
Street Near Helena Avenue.
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While the capitalists of Helena are se
curing from day to day the most eligible
city property that in their opinion will be
on top ot the boom when it does come
they have overlooked one of the most de
sirable pieces of real estate from one end of
Main street to the other, and to-day it
passes into the hands ot one of St. Louis'
most enterprising and far seeing capitalists
Oscar Bradford, now sojourning in Helena.
Such a sale as that of the Gebauer &
Yergy planing mill property shows the
opinion of prominent capitalists outside of
Helena, of the future of the city, and the
immense possibilities vouchsafed to a com
munity ofsuch rustling, wide-awake busi
ness men as Helena has, who have given
to a
HEALTHV HAMLET
of a few years ago a name and fame wide
spread, whose proud distinction is the
Queen City of the Mountains. It is not
within the sanguine purview of the pro
phetic eye, yet to see what greatness and
grandeur will come in the near future to a
people and a city endowed as our citizens
and Helena are, the one with qualities that
stamp them as prime promoters of substan
tial wealth and trade, and the other as the
embodiment of illimitable resources from
mines, mills, ranges, agriculture and man
ufactures. Such are the modest preten
sions of Helena to-day, that there is scarce
one of our citizens who can measure the
significance of a sale of property on Lower
Main street at $200 a front foot.
To a reporter who may be said to be al
ways lloating in the upper air, such a sale
as he reports to-day, means that it is the
beginning of a inarch of improvement that
once startled the country with the strides
of an eiubrio city at Denver in Colorado and
an Omaha in Nebraska.
The out-look liom Helena at the present
moment just prior to the advent of four
more railroads, whose whistles are almost
sounding their music to our listening ears,
is most encouraging and the prospect truly
inviting. It may not be saying too much
to expect as great things for Helena as have
been vouchsafed to the cities before men
tioned, and to others ol older birth and
greater significance, and that our expecta
tions will he realized in "history repeating
itself," evep in the Rocky Mountains. It
will not he surprising it Mr. Oscar Brad
ford has set a hall in motion whose momen
tum will not flag until a growing city will
he pushing her conquests of new bounda
ries far beyond her present limits, where
property is now bought by the acre and
where sales will soon take place by the
front foot. Mr. Bradford as a capitalist
and manufacturer in St. Louis has made and
sent many a portable engine and machin
ery into the Rocky Mountains and now he
comes to witness their success and protit
by (lie enterprise that placed them in the
midst of the forest in years gone by.
The property secured by purchase from
Gebauyer & Yergy is that on the west side
of Lower Main street, on which is erected
their planiug mill, 128 feet front on Main
and 400 feet on Placer street, which widens
to 135 feet on Gulch street.
The sale was made through the agency
of Porter & Muth, and the consideiation
isj$25,600—$15,000 of which is in hand
and the balance within a year. Possession
is given at once, but the present owners
are to have the use of the mill for one year
without rent.
ANOTHER REAL ESTATE SALE.
This Time in the West End.
Henry Klein has just purchased from
D. A. G- Flowerree two lots on Madison
avenue and running west 159 leet. This
property is eligibly located on the corner
of Madison avenue and Flowerree street
and forms a block of 100 by 150 feet and
is just sout of the residence of Governor
Hauser, on the same side of the street. No
more beautiful piece of ground could have
been selected by Mr. Klein for his hand
some private residence in the West End
than that above described, upon which he
will soon erect a permanent beautiful
home. The elevated position of this prop
erty will always secure to it an extended
view of the mountains on the north and
east and over the broad Prickly Pear val
ley, so charming to the eye and far reach
ing in waving grain fields and productive
farms. The consideration in the sale is
$4,500, or $45 a front foot.
ENJOINED.
Another Injunction Suit to which the
Rival Railroad Companies
are Parties.
On the complaint of the Montana Cen
tral that the Helena & Red Mountain peo
ple have taken possession of and are dig
ging and excavating upon laud lawfully
the property of the former company, and
in compliance with an application that the
H. & R. M. company may be restrained
from continuing the acts complained ol,
Judge Wade has issued an order requiring
defendants to appear October 5th and show
cause why an injunction should not issue.
The land at issue is Iferminal ground at
Rimini, appraised and condemned for the
use of the Montana Central by a commis
sion appointed by the District Court. The
rival company claim the ground under
deed prior to the condemnation proceed
ing- ___
—New Northwest : The College of Mon
tana is now full to its capacity, notwith
standing President McMillan dissuaded
parents from sending seventeen young
pupils who desired admission. The prob
ability that all the facilities for accommo
dating older and more advanced pupils
would be demanded led to this course, the
object and tendencies of the institution be
ing to academic and collegiate courses.
President McMillan feels highly encouraged
with the progress of the institution, the at
tendance now being larger than it ever
was before, and the classes well graded.
From th® Dally Herald of September 29.
A Morning Wedding.
This morning at the 8 o'clock mass a
larger number than usual assembled at the
Cathedral to witness the marriage cere
mony by which Mr. Samuel Nicholson
and Miss Della Lalonde, of Helena, were
made one. The ceremony was performed
at a nuptial mass by the Rev. Father
Kagaru. The decorations on the main and
the two side altars were of natural flow
ers, and the music on the organ was a cele
brated weddiDg maich played by Miss
Lizzie O'Neill. At the close of the cere
mony and instruction, the bride aud groom
drove in company with the wedding guests
to the residence of the bride's mother on
Seventh avenue, where the party regaled
themselves at a wedding breakfast. The
Herald extends hearty congratulations to
the happy couple.
Electric Hashers.
Samuel N. Nicholson, who was married
in Helena this morning, is not the only
telegraph operator that love's mysterious
shaft has impaled to-day from Cupid's brow.
The tidings come upon lightning s wings
that Sherwood Wheaton, a Western U nion
operator in Helena, was married to-day to
Miss Mamie II. Thompson at the residence
of her father at Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Mr. Wheaton, as well as Mr. Nicholson, is
a Western Union operator of the first class
and is favorably known in society circles
here as a young gentleman of most attrac
tive manners and social qualities. His
wife is said to be highly accomplished and
very beautiful. After spending a fortnight
at South Seaville, N. J., and elsewhere iu
the East the bride and groom will return
to Helena. Chief Day and the Western
Union operators in Heleua all sent con
gratulatory messages to the happy couple.
Let us hope that the operators made
happy to-day and "equipped" with double
"connections" may have no "breaks" in
their "circuits" uor "cross-currents nor
"batteries'' to complain of, and that their
better halves may have no cause to regret ;
their "Western Union."
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Falling oil in Weight of Beef Cattle. ;
A Herald reporter stood inspecting a
dozen beef carcasses on the hooks ol one
ot Helena's butcher shops this morning.
"Those quarters are as fat and handsome
as I remember to have seen this season in
the market," remarked the scribe.
"Yes," answered the butcher, "the hand
from which those carcasses come is a choice
lot. The animals were bought from the
grower in Northern Lewis and Clarke. I
bought from the same range a like number
(fifty head) of four-year-olds a year ago
now. This year they do not average in
weight with those of September last year.
Those so far slaughtered fall short 75
pounds. They lack, in comparison, hard
ness and tallow fat. They are fine critters,
but are not up to the standard of such
beeves slaughtered here at this time during
the ordinary run of years."
Accounting for the falling oft' in condi
tion and weight, the butcher's theory was
that beef cattle this year have suffered
more from the scant supply of good water
than from any lack of nutritious grazing.
A New Hall.
The Knights of Labor have taken a two
ycaiV lease of the second and third stories
of Fred Lehman's new block on the east
side of lower Main street. Nearly the
whole of this large building on the second
floor is thrown into one large hall—85x4(i
feet, and 22 feet high. This hall lias a
large gallery at the west end where a good
view is had of whatever may be going on
in the hall below. The Knights have also
included in their lease four large ante
rooms that are located on either side of the
main stairs on the second floor, and on
both sides of the gallery. There are two
large store rooms on the first floor that are
as commodious as any in the city, and will
soon be ready for occupancy.
More Gold.
Marcus Silverman has three men em
ployed washing the ground that comes
from his cellar excavation on the east side
of Main street. The miner who is attend
ing the sluice boxes on Lawrence street,
when asked by our reporter this morning
how the dirt panned out, said : "That
which we are washing now runs twenty
five cents to the pan, but we won't know
the general average until the clean up."
It looks as though Mr. Silverman would
get a good return from the sand and gravel
excavation, which in any other place than
Helena would cost money to cart away
and dispose of. Verily the streets of the
•metropolis yield their golden sands.
Another New Hospital. •
One of the latest and most important of
the multiplying building projects maturing
in the Capital City is St. Peter's Hospital
a large aud elegant structure soon to be
commenced under the auspices of the
Episcopal church. Much interested in this
large undertaking are Bishop and Mrs.
Brewer, and local subscriptions to start the
institution into being already exceed
$4,000. The site selected for the edifice is
on Eleventh street, and the foundation
walls will be laid this fall. The total cost
of the hospital is estimated at about$15,000.
Right of Way Awards.
The following awards were made on
right of way condemnation by the com
mission appointed on behalf of the Mon
tana Central to go over the route from
Half-Breed rapids to the mouth of Sun
river :
Acres.
Northern Pacific.............
Tfios. L. Gorham............
..........6-41
...........7.30
........... 6.02
........... 1.47
........... 3.53
Ft. Shaw L. S. Co..................... 4.38
H. H. Nelson.............................19.43
J. L. Largent.............................19.56
H. H. Nelson (mqfring building)
M Ward .. ...................... 6.92
...........10.75
...........13.81
........... 3.26
........... 8.93
John Woods...................
........... 3.19
Amount.
$ 47 35
96 15
109 50
90 30
3 67
52 95
100 00
336 45
265 95
120 00
124 56
108 20
207 15
50 «)
48 90
89 30
0 00
Total.............................................51,850 43
Of this sum all but $484.15 has been
paid in cash.
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
FIRST DAY—SEPTEMBER 27.
The Teachers' Institute, held in Helena,
began this morning. At the hour fixed
the teachers assembled at the High School.
Miss Clark, the County Superintendent,
called the meeting to order and presided
e x ofdno. Miss Clark made a brief speech
of welcome to those assembled in which
she extended a greeting to her associates,
both of last year and those who had come
in this year. She gave a resume of the
work already done and outlined what v.-J
to come. After Miss Clark's little talk the
business of the meeting was proceeded
with. The first iD order was au exercise in
phonetic spelling by Miss Benda, of the
city schools. This consisted of placing
upon the blackboard the vowels with their
many and complicated sounds and showed
very plainly what an immense quantity of
learning is necessary before the young
children of this generation can even learn
to read or spell. The exercise gave rise to
an animated discussion as to the advisa
bility of the phonetic system of spelling
and whether it could develop good spell
ers or not. Mr. lines gave an example of
another method ot teaching correct enun
ciation, especially on the consonant sounds.
An expert stenographer who was present
gave it as bis experience that the phonetic
system could not produce good spellers.
That is, according to Webster's spelling
book. It was finally agreed upon that the
sense of the Institute was that although
the phonetic system was not available as a
help to spelling it should be taught thor
oughly in all public schools as a help to
correct reading.
Mrs. Groshon next gave an illustration
of her method of teaching primary arith
metic and pointed her theory by a class
of boys and girls, .whom she put through
their arithmetical paces with a success that
pleased all. The method taught by Mrs.
Groshon was introduced here by Prof.
Howard and developes great rapidity as
well as correctness in the pupils. After
the programme had been carried out the
meeting adjourned. Mrs. Cummings was
chosen secretary and Mr. J. W. Imes Assist
ant secretary.
The afternoon session ol the Teachers'
Institute opened yesterday at 2 o clock.
Besides those who were to take part in the
programme, there were a number of out
siders present who had come to enjoy the
exercises. After a solo on the piauo by
Miss White, fourteen little girls and boys
were brought in by Mrs. Howard to illus
trate the new method of teaching children
to read. This method, while combining
all the advantages of the old, is relieved of
much of its irksomeness. Miss White then
presented an able paper upon the perplex
ing subject of fractions, which provoked
quite a discussion as to the utility ot frac
tions in practical business questions. I ri
mary language was then discussed by Miss
Bohn, who deplored the wide use of incor
rect English. After Miss Bohn's remarks
the meeting adjourned until the evening.
When they reassembled Dr. McMillan of
Deer Lodge delivered a fine address, en
titled, "Hints from History for the Teach
ers of To-day." The address was closely
listened to and loudly applauded at its
close. The meeting then adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
SECOND DAY—SEPTEMBER 28.
The Institute was called to order this
morning by Miss Clarke at 9:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Hanna opened the proceedings by
a paper on " Intermediate Reading." Bhe
dealt with this subject, first, as to the con
dition of the pupil's mind, and second,
from the teacher's standpoint of require
ments. Mrs. Hanna thought that the
pupil's mind should be guided and led by
the teacher, aud not followed ; that at the
same time their independence of thought
must be kept, and that at all times the
teacher should be in harmony with the
pupil. A taste for good reading should be
inculcated in youth and carefully fostered.
All trash shauld be avoided. Mr. Hanna
dwelt on the importance of cultivating ex
pression in reading as through that the
pupil may best understand the import of
what he reads. With a parting injunction
to read carefully and digest all read, Mrs.
Hanna closed her paper.
The various modes of teaching were
then discussed by all present, and the
questions whether elocution should be
made a leading role, and whether concert
drill was advisable were well ventilated.
Rev. F. D. Kelsey took part in this discus
sion.
Mrs. Cummins then read a paper on
"United States History," containing a num
ber of plans and methods for teaching this
branch.
Mr. Howard then presented the subject
of "Fractions." He advocated making the
work as simple and as practicable as possi
ble, and leaving theoretical work alone as
far as can be done. Mr. Howard then pro
pounded his own theory as to the instruc
tion of children in mathematics. And
coming from so eminent a mathematician
as Mr. Howard, his ideas have peculiar
weight. He thought that now-a-days too
much arithmetic is taught to children
in the public schools. A good, work
ing, every-day knowledge of arithmetic
was all that was needed by the average
business man. Addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, simple fractions
and a good rule of interest thoroughly
taught to the majority of children would
be of more practical use to them in after
life than a smattering of the higher
branches of mathematics, with no branch
entirely mastered. Of course a boy who
intended to follow engineering as a profes
sion, or who showed marked aptitude for
mathematics, should be encouraged and
led by his teacher into the highest branches
he could attain, but for the majority of
children the time spent in pushing them
ahead into every kind of known and un
known complications of figures was so
much time wasted that might better be
applied to perfecting them in the rudi
ments of arithmetic.
THIRD DAY—SEPTEMBER 29.
Miss Bohn presented the subject of Pri
mary Arithmetic, and showed very clearly
that this subject may be made very inter
esting and practical. The method is the ;
use of objects with the children. Crude
drawings may be placed upon the black
board in the absence of charts for the pur
pose. This subject is receiving special at
tention in the Helena schools, and the re
sult will be seen by and by in the improved
business qualifications of her young men
and women.
Long columns of figures, the tiresome
multiplication table, etc., as abstract are
things of the past. Figures are only the
representations of numbers, and should be
» -aught.
Prof. Howard helped out this subject by
enforcing his ideas and methods as he is
introducing them in the schools.
The method of teaching primary geog
raphy was illustrated by Miss Benda. The
points of the compass are to be taught
first, then the map of Helena, locating
prominent streets and public buildings.
Then the map of Montana is taught,
with the rivers, mountains and principal
towns. Some original plans were sug
gested by other members of the Institute.
Rev. F. D. Kelsey urged that each desk
be provided with a small globe in order
that proper ideas of size and form may be
attained, since maps are frequently incor- ;
rect and give wrong ideas of comparative
size. The constant changes in regard to
products, resources and rank, the change ^
in capitals of States and Territories render ^
geographies unsafe, even the latest edi
tions.
Prof. Engelhorn next spoke on the sub
ject of Penmanship. The Professor spoke
from practical experience, and gave many
useful hints.
Yesterday's afternoon proceedings of the
Institute opened with class work by Mrs.
Howard's pupils. The subject of Interest
was then dealt with by Mr. Carleton, and
advanced language by Miss Shields. In
the evening Mr. Kelsey and Prof. Davis
addressed the meeting on subjects ot in
terest.
A STRANGE CATTLE DISEASE
That has Played Sad Havoc with
Geo. M. Robbins' Little Herd.
(River Press, Sept. 25,]
The cattle of Geo. M. Robbins, who
lives on the Missouri river about five miles
above Fort Benton, are afflicted with some
sort of disease which proves fatal to every
one affected. Since Tuesday eleven out of
his little herd of twenty-four head have
died. Dr. Fairchild, John Green and
Stock Inspector Sweeney went to Mr. Rob
bins' ranch yesterday aDd made a thor
ough examination of several head, and
they were unable to determine what the
disease was. Mr. Robbins says the first
one died on Tuesday, two on Wednesday,
five on Thursday, three yesterday, and one
this morning. He says they seem well
and are suddenly taken and drop as if
dead, breathing naturally, and in about
half an hour get up and go to eating. The
second attack is the one which proves fatal.
Une old cow only has died, the rest being
yearlings aud under. This loss is a very
serious one to Mr. Robbins, as twenty-four
head is all that he owns, and the loss of
nearly half of this herd is a severe one to
him.
The disease is entirely new to those who
have examined the cattle, and so far as
known it has not appeared elsewhere iu
this section.
SUICIDE AT HUTTE.
Mrs. Lammerhart, an Old Time Resi
dent, Shoots Herself.
flntermountain.]
Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon Mrs. Lammerhart, wife of George
Lammerhart, an old time resident of Butte,
committed suicide at her residence on
Idaho street by shooting herself through
the head with a pistol, producing instant
death. She has been sick for two or three
weeks, and at the time of the tragedy was
still in bed. The bullet entered near the
right ear and came out at the left temple.
The direct cause tor the deed is not known,
but it is supposed to be due to depression
of spirits on account of illness. Her health
has not been good for many years. Mr.
Lammerhart is crazed with grief over the
terrible occurrence.
Crowding Into Montana.
[Railway Register.]
The completion of the Chicago & North
western extention into Montana and to
Fort Fetterman will have the effect of
leading to the construction of other roads,
for the cattle business of the valleys of the
Territory is well worth fighting over.
The valley of the Nebraska river is the
best part of Wyoming Territory, and here
to fore the business has chiefly gone to the
Union Pacific or up to the Northern Pa
cific. The Northwestern is now in posses
sion, and the result will probably be the
construction ot a branch from the Union
Pacific and the building a line south from
the Northern Pacific from Fort Custer or in
the valley of the Big Horn.
The Northwestern is said to disclaim the
intention of building further than Doug
lass, near Fort Fetterman, its present
terminus, but it will be a temptation next
year to prolong the line towards or into
Idaho. While the through business is
hardly worth competing for, there is con
siderable local traffic that could be had,
besides the prospects for more as the
country fills op.
The Bear Placers.
[Deer Lodge Northwest.]
Joaquin A bas cal, Esq.,ofBeartown, came
in from there Wednesday. He says, owing
to the shortage of water, the placer yield of
Bear will not he over one-fourth this year
what it was last, although the mine yield
as well when worked. The company work
ing the Happaranda mine having found
the machinery they have been using could
only crush two or three tons of rock per
day, have procured additional roller ma
chinery and are now getting it into posi
tion. It appears that the ownership of the
mine has never passed from the original
owners of the mine to the company operat
ing, and the parties in interest were this
week endeavoring to arrive at some deter
mination of the matter. What the yield
per ton is no one bnt the operating compa
ny knows, bnt the mine is looking very
well. The company has been reorganized
and Capt. Rogers is superceded.
In this country we are forced by great
natural calamities as fire, flood, earthquake
or tornado to see hundreds turned ont
homeless, but it is a disgrace to the Eng
lish government, worse than all the calami
ties we have named, to allow 2,000 fami
lies in Ireland to be evicted on the verge
of winter and turned upon the charity of
society, a large portion of which is in little
better circumstances.
Pennsylvania Association of'Montana.
The members of the Pennsylvania Asso
ciation met at the parlors of the Grand
Central Hotel Monday evening, September
27. The meeting was called to order at 8 |
o'clock by President Walker.
Secretary Cochran read the minutes of
the last meeting and the same were
adopted.
A number of letters were read by the
Secretary from Pennsylvanians iu differ
ent parts of the Territory approving of the
organization of a Pennsylvania association
aud asking that their names be placed on
the roll as charter members.
Messrs. Reed, Comly and Cochran, com- i
mittee on rules for the government of the
association, reported a series of rules that
were read by sections and adopted.
The membership fee was fixed at $2 per
year, and the members paying now would
receive a receipt in full up to January 1,
1887. No fee «will be 'charged for lady
members of the association. The regular
meetings will be held on the second Mon
days of January (annual election), April,
July and October. Special meetings may
be called at any time by the executive
committee or President-!
The following officers were elected to
serve until the second Monday of January, j
1887:
President—Robert C. Walker, of Alle- I
gheny county.
Vice Presidents— R. H. Beckwith, ol Me- ;
Kean county ; Thomas Goff, of Allegheny
county.
Treasurer— T. H. Clewell, of Lehigh
county.
Secretary— Chas. C. Cochran, of Venango
county.
Executive Committee—Robt. C. Walker,
ex-officio chairman, of Allegheny county ;
Edgar C. Prosser, of Philadelphia; Wm.
B. Reed, of Washington county ; Harry K.
Comly, of Philadelphia ; Rev. M. L. Strea
tor, of W'ashington county; Jas. S. Keerl,
of Philadelphia.
After a general discussion on Pennsyl
vania affairs the association adjourned to
meet at the call of the executive commit
tee.
The Secretary of the association request
all Pennsylvanians to join the association
as soon as possible as he desires to publish
the list.
PERSONAL.
—II. H. Dayis, of Wickes, is in town.
— C. J. Kenck, of Beaver creek, is in the
city to-day.
—Mr. A. L. Stokes will leave for the
East to-morrow with his wife and sister.
—M. Wormer, of Marysville, and Geo.
J. Böttcher, of Butte are at the Merchants.
—W. Wettleson, of St. Paul, represent
ing the Pioneer Press Co., is at the Mer
chants.
—At the Merchants : Chas. H. Reed,
Billings ; Thomas Riley, Omaha ; Ben.
Wingard, Walla Walla, W. T.
— H. H. Davis has accepted a position
with Bach, Corey & Co. Helena is glad to
hear of Mr. Davis as a permanent president
again.
—J. K. Miller, a Helena merchant of
early days, but now of Deadwood, is visit
ing old friends and trying to find familiar
places in this city.
—Mrs. M. B. Braden, who has been visit
ing her son, Mr. Sprenille Braden, U. S.
Assayer at Helena, left last evening via
Walla Walla for San Francisco.
—Miss A. M. Aebv, who has been visit
ing in Helena with Mrs. M. B. Braden, will
leave this evening via Portland, San Fran
cisco and the Yosemite for Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands.
—Thirteen feet of nice free milling gold
quartz has been struck in the two hun
dred foot level in the Pyrenees mine,
Gorgetown, Deer Lodge county. Prof.
Moore is the Superintendent.
—Bishop and Mrs. L. R. Brewer will
leave for the East to-morrow morning.
Bishop Brewer goes to attend the general
convention of in Chicago,and will probably
be absent two or three months.
—At the Grand Central : Jasper Bab
cock, San Francisco ; J. C. McCoy, Red
Bluff, Cal.; C. S. Broadbent, New York ; E.
H.j C. Taylor, St. Paul; John H. Curb,
Cork, Ireland : H. Kelso, St. Louis.
—Mr. J. D. Langton, of England is in
town registered at the Grand Central. Mr.
Langton is a prominent solicitor in Lon
don, and is here on business concerning the
"Anglo Montana" Co., for which he is the
attorney.
—At the Cosmopolitan: George W.
Irvine, II., James King, Butte ; A. D.
Simpson, San Francisco; Phil. M.Saunders,
Colville District ; Wm. Morris and wife,
Boulder ; W. N. Granger, St. Paul ; Joseph
Miller, Townsend ; John Powers, Canton.
—Visiting Helena is our former towns
man, J. K. P. Miller, for some years past one
of the leading business men of the Black
Hills, and now conducting the largest mer
cantile trade in Deadwood. Mr. Miller is
largely interested in the famous French
gulch placer mines, Deer Lodge county,
and some souvenirs of his recent trip there
are shown in a handful of flat nugget gold
—the handsomest specimens of the kind
we have seen of Montana production.
Speaking of Montanians in the Black Hills,
all are spoken of as prospering in the mon
etary, mercantile and industrial world,
including ex-Sheriff Seth Bullock, ex-Land
Officer Sol Star and ex-Indian Agent A. J.
Simmons. Star continues to be elected
Mayor of Deadwood, while Simmons
graces the same office at Rapid] City, and
gives everybody a bargain in town lots.
Mr. Miller pronounces Helena the metro
politan wonder of the West, and predicts
for the city unrivalled growth and pros
perity daring the succeeding decade of
years.
We hope oar people will tarn oat in
large numbers to hear Prof. Howard this
evening on the subject of Manual Labor
Schools. The time is coming when this is
to become a leading feature in our public
school system. It is growing in favor rap
idly wherever it has been thoroughly tried
under competent management. Oar peo
ple want to know about it, for they want
the best of everything connected with pub
lic schools.
TOWN AND TERRITORY.
—Gallatin county's assessments for 18*6
exceeds $5,250,000.
—First District Clerk Norton has ap
pointed J. M. Knight deputy for Madison
county.
—Last week J. C. Beatty, of Mission,
lost a pure bred Holstein cow from milk
fever. The animal cost $350.
—Anton Ludwig, who shot a man
named Gensey, about a year ago, was tried
and acquitted of the murder, in Butte last
week.
—Eleven cars ot fat beef cattle were
shipped last week by Bryan «Ÿ Luppold, ol
Meagher, from Livingston for the Chicago
market. The Enterprise says they were au
exceptionally choice lot.
—Northern Pacific earnings for Septem
ber show an encouraging increase compar
ed with the same period of 1885—the first
three weeks footing up $994,523, or an in_
crease of $170,000 over 1885.
—General Agent Stokes, ot the North
ern Pacific, left this morning with his in
valid wife for Boston, a private car of the
company having been placed at his disposal
for the trip. A sister of Mrs. Stokes aud
Duke Dutrieulle, attendant, were other oc
cupants of the car. Mr. Stokes expects to
return about October 15th.
—The Stillwater district, south of the
old Crow Ageucy, on the Upper Stillwater
river, in Gallatin county, is bound soon to
become one of the principal copper and sil
ver producing districts of the country. Two
eastern corporations, the Minneapolis and
Stillwater Mining companies, are the prin
cipal owners of these mines and are doing
considerable development work. Ava
lanche creek, cutting through oue of these
leads, shows immense deposits of copper
ore.
Notice to Land Agents and Attorneys.
Helena, September 26, 1886.—It hav
ing come to the knowledge ot this office
that in many places certain land agents
and attorneys adopt business signs of a
character to represent their offices as gov
ernment offices, as an example, the sign
may bear the words, "U. S. Land Office ' in
bold letters of a size to be readily seen at
a distance, adding in very small letters,
"business done here" or "papers drawn
here," and that the effect and apparent
purpose of such a sign is to mislead and
deceive the public, particularly settlers
and applicants who are uninformed and
who often enter these offices, have their
papers made out, pay fees and leave their
entry money, fully believing that they
have been transacting business with au
thorized government officers. In view of
this, all land agents and attorneys in this
land district who use deceptive or mis
leading signs or advertisements of any
character are hereby notified that the use
of same must be forthwith discontinued or
they will be reported to the General Laud
Office in order that proper steps may be
taken to prohibit them from practicing be
fore the land department and the local
land office. Papers in this land district
will please copy.
8. W. LAXGHORNE, Register.
Dollar well Invented Builds a CTiureh.
The German Evangelical Lutheran Lucas
Church, near the corner of Broadway and Wal
bridge avenue, Toledo, O , remained unfinished
for the lack of funds. Last Saturday, Mr. Henry
Sass, 29 Western avenue, received 85,000 for one
fifth ticket No. 77,227, which drew the second
capital prize of $25.000 in The Louisiana State
Lottery on July 13. He is a member of the
Church (Rev. A. R. Weber pastor ,) and will loan
at a low rate this $5,000 to the new church, which
but for this aid would remain unfinished for lack
of funds. He is a tailor, 70 years old—in this
country twenty years—has supportée! a large
family—is very popular where lie lives, and the
people there rejoice with him in his good for
tune.—Toledo (Ohio) Blade, July 27.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Helena. Lewis
and Clarke County. Montana Territory, on the
29th day of September. 1886. When called for
please sav "advertised.' 1
Abbott Wheeloek H King W C
Ames Peter Kirk man Albert
Allison Harry Langton Joseph D
Andria Clias Lee Jakob
Ayotte Albert Morrison Albert W 2
Baker O A Mobins Bruno
Bartlett T Harris Mason W Roy Maj
Bennett Alex Muson W R Col
Blake Cha» Benjamin Marshall Michael
Blanton Benny T Mann Tom
Bell H C Marchildon George
Boone Janies Milieu Albert H
Burk T H Minger George
Bradshaw Rotiert Mossey Henry
Bradford B Morton E B
Charpentier GuiUawrneMorrison A W
Chamberlain Horace WMoody George S
Christiansen Peter Monast J L 2
Connor J T Mullen Lauranee
Cock bum Peter Murphy T
Craven Wm J McNamara Thomas
Corney Ed McKinnon John
Custer John O McLaughlin S J
Cuny R R McCulluni D G
Casey Charles Nelson Nels
Carfre F A Olson Orson
Day Walter O'Neal John
Elmhurst Captain Omadth Hans
Ferrell George O'Rourke John
Foatherstone Frank Pagett Will F
Fink E D Phipps F H
Foster F S Petersen Andreas P
Foster Andrew Raflath Joseph
Foster T S Reinhardt
Gillis D M Kidgevard Walton
Gorton Andrew Rickels George W
Gordon Alexander Scroggs H G
Greentree L L .Schwartz G
Grogan William Shaw J T
Green H D Shaver Emery C
Hahn J M Sherwood H J
Harden G W & Co Sheriff
Henton Chas H Sinclair Duncan
Hesiin Thomas Smith Thomas H
Haag R H Stack J P
Holqert William Stanford Jno R
Hull Harry B Stokes Mark H
Hussey Frank Stanley M C
Jackson M F it Co Taylor Robert Lee
James Win T Twitt Samuel
Juhax Michael Thompson David L
Johnson Wm L Trewheeier Joseph
Kessler Joseph Unterreiner Peter
Kerney Ed Vilsmeier J
Kelly Arthur J Wirt L L
West J B
LADIES.
Boyer Carrie Miss Malstrom Chas Mrs
Bodwill Mrs Mourier Sallie Mrs
Hennesy Pol lie Miss Nickolson Tillie Miss
Henriksoii Alma Miss 2 Sheriff Halite Mrs
Johnson Maria Mrs Sheriff Julia Miss 2
Levoy Rachel Miss Smith Mason Mrs
Loomis B J Mrs Whitney Kate Miss
C. D. CURTIS, Postmaster.
TSstKJ
NICHOLSON—LALONDE —At the Cathedral.
Helena, September 29th, 1886, by Rev. Father
Ragaru, Samuel N. Nicholson to Miss Della
Lalonde, both of Helena.
MAYGER—McLEOD—At Boulder, Colorado,
September 22d, 1886, by Rev. J. A. Furguson,
Wm. Mayger, of Helena, to Miss Fannie McLeod.
BORN.
LaRUE.—I n Helena, September 24th, 1886, to
the wife of Frank LaRue, a son.
SIZER.—In Helena, September 23d, 1886, to the
wife of Frank L. Sixer, a daughter.
LINDSAY.—In Helena, September 25th, 1886,
to the wife of Frank S. P. Lindsay, a daughter.
Notice to Holders of Territorial Warrants.
Territory op Montana,
Treasurer's Office,
Helena, September 27th, 1886.
Notice is hereby given, that there are funds in
the Treasury to pay the following Territorial
warrant®, namely: On the General Fund, Nos.
3670 to 3815 inclusive, being all warrants regis
tered prior to and iucluding August 3,1866, ex
cept No. 3816.
On the Stock Inspector and Detective Fu nd.
Nos. 163 to 167 inclusive.
Interest ceases this date on the above described
warrants D. H. WESTON,
w3t-sep30 Territorial Treasurer.