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LOCAL NEWS
From the Daily Herald of March 5.
Racing Programme.
The Montana and Washington Racing
Circuit, embracing Helena, Lutte, Deer
Lodge, Missoula and Spokane Falls, have
issued their racing programme for the
v»ar 1888. The programme shows a large
amount of premiums offered, aggregating
$ 45 , 000 , and several fine races with
large purses, which will attract the fastest
and beet stock in the Northwest. The
dates of the meetings are arranged to fol
low in close succession and are as follows :
Deer Lodge—July 18 to 21.
Lutte— August 6 to 11.
Helena—August 20 to 25.
Missoula—August 28 to September 1.
Spokane—September 3 to 8 .
Following right after these come the
State Fair at Salem, Oregon, September 17
to 22, and the fall meeting at Walla Walla,
W. T., October 1 to 6 , so that there will be
an unbroken chain of meetings in Mon
tana. Washington and Oregon from the
middle of July to the first of October.
The spring meeting of the M. A. M. &
M. A. at Helena will be held July 1th, 5th,
*-th and Ttb._
Dillon's New Jail.
Tribune: The county jail of Beaverhead
county will soon be in position to securely
tontine prisoners. The total cost of the
new jail will be about $13,500. The money
has been well expended and the tax-payers
of Beaverhead county have have an edifice
shat is safe, healthy and a credit to the
county.
While the iron cages are being put in it
fjccame necessary to remove part of the
prisoners to Butte for accommodation. Un
»•irnday Sheriff Jones and City Marshal
Mulany took six of the prisoners to Butte.
Their names are Hobt. J. Body, A. J.
-beivelhut, Reuben Pendry, James Jäg
ers. Joe Jaggers and Fred Jones, As soon
as the cages are finished they will be
brought back to Dillon.
The statement in the Helena Independent
that the prisoners were removed to Butte
through the fear that an effort would be
made by friends to liberate them, is with
out foundation. No such fear was enter
tained before or at the time of their removal,
'herili Jones telegraphed Governor Leslie
tor the order, and stated the reason for re
moving was the patting in of iron cages in
the jail at Dillon, and nothing at all about
tearing a raid on the jail.
A Wise Bridegroom.
Inter Mountain : A wedding party got
on the train at Deer Lodge—married the
day before, February 29 th, a day which
will not again occur for four years. The
happy pair were on their way to Helena
to »pend the honeymoon, or the first part
of it. on a visit to the bridegroom's parents.
A married couple of some twenty years
experience sat opposite them.
•*1 wonder," said the experienced wife to
her husband, "why they selected the 29th
ot February ; they can only celebrate their
weddmg day once in four years ; it will be
a life time before their wooden or tin wed
ding comes around, a hundred years before
•heir silver wedding, and two hundred
years before their golden wedding."
"Probably the husband's doings," re
marked her companion grimly; "a man
doesn t like to be too often reminded of
The Hoard of County Commissioners met
in regular session to-day at the court house.
The term will last ten days or more. The
whole hoard is present, including Chairman
Reach and Commissioners l'ope and Curtin.
This morning the bills of county officers
lor salaries and other accounts were audited
and allowed.
Lids were opened for the construction of
а. jail at Marysville as follows :
\. McCarthy................................................ «1,039
!■!».«. Smith................................................... 800
-ta». H. McCarthy.......................................... 978
I). J. McNally............................................... 945
L. H. Peetkam <St Son................................... 956
A K McKay A Co....................................... 873
(». W.Oker.................................................... 920
б. V. <»ker................................................... 870
E. 1.. Williams............................................. 710
The hid of Mr. Williams was thereupon
Accepted, and the board ordered him to file
» bond in the sum of $1,500 and to com
mence work at once.
The bonds of several county officers
were examined and approved.
Educational.
The Student for March is out, as bright in
contents and neat in appearance as can be.
The leader page has several short, sensibie
articles on timely topics ; "Echoes From the
School Room" and other departments con
tain numerous sprightly paragraphs; a
page is devoted to the subject of "Exami
nons," and still another page is profitably
occupied by Prof. Howard on "Primary
Arithmetic"—bow to teach the little ones
to know, count, read and write simple
numbers. Prof. Carlcton is a clever editor
—admirably fitted to conduct a publication
like The Student, which in breadth and
grasp points to a field of occupation as
wide as the Territory.
the day he lost his judgment and made a
iiarnea tool ol mmseit.
A Foiled Burglar.
Saturday morning last, about four
o'clock. the residence of Thomas O'Connor,
on Billings street, 6 th ward, was entered
from the rear door by a night prowler dis
guised as a Chinaman, with the evident
purpose of theft. The forcing of the lock
awoke Mr. O'Connor, who was sleeping in
the front room, and without disturbing his
wife, who has been ill for some time, he
•jnietly picked his way in the dark out of
the apartment to the adjoining room. Get
ting sight of t*he burglarous intruder,
O'Connor sprang upon him, throttling his
neck with one hand and grasping his right
arm with the other, and in a sudden and
unifremonious manner thrust him to the
open door and pitched him out, without
regard to the suddenness with which he
collided with the frozen ground. It was
the impulse of a moment to get rid of the
unwelcome visitor. The next time he
comes Mr. O'Connor hopes to be better
prepared to otherwise entertain him.
County Commissioners.
The Fatal Small-pox.
Livingston Enterprise: The infant child
of Station Agent McClellan, of Springdale,
aulicted with small-pox, mention of which
"as made last week, has since died from
the elfects of the disea-e. Another case
ha* developed during the week in Mr. Mc
( lellen s family, an elder child being the
victim. A strict quarantine is being en
forced against the station house at that
place, and no trains are permitted to stop
it Springdale. The report that small-pox
bad appeared at Hunter's Hot Springs is
"'ithout foundation, the only case in the
county being the one above stated.
, Sudden Death.
Mrs. Reed, wife of G. W. Reed, the stone
aiason and plasterer, died suddenly this
morning at her home on the East Side.
Deceased had been deranged mentally for
some time, though her death to-day was
o ally unexpected. Heart disease is given
*8 the cause of the death.
From the Dally Harald of March 6 .
SMALL POX.
A Scare at the Depot—The School
Children to be Vaccinated.
A young son of Mrs. Kates, who lives in
the Sixth ward, near the depot, has been
taken down with an eruptive disease, which
is supposed to be chicken pox. It was at
first thought that it was a small pox case,
but the physicians have not made a thor
ough diagnosis yet and are inclined to the
belief that it is merely chicken pox, as
that disease has been prevalent in that
locality for some time. The health
officers are on the alert, and if the case
should prove to be small-pox will adopt
all precautions to prevent the spread of
the disease. By to-night it is supposed the
symptoms will have developed far enough
to allow the physicians to pronounce
definitely as to the character of the case.
In view ot the danger of the contagion
visiting Helena, the school board have de
cided to have the pupils vaccinated and
yesterday passed the following resolution :
Resolved, That all pupils of the public
schools shall be required to be vaccinated.
No pupils shall he admitted to the privi
leges of the schools after Monday, March
12 , 1888, who do not produce a certificate
from a reputable physician, showing to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of the
schools, that they have been vaccinated
after the date of this resolution ; or a like
certificate to the effect that a previous
vaccination renders a second inoculation
unnecessary.
Veteran Pensions.
Editor Herald:— In to-day's Inde
pendent is a strained endeavor to attribute
some unusual charity and self-sacrice on
the part of the district court clerk in not
demanding a fee from war veterans in the
matter of appearing before him and prov
ing up their pension papers. As an attor
ney in numbers of these cases I happen to
know that no one dollar fee or any other
fee was ever charged by either Mr.
Tatem or Mr. Keerl, who heretofore were
clerks, it having been fully recognized that
to do otherwise would absorb a considera
ble proportion of the small sum received
by the old soldier, and be an exaction not
alone cruel, but absolutely inexcusable.
To the credit of the former clerks, how
ever, it may be truthfully said that they
never poured into the répertoriai ear any
thing of their "charity" or "self-sacrifice"
in connection with any similar services
rendered the veterans. Lex.
Of Interest to Dice Shakers.
Shaking dice for money or other thing of
value is now a felony in the eyes of the
law and those who are addicted to the
practice will be interested to read the fol
lowing extract from the fourth division of
the Revised Statutes of Montana.
"Section 168. That if any person shall
deal, play at or make any bet or wager, for
money or other thing of value, at any of
the games known as three card monte,
strap game, thimble rig, patent safe game,
black and red game (commonly known as
the ten dice game,) percentage stad horse
poker, twenty-one, high ball, blue jay,
chuck luck, short faro, or any dice game,
two-card faro box, or any similar game or
games, or shall induce any person whatever
to make any bet or wager on*any snch
game, shall be deemed guilty of felony,
and on conviction thereof shall be im
prisoned in the Territorial penitentiary for
a term not exceeding ten years and pay a
fluc ukjL less iliou 9100 nor mure iliau
$ 1 , 000 .___
Commissioners.
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County Commissioners.
At the session this morning the Board
ordered $ 10,000 transferred from the gen
eral to the contingent fund to meet current
demands.
The report of the county clerk, showing
warrants issued to witnesses and jurors,
was examined and checked.
The Treasurer's report of licenses col
lected and uncollected was examined
and ordered printed.
It having been shown to the Board that
the Public Administrator had failed to
render certain statements to the Probate
Judge, as required by law, au order was
issued directing the Probate court to see
that such statements were rendered ; and
in the event that the Public Administrator
refused to do so. the County Attorney was
directed to take such legal steps as would
enforce compliance.
Ignatius Donnelly in a New Role.
The Helena Base Ball Association is
almost daily in receipt ofletters from ball
players asking engagements for the season.
.Secretary Markley to-day pulled a letter
out of his postoffice box, which proved to
be an application from two brothers, Harry
and Ignatius D mnelly, of Minnesota, for
positions in the Montana league this year.
Coming from Minnesota, the home of the
great antiquarian, it looks as though Igna
tius had abandoned literature and the
cryptogram for the base ball diamond.
We hope the application will be favorably
considered, for it would be a feather in the
cap of the Helena nine to have Ignatius
Donnelly "takin' 'em off the bat."
A Conductor Killed.
The report yesterday to the effect that
a conductor had been killed near Missoula
is confirmed by the following special from
that point, dated March 2d : Conductor
Howard, of the Rocky Mountain Division,
Northern Pacific railroad, was crushed be
tween two cars this afternoon at De Smet, a
station six miles west of here, and instantly
killed. Deceased was well liked by all
railroad men as well as by the general
public. He served as scout for General
Caster throughoat the Norwest and he was
also on Pinkerton's force some years ago.
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A Democratic Kick.
Madisonian: Judge McLeary having
resigned the position of Associate Justice
of Montana, the President has nominated
Moses J. Liddell, of Louisiana, to fill the
vacancy thns caused. It seems very strange
that these offices cannot be occupied by
men of the Territories. Are there no good
Democratic lawyers in the Northwest that
are capable to fill the position ? What do
these Southern shysters know about Rocky
Mountain law, anyhow ? It is about time
to call a halt on this carpet bag business.
Learning a Trade.
[The Student. 1
Boys, whatever yon intend to do in life,
learn a trade to begin with. Do not think
that a smattering of book-keeping picked
np in a few months will insure you lucra
tive, easy employment. The tendency
among the boys of to-day is to shun trades
and choose some light work. In this city
we have noticed many an idle book-keeper
or clerk, while he who is skilled in any
trade finds plenty of work at the best
prices. * * * We once knew
a worthy clergyman who was nnable to
make a living by preaching. He was a
good carpenter, having fortunately learned
the trade when a boy. He left his minis
try and resumed his trade, by which he
made a good living. There are men who
can read Latin and Greek, but who cannot
support their families. A good ff
sures against many of the accidents ol lite.
It tides over when otherwise failure would
be inevitable.
From the Daily Herald of March 7.
Killed by the Cars.
Deer Lodge, March 7.— [Special to the
Herald.]*—John Ganley, a stock mau from
Nevada creek, was run over and instantly
killed near the depot here last night at
8:15 o'clock. He was going to Drummond
and was walking down the track from
the depot to get on the caboose of a freight
train when the accident occurred. The
coroner's inquest returned a verdict of ac
cidental death. Deceased was a man
about sixty years of age and had over two
hundred dollars on bis person.
FLUES AND FIRE PLACES.
Defective House Fixtures the Result
of Cheap Architecture—The
City Should Look into
the Matter.
Among the victims of the Dakota bliz
zard last winter were J. O. Robinson and
A. J. Winters, the former local agent at
Yankton, and the latter special traveling
agent of the Singer sewing machine com
pany. They left Yankton January 12th in
a sleigh for Springfield, and in the after
noon of that day they were caught in the
terrible storm of blinding snow and sleet
and furious, pierciDg wind which without
warning fell upon them and many others
while traversing the trackless prairie.
After the subsidence of the blizzard search
was instituted, and three days later the
bodies of Robinson and Winters were
found, frozen stark and stiff. Evidence
A builder tells the Herald that the
blame for faulty fire-places and defective
fines, which are often the occasion of fires
in Helena, should not he laid at the door
of the contractors. The architects, he
says, are responsible for snch things, as
they draw the plans and supervise the con
struction of buildings, the contractors hav-
ing nothing to do but carry out the plans
made by the architects. The same gentle
man also informed us that there were
several other houses in Helena where fire
places were, as in Judge Adkinson's bouse,
built right on the floor instead of on stone
or brick foundations. The Herald
knows of an instance on the west side where
just such a case developed last year. The
fire-place was built on the floor with a
thin layer of masonry between it and the
timbers, and the dangerons situation was
Only discovered after the boards beneath
had lieen badly charred and were almost
ready to burst into flames. Such occur
rences should serve as a warning to our
people, and if there is a likelihood that
more buildings will be put up in such a
careless fashion the city should take some
means to prevent it. The law now forbids
the erection of any but fire-proof build
ings within specified limits) but what is
the use of brick walls and iron roofs if
such fire traps are permitted in the in
terior ? Would it not be a good plan to
appoint a building inspector, whose duty
it would be to oversee ali new structures
and prevent the introduction of defective
flues, faulty fire-places, etc.? We under
stand the fire marshal has already suggest
ed this step, and it is sanely one worthy
the grave consideration of the city council.
Perished in the Blizzard.
found, frozen stark and stiff. Evidence
was discovered showing that the men had
made an heroic straggle for life. The
whip had been used dd. and the f>.xh»nat«H
horses, unable finally to go farther, had
been unhitched and set free. In the strag
gle afterward to escape the fury of the
storm, Winters had supported Robinson,
the weaker of the two and given up to
him one of his overcoats. Robinson left a
wife and three children in poor circum
stances; hearing of which, the Singer
agents of Dakota contributed $150 for their
immediate relief, while the company, as
soon as apprised of the facts, forwarded
$ 1,000 to the fund for the relief of the
widow and orphans. Winters left a wife
and grown-up family well provided for,
$ 6,000 in life insurance, and valuable prop
erty in LaCrosse, Wis., being part of his
assets.
Will the Secretary Please Rise and
Answer?
Mr. Editor: I see by the papers that
the Secretary of Montana has arrived. Can
you inform me whether he has conclnded
to give a suffering public the benefit of a
table of errata for the new compiled laws ?
Every man is presumed by law to know the
law. I am informed by parties who have
given the compiled laws of 1887 a critical
examination that to act in accordance with
the text would in many instances result in
a violation of the law. A table of errata
would enable those who desire to act in
conformity with law to find oat what the
law is, where errors occur in the printed
copies. It is due to the business interests
of the Territory that this table of errata,
which has been hanging fire since Septem
ber last, should be completed and dis
tributed as soon as possible. The people
can hardly afford to wait for another legis
lative appropriation, and the services of
other compilers. If you know anything
concerning this matter please let your
readers have the benefit of it.
• Citizen.
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Race Horses Going East.
Noah Armstrong, the stock man of Twin
Bridges, Madison county, has ten head of
blooded colts at Breck & Fisher's stable
to-day, which he brought in to ship East
over the Manitoba. The horses are all of
fine stock and are to be put nnder training
for entrance in Eastern races. Among the
finest of the lot and those of which the
owner expects great achievements are
Spokane, Dakota, Englewood, Helena,
Sitka and Montana. The horses will be
shipped to-morrow by the Montana Cen
tral.
Is it Small Pox ?
That is the question which the physi
cians are trying to determine in regard to
the sick boy in the Sixth ward. Doctors
Steele and Morris visited the patient yes
terday afternoon bat are yet in donbt as to
the exact nature of his disease. The lad
is a 7 year old boy, who has never
been vaccinated, and while there are good
reasons for pronouncing his illness chicken
pox, there are also suggestions of small
pox in his case. The doctors think they
will be able to give a definite opinion to
night Meantime the house has been
quarantined and the same precautions
taken m though the disease were a pro
nounced case of small-pox.
That Missoula Paper.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
for the Missoula Publishing Company, the
object of which is the printing, publishing
and conducting a daily newspaper in the
town of Missoula. The newspaper is to be
Democratic in politics, and carry on a gen
eral printing and publishing business, and
also to buy and sell real estate. The in
corporators are: A. B. Hammond, H. M.
Pierce, John D Matthews, C. P. Higgins,
Walter M. Bickford.
Died at Rimini.
William J. Edwards, one of the old
timers of Rimini, died at that place a few
days ago. His body was brought into
town Monday evening and buried yester
day in the Helena cemetery.
FREIGHT RATES.
Another Great Reduction in the
Northern Pacific Tariff Between
St. Paul and Helena.
General Agent Stokes, of the Northern
Pacific, yesterday received advices from St.
Paul that on and after March 10th inst.
freight rates between St. Paul and Helena
would be as follows :
1st class...........................................52 05 per cwt.
2d " ............................................ 1 8U " "
3d " ...........................................] 55 " "
5th " ............................................ 1 15 *
A " ............................................ 1 05 " "
B " ............................................ "
C " ............................................ »2 " »
D " ............................................ 72 " ;
E " ........................................... 62
This is a reduction of 30 cents per hun
dred on first class merchandise from pre
ceding rates, and is the result of a conces
sion made to Helena by Vice President
and General Manager Oakes. When that
gentleman Visited Helena a few weeks ago
the Board of Trade waited on him and
represented to him the injury the existing
tariff was working to Helena merchants.
Mr. Oakes promised to give the matter his
attention, and it seems he has done so to
good purpose.
Prior to the completion of the Montana
Central the rates over the Northern Pacific
from St. Paul to Helena were $3 per hun
dred for first class merchandise and corres
ponding rates for other classes. These rates
also applied to Bozeman, 100 miles east of
Helena, so that Bozeman merchants coaid
not ship any cheaper than those in Helena.
When the Manitoba got into Helena it
made qnite a cat in St. Paul rates, reduc
ing first-class matter from $3 to $2 55 per
hundred with a corresponding schedule.
However, they made the rates to Great
Falls 30 cents cheaper per hundred than to
Helena. On meeting the cut the Northern
Pacific, upon which the town of Bozeman
bears a similar relation to Helena as does
Great Falls on the Manitoba, followed suit
and gave Helena the benefit of a $2 55
rate, but at the same time mace
the rates to Bozeman 30 cen 8
cheaper; so that, under the new schedule,
Helena and Great Falls, on the Montana
Central and Helena and Bozeman on the
Northern Pacific, had the same rates
respectively. This was a disadvantage to
Helena shippers, who had hitherto been
able to supply points between here and
Bozeman. This the Northern Pacific have
been prompt to acknowledge, and revert
ing to their former policy, have extended
the Bozeman rates to Helena; so that the
new tariff places Helena and Bozeman on
the same footing in regard to freight rates.
This is not all. |The new schedule involves
a reduction of twelve per cent on rates to
Helena, which will be quite a saving to
our merchants, aDd will force the Mani
toba to lower its Helena rates correspond
ingly.
General Manager Shelby, of the Montana
Central, was interviewed on the question
this morning. He said the Manitoba and
Montana Central would meet the cnt. Be
yond that Mr. Shelby was non-com
mittal, and would make no state
ment whatever when asked if the
Great Falls tariff would be correspondingly
lowered or remain as it is. Our reporter
asked Mr. Shelbv about the statement in
the Independent, to the effect that the
present reduction was made because it had
been discovered that the Manitoba had
been making shipments below tariff rates,
and he replied that there was no truth
in snch a ronnrl The Manitoba, ha «aid.
had never shipped a pound of freight be
low the published tariff.
LENTEN LECTURES.
A Series of Addresses by Prominent
Speakers of Helena at the Bap
tist Church.
A rare treat is promised our citizens
during the Lenten season in the way of a
course of lectures, or talks, given by four
of oar well known writers and speakers.
The object of this plan is two fold. First,
to furnish moral and mental food for those
desiring such stimulus ; second, to raise a
fund to be devoted to benevolent purposes.
The purpose is to make this a permanent
affair, if possible. Every year at this time
we could utilize our home talent, on a sort
of a lecture bureau plan, and have the
money expended upon onrown enterprises.
Tickets are placed at the very low rate of
35 cents single ticket or $1 for the course.
The musical talent of our city, it is hoped,
will add their part to the programme,
which will consist of one classical selection
at the opening and close of each evening's
entertainment. The lectures will be given
in the Baptist church, as it is centrally
located and its uccoustic properties good.
The dates of the coarse will be as follows :
March 16th, March 221, March 29th and
April 5th.
The gentlemen who have kindly con
sented to give their time in this way are
Revs. Kelsey, Allen, Howey and Webb.
The subjects they propose to treat are of
great interest to all, both young and old,
and they should have the presence of every
person interested in the cultivation of men
tal pursuits. The literary characters of the
the present age will be treated of by Rev.
Webb, no donbt, as bo excels in the pre
paration of snch essays. The practical de
mands of the age upon young men and
women will perhaps come from those two
excellent pastors and thoughtful writers
and observers, Revs. Kelsey and Allen,
while the fonrth gentleman, Prof. Howey 's
snbject will be, if we guess aright, an argu
mentative one upon something the style of
the controversies of to-day by Field and
Ingersoll._
JUDGE DEWOLFE.
He Still Desires to be Assigned to the
Second District.
Judge DeWolfe was seen by a Miles City
Journal man Saturday, and very courte
ously furnished all the information in his
possession concerning the question of the
assignment of the judges when the new
judge, Liddell, shall have arrived. In his
opinion and in accordance with the United
States statute the chief justice will call a
meeting of the supreme bench, in which
Judge Liddell will be entitled to an equal
voice in perfecting a new arrangement.
This meeting cannot be called until Judge
Liddell arrives in Montana, after confirma*
tion, and until this meeting the new asso
ciate will be a judge without a district
What action will be taken at this meeting
of the supreme bench of coarse is uncer
tain, bat in the matter of assignment' the
chief justice has no more voice than any of
the others. Judge DeWolfe frankly
admitted his preference for the second dis
trict, having been appointed with the
understanding that he should fill the
vacancy in that district brought about by
Judge Galbraith's removal, but until a fall
bench decided differently, he (DeWolfe)
was judge of the third district, and would
perform the duties thereof.
Reported Accident.
It was rumored yesterday that a freight
conductor on the Northern Pacific named
Heward had been killed in a railroad acci
dent near Missoula yesterday morning, bat
no official advices have been received to
confirm the report
LET IT BE AT HELENA.
The Drmmer Boy of the Rappahan
nock Challenged to a Contest
for the Championship.
Major Hendershot, the Drnmmer Boy of
the Rappahannock, whose marvelous en
tertainments all Helenaites will remember
with pleasure, has been challenged to a
contest for the championship in dramming
of the Pacific coast. The challenging party
is George Elston, ot Bellevue, Idaho, who
wants to try conclusions with the Major
for $250 a side. The latter has accepted
the challenge in the following character
istic letter :
Spokane Falls, W. T., Match 1. 1888.
—Geo. Elston, Esq, Bellevue, Idahp,
Dear Sir :—Your challenge for a dium con
test for the championship of the Pacific
coast just came to hand. I will most cer
tainly accept a challenge from yon or any
other drummer on the Pacifiç çoast, bnt
not /or money as yon mention in ÿonr
challenge. I will play you on the follow
ing condition, namely :
First. That we play martial mu 3 ic, such
as soldiers can march by.
Second. That there shall be five judges
choseD ; you choosing two, I two and those
four choosing the fifth.
Third. That we shall play in some large
building either in Portland, .Oregon, or
Denver, Colorado ; Los Angeles, California ;
San Francisco, California, or Helena, Mon
tana, as we may agree npon.
Fourth. That our drumming shall be
interspersed by the best local talent that
can be furnished in the city in which we
play.
Fifth. That an admittance be charged
to said contest and entertainment, and that
the proceeds be divided in this way. After
all the expenses are paid, one-third shall
go to the Woman's Relief Corps and G. A.
R. posts in the city in which we play, for
the purpose of defraying Decoration day
expenses. The balance shall be divided
between yon and myself as the committee
may deem proper.
Sixth. That the contest shall take place
in one of the above named cities between
the 15th and 30th of May, 1888, and that
the positive date shall be given before
April 5th.
Seventh. That you may chose your
lifer to accompany you and I will do the
same.
Under the conditions above named, I ac
cept a challenge from you.
Very respectfully,
R. H. Hendershott,
Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock.
If Mr. Elston is the drummer which his
challenge of such an expert as Major
Hendershott would seem to imply, we
hope they will agree to hold the contest
in Helena, where the public would assured
ly take a great interest in the exhibition.
BROUGHT FROM THE EAST.
Secretary Webb Tells What He Heard
in Washington.
Secretary Webb, who has just returned
from Washington, was buttonholed by the
Herald's interviewer to-day, and asked
what he learned during his visit to the
nation's capital. In response to the first
question he answered, "Grover is to be the
next president," bat the Herald man
quietly ignored jthis lamentable error of
jadgmADt on tha part of tka sanguine sec
retary, and inquired as to the probable fate
of the territorial admission bills. The sec
retary said he was not prepared to give
an opinion on the subject. Some
thought the "omnibus bill" would
pass and others heid a contrary notion.
However, he said Delegate Toole was
working hard for the admission of Mon
tana and doing all in his power to secure
Statehood. Mr. Toole had worked for the
repeal of the alien land law and, though
he failed in that, it was nevertheless ow
ing to his exertions that the amendment
relating to mineral lands in the Territories
was reported by the committee.
Mr. Webb was deeply impressed
with the ignorance of several
congressmen in reference to the
great Northwest and thought a
summer excursion, allowing a personal
visit to Montana and other Territories,
wonld be a great benefit to each and every
one of them. For this reason he lamented
the fact that San Francisco had not cap
tured the Democratic convention, for, if it
had, many of the politicians attending it
wonld have passed through Montana en
route and augmented their fund of infor
mation on Northwestern topics. He says
Senator Vest is responsible for
sending it to St. Louis, as he made
a fine speech in favor of that city before
the committee and by the force of his
eloquence turned the tide toward St. Louis
when it was already setting in the direc
tion of San Francisco.
Mr. Webb thinks there is no donbt of
the renomination of President Cleveland.
The Republican nominee is harder to guess,
but he thinks Allison stands in the front
ranks. _ _ __
Marriage in High Life.
Livingston Enterprise : James Logan, ft
guest of the county at the hotel de panper,
won the affections of Miss Carrie Engel,
who has been presiding over the cuisine of
the establishment, and on Monday evening
the couple were quietly married and flitted
for parts unknown.
t s Very Easy.
A correspondent of the Independent asks
"Can any of yonr readers inform me
how to kill lice on canary birds ?"
The beet way to kill lice is to melt it.
Butte Learning Volapuk.
Inter Mountain : Batte is not a bit be
hind the proceeaion, even in the study of
language. There is a boom in German and
a good deal being done in French, Latin,
etc. And now comes the Volapuk boom—
the world-language. Its study is making
rapid progress everywhere. The language
was invented only five years ' ago by the
Rev. Martin J. Schleier, a Catholic priest
of Constanz, Baden, for the purpose of
establishing an easy method of communi
cation between the different nations of the
world. To-day Volapuk has 34,000 certi
fied teachers and upwards of 300,000 stu
dents.
In the University of Munich, Bavaria, it
has received recognition, and lectures upon
the new world-language are delivered by
three professors.
In Harvard College Prof. Smith lectures
upon Volapuk. In Salt Lake the language
is taught, and in Butte Prof. Rignalda
teaches it_ _ _
Brass Band.
A new brass band, numbering 16 pieces,
has been organized by the musicians of
Helena. Professor Nun van is leader and
Prof. H. J. Casedy business manager. It
comprises the best talent in the city and
will no doubt develop into » fine organiza
tion. Helena needs a good band and
the local talent ought to be able to farnish
the beet of material for such a society.
The new band have had some rehearsals
that give promise of excellent music in
the future. They will make their first
public appearance on SL Patrick's Day,
March 17th, and will probably give a brass
concert in the near future.
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TOWN AND TERRITORY.
—New Idea : Duane J. Armstrong has
sold out the Mis8onlian to the projectors of
the new Democratic paper at Missonla.
—Noll and not Noel is the name of the
Bntler telegraph operator who was bound
over Friday on the charge of grand larceny.
—The name of the postoffice hitherto
known as Stickney has been changed to
Craig. It is a station on the Montana
Central.
—Homer Hewins to-day received advices
of the sole in Boston of his large clip of
wool, at 24 cents. The price is about the
best recorded.
—The increased fall of snow has brought
sleighs again into requisition and the
jingle of merry bells is heard as io the
beginning of the winter,
— R. B, Wilson, formerly live stock
agent of the N. P., has jnst been appointed
contracting freight agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad at Minneapolis.
—When ice i9 thick and deep s the snow,
And winter's days are drear, O !
Man wants but little here below
1 Zero.
—Stock Grow», s' Journal,
—A railway postal service has been
established over the Helena, Boulder Val
ley & Butte railroad between here and
Basin City. L. M. Wertheimer has been
appointed clerk.
—An inventory was filed in the probate
court yesterday on the estate of L. B.
Lyons. The appraisers are P. S. Wash
burn, Robert Thompson, V. H. Coombes.
The estate was valued at $3,030.
—A medical friend of the Herald has
offered to vaccinate free of charge any and
all poor people who can not afford to pay
for the privilege of thus arming them
selves against small pox. The name of the
physician can be learned by inqniry at this
office.
—The postmaster at Spokane Fails has
been allowed $1,600 for clerk hire—about
one-third of what he needs. In conse
quence the clerks have all left the post
office and the citizens are grumbling over
a crippled and practically worthless mail
service.
—The [Montana Central Railway Co's
Telegraph have opened an office at Great
Falls, having secured a first-class operator
at that point, and are now in the field for
telegraph business on Montana Central
railroad. All business will be promptly
handled.
—Gen. Huger has announced the pro
motion of Second Lieutenant John H.
Beacom, Third infantry, to be first lieu
tenant, vice Lieut. Gerlach. appointed regi
mental quartermaster. Lieut. Beacom's
promotion will take him to Fort Missoula,
whither he has been ordered.
—Anaconda Review : A member of the
demi-monde abducted the two and-a-half
year old child of one of oar Anaconda
citizens a few days since, and succeeded in
getting as far as Deer Lodge, where she
was arrested and brought back. Justice
Fitzgerald restored the child to its father
and sent the woman np for ninety days.
—The Madisonian came out last week
on yellow paper and vouchsafes the follow
ing explanation of the occurrence : "One
of the beauties of printing a paper away
from a railroad is that when your paper
gets side-tracked in a snow drift, you can
publish one in a lovely golden tint, so
that's what's the matter with the Madi
sonian this week."
Madisonian: The California Bridge
Company is patting in the new bridge
across the Big Hole river at Tain Bridges.
The structure is being made in the most
substantial manner, and when completed
will be a great convenience to the people
of that vicinity. Mr. Jones is superintend
ing the work, and expects to have it com
pleted within the next thirty days.
—Student : We receive some curious
letters from parties in the East asking
about teaching in Montana. From some
of them one would judge that there are
many yet who imagine Montana a be
nighted land and her citizens grossly il
literate. When snch, unfortunately, come
west, the scales fall very rapidly from their
eyes, and instead of leading in the van,
they find hard work in keeping sight of
the rear.
—Townsend Tranchant : On Thursday
last the Raymond ferry boat was struck
while in mid stream by a heavy ice floe,
breaking the wire cable and sending the
craft down the river at a rapid gait. The
ferryman was lucky enough to have ou
board two passengers, who assisted him to
make a judicious landing about half a
mile below. Jas. Moore aud a number of
stalwart friends soon rallied to the rescue,
and everything is again in running order.
—Walter Cooper : "I am in receipt of
your favor, and take pleasure in assuring
you that every act of mine for the Rocky
Fork road, and its leading contractors, has
been based on the most ample authority ;
no contract has been entered into without
the full knowledge of the principals ; and
the most minute and explicit instructions
covering every detail ; no contractor will
have the least trouble in estab
lishing in the courts the validity of
any contract executed by me as agent, or
by me as representative of the railroad
company ." ___
Footner's Appointant.
rst. Paul Pioneer-Press. J
A circular was issued from the Manitoba
Offices yesterday under date of March 1,
Over the signature of President Hill, an
nouncing thaï "W. J. Footner .has this
day been appointed manager of express
traffic." There has been some little cari
osity manifested among railroad men since
Mr. Footner's resignation of the general
snperintendency of the Northern Pacific
express company, to know where he was
going. His statement that he had accepted
a position in this city with another rail
road company, increased the interest, and
while it has been known among his friends
for some time, this is the first public an
nouncement of his appointment by the
Manitoba. The office which he has is
crested for him, and may mean that the
Manitoba .vill have an expnss company of
its own.
Newspaper Office in Flames»Lives
Lost.
Springfield, Maas., March 7. — -3:30
p. m.—The Daily Union office is burning
Six or eight people have been burned to
death. The fire threatens to he n big one.
The flames in the Union office spread so
rapidly that only a few people of those in
the upper stories escaped. Mrs. Farley,
society editor, was instantly killed by
jumping from a window. The composing
room was on the fifth floor, and the in
mates were shat off from escape.
A dozen men ran to the windows and
hang suspended by their hands until their
strength gave out, when they dropped to
the sidewalk and were either killed or
fatally injured. There were forty persons
in the editorial room and twenty are miss
ing, bat it is hoped they escaped.
To Extend the Time.
Washington, March 7.— The House
committee on Pacific railroads to-day unan
imously agreed to the Onthwaite bill, ex
tending the time for the payment of the
government debt by the subsidized roads
comprised in the Union Pacific system.
THE CARPET-BAG DRAGOONS.
[after patience. 1
If you want a receipt for that modern mystery
Known to the West as the carpet-bat; man.
Take all of the parasites mentioned in history
And bring them all under one head If you can.
The henchmen of Ctesar, the slaves of Rienri,
The cringers who fawned in Lord Bucking
ham's smile,
Endue them with modern ofHee-seek frenzy
Ami all their good sense—if they've any—
beguile.
The greed of a Corbin and maw of a Rensliaw,
Conceit of a Dent and the usual Buckeye,
The learning of Pollard, the wit of Buck
Fanshaw,
The life devotees of old Bourbon and Rye,
The patriotism and loyal devotion
Of Jefferson Davis and men of that ilk.
Confederate gents In the line of promotion.
A tasts of rebe'lion and old States-right notion,
A penchant for slavery,
Also for whisky,
Ambiance of bravery,
Jolly and frisky,
Take of these elements all that is fusible.
Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible.
Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum.
And the carpet-bag man is the residuum.
PERSONAL.
—J. L. ThofilpS'"'.; has returned from
Pittsburgh.
—Ashby Conrad came in from Billings
this morning.
—J. M. Lindley, of Bozeman, is at the
International.
—Julias Horst, of Three Forks, is at the
Cosmopolitan.
—Phil. Gibson, of Great Falls, is visit
ing th<; Capital.
—Sheriff Sullivan, of Fergus county, is at
the Cosmopolitan.
— R. H. Floyd-Jones is back in Helena,
after a visit to St. Louis.
—Geo. Temple, of Minneapolis, is regis
tered at the International.
— N. J. Bielenberg, the Deer Lodge
stockman, is visiting Helena.
—Col. Otis, of Fort Assinaboine, cams
in from the North Saturday.
—Dr. Leighton, of the Boulder Hot
Springs, is at the Cosmopolitan.
— W. P. Shepard, of the Northern Paci
fic office, returned from the east to-day.
—Miss Alma Alden, whose illnes s has
heretofore been reported, is convalescent.
—Ashby Steele, a son of Dr. Steele, is
seriously ill, his malady being pneumonia.
— L. W. Peck, editor of the Hoof Grower,
and J. H. Rice, of Fort Benton, are in the
city.
— R. M. Green, representing the Abietine
Medical Co., of Oroville, Cal., is in the city
to-day.
—Miss Stella Smith has returned from
Denver, where she has spent several
months.
—Mrs. James P. Porter, who has been
visitiDg friends in the East for some
months, returned home on Saturday.
—Miss Lizzie Leonard, a niece of Mrs.
S. C. Ashby, is visiting her aunt in Helena.
She arrived on Saturday from Denver.
—J. B. McLean, the Northern Pacific
bridge contractor, came in from Missoula
yesterday and is at the International.
— Dr. C. K. Cole returned yesterday from
a trip to the East and South. Mrs. Cole
and boy are at present in New Orleans.
—John R. Hill, of Des Moines, Iowa,
passenger agent of the Chicago, St. Paul &
Kansas City railroad, is at the Merchants.
—Vice President and General Manager
T. J. Potter, of the Union Pacific, is lying
dangerously ill at Washington. His dis
ease is dropsy of the heart and the latest
dispatches say his life is despaired of.
—Editor Reed, of the Butte Inter Moun
tain, is taking a vacation in Salt Lake, and
Guy X. Piatt, the city editor, is ably hold
ing down the tripod during his absence.
Will Akers is doing the local work ad
interim,
—Geo. E. Boos returned yesterday from
a trip to Portland and San Francisco.
From Portland to San Francisco he took
the new railroad, and returning he came
by the ocean. He reports having had n
pleasant trip.
—J. C. Cramer, of Jay Gould, has been
very sick for several days and a move
ment was made yesterday to bring him to
Helena for treatment, but his illness has
taken a favorable turn and his removal
was deemed unnecessary, as recovery
seems now assured.
—Notable arrivals from the west by last
evening's express include Col. P. B. John
son and D. W. Small, of Washington Terri
tory, both residents of Walla Walla. The
courtesy of a fraternal call this morning is
acknowledged. The formeris the editor
aud proprietor of The Union, a
journal he has ably and success
fully conducted for many years.
Mr. Small is also a prominent gentleman of,
his section of the country. In the con~
rue tion period of the Northern Pacific war
recall him as one of the deserving contrac
tors on the western divisions of th? line,
The Herald wörowlly weloomes the visit
of MîSsrê. JohDWB RBd Swftll to Helena,
and the hope is expressed that their stay
in the city may prove a pleasure to both.
SQUEEZE OF THE SHORTS.
The Standard Oil Company's Rath«
less Assaalt->-Lambs Plucked
Clean.
New York, March 7.— There was even
more excitement on the Consolidated Ex
change this morning than in the last hoar
of yesterday. Before opening the "shorts"
paid as high as $20 for 1,000 barrels to bor
row oil for delivery to-day, and when the
market opened the oil pit was a solid mass
of brokers struggling to bay and sell. The
first sale was made at 100 and the price
rapidly fell to 99, then moved back to
100. In the way np and down the sales
were the largest on record, and in the first
ten minutas amonnted to 1,000,000 barrels.
There was a flood of oil from some
where and the price was again forced
back below 99 on heavy sales. It is as
serted that the great deal, engineered by
the Standard Oil Co. and the Producers
Union, is approaching a culmination, that
the Wall street honses who have been
long interested in oil were short 3,000,000
barrels before the certificates were listed
on the New York stock exchange, and it is
realljr this heavy short interest that is now
being squeezed, aud the corner of yester
day was only one of the incidents of the
greater move.
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BORN.
MELUGIN.—In Prickly Pear valley, Mardi 6,
1868, to the wife of Amos W. Melugin, a
daughter.
SIX!X>.
SHAW.—February 29, 1888, six miles east of
Helena, Joseph, eldest child of Mr. aud Mrs. J.
M. Shaw, aged 6 years and 6 months.
GOODWIN.—In Prickly Pear valley, March 3,
1888, David M. Goodwin, aged 49 years.
REED.—In Helena, March 5, 1888, Agnes
Elizabeth, wife of Geo. W. Reed, aged 39 years.

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