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Show Helena's Statue of Aleacher. Admirers of Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher, who, as, as "Meagher of the Sword," is known wherever an Irishman is found, will ' be pleased to leam that the contract for the erection of an equestrian statue of the dashing commander of the Irish brigade in the civil war has been let, and that the work of casting the big statue will soon be begun. The cost, exclusive of the pedestal, will be $1,000. The pedestal will probably cost an additional $5,000. A large amount of money has been raised by the Meagher Memorial association in the past six years by collections and through giving entertainments. Plans for securing the bal-ance bal-ance necessary" have been perfected, and it is expected ex-pected that about the first of next year the fine heroic statue will be ready to be placed in position on the site, donated by the state in front of the Capitol building at Helena, Mont. ' |