The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-01-19

Items Of Interest From Both
sides Of the Divide.
incidents Worthy 0: Note oscu;rj,,,
During the Week Given
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published; Within
the Territory.

I:issoula is to have street cars. and The
city has passed right of-way ordinance
4 portion CT the land entered for town
site purposes at Glendi,s has been Ge-
cEared e.,aily entered.
A big banquet viii to given at Helena.
Saturday, i'll honor OF the Montana co.
czety OF engineers, to meet tLore on th:.,
day.
The long continued cold snap il Gala
tin cou..ty is beginning to tel. on cattle,
and if prolonged will result ia heavy
losses.
On Jan~iary 18th. :'iss Mary =. C:r-
yer was married to John H. Boyd, in
Butte. Miss Carver is the first native
born D.,ttoi55e 10 get married.
Professor Maxwell triedto knock out
j. W.iSel. oi L. y,:on, last week in
four rounds, bat failed, although n4
bruised his opponent plenty.
The four letter carrie rs of Helena vito
have been 1t work now for six months
handled during that time 1865, 3;,2 pieces
Of mail il delivering and collecting.
Fergus County Argus: ". 4. Wilson.
Hao has been working IN the :ncuptSin-;
alone al! tall, has not been Sc. or heard;
frou! for so;He time, aud fears are enter
tanned by his friends that some m;1ior-
tune n'ay have hapIcied l,iia.
he Helena race essociaiicn has under
consideration t,a proposition OF aupli-
cd'.n::tHe COZ stakes t. be awarded 10
all en:r:e4 a, he fail meeting, and l:nli-
ting them to the horses Of the western
ter: ltorles and OREGON,
Articles OF Incorporation o. tha Mon
tana Tire Clay company were filed with
County Clerk Booth yesterday : he cap
itni stock is 5O1,' 20. The trustees are
Jas Z. Le;sty, Geo. F. Aithoif, VIM. z.
G'y;a and c. G. bradshaw.
Independent: Manager Mae,,ire has
closed ;wo important theatrical engage
nents having signed contracts with Mrs.
D1cn oon::ica';I; and Haver!y's astodcn
'ninat teEs 20 play tho entire Montana ci1-
cult.
new Northwest: Last Monday night
Peter ''anson, night uateliinan, ;rresteG
a man wandering about town and appar-
emily insane. lie x&s examined before
Probate Judge Emerson and a jury. OF
Wednesday, and scnt 10 the asylum. The
poor fellow had forgotten his nane, ana
con:3 not possibly recall 1t. Tia case
seemed very pi.isul ona.
&. Il. Stanton, III jail at Deer Lodge
awaiting trial for grand larceny and per
jury, escaped last week an! made his ,1ay
On foot t" ranch near Stuart, where IA
stayed two days. aad proceeded to Silver
zso", where llc WIS captured by Deputy
sheriff Harmon. Of Anaconda, and re-
turned 10 Deer Lodge
joseph Parque and man working for
h.m narrowly escaped being cat:yi,t in A
snow slide at Billings last week, as ther
we're coming 10 town vii . io;.>i Of milk.
They jumped For their i;res and cs.R:;etj,
bat tho wagon was sm..,had and TIL
'aliA spilled. The horses kicked them
selves loose and got away.
James Smith, who vas shot in th2
mouth lev weeks ago at Jack poT.l's
saloon. Butte, is we'll again. b1: is IN
tronhfe on account o. stealing a 81; s,:i;
Il clothes from Jacob Chain. lie SAYS l.e
IS aot guilty aud viii try to estat;isn
that fact before Judge Hamilton. TIL
bullet with which be was shot lodged il.
his throat. and ha spit it out AID row
cafries it III his pocket.
The cold snap brought business to q
staDds,iii IN eastern Montana, while
deaths from freezing are announced from
NarCsyii'e. Ierorjs from all sec:ions
show the storm just over to have been
the worst ever experienced in the north
west. The Northern Pacific. Union Pa
cit;c, Manitoba and many OF their
branches are completely b.ockaded.
Sometime since Hiss Grace T:mhleson
q: ed in Butte from Iowa and met Mr.
G.1gene Gordon, an attache OF the Con
ner Nero ntiie company. It Was love at
frst, and it was not long until they had
exchanged VOWS OF ccnstaDcy, and only
awaited favorable circumstances 10 get
Both sere under age and need
ed the sonsent OF sone one acting as
guardian. All sorts OF precautions were
taken and difficulties thrown in tho way
by Mrs. J. L. Gessler, the young ladies'
sister whom she was visiting. but finally
by the aid OF clever lawye: and much
nerve the lovers outvitted the old folks,
and got married last Saturday in Butte
under their very noses just minute be-
fore the arrival of warrant for the ar
rest Of the groom On charge OF abduc-