The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-12-13
. ADDITIONAL LOCAL,

]. F. Fox paid the Burg a visit. from
Granite, Tuesday afternoon. Fox is
getting to be quite landlord up in that
section Of the world now, ha, ing bnilt
and rented one ht,nse tlis season and is
now finishing one for himself.
/ The Rocky Mountain telegraph com
pany havo removed their Office from the
Wilson building to the Connolly bnild-
ing in the upper ead of town. They
have put a branch liEo from the main
line to J. X. Part1ee's Office.
u. G. Jackson, the now Philipsburc
Northern Pacific express agent, has ar
rived from Helena aal taken up tn:
duties Of the Office. r. Cation, the + .
firing agent. lett on Tuesday morning s
train for Portland, Ore, where 'e will
permanently reside.
Attorney Wingfield L. Brown has re-
moved his Office rom the Silver Lake
House to the front room in Inkamp't
new brick on Broadway. IT. Brown
now has as nice an effice as it would be
possible to obtain in town and is ceres
pondingly elated over it.
Frank Young. a woodchopper. died
Monday night at ore OF the camps out
siGe Of town. He had taken a severe
cold which was 70 10 red by cramps and
fnally resulted in h,s death. The de-
ceased Is supposed to have been Swede
by birth and had worked at the wood
choppin0 businef Q for some time. The
funeral occurred Wednesday, afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
| Evrress- Messenger Chene took trip
to Rumsey the 9th day, and has lots to
say about the gre t improvements hav
ing taken place in that village. He says,
though. that from the Iocation-riyht 10
| between the mountains tho sun does
not reach the town two hours day, and
| that in order to get ray Of sun one
would have to get upon the cupola OF
the new mill.
Rumors are afloat regarding a grand
Sunday dinner which WAS given by one
Of our gentleman friends not many
miles from our main thoro;fekfare. It is
claimed that the cooking, ETC.: etc, was
al done by one of the gentlemen, and is
pro ou ced by all to have bee ae"lu- Ia "
AS for the liquid refreshme ts served
we'll, they were as we'll protected as
possible il der the circumsta ces, co :
sideri & the &c tleme prese. t.
| A. j. White, grand secretary of the
grand lodge Of Odd Fellows of Montana,
arrivedih Philfpsburg Sunday afternoon
from Butte, aid spent few days in
visiting the different points of interest
in and around Philipsbure and Granite
! Mr.. White is no tenderfoot in t'eer
| Lodge county, having been in Philips
burg as early as 81 and many times
since then, and has continually noted
the advance and progress of our town
| and its surroundings. He left for Butte
! on thia morni.g's train.
w. B. Ayers, an old time Constock
mining engineer, arrived from southern
Utah last week, where he was engaged in
putting in quartz mill. VT. Ayers is
at present employed bv the BIZ etallic
mining company at their new mill near
Philipsburg. t;e is highly pleased with
tho Burg and expects to remain here.
He says be sees no ason from the out
look why VIC should not have a big city
here, and that he has not been as favor
ably impressed with any district since he
left the famous Comstock lode
The past week has been a lively one
for Phlipsburg in the wire way. With
new Western Union wires, telephone
wires and the removal of the Rocky
curtain Office to the upper end of
town the streets have been strewn with
that article for several days past. There
can be but one serions objection for this
network of wires to consider, and that
will be the small boy who will soon see
when "kite time" comes how utterly an
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