The Philipsburg mail., 1889-02-28
NEWS FROM DEER LODGE.
A COllectl3n OF Items From On,
Regular Correspondent.


DEER LODGE, February q. 1889.
A. b. Hover is in town for a week or
two.
Lew. Coleman and his son Willie have
returned from their eastern trip.
John H. Arms has returned from an
extensive trip to the Pacific slope.
Mrs. John +. Strauhal and her son
Bennie have returned to Deer Lodge.
Rev. a. Johnson occupied the Presby-
! terian pulpit Sunday morning and even
ing.
An inauguration ball is to be given att
Beaumont's hall, Monday evening,
March 4.
President D. J. Mcmillan, of the Col
lege OF Montana, returned Monday from
a short visit to Dillon.
The calico party on the evening of the
22nd is said to have been pleasant af1
fair by those present.
Captain Annis is still at the Scott
house, but is conyalescing under the
stimulus of being the Champion post
master.
Mrs. John O'Neill and her son Willie
left Saturday for Leavenworth, Kansas!
Miss Mollie W|iles left for Indiananolia
the same day.
jeff. Van Gundy changed his plans
and went to Bozeman instead of Boulder
and the flag Of the Iron Hall now floats
over the former city per consequence.
A lecture on astronomy by L. N. Notot
stein will be given in the college chapel
Friday evening, March I. The lecturer
is professor Of mathematics in the coll
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Richardson leave.
for Chicago, Illinois, the last of the week.
Tony Harris will occupy the stor{,
vacated by Mr.. Richardson as a shoe
store.
Mrs. Beebe and Mrs Sharp and daughL
ter have moved down from Butte int
their two new atljoir ing cottages of
Main street. Mr.. Sharp, whose b,1sinesk
is in Butte, will spend Sundays with his
family here.
keenes theater company are billed for
Thursday evening, at Cottonwood hall
Miss Caroline Gage is the star in '''rhb
Pearl of Savoy Maggie \ itchell hal
made the play famous Dy her unapproacii-
able lmpersonation Of Pearl.
We heartily congratulate PlilipsburE
on its prospect OF electric light, but "h
city set upon hill cannot be hid" anil
Deer Lodge points with pride to her i,l J.
tellectual lights, for has she not the Col
lege OF Montana with its president anil
professors, as we'll as ministerial, legal
and other luminaries?
Council bill No IS, introduced by WnI.
M. Thompson, Of Deer Lodge, Is a COOL
one and deserves to pass One import
ant item in the bill relates to having h
special map Of Montana prepared fd r.
Barnes geography. with six pages DIR
more, descriptive geography OF Montana;
also for use in the public schools. The
bill relates to text books in said schoola.
The stockholders of the Gold Creek
mining company, Pioneer, met at Ne "
hlcage, Tuesday, February 26, to eled
offlcers for the coming year. Work OH
5he mines will be resumed in the spring.
The stockholders are Wm IT. Brent, Of
Deer Lodge; Messrs. Tibbctts and Hes |,
'f Pioneer; Messrs. Mcdonald, McPhail,
Fowler, Conn and Scott, of New CHICAGO.
Signs of the times: The English pre-
nier, Lord Salisbury. advises England to
women. A noted French
nan advocates bill to the chamber Of
deputies giving women vote in the
council of arbitration. Senator Hoar, of
massachusetts,, presents bill to the
congress of the United States to give
women the same voting privileges mel
ave.
Deer Lodge is getting to be a favorite
esort for Butte people, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
/. Duffy having recently moved fro1 N
here to this city. Mr.. Duffy's practid de
Iill keep him in Butte most of the wee k,
ut like Mr.. Sharp, he will spend tt Q
abbath here. The high altitude an ID
he smelter smoke in Butte mil1tatds
gainst its heal1hfulness, hence the mi
ration.
Mrs. G. W. Carlton is visiting in Hell
ma, taking in the Salvation Army and
ther sights of the city. She will renal
ntil after the legislative excursion to
reat Falls, which was to occur the on d
lst., but as the Dakota legis ature viz
ed the Montana legislature On that day,
as deferred till this week. Mr. Carltdn
I'D Bennie have full swing in the post
flee at present.
Washington's birthday was observe
y the closing OF stores, postoiiice al ld
her places; the schools and college aI4o
king vacation on that day. Flags
ere displayed at various points, guns lGr
lvils) fired at noon and fire 'rackers e{-
oded at odd times. DR.. Owings cele-
'ated in the evening, la Chinese, b y
ing Off long strings OF tirecrac kers troll
e second story of the ity drugstore
Recent visitors: G. W. Horton. ill.,,
Hill Bros, importers an 4
of millinery goods, BroaI d.
ay, New York; F. B. Wood, salesmtl ln
r d. B. Fisk 6 Co., Chicago, Illinoi 5:
iss Viola Haas, travelling saleslady frol b
wa; Miss Mary McAerison and hdr
ece, Miss Mary Burns, both Of Helm
he Montana WHO were registered lit