Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-01-19
A GLITTERING SUCCESS.
The Anaconda Firemen's Parade and Ball
at the Smelter City.

The Anaconda Firemen's Parade and Ball
at the Smelter City.
Members OF the Fire Department, Fire
Brigade and the Juvenile Fire Brigade to
the number of forty two assembled at the
City Hall yesterday afternoon and headed
by the Meaderville band OF twenty pieces,
marched through the streets to the Mon
tona Union depot where the special train
was waiting to take them to Anaconda to
participate in the parade and ballot the
Marcus DAILY Engine Co.'S, Nos. and 2.
Chief Moore of the Anaconda. fire company
came up to pilot them, as it we're. 1t
reached Anaconda at 5:45 and consisted OF
four coach-loads, a number OF citi-
zens having accompanied the fire.
men. A deputation Of the Marcus Daily
Engine Company met the fire boys at the
depot and escorted them to Daly's hall.
Afterwards they were taken to the Del
monico restaurant to supper. They were
then escorted to the firemen's hall where
the members OF the local fire companies
met them and introductions took place.
Besides those from Butte, there were
present delegations of fremen from Helena,
Deer Lodge and Missoula. A procession OF
all the firemen was formed headed by the
Meaderville band and, after parading the
streets for half an hour, marched to Evans
Hall. The procession was one OF the finest
| turnouts OF the kind ever seen IN the Terri,
tory, the uniforms and manly bearing OF
the men giving it more OF q martial than q
civic air.
Arrived at Evans hall, Mayor Hoge ad.
dressed the visitors in g. speech in which he
bade them heartily welcome on behalf oi
the Anaconda firemen and citizens, and ten
dered them the freedom of the town. The
hall was beautifully decorated with bunt
ing. flags, evergreens and tissue laces, a
large blue banner elegantly draped at one
end bearing the inscription in gilt letters
Welcome to Anaconda"
The dining room OF the new hotel in
course OF completion had been decorated
with equal taste for the occasion. and with
it's imposing size presented handsome ap
pearance. The company was divided
equally between the two halls, and at half
past the string bands began to play ir
orchestra was at Evans Hall and the DAILY
band in the hotel dining room. About SOC
people were there to enjoy themselves
which they did without stint. The prepa
ratIons made by the local fire companies
| were the theme of admiration for the visi
tors, and in the brilliantly lighted roomt
the evening as spent with delight by every
one. 1t was, without exaggeration, the
finest ball ever given in Anaconda, anG
nothing that could conduce to the pleasurs
of their visitors was omitted by the Ana
conda firemen.
At II O'Clock an intermission was taken
for supper which was a banquet worthy oi
the rest OF the entertainment. No expense
had been spared to supply bounteous re-
past which those who part ook of will long
remember as. the handsomest banquet they
ever sat down to. Supper over, dancing was
resumed, if possiD with more spirit than
ever, and kept up until it was time for the
Especial to return at 5 o'clock this morning
The geniality and good spirit OF the enter:
tainers coupled with the prGverbial ca
pacity of fire laddies all the world over to
turn out an exubersnt fund of animal
spirits whenever the occasion demands it
which those present last night gave vivid
ILLUSTRATION OF, made the ball q glitterini
success, and all present bore away pleasant
memories OF the brilliant scene IN which
they had participated.