The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-16
MYSTERIOUS RAILROAD Panty.

Tho Northern Pacific May Take In the Fiat
C~Ountry-Lsts News From Missoula-
Special to the standard.
Feb. Railroad rlmOrs
arc flying thick and fast. The STANDARD's
correspondent undertook to rum down
an important report that the Northern Pa
ciic was preparing tn take i'm the Flat
head country from here. He succeeded
i'm finding a gentlemen from Selfish, who
had seen n party OF railroad surveyors at
work i'm the Flathead country. All his
efforts tn learn even the road they repre-
scented was unavailing. The probability
is il was n Northern Pacific outfit. There
were four teams and u large force of
men.
A man named Morris Dwyer, a. resident
bee ias, niah, i In a STUPID c"mJitiop ."e 1l The
officers ran him in, and on searching him
found n roll of bills amounting to $500.
desire To secure a steam fire engine and a
secondhand Silsby, fifth size, capable of
throwing 400 gallons of water a minute,
test to-day the engine did not MI the hill
and will probably not he accepted. One
thousand dollars is In price for the ma
ii the talk of real estate men Is true
there will not he many lots left i'm Mis-
soula this spring without n s~ky-scrapinH
brick block located on 1t.
Special Correspondence Of the standard.
MIssOULA. Feb. 15.-In spite of the fact
that February Is q winter month. beauti-
full spring weather continues. There was
n slight fall of snow here "Wednesday
evening. but il was gone next morning.
A tea party was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hathaway at their residence ON
East Pine street, last Tuesday. Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce Glenn
ents, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart, Miss
Clements, and Miss Hathaway, Mr..
George Clements and Mr.. T. G.. Hathe-
way, ir. The party were pleasantly EN-
tertaincd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deval and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcclure gave IA hop at Fort Missoula
Wednesday evening. a cold lunch was
served to- the dancers. Those who at
tended from this city were: DIR. and Mrs.
Buckley, Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mccormick, Miss Beckwith
and Miss Annie Beckwith, Messrs. III. II.
Brayton, J. Keith and Mr.. Hathaway.
The music was delightful and was rem
dered by the 25th United States infantry
band.
Miss Adele Hoblitzell, who has been SER
iously in. has been recruited by our beau
| tifui weather and is now out again.
Judges Reeves, Woody and Stephens
went up the valley last week.
Master Charles L. Dodge last Thursday
by his friends and school mates at his
home q; Fort MisspHla. Those presen,
Kathleen Booth. Mamie and Gerty Sloan.
Edith Powers, Grace Grain. Verde Hoey
Mccormick, Alex stephens, Harry Stew
art, Willie Edwards, Frank Turk. Frank
Wordcn, Lewis Dan Heyfron,
John Odeli. Land Rutherford. Barte
Doonlcy and Lawrence Stephens. Mrs.
| NJ. Edwards kindly preferred her services
as chaperoue. Dancing was hugely en-
joyed. II was after five when the party
arrived within the city. =
The pupils in the three higher grades of
the public school will pay all due honor to
the birthday OF the 'Fathcr of his Coun-
try"
city for n few days last week.
Mr.. B. I. Sweet of Fon du Lac, Wis.,.
is i'm the city.
Mrs. p. Roman is visiting friends i'm the
city,.
able Chicago firm, is visiting in Missoula.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Eddy are sojourning
of the western coast.
J. II. Martin and r. II. Burns arc reg.
istered at the Florence;
j. L. Spencer of st. Paul is at the Flor
ence.
J. +. Benedict Of New York City is visit.
ing in the city ut present.
H.. NJ. Murphy of Butte IL i'm town.
Miss Mason, who has been soiourning
at the home of her god-mother, Mrs. L j.
Mcnamara of this city, left Thursday
morning for Butte.
idence OF +. &. Marshall, Valentines
evening.
Presbyterian sociable was held valen-
tines evening at the residence of DR.
Grain.
Mrs. Lieutenant Devol and Mrs. Lieu-
tenant Mcclure will give a pink domino
party February IL, Sirove Tuesday eve,
The Knights of Pythias, who had m.
tended giving n ball on the 18th inst. have
concluded to give n instead
The change i'm programme IL due to the
death of Justice Rathbone, the founder al
the order.
NORA REINA.