The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-11
Psrsonal and General,

Prof. A.. ID. Churchill has gone to Cal
ifornia on Il visit.
Mrs. w. I. Whitaker has gone to Omaha
to spend the winter.
Miss Helen M. Gray. of Lewiatown, was
in the city last week.
G. w. Anderson left Friday for Butte on
q short business trip.
Mrs. Stokes is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs,
Preuitt, of Rodney street. ,,.
James w. Cory left yesterday for Castle.
whore he will remain for some time.
DR.. Minshal II and wife, of Deer Lodge,
were in tho CITY a few days last week.
II. o. Wilson, who has been confined to
his room Of late. 10 now able to be about
again.
Miss Violet Cullen returned last Friday
from Bozsman. where she spent a delight
full week.
Z. f. Matthias. OF White Sulphur, who has
been in the city several days. returned home
on Thursday.
Miss Annette Cunningham. of Hannibal,
Mo-, is the guest of Gen. and Mrs. Curtis,
40 Olive street.
Rev. Il. N. Brush was called to Sioux
City, Iowa. last week by the serious illness
of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard Brown left on
Monday for the east. They will return af-
ter the holidays.
James W. Cory left yesterday for Cho-
teau where he intends engaging in the
banking business.
J. W. Mercer. of Missoula, was in Helena
last week to attend the banquet and ball of
the Mystic Shrine.
B. G. Ferguson. who has been indisposed
for several days. is now reported to be
rapidly recovering.
W. w. Wemotte left on Wednesday for
Wallace, Idaho, TO look after the mining
interests of A. N. e.Esler.
j. q. HusseyI and wife, of Meagher
county, were in the. city last week and reg
istered at the Grand Central. ,g."
Gov. Toole leftion Thursday for Washing
ton, where he was called by the serious If
ness of Gen. Rosecrans, the father of Mrs.
Toole. 8 "9
Mrs. Il. N. Blake, accompanied bv the
Misses Annie Reinig and Virginia Atchison,
left on Monday for Boston to spend the
winter, ga"
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Jones. of Nashville,
Tenn, arrived in Helena on Monday and
will spend the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. r. L. Gaines.
Mrs. G. B. Anderson arrived home ~yester-
day. accompanied by her sister, Mrs. John
Andrew, of Elkhorn, from a visit to her old
home in Otsego. Mich.
!, w. NJ. Bickford, executive commissions
of the board Of Worlds fair managers, left
on Tuesday for Chicago to look after the
interests of the Montana exhibit.
An entertainment will be given by the
Christian church OF Friday evening, Dec
16, consisting of tableaux and music. The
entertainment promises to be a good one.
Miss Laura King and aunt, Mrs. Potter,
returned on Thursday from a six months
| visit through the east. The many friends
will hear of their return with much pleas
ure.
TIL ladies of st. Peters parish will give
a dinner and hold a sale of fancy articles
for Christmas on thursday, Dsc, Is, at
Norris Bros. store in The INDEPENDENT
building.
The children of Lewis and Clarke county
have done remarkably we'll in their dona-
tons to the children's home at the Worlds
fair in Chicago. So far the receipts amount
to $63.63, and many places are not YET
heard from. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Morss, of Boston.
who have been the guests of Walter L
King for the past two weeks. returned home
the past week. They are so we'll pleased
with Montana that they are expected to re-.
turn next spring.
Cards have been received in Helena for
the marriage of George U. Hallett and Miss
Agnes Brooks, on Thursday. Nov. IL, at All
Saints, Margaret street, London, Eng.
MIR. Hallett's many Montana friends ex-
Ionu congratulations.
b. H. Langley returned Thursday from
his trip to the coast, after having visited
san Francisco. Portland, Spokane and
kalispell. At the latter place he visited
hia son Harry, who is engaged in the bank
ing business at that place.
Miss Stella Gordon, sister of Mrs. Sieben,
of this city, leaves on Friday for her home
in Whitewater, Wis. Miss Gordon has beer
visiting in Helena for several months, and
| n rim that tIFna Inns for har1alf L-ns
of friends. BY her defarture Helena loses
one Of her most beautiful and popular
young ladies.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church will hold a Christmas sale on Tues
day. Dec. 13, afternoon and evening, at
Norris Bros. old store in The INDEPENDENT
building. Lunch will be served from II to
two O'Clock and from six on through the
evening. A number of pretty features will
be introduced.
One of the most elaborate and pleasant
events of the holiday season will be the grand
ball to be given by the three lodges of X. OF
T. in the auditorium on the night OF the
29th. Music will be by a string band of twelve
pieces, the finest to be had in the state
The reception committee will be composed
of prominent gentlemen whose success in
managing entertainments of this sort il
proverbial.
! On Friday afternoon the Ladies' After.
noon Whist club met for the first time al
the residence of Mrs. Perkins. Light re-
freshments were served. Those presen'
were Mesdames Perkins, Babcock. Davis
Phelps. Van Reilly, johnson, Essler, viii
Word. Oscar Bradford. Henry Cannon
Chadwick, Cory.
Here to Stay.