The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-08
LIVE TOWNS
OF MONTANA.

BoxsMAN, Jan, L--lspsoial. The post
ONCE WAS moved Jan. Ito the ]. q. O. !.
bsilding three blocks ssst Of ~ former
location.
n. sonmsss, superintendent, has rented
: large roem Ia the Boxsman block. where
10 will put ths telephone exchange. The
work will be completed BY the middle Of
ths nenth And Bossnsn will have sxssllsnt
telephone service. Connections with other
towns will be pushed In the spring.
The Chronicle Publishing company have
secured : fve-year lease or room oAs.
Boxeman block. and are now. putting In
their new plant, which arrived this week.
]. n. Lisdlsy has moved into room Two,
Boxeman block.
Davies d Corbly have removed their stock
of goods into the /. q. q. i. building, tax
ing part Of the room in which the possonacs
10 located.
Tho arms Of Brandlsy q wilkin and A.
]. Davidson u Co. will consolidate shortly.
They will deal In oil kinds Of farming Inn
plements and buy and cell grain.
The Brown block, Just erectsd. has all it,
rooms already rented. Tbs daiIatin ABB
stract company have secured nns omsss up
stairs.
The Boxsman Milling COMPANY are ram
ming niaht and day and are turning ont =
fins grade Of iour.
Ira Dodge. who was 30 nearly killed BY
bears In Wyoming last November, 10
Wyo. He expects TO be we'll enough soon
to tackle bruin again, and has ordered .
hne gun from w. b. Bsnham. Of this place.
The Ideal ninstrels. who made such .
auocess last winter, are organizing TO give
BosemRn people > frst-clasa entertainment
in the near future. Joe Romdsnns was
unanimously chosen leader. H
The Gallatin Light, Power and Railway
%company's canal, which has been frozen up
for q week or two, 10 now almost free Of
ice, and the cars and lights are going:
tn Bozeman foundry, built BY Messrs.
Wesledsr d Norman, of Butte, is now in
running order and doing a good business.
IL il located on Broadway.
The Bozeman fire department met last
night and elected officers for the ensuing
year. The roportIof last years doings was
read and found to be very satisfactory to
the hremen and citizens. After the cleo
ton of officers . champagne supper was
all.
The most successful and enjoyable dance
given in BozemRn for some time was the
one given New Years night BY the young
men Of the town in Armory hall: About
hfty-ave couples were present and danced to
an orchestra of eight pieces.
Charles Chisholm gave an elegant party
Thursday evening to q large number Of his
friends. Dancing was the feature OF the
evening, while an excellent luncheon played
no small part in the evenings enjoyment.
The following were present: Misses n.
Maxey, NJ. Maxey. Ola Ruffner, Pound, E.
S%tanchHeld, NJ. Staneh6eld. y. Patterson,
l.. Patterson, N. Patterson, L.. Luce. G.
Luce. Il. Morris. X. Filing. Morse. Hicks.
Flowers. Van Tassel, Mckenzie. Frazier.
Sporting, Martin. Mcleod and Amick;
Messrs. Alexander, Van Fleet. g. and =.
bury, Clark, Culver. L. Martin. r.. Martin.
Lewis, Wilson, Morris, j.. and w. Maxey,
DR.. Dilworth, Flowers. Shsarer. Mckenzie,
McCav, Wilton, Odds and Sporting.
Howard Kirk left Tuesday night for New
castle. Pa. where he will make a three
months visit.
Mrs. W. NJ. Maughan, OF Helena. il max
ing q short visit with her parents in Bozs-
man.
MIS-. A. H. Hersey is visiting Bozsman
friends n will soon take rooms at the
Bozeman hotel and remain in the city ali
winter.
Miss Polly Page left Tuesday evening fol
Billings, where she will visit Miss Edith
Natheson for q few weeks.
j. 4. M~endenhall has gone to California
for the winter to enj ~ a much needed and
we'll earned rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Smith, Of Nebraska, are
visiting Bozeman and are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. q. W. Sopsr.
d. p. MoElwee, of Three Forks. arrived
Monday evening to take his position az
deputy clerk of the court.
Misses Auyilla Hill and Alice Gage. who
has been visiting friends in Helena, re-
turned home Thursday.
Miss Dolly Dsane, of Manhattan, spent
ths week In Bozemsn. the guest Of Miss
Rena Frazier.
Miss Stella Flowers visited friends in
Helena this week and attended tho inaug-
ural ball.
J., w. Ponsford. Lee Warren. c. G. Brad
shaw, Joe Kountz. w. D.. Flowers, j. w.
Kirschner, 9. Q. Wylie and 4. D. Ellis wore
among the Bozemanites who visited Helena
this week.
Elmer Ray has accept the position OF
bookkseper for the Montana Lumber com
pany at this place. eS
Miss Filing of Virginia City, and Miss
Morris, OF Pony, spent tho holidays with
Bozsman friends.
Miss Libbie Wakefield visited friends in
Helena this week.