The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-25
Montana State News.

OF Dy all her friends.
Mrs. F. c. Fisher. with her children.
went up to Butte on Thursday night
to stay with her husband for a short
| time. She was accompanied by her sis
ter. Mrs. c. E. Gardner. who has been
staying with her mother. Mrs. John
F'ohner. since the death of her two
| children. Mrs. Gardner accompanied
her sister as tar as Livingston.
| William Hublar of Helena and Miss
| Lillian Brown of Billings were mar
ried on Wednesday. Mayor Griggs Of
| ffciating.
The contract to supply ten car loads
Of lumber for the construction of the
Towering mill which Uncle Sam Is to
bufld for the Grows at their agency
has been awarded to Finkelnburg &
| Youmans.
The Buffalo Bin party came in Mon
day night on the Burlington and took
the Red Lodge train next morning to
the coal metropolis from which point
they will take teams to the Big Horn
basin to inspect the progress of the big
irrigation canal. and to enjoy q hunt
ing trip for big game.
Fred H. Hathorn went ND to Red
Lodge Tuesday to attend court pro-
| fess1onally.
Judge james r. Goss has gone to
Minneapolis Ito attend the immigration
convention as one OF the delegates
| from Montana.
A meeting to discuss the subject of
equal suffrage was called Dor Tuesday
| night at the residence of Mrs. u. e.
| Frizelle. but a great hack of interest
was displayed by the Billings ladies.
the attendance being too small to make
q quorum
Mrs. George Ennis of Livingston
was the guest of Mrs. John Fohner
| for a few days last week. She was
on her way to Milwaukee.
| Miss Shoemaker, accompanied by
4 Co. 20 10
this week inspecting the schools OF
Canyon Creek, Shiloh. Allendale. Lau-
rel, Trenton and Park City. The ladies
returned on Thursday night, having
had a thoroughly cold and disagree
| able drive from Canyon Creek Through
a Dakota blizzard.
Miss Teenie Fraser and Miss Ella
Lamport spent several days of last
week very pleasantly as the guests
| of Miss Mary Plowman at her fathers
| hospltable ranch.
Mrs. H. c. Payne and daughter of
Cascade Springs, s. D., arrived in Bill
lings Sunday evening and will remain
as the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. T.
Wilson for several days.
Mrs. Foster, who is on her way to
Illinois from Victoria, British Column
| bia, arrived in Billings ON Sunday
mornings east bound tradn and will
remain In town until next week. the
| guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Johnston.
Mrs. c. M. Child has returned from
Red Lodge, where she was the guest of
| Mrs. j. G. Sperry.
A special train came in on Wednes-
day morning carrying a number of Bur-
lington officials escorted by w. w.
| Johnston, commercial agent, the party
| being on q tour of inspection. They
| left town again in the evening, with the
| exception of Vice President Harris,
who stayed over until Thursday morn.
| ing.
| Harry Benham, a white soldier who
deserted from the Twenty-second in
PANTRY at Font Keogh last April, was
arrested by Policeman Frank Church
| on Saturday.
The committee Of st. Luke's church
held a meeting on Wednesday evening,
at the Office Of Dr. Chapple. The fin
ances were reported in good shape,
with surplus over the months obliga-
lions.
j. M. Ramsey and z. N. Jones re-
turned last week from the Clark's Fork
placer mines. having stopped operations
| for the winter.
| ]. ]. Mickey has been i'll at the
Grand this week. but 1t is hoped that
| he may soon recover. AS soon as he
| completes his business here, he Intends
to go south for the winter
Colonel Babcock, during his stay in
Chicago, purchased the scenery and
4 NiddIS lOI Vllc new OptId MUSE dl a
cost of about 81 900. 1t is expected the
opera house will be completed in time
| for the firemen's ball, which will take
place on New Years night.
II. v. Bailey has come in from his
surveying panty on Saltwater creek.
where he has been busy subdividing
| townships for the government.
A. c. Tompkins is expected back this
week from the north, where he has
been attending to business for some
weeks.
Allan Farrell went up on Thursday
night to Hunters Hot Springs to re-
cruit.
E. B. Carter has come in from the
Musselshen to spend the winter.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. johnson have left
DR.. Townsend's and have taken apant-
ments at F. d. McCormick's.
A house is being erected on Twenty
! fifth street for Mrs. Stebbins.
Michael Flanagan's horse fen on
him one day last week and broke his
leg. He is progressing nicely.
A. A. Morris surveying party came
in from the South Side on Friday.
They will resume work in the spring,
having now only half completed 1t.
Warren Evans was in Sheridan for
several days last week in the interest
of the Paul Mccormick company. He
was purchasing hay. ETC.. for the fill
ing OF government contracts held by
that company.
George Lind has been in town this
week in the interest of the Helena
Transcript of which A. H. Hersey is
editor. and has secured a good list OF
subscribers.
The Ross & Co. drug stock was sold
under the mortgage of L. II. Fenske
on wednesday. Mr.. Fenske became
the purchaser for 81. 500. about half the
amount OF the mortgage.
Z. c. Day was down from Livings-
ton on Monday attending to legal busi-
ness.
Colonel Whitney was down from Hell
ena for several days this week. gath
ering statistics for the use of the board
OF examiners.
Sam Jackson. under sheriff of Sweet
Grass county. was in town on Satur-
dav