The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-02-27
TIE DupuYER aCaNTHH.
THURSDAY. February u. 1896.
LOCAL LAYOUT.

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Mcknight has lime for sale.
Washington's birthday. passed
without any celebration in Dupu-
yer.
Ed. Shea is in the bastile in Cho-
teau because he wanted to clean up
the town.
A pound of good smoking tobac-
co and a corn cob pipe for % cents
at Meningitis.
Robt. Mcintosh, who a short time
ago ran a livery stable bere is about
to open one at Blackfoot.
Link Humble is now driving the
stage between here and Choteau
for W. F. Burgy.
Hawkes. spectacles and eye
glasses for sale at Meningitis.
Mr.. Calkips, traveller for Bach,
Cory, general merchants, of Hell
ena, was 10 town this week, leav-
ing for Blackfoot on Tuesday.
Dupuyer has presented to Cho-
teau the only member of the dem;-
monde she had. Nc official ac-
acknowledgements has been received
yet.
There are a few boxes of those
winter apples left at Meningitis.
] W. Mcknight has been APP
pointed a delegate to the Mining
and immigration convention to be
held in Helela on March 10. The
work of this convention will have
an important bearing upon the fut-
ure of Montana.
Sheriff Zimmerman came in last
night from Choteau. Before he
left that town a fire broke out in
Bowen's cabin in the north end of
town. Nothing was saved but a lit
tie bedding. The fire originated
from a defective flue, the fire
catching the roof. A subscription
was taken up which amounted to
as much as the loss.
Have you tried any of the Tai
cum Powder for sale at Meningitis
It's for children ard adults and is
the finest thing out for shaving.
They were a jolly set Of bachel-
ors who assembled at the residence
of VIM. Miller to swap stories,
sing songs and have a general
good time on Tuesday night. An
abundant and delicious supper was
provided and all night the festive
bachelors talked. laughed and
sang until the rising u ( warned
them that they must HE away
home to their own lonely houses.
Mr.. Miller will be long remember
ed by that party as a Jolly good
fellow and an entertaining host.
Dupuyer was we'll nigh vacated
on Saturday night, the OCCASION
being a dance at the residence of
Geo Magee on Birch creek. Early in
the evening the guests began to ar
rive ard before midnight . a hun
dred people were assembled to dam
ce and make merry. A bountiful
supper was provided which requir-
ed three or four hoLls to serve and
not until after sunrise did the last
of the tired jewellers take their re-
l~uctant departure. 1t was without
question the best private ball OF
the seas On, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
gee have earned an enviable repu-
tation as hosts and added many to
their list of friends and WELL
wishers.
There is more than one man in
Dupuyer "playing a lament for his
poor dog Tray" A dozen dogs OF
high and low degree have lain
down in their last sleep within the
past week. Someone put out poi
son around the town and it got in
it's work in deadly earnest until
very few dogs remain. There
were, doubtless, too many dogs
and some of them we're worse than
useless, as they put in their leisure
time chasing cattle and making
night hideous with their bowling.
But the man who undertook to oct
rid of them did very wrong by
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