The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16

niversary of her birthday Including
| Miss Leila, the little hostess, there
were seven children present and it is
needless to say that they enjoyed them
| selves hugely. Choice refreshments
| were served at 4 O'Clock. The children
who were present We're: Patty and
| Roscoe Allen, Elliott and Robert Fink
elnburg, Kate Matheson and Wanda
Uttermohel
After the adjournment of the COM
mittee of the commercial exchange on
Wednesday evening DIR. Townsend en-
tertained several of his friends at q
Dutch lunch. An entree which caused
| a great deal of fun was a box of Chi
nese sardines. So natural were they
that one or two of the guests were
completely deceived, Senator Goddard
attempting to pick one up with fork
and afterward Mr.. Donovan falling
victim to the snare also.
The Billings band has always set
aside the evening of Washington's
birthday for their annual ball, but as
the 22nd comes this year on Saturday.
the 18th annual ball will be given in the
new opera house ON Friday, the 2lst.
The executive committee consists of c..
NJ. Hungerford, Frank Rademaker and
S. w. Soule and the coming ball prom
Uses to be one of the principal events of
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Boyle have re-
turned from short visit to Butte and
Livingston.
This week the sad tidings came to
Mrs. John NJ. Ramsey of the death of
her grandson in wyoming. The boy.
who was the 13-ycar-old son Of Mr.
DeWolf of Lander, Wyo., was thrown
from a bucking horse and his foot
catching in the stirrup, he was dragged
for some distance, receiving such in
juries that he never recovered con-
seriousness and died the following
I rJny.y tn II
ing of the terrible event, said that it
had cast a gloom over the entire COM
munfty. Great sympathy is felt for
the relatives of the poor boy.
Miss Mary Newman, accompanied by
her brother Mark, has gone TO Big
Timber to visit her sister, Mrs. Nc
kenzie.
Miss Kate Rademaker departed on
Wednesday nights westbound train for
Helena, where she will visit for time
and may make her home if she likes 1t.
Miss Rademaker's bad health of the
past month necesstates her having a
change of air. Her many friends in
Billings regret her departure.
Miss Ella RiXOn returned home on
Wednesday morning from Alameda,
Cal, where she has been visiting her
sister. Mrs. Lesley Bates, for the past
two years On her way home she
stopped off in Portland, ore. for few
and Panton.
]. d. Losekamp met with an accident
coming down on a freight from Column
bia on Wednesday. A sudden lurch Of
the train caused him to be thrown
against the stove, in which way he was
badly bruised and has had to go back
to Hunters Hot Springs to recuperate.
Fred Fields, who is now practicinS
his profession of mining engineer in
Butte, is making a visit of several
weeks in town.
F. S. Whitney. who has been serious
ly i'll for the past week, is slowly I'M
Joseph Sims was in from Lavina
this week.
o. C. Finkelnburg returned on Tues
day from trip to Helena.
J. c. Bond, who clas been Ill with a
bad attack Of la grippe has gone 10
Hunters Hot Springs 10 uecuperate.
Word has been received from 81
Louis OF the wonderful progress made
in a musical way by our late fellow
townsfellow, William Tompkins. 1t -
said that his voice is SO wonderful that
the Episcopal church in which he sings
IS so crowded as TO make II difficult to
get standing room on the Sundays on
which it is known he 10 going ITO per
form. He has also received hattering
offers to train for the stage. Mr..
TOmpkns' voice was admired while he
was in Billings but il is said that Gull
tivation has had a marvellous effect
upon Ii.
on Tuesday the train bound for Red
Lodge carried a cargo of dynamite for
rhe mines and the passengers for Red
Lodge had to lay over until the next
day on account of 1t.
General superintendent Calvert, Di-
vision Superintendent Mutt of the Bur-
lington and Superintendent Butler and
Route Agent Vance of the Adams EX-
press company spent a day In Billings
early in the week and went on West.
c. s. Hefferlin, the Livingston bank
er, was in town this week
C. Tilden, +. s. Mitchell and o. E.
Brown We're down from Park City this
week.
John Moots and NJ. w Cramer of
Laurel were visitors in town on Tues
day.
A. L. Campbell Of the Helena indie
pendent was a visitor in town this
week.
Frank Stearns and Charles Cum
minCs were in from Carbon county.
Sidney Fox passed through town on
Saturday night on his way home from
Red Lodge
David Fratt paid Helena a visit this
week.
Percy Campbell of Butte is in the
city.
The ladies of St. Luke's guild are at
work on an autograph quilt which is
for the benefit of the church.
Rev Mr. Carswell went up 10 Red
Lodge this week, where he held serv-
ices
Warren BATTLES is visiting friends in
Hastings, Neb.
Hon. chris YeCen made business
trip to st. Paul last week.
Paul Mccormick returned early in
the week from a trip TO the range of
the Custer Cattle company.
Fred Soule, while trying TO control a
runaway team last Monday, was
thrown from the wagon and broke his
wrist.
IN GREAT FALLS.