The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-26
LATEST FROM BELT
Recent Date Happenings in This
Lively Ccal Camp.
MORE INCORPORATION TALK
New Business and Dwelling Houses
Being Erected = ottages for
Employes-Personai Mem
ton and Brevities.

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| cavating for the new store of the Belt
Mercantile company is being pushed as
rapidly as possible and will be completed
| next week. The contract for erecting the
new structure has been given to Joseph
Wagner. a competent man. who will see
that the work is properly performed.
| III. Lepley. a business man from wy
oming, has been In town for some days
and has secured q desirable location and
viii engage in business. He Is a valuable
acquisition to the business interests of
the camp.
Superintendent Kittie of the Castner
Coal & Coke company will erect 50 cot
tages for employees of that company as
early as possible. Thirty five of these will
be located on Anaconda avenue. south of
No. tipple. and the remainder will be
erected just west of the Catholic church.
The new houses are badly needed and
will enable many of the miners to bring
their families to Belt. the scarcity of
suitable houses prohibiting this In the
past.
The firemens ball was a grand success
In every particular, nearly 800 guests TAX
ing part in the festivities, and so couples
railing into line in the grand march,
which was feature of the evenings en-
tertainment. The large room was hand
somely decorated for the occasion and
the members of the department were in
defatigable in their efforts to please those
present by allowing nothing to mar the
evenings enjoyment. In the future balls
under the auspices of the departent will
be looked forward to with pleasant antic-
ipauon by lovers of dancing.
In the catch-as-catch-can wrestling
match between Adam Gibson of this place
and John Love of Sand Coulee which oc-
Cured few evenings ago. the contest
was declared a draw. Gibson won the
Axro
minutes to reciprocate in the sec
ond round and in the third con-
test both men struggled hero
ically for nearly an hour, and finally
agreed to call the contest a draw Glib
sons work was a pleasant surprise to
his friends, as he was looked upon as
an easy mark for a man OF Loves repu-
tation as a wrestler A good deal of inter-
est was centered in the result of the
match both here and at Sand Coulee.
The principal topic of conversation here
at present is as to whether or not Belt
should be Incorporated. The people ap-
pear to be equally divided on the ques-
ton. II the matter is submitted to a vote
OF the people the contest will be sultry
from start to finish and no one will be
able to tell the result, or even forecast II.
until the ballots are counted. The saloon
men and their friends are naturally op-
posed to the proposition, and with them
VIII go large body of voters who have
no particular interest in the result =,
Thomas Bowers will assume the man
agement of the Anaconda hotel next
week. He is an old resident and an expe.
rienced hotel man.
George Falligan has just sold his busi-
ness to the Belt Mercantile companv ana
the change will go into effect next FRI
day.
James Maye of Lucerne. Pa. is in Be1t
the of
and Miss Maye. He will remain indeh- !
nitely.
The Miners union have leased the Odd |
Feilows' hall and will hereafter meet
there regularly. The room is a vast i'm |
provement over the old one.
The news of the Neihart explosion and |
Its dire results created great excitement |
mere and the Miners union sent J. =.
Madigan up TO render any and all as |
sistance possible
The new Odd Fellows hall will be for
mally dedicated next Monday evening.
Grand Master Stees of Butte will be pres
ent and a large delegation from Great
ais will attend the ceremonies which
Will consist of services at the hall a
grand banquet and a ball. The new hall
Is one of the largest and best appointed
IN Montana.
MISS May e. Maye who has been teach
ing school at Belt for nearly two wears
mas resigned and left yesterday for the
east, where she will reside in the future.
Bishop Brondel delivered an able and
eloquent address at the new church last
Monday evening. He touched upon his
orical facts connected with the church
and the duties of members thereof. II
s more than likely that Belt will be
provided with resident priest within a
lhort time. Services will be conducted bv
Kew Father Dolls for the present.
superintendent Kittle and family are
iomiciled in the Falligan residence.
where he will reside until the completion
II his new house.
Thomas Nance walked back on what he
considered miss-fire Tuesday last. and
Is a result of his error is now nursing
everal scalp and flesh wounds. His
riends consider that he had a narrow
scape from being blown to atoms. as the
he spot