The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-06


Boland. VIM. NJ. Kelly. j. v. Collins,
Thomas Ford. DR.. Spelman, Dooley &
Mulligan, ]. D. Murphy. M. j. Barry.
Pat McHugh, Jno. Russell, P. D. Toohy,
Phil. Grannon. J. M. Sheehy, Jerome
Sullivan, Philip Ryan, Pat MCGEE.
blacksmith; P. S. fancy, T. j. Mccarthy,
Thomas Gavin. Kenny Phalen, Jim. No
ian, Charley Flood, j. ]. Grant, Patrick
Lynch. C. Mcdonald, VIM. Powers, T.
Brennan, and many others.
All strangers coming to the city, and
should happen to meet any of these
men will always find them gentlemen,
and will give them helping hand If
needed.
BUTTE, MONT.
Butte Is the largest and most pros
porous city in Montana. The popula-
tion is about fifty thousand Miners
here are paid from three fifty to ten
dollars day and upwards. 1t has the
largest silver and copper mines in the
United States, and employees about ten
thousand miners. One million two hun
dred thousand dollars are paid out
monthly to miners alone. About twelve
million dollars worth of silver was dug
from the earth last year and about ten
million dollars worth Of copper. Some
of the principal streets of Butte City
are very pretty, being broad, and also
have granite paving, and decorated on
each side with many handsome brick
and stone buildings. The city also has
fine electric street railway and water
works. 1t has very good public schools,
and a sisters school, which has a daily
attendance of eight hundred pupils. AS
for the people in Butte City, take them
all In all, no better could be found In
the United States. The business men
there are great hustlers, and are work.
ing day and night to build up the city,
and If Bryan was elected president of
the United States there would be us
many more silver mines opened as
would employ fifteen thousand more
men, but nevertheless the city is grow
Ing rapidly and forging right ahead.
Among the most popular and business
1rishmen there are as follows M. T.
Holland, w. A. Clarke, one of the
wealthiest mine owners in the state;
O'Connors & Hyland, Geo. Peoples, Jas.
Barry, of the Red Boot Shore store:
Thos Driscoll, Dennis O'Brien, J. J.
Murphy, Syndicate hotel; John O'Reilly,
West Park street; ]. Farran, ]. ].
Haggerty, manager Hale house: Patrick
Ryley, 90S North Main street; Sullivan
& Keogh, 272 East Park; Shea & Walsh,
60 East Park; P. J. Sullivan, 952 North
Main. up in the clouds; Jerry Mullen,
O'Connor & Doyle, Is Park street; Innes
Fallen house, Pat. Leggis, Dublin Gulch:
Thomas S. Kilgallon, popular mining
boss; Thomas Ferguson, ITO Copper
street; j. f. Lee, In the M. ]. Cornell
store; B. P. O'Connor, Joe Satterly, Jas.
McGovern, IL North Maine; w. H. Davy,
the popular cafe man; J. r. Murphy.
Daniel Hanly, manager Stromberg COM
mission house: J. J. O'Mara, popular
member of the A. o. H.; McGarvey &
Craig. John Britt, Is East Park street:
Deeney G. Williams, James Combo, form
erly of 1ronwood, Michigan; Thomas
Haggerty, Quinn Crowley, popular gro
German. S04 North Main; Daniel Morgan.
the grocerman; Lawrence Duggan, pres
1dent of the A. o. H.; Jno. B. Hennes-
sy. 912 North Main: Philip ]. Harring-
ton, the popular caterer; ]. J. Barry,
D. ]. Hennessy. president of the Butte
City Dry Goods store; Pat Conlon, Sui
livan G Sullivan, "a South Main: John
Dricoll, Pat Hughes, P. w. Murray, pop
ular coal dealer; J. H. Page, % East
Quartz street; Lawrence Mudoon, Butte
City Cont'n Works; ]. j. Mullane, form
erly of Minneapolis; John Capless, and
last but not least, the big hearted man
ager and proprietor of Gregson Springs.
All the above named gentlemen are true
hearted Irshmen, and it is a treat to
meet any one of them.