The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-25
IfIREMEN B%ANQUETED.
Business Men Give Them a Spread mt tn
Central station.

Central station.
The fire ladies Jared handsomely on
the coming of Christmas. BY the kind
ness of many of the business men of the
city they and their friends were ban
quoted at the Central station. and to
say II was a banquet but feebly ex-
presses the su-mptuousness Of the COLA
ton that was spread for their benefit.
The AFFAIR vas taken in hand by a COM
mittee of citizens interested in the de-
partment and with the assistance OF
the firemen the affair was made one of
the p~leasantest Of all the observance of
Christmas eve. During yesterday the
Central fire house wa tastefully deco
rated with bunting and holly and early
in III evening the banquet board was
laid in the rear of the long fire house.
The whole department was assembled at
headquarters with the horses all hitch
ed ready for an emergency, while the
men OF the department. dressed in their
brightest uniforms and headed by Chief
f1annery and Assistant Chief Sanger,
received their guests.
Promptly at . o'clock. after the guests
at the first table were seated, Assistant
Chief Sanger sounded a gong on one
or the hre wagon as a signal to be-
gin, and from that moment until a late
hour the city hall echoed with the
sounds Of merriment. AS fast as one
table was vacated, the wreck was
cleared away and another table was
laid. and such a feast! There was every
kind of refreshment and good things to
eat and the guest of the fire ladies of
last evening who did not have a good
time was a pessimist of the veriest type.
During the evening Chief Flannery call
ed his men together and. on behalf of
himself and Assistant Chief Sanger,
presented each with a handsome silk
muller.
The guests of honor at the first table
were: Aldermen Melcher. Seibenaler,
Bowman, Knowlton, Noyes. Pascoe,
Page and Kelly, w. H.. Henry, Mrs.
Charles Holden. Mrs. Fred Martin. Mr..
and Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Sanger, Miss
Ward and Miss Sharp. The names Of
the other guests of the evening were
legion.
Those who contributed to the fire lad
dies observance of Christmas eve and
10 whom the firemen feel deeply indebt-
ed are: Pat Mullins, a pyramid cake.
box OF cigars, roast turkey n six
pies; Mr.. Sanger, two fruit cakes and
two angel food cakes; NJ. J.. Connell.
box OF cigars; j. j.. Haggerty, turkey
and two bottles OF catsup: II. l.. Frank,
case OF claret; NJ. +. Kilgallon, two
combs of honey and a box of cigars;
Miss Lizzie Malloy, jelly cake; Bakers
restaurant, a turkey; Eugene Carroll,
two boxes OF cigars: ID. j.. Hennessy,
box oranges, 20 pounds candy and nuts;
Montana Liquor company. -four bottles
wine, box cigars: Butte Liquor COM
pany. n bottle wine; II. Nichols, tur-
key and two picked tongues: Case, Ora
velle & Erwin, IS: Centennial brewery.
two cases of beer; Oppenheimer, box of
cigars; Mike Gregovicb. four bottles of
wine; Frank Dyatt. box of cigars; Cali
1ornla cafe, MIN pies; Shrimpf &
Reichle. fou bottles wine; c. Cammas.
two pounds candy: John Hurbet, bottle
wine; Joseph Grille. box of cigars; Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Il. Leary. cake, box cigars,
two bottles wine; Lutey Brothers, the
holly for decoration; the Bee Hive, loan
OF dishes; Wednesday, & Davis, loan
of a punch bowl.