The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27


| ment drawn by their prancing steeds
| brought up the rear of the procession
| the whole of which made up very
| pretty spectacle. The parade of the
| afternoon served as a brilliant preface
to the good things which followed at
the court house in the evening and
never before in the history of that noble
old structure had its four walls shell
| tered as large and well pleased a crowd
| as surged beneath the arches of the
! large audience-room of the building.
| The programme rendered was a long
| and varied one. consisting of musical
numbers by band and orchestra, but
| paramount as a mirth- provoking fac
| tor was the fire departments version
/ of that popular negro diversion. the
| cake walk. Considerable goodnatured
| rivalry existed among the contending
couples in this event which went far
| toward intensifying the interest taken
| by friends of the contestants, who APP
plauded the fantastic gyrations of the
! walkers most Justify. Four burnt cork
| couples contested in the prize event.
| first appearing on the waXed arena be-
| ing F. S. Wildman and Miss Wilhelma
| SchurtZ. and enthusiasm ran high at
| the finale OF their efforts. Second to
make an appearance was John SchuTtz,
on whose arm rested the blithe creole
beauty, Nine Sans-Joe Quesnelle,
plump and graceful individual whose
long residence and observations of like
! happenings in the crescent city were
apt tutors, as her movements were
grace personified and to Schurtz ard
Quesnelle fell the prize piece of cookery.
Robert Stage and Miss Chatelle were
third and Archielle Menard and Miss
Trahant were the last to so through
graceful evolutions. AT the conclusion
of the cake walk the merry strains OF
the two-step were struck by the orches-
ira and the merry devotees of the DaZy
dance held forth until the early hours
of the next dawn.
Rehearsal for THE Irish Duke" to
be given in Cottonwood hall next Fri
day evening, March 4, by the Ivanhoe
Dramatic association, are progressing
most favorably under the direction of
Prof. p. NJ. Smith. who has the detail
work in charge and he promises our res
idents perfect production of the great
est and most thrilling historical Irish
drama ever enacted on the American
stage The cast of The Irish Duke"
numbers some of the best local talent of
the city and the brightness with which
the play teens will not be married at
the hands of any inexperienced or TN
becoming personnel. Appended is the
cast of characters, everyone of whom is
a careful and painstaking student of the
drama:
Arthur, the Irish duke, a sprig Of the
Emerald Isle, Prof F. M. Smith: Squire
type, Mr.. VIII f. Scott; Squire O'Grady,
a wealthy politician, Mr.. Henry Graf
tan; Mr.. Murphy, witty Irish lawyer
Mr., Archille Menard; Dick Dawson. a
guest Mr.. Howard Kelley; Mr. Fur
long, q London dude lawyer. Mr.. o. e.
Bennett; Edward O'Connor a friend of
Egan. Mr.. Joseph l.. Coleman; Robert
Emmett, patriot, Mr., +. Geraldine:
Simon, O'Grady's clerk, Mr.. Ferd
Pearson; Redmond and McQuade. two
highwaymen, Mr.. Dick Turpin and MI
Henry Irving; Marie, nobleman's
daughter, Miss Pearl McQuesten An
ME Rooney, a lady's maid who becomes
a duchess, Mrs. L. c. Haskell; Nance
a lords wife. Miss Gussie Galbraith:
Fanny Dawson. a wealthy heiress, Miss
Alma Bielenberg; Kathleen Glenwood
a friend, Miss Hattie Benedict.
The members of the Woman's club
met With Mrs. Boardman last Tuesday
evening. Being the anniversary of the
birth of Washington the evening was
devoted to the revolutionary hero.
First on the programme was roll cali
and quotations from Washington fol-
LEVIED by Current Events by Mrs.
Boardman An interesting character
sketch by Mrs, Martin and Wash
ington in History" by Mrs. Catlin.
letter in Love" and an appropriate
poem by Mrs. Stackpole. A most unique
and attractive numlSer on the evenings
funeral of Washington read from the
paper in which it was published by Mrs.
Reed
II. Sommers of Helena, general SUI
perintendent Of the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company's service in
Montana and A. q. Miller, manager OF
the telephone exchange in Butte, Were
visitors in Il business way 10 Deer
Lodge last Monday.
DIR. j. NJ. Merrill of Butte. one of the
NEST prominent and successful mine
operators of the West visited the mines
of the Zosel district last Monday and
Tuesday. A report has gained currency
in this vicinity to the effect that Mr..
Merrill will shortly assume a control
ing interest in one of the largest paying
properties of the carbonate camp.
Miss Sallle Batterton arrived in Deer
Lodge last Saturday evening from Val
paraiso. Ind, where she had been for
several months past attending the state
normal training school for teachers.
Miss Batterton's journey To her noun
tain home was in response to tele-
gram summoning her to the bedside of
her father, Judge John Y. Batterton,
who received severe fracture of the
right hip from fall some three weeks
since. The venerable gentlemans life
had been despaired of by his family.
and medical advisers for several days
last week. but the crisis has passed and
he is now on the road TO recovery,
Mrs. Charles q. Birdseye of Avon ar
rived In Deer Lodge last Monday and
will spend several weeks a guest in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. \. J. Belenberg,
on Missouri avenue.
r. j. Dee. station agent for the Mon
tana Union, John II. A. Trisberger of
the J. IL. Owings drug house and II. A.
Smurr manager of the grocery depart
ment of the L. l.. Bonner company,
We're in the city this week
j. +. Bradley. travelling representa-
tive of the wholesale drug house of
Meyer Bros. & Co. st. Louis, was a
guest of ALT Whitworth of the Deer
Lodge Drug Co. last Sunday and Mon
day.
Miss Dora L. Bishop of Avon is spend
ing several days in Deer Lodge a guest
Of Miss Alma Bielenberg.
Mrs. $. o. Kenyon, who has been at
the bedside of her father. Judge Batter
ton, since the serious accident that he