The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
In Basin.

Basin Feb. 1.-THE Jumbo Telegraph
club is new institution in Basin that
is affording amusement to its members
that is of a profitable nature as we'll.
The club was organized some weeks
ago and now has several thousand feet
of wire strung to the various members
homes in all parts of the town, with
some six or seven instruments in use.
]. B. Emerson is the only professional
telegrapher in the club, but under his
instruction the others are rapidly mas
tering the Morse alphabet.
Prof. r. A. Brown and Miss Julia
Brady, teacher of the Basin public
school,, are training their scholars for
Washington's birthday entertainment
to be given next Wednesday evening.
At the last entertainment given by the
school the public school building proved
to be inadequate to hold the crowd that
came, so this time Leary & Sullivan
hall has been engaged so as to give all
the friends of the school an opportu-
nifty to attend
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Allen. Miss Car
RE Hughes and A. J. Glass went to
Butte on the afternoon train Tuesday,
Miss Hughes being on her way home to
Missoula after a visit of several weeks
here with her sisters, Mrs. Allen and
Mrs. George Heimbach.
Last Thursday afternoon both Frank
Wiegenstine and H. c. Williams were
made happy, each being presented by
their wives with "a handsome baby boy.
Frank Loiselle was visitor to Butte
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Capt. S. A. Swiggett was down from
Helena Tuesday and Wednesday shak-
| inc hands with his Pa sin friends
Fred E. Seeley, the Walkerville news
paper man. was in town the first of the
week.
James Glass was down from Helena
Monday.
Fred j. Taylor spent several days the
first of the week at the Boulder Hot
Springs.
Dennis Driscoll went over to Walk
erville last Saturday and remained over
Sunday with his family.
Mrs. August Heimbach returned home
Wednesday morning after visit Of
| several weeks in Butte. She was &C
companed on her return by her daugh-
ter, Mrs George w. Mulch.
r. w. Farmer, the Butte mining man,
who is quite extensively interested in
mining in this district, was out from
Butte the first of the week looking af-
ter affairs at the Mary Ann mine.
Basin Miners union No. 90 has ap-
pointed committees and is making all
necessary arrangements for it's annual
ball, which will be given on the night
of st. Patrick's day.
Hon. M. L. Hewett has purchased the
handsome residence of Henry Schupp
on Lode street in this city. and the first
of next week will occupy it with his
family.
w. J. McKague came over from Butte
Thursday and spent the day greeting
his many Basin friends
Mrs. L. w. Owen. Miss E. M Goss
and Miss L. A. Morgan. who style
themselves the California Mizpah Trio.
have been here for two weeks past and
have given a number of delightful
meetings at the First Presbyterian
| church under the auspices Of the Young
Peoples Society Of Christian Endeavor.
These ladies are connected with the
Red Cross society and were at the Oak
land hospital at the time the Montana
boys were on their way to Manila, and
in her lectures here Mrs. Owen has told
many of her experiences at that time
with the soldier boys. which have been
of great interest to all who have heard
her. This evening these ladies gave a
concert at the Leary & Sullivan hall,
which was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity with spectators. One of the feat
ures of the concert was the "Old Oaken
Bucket" song. which was sung by 40
Basin children giving gestures. Misses
| Goss and Morgan rendered a number of
| patriotic songs and Mrs. Owen sang
some plantation melodies in negro dia-
| lect, after which she delivered an ad-
dress entitled Love, Courtship and
| Marriage" The lady also told her au-
dience about the island of Cuba. This
proved to be a most interesting and in
| structive lecture, in which the lady eIo-
| quently portrayed the great natural re-
sources of the island and described the
cruel and inhuman treatment which
has been imposed upon the inhabitants
| by the Spanish government; their he
roic struggle for liberty. their awful
| suffering from want of food. clothing
and shelter: explosion of the battleship
| Maine, etc, all of which was illustra ted
by magnificent views projected from a
| magic lantern.