The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-31


dience was especially pleased to hear
for the first time Mrs. t. F. KERN in
the solo christmas Chimes" Mrs.
KERN has an excellent soprano voice
and will be a yalua bic addition to the
| musical talent of the city. At the close
| of the concert the children received
their presents.
AT the homo of the BRIDES parents at
Fridley last Tuesday afternoon oc-
Cured the marriage of Harry c. Clark
of Spokane and Nellie B. Black of Frid-
ley. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. j. F. Pritchard. The bride was
attended by her sister, Miss Edith
| Black, and George Scales acted as
| eroomsman. Only a few immediate
| friends and relatives were present. The
ceremony was performed at noon and
at 3 O'Clock sunptuous wedding din
| ner was served. The couple came down
on Tuesday evenings Park train and
received the congratula tons of friends
| at the Albemarle parlors during the
evening. They left Wednesday morn
| ing for Spokane, where the groom is
| employed in the office Of the general
| superintendent of the Great Northern
railroad. Mrs. Clark has made her
| home in this county and that of CAL
| latin all her life, having been born in
Bozeman. The groom lived in Boze-
man years ago, and it was here that
| the first acquaintance was made which
ripened into the deeper attachment, re-
| sulting in the ceremony of Tuesday.
| Many expressions of good will follow
| the happy couple to their future home.
The marriage of Theodore Jackson
and Miss Ellen Nelson took place Sat
| urday evening in the Methodist church,
| Rev. L, Fl. Mickle performing the cere-
mony. The groom Is well-known res
| ident of Livingston, having resided here
| for the past L years He is one of the
l. rlA1 .l-1
| citizens of Livingston and has scores
| of friends who will congratulate him
on his good fortune. His bride is
| most estmable young lady who rejoices
| in the good will and friendship of all
| with whom she has acquaintance.
| John 3. NJ. McNiven and Florence
| Grace Armstrong were married at the
home of the brides parents on the Up
| per Yellowstone Christmas day at
| noon. The ceremony was performed
| by Rev. l.. H. Mickle. The bride was
attended by Miss Mortimer and Alex
ander McNiven acted as best man. A
dinner was served after the ceremony.
| The bride is the popular and beauti-
| full daughter of o. T. Armstrong, the
| Upper Yellowstone ranchman, and the
| groom is a prosperous Shields river
| stockman. Many beautiful presents
We're received by the welded pair. Their
home will be made on Shields river.
| lHciS w DIS joy DIT JdIQille anu
| the Christmas holiday was celebrated
| with a feeling of exuberance which
| might well be felt by the residents of
| the camp and those in charge of the
| operation being carried on there. 1t is
| not so long ago but that the time is
| well remembered by even recent ar
| rivals in this country that there was
| no Jardine. Bear gulch was there, and
| the gulch was all there was to it. 1t
| is not much more than a year ago
| that there was only a few prospect
| holes where now exist the splendidly
| developed mines called the Revenue,
| the Siwash, the Legal Tender and many
| others. A little over a twelVemonth
| ago a few shacks occupied the places
| where now stand substantial stores Of
| stone and lumber. Where the prospec-
| tor crushed the grudgng granite in his
| mortar and washed the gold in sparse
| quantities from out the rock the stamp
mills are ever grinding their grist of
| wealth and the busy hum of buzzng
belts is heard anon. Ii was indeed
| fitting time for celebration, and the af-
| fair which occurred at Jardine Mond
| day has had no equal in the social an
| nails of Park county and it is doubtful
| If the state of Montana has ever wit
| messed banquet of more dazzling bril-
| liancy or greater magnitude. 1t has
been under the management of Harry
| Bush that these marvellous improve
ments have been made and these gen.
| tlemen resolved to give Jardine
| Christmas which would lnger in the
minds OF those who attended for years.
! Accordingly, arrangements We're made
| for grand banquet in the Revenue
| mill on Christmas day. Mrs. Bush was
| given charge of the arrangements and
! the success which attended the affair
/ is a splendid commentary upon the
| ability of Mrs. Bush as an entertainer
and q. fact showing that Harry Bush is
| not the only person in Bear gulch who
makes no mistakes in laying OF plans.
| The scene of the banquet was the ma
| chine shop of the Revenue MILL the
| room being vacant as yet on account
of the machinery not having arrived
| The room was decorated in a manner
| that rendered it a perfect bower of
| loveliness. The roof was a solid bank
| of evergreens. dotted here and there
| with electric lights of various hues.
| Bunting of national colors swung in
| graceful folds around the room and
| the most exquisite of cut flowers lent
their delightful perfume and beauty
| to the scene. The tables We're laid for
100 persons and were profusely deco
rated with cut flowers and ferns, and
| presented a most artistic appearance.
| At O'Clock the banquet began, and it
| was 10 O'Clock before the 700 guests
| who had assembled to enjoy the hospi-
| tallty OIL MT. ana mrs Busn lad re-
| called themselves at the festive board.
| The menu abounded in delicacies and
every luxury in the line of edibles that
could be found in the market graced
| the tables. As reminder of early days
| in Montana a buffalo had been pur-
| chased and the juicy steaks and tender
roasts of the monarch of the plains in
| days gone by contributed a share of the
! feast. Elk and deer. fowl of every de-
| scripton and products of the salt seas
| and of the clear water of the Yellow
| stone were Their in generous abundance.
| The best of everything was none too
good for the guests at the banquet.
| and it is safe to say that no greater
enjoyment was ever had by any crowd
than was furnished Christmas day to
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