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


and Deputy District Clerk Paul Davies.
That night the couple left for the East,
it is presumed. Before leaving Major
| Edwards, by some means or other, shut
| tight the mouths of the witnesses,
county officials, judge and every one
else implicated. Mrs. Edwards former
/ ly practiced medicine in Helena and
later in Bloomington, Ill.,, and is very
handsome blonde. Mr.. Edwards is well
| known throughout the state as the
/ mayor of Helena.
| Mrs. Mclean entertained a number of
the members of the Presbyterian Sun
| day school at the nlanse on Grand ave-
| nue. last Friday evening. The games
were OF a very unique character and
suitable for valentine season. A large
| heart was placed upon the wall and
| around it were numerous little hearts,
| each one having a different meaning in
the fortune telling game of the even
! ing. The guests were armed with bows
and arrows and shot at the hearts, and
| If they were lucky enough to hit
heart Miss Brewer told the future des-
| tiny of the marksman. The game was
| played very enthusiastically most of
the evening, with varied success, by
the guests The first game of the even
| ing, however. was "a peanut carrying
| contest. Each guest was armed with
knife and told to carry all the peanuts
| they could across the room without
spilling them, the one carrying the
! most being the winner. Other games
were played and most pleasant even
| ing was spent. Refreshments in the
shape of sandwiches cut like hearts,
| pickles, chocolate and the like were
| served during the evening.
| The Young Married Peoples Whist
| club took drive out into the country
about four miles last Thursday evening
to the ranch of Ed Mards. Going out
it was very fine, but they encountered
a blizzard on the return trip and nearly
froze to death, but fortunately they all
survived the trip. The fad Of the sea-
son, progressive whist, was the order
of the evening. The first prize was
won by Fred Williams, fancy calen-
dar. and the BOBBY prize was carried
away by Mrs. Charles Ruffner, it being
china soap dish. Before the club re-
turned home warm refreshments were
served to the following: Mr. and Mrs.
| Hickman, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Ruffner,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Martin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruffner,
| Mrs. Keown and Mr.. Williams.
Miss Effie Holliver was treated to a
| surprise party last Saturday evening by
a number of her young friends. The
evening was pleasantly passed with
| games of different characters, ending
| with refreshments of a delicious char
acter being served to the young people,
of whom there was large gathering.
| The Ladies' Social, Domestic and Lit
| erary society entertained the State
| Housekeepers society last Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. James
on Church street. The event was a
great success in every way, there being
| about SO ladies present at the gathering.
A very enjoyable programme was rem
| dered by several members of the socie-
ty as follows: Recitation, Mrs. Hill;
paper, Home Housekeeping" Mrs.
Clark; recitation, Mrs. Baker; guitar
solo. Mrs. Weber. The guests of the
afternoon were each presented with a
souvenir in the shape of card with
the name of the society, date of the
| meeting and quotation inscribed upon
it. During the course of the afternoon
delicious refreshments, consisting of
| sandwiches, pickles, olives, ice cream
and cake and coffee, were handed
around to the company. The l.. S. D.
society had made a special effort to
please their sister society, the State
marks of the latter organization their
efforts were attended with success.
Miss Ola Ruffner gave large party
to number of her friends last Monday
evening in honor of ST. Valentine. The
guests We're conveyed to the ranch by
two four horse sleghs and the fun on
the trip to Rosedale was immense. The
appropriate game of hearts was the
| amusement of the evening. The score
cards We're cut into different shapes.
some resembling hearts and the others
were mittens with broken hearts. Five
people sat at table, and at the close
| of the evening four people contested
their right to the first prize, Lester
Robinson and Annabel Flowers finally
| won. the former getting calendar and
the latter handkerchief box The
BOBBY prize was won by Miss Helen
Langhorn and was magnificent tin
heart. Elegant refreshments were
served towards the close of the evening
to the guests before their drive home to
town. The event was most enjoyable
| one and will be remembered for some
time to come.
1t fell to the lot of Miss Alice Lewis
to entertain the Utopia Whist club last
Friday evening, and most enjoyable
| evening was spent by the members at
the vicarage on Olive street. The usual
game of progressive whist interested
| the guests for several hours, ending
finally in the prizes being carried off
by Miss Cantwell and George Cox, the
lady's prize being a silver sash buckle
and the gentleman's a handsome silver
drinking cup. After the prizes had
| been awarded very nice repast was
served to the members of the club and
| guests after which a short musical
programme was enjoyed for short
time.
The Uniform Rank K. of P. gave one
of their unusually pleasant dances on
| Tuesday evening of this week in the
| Armory hall. The room was filled with
dancers and the fun was kept UP for
several hours, the music being of the
| best kind and was furnished by the
Peck orchestra, Mr.. Peck coming over
| from Pony for the occasion.
The knights of the Maccabees gave
a dance last Friday evening in the Ar
mory hail. Owing to the inclement
weather the event was not success
financially, but those who did go had
an excellent evenings fun.
On Friday afternoon of last week
| Mrs. Sanford Ruffner, Mrs. McPher-
son and Miss Ruffner gave an after
noon whist party at the home of Mrs.
Mcpherson on Bozeman street About
26 ladies enjoyed this popular game,
the prizes being carried off by Mrs Ed
Lamme and Mrs. Soper respectively.
the first prize being pretty silver ink
well and the second prize handsome