Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-15
NEWS
MiSSOula. SeDtember. 13. 1899.

Missoula, September Is, 1899.
Thomas Jackson. a lad about IL years
of age, was arrested and placed in the
county Jail last evening. He was caught
IN the act of tapping the till of j. J. Hoff-
man. the Woody street butcher. Mr..
Hoffman had suspected the lad for some
time. but could not catch him in the act.
He decided. however, to set a trap for
him, which he did. He engaged a man to
watch him from a concealed position,
while Mr.. Hoffman would step out of the
shop. He did so. and was no sooner out
of sight than the boy wen right to the till
and took some of the money He was
taken before Justice of the Peace Houtch7
ems for a preliminary hearing. at which
he plead not guilty. His trial was set
for Thursday morning.
The member of the order of the East
ern Star held a very enjoyable meeting
at their hall last evenig, the occasion
beng a reception given in honor of Miss
BERTHE Slaughter. who has returned from
an extended visit to the east. The Syen-
ing was spent in games and listening to
an entertainment that had been provided
for the occasion. The meeting was
largely attended.
The following deeds were filed Witt the
county clerk and recorder today:
South Missoula Lane company to Geo.
f.. IoOhS ltlS ], q III ,, III OloCh - .
Knowles addition; consideration. 81
w. IT. Raymond and wife to A. f.
Pound, lots II and -, block II, Park adj
dition, $40.
One Of the variety actresses jumped
into the Mlssoula river last eVenlng, with
the Intention, it is supposed, of commit
ting suicide. She was seen by one of the
cooks in the Banquet restaurant, who
went down and pulled her out. 1t is
thought she did this to win over a man
with whom she is in love.
The Flints, who have been playing in
Butte and Anaconda, are entertaining
big crowds at the opera house here for
this week. Last evening they put one
of their people to sleep for % hours and
placed him in the window of the Gold
Boot Shoe store. He is attracting con-
siderable attention.
Mrs. r. w. Angevine received word this
morning from her old home in Nova
Scotia stating that her mother, Mrs.
Mcleod. was dead. Mrs. Mcleod was a
Mrs. Angevine was planning a trip to her
old home and would have left by Octo-
Der /.
The new lodge of the Pioneers Of the
Pacific was organized last evening with
q 1 VI Nv =, oi1it
chosen for the lodge was "Rocky Noun
tain Encampment." The officers will not
be chosen until the next regular meet
ing, which will occur in about two weeks.
Joseph Roseman, the man who was
found dead in a chair in the Montana
hotel, is reported to la come to the
city to be treated for pneumonia, and it
is supposed that it was this that caused
his death. He was buried this afternoon
in the Missoula Valley cemetery.
Miss Guiman, a teacher in the schools
at Potomac. was brought to the city and
taken to the Sisters hospital suffering
with a severe case Of malarial fewer.
She is resting nicely this evening-and
will soon be able to be out again. i
]. s. Kemp, grand representative Of
the grand lodge of the 1. O. @. F., left
this evening for Detroit, Mich, where he
will attend the meeting of the sovereign
'grand lodge. He will be accompanied
by Massena Billiard of Helena. ~
The ladies of the Methodist church are
preparing to give an experience social at
the church parlors ext Tuesday even
ing.
Tyler Worden and family have re-
turned from an extended visit with
friends in Salt Lake and Butte.
L. V. Wertleimer is making Missoula
one of his regular trips and is stopping
at the Florence.
Godfrey Lavelle is spending a few days
in the city and is at the Florence.
G. r. Shelledy is confined to his home
with a slight illness.