Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-20
E. H. Ferguson of this city was a WIS.,

E. H. Ferguson Of this city was a Wis
itor in Butte Saturday.
e. G. b. Hill returned from a trip to
Salt Lake City Saturday.
j. D. Penny, of Livingston, was in the
city Saturday on business.
G. w. 41Oughton was in town Sunday
from his home in Helena.
Press Johnston and wife were in town
Wednesday from Belgrade.
W. E. Phillips was in the city from Hell
ena the first day of the week.
White Caldwell returned Friday from
a business trip to Milwaukee.
Mrs. Lucy Moore, of Willow Creek, was
in the city last week visiting friends.
Llge Fowler came up from the Yellow
stone Sunday for a few days visit with
relatives.
% B.. Lamme, manager of the Bozeman
Mining company. spent several days in
Helena last week.
w. A. Caldwell, of Belgrade paid Boze-
man a pleasant visit the latter part of
last week.
A. A. Braten of The Cloak Store" is
in New York purchasing a new stock of
goods for spring and summer trade.
Mentor Wetstein, one of the leading
citizens of the capital of Park county.
was in the city Friday on business.
e. NJ. Knadler of Belgrade was in the
city the first Of the week.
The genial Grant Lamport of Billings,
was In Bozeman on Saturday. Grant is
now engaged in buying and shipping
horses.
F. A.: Buttery was in town the latter
part of last week from Trail Creek
where he is engaged in the mercantile
business.
Cha Brown Of this city spent part Of
last week in Billings. He was formerly
yard master in the Northern Pacific
yards at that place.
w. A. H%ornbuckle has left Bozeman to
take up his permanent abode at Menlo,
Georgia. He has been a resident of this
valley for several years.
5. M. Fireston was in the city from Liv-
lngston Thursday. Mr.. Fireston was
greatly impressed with the busy appear
ance of Bozeman's stores and was salts
fled that the merchants here We're doing
a fine business.
Rev. j. w. Bennett has been absent
from the city during the past week at
tending quarterly conferences of the
Methodist churches in Yellowstone and
Carbon counties. He is the presiding
elder of this district.
H. H. Pigott, of Helena. was in the
city the latter part of last week. Mr..
Pigott Is a brother of the associate Justice
of thesame name whose fine abilities help
to make Montana's supreme bench one
of the best in the west.
John Alexander was a passenger on the
west bound train Tuesday morning bound
for Seattle where he will remain until the
argonauts leave for the Cape Nome
country in the spring when he will join
the exodus to the land of tabled wealth.
Carl Lehrkind was a Billings visitor
Saturday.
S. M. Fitzgerald, of Livingston, came to
the city from Livingston yesterday.
Clyde Corbly returned Friday from a
trip to Ravali county and resumed his
post in the treasurer's office.
D. A. Pease departed for Salt Lake
city thef1rst of the week to enjoy a we'll
earned vacation of a couple of months.
e. E. Fowler of Mcleod, Sweet Grass
county, was in town Monday. He de-
parted Tuesday morning for Seattle
where he will outfit for a trip to the gold
fields of Cape NNome. He expects to re-
turn to Montana before he leaves for
the Cape in the spring.
Watson Boyle departed for the west
the latter part of last week and will
spend the winter on the coast. Mr.. Boyle
will be greatly missed from his usual
haunts IN Bozeman, where as mineral
lane commissioner he has resided for
the past three years.
w. H. l.. Yates of Belgrade writes
from Clifton, Tenn, that he arrived at
his former home in safety and is enjoy
ing his sojourn Immensely. He says the
southern rivers are full of floating ice
and the weather considerably colder
than the natives are accustomed to.
E. N. Carter, formerly connected with
h United States fish hatchery. near
this city, has been transferred to Chicay 90
for six months. Mr.. Carter passed n
very creditable examination recently.
and the new position is the result of his
/ grade secured before the examining
board.
I Guy w. stapleton of Butte, ex-county
attorney, and at present state senator of
Silver Bow county, was a visitor here
friday. This was Senator Stapleton's
first visit to BOzeman and HI was greatly
impressed with the business-like appear
ance of the place. Mr.. Stapleton is the
youngest member of the upper house OF
the Montana legislature and follows the
profession OF law.
Miss Blanche Reynolds entertained
several of her friends at the home OF
Mrs. l.. w. Mcpherson, on Bozemau
street, Monday evening. The young
people passed the evening in the enioy-
ment of progressive whist, which was
played with a great deal of earnestness
by all. the prize finally being awarded tc
Miss Genevieve Cook. The reward OF
merit and skill secured by Miss Cook
was a silver-mounted candlestick. Re-
! freshments of a dainty character were
served at the close of the game to the
guests, Of whom there We're about 1f
present.
The B. O.. IL. B Whist club was enter
tanned Monday evening by Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wilton at their residence or
Church street. The pleasant hours
passed at the hospitable home were con.
sumed with the game of five-point whist
Whenever the players at one table
gained the required amount of points q
little tin horn was blown and then al
progressed who were ahead in points
At n end Of the evenings play Mrs
Frank Wilton and Mr.. w. L. Hollaway
were found to have the highest scores
and were awarded the prizes. The lady's
prize was a handsome silver shoe horn
with ebony handle, while the gentleman's