Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-05
MYSTERY IS DEEP
BILLINGS POLICE UNABLE TO To-
CATE BOLD BURGLARS.
BREAKFAST FAD IS STARTED.
Elaborate Morning Banquet Given by
the Misses Brayton-Elegant
Decorations Presented.

The police have no clue as to who the
parties are that have been entering the
houses of the city for the last few nights.
One reason of this is probably due to the
fact that the burglaries are not reported
until a few days after they have occurred.
One or two men are being watched and 1t
may lead up to their arrest.
The Misses Mary and Hattie Brayton
entertained a number of young lady friends
at a 10 O'Clock breakfast this morning. Cut
flowers of nasturtiums, sweet peas, mar
guerites, and the beautiful purple clematis
vine were used in profusion in the parlor.
In the dining room was the long table with
resting upon a mirror, around which was
entWined a wreath of white clover. Sweet
peas were also distributed throughout the
room. The entertainment provided for the
guests consisted of drawings, which each
were requested to make, representing the
title of some popular book. These were
were required to guess what books were
represented, the one guessing the most re-
ceiying a very. pretty pen drawing During
the serving of the eakfa instrumental
music was discoursed by several of the
guests. Those invited were: Misses Lii
Ian Allen He Lora Goddard, Maud Gmrn nyiaI
Thum, Lillian Linton, Harriet and Ellen
stebbins, Marion Goss, Winifred Rixon and
h h1iee th MeG boror af De The tb M'f iirsf to erh intron
duce the fad of 'breakfasts' in Billings.
The ~diphtheria patients are nicely recov-
ering and no fear is apprehended thai the
disease will become prevalent. The attend
ing physician used anti-toxine in the three
eases with good and speedy results.
The first wool sale, made Saturday and
reported yesterday as bringing - cents,
brought Is cents.
Editor M. c. Morris Of the Billings
Times, accompanied by his family, will
leave tonight for a visit to their old home
at Little Rock, Ark, and other southern
points, expecting to be absent about three
weeks.
The wool firm OF Justice Rateman & Co.
of Philadelphia is evidently after Montana
wool, as it has three representatives on
this market and one at Miles City.
The race meeting announced FOR July
will be held in this city on July Is and IA,
and purses ag%gregating $500 have been
hung up. Goo horses are expected from
abroad. The programme arranged is as
follows: ,r
First Day-Tret or pace. s-m ! class,
two in three, half-mile heats, $50. Quarter
mile dash, $50. Half-mile dash, $65. Spe-
Second Day-zTrot or pace free-for-all.
three in five, half-mile heats, $1O0. Three
dash, $s5. Special, $50. :.
Four to enter and three to start in all
races. Entrance fee, 10 per cent of purse.
Purses divided SO. IS and Is per cent. Catch
weights in all races.
Arrangements have also been made for
baseball games between clubs from Red
Lodge, Miles City and Billings.
The children of the city have had 70
contend for several weeks with Whooping
cough and now they are to have a siege of
the measles, several cases having already
put in an appearance.
w. W. Ernest of Helena. chief clerk OF
the railway mail service, is here inaugu-
rating the new service on the Rocky Fork
branch. W. S. Risk of Jamestown is in
charge of the car temporarily, but J. A.
Clifford, clerk on Nos. 1 and 2, has been
regularly appointed and will go on shortly.
Mr.. Clifford will then remove to Billings.
Ell. Give has been granted a D-day
sent up from this county in November, 1898