Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-05
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Dan e. Allen. Representative Inter
Mountain. Branch Office. p. Q. News
Stand.
THE HOUSE WIVES
FURNISH CITIZENS OF BOHEMIAN
WITH DELIGHTFUL ENTER
TAINMENT.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS HEAVY
Montana Society of Natural Science
Listens to Two illustrated
Lectures.
AND OFFICE BUSINESS HEAVY
Bozeman, May 2, 1900.

Bozeman, May 2, 1900.
Yesterday evening the State House
keepers society closed the proceedings
of that body for the season by a banquet
and entertainment at Gymnasium hall.
Over 100 persons were present at the de-
lightful event and listened to the pro-
ramm of music and literary and +
matte selections with which the audience
was RECALLED before the substantial part
of the evenings fare was produced. Inc
programme of the evening began with
a sketch entitled "The New
, participated in by a number of ladies and
gentlemen who displayed undoubted his
! trionic talent. Mrs. Award took the
title role, and the characters OF CLUB
! women were impersonated by Mesdames
| Safely and Cockerell. Mrs. Vantassel
and Mrs. Benepe also took part IN the
| play. Nate S~trasburger took the part of
! Ching Lee, whose presence in the play
was designed to produce amusement to
his auditors. AT the close of the per-
Torrance, in which all the participants
distinguished themselves. luncheon was
served, and the assembled guests did
ample justice to the tempting array.
Professor Emery responded to the toast,
THE Way to a Mans Heart and Mrs.
Thomas Lewis spoke on "Reminiscences
of the Society,"" DIR. T~raphagen dis
cussed the Chemistry of the Kitchen"
and other speakers dilated upon kindred
topics. The society is one of the sterling
societies of Bozeman. and it's regular
meetings and annual gatherings are al
ways full of interest and always sue
cessful.
Yesterday Mrs. oliver Scow Of Man
haitian was buried at that town. the
funeral services being performed by
Rev. Lewis of this city. The lady was
"a years of age at the time of her death.
and was one of the best known and most
highly esteemed ladies in the valley.
She was the mother of three children
and had a wide circle of friends and &C.
quaintances, who mourn her loss with
sadness unaffected and sincere. Before
her marriage her name was Carrie Perks
and she lived with her parents in Butte.
She was the first white child born in the
now famous mining metropolis. ~
The past month at the land office
was one of the heaviest in the history
of that government institution in this
city,. In all 113 entries were filed on
homesteads, besides the mineral LAND
and desert land entries. Additional,
help has been put to work on the records
to keep up with the volume of busi.
ness.
The Montana Society Of Natural Sci
ence met In the parlors of the Bozeman
hotel on Thursday evening. The mem.
bers listened to two excellent addresses
one by Professor Shaw on the Honey
Bee" and one by Professor Cobleigh or
Photography" Both addresses were
illustrated with stereopticon views, some
of the slides being very rare and valua
BILE. The society will hold it's last meet.
u ing during The nraSpnt month and thar
adjourn through the summer season
The membership of the society has in.
creased remarkably during the past sea.
son and the new members have found
much fruit in the researches they have
made with the splendidly trained mer
and women who make up the member
ship of the organization.
M. r. Kennedy was in the city las
evening from Manhattan. He is thu
manager of the paper mill at Manhattan
and reports that the mill will soon b.
running. Twenty cars of chemicals have
been brought out from the east and sew.
eral cars of rags are now on the ground
to be mixed with the tons of straw tina
will be ready for the mill in a few days
1t is the intention Of the manager of thu
mill to have an opening attended Will
some formality when the wheels of tn,
first paper mill of Montana are set run
ming.
NJ. D. Daniels of Livingston was il
the city yesterday. Although he hat
lived for a long time in the city over tn,
range, this vas the first time he hat
ever been in the city of Bozeman, AM
! his impressions were all very gratifyin;
\ to the people who are proud of the town
! Lewis Long has been granted a pen
! sion by the government for partial dis
! ability while in the service of his coun
) try. He is a resident of Three Fork
! and was with an Illinois regiment in tn
civil war.
At the Christian church Sunday com
munion services will be held and a col
lection taken up for the Home Mission
airy society. All members are special
requested to attend.
DR.. G.. L. Hogan and H. D. Peasna,
have returned from Fort Benton. wher
they We're subpOenaed as witnesses 70
the state in the trial of James Eli Fishe
for murder.
the city yesterday from his home nea
the capital of Sweet Grass q unity.
William ark of Manhas an wa
among the visitors to Bozema yeste1
day.
: STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.