The Philipsburg mail., 1901-04-19
LOCAL BREVITIES

Every Sunday the Grandchildren
d1nner-25 cents
DIR, and Mrs. r. w. Getty will leave
Monday for an extended visit east.
L. y; Degenhart returned yesterday
from Tacoma, where he had been spend
ing the winter with his family
Mrs. r. D. McRae of Stone has been
| visiting friends IN the city for several
days,
Jasper Smith and family have moved
to the Monahan cottage at the head of
California Street.
MIS-. J.. II. Botscheider returned to
Sunrise this morning after L brief visit
with friends in the city.
q. a. Bishop, Frank Harding and Y.
u, Doody left Wednesday morning on an
overland tour to Alberta B. G.
James Hanson is BUILDING an addition
TO the residence of W. E. Moore on Cali
foGnla street.
A. Fl. Halves is expected home from
the oil fields of lower California some
time next week.
The ball given last Friday evening by
Bitter Root Circle No. 293, Women Of
Woodcraft. was we'll attended and q
highly enjoyable time was had by all.
Rev. and Mrs H. G.. Wakefield enter
tanned number of friends at cards at the
rectory last Friday evening. Delicious
|lefreshment were served.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs Charles Erick-
son, at their home on Marshal creek
Friday. April 5. 1901, an 1115-pound
son. Mother and baby are doing nicely.
T11 l>,,,,- Il
afternoon to welcome Eli Perkins to the
city. They met the train at the depot
and marched up town playing some
choicest selections along the way.
A Good Templars lodge will be organ
lied IN the city this evening by Capt. Q.
w. Dut1on who has concluded series
of lectures here The new lodge starts
out with membership of about thirty.
Capt. W. @. Dutton Of Texas, national
organizer for the United States and
Canada Of the Independent Order of
Good Templars, has been holding series
OF meetings at the M. %. church this
week with very good success. A lodge
of Good Templars will undoubtedly be
founded here during his stay.
The telephone line between this city
and Drummond was interrupted for a
short time last Monday on account of a
break in the wire near the six-mjle
! house. Someone, no dOuDt sorely in
need of telephone wire, had cut the line
and carried off about 200 yards of the
wire. A man sent out to repair the line
was obliged to return for a supply of
wire. The party who appropriated the
piece of telephone line may get into
trouble If his identity becomes known
Eli Perkins ]ectured to small house
at McDonald's last evening. Those who
went to hear him were, however, not
disappointed They were highly enter
tanned for several hours. Financially
the entertainment was not success the
management failing to make expenses
There was another attraction in the city
last evening which was no doubt respon
sible to some extent for the light attend
ance at the opera house. The mai1
cause. however, seems to have been tina
the people OF Philipsburg still remem
Der Bill Nye. Ever since the time tina
gentleman appeared here lectures fail tt
attract.
While dog fight was in progress OF
Broadway Monday evening City Mar
shal Chandler appeared on the scene ane
without asking anyone's consent pro
ceeded to separate the fighting CANNES
The owner of the cur which was evi
> IDENTIFY getting the best of the fight, no
: having made The acquaintance of ou
police officer, objected, and threatened
to Click the first man who would inter
re in the fight. He changed his mad
had CHANGED to run up against and mar
I,,Nu | 1x 1,oi,, toI J,>,
fight was not finished.
Capt. W. &. Dutton of Texas nationa
organizer for the United States ane
Canada, of the Independent Order O
5 Good Templars, last Friday evening in
| stituted lodge at Granite with fort
charter members The new order chos
g the following officers for the enslin.
term: Chief Templar, Z homas Lama
tine; Vice Templar, Miss Minnie Callow
3 Secretary. j. c. Cape; Assistant Secre
, tary, Miss Sarah Thomas; Financia
Secretary, Miss j. Hewett, Treasurer
Fred Tonkin; Marshal, George Callow
: Deputy Marshal, Miss Edith Bussey
1 Guard A. Northey; ~entinel, Georg
a Lewarne; Chaplain, Mrs. j. NJ Carlisle
Past Chief Templar Harry Kent; Lodg
y Deputy, Miss Cas- lie MCGOWAN. Tn
l lodge meets every thursday evening a
; Miners Union ball.
4 NJ. E. Doe had quite a little experienc
0 with would be burglar at his residenc
Wednesday night. 1t was about mic
night when Mr.. Doe heard someon
prowling about premises. The fello,
first tried the kitchen door and finding
{ locked c,me around to the front dool
Mr. Doe asked who was there but receive
no reply whereupon he armed himse
with club and opened the door, Fl
was promptly grabbed by the burgla
and pulled outside where scuffle ensueC
1t resulted in the burglar receiving
sound beating and he was left on th
scene in an UNCONSCIOUS condition. M
Doe came down town and called Git
Marshal Chandler who lodged the fello
in jail He was arraigned in polio
court yeste day afternoon where h
gave his name as Thomas Wilson an
!. pl AIDED gnilty to the charge of heir
Il, L..