The Western news., 1902-09-17

sonally conduct that business in fu-
ture. Leave orders at Frank Bufns'
store.
Superintendent ]. E. Totman de-
sires to request through this medium
that all boys under 18 years of age re-
frain from shooting over the mill pond.
Every body else is welcome. Anybody
using rifle will be prosecuted.
Rev. J. W. Fogarty will be in Butte
next Sunday, where he goes to meet
his sister who recently returned from
England, and hence there will be no
services in St. Paul's Episcopal church
on that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cave Of Spring
Held, Mo-, arrived Friday for visit
with their daughter, Mrs. T. A. Chat
fin and family. They will go to
Plains tomorrow where they will visit
another daughter.
T. J. Phillips, now representing the
we'll known tea and coffee house of
]. A. Folger & Co., San Francisco,
was in the city. Mr.. Phillips will
ontinue to make Missou1a his home
while travelling over Montana.
Democratic primaries tomorrow
Thursday and the county convention
Saturday. The republican primaries
will be held Monday and the conven
ton Wednesday. Both conventions
will be held in Hamilton at the opera
house.
Bart Malloy died Sunday evening at
his home near Woodside. Mr.. Malloy
was an old timer in Montana, having
at one time been president of the
Miners union in Butte. Many friends
mourn his demise. The remains were
shipped to Butte Tuesday morning for
burial.
Aparty of sightsee'rs passed through
town Friday touring the Bitter Root
valley. The party consisted of Mr..
and Mrs. Knowlton of Brooklyn, N.
Y, Mrs. S. S. Plummer of Portland,
Oregon, Attorney General Donovan of
Helena, and Mr.. Frank A. Fitzpatrick
of Boston.
c. w. Mccoy, late of Kansas City,
died Tuesday morning at the home of
his brother, W. H. Mccoy, of Darby.
A cancerous tu1nor in the side was the
c ause of death. Deceased is survived
by one brother and a daughter, Mrs.
Maud Schnebly, of Kansas City. The
funeral is being held today at Darby.
George Earl, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ludeman, of Woodside,
died last Sunday of pneumonia after a
short illness, aged five and one half
months. The funeral was held yes
terday, interment being made in River
view cemetery. The sorrowing parents
have the heartfelt sympathy of many
friends.
M. J. O'Nei1 last week sold his little
home in Riverview to Rev. J. w.
Fogarty. On Sunday last Mrs. O'Neill
~-AAN AAssAS SSA PoANSu AOI HOIp,
Mich, where she goes in the hope
that her health may be benefited. Mr..
O'Neill has gone 10 Spokane where he
has secured lucrative position with
big saw milling outfit.
Messrs. Auer & Burke have bought
out A. F. Rich's blacksmith shop on
Second street, having taken possession
last week These gentlemen, the one
a first-class horseshoer and the other
an all around wagon maker, machinist
and general blacksmith, need no intro
ductlon in this community and will no
doubt receive fair share of the public
p patronage.
The public schools of Hamilton
opened Monday with an enrolment of
355, a big increase over last year.
The teachers have been assigned as
follows by Superintendent Miss White:
High school, Miss Matthias; Eighth
grade, Miss Chester; Sixth and Sew
euth. Miss Mahar; Fifth, Miss Adams;
Fourth, Mss Simpson; Third, Miss
Lecaff; First and Second, Misses Owen
and Cardiff.
A high wind Monday night has
pretty effectually disslpated the smoke
and haze that had almost obscured
and caused the sun to appear of
purple hue. This smoke is believed
to have come from the big forest fires
in Washington and Oregon. Old
timers recall that about dozen years
ago the Bitter Root valley was bnried
in smoke from July 1st until the mid.
die of September and which almost
completely destroyed vegetation that
year.
w. B. Russell has succeeded J. p.
Mcbride as station agent for the North
ern Pacific at Hamilton, Mr.. Mcbride