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Show j Titfermotitiiain news..! RUTTE, MONT. Captain John Drannigan, one of the earliest settlers in Butte, and who is well and favorably known . to tlv old-timers, met with an accident in the Colusa-Parrot mine which nearly cost him the sight of his eyes, and that he was not fatally injured is due to his j sense of smell. Captain Brannigan was at one time- j in partnership with A. V. McCune of i Salt Lake and John Caplice of this city, when they secured a contract from the Anaconda company in 1884 to furnish the company with 330,000 cords of wood at J"i per cord. It was Captain Brannigan Branni-gan also who had an option on the famous Anaconda mine when Marcus ( Daly was about to leave Butte. He asked Mr. Daly to take a look at the ( mine, and the latter thought so well of j it that he gave Captain Brannigan 1 $:..000 for his option of J25.0nrj on the I mine, and the famous property passed into the ownership of Daly, Haggin and ' Hearst. I T The party given ;:t Columbia Gardens Gar-dens by William Seallon and Miss Soal-lon Soal-lon -was as pretty a function as could be imagined. About 200 of the guests bidden attended. The spacious dancing Pavilion was elaborately decorated in the national colors, with here and me-re cozy lounging Joges. while varicolored vari-colored lights lent a beautiful aspect to the entire surroundings. The hospitable hos-pitable hosts left nothing undone to add to the complete enjoyment of their guests. Miss Seallon was assisted in receiving the guests by her sister, also Miss Brown and Mrs. Templeman. Some elegant costumes were worn by the ladies. Miss Stella O'Donneil. captain of the Parochial basket ball team. Butte, left I the city to visit her father in Dawson j City. Alaska. Miss O'Donneil will remain re-main in Alaska during the remainder j of the summer, and will not returri to j Butte, as she will attend school in ' Seattle the coming winter I j The home of Michael J. Gradv w?g ! visited St-nday by a sad accident ' which resulted In the death of Maggie' I the 3-year-old daughter, in a most Jnghtful manner. Little is known beyond be-yond the finding of the little one when I the parents returned from church in a' badly burner condition, from which she ! died later in the afternoon. Special invitations have been issued I by Butte council No. 6GC. Knights of Columbus, to attend memorial services in honor of their dead brother knights Services were held Thursday morning morn-ing A-jg. 27. at St. Patrick's church. At this service a requiem mass for the repose of the soul of John W. Cotter was celebrated. Sunday evening. .Aug. 30. memorial services will be held in Elks' hall in North Main street. Arrangements have been completed y which a number of fine musical "selections "se-lections win be included. Following H the programme in full: rThor"s-:."V- By Members Lead Kindly Light" Quartette J. V.. Thomas. II. Hobbs. S. Coup C F. Sully. I Adr!-Pc ...v orana Knight Murmuring- Zephyi's" Jensen-Niemann. Louise MrPherson !lla,;,? John H. Curtis The acant Chair" Quartette !?:.ation Co F. Kelley Nearer, My God, to Thee".. .Quartette S::::::::.r:;;;;;;;;,: MMnbera J?,. rT'! "f dead of lb knights' are William Horgan. W. F. Clarkson. M. D-. and John W. Cotter. I missoulaThont. . I Misses Louise and li-th Fi,w, Miss Nellie Sh-han of Anaconda Passed through the city en route to Hamilton, where they will spend a week at the Ravalli, and then return to Missoula for a tni weeks' visit with mends before returning to their home in the smelter city. Mrs. T. A. FilzgeraVi was called to Chicago by a telegram announcing that her husband. Dr. T. A. Fitzgerald, who left this city a few weeks ago for the lake shore city, was dangerously ill. Edward H. McCarthy and Miss Beatrice Beat-rice Brown, two of Missoula's popular young persons, were united in marriage mar-riage at the Catholic church by Reverend Rev-erend Father Palidino. After the wedding wed-ding ceremony the couple went to the home of the bride's parents, J. M. Brown and wife. or. West Phillips F'.reet where an Informal reception was held for a few invited guests. Mr. and Mis. McCarthy departed on the afternoon train for a trip to Spo-Kaiie. Spo-Kaiie. and from there across the- Coeur d Aiene lake to Coeur d'Alene citv and other northern Idaho towns. fter a weddmg trip of two weeks thev will return to this city to i-eside Roth of the com ruling parties Inve scores of rrlends in this city who join in wishing them all of the happiness to be crowded into a married life. ANACONDA, MONT. Thomas Devine and entire family left for an extended trip to Ireland and will be gone for some time. Mr. Devine will 1 see his family comfortably located among friends there and will return to Anaconda in a short time. .. A marriage license Mas issued to Patrick Krogan and Mies Delia Horan, both of this city. 4 Sister Mary Zita of Saint Ann's hospital hos-pital in this city, left for Leavenworth, Kan., where she will remain for some : time. While here she had charge of the I drug department of the hospital. - Warden Frank Conley of the Montana state penitentiary at Deer Lodge is seriously se-riously ill with pleurisy. He was stricken three days ago and has been confined to his home ever since. ' MILES CITY, MONT. Parties returning from the north side say that the cattle are being driven toward town from the Missouri brakes by the troublesome "horned" fly. as the rangers term it, whicn attacks the cat- tie early in the morning and stays with : tnem an day, causing :utm to dritt over the range and allo.ving them little time to graze. This is given as one reason that cattle are not fat, as the universal verdict of the leading cattlemen in this section is, and the market reports bear out. PHILIPSBURG, MONT. Philipsburg. Aug. 19. Rev. C. M. Aken left for South Butte, whither he has been transferred to Bishop Bron-del. Bron-del. Father Van Aken leaves a host of friends in Philipsburg and Granite. I who regret to learn of his departure. The parish lure wiil be temporarily in j charge of Father Phelan of Deer Lodge- j until another priest is appointed. BIG TIMBER, MONT. Reports from the upper Stillwater country say that numerous horses and catttle are suffering from poison from eating the loco weed. Horses are rendered ren-dered useless by this poison and have to be killed, while cattle die from its effect. IDAHO FALLS IDA. (Special Correspondence.) The increase of the congregation wa.s very apparent last Sumhiy, all the sears being occupied. To stir them up a little, lit-tle, and moie especially for the lukewarm luke-warm Catholics who are now falling into line, a discourse on eternal punishment punish-ment was given, which is rather a h-.U subject to tackle at this season of the yc'r. 4 j After mass the Ladies' Altar sociely j held a meeting in refcicm-e to their so-j so-j oial. which will take place on Sept. 11. j All expect it will be well patronized, j and with the proceeds the pastor ex-1 ex-1 pects to build a handsome beifrv. t As an offertory solo during mass Miss Mabel Coltinan sang in ner very pleasing manner "Face to Face." f Rev. E. Vfibrugge of Shoshone will j be in Idaho Falls' during the week. He j will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. Higgins. - A deplorable accident took place last week at the sugar factory. Overcome by the heat, John Walser fell from the scaffold some forty-eight feet and expired short!- afterwards. Funeral services were h I'd at the Catholic church last Saturday, and an appropriate appro-priate discourse on the necessity of being be-ing prepared was delivered. A11 the factory hands attended services. The horal part was under the direction of Miss M. Coltman. f - The St. Patrick's congregation at I Rexburg had its first outing last j Wednesday. All headed for the Butte I Crater, some twelve miles out of town, where a very pleasant time was en-! en-! joyed.. A premium was put up for th; j married ladies' race, but was vetoed I by the husbands, who had it them-I them-I selves, so B. J. La very carried off th ; j hono:s. T The mission at Rexburg closed last Thursday and was very weli attended. The non-CathcIics were pleased to hear the teachings of the Catholic church so clearly explained by the Rev. William Kiess, who lef last Saturday for home. There will be an early mass next Sunday at Idaho Falls. The late mass will be at Blackfoot. where the services will be given for the benefit of the Germans. .Mass at St. Patrick's church. Rexburg. Rex-burg. will be given by Rev. Joseph Dryer, and on the first Sunday in September Sep-tember at Market Lake. J Ov.ivg to the increase of patronage, vMessrs. Armstrong and Neal of t Ii j Brooks hotel had to rent nine extra rooms in the Wright building. This I well known house stiii keeps up its 1 reputation for. courtesy towards tn? i traveling- public-, and your correspondent, correspond-ent, from personal experience, can testify tes-tify to the many sterling ipialities of the proprietors, who ate his personal 1 friends, and are always willing to assist as-sist him in church matters. C.itholi travelers on the days of abstinence will he pure to find on the luxurious tr-.lles the inhabitants of the briny deep. M. C. Armstrong, for the time being, supervises the Bannock hotel at Poeatello. Mr. George Wiedman. our industrious carpenter, returned this week from Goshen, where he had completed the finest 'residence in the valley. Sea reel v had he returned when he was engaged to embellish the interior of the Golden Rule store. The rainfall of last week was a great boon to the farmers in the valley, and all feel happy over it. BOISE, IDA. Bishop Glorieux has gene to Portland to take part in the consecration of Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly as bishop of Baker City, which takes place tomorrow. Archbishop Christie and Bishops Bron-del Bron-del of Montana and O'Def? of Washington Washing-ton will-also be in attendance. Bishop! O'Reilly will have charge of all eastern east-ern Oregon and wiil reside in Baker I City. He is 41. years of age and has I been a resident of perLland since 1S84, and is. greatly beloved by the people. Me is a stKong advocate of total ab-' ste nence. and his efforts in Portland i 1 have been regarded by a large following follow-ing in that city. During his. pastorate -n St. Mary's he has enlisted over 1.000 little soldiers to fight under the banner of God against intsmperance. Capital-News, Capital-News, Aug. 23. FOCATELLO, IDA. Miss Martha Keenan. county superintendent superin-tendent of Custer county, was in the city on the way to Boise. Peter Kommisky a fowier resident of this city, and a--brother of Mrs. Dr. Castle, is down from Lima for a day or two visiting. Frank Doughty of the engineering department' de-partment' of the Short Line returned to the Gate City from Salt Lake, where he spent Sunday. Misses Margaret McConkay and Martha. Mar-tha. Evans returnsd from Lincoln. Neb., ! today, where they have been spending the summer, and will resume their du- i ties as teachers In the High school at the opening of the term. v laramiewyo. The Albany county and Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Fair association will hold its first annual meeting at Laramie on Sent. 2. 23 and 24. 1 The fair grounds are located one mile east of the Union Pacific rail-j rail-j road depot, the route to them passing j through Laramie's big business heart : and beautiful residence scenes. 1 Laramie, long known to fame as The Gem City," has had, with her ever-growing beautiful buildings and ornamental grounds, bestowed upon her the later and well-deserved sur-i sur-i Ulle ot "Lovely Laramie." I The city is the second in size in the state, while its possession of the magnificent mag-nificent state university makes it the center of Wyoming learning, literature i and art. Connected with the university are the agricultural and state experiment sta-agricultural sta-agricultural college and state experiment experi-ment station the energetic and suc-, suc-, cessful work of these institutions an- nually adding alike to the harvest products pro-ducts and values of the .state. By the recent absorption of the grounds and buildings of the former government penitentiary, the experiment farm now , numbers 440 acres, and furnished with j commodious and effective official and working quarters. In addition to the superb irrigation results attained by the farm, successful experiments are being chronicled in the' introduction of ;a long list of dry forage growths, j Field peas are displaying a yield of I two tons of vine growth and heavy re-! re-! turn of the pea itself. 1 The mangel wurtzel beet grows 20 tons per acre, and is developing ex-; ex-; ceptionally valuable properties, both as a beef riodttcer and hardener. Laramie has railroad rolling mills with a canaeitv of suvontv.fivp tons nf rails per day, and a present monthlv payroll of $15,000; a Union Pacific tie pickling plant with seventy employes, a $ri,000 monthly payroll and this year's turning out of 800,000 ties; a big stucco or native plaster mill, which is annually annu-ally heavily adding to its market scope and local wage distribution: a larg't and excellent brewery: and is now o ganizing a pressed brick syndicate to work clay deposits unexcelled anywhere. any-where. - The limestone quarries of Messrs. Angell &. George, in the city suburb, j are now sending 100 tons per day of I this clarifying- rock to Colorado beet sugar plants. A railroad spur is now being put in to these quarries, and, upon its early completion, the quarries will ship seven or eight cars per day, the market of the Laramie rock be.-ing be.-ing lately largely expanded by demands from Colorado smelters, j The Laramie stockyards have just been moved farther from the city and are now being increased to a capacity of 400 cars of stock with twelve loading load-ing chutes. These yards are' the largest larg-est and busiest in the state, if not in the entire west, lately handling 63.000 sheep in one day. a fact which can be appreciated when it is remembered that 30.000 sheep per day is the high water mark of the Omaha yards them-selveM. them-selveM. The Laramie yards have wide and 'well-grassed pastures attached and are now putting down a superb, series of artesian wells for stockyard and pasture watering purr.oses. The city is negotiating for a mammoth mam-moth gas, light and fu1 plant. Laramie building, now in process of construction, or actually arranged for. include the $100,000 Abbotsford . hotel, being erected by the Van Horn-Miller syndicate; the $25,000 Laramie Grocery compary block; the $100,000 federal building: a $10,000 Methodist church; the $25,000 Carnegie public library, and a $15,000 gymnasium' building for university uni-versity service, and a commodious and exhaustively equipped county hospital. New. residences are springing up constantly all over the city at costs ranging from $1,500 tp $7,000. The Iramie. Hahn's Peak & Pacific Pa-cific railroad is rapidly pushing its .'construction and has already disbursed j $15,000 in Laramie depot and yard buildings. As an earnest of the progress pro-gress and prosperity of Laramie H the I fact, that the Van Horn-Miller syndicate syndi-cate alone has in the past few years expended millions of dollars with the I city as the cash distributing point, j The Laramie railroad shops are busy 'and are to be largely Increased in capacity, ca-pacity, it being in significant connection connec-tion therewith that the Laramie shop officials and general employes are purchasing pur-chasing and improving Laramie homes. SHERIDAN. "WTO. The Moncrieffe horse ranch near this place boasts probably the only irrigation irriga-tion system in the country which is kept in repair by beavers. The reservoir reser-voir is formed by a beaver dam and no one is allowed to molest or harm th-? animals. They '' keep the dam in perfect' repair. When the tribe becomes be-comes too numerous for the reservoir, the beavers themselves compel a certain cer-tain number of their colony to emigrate emi-grate and seek a living place elsewhere. else-where. The unique reservoir draws the curiosity of visitors to the ranch, and so accustomed have the animals become to being watched that they rarely refuse to appear. CHEYENNE, WYO. Mike J. Sullivan, a Colorado & Southern South-ern conductor, wan killed at Horse creek. The freight train of which he was in charge was hacking down the Horse creek divide whn the caboose struck a cow. Sullivan and a. brake-man brake-man were standing on a flat car near the caboose when the jar came and both jumped. Sullivan fell back under un-der the wheels and was badly man-I man-I gled. The brakeman sustained a badly sprained ankle but was not otherwise injured. Sullivan's body was brought to Cheyenne. His only relative here is his aged father. |