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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1899
Page
11
An advertisement touts safety and security for housing as a reliable fallback in tough times. It promotes houses for investment as a paying proposition with swaps yielding two to three percent per month, and offers lots and houses for sale across the city.
Readable ad lists assorted goods with prices including paper shell walnuts nine crop eight pounds, mixed nuts ninety nine crop per pound, naval oranges per dozen, box prices for apples and fruit boxes, Sultana raisins per pound, evaporated peaches per pound, broken petna bits for cooking, fresh eggs per dozen, Hoffmann House coffee per pound, and a 50 pound Brobeck flour deal for fifteen dollars.
Copper shares drift as tighter money conditions raise anxiety among speculators. Amalgamated and Anaconda hold firm while Parrot and Utah Con lead declines with Parrot at 40.75 and Utah Con at 34 as Mansfield and others show mixed quotes.
Conrad of Great Falls paid a visit to Neihart this week and keeps a watchful eye on the Diamond R concentrator. He says success there would likely lead to a similar quartz mill at the Copper Queen. His interest and funded plans show Neihart’s prospects for new mineral developments.
Reports from Madison County say Major Henry Elling's Pacific mine near Easton has yielded a major strike after tunneling beyond 1,000 feet. A.W. McCune plans extensive ops at Watseka mine in Mayflower district, potentially rivaling the Mayflower's gold output. Grubetake mine at Red Bluff, led by Major Henry Blingit and George T. Gerry, shows $135,000 credit and new sinking efforts. The region is expected to rise in mineral production, with up to a thousand workers likely next year.
Butie Building and Rhalty Cor, a new general contracting firm, engages in carpentering, plumbing, imagery work, and real estate handling. Andrew Trumbull serves as president, Thomas Stephens as treasurer, and M Trumbull as secretary, with offices on North Montana street. Finlen Media Drug Company hosts a souvenir opening next Thursday and Friday featuring music to soothe minds and punch to cheer spirits.
Amusements note a Lincoln stage portrayal featuring Captain Sigsbee and Admiral Dewey in a Carter production praised for merit over trashy fare. The piece dramatizes the Maine disaster with vivid, selective details and a viewer-friendly diary format. A Malabon-bridge scene and a lecture at the Grand on Thursday promise further patriotic vignettes and bravery stories of American volunteers.
A cluttered page lists dental and legal names, addresses, and local business notices. Mentions include Ur Reed dentist at 15 North Main, JG Bates tuner at Montana Muay company, and Alexander Lalst attorney at 61 Silver Bow block. Also notes about Christmas events, holiday sales, clothing, shoes, and a funeral. Weather and insect notes alongside Centennial beer promotion appear in fragmented copy.
York dispatch reports the Huntington Speyers syndicate paid about forty dollars per share for 140000 Southern Pacific shares once owned by Crocker Stanford interests. General Hubbard remains first VP and may hold as many shares as sold. Crocker departs for San Francisco and New Orleans to inspect Pacific Improvement assets amid speculation of Vanderbilt ties and broader public investment plans.
DH Green is charged with grand larceny after he allegedly stole about $200 in cash and checks from Peter McMonigal, a Winters Parsons Booner employee. McMonigal reported the theft. Green returned the checks, and police filed the charge against him. Also noted is a local disturbance with youths fined and lectured in court for curfew violations.
Jie Hall of Langlois stable narrowly escaped serious harm when a horse kicked him in the iron shed hooves. Albert Blessington of Sherman's undertakers was thrown from a buggy on Academy street, lacerating the back of his head in a sharp turn. injuries not life threatening.
KEMMBERER COAL claims no clinkers or excess ashes and a hotter fire all night, priced no higher than inferior grades. Sold by S.J. Monroe & Co. at 47 East Broadway. Phone A38.
Travel notice urges leaving Butte for Crystal Springs to enjoy pure air at a scenic retreat five miles from town. Rates listed as 0 per day and 14 per week including plunge and private baths. Stages depart Langlois at regular intervals. Nick Jahrhiss, proprietor.
The Pioneer Limited via the Milwaukee to Mil waukee Chicago line offers the only perfect train service. Other passenger trains to Chicago operate on business days with the lowest rates to all points. Baggage is checked from residences and tickets delivered.
In a Philadelphia city station court a drunkenness charge led to a comic exchange. The unknown prisoner blurted that his last sentence was nine months, prompting the magistrate to order further investigation. The event ended with the man held for more inquiry.
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