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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
8
A pest house program issues fresh clothing to convalescents to prevent spreading smallpox as they gain liberty. Applicants specify style and size, with unusual requests such as derby hats and perfume-scented handkerchiefs. One entry details John Anderson’s tall frame and adjustments for a long coat and pants.
The county attorney was asked to rule on a location notice filed for the Revelation and Justice quartz claim. The document dated 12 a m January 1 caused confusion over the time of location with 12 m noon. The recorder and Webster weighed in but no clear solution emerged. The notice was transcribed despite being out of plumb.
The Associated Charities elected officers for the coming year at a meeting yesterday. Mrs J M White and Mrs John Noyes Sr declined re election after two years of service. Mrs Leys Christie was elected first vice president by acclamation. Other officers named include Mrs J S Hammond second vice president Mrs Lyman A Sisley secretary Mrs W W Cheely treasurer and trustees Mrs A S Leys Christie and Mrs Ruth Burton.
Judge Clancy ordered the sheriff to sell all personal property of Samuel Nixon to satisfy Hammond Packing Co against Nixon and Silver City Mercantile. Goods valued at about 2600 dollars. Nixon rumored to have left the state. Another suit was begun against Sheriff Regan last night in connection.
Hartman Co sues on promissory account alleging sale of Nizon Ave barriers rye whisky ten dozen Herald rye whisky and two dozen bottles imported brandy valued at 750 still unpaid The firm seeks 100 and 400 damages and judgment.
Professor John Stuart Blackle lauded Sydney Grundy’s Sowing the Wind as a moral sermon and urged church leaders to support theater. The Grand presents the play all four nights starting Sunday with a Wednesday matinee, featuring what is described as one of the era’s finest acting companies.
Hinsdale reports completion of stockyards and an 800 foot industrial track with a 24 by 48 foot depot under construction. Sheep shipments to begin in about ten days, with J B Long shipping from Fort Benton on the 15th. W M Cockrill appoints G N Burdick and George E Wilse to county committees as replacements for deceased members. Stockmen in Teton fear feed conditions after last October snowstorm and early shortage, though fruit trees in the valley winter well per inspector W B Harlan who notes trees that endured last winter prove their value and that other varieties may thrive here.
Local report from Livingston Montana dated January 9 1900 details the death of Edward Meggs son while hunting near his father's ranch at Hunter Hot Springs. The 14-year-old boy reportedly tried to climb a fence and was accidentally shot in the groin, likely enduring exposure before death. The piece also notes multiple local deaths from pneumonia at Jardine and various personnel moves in the Northern Pacific division, along with social notices and a war draft inquiry from the British government seeking Montana horses and related veterinary updates.
Dan J. Smith of Smith and McLaughlin will wed Nora Hanlon, a Hunters Hot Springs resident, next Friday the eighth in Bismarck. Frank Whitney arrived from Mercur Utah after learning his wife is seriously ill and visiting her parents here. Mrs. Whitney is convalescent. Friends note attorney A R Stark has abandoned plans to relocate.
A youth from Shields river valley, identified as Testia, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Henry to the reform school after a case of burglarism. The defendant, connected to the Butte area, was noted as staying in Livingston. The proceeding concluded the long short time for the offense.
An old newspaper style advertorial claims dandruff is caused by a germ burrowing to the hair root. Scalp scouring only cleans scales, but true cure comes from Newbro's Herpicide which supposedly destroys the dandruff germ at the root to stop hair loss and baldness.
A notice announces a meeting for visiting brothers in the city called for 8:30 p.m. No initiation is planned. Secretary Gosman signs as the organizer.
A runaway bronco escaped rider John Cahill in Upper Eighth Avenue then leaped over a man on a bicycle, narrowly missing his skull by hair. The animal dashed across streets to Amsterdam Avenue before being captured by Bicycle Patrolmen Walsh and Cahill and taken to West 125th Street station. John Boyd later claimed the pony but offered no escape details.
New York patriotic group seeks option to buy and move Nathan Hale schoolhouse from New London. Connecticut Sons of the Revolution organize to save the building, planning to keep it in Connecticut and restore it in a Revolutionary burying ground. Jonathan Trumbull holds a six month option and fundraising is under way.
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