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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
3
A private family seeks a lady for general housework. Rooms offered at 16 West Broadway near Main Street in the Mantle block. Electric lights, steam heat and free baths provided in what is described as the most central lodging house in the city.
The state and defense argued over the admissibility of testimony about Edgar Marshall's reputation. County Attorney Connolly sought withdraw of Utah officers’ remarks, while defense counsel Wines pressed to keep it. After hours of discussion, the court overruled, and the jury is to be instructed tonight. Marshall had prior petty crime and vagrancy records in Salt Lake County jail, including a 75-cent theft and a 30-day sentence. He claimed Deputy Harris challenged him to fight during transport to jail.
Court notes report new Pullman dining cars on the Short Line with early morning passengers praising service. Locals say diners run north as far as Dillon with potential extension to Butte. General Agent H O Wilson says equipment and service are top notch. John D Wilson faces a suit against Timothy Keefe and wife to recover $57 plus remaining balance on $1,780 material bill.
Judge Lindsay approved a $245,000 bond for O J McConnell as administrator of William Thompson's estate with Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland as surety. He vacated most trials scheduled today and reset Blakely vs Thomas Courtenay for 10 a m tomorrow, aiming to adjourn his department near the 15th.
Wilson, as receiver for Minnie Healy mine, petitions to punish Boston & Montana Mining for alleged contempt of a court order issued Oct 10 restraining it from working the Gambetta and Piccolo lode claims. Affidavits from John Kane and W P O'Meara assert ongoing digging within Minnie Healy ground, bypassing the restraining order.
Archibald Gray, Great Northern railroad wool expert, reports Montana’s wool output this season may top last year’s 22,000,000 pounds by several million, while prices average about 15 cents, down from last year’s peak. Rough conditions due to drought and dust lower grease content and demand. Great Falls remains the primary market with over 7,000,000 pounds shipped annually and 2,000,000 pounds currently in warehouses. about 67 carloads await shipment along with sales at Fort Benton Chinook Big Sandy Malta and other towns.
The New Dominion returns to Butte's Grand Theater with enhanced cast led by Mr Stockwell. The play runs tonight through the week including a Saturday matinee, featuring Mr Clay Clement as a cultured German gentleman rather than a dialect role.
Albert Kleinschmidt arrives from HA ena and James H O Neil from Great G BE. Wiltse visits from White Sulphur Springs. Mrs O R Burket of Pipestone Springs is in the city. W I Higgins of Deer Lodge is here. William Owsley departed for Twin Bridges last night. Arthur Judges of the State Nursery Helena visits. D Joslyn a Deer Lodge merchant visits Butte. T W Poindexter Jr state auditor arrives from Helena. D B Murray of Rocky Mountain Bell and G L Olmstead of Oregon Short Line from Pocatello arrive. Samuel Barker returns from Nevada and California trip. H L Blackstone named contracting freight agent for Butte. W D Bartlett returns from south Boulder trip with a sprained ankle after stepping on a bad foundation boulder.
The Short Line runs a special train Sunday July 15 leaving Butte at 8 30 a m and returning from Dillon at 7 20 p m Sunday July 16 to serve picnickers and fishermen. It will stop along the Big Hole river for excursionists, arriving Butte at 9 30 p m Tickets available only at listed offices prices 1 00 to Glen round trip 1 50 to Dillon round trip H O Wilson General Agent Ticket office 105 North Main Street
A fragmented ad lists boneless codfish by the pound and canned seafood including shrimp clams and salmon. It mentions bars of laundry soap and a bread flour package with several garbled prices and product names. The legible items show grocery items and apparent sale language from a historical ad page.
Short items list several business and professional notices from Butte including singers, pianos, organs, lawyers, a dentist, a tuner, and a music company. It mentions piano lessons, a bank costs ruling in a Nixon case, canaries for sale, a funeral notice for Mrs Hogan, and a baby’s funeral. Also notes boarding at a cafe, a Scotchman robbed claim dispute, sewing machine rent, an undertaker shop, and California oil field investment pitches. Ends with Grotto cafe and piano teacher Richard Trestrail at 178 Ohio street.
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