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' • V LOCAL LAYOUT. \Gathered by Our PepOrter Concerning Wickes and Vicinity. Bar silver, 66% e; '.73.37!; cop-, `per:$1212,'/,. Mrs. Will Dailey spent the day in Helena Wedneaday. '• Old papera forsale at this office at 25 cents per hundred.. If you want something good. try .111.ior. For sale by Dailey &Terry. lain, of the Alta. spent several 0.15 Helena during the early part ad the neck. J. W. Ilion:than made a business trip to Helena Monday, returning at 'noon the next day. A dividend of $12,000 was declared last week by the Little Nell Mining -company, Lump ga4ch. We acknowledge receipt of a piece of Niedding cake from .1sle. and Mrs., W. E. Litton. Jr., Butte. ' Mrs. H. L. Simmotrs a cif the Minah, fiat been very sick.the past week, but is on the road to recovery - A larg - e number. of Wickesites left, here Sunday on bicycles and in con- ateyances for a day's outing at Al- shambra. Alderman Geo. Freeman, of Helena, was in Wickes 'Wednesday en route to , the Cataract to inspect the Copper Bell mine.. . Jas. Mayne returned home Monday evening front Fort Ellis, where he has lbeen attending the state militia en- campment. , -John Sanford, an •734 . (1 •met around Wickes, but now of ice, spent ,ein Monday and Tuesday • 1 town renewing %old acquaintances. Mil -as Annie Norton returned home .Saturday evening from Butte, where. ahe has . been visiting friends for ' - .several weeks past. The O'Connell ranch, situated about three miles east of Wickes, has been sold to Lou Liscoe, who moved,his' family out there on Friday of last week. Mr. Elliston. who has been working in Sheridan f(Sit - some time Past, came to .Wickes Tuesday and the next day moved his family to the latter place, where he will reside in -the future. ' The Chicken season opened on last Thursday week and you now have an opportunity to secure good bags openly. Chickens are reported numerous in this vicinity. hut arc all very small. . . (leo. A. Cameron, one of the incora porators of the United States Mining company, was in town Tuesday em- ploying men to work on some of the -company's property near the Gregory. A grand ball will be given by Mr. Moses at Alharubfa tonight, and as the 'people from Alhambra -turned (jut in large numbers to attend our concert and dance we should return the coin- , pliment. Reports front Basin are to the effect that Mr. Kleinsc,htnidt. one of the principal creditors of the Katie com- pany, has consented to extend the time of payment six months, and that the alitlOok fin - rebuilding the Katie works is very bright. . • I - The concentrator . at Corbin was cloaca down two days this week to. allow Of some needed repairs to the plant, but is again running in full blast. As a result if the shut -down .the Alta was aleo closed one (lay. The report of the Elkhorn Mining -company for July contains the follow- ing: Mill worked 30 days and crushed 1,173 tons. Bullion produced, $27.642: smelting ore sold, $1,384; total product. $29.026. Total expenses, $22,48.5; esti- mated profit, *3,541 or fl ,349. A cow belongina to Jas. White had ,its leg Cut off Slin , Liv morning by No. 1 on the Great a . t : , , 1 1 r . i ,' ' I I '• - itunith of \the 11:-1 , 1, 1 I h, ...i. walked aome distance an three leg'. but waa evidently suffering such pain that it was tinallykilled by the section buss. • Just received,' a large consignment of Regal flout - . Best in the market. Dailey & Terry, Sole agents in Wickes. Harry Hittchy, our popular tonaorial 'artist, spent Sunda,- and Monday in 'Helena looking up a barber to work for him while he was spending a few days in the hills. Mr. IIinchy was out of lnck, and you can see his downcast countenance at the saint' old stand, ever ready for \nest.\ The Finkbadein clothing (mitt ar- rived in our town on Saturday last and took up their quarters in a vacant aalown on the east side of Main street. They throve a thriving basineis in the .shorldy material cattle/1, and On Tons - day morning pulled up stakes and dug am toward the setting run for pastures It 'W. It is reported around town that Enoch liodaral will erect .a fiveastanip 0101 oiVil or- , p , a - ty !named by himi at I\'- , ,nd a a Tina -ittt locate I 1:4,1 spring. hut has ben Ir , .; • • • I p - over , !r! ,, • It• thJ 5 1.1i„- \ 'wen encalaa , rad that win 1111.11re 'II, cant- pieta- .,f the mal. omens have b5 'in exhilot lately, and they are line. The : is owned jointly by Mr-Hodaun banker of Razetnau. The private studio car of F. J. Hay ncs„especial . photographer of the Northern Pacific railroad, arrived in Wickes 'Monday morning and was ladies and eoatlamen the twig ht., I sidetracked until Wednesday. While here Mr. Haynes did a 'rushing busi- ness, and those who engaged his ser- vices are much pleased with the art - tic appearance of the photos. Articles of nicarporation were filed with the sec ! 'et,ir N of the state Tuesday of the Merrill Millcit Mining The capital stock as $500,000, di v ue into 200,000 shares of the par val $2.50. The stock is all subscribed for by the incorporators. The principal office of the company will be at Hel- ena, and its operations will be carried on in Jefferson county. The collections of internal revenue in the Montana district during the year ending June 30, 1895, were: Montana, $104,850.84; Uta h , $45,490,01; Idaho, $25,- 091.58; total, $175,,432.53- Montana con- tributed more than Idaho and Utah-- four times as'norch as - the first and more , than twite aa much as the second -to the revenue of the general goverment Another case of .,the \pot calling the kettle black.\ The Cornish -man who has assumed charge of the Boulder Age proceeds to criticise •a few errors found in a new publication in Helena, but forgets to note the fact that there is a glowing \bull\ in his own publi- cation. We refer to the heading \State News,\ *here \United States News . \ would fill the bill - to perfection. For the past week everything has been at -a standstill is the social whirl, owing to the fact that every thought was centered an the one great event. Consequently \local items are few and far between. However, next week the mill will begin to grind in its accustomed manner, and if the citi- zens - will drop in ;kW\ . lift the PIONEHR know what on No. 4 will appear with .1e; calars. A part af Great : ,, a .rthern compcood at C. FL Warren, general tpanager. Patte, superintendeni , of motive power; I). McLaren. super- intendent of the branch south of Ha.vre, and W. Wentz, assistant general man- ager, were in Wickes Wednesday: They are An a general Our of inspection. m Accompanying the is an oculist to examine train, section and bridge men aa to the accuracy and keenness of their eyesight. A party of pleasure seekers who left here Sunday to spend the day at Alhambra met with an accident at the latter place which at ttne time threa- coed to terminate seriously. The party were inn a spring wagon and on the return trip two .. wheels 4.yr the con- veyamte ratooff a bridg,e, breaking the single and double trees tu pieces. The horses started to run away. but fortu- nately were stopped before further damage was done. None of the occu- pants of the wagon were injured. - While the good weather lasts it would be wise policy for our nitisens to look after the cleaning of chimney and repairing of defective 11ntes. Don't put the matter off entil you are ready to put up stoves. Then , yort will be in a hurry and give the matter but little . attention. Von cannot afford to loac by fire what a. , few hour's work will save. The fire apparatus in Wickes is very deficient, and should a house take fire from a defective flue there would be no Way of checking the flames. Give the matter your immediate attention. Sheriff G ninon has -sent to the Silver Bow commissioners a bill for $2.50 for hanging Clay Pueb. The charge is the one allowed under the old territo- rial laws, when everything the sheriff did was paid for by the fee system. Several years ago the legislature changed the system and gave the sheriff, along with other county offi- cers. a salary in compensation of all . 11, ‘ equired of hint. The ques- t I., 71 1 Siretherlhe Tinging TIT 5 man ire r, f the \services\ required of th.• she in aentisideration of Ilia aalary... The price for the hanging is considered reasonable enough, but the comtniasionera do not kiiow -whether they can pay tt or not until the in tit, attorney has had time to look the mat- ter up. .ia*. Brown, editor of the Ilaain Times, the county commissioner ''roaster.'' was a 'visitor in Wickes on Ttiewiny. Wilde in town he dropped into our sanctum to have a ( hat. and itt the course of conyersation remarked that the the Cataratt road to Basin wan. \a dead sure ehing.\ Well. if ti..• building of this ‘road will benefit t courtly to the eitent claimed. thea , we have nothing to say against the 'yroject. The people of Wickes are Wirral in their views. and (-an well ace that what is a benefittm the county will ultimately reault to their advan- tage. - tabliehed trade with the C .t. ,, .o t • adry. and if omit. .•1 ttei , , r, ,1,,, . 0 (tenuity will inn n t ieit 69 FlardWilf(!, Cf 91;10;i 4ocos. gt NS . PA) , At L,c)‘% . .-..4.5.4t tors, who will carry with them a bad impression as to the hospitality ac- corded them by the people of Wickes. The refreshments were Aintributed. and the committee having the matter in charge could have secured twice as much had they had any idea of the number who would be present. After supper the crowd adj(mrsted tnt The hall, where' they tripped the light fautantic until four o'clock. The music was. furnished by Messrs. Heiss and Freyleroand the calling donut' . by Mr. Triplett, all of whom exerted themselves to the utmost to please iha CONCERT AND DANCE .‘ 11,4i, 9 71% tiiimm nfI tm ;Wi tilm fl ovti re` m Nel t , 10 , 101 Ti ttrifi tir ifor tl I t r t gark t ° 1 474 1, (ivan In OcIJ Fellows Hall 'itieAay LYening Vi'aS 3 Great 0E- Su..cess $150 ADDED TO THE PFLILI FUND Or., The concert and dance g-iven ta 1 H. 9E---- las,a. far ;a: bo,, , la at the pa , , T..... ..a ... . a ( i. ( ). F. hall Toco..•,v evening -- a as 0:7; a wag aiticieat :Wail. Both social!, ., tit! 11 , 0 ' ally it Noi-onne of the great 0,-- , fiat the gr..ao,at. 1 - V 1 17t, of the : 1.•„‘I.olat. has taken 1,a, a o te Wickes w :.. - . I\ , \. , \ , !- - Years• Tin' !•,,' -a' Ii ill was ,•I.L: , ,-:0 ,.tv decorated a ,o, tlags and Ilk? bilInti: w , :•1,0 this in t in .1 V.v. , . heainti- 1„11,, ,, .11 . by I I I` , ,Ii , p ',II ., 1'1.1\ hall 1/, 'II 11'armed t..1 the i.c...1,,,I. A ....._ low ,..1„,,,,• was ct - , ''it'd, on a la It w,. ..-- placed IE.,. p...i.,,,...a, , anded l's ..tin.ii... ,.. h ....--. (ins !1,.vi(ii . . .... T.d.. in ... it :Ili H. i I . t iii• (1-i .,r.itionn were ...iiii, i • The wordier t; , Isin'.' ',A .'. ,:, th- ,, t.- Or— cert numbered as. .na,aded .,,,, ,;., ,ae. ererlt places in :. la .. ,, ,,.:a), , .:-ii,s,d .; follows; Minall mine Mr. ate! M... Sinn:tons, Mr. and Mrs.1,Varwick, 7.1 , -,- Scott and Mr. 1)iver. Alta Mot Sovdee and Cristetto. ('- , i - bin Mv... Wolford and Mr. and '.Q os, Mueller. 0 -- Wickes -Mesdames Hil(kbrand and Scharf, Miss Bowden, Messrs. Bollard, ! 9 \-- Clinton, Beige atol Andrews. The door S were thrown open a , s tst a :-7. o'clock, and by 8:43, the time at .... i , , I! the curtain was rung up, all the .., , , • ... , had been filled and standing , .,,. in m was at a premium. 4 . The number pres- i A i l :a - unt has been 'variously estimated :it friml 250 to 350. They cattle fr, in . the surrounding - country-- 1,unip gulch, Clancy, Alhambra, Corbin, Boulder, ••••••• es- er- Basin and event Helena being well apar- represented. The exercises Of evening, opened with an ;overture I Messrs. Ileiss and Clinton. and from this time mitil '9:30 the audience s% regaled with vocal and 'instrument... solections that di(l . great credit to the : isa•foritters. At this time 'W. P. Clin- 74:7- t took the boards, and for about 15 a, ...ides kept the entire audienco ean- y laed with laughter over his a itty songs and stories. After Mn- .11' In. ' s • / 1 C 0 t - ' VIV turn 'the concert comisted in,, 7.1 \ of 1 selections, alit! .the .1, jeoted a rare treat of \P -- eleven, when atipPer' wa, .i , a - , 1'...-.1 We should like to give the pi , , •• / 4 t1: :- full, but tinte and space forbid. Supper was served at the \\ kes hotel. Preparations had been made for about a hundred but as n'. -,-n- tr -- - twice this nuinla! , a; admittan , ../., — sCcadtatilratiPasirs WaWaWNIV,Iff•Waltalt\e'allatiN friet\ Ca.\ \IN.\ the refreshments soon gave out, and aw a sa„, ! t a lo.„4 , ,,,,aaa'oana a v a . , ..„. as a s ep a e, a 9.„,* Avs. \so „ jos ... Ns a large number had to be turned away. _ This especially to be regretted, fr. merit io crash down 1,, the fact that most of these were yisi- delving in the runts for the ale.,a We Lead, Others Follow Abu., --moo& -- \'\vir , Ld. to our stor. iii!! line of excelleni O.. , . ..I. -40 ishes - - •'•-•+++ • • • • • • • ..••• 1 nware an * ' Ez Ti • rockery .And vv are ;11 every : - thing that p(.1 - t.,!11:- to the Grocery iiip,iness. Dailey & Terry WICIK moNir. . - T - - -- -ze .... i ...,. ..,.. i; . •16., 5 -0 , - - 0 , -Iv 71 , 0 .'xi• —0, --fa -_-..•, _.... 5 ---:‘7 --. a -.... i -ea 7 —4' — —.. 1 — ZsO : A --.0/ ap _.... •F:-.‘, - -- io 1 9 - ' 7: 61 ,.. ' - 1; _.. — — if - , e 7 1 : wOtanded.' Twice since the ex have flames broken out afresh, the searchers away and still impeding the work if resene. O • the worst disaster in the history tnenver, and was caused by having nil incompetent person' in charge .of the boilers. W. D. Flowers, who returned this week from a trip to Jefferson amt. : Sil- via' Bow counties, says that withint Pc year.. there will be fruit shipped front Montana. On his trip Mr. rlow- ors saw hundreds of apple trees loaded dancers, and _that they succeeded was with fruit on the South Botilder anif shown by the many complimeats they antelope creek; and predicts that in a few years many farmers in Gallatin caanty will make a success of fruit raising. Bozeman Chronicle. If paid in advance, 'subscription to to PioNI:!1+ is S2 per annum. received. Viewed from both'a social add fulancial standpoint the affair was a great success. We are unable to obtain exact figures as regards the net receipts, but it was a handsome sum and will reach, if not ekceed, $150. The proceeds will be devoted to the main- tenance of :ieVeral Witt; wed ladies in the neighborhood. W Eltrly Monday morning the boilces in the basement of the _Gantrey hotel at Den vet' exploded, tearing down moat of the hotel and killing Inply. itrda of 25 persons. A pottiv of the -walk, are still standing, threatening. .'at any . M. BULLARD ( obee 1 Wi,d;oo I b a pit al . WI t. loCE.14. MONT. Chemist • and • Toxicologist ach9 Cory & Co WICKES, MONTANA. ( Hier for inspection CI,. complete stock of -I ;It' att. I Go to the unit ust.12,1 1A111111111l1l/WAIliii arsavaaaa...., des Drug Store YtTT'Vn rYn'\`\ TT , 7\ , TfTY , T171/171771/77 Drugs, Clienticais, Patent Medicine5 • Paints, Oils ANS, Window Glassv, Toii_41Hir ARTICLES riCACI8i jflerciiandis rfor,„n TOBACCO, COPENHAGEN sNorP. dliJ, Prescriptions - Carefully = tompoutidei
