The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-26
IN BILLINGS.

Billings May 25.-Prof. Charles L.
Howard of St. Louis, Mo. has been
engaged as principal of the Billings
public schools. He was formerly prin-
cipal of the schools at Helena, and dur
ing his management of them they at
tanned a high degree of perfection.
Miss Meta Sperry was also engaged
to teach the beginners. With the eX-
ception of these two positions all the
old teachers were reengaged.
The annual attendance at church of
the knights Templar will occur next
Sunday, when extra fine music will be
rendered and a sermon will be preached
by the rector of ST. Lukes, who is a
member of the order.
Next week the commissioners of yell
lowstone and Carbon counties will meet
at Billings to adjust the proportion of
the debt of this county to be assumed
by Carbon.
This week the pay cars of the yell
lowstone and Montana divisions have
been in town, and the Northern Pa
cific railroad boys have been busy put
ting in circulation their last months
pay. There is scarcely anything more
regular than the Northern Pacific pay
days, and though the number of en-
ployes is not as large as at some other
points in Montana, there is a good,
healthy pay roll here. The amount of
railroad business at this station was
never so large as ii now is, and the
amount of switching leaves the yard
men no picnic.
Horsemen are somewhat alarmed at
the appearance of glanders here. Con-
tractor Evan n. Jones of the Burling-
ton, had six horses thus afflicted, and
as soon as he discovered suspicious
symptoms he had his horses quaran-
tined on Bitter creek and sent for State
Veterinarian Bird, who pronounced the
disease glander and ordered the death
of the affected animals. This sentence
was duly carried out, after the animals
had been appraised. The horses have
been drinking at the city watering
troughs and running with other horses
all winter.
Lawn tennis will engage the atten-
ton of our young people this season.
A club has been formed, grounds nicely
laid out and the members are enjoying
this pleasant and beautiful sport.
A baseball club has been formed.
and some of the young men are taking
an ardent interest in the sport. A
match will probably be played with
club from Sheridan, Wyo., on the 30th.
The last of the series of parties given
by the Whist club was held last
Wednesday evening, when Mr.. and
Mrs Gerald Panton very pleasantly
entertained the club. On this occasion
the ladies' prize, a very handsome china
cup and saucer. was won by Mrs. Chap
pie. while her husband, DR.. Chapple,
won the very appropriate prize for a
gentleman. a silver corkscrew.
Mrs Alex Devine of Anaconda,
stopped over a day TO visit Mrs. Mathe-
son this week. Mrs. Devine came TO
Billings a bride when her husband was
one of the pioneer journalists of yell
lowstone county, and her numerous
friends here were very glad TO see her
again. She is en- route TO Charlotte
town. p +. J., where her father, Mr..
Morrison. has for 80 years held an i'm
portant official position.
Gen. Leopold Kabis. a leading demo-
cratic politician of Wyoming. paid a
brief visit 10 Billings this week, and
was warmly greeted by many old-time
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Lee returned this
week from wintering in California.