The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-12

week for Helena, where she intends TO
place her two children in st. Joseph's
| Orphan home. The transportation was
| supplied by the county. She Is the vile
of the Gazette reporter, who recently
fed the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Miles of Liv-
ingston are In town. the guests OF Sen
ator and Mrs. Babcock.
L. II. Parker. who has purchased the
| dwelling of w. B. George, will, with
hts family, at once take possession. Mr..
| George has temporarily moved into
the dwelling recently fitted up by +. D.
Mccormick.
Yesterday a marriage license was Is
sued to Michael Lavelle and Julia Nc
Cormick of Billings.
Mrs. Walter Barker has returned
from visiting her mother in Butte.
Mrs. William Owens and children
have gone to visit her parents in South
Dakota for the winter.
Little Miss Oracle Mcdonald is down
| from Red Lodge visiting her grand
| parents, Judge and Mrs. Campbell
F. II. Foster had a visit this week
from his brother. DR.. Foster. of Boze-
man.
| Last Wednesday evening the rector
of St. Luke's commenced a series or
week day services. to be held every
| Wednesday night. The attendance at
|
| Lewis Babcock, who has been spend
| ing the holidays with his parents. will
return shortly to the Shattuck Military
academy at Fairbauh. MINI.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF
the Billings Opera House company.
held Tuesday evening the following
| officers were elected: w. F. Eilers,
president; Peter Peroe. vice president;
Joseph Zimmerman. secretary; Hon. A.
/ L. Babcock, treasurer. The board OF
directors for the ensuing year are w.
| F. Eiiers. Hon. A. L. Babcock,, Joseph
| Zimmerman. Peter Peroe. w. b. Ten
Eyck. E. B. Kennedy, II. Terrell and
| Charles Rack.
Mrs. Lowell, the widow of Perley r.
Lowell, the fiockmaster who was acci-
dentally shot a few months ago, this
week received a check from the New
| York Life Insurance company for $780,
000 the amount of a policy held by de-
ceased.
An entertainment was given Friday
evening by Brooks & Macy, and there
| was a large audience.
| Eli Perkins is to lecture here next
| month under the auspices of the Ep-
| worth league.
A rumor that smallpox had broken
out in the Cree camp, near town, gain
ed credence. The city council sent Drs
\ Townsend and Free down to investi-
was without foundation. At one time
| II was thought that the Crees would
be disposed of without diplomatic in
terence.
B. F. Yerkes of Bozeman was in town
on Friday on his way home from a
visit to his mother and sister at Red
Lodge.
At a meeting of the Billings school
board, held on Monday evening. ii was
resolved that a charge of SIS per term
be charged to the children of non-resi-
dents attending the schools. This step
was necessary on account of the over
crowded condition of the town schools.
County Assessor Whitney, who has
been seriously i'll, is now better and we
are glad to say in a fair way TO re-
4 cover.
The officers of Billings Star lodge, /.
o. o. F., were duly installed by w. B.
Chrysler, ID. d. G. M. on Monday
evening and after the installation a
banquet was served in the hall and the
members INDUCED in social intercourse
for a time.
c. F. Thomas paid Billings a visit
this week.
]. NJ. Ramsey has returned to town
and given up his work on his Clark's
Fork mines until spring
G. s. Robinson has gone East on a
business trip.
c. d. Camp, who has been visiting
in Illinois has returned home.
| On the family ranch on Rock creek,
on Wednesday, occurred the death of
Adam George. aged so years.
Postmaster James Onstett Of Park
City was in town on Tuesday.
Walter Lewis, editor of the Red
Lodge Picket, was in town on Monday
night and went on to St. Paul the fol-
lowing morning.
The public library question is MAX
ing progress. A meeting was held on
the subject at the Office of Judge
Campbell on Wednesday night.
Messrs. Paul Mccormick, G. T. Lam
port and i. d. O'Donnell returned from
a trip TO the Lake Basin country on
Tuesday.
c. K. Warner of the Warner DRUG
company went East last week to pur-
chase goods.
Mr.. Shearer of the Yellowstone Book
& Stationery company is laid up with
a severe attack of lagrippe.
The mild weather we have been en-
joying has been of great benefit to the
stockmen as grass on the range Is
rather short, and a heavy fall of snow
would have been disastrous. AS II Is
cattle are reported to be in good con-
dition, and able to rustic through ths
balance of the winter unless II should
prove to be more severe than usual
Sheepmen are generally provided with
plenty of hay which thus far they hav,
kept in reserve. depending only on the
range until the weather should grow
too bad.
A disgraceful dog fight took place
on Sunday afternoon and William Rob
erts and George Thurman were ar
rested ar the principal accessories
They were tried before a jury in judge
Fraser's court Friday. but none of th'
witnesses for the prosecution were abb
TO identify them. and so they were ac
quilted.
The fire department is about to in
troduce the electric alarm system
The Mavericks are very ambitious. and
want Billings to have the best sys
tenn attainable.