The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-05

Buy Sheridan coal Of 7. f. Holly.
who will fill all orders left with the
Mccormick Mercantile Go. 64.2
- When you pay your money you ex.
pect the best in the market for it. The
groceries sold by Ben W. Toole are the
best. .63-tf
"A meeting of the clerks OF Bill
inRs is called tor tomorrow evening at
$3.50, at A. M. Peters tailor shop, for
the purpose of organizing a Clerks
union.
-~Yardmaster Charley e. Rector OF
the Northern Pacific toQs<a vacation
yesterday aud stayed at>fome to enter.
tain a bouncing baby boy, which arriv-
cd Sunday.
DIR. Prickett, the osteopatby doctor,
has rented one-half Ut the new double
brick house of W. Fl. Mccormick, and
will shortly remove his family to this
city from Helena.
Billings citizens have been revel-
ing in splendid fall and winter weather,
but the breezes the past few days i'm
press one with a feeling Of GOODNESS.
Dick Hicks, who was appointed
deputy sheriff of Carbon county with
headquarters at Bridger, has resigned
his position. It is said that no ap.
pointment will be made, for the pres
ent at least. to fill the vacancy.
-Tubbs, Ward & Co., the library
contractors, have 81 ected<a frame build
ing on the ground rs a protection to
their stone cutlerIduring bad weather.
The work Oh Ithe building is progress
ing nicely and nothing but extremely
cold weather will cause any setback.
DR.. Selbrede gave a dinner party
Sunday afternoon to Messrs. Jack Sea-
man, Will Rixon, Chas. Chapple, Fred
RixoD, Lee Mains and j. McGregor.
The young men greatly enjoyed them.
selves aud especially at the feast OF
good things with which Mrs. Selbrede
is noted for serving.
Work was commenced today laying
the brick on the new Yegen Bros build
ing, which has been lessed to the gov.
eminent for FIVE yeaps az a postofficc
building. Mayor Negen returned yes.
terday from AM eastern trip and in re.
ply to The Gazette reporters query II
lie had the postoffice in his pocket. said
"yes, I have it here"
j. T. Sanford, who has been hold.
ing down the chair Of city editor Oh
The Times, resigned his position last
week and returned to his home in
Laurel. Mr.. Sanford showed consider
albe newspaper ability and the elements
which make al agreeable and friendly
reporter and his departure from our
midst will be regretted.
The county commissioners met in
regular session yesterday, but trans
acted no business, adjourning to this
morning Oh account Of the absence Of
Mr.. Amin, who was unavoidably de.
tanned and did not reach Billings until
last evening. Mr.. Linton, the new
member, was selected chairman Of the
board this morning and the regular
routine Of business is being transacted.
Those who are acquainted with
Lincoln j. Carter's methods in staging
other plays will await with interest his
production of Remember the Maine"
and it is hoped that this new piece will
prove erroneous the adage that ''com-
PARSONS are odious.' Surely Mr.. Oar.
ter has a chance to add new laurels to
his fame as all artist, author and direo-
tor. The play will be produced here
next Thursday evening.
Red Lodge desires to organize a
lodge Of Elks. and W. A. Talnlage and
Thos. r. Pollard came down from that
city Friday night to present the matter
before the Billings order, as it comes
under the %latter's Jurisdiction, being
in it's territory, They represented that
they had more than the required mum.
Der of signatures to get q charter. The
matter has to be taken up by the grand
lodge first and then referred back to
this lodge for final action.
The report comes from Big Timber
that a number Of business men Of that
place are organizing into a sort Of a
corporation. A deal is being consum.
mated whereby the hardware firm of
Busha q Bailey, the lumber yard Of
CLARK brothers, the Pioneer Milling
company, the electric light plant Of E.
o. Clark and the real estate business Of
j. A. Hall are to be united under one
management, with the addition of a
grocery and furniture stock.
"A farce comedy Of more than usual
merit will be seen at the opera house
Saturday evening Dec. 9th. when +" AT
Gay Coney Island 90. will appear.
This is II Of the cleanest, yet breeziest
farce comedies Oh the road, and will
leave with the audience a desire for
more. To miss this will be u mistake.
and it is safe to predict that "A good
house will testify to peoples discrimi.