The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-15

The week OF ton days spent AZ Detroit
we're soplate with festivities. He IL
now at Dayton, Ohio, and will 70 from,
there 10 CinoiAnati. We will start
home about Aug. 20, reaching Billings
about five days Inter.
--CeNrge l., Hahcock, Aon Of John A.
Hahcock at Minneapolis, who were In
tho city last week on their way to Red
Lodge aud thence to the National park,
met with a painful accident when about
tlfteen miles out Of Red Lodge by a
kick from u horse, which knocked eight
teeth out Of his head,
lin tho celebrated libel suit Of W.
W. heaslNy w, II, o, Kellogg Ut al,
at Bia Timber last week, counsel
argued the motion to strike out aud
demurrer 10 defendants answer, aud
the court took tho matter under advise.
ment to be decided In vacation, o, T.,
Goddard Of this city, ono Of the plain.
tins attorneys, was present.
"A new postal rule that recently
went into effect Ia that persons who
from oaEalesasneeaass ~ any other cause
take mail from the Office that belongs
to another and who fails to return the
same, are liable 10 q fine Of rive hun.
dred dollars or one years impriaoM.
ment. This applies to newspapers thus
taken from n p%ostofice, IA we'll II to
other mail matters,
--Ir. ". p. Townsend. county ooyo.
nor, has received u letter from a
brother Of Vim, Soully, who died sud.
denly In p, II. Smiths livery stable III
this city a week ago Saturday night.
The brothers. name IL II. |, Soully
OF Windsor, Ontario, and he asks DR.,
Townsend for full particulars OF the
death and the names OF friends or ae.
quaintan0Os OF the deceased,
VII, II, Croughan, q horse trader,
WIN run In Sunday night by the police
on a charge OF being drunk and diaor.
derby. He waa found In the l.. q L.,
restaurant on the south aide with his
boy, n lad about 10 years at age. Pa.
lice Judge Mann turned him loose yes.
terdNy morning, but not before he gave
the man q warming that II similar
offensa would place him In the city
quay, for thirty days.
1.-The daad body of Antonio Moretto.
an italian coal miner, who disappeared
about two weeks ago from Red Lodge,
was found last Sunday nearly stark
naked, In Rock creek, about a mile
from that city, When Lust seen no car.
ried a gold watch and no or Slb In
money In his pockets, but these articles,
together with tho missing apparel, have
not yet beer found, The Goroner's Jury
rendered u verdict To tho effect that he
came 10 his death from unknown
causes, 1.
Tho Clarke Fork Coal company at
Gebo Ia able to use all the miners II
can secure. A day and u night shift Ia
now getting out ten cars OF coal a day,
but the force Ia insufficient. The COM.
pany Ia making arrangements TO erect
from fifty to seventy.fve cottages for
rent to the miners and others. The
company Ia advertising that II meeting
will be held at which time the capital
stock will DO increased from $3.50, 900
TO $500, 900. A bright future Ia surely
dnwning for Gebo,
The business men OF Red Lodge
held a meeting a few nights since. at
which time there was formed the
nuelues Of a stock company, having for
its object the putting In Of q telephone
exchange and the construction Of q long
distance "l,ello" line connecting Red
lodge with the Biz Horn Basin country
III Wyoming. The stock company Will
DO known AZ 1.-THE Red Lodge and
Wyoming Telephone company" with a
capitalization Of $40, 900, 10 DO divided
Into 200 shares Of the par value Of $50
each.
A0rhe open season for grouse, prairie
chicken, fool len, sage hen, partridge
and pheasant begins today, and the
local nimrods NE getting their shooting
irons ready for q time. From now
until December 10 sportsmen may bang
away to their hearts content. The
rainy weather that has been so preva-
lent this year Ia said TO have intefeyed
seriously with the br0ods Of chickens,
and II Ia feared the chicken shooting
will DO very poor, The open season
for deer, antelope ana mountain goat Ia
between September ! andJan nary !.
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"FRA DIAvOLO."
The Opera tn Ne Produced IN billings
August w.
III a little loss than two weeks. the