The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-23

to be used in the erection of the Bill.
ings brewery. It will be about ten
days before the brick are ready to be
used.
Invitations have been issued an
bouncing the marriage of Fred H.
Hathho1n and Miss Lillian Reynolds.
which will take place next Wednesday
evening, June rs, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. Bair.
WIN. Mount, who was sent up from
this county Oct. 7, 1896, for three and
one-half years for manslauRhter, has
been granted a thirty days diminution
of sentence by the governor. Mount
stabbed Frank Stumpff at junction.
E. Eckerd, who had his trial be-
fore Justice Fraser on Tuesday after
o O being charged with petit larceny
of 500. so III money aud a watch from
j. M. Kapple, was given twenty-five
days III the county Jail and fined 1915.
He will lie in the county bastile about
forty-tive days.
Owing to the increased number of
patients it has been found necessary to
change the arrangements pertaining to
visitors to the hospital and Sister
Superior Antoinette requests The Ga
zette to that hereafter there
will be but two visiting days, Wednes-
day and Sunday of each week from 2 to
5 p. ~.
1.-The night bartender at the Gand
hotel, while coming around the corner
at the First National bank yesterday
morning Oh a bicycle, collided with a
wagon hauling stone. The mix-up was
a general one, man and bicycle going
under the horses and miraculously
escaped being kicked by the animals
and run over by the wagon.
Owing to increasing business and
the immense stock carried, the Billings
Furniture & Carpet company has been
compelled to secure more room and has
just let the contract to s. B. Sawyer,
Jr., for the erection of a brick extern
sion Of 25x50 feet at the rear Of their
already large building. Work will be
commenced at once, the extension to be
completed in about thirty days.
H<The new ball suits for the Billings
club have arrived and are daisies. The
color is black, with red trimmings.
The inscription Oh the front of the
shifts is Billings B. B. c. while on
the back is the name and business of
each donor. The stockings are a bright
red, the effect being pretty throughout
the entire uniform. They will be worn
for the first time this afternoon.
ALI building trades, consisting Of
mechanics, carpenters, painters,
masons, bricklayers, fathers, electri-
clans, plumbers and timers, are cordial
ly invited to attend a meeting to be
held tomorrow evening at the court
house at 8 p. H., to make arrangements
to take part in the Fourth of July
parade. Arrangements will also be
made at the said meeting to form a
Trades union for the protection of all
skilled mechanics in building lines
against incompetent workmen. A large
attendance is earnestly desired.
The state arid land commission
has received word that O. G. Finkeln-
burg, in charge of the survey for the
Bridger canal in Carbon county, has
completed his work and thax work will
be commenced next week6n the canal
itself. There are aAseaN about thirty
prospective settlers on the lands, and
now that work can be commenced on
the canalA others will proceed there i'm
mediatalyA Most of the settlers on the
land are Montana men, although among
the number are a few from Minnesota.
From the number of inquiries received
of late by the arid land commission, a