The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-30

Billings, but Sheriff Dunn failed to
find any clue Of him.
The produce and poultry firm of
Hogue, Robinson & Co. will, on June l.,
remove to their new building. four
doors west Of their present location.
They will add a full and fresh lire. of
groceries and their facilities will be
greatly enlarged for the handling of
produce and poultry. The firm is COM
posed Of young men, who are quite
popular on account of their fair deal
ings with their customers,
1.-THE Pay Train" presented at the
opera house Friday evening, only at
tracted a small audiepce and those who
did not attend we1yfortunate. 1t was
a rocky" aggregation. with few re-
deeming featuJ4 as far as acting was
concerned, a8though the members of
the comp96y evidently did the best
theyCSo1lA. Most of the performances
at the opera house this season, how
ever, have been m~eritorious and, in the
nature Of things, a poor company is
bound to work itself in once in a while.
WIN. Rea. the St. Paul sheepman,
came in Sunday and will spend a few
days in the city. He expects to ship
about 1000 head from Big Timber
about June l or June 5, after they are
sbeared. In conversation with The
Gazette reporter, Mr.. Rea said that
from present appearances but few sales
would be contaminated here this year,
as sheep were held too high and at the
prices paid last year feeders lost money.
He said that if any were sold they
would not bring the prices paid in
1898.
Bobby Gaylor will present for the
first time in this city at the opera house
on Wednesday. May 81, his new farce
comedy, "McSorley's Twins" Too
much praise cannot be given Mr.. Gay
Tor to his adherence to the idea Of Civ
ing a strictly first-class artistic per-
Torrance. The play of "McSorley's
Twins is not a one-man part, but re-
quires the services Of a large an6 COM
petent company to interpret it and the
many characters. AS Bobby is "home
again" in this section of the country he
will undoubtedly be greeted with a
large audience.
The recent change Of time OF the
Northern Pacific does not meet with a
little approval on the part of the Bur-
lington. On account of it, the Butte
sleeper from the Burlington, which ar
rives here at Z :02 p. M, does not leave
until 1:45 a. H., and does not reach
Butte until late in the afternoon of the
day after it's arrival in Billings. Be-
fore the change the sleeper reached
Butte early in the morning. Unless
the Northern Pacific changes so as to
remedy this evil, the amicable relations
existing between the two roads may
discontinue and cause the Burlington
to work with more zeal for it's extern
sion to Butte and on to the coast.
The Billings band has been disap-
pointed in the arrival Of their new uni
forms, which they thought would be
here in time to be worn on /khe trip to
Custer battlefield today, buf word was
received that the uniformsfcould not be
completed before June IS. The band
will commence its weakly band con-
certs in the park on Friday evening of
this week. These concerts have always
been a source of much enjoyment to
our people, who will be glad tc learn
that they are to be repeated this sum-
mer. The boys have been doing some
good practicing Of late and are now in
condition to make the air resound with
melodious music.