The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-01

The Big Timber races commenced
yesterday and will continue over to
morrow.
.lzDr. solbrede has resumed his den
tibtry practice after a ten days outine
in and around livingston.
Tile open season for wild geese
and duck, deer and antelope. began to
day and win continue until January
1, 1900.
The Woman's club will hold G
regular meeting next Monday evening
at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. j. J.
Mccormick.
w. Fl. Ross and family have re-.
moved into the city from the Riverside
dairy rancb.a taken possession Of the
Lynch house in South Billings.
The ladies of the Congregational
church have been treating their church
to a general house cleaning this week,
believing that cleanliness is a kin to
Goodness.
The Northern Pacific il having
some exceptionally heavy east.bound
passenger trains, occasioned by the
park and western tourists returning
home. The National park season closes
Sept. Is.
Iames Lavelle of Columbus fell in
an epileptio fit this morning while hav.
ing q tooth extracted in DR.. Aliens
Office. The mans life was despaired
Of for a time. but at this writing he il
much better.
T. M. Lawrence Of Huron, Ark. F.,
a brother Of Mrs. J. l.. Harrington, has
arrived in Billings to make this city
his future home. He is a carpenter by
trade and has accepted a position with
R. R. Grove.
There will be a messffg Of the
board Ut trustees of xtse County Free
High School inhbe/ County superinten-
dents Office in billings next Thursday,
Sept. Z, at 10 o'clock a. IN. for the pur.
nose Of organizing.
HPbil and John Reece went down
to- their grading camp this morning
with a gang of laborers. The gentle.
men have a contract with the Northern
Pacific for widening the roadbed and
are working in the vicinity Of Miles
City.
Ben Hager, manager Of the Mon.
taDa Sandstone quarry at Columbus.
brought II Of the quarrymen to Bill.
iugs Monday night, the man having
been injured by a falling rock. The
patient is receiving the best of care at
St. Vincent's hospital.
The Chicago Times.H Herald Of
Aug. ~, contained a full page account.
together with illustrations, concerning
the treaty made at, Grow Agency recent.
ly with the Grow Indians. The article
is from the zen Of Fred f. Miller, Que
of the clerks at the agency.
HJohu Beck, receiving clerk for the
A?L. Babcock Hardware company in
this city, has accepted a position rs
assistant manager III the hardware
store Of W. A. TalmaPe at Red Lodge,
and will depart for that place tomor.
row accompanied by his family.
We. B. Carter and Leo CAREER ex.
pe6t to take their departure today for
the Musselshell country, where they
will have charge If the Jos. thinner.
man band OF sheep this winter, having
leased the same. Visions of wealth are
now staring the gentlemen in the face.
Twelve cars Of Washington range
horses, owned by l.. &. Powell, q
brother Of Finly Powell, who lost 800
head. in this city four weeks ago by
scour, arrived here Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning about. q dozen
head died from apparently the same
disease. The horses were shipped out
that day for Omaha.
The new Mccormick Mercantile
company succeeded the Paul McCorm.
lex company this morning, with W.. H.
Mccormick in charge as manager.
Some improvements are being made to
the interior Of the store, which, will af.
ford more room and be more conven-
lent. Elsewhere in The Gazette will
be found the oompany's advertisement.
The Miles City baseball fans are
not such bad people after all. Col.
Sam Gordon and Fred Kriedler wired
congratulations to the Billings club on
Of the news Of the victory over
Helena last Saturday, stating that their
hearts were right" Steward Tschudy
III the lam happy vein, stating
that, while "the alkali flatters and
pumpkin rollers fought each other,
were one against a common foe.
1t may bA said that an evening ut
The theater be no more enjoyably
spent than in listening to the singing
If trained artists, laughing AT the
wondering at the ability of
The acrobats, delighted with the poetry
motion. as shown by the dances.
All these features may be found in
newest version of his extrava.
,anza, Vanity Fair" made up solely
or amusement. 1t will be seen at the
mara hOnsp WadNas1nv Sant q /.