The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-19

-You can get cigars from B cents to
81. 90 at Miss Marie sleeper's. 6s-2
Those Christmas candies will taste
doubly delicious II bought at McIn.
tyres. ga
The Racket store, next to Lose.
kamp's. ia showing a good line Of toys
and notions for Christmas. Don't over
look them. 67.4
u. r. Leohner, formerly Of this
city. IL now located at Havana, Cuba,
and The Gazette is indebted to him for
late copies Of Havana papers.
When the best costs no more than
the inferior, why not get the former?
Mclntyre's candies are the best and
cost no more than inferior goods. 4
Conductor John W. Dodds Of the
Northern Pacific passenger crew, we'll
known IN Billings, is seriously i'll at
st. Peters hospital in Helena.
The Sheridan, Gebo and Bear
Greek coal are the leaders, give the
best satisfaction and cost no more than
others. Try them. Yegen Bros.
Lulu FREEMAN Of Gebo was last
week granted a divorce from Fred Fret.
man, BY the district court in Red
Lodge, and permitted to resume her
maiden name Of Lulu Suydaln.
The directors Of the Northern Pa.
cifo railroad have declared a dividend
Of l per cent and an extra dividend
Of per cent Oh common stock, making
a total Of three per cent for the year.
All kinds Of candies in any guam.
tity at McIntyre's. Sunday schools
and all societies should remember this
III preparing for their Christmas festiv.
titles. Special prices for large or.
ders. 6T.4 q
The board of county commission.
ers of Carlo county last week decided
to award a contract on Jan. 4, 1900,
for 1900 yards Of rock rip.rap for the
| Yellowstone river bank just above the
Columbus bridge.
AT the eleventh annual session Of
the Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles Of
the Mystic Shrine, held ~ip>fielena last
Thursday night BillipgS was honored
with the electiob et<two Of its citizens
to office, viz: G6o. M. Hays and w.
l.. p. MoCaw, oriental guide and seq
ond ceremonial master, respectively.
In the case Of Pat Perry, for care
lessly leaving a fire on the public do
main, the grand jury III the United
States district court at Helena brought
in no indictment. This was the man,
charged in Red Lodge as William
Perry, who caused the disastrous fire
ut East Rosebud lake the latter part Of
August.
james Neill and his strong sup.
porting company presented "a Bach
elor's Romance at the opera house
Saturday evening, which proved to be a
pretty and touching play, very oleverly
interpreted. 1t deserved a much larger
audience, the company being one Of the
best that has aver visited this CITY.
1.-The 16.year;o!d daughter Of John
Shock Of Coulson died Friday night
from spasms. The young lady had
been subject to them for years. Friday
night she was taken with the usual
symptoms and the usual remedies failed
to relieve her. Mr.. Shock came to the
city for medical relief, but by the time
the physician arrived the young lady
was dead. XII \.
"A real live Santa Claus, in a
sleigh, driving a black horse instead of
a reindeer, and with a large pack Of
toys, made his appearance on the streets
Of Billings Saturday. His advent was
hailed with delight BY the little ones,
who are raassured that he will be here
on next Monday morning, bright and
early. It was an advertisement of
YeRen Bros. store and the idea was a
good one.
IL. Il. sohnd and T.. M. Hunger
ford returned Thursday night from a
week q. hunting in the Bull mountains.
They only succeeded in baggiDg one
deer, which was due to the .marksinan.
ship Of Mr.. Schad and it was his first
deer. He took the best onIe OF Mr..
HungerfoYd, TO see that he was brought
home safely, ms the excitement atten-
dant upon the killing was severe upon
his nerves,
An inquest Of lunaoy was held yes.
terday afternoon on John Miller, COM
monty known M "Black jack who
for several years past has worked on the
reservation for VIM. H. Cashen and
Tom Kent, Miller has been acting
queerly for n couple Of years, hut within
the past month or so his condition has
become such that he was not able to
take care of himself, Drs, Rinehart
and Armstrong, at the hearing before
County Commissioner 4, s. Linton,
pronounced Miller insane and he was
tOdnv taken IN fhe Warm SnriNgs