The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-11

excess of this. While they have had to,
feed considerah le, the snow has not laid
on the ground as it has in the basin
and the stock looks we'll.
An insurance and commission firm,
comprising Nat. Il. Carwile and Thos.
J. Bouton, has been formed. The gen.
tlemen are two Of u representative
business men and need no recommended
ton. Elsewhere in this paper will be
found their card. Although interested
in this enterprise Mr.. Carwile will be
found at all times at his official duties
in the capacity Of county clerk. We
wish for the new firm success.
john M. Holt. the stockgrower of
Miles City, passed through last night
to Bozeman. Mr.. Holt says that Miles
has been seriously threatened with a
food and that jewellers in the portion
east of the Northern Pacific track have
been forced to leave their homes. By
the vigorous use of dynamite in the ice
jam at the mouth of Tongue river it
was thought that danger to the main
part of the city had been averted.
This office has received from Archi-
tect G. s. Haire a colored perspective
drawing of the proposed Parmly Bill
ings Memorial Library building. which
will be placed on exhibition in the
window of the A. L. Babcock Hard
ware company so that it may be seen
BY our citizens. The drawing shows a
building. that. would be regarded as
handsome in any city, and in which
our citizens may take a just pride.
"A number Of letters were received
last week by j. D. Hicks of this city
concerning the condition Of his brother,
Albert S. Hicks, who was injured a few
weeks ago at Manila. The letters were
from the assistant surgeon. who was
attending the injured soldier, and some
comrades. Each one contained favora-
BILE and hopeful news, stating that al
though Albert had been. shot through
the lungs his condition was rapidly i'm
proving.
Police Judge Mann had two vag-
rants before him Friday, Il of whom,
James O'Neil, he fined s.. O'Neil re-
fused to pay and went to Jail, but sub
s%equently found his roll and paid his
fine. Sentence was suspended OH the
other fellow for three hours and lie uti-
liked the time in ''hitting the trail
On Monday his honor had five, two of
whom were given four days work Oh
the street. and the other thr. left town
under a suspension of sentence.
Carbon County Sentinel: P. F.
Protzman, representative of these Bill
ings firms, Linton Clothing company,
Lee Eisenberg, dry goods and millin-
cry, and the Billings Furniture COM
pany, was in town this week. He is
about to erect an 8Ox5O store building
and to build a free corral at Bridge1.
The firms named will put in large
stocks with the idea of catering to the
Wyoming basin trade and the corral
will be for their especial convenience,
though the public will be welcome
with their teams. Mr.. Protzman for a
number of years has been with the
Yegen company of Billings and is we'll
known in this country.
The Fergus County Argus of Lew
istown in a report Of the trial of James
Fisher. an accomplish of Billy Calder.
for the murder of Farquhar McRae and
John Allen, prints the pictures of the
condemned young men as well as James
Calder. In concluding it's article on
the subject the Argus says: flames
Calder, who turned states evidence,
will be kept in Jail here until after the
other cases are finally disposed of, when
he will plead guilty to a lesser charge
than murder in the first degree and
probably be sentenced to about five
years in the p~enitentia1y. Thus will
the life of one equally as guilty as
Fisher be saved and the treachery of
turning against his own brother be re-
warded."
TX grand ball was given at the
Kfmory hall Friday night by Miss
Edythe Gamble in connection with her
dancing school. About fifty couples
attended and enjoyed greatly dancing
to the inspiring strains Of the Logan
orchestra. About twenty-five couples
competed in the prize waltz, and the
judges, Messrs. G. L. Harris and E. M.
Hungerford and Mrs. I. D. O'Donnell,
awarded the pirze to Mr.. Percy Smith
and Miss Mae Toole. For the cake
walk two-step a large and handsomely
ornamented cake was awarded to the
winners, Miss Mae Toole and Nh. Roy
Evans. Fifteen couples competed in
this novel contest, which the spectators
greatly enjoyed. The judges were Hon.
C. H. Loud, I. D. O'Donnell, H. W.
Rowley. Mrs. M H. Tompkins and
Mrs. j. M. Mcintyre. The affair was
a thoroughly enjoyable one and our
dancing people will be pleased to learn
that Miss Gamble will shortly give
another.
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