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

Billings opera house last night with
IA Galley Slave" The play was we'll
produced and the company should be
greeted by good audiences every night.
Ed. Dessman was in the city Sun
day and yesterday visiting old friends.
He is employed in a wholesale drug
house in Spokane and was en- route
home from a visit to his old stamping
ground around Buffalo and Sheridan,
Wyo.
Austin W. War;, assistant cashier
of the Bank of Fergus County, who has
been in Billings for ten days, departed
today via the stage for his home in
Lewistown. MI. War; has BETH east
for two months for the benefit of his
health.
Robert Dining disturbed the
serenity of his wife yesterday in a
manner unbecoming to a gentleman, SO
she said, and as a consequence he was
arrested and taken before Justice Fraser
to answer to the charge of disturbing
the peace.
Representative W. W. Beasley of
Big Timber, who is n of the most
widely advertised men in Montana by
reason of a &c. 900 damage suit for
libel brought by him against prominent
citizens of his home town, was in Bill
iDgs Sunday.
Mrs. Amanda Blanchard of Car
bonado was in Billings Friday Ell route
home after a visit TO relatives at Eagle,
Neb. She was accompanied by her
son, DR.. Blanchard Of the latter place,
who will visit in Montana for a time
for the benefit of his health.
Miss Martha Denham and Mr..
Frank Damsell, two of Billings accom-
plished and splendid vocalists, have
made arrangements for giving a concert
in Red Lodge on Friday night, April
81. The music loving people of Red
Lodge Will hear some grand music.
The Billings merchant who wants
to increase his business should place all
advertisement in The Gazette. It is
the best way to bring new trade. All
who have tried it will bear testimony
to this fact. One advertisement, we'll
tried, will convince anybody of this
fact.
Earl Fem, station tender OH the
tipple of the coal mine at Carbonate,
made a misstep Thursday night and
fell off the structure, striking the
ground forty feet below. His neck was
broken and he died before his partner,
who witnessed the accident, could
reach his side.
Il. W. Stanley and wife Of Butte
arrived in the city Saturday and will
remain here a few weeks in the interest
Of the Montana Music company! This
is their second visit to Billings. Mr..
Stanley is one Of the best piano sales
men travelling and a sale made by him
is always a guarantee.
20. E. Worthington, Dan Creek.
Lars Holland and Oscar Palmer, all of
Sheridan, were in Billings Sunday en-
route to Alaska, where they will work
with an engineering party, which will
be under the direction of E. Gillette of
Sheridan, to locate a route via Copper
river to the interior of Alaska.
j. M. Vale of Washington, D. c.,
is spending a few days in the city. He
will be remembered as having visited
Billings last fall, being a special agent
of the department. of the interior and
justice, looking up Indian depreciation
claims. MI. Vale is. en- route to Ma
Mia as agent for some eastern capita
lists.
e. l.. Boardman, editor Of The
Gazette, left Sunday for Helena, where
he war Joined by Mrs. Boardman, and
together they will visit in western
Montana for a few weeks. They may
decide to go east for a visit to the for
mer's parents in Columbus, Ohio,
which they have contemplated for some
time.
A meeting of base ball cranks is
called to meet in W. B. Georges Office
on Thursday night at 8 O'Clock for the
purpose of organizing a club. Every
one interested in the nationaf game is
invited to be present. DPhere is some
good talent III the N1ty' and a strong
club can no doubt be organized if the
boys will get together.
Bert Martin, the flockmaster on
Red Lodge creek, was a Billings visitor
a couple of days last week. Mr.. Mar
tin win,ered his sheep in Wyoming and
he suffered the heaviest loss Of any
woolgrower thus far heard from. but he
takes the matter philosophically. He
places his loss at 1900 head Of sheep
out of a total of 1000.
A party of our citizens made a trip
by rail last Sunday to L.. I. Hammond's
grading camp neal Huntley and en-
joyed a pleasant day kodaking the
scenery and roaming about. The ex-
cursionists were Mrs. l.. I. Hammond,
DR.. and Mrs. Selbrede, Mr.. and Mrs.
@. W. Forester. Miss Gamble, Miss