The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-10

He had as his witnesses G. Yegen. Goo
T. Lamport and James Buckley =, th;s
city and Chas. 1. Ford Of Roundun.
Little Horn Encampment M %
II. o. O. f., held it's installation ~
officers last night. Those being indnct-
ed into office we're: Chief Patriarch
=. g. Palmer ; high priest, Franz Ind,
kins; senior. warden. G. E. Witha,n.
junior warden. g. A. Dewar: scribe.
john Powers; treasurer, VIM. H. Hef-
ner.
Fred II. Foster, who has hea;,: -
Helena since the converting Of the
democratic Legislature, came home
Saturday morning and after spending
the day in looking over his corresnond.
ence, left tbst evening TO again take
upahis work Ut the state capital. He Is
said to be working for ". A. Clark for
senator.
Burton L. Sperry, formerly a dis.
patcher in Superintendent Horns
Office in Livingston and who was visit.
ing his father in this city, left satur-
day for Glendive, where a similar nosi-
ton awaited him in Superintendent
Kline's office. MI. sperry had contem-
plated a trip to California, but he
abandoned it on being rendered this
position.
The new change of time on the
railroads went into effect Sunday, No.
2 OH the Northern Pacific came in a
few minutes late, but No. / was two
hours and a half late. Since~Sunday
the trains have gotten inpsood running
order and come in on>tfme, The Bur-
lington arrives on time, as usual, now
reaching Billings at 7:1O D. M, and
leaving at 8 80 a. m.
Conductor Gus Anderson has re-
sumed his run on trains Nos. / and o.
between this city and Glendive, after a
several weeks visit to Hunters Hot
Springs, where he had been getting the
best Of an attack of rheumatism with
the help of the baths. Conductor M.
L. O'Brien, who had charge Of his run,
has returned to his freight train run
between Forsyth and this city.
The report was current in Billings
yesterday that another cave-in had &C.
CURED at the Big Horn tunnel in/which
several persons were killed andh num-
Der injured, but no one seems able to
vouch for the truthfulnesA Of the re-
port. Inquiry at the railL6ad head
quarters fails to throw any light on the
matter, the employees saying that they
have heard nothing in regard to it.
The opera house management in
forms us that the Northern Pacific has
promised to have the Black Patti Trou-
badours in Billings at 5 O'Clock sharp
next Friday evening, SO there wiz be
no delay in the presentation of TIE pro-
gramme. The show is saidD be one
of the best that has ever Visited this
city and as there has bee6 nothing at
the opera house for some time, there
will. undoubtedly be a large audience
Friday evening.
= Red Lodge Picket: Under Butte
date of Jan. 4, J. r. Hughes writes to
the Picket, making inquiry concerning
the whereabouts Of Charles Howard.
Mr.. Hughes says: "Kindly advise my
if you have heard or seen anything of
Charlie Howard. He left here with
the intention of going to Red Lodge,
but I understand he went to a place
called Leadboro. If you can locate him
kindly advise him to write me or tele-
graph at once, as it will be greatly to
his interest to do So"
The Red Lodge Picket says Tom
Salmon, who is to be executed in that
city Jan. ~, for the murder of Supt.
VIM. O'Connor, has become a firm be-
lever in the spiritualistic theory Of
ghost life. He gloats over the idea
that he'll come back to haunt those
whom he imagines are his deadly en-
He told the under sheriff the
other day that when he came back from
the other world he would make life
miserable for the editor Of the Picket
among a dozen others, and Anderson
commences to see visions from
another world.
Two Fine Lots for q Song.