The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-17

Mick Klos, q former resident Of
Billings. who has been living in Rush
City, Mimi, for the past year or two,
expects to remove TO this city in June
and occupy his residence on North
Twenty-sixth street.
The home Of Frank Church. on
Bitter creek. was g%laddened or the Bird
inst. by the arrival Of a 9-pound boy
baby. All concerned are doing nicely,
while Mr.. Church is the proudest
daddy" in the land.
TO. P. Nash. shoe clerk for John d.
L.osekamp, has resigned his position. to
be effective May l. Mr.. and Mrs. Nash
will return to their former home in
Minneapolis, where MI. Nash will
conduct a store for his father.
IN. E. Hardness, manager of the
Billings Mercantile company. is expect
ed home this week from a trip to the
eastern markets, where he has been
purchasing a new and elegant line Of
dry goods for the spring and summer
trade.
This issue of The GAZETTE is pub
lished earlier than usual owing to the
fact that we have beeh using a Dor
rowed boiler for Jour steam engine
while our own islbeing repaired and the
borrowed mao1fnery must be returned
early this morning.
THE county commissioners at
their recent meeting held in this city
were %petitioned by the people of Colum-
bus to erect a Jail /. in that place. The
matter was referred to Commissioner
Amin to report on the probable cost of
building the same.
A. J. Reamer of Buffalo, Wyo..
and Mrs. Rounds of Gebo were united
in marriage last night at 2 o'clock in
the parlors Of the Congregational par
sonage by Rev. W. D. Clark. The
couple left this morning for their flu
ture home in Buffalo.
Elsewhere will be found the
change in the arrival and departure of
the Northern Pacific main line and
branch trains Out Of Billing. It may
save considerable annoyance and loss
of time for our readers to acquaint
themselves with the table.
IA new telephone company has
besn organized and incorporated for the
purpose Of building a telephone line to
Musselshell crossing through Roundup,
a distance of 10 miles. The incorpor-
ators are J. ". Newton, George Spend
diff. A. B. Moffat, Handel Bros.
Yegen Bros, and others.
"a slate containing the new time
card of arrival of trains has been placed
IN the postoffice through the courtesy
of Capt. L. F. Bacock. In ase the
trains are delayed at any time an an
nouncement is made on the slate to
that effect which is a convenience
greatly appreciated by u people.
KCounty Attorney Will M. Johnston
left this morning for Lewistown, where
he will represent the Yellowstone Ma
tional bank of this city against the
Willowdale ranch, ct AL, in u case be-
fore the district court Of Fergus coun-
ty. The case involves the foreclosure of
about Ia. 200 acres of land i'll Fergus
county. Mr.. Johnston expects to be alb
sent about a week.
Billings people will have an OPP
%portunity on next Tuesday night to
hear a fine musical programme. The
Chicago Ladies' Quartette, one Of the
best of its kind travelling. will appear
in the Congregational churoh/ 1t il
needless for us to state thYs>they will
be greeted by a large audience, as the
music-loving people will turn out en-
masse to hear them.
Lewis Morrison, who will be seer
at the opera house March 20, has re.