Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
Doings in Billings.
F'fom the Gazette,)

Ben Hager returned Friday night from
a trip to St. Paul.
Miss Dora Gruwell has gone to Helena
for a few weeks visit.
Geo. TOwne of Bridger, was in the city
the latter part of last week for a couple
of days.
f. A. Stein, a jeweler of Miles City, was
in Billings last night on his way to Red
Lodge.
Congressman-elect A. ]. Campbell
passed through the city on Friday on his
way to Washington.
w. A. Taimage of Red Lodge, was in
the city last night en- route home from an
eastern trip.
II. Keiser and w. B. Hill of Crow
Agency, are looking after business mat
tiers in this city today.
Geo. Gordon, of the lumber firm of Cor
don Bros, of Livingston, was in the city
on business Saturday.
Chris Carstens, the new proprietor of
the hotel at Columbus, was in Billings
yesterday on business.
Conductor Hammond of the Burlington,
is taking a layOff this week, being some
what under the weather.
NJ. c. Morris, the new proprietor of the
Billings Times, left Saturday night on a
business trip to Helena.
M. f. Trask of Lavina, is the proud
daddy of a bouncing boy baby, born to
Mrs. Trask in this city yesterday.
Allan Farrell, Vieo Iceberg and S. G..
Reynolds rsturned this morning from a
couple of days s~ojourn at Hunters Hot
Springs.
j.. Il. Priffit, a ~well-known citizen of
livingston, has come to Billings for the
purpose of organizing a lodge of Modern
Woodmen.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congre-
gational church will meet in regular ses-
sion at the home of Mrs. j. r. Goss on
Wednesday afternoon.
Sister Theodore, the sister superior Of
St. N~inccnt's hospital, left Friday night
for Anaconda in the interests of the IN
stitutiOn in this city.
+. w. Griffin of Butte, was in the city
yesterday on business. Mr.. Griffin is
manager of the lumber department of the
Anaconda Mining company.
Hon. a. L. Paddock has been confined
to his home for a week or ten days past
with an attack of neuralgia. He is some
better today and able to be out again.
The marriage of Mr.. George l.. Ravens
and Miss Tcssie Fisch will take place at
the home Of the latter's mother, Mrs.
Eilers, in Eillings, tomorrow night.
T. =. Butler, for several years in charge
of the circulation of the Anaconda Stand
ard, was in the city yesterday, in COM
pany with II. II. McCord of Butte. The
gentlemen are agents for the South Park
addition to Butte.
Mrs. Vale received a letter yesterday
from her husband, who left Billings last
anime for the KlOndike regions. Mr..
Vale wrote that, although he could not
tell positively at that time, he was Of the
opinion that he hid struck a rich claim.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church gave an experience
social at Mrs. Stulrs yesterday afternoon
from . to 5 o'clock. The member We're
recently given 5 cents each and they told
what they did with them.
John Mccullough, the Gebo merchant,
was in town yesterday on his was east to
purchase goods. He says the Gebo coal
mine will be ready to ship ccal in about
thirty days.
Three ears of hogs came in over the
Burlington yesterday from Alliance, Neb.
billed TO Seattle. When they reached this
city thirty out of a total number of Al
were frozen to death. The cars had moi
been sufficiently protected and the