The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-08
Next Door to Court House.


EARLY closing signs for sale at this
Office for % cents a piece.
Feed and hay are handled by Ben.
w. Toole. Give him your order. 63tf
Look over the line Of carvers be-
fore the assortment is broken, at Bah
cocks.
Sheridan coal for sale by Yegen
Bros. There is no better OH the
market.
-Yegen Bros. are handling Sheridan
and Gebo coal. Let them fill your Or
ders. \
-Wanted-A good girl to do house,
work. Inquire at Mrs. Jas. ], MoCor-
mick's. 88.tf
OF course "UNEDA" a set of oarv-
ers. Babcock's have the finest display
ever shown in the city.
Don't overlook M. b. Rademaker's
stock when you are out looking for
Christmas toys and games. 64.tf
We have received a sufficient sup
ply of Rocky Fork coal to fill orders in
any quantity. Donovan & Spear.
When making out a list of your
groceries, just phone us or call and let
us fill the order. Hogue, Robinson &
90. 1t
According to the annual report of
the state treasurer, he deposited $4O,.
900 Of state money in the First Nation
al bank of Billings the past year.
The comptroller of the currency
has issued a call on national banks for
a statement Of their condition at the
close of business Saturday, Dec. 2.
The Northern Pacific has posted
signs on its depot platforms prohibiting
the riding Of bicycles on the same and
also the lettering of children thereon.
The county treasurer of Yellow
stone county has forwarded to the state
treasurer the sum of $40. O82. rs, as the
states portion of taxes collected here
this year.
AT a sale of $43, 900 of Carbon
county five-per.cent, ten-year bonds.
held at Red Lodge Tuesday, the award
was made to the Union Bank & Trust
company, of Helena, at a premium of
81, 935.
The production Of Remember the
Msine' at the opera house last night
was attended by a fair sized audience.
The scenic productions in the play were
very realistic and the acting as a whole
was good.
Prof. Fl. M. Brayton of this city
was granted Al license to instruct at
county teachers' institutes by the state
board Of education this week. Princi-
pal Brayton has spent many years in
this branch of school work in eastern
states with splendid success.
The meeting Of clerks of Billings
called for Wednesday night for the pur-
pose Of organizing a union, did not ma
terialize, owing to only a few being
present. President u. Mcdonald of
the Western Labor union, who is in the
city, has empowered A. M. Peters to
organize the union whenever the clerks
wish to come together.
-Governor Smith has granted a
diminution Of the sentence to Sylvester
Flynn. who was sent to the state peni-
Tertiary from this county last February
for burglary in the second degree.
Flynn and Ihos. Kinreade entered the
house Of Mrs. Myers. an old lady in
Laurel, on Nov. ~, 1898, and at the
point Of a gun made her give them ~
III money.
1.-The regular election of officers of
Vie Royal HiRhlanders lodge occurred
Tuesday night with the following re-
suit: !. P.,,W. H. Ross: q. G.. 9. W.
Harding; WI E.. RcR. Grove; score.
tary, Fl. s. HvYk; treasurer, Fred In.
admit; warda6, Q. P. Reed; sentry, J.
A. Barton trustee, Peter Peroe. The
installation will take place the first
meeting night in January.