The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21

The Northern Pacific passenger
trains west from Billings/have not
been losing time the Eask week. Fo,
several stretches betweeh here and Liv.
ingston they have Made as high as
seventy miles an hour. -
st. Luke's Guild will hold a sup.
per and fair in the Armory hall on
Wednesday night, April 26. The ladies
have made especial effort to furnish
something elaborate and they should
have a good attendance.
Sheridan Post: E. Gillette left
Monday with fifteen men and a com.
plete outfit for surveying. We under
stand that he will commence operations
near Fort Custer and run a line through
Pryor gap into the Basin country.
-Toole & Vaughan have removed to
their new location in JudgeGoss' new
building. The building Vacated by
them will be greatly impfoved and re.
paired. and, later, will be occupied by
j. N. McCracken & Sons of Livingston.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
announced that it will allow a rate of
one and one.ffth fare for the round.
trip to Bridger for the I. 0. O. F. grand
celebration Oh April 26. All persons
going are requested to procure ticket
certificates.
A. E. Uptony q Burlington live.
stock agent, with headquarters at Lin.
coin. was in the Pity Wednesday shak-
ing hands with old friends. His home
is at Buffalo, Wyo., and he looks after
the sheep interests in this territory for
the Burlington.
L Gazette is in receipt of a very
interesting and valuable pocket com.
pendulum, entitled Butte III "a Nut.
SHE'LL just issued by E. r. Colby Of
Butte. 1t gives a vast amount of in.
formation in a minimum Of space con.
corning the smoky city.
Rev. CLARK of Helena, superinten.
dent OF Baptist missions in Montana
and northern Utah, was il the city to-.
day, having come down to meet Rev.
Raridon of Omaha, who is general su.
p~erintendent Of tile Baptist missions in
the Trans Mississippi states.
&C. G. Hughes, general superinten.
dent, A. H. Merchant. assistant general
freight agent, and Hugh Chittick, live
stock agent Of the Elki,orn system,
were in the city last night en- route to
Nebraska from Miles City, where they
attended the stockgrowers' meeting.
Conductor Frank Scott of Living.
ston has rented the Trieschman resi-.
dence in North Billings and will soon
to this city. Mr.. Scott, who
formerly had a freight run, was recent.
ly promoted to a passenger conductor
and now runs from Billings to Butte.
WIN. H. Dewitt, who conducts, a
general store at Lewistown, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States court in Helena. He places his
liabilities at $50, 239. so, with no assets.
Among his creditors is the A. L. Bah.
cock Hardware company, in the sum of
5 1 ,24O. S5.
HThe Billings Commercial Elk.
change that at the request of
the Trans Mississippi congress. it has
appointed Messrs. A. l.. Babcock, P.
B. Moss. ]. d. Losekamp, Charles
Spear aud Fl. W. Rowley as delegates
to represent this city at Wichita, Kan,
May 81, June /. 2 and 3.
Ut is rumored that the case of Beas-
ley against E. B. Clark and others of
Big Timber for damages to bis char
caused by the defendants hanging
Beasley III efigy in the streets of Big
at the time he voted for w. A.
Clark for senator, is apt to go to Park
county for trial on a change Of venue.
tProf. Traphagen, one of the in.
strdttors in the Montana Agricultural
at Bozeman, is in the city to-
day, the guest Of I. D. O'Donnell.
Mr.. Traphagen is acting as inspector .
at-large for the state board of ho1ticul- !
and his visit to the eastern part of ,
the state is in connection with his
work. x
Representative W. A. Hedges of :,
Fergus county, who has been spending !
! few weeks in this valley, looking .
after his sheep during the Landing !
left Tuesday for his ranch home )
n Yale. He wintered 5000 head Of :
'heep in this valley. but has taken y
hem into Fergus county to range this !,
'ummer. y
ARev. ]. l.. Lines, pastor Of the a
Baptist church in this city, returned =
o Billings yesterday from a winters
rip to the Big Horn basin country, Y
IL Wyoming, where he has been .
Icing missionary work. Rev. T,imes :,
Experienced a rather rough winter, /
out in one snow storm for a q
ouple of nights. n
Geo. F. Wright, representing the I
win City Stock yards at New Brigh. O
on, Mimi. stopped off today ell a
QUITE to Chinook. He says the Twin b
lily yards, under the management Of s.