The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-21
western cattle and sheep will be the
best in the history of the yards.

"SsSSA" SStpAS anu SzCCp WILL UG IuG
best in the history of the yards.
20. A. Tschudy, the pleasing and
accommodating steward Of the Billing
club, has been more uccominodatinyfhe
past two days than ever before and il
was occasioned by his having come u
happy daddy" to a girl BABY, which
was born to Mrs. Tschudy on Wednes.
day. "Joe's' happiness has known nc
bounds since and the other daddies in
the club rejoice III his good fortune.
1.-THE NOW storm which prevailed
here Tuesday night and Wednesday
seems to have been general throughout
the state. It gave the ground a thorough
soaking and insured an abundance of
grass, a prospect that was not a Ger.
tainty before the storm, az the water
from the melting snow had run off
without going into the ground, owing
to the frost. which had not yet left it.
fl. A. Van Horne, our band
leader, informs us that the band has
started on regular %rehea1sals, with
much more good material than last
season, there being over twenty in the
organization this spring. The bald
has received a large COLLECTION M up.
to.date music, and Mr.. Van Horne
promises the citizens of Billings one Of
Montana's best bands for the 80 sea.
SON
w. B. Golden. q Northern Pacific
brakeman, was badly hurt Thursday
pear Merrill. where a dirt train is
Working. Golden got caught by a car
and had his body badly bruised. besides
his throat was terribly cut and he re-.
ceived several scalp wounds. He was
brought here to the company surgeon
for medical aid, and was last night sent
to the railroad hospital at Missoula for
treatment.
A change in the railway postal ser.
vice is soon to take place whereby Bill.
ings will be the stopping place Of the.
clerks who noW<run Oh Nos. l and 2
and have beeh stopping at Miles City.
The change was brought about by a re-
vision of the through mail contract
which is mainly carried OH these trains.
The clerks who now run from James
town, N. d., will come through to
Billings and those from Helena will
off here.
Robert W. Simpson Of Butte and |
Mary I. Marley of Chattanooga. Tenn,
were granted a marriage license today
by Clerk Of the Court r. A. Williams.
BY this time they are no doubt husband
and wife. There is a sort of a romance
attached to the marriage. Mr.. Simp.
was a rough rider in Grigsby's cav.
airy, in the troop from Butte, and it
was while camped at Camp Thomas,
Ca, last summer that he met the one
who has since become his wife. Miss
Marley came all the way from her Ten
nessee home to wed Mr.. Simpson, ar.
in Billings last night.
"A washout of more than ordinary
proportions occurred on the Northern
Pacific at Beaver Hill, neal Wibaux,
Wednesday afternoon. During the
high waters Of a week ago the same
was carried out and q temporary
structure was built which has been in
Use since then. Another flood, caused
oy the melting Of the snow which fell
n that locality last Tuesday, carried
he temporary bridge away, and it is
laid q freight train was wrecked az. one
# the results. On account Of the mis-
zap no trains were able to pass until
yesterday and then the trains did not
each here until last night.