The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-06
The Golden Rule store in this city,

conducted by W. Fl. Tlllery & Co., was
sold yesterday to j. N. McCracken OF
Livingston. An invoice Of the stock
is being taken today. The new pro-
prietor will continue the store here.
"A marriage license was issued
Wednesday to William ]. Chapman OF
Basin City. Big Horn county. Wye,
and Gertie Loretta Ewing of Carbon
county, Mont. and the couple were
"spliced" by Police Judge Mann the
same day.
-Elmer E. Crawford of Shawmut,
manager of the Bloomington Land q
Live Stock company, is in the city on
his way to Mclean. ILL.,, to make his
annual visit to the headquarters of his
company, for which place he will leave
tomorrow.
The east-bound Northern Pacific
passenger has been late the past several
mornings, occasioned by heavy SHOWS
on the Rocky Mountain division. At
Spokane a few days ago fifteen inches
of snow was reported and traffic was
greatly delayed.
Word has been received by Dono-
& Spear that the shutdown Of the
Rocky Fork coal mines was occasioned
by the machinery being repaired. The
mines are again in working order, but
Rocky Fork coal was a scarce article
for q few days this week.
John Booz OF Joliet was in town
Wednesday and reports that he has just
sold his cattle to j. W. Eastman of the
East Rosebud. He had over 100 head
Of y%earlings, COWS and calves and re
ceived $35 for the yearlings and COWS
and $3.50 per head for the calves.
Weinberg & Eppstein of Butte
were arrested Wednesday in this city at
the instance of City Treasurer Hath
horn for selling gouds without a Ii
cense. The case was dismissed and the
men released upon their producing a
city license dated Oct. 5, good for three
months.
Geo. H. Simpson, justice of the
peace at Columbus, this county, was on
Wednesday examined by the supreme
court and admitted to practice before
the courts of Montana. Mr.. Simpson is
we'll and ~favorably known hereabouts
and his many friends will he pleased to
hear of his advancement.
III. S. Williston has accepted a po-
sition with Donovan & Spear, that firm
having decided to increase their hard
ware department. on an extensive scale.
Mr.. Williston will move his family to
Billings sometime during February
and will take possession Of his house,
now occupied by W. M. Johnston.
--Sam Quinlish and Joe Steinhauser,
brakemen on the Red Lodge train, who
were called to Livingston to be investi-
gated for the recent wreck at Laurel,
are back on their run again. Con-
ductor George Gordon will take charge
of the train again in a few days, having
asked for and been granted a short
The cigar firm of Marley & Jensen
and Deckert, the barber, have rented
the room in the Belknap block. former
ly occupied by the Billings Furniture
company and will take possession of
the same about the 10th inst. The
room will be divided by a partition
and otherwise remodeled for the use
of the two parties.
james Mccormick is proud of hay
ing shipped the first carload of coal
the new Gebo- Bridger railroad,
product of his Crystal Springs
mine, which went to Livingston last
Saturday. Several more carloads have
been shipp91 this week and MI. Nc
Cornick ithow in a fair way to have
his property yield him some returns.
County Superintendent of Schools
Burla has declared vacant the position
Of Il. G. Williams as member of the
of school trustees of district No.
and has appointed I. d. O'Donnell
to fill the vacancy. MI. O'Donnell
qualified yesterday. He will make a