The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-20

united in marriage at the ConRrega-
tional parsonage Saturday evening,
Rev. W. D. Clark officiating. The
happy couple left Sunday for Lavina,
which place will be- their future home.
Geo. g. Morgan Of Chicago. an ex.
perienced engineer and water works
contractor. who was in the city last
week Oh his way to Red Lodge, has
commenced making plans and speciica-
tions for the system of water works
which will be put in in that city this
summer.
The Northern Pacific passenger
trains are soon to be much improved.
The west.bound train Sunday noon was
solid vestibuled, consisting of fine Pull
man cars just received from the Pull.
man shops in Illinois. As fast as the
cars can be received they will be put
into service.
w. G. Link, the architect of the
Billings brewery, stated to The Gazette
reporter yesterday that he contemplated
removing to Billings from Butte and
making this city bis home. He will
still retain an Office in Butte, where
he has Established himself and enjoys
a splendid business.
II. P. Mcdonald, manager Of the
Bridger Coal company, is in the city
today from that hustling mining camp.
The company's big general store is
now open and ready for business. MI.
Mcdonald believes in advertising and
elsewhere in The Gazette will be found
a new advertisement of the store.
Austin North received word yester-
day Of the death Of J. H. Whitman,
which occurred at Medford, Oregon,
on June Is. Mr.. Whitman will be re.
membered by many Of u people as
the gentleman who spent six weeks III
this city in 1895. assisting the Austin
North company in abstract work.
In response to a telegram from the
sheriff Of Silver Bow county, the night
police arrested three men as they
stepped off the east-bound passenger
train Saturday night. Yesterday Dep
uty Sheriff Evans came down from
Butte for the prisoners. who were
wanted in that city to answer to a
charge of grand larceny.
The foundation work Of the Bill
ings Brewery building will be CON-
pleted this week and the brick work
will then he commenced. Henry
Mueller, president of the company, is
now in the east and has bought the
machinery which is to be used in the
brewery and the same will begin to
arrive in a couple Of weeks.
lit is said that Henry Mueller, presi.
dent Of the Centennial Brewing com-
pany of Butte, who is at the head Of
the Billings brewery, contemplates buy.
in this city. It is known that his wife,
Mrs. Mueller, who has visited the city
on several occasions, is delight
ed with Billings aud very much desires
to reside here. We trust Mr.. Mueller
may decide to come here.
Mrs. G. W. Harrington and daugh.
ters. Miss Fannie and Mrs. s. G.
Lawler, of Rushville, ILL.,, have been
in the city several days visiting their
son and brother, j. L. Harrington.
The ladies leave tonight for a visit at
Virginia City, Mont. From there Mrs.
Lawler will continue her journey to
California, while Mrs. Harrington and
daughter will return to Billings for
another visit before going home.
Look out for the bad dollar and
the bad half dollar. They gre abroad in
the land, and especially fright here in
Montana. Spurious halves and dollars
that look all right, PUT are off in
weight, have been seen in unusual
numbers in Montana of late. Some
have been put in circulation in Helena,
while Butte reports a lot of the bad
coin, and it is thought an illicit mint
is in full operation some place in the
state.
While in Fort Benton last week
Colonel J. H. Rice, the well.known
woolgrower, says the Fergus County
Argus, stated to the writer that several
sales of wool at the old.time figure of
10 or 20 cents would not surprise him.
The colonel says that as sure as the
London market advances a tri1e at the
next auction, Montana woods will CON-
mand a higher figure than last year and
they will not have far to go to touch 20
cents.
&C. M. Bair, the people Of this
county will be glad to learn, has so ar
ranged his Klondike bAsigess that it
will not be necessary fof\him to make