The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-10

The West Side Addition is tn,
place for a nice home - away from
both railroad tracks.
The druggists report that they art
having Il good run on anti toxin anf
assafoetida, occasioned by the diplithe'
ria.
1t is the W. G. T. u. that is cir.
culating the petition for the early
closing movement, instead Of the Won.
ans Club.
The Northern Pacific freight trains
through Billings daily carry many
cars OF new and wider rails, which are
taking the places Of the old ones Oh the
mountain division.
The Miles City High School foot.
ball team, headed BY their coach, At
torney Jas. H. Johnston, is coming to
Billings tomorrow to try conclusions
with our High School team.
Pay for the best and get it. This
is what you will do when you trade
with Hoge, Robinson & 90. Their
goods always pan out as advertised.
They can supply your every want. 57-2
The case Of the state Va. 8. B.
Roberts, wherein the latter is charged
with murder III the first degree, will
come up for trial in Big Timber next
Monday. The Beasley libel suit will
be tried Nov. IS.
NDame Rumor has it, and in this
case 10 said to BIZ correct, that Tom
Snidow, who went to Missouri "a fow
weeks ago, will return to Billings to.
night with a bride. Mr.. Snidow has a
fine home under course Of erection in
the West Side addition, but as it will
not be completed for a couple Of weeks
yet, Mr.. Snidow and bride will be the
guests Of MI. and Mrs. s.. l.. Garvin
in north Billings.
Work has commenced on the double
residence Of the Billigs brewery. Each
side will contain six rooms. The com.
pany had contemplated using" brick in
it's constructions but was p6able to get
the same and itlwill be pfframe. The
company stable which is Of brick, is
nearly completed. fhil Grein Of Butte
has come to Billings and will remain
as superintendent Of the brewery. The
machinery is now being installed aud
it is expected that everything will he in
good running order by the first OF the
new year.
-'Pudd'nhead Wilson'i a clientless
lawyer who has a fad Of registering the
thumb marks Of everyone he meets on
bits Of glass and filing them away to
study their peculiar curves and twists.
One day a mysterious crime is commit.
ted. The only clue to the deed is the
dagger which the murderer used. But
"Pudd'nhead" discovers the bloody i'm.
print of a thumb upon the blade. He
spends days comparing the mark with
those on bits Of glass filed away and
finally fastens the guilt upon a ~villager.
There are stories Of love and political
ambition running through the play and
how a white child and a thirty second
part negro child "get mixed" aud grow
up occupying the wrong stations in
ife. Mark Twain's quaint humor pre-.
dominates through the play, which IS
delioiously interesting. At the opera
house next Monday evening.
kIt is understood that it is not the
Womans' club that is back Of the move.
ment for the closing Of stores at 1850
each evening and on Sundays, bpt the
women Of the W. q. 7. u, reosftly Or
ganized by Mrs. Edholm. Athorough
house to house canvass Aas been made
and finished with the yesult that not
more than q dozen women in the whole
city have rbfused tS sign, and most Of
those for so4le good reasons sufficient to
themselves, kndMhile being unwilling
to sign theif Eames. would in most
cases say they would do NO more trad.
ing after the hours specified than if
their names were on the list. The
women who have signed the agreement
propose to live up to the letter of it,
believing that by SO doing they will
have better homes, better SONS and
fathers, and the tradesmen better en-
ployes. The petitions will now be pre-.
sonted to the merchants for their sigma.
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