The Billings gazette., 1899-07-28

The county commissioners com
pleted their work as an equalizatio,
board Wednesday evening and ad
journed until August 2, when they viii
sit to hear kicks against raising assess
mems. which they did to the amount O.
about 100000. That there will bt
many objections to the action Of tn,
commissioners goes without saying.
Ira l.. Whitney. clerk Of the Bill
inas 5shool board, has wired Miss Etta
A. Aobinson Of Cedar Falls, Ia, asking
tshe would accept the Eposition OF
4 Teacher Of til. eighth and ninth grades.
Miss Jessie Holt Of Dillon. who was
elected to the position, had accepted
another position before she was elected
here. Miss Robinson has not yet been
heald from, but 1t Is believed she viii
accept
The supreme court Wednesday de.
MED the motion for a rehearing in the
W. @. Brooks murder case. in which
the judgment Of the lower court was
recently affirmed. The court on that
day also ordered that in the case of
the Yellowstone National bank W.
Gagnon, appellant provide before
August IL a Transcript devoid of inter.
lineations and more in conformity
with the courts rules
-Livingston Post: Conductor Cor.
don was in town Sunday evening from
trip to Helena. He will run out of
this city this summer, having tired of
the branch runs on which he has
worked 40 long. Mr.. Gordon's family
will be domiciled in Billings, where
Mr.. Gordon owns twenty acres Of good
property near enough to the business
center Of the town to be worth a great
deal Of money il few vears.
Captain William Astor Chanler,
congressman from New York, is the
president of the New York Star. which
is giving away $40 bicycle daily, as
offered by their advertisement in
another column. Hon. Amos j. Gum.
minRs. member Of congress, Colonel
Asa Bird Gardner, district attorney of
New York, Ex-Governor Hogg Of Texas
and Colonel Fred FeiRl of New York
are among the well.known names in
their board Of directors.
Red Lodge Picket: Negro Brooks,
the wife murderer Of Billings, will
have to stretch hemp for his black
crime. It was dark deed and the
supreme court comedies with the lower
tribunal in arriving at the conclusion
that the black cap will better become
the niger than light sentence. If
Sheriff Hubbard would like to have the
hanging Of the oolored individual
Dunn up brown he should secure the
assistance of Carbon county's execu.
tioner.
A fine job Of putting in hot water
heating and plumbing has just been
completed by Geo. Soule in the new
residence Of Alderman Chas. Spear.
Mr.. Soule Is al expert in this line,
and his work is appreciated,
which is shown by the contracts he ia
receiving. He is putting in the steam
heating apparatus in the Armo,y build.
ing, which is to be used as q hotel, and
is also placing hot water heating and
plumbing in the Thos. Linton block,
by the Exchange saloon.
Complaints from Montana and |
other western points about the present
unsatisfactory train service on the
Northern Pacific due to the heavy bust.
ness will probably result III the adop.
ton Of the double.headsr system on all
coast trains by both the Northern Pa.
,ifio and Great Northern. Information
from st. Paul is that that is being con.
,idered necessary in order to properly
meet the traffic demands. The train
service has been very unsatisfactory
since the abandonment Of the double
rain service, as the heavy summer
;ravel seriously interferes with sohed-
1le, time.
Lover twenty famous beauties com.
'ose the female contingent of the Bos.
on Lyric Opera company that IL soou
% visit our city. There are nearly as
many mon and brilliant array of
tately principals that have created
widespread flutter Of praise and ad.
niration wherever the big company
las appeared. Among the latter are
our volatile comedians, Including
he famous George Kunkel and John
Henderson. Director Glover. who was
or 80 many years with David Hender.
on in the productions of "Sinbad, the
Sailor,' "Ali Baba," "The Crystal
Slipper etc., and himself widely
;nown composer. is the musical con.
|uctor Of the) Boston Lyrics.