Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-15
Doings in Billings.
(The Gazette.)

VIM. Harrison, the Canyon creek
rancher, was in town Sunday.
A baby boy was born Friday to the
wife of Thos. Hughes of Laurel.
W. j. Cruise of Helena has been a guest
of the Grand for a few days.
H. A. Noyes and O.. c. Bundy were
visitors from Laurel Saturday.
John T. Murphy. the Helena capitalist,
was a Billings visitor yesterday.
j. H. Ivey of Sheridan was in the city
several days last week on business.
Mrs. Grant Lamport. who has been
seriously ill with is recOv-
ering.
A. Campbell, sub-agent of the Pryor
reservation, was a Sunday visitor in Bill
lings.
TIL ladies of st. Luke's church are pre-
pairing for a fair to be held about the end
of this month.
MI. and Mrs. j. l.. Harrington returned
home Saturday night from a visit to Ne
braska points.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Moss on Sunday en-
tertained at dinner Mrs. Wilwhite, Miss
Denham and Miss Talbot.
H. B. Segur, who has been laid up with
throat trouble, is again attending to the
Burlington's interests.
Mrs. Henry Burton of Red Lodge was
a. Sunday visitor in Billings, being on her
way to Chicago for a visit.
e. l.. Fenton ard wife, w. j. Haynes
and wife and Miss Moots of Laurel We're
visitors in Billings Saturday.
Charles Ayers, a patient at st. VIM
cents, died last night OF pneumonia,
having been sick only a few days.
Major Becker was over from Crow
Agency Friday night on business, and
Incidentally took in HI Henry's Ministries.
Frank Bryan, nephew Of H. B. Segur,
has accepted a position on the sheep
ranch of w. G.. Jenizen in the Lake basin.
Nrc q p MACH pynnotc tn loo ya Sotur-
day for her future home in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Nash will follow in about fifteen
days.
City Ticket Agent Black has rented
the Carl Hensen residence on South
Thir.ieth street and will soon remove
his family to this city.
Married-Robert Dining of Billings,
and Marguerite Bills Leech of MITCHELL
vile, Iowa, by Police Judge Frank Mann
on April 4.
The ice has been going out of the Vel
lowstone for several days and as a conse-
quence u people have been drinking
soup a "a muddy water.
A license to wed was granted yester-
day by Clerk of the Court T. A. Williams
to David A. Kanp of Laurel and Jennie
Fly of Gallop. Mont. M
S. L. Church spent Saturday visiting
his sheep camp on Pryor creek and. re-
ports the whole country covered with
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we'll.
Mrs. T. P. Mcdonald and daughter
Grace, of Elidger spent a couple Of days
in the city last week, departing Saturday
for California to spend a few weeks.
Rev. Alfred Brown, who was the first
rector OF st. Luke's church in the early
eighties, has accepted the rectorate of the
Episcopal church at Anaconda.
Miss Filing of Virginia City, a daugh-
ter of Henry Filing, the well known Mon
tanian. was a Billings visitor a few days
ago while en- route east for a visit.
George N. Shepherd, representing the
State Journal company of Lincoln. Neb,
is in the city. Mr.. Shepherd is an old boy
friend of f. L. Boardman of the Ga
zette.
Joseph Sims, the sheep baron from La
vina, who has the distinction of having
received the highest price paid for wool
in Montana last year, is in the city this
week.
Mrs. JOS. ~Steinhauser left last night for
Livingston, being called thither by the
serious illness of her mother. She will
probably remain in that city during the
summer.
w. f. Meyer, the Red Lodge attorney,
went through to Bozen1an last night to
attend to a land contest case before the
register of the United States land office
regarding the Gebo townsite.
At the monthly meeting of the Billings
club Friday several questions as to re-
modelling the club rooms were referred
to the judgment of the trustees, who have
not yet made a decision.
Richard Ashworth. the Wyoming cat
tleman, who has been spending part of
the winter in Honolulu, had, when last
heard from, sailed for japan. He has
been in poor health for some time.
II. Terrell, manager of the Lake Basin
Sheep company, returned Saturday from
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sheep nave come through the winter in
fair shape without loss.
Deputy State Treasurer George NJ.
Hays came down from Helena Saturday J
and assisted in the Maverick entertain /
men that night. being toastmastert OF the
occasion. He returned home yesterday.
Miss Lilliet Chance, postmistress of
Chance, was married Wednesday to Da-
vid Nj. Simpson, one of Wyoming's ener-
getic young men. The ceremony took
place at the brides home on the Clarke's
Fork.
Ed. Dessman was in the city Sunday
and yesterday visiting old friends. He
is employed in a wholesale drug house
in Spokane and was en- route home from
a visit to his old stamping ground
around Buffalo and Sheridan, Wyo.
Austin w. War;, assistant cashier Of
the Bank of Fergus County, who has been
In Billings for ten days, departed today
via the stage for his home in Lewis
town. Mr.. War; has been east for two
months for the benefit of his health.
Robert Dining disturbed the serenity Of
his wife yesterday in a manner urhe-
coming a gentleman, so she said, and as a
~onsequenc he was arrested and taken
before Justice Fraser to answer to the
charge of disturbing the peace.
Representative W. w. Beasley of Sig
Thinker, who is one of the most widely
advertised men in Montana by reason Of
a $10,0G0 damage suit for libel brought
by him against prominent citizens of his