The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-05

this year. They met yesterday, blu,
soon after adjourned. it being a lega.
holiday.
Yellowstone county il one OF the
twelve counties OF Montaua which will
accept the assessment raise of stock al
made recently by the state board Of
equalization.
Prank Buckley of Helena, late
manager Of the dry goods store at Raj.
eigh e. Clark, has accepted a position in
this city as manager Of Yegen Bros. dry
goods department.
-One fare rate for round trip from
all Montana points OH Northern Pacific
TO the Yellowstone county fair in this
city Sept. 12, Is, IA aud Is. Tickets
on sale>Sept. 10 to 10Th inclusive. y
+zMiss Rose Devinnie. a young
wdMan who has beer doing housework
in the home Of Fl. b. Segur, fell down
the stairway Saturday afternoon and
dislooated her elbow, She was taken
TO- st. Vincent's hospital yesterday.
Y-Ducks, deer and antelope suffered
atthe hands OF Ed. and Mark New.
man. Geo. Soule, Homer Bradt, Adam
Airth and Architect Link, who spent a
few days III the Lake basin. They
brought in eight antelope last night.
The proprietor Of the Big Timber
Express has gotten a good slice Of re-
publican prosperity and last week hied
himself Off to Chicago. where be will
buy some new machinery to be used III
getting out an all.at-home print paper.
Mrs. A. P. Hart received the sad
Intelligence Sunday of the death of a
sister, Mrs. A. Wilkin, which occurred
the morning OF that day at K%eosauqua,
Iowa. The deceased had been sick for
about two months, death resulting from
dropsy.
-Oysters in cans made their appear
anae IN Billings last week, selling at
as and 70 cents per can. They we're
the first Of the season and accordingly
were high priced. 1t will be at least
three weeks before the oyster season is
OF ~ full blast.
LIE. l.. Peck, an old resident Of
Dark City, died at his home near that
place Friday evening and was hurled
Saturday. The deceased was stricken
with slow consumption some years ago,
which caused bis death. He was about
70 years Of age.
Cody Enterprise: Billings, Mon
taua ia the abiding place Of MI. E. B.
Kennedy who was in Cody a few days
last week. Mr.. Kennedy has lived in
the west twenty n years and like all
observing men predict a great future tor
the Big Horn Basin.
Sim Roberts, who recently shot
and killed Nate Young at Big Timber,
has received his preliminary hearing
and was held to the district court with
out bail. No attempt at a defense was
made and only the testimony Of the
prosecution was heard.
Cheap rate Of one fare for round
trip via the Northern Pacific to the
Yellowstone county fair in Billings,
Sept, IL, 10, IA and is. This applies
IN all stations on that road or it's
branch lines in Montana. Tickets on
sale Sept. 10 to 18th inclusive. '
The citizens Of Missoula now sit in
their places OF business or residences
and have their mail brought to them
by employees of Uncle Sans service.
Il Ia thought that the Billings post
office will have reached the class by
noxt year which will allow carriers for
this city.
w. +, Selvidge in meeting with
great success from his Pride of Bill
ings granite quarry. New boulders Of
granite, measuring l6 inches through
and about four feet long, are being
taken out in abundance. Mr.. lSelvidge
thinks there Ia al endless quantity Of
the granite in the hills.
The Gazette ia in receipt OF word
from John II. Wilson, formerly en-
gagged in the barber business in this
city, who ia now attending the Colunl-
bia College OF osteopathy in Dea
Moines, Iowa, He has now q diploma
a. 4 magnetic doctor and says he ia
meeting with great success.
An attachment has been issued in
the courts Of Salt Lake, Utah. against
], H. Conrad formerly a merchant Of
Billings, by Montana parties in the
Of 5000, The litigation grows
out Of affairs of the bank IN Red Lodge
Mr., Conrad was interested at
the time 1T went under in 1893,
-Livingaton Post; Sunday evening
u, jay Brown, q musician with the
Medicine company 10 playing
in the city, was married to frankie
Lyle Of Billings at the residence of the
Methodist minister by Rev. G. +.
The groom is q oolored man
and the bride is OF Caucasian blood