The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-09

-Sigmund Deutsche, at one time a
resident and we'll known citizen of
Billings, but who has been living in
Livingston for several years. is reported
insane.
The Billings steam Laundry has
just received from the eaA fine new
delivery wagon, built III fxsEclass city
style. It has not been put on the
streets, but will be in a few days.
GDean, the alleged sheep thief, is
to have his preliminary hearing before
Justice Fraser tomorrow at 10 a. M,
on a charge Of stealing several hundred
head Of sheep from l.. Lehfeldt of La
vina..
- The Gazette is in receipt Of a copy
of "The Freedom,' a paper published
in Manila, sent by Fred Soule, brother
of Geo. Soule of this city. who is a
private in Com pany B, First Idaho VOL
unteers.
The Gazette has received an invi-
tation to attend the annual commence
ment exercises Of the Montana State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, which will be held in Bohemian
June 8 to ID.
lZMayor Yegen has announced that
he will appoint Lou Robbins as sue
cessor to Night Policeman Fred Tews,
whose resignation was handed in and
accepted by the city council Tuesday
night. The appointment will probably
take place tonight.
Owing to the fact that the city
business has grown so large, the city
council is considering the matter Of
holding two regular monthly meetings
each month instead of one as lat present.
AS it is, during some md nths., two
special meetings are held.
Special low vacation rates east OIL
all railroads went into effect this week
and mahy western people are taking
advantage of them. The round-trip
rate to Omaha, Kansas City and all
Missouri river points is $42; to St.
Louis $49. so, and to Chicago $53. SO.
AL. johnson, foreman of the North
ern Pacific bridge gang, had his left leg
fractured Tuesday evening at Custer
station and vas brought to Billings for
treatment. He was attempting to get
on a ballast car when he lost his hold,
falling onto some piling with the above
result.
-Tubbs & Ward Of this city have
been awarded the contract for building
the new county stone Jail at Columbus
at q price Of 1915. The Pauly Jail
Building & Manufacturing company
will furnish the one-cell cage at their
bid price of $451, the material to be
delivered at Columbus by August /,
1899.
Possibly the perfection of stage art
has not been reached, but it is said one
wonders, after seeing Melbourne Mac.
Dowell and Blanche Walsh in Fanny
~Davenport's production of "La Tosoa''
and Fedora where the future i'm
provements are to come in. Don't miss
this superb attraction, opera house,
June II.
AT their session today the county
commissioners decided to hold the
special meeting on July 5, to again
take up the court house matter, instead
of July s, as the latter day was set for
the special school election. The an
nouncement of July s III the proceed
ings in another part of The Gazette
should read July 3.
The county commissioners, in ses.
sion this week, let the contract for the
construction Of the piers at the Billings
wagon bridge, which, were badly dam
aged a couple of months ago by outgo-
ing ice, to F. w Vrkeland of Bozeman,
whose bid was $A65O. There were
but two other bide/ being R. R. Grove,