Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-18

Total ........ $S1 ,542 80
The net indebtedness of Yellowstone
county on November 80, 1899, was $92,-
2l2.9S. On November 80, 1900 1t was $S1, =
5429O, showing a decrease of net indebt-
edness of $3,OSS1S. During the year the
gross Indebtedness was increased $685.
y. On November 80, 1900 the balances in
all funds amounted to $163, ,091.33. The
total receipts and transfers amounted to
$229,S69.91 The delinquent taxes for this
year amounted to $6,77927. All the prop
erty owned by Yellowstone county is val
ued at $4,000.
"a special to Chicago from Grand Rap
ids Mich, says: Imperial potentate
Louis B. Windsor, of the Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, is to go to Honolulu to
institute temple, and Saladin Temple,
of Western Michigan Oasis, will furnish
the escort for what promises to be one
of the most notable plgrimages on re-
cord. The Saladin Mobiles, with their
wives, will start from Grand Rapids
February 20, by special train, for San
Francisco, where California mobiles will
join them and they will embark on a
special chartered steamer for Hawaii,
Two weeks will be spent in the islands.
Saladin mobiles will be joined by mobiles
OF Chicago and other points and the
party on the ocean voyage will number
35O."
This is the party that C. G. Reynolds,
assistant cashier of the First National
bank OF this city, has been invited to ion
ana accompany across the Pacific The
imperial Potentate Louis B. Windsor and
MI. Reynolds are old friends. Mr. Rey-
nolds has accepted the invitation, and is
anticipating grand trip.
Paul Mccormick and wife returned
home from the east Friday morning on a
special train, being called home by the
illness of their youngest daughter,
Blythe. They had been TO Chicago and
were in Omaha returning home when
they received word of the child's illness.
thinking 1T was serious, a special train
was chartered, Eeaving Omaha at D. M.
Thursday, reaching Billings at GAS a, M.
Friday
The train consisted of engine. tender
and sleeper, and through Nebraska made
excellent time. Through one section of
that state 130 miles was covered in ex-
actly 1913 minutes. Between Ravenna and
Billings an hours time was lost and
about the same between Omaha and Ra-
VIENNA, but the train was not running. At
Alliance Superintendent Phelan placed
his private car at the disposal of Mr.. Nc
Cormack and wife. and accompanied
them to Billings. The actual running
time OF the train from the time it left
Omaha until it reached Billings was 94s
minutes. the distance being S92 miles.
This was at the average rate of almost
81 miles per hour.
In Miles City this afternoon and even
ing Hon. and Mrs. George r. Milburn
will celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary with a farewell reception.
as they are to leave in a few days for
Helena to reside for the next few years
at least, Mr.. Milburn being associate
justice elect. The Billings friends of t.s
estimable couple received invitations to
be present at the reception, but being
unable to attend they gathered yester-
day afternoon and selected a gift in the
shape of a set of elegant pearl handled
knives and forks and a set of sterling
silver dessert spoons, which will be Sent
to Miles City this morning, despite the
fact that their invitations read mo pres
ents accepted"
The bazaar and supper given by the
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational
church "Wednesday afternoon and even
ing was grand success socially and fl
nancially. The ladies had provided pref
ty and fancy articles of handiwork suit
able for Christmas and other gifts, and
they had no difficulty whatever in dis
posing of every one and realizing a nice
profit. Their supper was one of the fin
est that has ever been served by any or
ganization and the ladies retained the
reputation of seeing that no one wanted
for ANYTHING. The Sociafx ola rad o1,o,,A