The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-06

p. j. Conway of .Gebo is in the
city today.
Its off. Are you on? A home or
Investment. 41.tf
Col. f. M. Malone was a Sunday
visitor in Billings.
-YegeD Bros. handle the Arlington,
Thomas and Olive bicycles.
County Attorney W. M. Johnston
was a Miles City visitor Sunday.
III. 9. Pound Of Park City was a
Billings business visitor yesterday.
-The county commissioners are in
session at the county clerks office.
-County Clerk N. G. Carwile has
been OH the sick list a couple Of days.
Be in style with nice linen by let
ting the Billings Steam Laundry do
your work. S6.tf
Mrs. Rumsey is all experienced
nurse. No. 2lO south Twenty
eighth street. 91.3
NM. and Mrs. A. J. Sayer of Hell.
ena are guests Of the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Walk.
You take no chances when you get
work done at Brown & Deckert's bari er
shop. Only good artists employed. y
IS. l.. Garvin left today for his
ranch and cattle range near Lowell.
couple of months.
1T gives the best satisfaction and
has 10 equal, so say the nsum of
Bridger coal, sold by Ben. W. Toole for
only $3. 80 per ton cash. 63.tf
The Northern Pacific is advertising
for more men TO work OH its steel gang
near Columbus, where new rails are be-
ing laid IN the main track.
Rev. G. 9. Stull has been asked to
come to Bozeman and deliver the funer.
al Grafton over the body Of Major
James W. D%rennan, whenever the ser.
vices are held, which will probably be
next Sunday.
1t is rnmored that Henry Bu1rel]
has signifiod his willingness to take
the active management of the Clarke
Fork coal mine at Gebo if the company
will put up a sufficient sum Of money
for operating expenses.
Bert G. shorey, the sheepman of
Merrill, has bought five lots on First
avenue north and Thirty second and
will this spring erect a fine residence
in Billings. This move has been con.
templated for a year by Mr.. Shorey
and we are glad to know that he has
finally decided to cast his lot among
us.
DIR E. P. Townsend has returned
from Big Timber where he has been in
charge of the smallpox patient at the
pest camp. The parties in the quar-
antine were discharged the latter part
Of last week, as there was no evidence
of the disease existing among them.
Mike McGilvray. the last victim. had
a very malignant type Of the disease
and died Friday night.
The new tie preserving plant Of the
Burlington railroad at Edgemont, s.
D., is now il full operation. During
the last month over 40, 900 ties were
treated. The process lengtheus their
period Of usefulness by many years.
Work is carried on day and night. two
shifts Of men being employed. The
Burlington is the first railroad in the
northwest to undertake this work.
Yellowstone Leader: o. g. Fink.
lenberg and family leave in a few days
for Missoula. where Messrs. Finklen-
berg & Catlin have opened a civil eli.
gineer's office, to make their home.
They leave a large circle Of friends in
this section who are sorry to have
them 90. Mr.. Finklenberg has been
engineer in charge Of the arid land
canal here and has given splendid salts.
faction.
g. L.. Tubbs, Of the contracting
firm Of Tubbs, Ward & Co,.rwho is be.
hind the movement to establish a plan.
ing mill in Billings Says he expects to
have the Plant h6fe and in working
order some tiYS during the next sixty
days. OndsHe has been offered and
will probably be accepted. It is OH the
B. & M. right.of.way in the northeast
part Of the CITY. The mill will m
ploy about fifteen men.
Judge DuBose will I've dis.
triot court in Lewistown next Saturday
when he will reseptence VIM. Calder.
who is to pay tue death penalty for the
murder of Farquahar McRae. The
gallows have been ready ever since last
summer. The principal case to be
tried by the court ia that Of Milton O.
Howell on the charge of killing Thos.
Rosling. James E. Fisher must also
be tried or the case transferred to an
other county.
Judge Henry Of Livingston con.
vened district court in Carbon county
yesterday. Some six criminal cases
are on the docket for trial in that coun-
ty, the most important being that of
Charles Sampson for the alleged murder
Of Fred Tihhitt in 1896. Durinp thu