The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-16

ing see YeRen Bros. s8-4
Howard q. Means Of Grow Agency
wns n city visitor Wednesday.
Go to Yeeen Bros, and talk steam
aud hot winter heat with them. s8.4
Mrs. Fred 9. Woodward Of Gebe
was a Billinps visitor yesterday.
Be in style with nice linen by let.
ting the Billings Steam Laundry dc
your work. SO Il
Harry Middleton Of Butte arrived
in the city yesterday and has gone tt
work in The Fashion.
Sheridan and Bear Greek coal 70,
sale by Yegen Bros. There Is nt
better OH the marker.
The statement is made that the
Northern Pacific owns $3.50. 900 bond.
Of the Montana railroad.
See pretty Belle Archer nt the
opera house next Monday evening ii
doyt's "A Contented Woman"
Sheriff Hubbard returned yester
day from a trip to Warm Springs, tc
which place he accompanied Jacot
Kunzi, the crazy man.
INN. aud Mrs. j. L. Harrington and
children left Wednesday morning TO,
a ten days visit TO the formers parents
at Superior, Nebraska.
The Sheridan, Gebo and Bea,
Cree coal are the leaders, give the
best satisfaction and cost no more thar
othets. Try them. YeRen Bros. y
Mrs. Vessel and little Margaret,
wife and daughter of Conductor N. r,
Vessel Of Helena. have gone to Wes,
Baden. Ind, for d couple Of weeks
%sojourn.
ID. Boyle Of Livingston, trninmas,
ter OF the Montana division, and 9. s,
Harrison Of Fargo, travelling engineer
between that city and Billings, wern IL
this city yesterday.
"A freight train wreck occurred al
Iron Ridge tunnel on the Northern Pa.
cifio west Of Helena night before last BY
which three men were seriously III
jured, one is missing md thirty oars
were piled up. Several accidents have
previously occurred at this point.
1.-THE zero weather Of the presen,
week has been tough OH tha.wuter pipes
and the cases Of frozen~oles are numeY,
Gus. And of course there Is n lively do,
mand for plbnfber's work. The .mer.
curry this morning marked 80 degrees
below zero, the coolest dry Of the win
ter.
The police court hus been very
quiet for a couple Of weeks, but one
man having gotten in the clutches Of
the law during the time. Ways have
given Billings II decidedly cold shoul.
der, which may be accustomed for By
the very efficient police service. II
they infest the city this spring they
will be given an opportunity to assis,
in improving the streets.
despite the cold weather, a large
audience turned out Wednesday night
to hear 1.-THE Hottest Coon In Dixie
company, which gave II first.class mig.
ger show The primA donna was bat.
ter than Black Patti, the ohoruses were
fire and there was u coon comedian
who was sure Il warn article" II
was the best show Of the kind that hns
visited Billings for some time.
10. r. Slater. Jr., caused a warrant
to be sworn out last week for the arrest
Of Vale q Potter. snloonkeepers, o. 4
charge Of permitting a gambling game
tn be carried on III their place Of bust.
ness. and their hearing anne up before
Justice Fraser Friday. At this time
Potter. in behalf Of the Arm, pleaded
guilty to the charge aud val fined 800
and costs, amounting III all to Sl04.b 30.
The county assessor . office IL get
ting things in readiness for taking the
annual assessment, which will be
started March 8. County Assessor
Richard Wells ia still~Very sick at the
home Of A. J. Wilkinson and will not
be able to assist< Ia the work. The
office Ia in charge Of Deputy @. s. Mo.
Farlin and he will probably be assisted
by Frank Morse, who attended to the
Office work last year.
! Many hundred Firms will nrrive ~
Minneapolis during March OH their way
to the Dakotas and Montana, where
they will settle with their families.
They depend mainly on farming, bnt IL
the spring there will be II great denl Of
work on the railroads aud IN the mines,
aud they will doubtless be willing to
supply the demand. The Firms nre Il
quiet. quick learning and hard.work.
ing class Of people and ARE generally
desirable citizens.
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Coal.
NoY n liinited time wa will finnish