Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-09

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Dpticon illustrates the matters referred
10 in the songs. 1t will be an evening
to perfected woodcraft and with
the best musicians and artists In the
country. Nc admission fee will be
1t has been said by n of the inde-
pendent democrats of Billings that the
simon-pure democrats of Yellowstone
county will hold a convention in this
city some time next week and place a fun
county ticket in the field. AS to whom
the nominees will be the gentleman re-
felred to refused to make any predic-
lions.
Jesse HI. Crosby, Jr., an elder of the
Norman church., was in the city yester-
day afternoon securing a couple of
marriage licenses for four of his people.
Mr.. Crosby is in charge of the party of
Norman people who arrived in Bridger
about ten days ago from Utah en- route
to the Big Horn basin in Wyoming, to
locate. The party, which comprises
eighty people, is now camped on Sage
creek in Pryor Gap, where the men are
getting out logs with which to build
their homes. They expect to be there for
the next two months, after which they
will accept some grading work N the
B~urlington's Toluca-Cody branch for the
winter, as they will have nothing to do
until spring weather sets in next year.
The parties for whom Mr.. Crosby Sc
cured the marriage licenses are Joseph
Meeks n Dora Benson, and John
Meeks and Elizabeth Dalton. The cere-
monies will be performed by Elder
Crosby.
Dave Orr, a cowboy for the Custer
Cattle company, was brought to Billings
Friday forenoon with a broker leg, which
accident happened at the feeding yards
of the company on Alkali creek, north
of the city. The injured man is being
cared for in the Gruwell block. The
fracture is just below the knee.
Architect J. G. Link of Butte was here
Thursday looking over the work on the
new public school building. He expects
the building to be under roof by next
week. 1t is not likely that the heating
apparatus will be put in this winter, as
the building is needed and it will be inn
possible to wait for the inauguration Of
the plant.
Chaplain George G.. stull is receiving
numerous requests from the various
cities of the state to make addresses on
the political issues, but he has been com
PEELED to decline nearly all of them as his
time will be taken up mostly in making
a campaign of this county He has,
however, consented to deliver two ad-
dresses at Butte and Miles City.
A party of four gentlemen arrived in
the city yesterday from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and left this morning on the
Rocky Fork train for Red Lodge, and
thence into the mountains in Wyoming
on a hunting and fishing trip. The mem
bers of the party We're n. r. Biggs and
A. Brooks, of Glasgow, KAN, and G..
Biggs and c. B. Putnam of Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. They are out for pleasure
and will spend about four or five weeks
in seeking recreation.
A fine and attractive republican BAN
ner was strung across Montana avenue
from the First National bank Thursday,
bearing the following inscription: Reg
ular republican nominees-For president.
William Mckinley of Ohio. For vice
president, Theodore Roosevelt of New
York together with splendid pictures OF
the gentlemen who are championing the
u of protection and prosperity. The
nag or banner is the property of the
yellowstone Republican club, the men,
bership of which now numbers $50.
William Rea, the st. Paul sheep buyer
and feeder, shipped thirty cars of sheep
from Huntley today to his feeding yards
at New Brighton, Mimi. The sheep were
purchased from c.. NJ Bair and p. B.
Moss.
p. M. Gallaher finished branding 4OO
head of cattle at the Northern Pacific
stock yards yesterday, which he received
from the east and are to be driven over
land to his ranch on Shell Creek. Wyom-
ing.
Ben Radcliffe purchased 1000 head of
one-year-old ewes from I. D. O,Donnel]
this week, and is driving the sheep over
land to his range on the Clark's Fork in
Carbon county. The price paid was 81
per head.
Taylor and Burla are actively at work
charging and dredging the irrigation
ditch of the Yellowstone and Canyon
Greek Ditch company, having worked
for the distance of a mile. They still
have four or five miles to cover before
completing the contract.
Rev. McCulloch and wife arrived in
Billings yesterday to reside here in the
future. The reverend gentleman has
been sent here from Colorado as pastor of
the African M. E. church, succeeding
Rev. Elliott, and will preach his first ser