The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-16

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Save wear aud tear OH your laundry
by sending 1t to the Billings Steam
Luundry. 75-8
Peters, the tailor. is still leading.
SEQ his suits to measure ut $l5, pants
~ 10, aud UP.
Thoroughbred Plymouth Rock
cookrels for snle. Apply to Mrs. Field.
ing White, Billings. 77-4t
- You take no chances when you get
work done at Brown & Deokert's ba, Der
shop. Only good artists employed. y
The snow, which has been melting
the past week, has settled in the
ground. instend Of running off in
streams.
The material for the Red Lodge
water works system will DO on the
ground about April !, aud the work Of
construction Immediately commenced.
Miss Marie Clark entertained a
number Of friends ut a pleasant dane.
ing purity at her home. near the water
works pump house on the river, Friday
night,
The merchant who advertiSes judi.
ciously Is the successful business man
OF this aga. Aud he does not resort to
%handbills Or advertising in newspapers
Of doubtful circulation.
The Gazette has received IN inyi.
tatim from the president aud faculty
0f the Montana State Normal school 70
attend the commencement exercises in
Dillon, Friday, Jnn, ~.
1zSnunty Assessor Wells, who has
bNen poorly for sometime, ia now con.
inel TO the home Of A. j.. Wilkinson.
his trouble being consumption. and his
condition is said to be quite serious.
The S%tookprowers' Journal says
that I. W. Humphrey of Billings paid
a visit TO Miles City last week and took
several handsome remenlbrances Of his
visit home with him. Ask Humphrey
about them.
rzActing on the Recommendation Of
Senator Garter. President Mckinley,
has nominated Walter Anderson to be-
postmaster at Red Lodge, in place Of
John Andrews, whose term will expire
Feb. IL next.
High waters on the Rocky Noun.
tain division of the Northern Pacific is
playing havoc with railroad tracks and
bridges, causing trains to be delayed.
Yesterday mornings eastbound passen.
ger was eight hours late.
HWm. Davis, u Of the smallpox
patients, who was turned loose from
the pest house Sunday, Ind occasion to
feel %inbilant, but ha abused the priv.
lege by getting drunk aud was ''run
in." The police judge let him go with
a little sound advice.
Our sister city, Red Lodge. has
been called upon to circulate a petition
for money in order TO keep her schools
from closing M April ! on account of
insufficient funds. Billings was re-.
lieved of this by its taxpayers paying
their special school tax, even IL it was
illegal.
-Boxy Farrell wishes to emphati.
cally deny the allegation that lie has
any connection whatever with The
Gazette, the representations Of the Red
Lodge Picket to the contrary notwith-
standing. Both Mr.. Farrell and The
Gazette have a case Of libel against the
Picket editor.
Red Lodge Ia going to light it's
streets with electricity An experiment
will first DO made with four arc lights
and il they give satisfaction eight more
will DO added. The twelve lights are
to only cost $1,000 a year. Billings
pays nearly ~, 400 a year for au equiv
alent Of twenty nro lights.
The Maverick Hose company ia
making arrangements tor a banquet 10
the wives and sweetheatts Of the mem.
bers, which will be given sometime
next month. Just where Captain Bond
gets In OH this 1t Ia hard to determine,
but 1t Ia limited he may fool some Of the
people properly aud the boys are keep
ing M eagle eye on him to. see that he
does nothing rash.
Cody Enterprise: From the Bill.
ings Gazatte we learn that the small.
pox scare has subsidized. That paper
further reports 10 new cases aud the
sick ones rapidly recovering. The visi-
tation was greatly exaggerated, aH un-
pleasant things generally are. aud our
people will be pleased to learn that the
disease is rapidly disappearing.
The barber firm Of Brown & Deck.
ert, which in strictly up.to.date III
every particular, has made arrange
ments for employing q competent
ladies' hair dresser, who will shortly
arrive from the east. This ia some
thing that has long been needed in
Billings aud the firm Is to be oongratu.
lated for filling the long felt want.
The preliminary examination of
Thomas Brewington for tho stabbing of
Frank Bahcook IN Gebo n few weeks
ago, was held before Justice Stone at
Bridger Friday of Inst week. The wit
nessas 0allaI Wara ayan,inal auI tLa;.