The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-20
LOCAL NOTES.

IT. r. Mcdonald or Br1dger came
in last evening.
Oscar Heistand Of Casper, Wyom-
ing, was here yesterday.
Mrs. Flora GOWN of Gilt Edge
is visiting Billings friends.
%. F. Goddard returned yesterday
from a professional visit to Glendive.
Thomas Curran, roadmaster Of
the Burlington, located at Sheridan,
was here yesterday.
"A. W. Atkins, one of the contrac-
tors on the Toluca-C Cody branch, is a
business visitor in the city.
Miss Jennie Panton returned yes
terday from a three weeks visit with
relatives and friends in Helena.
Fred G. Woodward of Gebo was
here last night OIL his way to Wash
ington, D. G., to visit his father.
Money to loan in any sum on
farm lands and improved Billings
property. Carwile & Bouton.
"A train load of mules passed
through here yesterday en- route to
the Philippines in charge of a detach-
ment Of soldiers.
Mrs. Paul Mccormick enter
tanned a few friends at a dinner party
Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs.
Jennie Bishop of Dillon.
In the case of W. W. Beasley VS..
W. H. Clanton an action brought for
the ecovery on a promissOry note for
81, 900, the case was dismissed AS set
tied.
Judge Charles F. Gage, ex-policeI
magistrate of Helena, has been APT
pointed deputy United States mari
shall in place of Sam Jackson, DEF
ceased. l
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Lavender on
Forsyth, were visiting friends in this
city yesterday. Mr. Lavender is an
engineer of long standing on the
Northern Pacific.
F. l.. King a prominent breeder
of Cotswold and Lincoln sheep at
Charlotte, Michigan, was here yester-
day ~endeavoring to contract a carload
of high grade rams.
H, E. Day, travelling engineer Of
the Northern Pacific with headquar-
tiers at M~issoula, left here IN Friday
afternoon on a tour Of examination
over the division west of here.
-Governor-elect Joseph K. Toole
has announced that he will not engage
in the practice Of law during his term
of office and has Withdrawn from thy
law firm of Toole, Bach & Toole.
Henry A. G. barley, an office} in
the British amy, was in the pity
yesterday. Mr.. barley is just ftom
the seat of wal in South Africa and
carries a wound inflicted by the Bodrs.
Surveyor General E. w. BeatAe
stopped Over here last night Oh his
way to Carbon county where he will
examine some recent surveys which
the government has had made III that
county.
Sam Garlic, an Italian laborer on
the Burlington, was fatally injured
last Thursday while loading a gravel
car and died that same night at st.
Vincent's hospital in this city. The
accident occurred at Ballentine on the
Grow Indian reservation.
The case of the United States VS.
George Horkan, of Custer county for
~.defrauding the postal department. by
using cancelled stamps on letters is
set for hearing in Helena today.
Horkan is a well-to-do stockman and
the authorities claim they have a
strong case against him.
1t has been automatically reported
in this city that there are five o + six
cases Of thoroughly developed small
pox in Bridger and one in Carbonate.
The authorities should be awake to
the fact that the disease may again
gain a foothold in this city unless
stringent measures are adopted to keep
it out. ~ |
&C. S. Haire of Helena, who is
architect of the library building in
this city, was here yesterday. Mr..
Haire says that inside Of two weeks
the building will be ready to turn
over to the city. In fact. the build
ing is now completed, except the in
terror decorations and a few minor de-
tails which require attending to.
Big Horn County News: The
upper Grey Bull wolf association have
r~e-organized with Otto Franc as treas
urer. They will pay the following
bounty on grey wolves when the hides
are fresh and green: Old wolves,
$50 each. Wolf pups, $15. Mr.. Franc
informs us that the stockmen are more
united on the bounty question than
e before.
Senator Thomas H. Carter was a
passenger on yesterdays east bound
Northern Pacific on his way to Wash
ington to resume his duties in the
United States senate. Mr.. Carter
said that one of the first\ things to be
taken up by the senate w9uld be the