Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-18

| Four of the county officers-elect have
| had their bonds approved by C. H. Land.
| district judge, and the same were filed
| with the county clerk "Wednesday. Thos.
A. Williams clerk of the district court,
| gives bond of $4,000, with the United
| States Fidelity & Guaranty company as
| surety. F. H. Hatham, county attorney,
gives bond of $4,000, with p. B. Moss
and w. L.. Linton as sureties. S. F.
Morse, H. G. Williams and E. H. Beck
er are sureties in the sum of $4,000 for
Nat G. Carwile, county clerk and record
er. A. P. Smith, assessor has L. II.
Fenske and JOS. Zimmerman for his
sureties in the sum of s., 900.
AT the recent term of the district court
OF Sweetgrass county in the libel suit
which w. w. Beasley. late representative
OF that county in the last legislature.
brought against certain citizens of Big
Timber whom he alleged hung him in
effigy for voting for Clark for senator.
was passed when the docket was called.
Mr.. Sydney Fox, counsel for the defend
ants, amour ced the readiness of tEF de-
fense to go to trial, but the plaintiff was
not ready. Mr.. Fox then gave notice
that at the next term of court he would
ask that the case be stricken from the
docket.
Howell Sperry shipped forty car loads
OF sheep from Balatine, Wednesday to
Schuyler, Neb, where they will be fed
on corn preparatory to shipping
to market. Speaking of feeding
sheep on corn, Mr.. Howell says there is
from 65 to IS cents per head in favor OF
such fed. as against feeding of screenings
in the Twin Cities. Twitchel & French
of Forsyth shipped twelve car loads of
sheep from Ft Custer yesterday to Lin
coin, where the stock will be fed in the
Burlington feeding yards. By feeding
there the shippers save feed in transit
charge.
Some extraordinary rules have been
laid down by the Burlington railway
company which will affect all it's en-
ployees. No man is allowed to use to-
bacco or liquor in any form during the
hours of service. All employees of the
company are required to be vaccinated
on account of the existence of SO much
smallpox. AS consequence of this last
rule, many of the company's men are
suffering from rather tender arms.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bake, of Vinton,
Iowa. and Miss Harriet Robinson of Ce- |
dar Falls, Iowa, arrived in the city yes |
terday for few days visit, while en- |
route to California to spend the winter. |
The ladies are sisters of Miss Eta Rob- |
inson. teacher in the Billings public |
schools. |
Walter Anderson and wife of Red |
Lodge left Billings yesterday afternoon |
for three or four weeks trip to the Pa |
cifc coast. They go direct TO Portland, |
where they will spend few days in |
sight seeing. after which they will take |
the boat to San Francisco g,
l.. l.. Moffett left Wednesday for Car
bon county to look over his telephone |
system. He will visit Red lodge and
complete arrangements for the estab- |
lishment of the direct system between
that place and Billings.
Mrs. M. C. Roberts, who came to Bill |
ings two weeks ago with her daughter,
Miss Marie, who was quite i'll with heart
trouble, returned to her home in Bridger,
Wednesday. Miss Roberts is improving
and will leave soon forthe east.
Mrs. Marguerite M. Strang, county SUI
perntendent-elect. has let the contract to
r. H. GaSnOn Tor the erection of a neat
cottage in the West Side Addition, and
work on the same will soon be COM
menced.
Rev. j. A. Hubbard, of Denver, Colo,
presiding elder of the African Methodist |
Episcopal church, arrived in the city
yesterday. He will remain here over
Sunday to conduct services for his people, I
| 1
s. F. Stoughton, of Huntley, this coun-
ty, is member of the telegraphers' COM
mittee that is in st. Paul waiting upon
the Northern Pacific company asking for
an increase in wages. |
Miss Margaret OIRourke went to Hunt /
er's Hot Springs, Wednesday, for a few
weeks visit. l.
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