The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-23
CHAPPLE DRUG co.

- - @l
1t has been decided to put the now
double service on the Northern Pacific
to the coast into operation OH March /.
The change in time is doubtless due to
the expectation Of very heavy travel
towards Alaska early in the sp ring
The equipment to be used on the new
trains WILL be of tile finest.
LMiss Anna P. Tarbell, m~illiner at
The Fashion, departed yesterday for
Chicago to spend severskw weeks in the
wholesale houses, Learning all the new
fads in womdh's Aeadgear. Miss Tar
bell has spehttwo years IN Billings
and has made many warm friends
among our people. She will not return
here in the spring, but will take up her
work elsewhere.
Mate Cooper returned Sunday from
a trip to The Dalles. Oregon, where he
went a couple Of weeks ago. to purchase
sheep. Wool buyers had been in that
section buying pptiopso on this season Is
clips at IS and 90 cents a pound and
sheepmen were Holding their lambs at
"a per head. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that Mr.. Cooper did not invest in
sheep at such prices.
The Wilcox, Arizona, News notes
the presence Of Jepp Ryan in that town
last week and that he and his foreman,
J. M. Cox, went to the ranch in that
valley. Mi. Cox stated that the Ryan
outfit would move all their young steers
from Arizona to the maturing range in
Montana. They shipped two or three
train loads last spring and will largely
increase the number this year.
Tile city council has been petit
toned to have a sidewalk constructed
on the south side Of Fourth avenue
north, from Twenty. seyefth to Twenty.
eighth streets. The Methodist people
have already builA walk half way be-
tween Twe{tv<eiRhth and Twenty.
ninth streets and W. II. Donovan has
made arrangements for completing the
other half. The walk, when oom-
pleted, will be u souroe Of much con.
v%enience to many Of u people.
-"Boxy' Farrell and Jack Seaman
have already begun to pack their port
manteaus preparatory to taking a trip
across the briny deep foy various points
of interest in Europe. and especially the
city Of Parish wheye they will see the
exposition sights/ Every spare moment
that the youtgInen can find is put il
the study Of French words and their
meanings, which they expect to have
mastered by the time they are ready to
start. and OH their return they hope to
be able to walk Spanish"
Justice Fraser and u jury Of six
heard the case of A. M. Crawford w.
Fl. j. and j. W. Hall and A. D. Will.
Jams in the court room Saturday. The
defendants were charged with having
stolen a house from the plaintiff. It
seems the former had erected the house
for Mr.. Crawford, but the latter had
never paid for it. and SO early one
morning they oarted it away. The
jury, after being out about half an
hour, brought in a verdict to the effect
they thought the act justiiable.
Carbon County Sentinel: Sub
Agent Campbell vas owe from the
Pryor Greek agency this week looking
up a piece Of allotment land which had
been claimed to have been relinquished,
but of which he had no record. While
In town Nj. Campbell was asked If
there vas likely to be anything done
opening up the east end Of the
Grow reservation for settlement. He
said that while lie had no authorltiye
information OH the subject, yet he
a move would probably lie
made in that direction in about six
weeks.
Captain Frederick j. Mills, u
brother Of Rev. Jacob Mills, formerly
Of this city, who was charged and tried
last week for the murder Of John G.
Of Salt Lake, was &C.
quilted, the jury bringing in a verdict
after being out only fifteen minutes.
The evidence showed that while the de.
PENDANT was absent serving as an officer
in the volunteer army Of the United
his wife and O'Melveney be.
came criminally intimate. The do.
pleaded the Utah statute which
the act Of a husband who kills
MS wife's seduoer and also set up q
plea Of insanity.
-Cudy Enterprise: A number Of
Red Lodge men, 1t is said have secured
positions OH a survey for q railroad to
run to the Sunlight mining district
ly Henry Willard and the COMPANY Of
New Workers who recently purchased
he Silver Tip mines. Bill.
ngs il to have additional railroad faoil.
ties, Good, The Cody - Taloooa r.
B., is also coming to the front, N. b.
The front in this case means the Big
Horn basin, For The past
ihree weeks Mr.. VIM. Abshire, Of
Mont, has been doing a. pelop
NJ work at the Perkins mining camp,