The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-29
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

j. D. Matheson is down from
Red Lodge for a few days visit to his
family. :.
w. D. Smith of Miles City was
greeting numerous Billings friends
yesterday.
-Carwlle & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
tainable rates.
David N. Milne, a we'll known
resident Of the Musselshell, is in the
city on business. H.
A. Il. Lee Of Livingston has accept
ed a position as travelling agent for the
Billings Brewing company.
Mrs. Alvord has returned to Bill.
ings from Red Lodge, where she had
been for the past two weeks.
Henry Leh1kind Of Silesia, man
ager of the Carbon county brewery,
was a Billings visitor yesterday.
w. M. Murphy, who manages his
fathers stock interests near Merrill,
is spending a few days in Billings.
Henri Haskell of G%lendive, form
erly encouragement of Montana, is in
the city in attendance upon district
court.
Architects G. S. HARE of Helena
and j. G. Link of Butte were in the
city yesterday looking yer their con-
tracts.
John Kelly, a vag, will do 1917
days work on the streets, as a conse-
quence of facing Acting Police Judge
Fraser yesterday.
IS. D. Church returned yesterday
afternoon from a trip to St. Paul,
where he has some sheep feeding for
the Chicago market.
A E. Smith, a bartender, paid a
fine of $40 into the city treasury for
disturbing the peace, by striking and
beating n Fay Calder.
The Musselshell Cattle company
has filed with the secretary of state the
appointment of W. x. Sudduth of La
vina, as the Montana agent Of the
company.
"A. B. Moseley and E. A. Gray,
representing the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company and Northwestern
railroad, respectively, were hustling
business in this city yesterdy.
j. E. Edwards, Grow Indian
agent, was in Billings yesterday from
Grow Agency. He has just returned
from a trip to Washington on business
in connection with the agency.
-Chas. H. Perrine of TIBET, who
recently disposed of his interests in
the Buffalo Creek Sheep company, in
Fergus county to Chas. r. McClave of
Elmira, N. Y, was in Billings yester-
day accompanied by Mr.. McClave.
e. M. Hungerford, superintendent
Of the Billings Tele phone company,
went to Bridger yesterday to install a
central office for L. L.. Moffett's tele-
phone system. He was accompanied
by U. E Frizelle, the two gentle
men expecting to be absent until Mon
day.
IN. @. Kimberley, general super
intendent of the Northern Pacific,
passed through Billings yesterday en-
route to St. Paul. in his special car,
from a trip owe the line to the coast.
He was accompanied as far as this city
by Division Superintendent Horn Of
Livingston.
Mrs. R. S. Dorsett, better known
as Calamity Jane" has begun suit in
Justice Fraser's court against zee
Sam Lee, proprietor of the L. & L.
restaurant. to recover $3.50 damages.
Mrs. Dorsett claims that Lee is with
holding from her a trunk containing
dresses and bedding valued at $500.
The brokerage firm of Bigger &
Morris has dissolved, the business be-
ing retained by A. A. Morris. The
office recently opened in Helena will
be conducted by j. H. Bigger, who
will remove his family to that city
shortly. Mr.. Bigger is spending a
few days in Billings, closing up his
affairs.
The Maine Central railroad has
inaugurated a new scheme relative to
the use of it's 1, 900 mile books or
tickets. It has removed the ~restric-
tions combining their use to the per-
sons named thereon, and permits them
to be used for travel of the bearer or
OF any person or persons accompanying
him. These tickets are sold at $40
each.
The only case decided in the dis
trict court yesterday was that of L. L.
Moffett VS.. VIM. B. Cooley, a suit to
recover $4O0 on a promissory note, the
jury rendering a verdict in favor of
the defendant. The case of H. M.
Allen & Co., vs.. Sarah N. Fuller, ct
al, will be heard today. This is a
suit for foreclosure of a mechanics
lien.
Hope S. Davis, manager of the
local Office of the Western Union
Telegraph has received in.