The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-29

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ton of the Great Northern and strike
a junction with the latter road. Some
think Shelby is to be the place where
the proposed extension will tap the
Hill road, while others adhere to the
belief that Great Falls has been de-
cided upon as the point of connection.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
A marriage license was granted
yesterday to Waldo Wylus Eames and
Nellie Hilda Donovan.
Mrs. Afford has returned to the city
and will be pleased to see her patrons
at 16, North T~wenty-kinth street.
Ellen and Frank O'Donnell, her hus-
band, have sold to Frank X. N. Rad
emaker lots Is and 16, block SO, Bill
ings townsite; consideration $3.50.
The Montana & Minnesota Land
and Improvement company has sold
to T. C. Power, lots 1, 2, 8, 4, S and 6,
and lots 8 and 9 and ID to "a, block
so, Billings; consideration 5000.
In the case Of Henry Wagenblast
VS.. Lizzie Wagenblast, an action for
divorce, a decree has been ordered in
favor of the plaintiff, defendant hay-
ing failed to appear and answer. The
ground alleged is desertion.
For the present at least the suit
of c.. A. Kiger VS.. r. G.. Beardsley &
Co. has been disposed of. A judgment
by default in the sum Of $731.77 has
been ordered entered in the district
court in favor of the plaintiff.
October 29 at 10 o'clock is the date
and time fixed by the district court
for hearing arguments on the motion
for a new trial made in the case Of the
State VS.. Seth Dix, convicted at the
last term of court Of n Of the les
ser degrees of murder and sentenced
to the p~enitentiary.
George Sargent, who was given a
preliminary hearing last Friday night
on the charge Of stealing a horse from
J. G.. Weber, has been formally in
formed against in the district court
and waving statutory time has enter
ed a plea of not guilty. His trial has
been set for next week.
Shippers are not taking kindly TO
the order of the Northern Pacific i'm
,.,;,~ n dam, , ,,yo un IN oil rarc nor
4 unloaded within "a hours after ar
rival at point of destination and an
effort is to be made to have the or
der modified so as to make the time
48 hours. The Business Mems asso-
citation of Helena has demeed the
matter of sufficient Importance to
undertake to get up a general move
ment in the direction Of p%etitioning
the company to grant the extension
mentioned.
Mrs. l. D. O'Donnell gave the second
of a series Of Kensingtons yesterday
afternoon. There wefe about thirty.
!. five ladies present who passed the
time with fang work, conversation
, and refr7shp2ents, which were delec.
table antmost \daintily served. The
: large rooms opening together We're
very prettily decorated in cut flowers
Sweet peas and carnations lent theil
: rich perfume. Large ~feathery chrys
anthemums were here and there, and
just enough smilax was used to form
, an effective background for the flow
: ers which were all pink and white.
For the first time since 1898 the
! farmers of Montana are shipping pc
!, tatoes east. Potatoes are being ship
;, ped from the Bitter Root to Missouri
this year and from other parts of the
state shipments have been made tt
= St. Paul and even as far as Chicago
. This in the very face Of the 6aet tina
the potato crop in this state is rathe1
short of the usual yield, says thu
R,valli County Democrat. For tn
farmers here among the mountain
to ship potatoes to the middle states
seems as strange as the idea Of ship
ping coal to Newcastle or politician
to Helena.
. A delightful afternoon was give1
. by Mrs. T. G. Fenske at her home il
. Twenty-seventh street to about THU
ty-five of her friends, yesterday. TIL
;, affair was in honor of Mrs. N. ]. Ros
of Minneapolis, wig is the guest o
Il her daughter, MTIL. H. Fenske. TIL
ladies brought <heir fancy work%
after a tim< spent weaving daint
i. stitches. rhall taD.s5<efs arrange
about INe rooms>sM the hostess, as
sisted bY Ms. D. Jones and Mrs. Al
q thur Hart, served luncheon. TIL
,oonoc moro ~nrettilx decorated wit