The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-15

ings until spring. Mr.. Linton is now
at Hot Lake and will remain there
during the winter.
How'd you like to be the ice
man. For the past few days he has
been getting in his work harvesting
a big supply of fine quality, which he
finds it necessary to furnish customers
now, last winters supply having been
entirely exhausted.
The Rocky Fork Coal company
has made a proposition to the city
council of Red Lodge to install a new
modern electric lighting system indie
pendent of the coal mine it given a
franchise for 20 or rs years. 1t will
probably be granted.
The Gazette has had paper hold
ers placed upon the houses of every
subscriber and hereafter the daily will
be found therein. The carriers have
been instructed to place the paper
therein and failure to do so should be
reported TO this Office.
Daily Missoulian: DR.. and Mrs.
w. G. Orr, formerly of the Bitter Root
stock farm, arrived in the city last
night from Billings, where they have
spent some weeks. They were accom-
panied by E. R. MCLEAN of Billings,
who will visit ~hereabouts.
ID. G. O'Shea of Red Lodge, one
of M%ontana's presidential electors, was
in Billings yesterday Ell route to Hell
ena, where the electors are to meet
and cast the vote Of Montana for
president. All the electors being DEM
ocrats Bryan will get the vote.
j. l.. Scarlet, the Englishman,
who is we'll known here, was recently
married at Melville, Mont, to Miss
Helen P. Van Cleve, eldest daughter
of Hon. Paul Van Cleve of that
place. The happy couple have gone
on an extended wedding trip, which
will end in England, their future
home, sometime next summer.
THE train of special horse cars,
which were used to carry a portion of
the Marcus Daily thoroughbred stock
to New York a few weeks ago, passed
through Billings yesterday en- route to
Hamilton, Mont. They will again 60
east in a few days with the balance
Of the stock, which is to be sold the
latter part of this month at public
auction.
-Glendive Independent: Freight
Conductor Lynch, whose run was be.
tween Glendive and Billings, died Of
pneumonia at Forsyth Thursday. Mr.
Lynch joined the Order of Railway
Conductors the end Of last November
and took a So, 900 insurance policy il
that order. 1t is not often that bene
: fetal orders are called upon to pa.
l policies in SO short a time.
T H. V. Bailey narrowly escaped
serious accident Sunday. He ha(
filled his pipe with tobacco from
pocket which he also had a few 2.
calibre rim fire cartridges and Will
smoking the pipe exploded, but fortu
nately he escaped injury. In taking
: the tobacco from his pocket he ais
took a cartridge, which exploded afte
the tobacco had been lighted.
The county commissioners me
yesterday and entered into a contrac
s with VIM. s. Hewitt for the erection
of the East Billings wagon bridge
The list Of taxpayers from which t
r draw the court jurors for the yea
r 1901 was also selected. The commits
%sioners will be in session today an
will make a trip to Canyon creek t
inspect some bridges across the irrigat
ing ditch.
. Captain A. E. Neate and brid
d were in Billings yesterday and vii
leave this morning for their HON
!, near Bridger, in Carbon county, wher
the former has a stock ranch. The
are Just returning from Minneapolis
,Captain Neate has employed the sci
:, vices Of one of the best attorneys j
! Minneapolis to prosecute the damaG
suit of Mrs. Neate, nee Belle Howard
n against the owners of the me
10 Store'' at that place and has no inter
tion of dropping Of compromising tn
t, suit.
1T Captain Hurst and Lieutenal
ID Malcolm, who have been in charge {
the Salvation Army work in this cit
for several months past, leave tomo
row, the former going to her home
1T Nanimo, British Columbia, and tt
latter to Snohomish, Washington
Captain Hurst will lecture at tt
If barracks tonight on "Seven Years
the Salvation Army Work" Capital
Darrack of Ontario will arrive in Bill
= ings Friday to take charge Of tt
"a work here.
e. B. Kennedy has brought su
in Justice Mann's court against II
man and Buck Graham to recov
$500. Kennedy alleges that he entert
into a contract with the defendant
who reside on Piney creek, in Carbt
- county, to sell him, SO. tons of hay al
allow the plaintiff to feed it to b
sheep at their ranch. and the plainti
oe paid $500 on the contract. Now Il