The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-01
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From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
U. E. Frizelle has returned from
a visit to the east.
NJ. +. Trask of Lavina was among
yesterdays visitors in the city.
Miss Mabel Salisbury will leave in a
few days for a lengthy visit to friends
in Chicago.
Stock Agent Eiler Of the Burlington
railway was among yesterdays Wis
itors in the city.
Peter A. Pender Of Butte and
Maude P. Penman Of Columbus were
granted license to marry, yesterday.
The Custer Sheep company has
. been incorporated by T. c. Power,
Paul Mccormick and F. M. Trask.
The capital stock is $4,000.
A marriage license was isued yes
terday to Adm r. Peck and Ella J.
Snider. The marriage Of the couple
will be celebrated at Park City, to-
day.
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Ross Bros. was given it's instructions
by Judge Loud last evening and af-
ter being out a short time returned
a verdict for the defendants.
County Commissioner w. 0. Parker
and Mrs. Parker have returned from
their visit to Vermont. On their re-
turn they stopped to view the Pan
American exposition. They also Wis
tied relatives at Watertown, s.. ID.
The trial Of the case Of Raft rs.
Ross Bros. occupied the attention OF
the district court the entire day, yes
terday. The number Of attorneys ELI
gagged on both sides was unusually
large and much time raj devoted to
the arguments.
j.. r. Smith, the Livingston attor.
ney, arrived in the city yesterday and
was entered as counsel for defense
in the ease of Raft VS.. Ross Bros,
which has been occupying the atten.
ton of the district court since last
Monday morning.
In the case of George A. Miller VS.,
the Northern Pacific Railroad com.
pany, an action for damages, appeal
ed from the Justices court, the ap
pellant, the railway company, filed
an amended bond yesterday to per
feet it's undertaking on appeal.
n ,,op ,,y,op;pfarInI tho load
ing Of three carloads of high grade
bucks, yesterday, which he had sold
for r. c.. Power and Bert Shorey
One Of the cars vas consigned tc
George Barclay of Wibaux, n tt
S. d. Burt of Townsend and the
other to John Potter Of Martinsdale
Lowther C HEREFORD were looking
last evening for the arrival Of an
other shipment of horses bought b.
them in Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon for the British government. The
the usual kind which the firm ha!
been picking up for service in Soutl
Africa.
Referee Firth has been notified b,
the Red Lodge parties who had at
tached the stock Of Taft, the bank
rupt, that they have moved to dis
solve the attachment and are nov
engaged in making out a schedule O
their claims against the pe%titione
and will take chances with the res
of his creditors.
Superintendent Summers Of tn
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com
pany was here yesterday looking owe
the locaI telephone field. The lin,
being b,Gls>by the company from tn
west Is now within three miles of tn
city limits and Mr.. Summers hope
to have the connection made viii
the city early next week.
Mayor George lest yesterday morn
ing for Big Tipber and from Their
expected to pdake a~srfp into tn
country. judging from the numbe
and variety of o%vercoats he took wit
him he anticipated a visit to region
including a diversity of climates, a
he had coats ranging in weight fror
the fimsy seersuckers to the sol
worn by arctic explorers.
Captain Bond has returned from
trip to the Snowy mountains, whithe
he went to spend a few days for tn
benefit of his Health. He was threa
ened with am attack Of pneumoni
and thought 4 changerof air and alt
tude would prove beneficial to hin
He returns greatly improved and b.
lieves the trip warded off what woul
have proved a serious case of sicl