The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-21
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Sydney Fox, the rising young at
torney of Red Lodge, was in the city
last evening.
Mrs. Alex. Graham and sons, who
have been in Ohio for a year past,
are expected home soon.
Yesterday capped the climax for
hot weather thus far this year, the
thermometer registering at close to SO
degrees at about
p. L. Reece and wife are visiting
in the city, having come down from
Anaconda yesterday, where they have
been for the past six or eight months.
J. W. Locherty, son of the city pas
,senger agent of the Burlington rail
road in New York city, has been in
the city a few days. He is just re-
turning home from a trip to the Pa
cific coast.
In to an invitation Gov
ernor Toole mas named six represen-
tatives from Montana to the Farmers
held in Sioux Falls, S. D., nexIfall.
Among the number is l. d. O'Don-
nell of this city.
Miss Roeser expects to start tomor-
row for Grand Island, Neb., with her
mother who has been quite poorly of
late. After a short stay in that city
they will continue their journey to
Saginaw, Mich, their former home,
where they will again reside.
Mrs. Geo. E. Boos, the wife Of the
former proprietor of the Muscular
of Missoula, who is now superinten-
lo-+ ~ %lo >y,;p%snr IF Tho nnc,pc in
Washington, passed through the city
ger en- route to the former place for
a visit.
F. j. H. Larsen, an attorney of Oma-
ha, accompanied by his wife, is
spending a few days in the city. He
cation and will visit his brother, who
has a position with the Warrington
railroad and is now stationed Of the
Toluca-Cody branch.
Sheriff Geo. w. Hubbard left yester-
day for the east on business in con.
nection with a settlement with the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
for injuries sustained in a wreck on
that road last fall near DeHart sid
ing, just west of Big Timber, in which
several persons were killed and sev
eral injured.
\ L. ~. Moffett made a trip to Bridg-
er yesterday to. look over his tele-
phone system. which is undergoing
improvements at the hands of E. vi.
Hungerford. The Zine is being re-
paired and a number of new phones
added. The system is proving of great
benefit to the merchants of Billings
and residents OF Carbon county
Thos. Barry was arrested Thursday
for being drunk. While imprisoned
in the city Jail he made an assault on
one of the prisoners, and had IL not
been for the arrival of the officers he
would have caused injury to the man.
Yesterday when brought into police
court Judge Mann fined him $25, and
in default Of payment will work on
the streets.
Sister Dominican and Sister An
toinette are in the city, guests at St
Vincents hospital. The former is sta
toned at Leavenworth, Kan, and has
come to Montana to- escort Sister An
toinette to that ,plate, Sister Anton
cite having beensJ transferred from
Butte. Sister Antoinette was former
ly at the head of the hospital in this
S4Cy, u "No ~
months ago to Butte.
Cabot Thomas. one of the largest
sheep wner OF this section, was ir
the city yesterday from Lake Basin
looking for men to assist in shearing
He expects to begin work just as sooI
as he has secured the necessary mum
Der. The work will be done by ma
chinery. Mr.. Thomas says that sheer
have been in good condition until the
hot weather of the past. few days Sc
in, since which time they have begun
to greatly feel the effects OF the heat
and a continuance of the hot spell
much longer will seriously effect thu
range.
w. J. Scott is in Helena represent
ing the local order of Royal Highland
ers at the district convention, which
comprises the state of Montana, Ida
no, Wyoming and Washington. Tht
most important business which wa
to come before the convention viii
be resolutions recommending som
changes in the one word relative t.
the tenure of Office and the salaries
of the head castle officers, Which will
be made to the natidnal/ Convention
which meets in Aurora Neb., in June
One delegate rom this district will
also be elected to the head conven
ton.
The practice of some bicyclers o
riding on the sidewalks has fnall( re
suited in painful injuries to at eas
one person. Miss Alma Robbins
confined to her home On account O
being run into by a youth nahef 81
Jean, who was using the sidewalk in
stead Of the street as a cycle. path
The extent or the injury sustained b,
Miss Robbins is not known, but tn
fact that she is unable to leave tn