The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-11
LOCAL

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
G. ]. Davis left yesterday for a visi
to his old home in Erie, Ill.
Mrs. ". Vaughan left last nigh
for Boone, a., where she will yisi
relatives and friends for a time.
Two more trainloads of southern
cattle were received in the city yester
day by Pierre Wibaux, Of Wibaux.
Judge A. Fraser is once more able
to be about, after an illness extend
ing over a period of several weeks.
Secretary of State Geo. M. Hays
came down from Helena yesterday te
attend the commencement exercises
John G. WOODS of st. Joseph, Mo.
and Donna S. Walsh. of Billings were
granted a license to wed, yesterday
Mrs. J.. S. Flanagan and two child
rem left yesterday morning for Men
ominee, Mich, to spend the summer
visiting relatives.
Captain j. G. Bond, chief of the
fire department, returned yesterday
from Hunters Hot Springs, where he
had been for the past three or four
weeks. @1~
@. e. Warner was appointed con.
stable for Billings precinct yesterday
by the board of county commissioners.
He fills the position left vacant ny
Lou Robbins, elected last fall, failing
to qualify.
Rev. H. A. James of Bozeman will
arrive in the city today and tonight
will conduct the fourth quarterly
meeting of the Methodist Episcopal
1hvIrsoh- Tom n ~ ~ h. nj
preach in the M. e. church.
Friends in this city have received
commencement invitations of the
class of the Oberlin, O., public schools
from Miss Clara Stuart, a daughter
of B. F. Stuart, at n time a resi-
dent of the Yellowstone valley and
owner of the Hesper farm.
There will pass through the city
some time tomorrow a SPECIAL train
bearing a number Of suffragists and
surgeons en- route to the Yellowstone
park from Minneapolis, where their
national associations have been in
session for the past week or two.
Eight vags and one drunk were in
case of seven, sentence was suspend
GU LII oAuC1 " 6lVC Cl1C llCA oil w
portunity to get out of the city. The
other two men were sentenced to do
four days work, each, on the streets.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
John F. Asbury, cashier of the Big
Timber National bank, was in the city
yesterday. p.
Mrs. w. w. Harrington, of Sheri-
dan, Wyo., is in the city visiting the
family Of ]. l.. Harrington.
George Henry, of Helena, has been
spending several days in the city Wis
iting at the home of his father-in-law,
j. M. Ramsey.
Married-At the Congregational
church parsonage, last evening, at
1880 o'clock, Mr.. John c. Woods, of
st. Joseph, Mo-, and Mrs. Donna S.
Walsh, of this city, the Rev. W. d.
Clark officiating.
Miss Parker, of Lincoln, ILL.,, ar
rived in the city yesterday and was
met here by her uncle, Fred Stollz, of
Park City, whom she has come to Wis
it during the summer.
Miss Mae Calhoun departed yester-
day for her home in Sparta, Wis.,,
where she will spend the summer, re-
turning to Billings in the fall to again
esume her duties as teacher in the
public schools.
The people of Big Timber will vote
at a special election, on July Is, to de-
termine the matter of town incorpor-
alton. A census of the place showed
a population of 673 within the limits
of the proposed incorporation.
r. Howard Daniels, principal of the
public schools, leaves today for the
east, where he will spend the sum-
mer vacation. He will visit the Buffa-
10 exposition while absent. He ex-
poets to be at Mackinaw, Mich, the
greater part Of the summer.
Miss Jane Pitcher left yesterday for
Portland, where she expects to make
her future home and engage in school
work. Miss Pitcher has been a teach
er in the public schools of this city
for several years, and endeared her
self to pupils and parents alike, and
all deeply regret her departure.
Finlay McRae, of Helena, clerk of
the district court of Lewis and Clarke
county, passed through the city last
night on his way east. He will rep
resent the states of Montana, Wash
ington, Idaho anu Wyoming at the
meeting of the executive council of
the Royal Highlanders to be held at
Lincoln.
At it's meeting last Thursday night
Federal Labor union, No. 1873, elected
the following officers: President, A.
Sharp; vice-president, G. III. circuit;
recording secretary, G. A. Weed; flnan-
cial secretary, r. A. Sage; treasurer,
D. w. Dedrich; guide, A. L. Stratton;
guard, G.. w. Cox; trustees, E. Lind
and G. w. Stoddard.
Mrs. Cass Prudomme received a tel
egram yesterday conveying the sad in
of the death of her sister,
Mrs. C.. c. Bowler, of Red Lodge,
which occurred in Michigan, whittier
the deceased had gone some two
weeks ago for the benefit Of her
health. The telegram came as a
shock. >as it was not known that Mrs.