The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-19
LOCAL NOTES.
Saturdays Daily Gazette.

~ A"oA VI tAsSA c"e ""S
looking after business affairs here yes
terday.
Geo. T. Lamport, the Bear Creek
coal man, was in Billings yesterday
from his Red Lodge home.
Bert Sperry, train dispatcher for
the NortI ern Pacific at Livingston,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
st. Patrick's day will be in the
morning and the wearers of the green
will be quite conspicuous in Billings.
Mrs. Barr and daughter, Miss
Nellie, of Hillsboro, Ia, have arrived
in the city for a visit to their daughter
and sister, Mrs. Henry S., Hammond.
"A. B. Mosely, representing the
Oregon Railway & Navigation COM
pany, and Eugene Fox Of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific we're in the city
yesterday rustlpg business.
Three cases Of smallpox were re-
ceived at the Pryor Gap pest house yes
terday. They are the first since the
establishment of the hospital, three
days ago. The patients were taken
from McShane's grading camp.
The Bridger mines, in which
weesk ago., continue to remain shut
down. A successor to T. P. McDon-
aid, who resigned from the active
management of the company, has not
been named.
H. B. Gordon of Tacoma, Ia, ar
rived here yesterday to take the re-
mains of his brother, VIM. Gordon,
for that place last night. VIM. Cor
don died in this city a few days ago
from pneumonia.
Mayor John T. Smith of Living
ston was here yesterday to confer with
Robert E. Lee, who is charged by In
dian Agent Edwards with unlawfully
taking cattle alleged to belong to the
will come before United States Com
missioner Fraser next Tuesday in this
city.
1t is learned from a reliable
source that many of the frame build
ings at Carbonate are being. removed
to Red Lodge. Although the distance
is % miles the buildings are being re-
moved without much trouble. It is
still believed that the Carbonate
mines will reopen, but how soon and
under whose management is not
known.
From sundays Daily Gazette.
M. F. Trask of Lavina is in the
city on business.
Sam Gervin returned yesterday
from a business trip to Helena.
Mrs. Walter Clifton and sister,
Miss Lottie Hardy, have returned
from a visit to Wyoming.
Miss Ida Lamport returned to her
home at Red Lodge yesterday, after a
visit to her friend, Miss Lois Fagaly,
in this city.
The Big Timber Express has sus-
pended publication owing to the con-
tinued ill-health of tho publisher, 0.
H. Segerstrom.
The next annual encampment of
the Montana department Of the Grand
Army of the Republic will be held at
Butte, April II and Is.
IS. L. Wiley and wife and Miss
Ruth Wiley OF Omaha were in the city
yesterday, Ell route to Burlington,
Wyo., near where they will reside.
The Forsyth Times is authority
for the statement that L. Fl. Parker
of Billings will start a new saloon at
the county seat of Rosebud county, in
the "a future.
County Commissioner Lavelle
returned to his home at Columbus yes
terday. He had been in Billings for
about two weeks on business in con-
nection with county affairs.
-Ashlnr lodge No. 20, A. F. & A.
M. will hold a special meeting tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock for the purpose
of taking in new members. All men,
bers are expected to attend and Wis
itors are welcome.
-Shackelton & Whiteway of Butte,
who are doing contracting in Billings,
have received the contract from the
government for the construction of a
hospital at Fort Keogh for a consider
alton of nearly $40, 900.
The democrats held their pri-
maries for the city election yesterday
in the four wards of the city. There
were no contest and the men named to
attend a city convention are favorable
to the nomination of W.. B. George for
mayor.
Representative A. R. Mcdonald
of Whitehall was a visitor in Billings
yesterday, having come here to accom-,
pany his family home. Mrs. McDon-
aid has been in the city for a few
I weeks visiting the family of John
Dunlevy.
-Robt. Barr, brother of Mrs H. s.
Homm0pd of this citv has inst re.