The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-07

came III ldSC nlgnL from BrlQgeT, Wnere
he has been stationed since leaving
Billings a few weeks ago.. He states
that the country around Bridger re-
ceived a heavier rain than that which
fell in this section. Regarding the
shutdown of the Bridger coal mine,
he said that no one outside the COM
pany seemed to know the ause. It
is thought, however, that the mines
next few days. Mr.. Bowman expected
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Frank Scott and wife Of junction
are in the city for a few days.
Trainmaster B.. A. Campbell of Sher-
idan was here yesterday seeing after
affairs on the Burlington.
Mrs. Baker of sheridan is in the
city visiting the family of Conductor
Russell of the Burlington.
Mrs. Edith sayer and baby of Hele-
ma are guests of her parents, Mr.. and
j. B. HEREFORD is acting county at
torney during the absence from the
state of Fred. H. hatnnorn.
Mrs. w. S. Bayerd left yesterday for
Loudonville, O., whittier she was called
by the serious illness or her father.
Matt Driscoll was at Hunters Hot
Springs Sunday and Monday, at which
place his wife LAS been for a week
or two.
H. P. Babcock has gone to Red
Lodge to see about removing some
cattle to his fathers ranch west of
Billings.
n revised ordinances Of 1901 of
the City of Billings have just been is
sued in book form by authority of the
city council.
c. l.. Merrill and wife Of Bridger
were visitors in the, city over Sunday,
while on their way home from a Wis
it to Miles City.
Jos. Soss of Helena, manager of
the Montana Sandstone Building COM
pany, was a business visitor in the
city yesterday.
Geo. T. seek of Cody was in Bill
ings yesterday en- route home from a
business trip to points in Wyoming
and Nebraska.
The home of Alderman Henry White
of the Second ward has been quaran-
tined on account of scarlet fever, two
of his children having the disease.
]. =. Schwoob, a prominent young
business man of Cody, Wyo., came to
| Billings last night to meet his wife
who is on her way home from an
eastern visit.
Superintendent H. ]. Horn came
down from Livingston yesterday morn
inO on6 rnoHoH the fret trim oyyn,r hic
division with the North Coast Linn
tied, which was placed in service
again Sunday.
Chris Yegen returned yesterday from
Hunters Hot Springs. While there he
invested in so acres OF land lying in
proximity to that place, which he eX-
poets to have laid out in town lots,
calling it the Yegen Bros. addition.
Joseph S~teinhauser, a Northern Pa
Gifts switchman. was knocked from a
car yesterday and sustained three
broken ribs and a few slight bruises.
The injured man was taken to his
home on South Tw~enty-seyenth street,
where ne is resting comfortably.
Rev. Father A. Hoffman of Red
Lodge, who has been'a patient at st.
Vincent's hospital in this city for a
few weeks, continues to improve and
he expects to leave. this week for
either Iowa or Kansas in the hope that
a lower altitude will benefit him.
The North Coast Limited" trains
o. the Northern Paci1ic. which were
placed in service again Sunday, passed
through Billings yesterday for the
first time. The e%astbound came in on
the dot, while the westbound was over
an hour late. The regulation eight
coaches were attached to each of the,
trains. q
The contract has been let by Mrs.
John Staffek and Mrs. H. F. McFar-
lin for the erection of a two and one
half story frame building and base
ment at the corner of North Thirty
first street and First avenue the same
to be conducted as a boarding house.
Work on the building will commence
shortly.
Two additional cases Of smallpox
were picked up off the streets Sun
day, the patients being Gus Smith and
Harry Smith, two men who had been
working at what they call Camp No.
3, on the Ioluca-Cody line of the our
lington. They were piloted to the
pest house, where their cases are being
attended to.
Little Dorothy Ulyat, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ulyat, celebrated
her third birthday Sunday afternoon
by inviting about a dozen OF her lit
tie friends. The tots enjoyed them
selves in various ways, not the least
of which was in eating the ice cream
and cake provided by Mrs. Ulyat.
j. j., Karstens, the old gentleman
who fell from the Burlington passen-
ger train e Peritsa, Mont, several
days ago, is getting along nicely at
st. Vincent's hospital. He has about
recovered from the injuries he U.S.
tanned, but has suffered a stroke Of
apoplexy. It is thought. he had 9