The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-23

pearance 4 n the city and several of
the young men have already invested
in the blouse-shaped affairs.
Aleck Green was arrested yesterday
i for being a vag and was sentenced to
do ten days work on the streets.
Green came to Billings last fall as a
%bootblack, but has not worked since
arriving here.
County Commissioner Pat Lavelle,
of Columbus, was in the city yester-
day. He reports that his town ex-
poets to soon have a newspaper, which
is to be established by a Mr.. Glenn
ems, of Helena.
!, J. M. Seaman returned last night
from Red Lodge, where he assisted
in invoicing the stock of drugs be-
longing to r. e. Emmons, which was
sold to DIR. Dotys Mr.. Seaman re-
ports that coming down on the train
he heard that a case of smallpox had
made it's appearance at Bridger.
Mrs. L. F. Babcock, wife of Post
master Babcock, who has been quite
i'll for several months past, has shown
signs of improvement during the
past few days. Sunday she was able,
for the first time in months, to sit
up and partake of dinner with the
family.
The marriage of Mr.. Henry s. Mutt
and Miss Jennie Guiler is announced
to take place next Thursday evening
at the home of the brides parents,
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. jill. Cutler, at 1874
South Thirty-first street. The cere-
: 80 .,xs1I ~ ,vsk,,oo~o1 hy n fAvxy
relatives and friends.
Several spans of steel material for
the Northern Pacific railroad bridge
across the Missouri river at Town
send passed through Billings yester-
day. A new bridge is being construct
ed at that point to take the place OF
a wooden structure, which was badly
damage. last summer by high wa
tiers. III. "~-
|. Another meeting Of the city council
!, will be held tonight for the purpose
: of considering the petition Of Mayor
Iegen for permission to have con-
, structed a switch track from Thirtieth
! street through the alley between Min
nesota and First south, to
a point at the e a of Yegen Bros.
store building.
The Western Union Telegraph com
3 pany has a force of seven linemen
q stringing the wire and doing other
q work necessary to the establishment
of the downtown telegraph office. The
office will be located in the rear room
OF the second story Of the Firt Nation.
r al bank block and will be in running
order inside of the next few days.
On account of the falling off in the
consumption of coal, the Rocky Fork
Coal company, of Red Lodge, has
< laid off 40 miners indefinitely: Over
II 500 men still remain on the. pay rool
n It has been thought for some time
/ that tue company intended increasing
it's force this spring by a couple o.
81 hundred miners, but the recent actor
r denotes otherwise.
81 John Lee, colored. who was arrested
II Saturday, charged with having solt
s liquor to some Crow Indians. was tax
le en- before United States Commissions
y A. Fraser yesterday to have his pre-
lminary hearing. No n appearing
- for the prosecution the man was dis
missed on his W recognizance. Jas
le O'Neil, for whom a warrant was ais
in issued on the same charge, has no
e. yet been located by the officers.
Referee Firth has sent out notice
If to the 65 creditors of John ]. Cameron
a a bankrupt, of Big Timber, that tn
IN Ehearing of the petition of Albert f
Shook. trustee of the estate, to sci
the real and personal property, will b
heard in this city May 4, and ther
being no objection the sale of said es
tate will be made on May 1S, in Bi
49, Timber. The property consists of
- store building and a stock of goods.
&C. Many new cement sidewalks are t
of be laid this year, both in the bushes
he and residence portions of the city. TIL
an contract has been let for a 12-foc
walk in front of the Belknap bloc
ly on Montana avenue, and the First N;
he tional bank will likely have the wal
in front of it's block laid of the sam
material. Several thousand feet hav
~ been contracted for in h residenc
~ portion, and work has already bee
Nv begun OF this.
ay The baseball game at the ia
m. grounds Sunday afternoon betwee
clubs from the north and south side
cd resulted in a tie. the game bein
ret called at the end of the ninth innin
ok in order to witness the ballon ascel
I'M sion of Prof. l.. N. Odell. 1t was wit
great difficulty that Prof. OdeIl mao
his ascension, the wind being te
no strong. After going up sveral hui
ase bred feet he made of his celebra
no ed parachute leaps.
les The Billings Mercantile compar
II will close it's store at 6 o'clock eat
a evening and open at Z o'clock eae
up morning. beginning today, this ru
to apply for every day except Su
in. day. when the store will be ope
ak until 9 p. m. This action is decide
be upon after giving the matter due co
all s%ideration, the firm being Of the OPT
far ion that more sales can be accom-
zee lished in the day time when the clerl
IN are allowed to have their evenings.