The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-19
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Herman Lehfeldt is in the city
from the Musselshell country.
If in want look up the intelligence
office. South side opposite fire hall.
-Carw1le & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
tainable rates.
j. B. Amin of Columbus was
looking after business affairs in Bill
ings yesterday.
E. S. Beeman of Gebo was in the
city yesterday, returning from a visit
to his son at Forsyth.
The wife of Isaac Nease, a Mus
selshell stockman, gave birth to a boy
baby IN this city Thursday.
Money to loan in any sum on
farm lands and improved Billings
property Carwile & Bouton.
A girl baby was born yesterday to
the wife of S. Stevenson, cashier at
the Burlington freight depot.
A meteor fell in this vicinity
Thursday night at about 1880 O'Clock.
Its course was westward and it's color
was a light blue.
H. A. Darcy, representing "The
Christian company, which is to ap-
pear here shortly, was in the city yes
terday. The play is taken from Hall
Gaines celebrated book, 1.-The Chris
tian.''
60. E. Woodworth, a civil engineer
of Missoula, was in the city last night
coming down from the Clarke's Fork
valley, where he has been on matters
relative to the proposed Cooke City
railroad.
Hope S. Davis left yesterday for
Glendive to assume his duties as coun-
ty treasurer Of Dawson county. Joe
Kohl has succeeded Mr.. DAVIS as local
manager for the Western Union Tele-
graph company.
Forsyth Times: A bouncing baby
girl arrived to gladden. the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Lyndes, on Sun
day. The young lady claims the proud
- honor of being the first ''girl' baby
born in Rosebud county.
Karl Simmons, the Northern Pa.
cific land salesman, who has moved
thousands of acres of railroad real es-
tate in the past few months, was here
yesterday ~disposing of more land to
Yellowstone county people.
"A free-for-all fight took place on
the south side Thursday and in conse.
quence three men found themselves
in the clutches of the law. Yesterday
they were brought into police court
and each fined $40 for disturbing the
peace.
The quarantine on the home of O.
L. Tubbs was raised yesterday. II
will be remembered that a case Of
smallpox was taken from this home
three weeks ago. None of Mr.. Tubb's
I family contracted the disease and the
home is entirely free from sickness.
The following compliment is paid
by the Forsyth Times regarding the
creation of Rosebud county: "The
neighboring counties of Yellowstone
and Custer have gained many warm
friends in Rosebud county by reason
of the able stand taken by the delega'
tions in the legislature from these
counties in behalf of "home rule"
"A case Of smallpox was piloted tt
the pesthouse yesterday by the police
A laobrer, who has been working il
the city for the past two weeks, wa
seen walking about the Northern Pa
cific passenger depot with a suspicion!
looking case. He was approached ant
questioned by Chief of Police Bond
who was not long in deciding that tn
man had a developed case Of smallpox
The man was shown the direction t,
the p%esthouse. He came here from
Omaha. A roommate of the man wa
also sent to the pesthouse.
IF. M. Malone of Miles City
Mont, believes that in the big move
ment west this year Montana will at
tract many of the newcomers. Som
big fortunes have been made in cattl
within the past few years in Montana
and that by men who had but littl
capital at the start, says the Mime
apolis Journal. Montana has beel
very prosperous during the past few
years in spite of the predictions that
slump in the price of silver g u dis
aster to the silver-producing states
The merchants have made money an
Montana has now some Of the larges
retail esta blishments in the west.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
j. W. Richardson, the LAWN
%sheepman. is in the city.
Mrs. Matt Driscoll left last nigh
for the east for the purpose of selectin
new millinery goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Linton LEI
yesterday for California, where the
will s~ojourn for a few weeks