The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-26

years and Is anS Of the prominen
young businessshe OF the city, sue
ceeds w. B. Vklhoun, having bough
the interest Of the latter. Mr.. Cal
houn is at present looking after hi
mining interests in the Sunlight dis
trict.
Robert Taye,r, wife and children 0
Casper, and VI. T. Hogg and wife O
Meteetse are IN the city OF thir wa!
to their ranch near the latter place
They have been spending a few week,
at Hot Springs, s. d. Mr.. Taylor II
one of the largest woolgrowers O
Wyoming.
The annual injecting Of the Yellow
stone Fair association will be held fol
four days this fall, beginning Septem
Der II. A meeting OF the officers will
be held shortly to make the necessar,
arrangements for the exhibition, which
promises to BIZ the best in the history
of the organization.
Before Referee Firth today will be
held the meeting OF the creditors II
the matter Of the petition Of McIntire
& Middleton Of Miles City, who have
been adjudged bankrupts. o. F. God
dard, attorney for the bankrupts, r.
turned last night from Newport, Ore.
whittier he went a few weeks ago fol-
a brief respite from Office duties.
The contractors lien filed in the
Office Of the county clerk and recorder
las t Friday by J.. Mclaughlin against
G. H.. Sharp and the Burlington Rail
road company for a debt of $1,360.0s
for work performed on the Toluca.
Cody line, was satisfied yesterday by
Mr.. Sharpe, who arrived in the city
a couple Of days ago from Cody.
John Cosgriff was arrested yester.
day On the complaint of Thos. Muir
tough, who alleged that the former
had disposed of some checks which
the latter had left in his possession.
Cosgriff claims that after the checks
had been given him he had them cash
ed and turned the money over to MUIR
tough. This the latter denies. A
petty larceny case has been made out
Of the controversy and Cosgriff will
be arraigned today at 10 D.. m. before
Justice Mann.
A deputy sheriff from Basin City,
Wyo., was in the city yesterday with
an old gentleman named Ellis, who
was recently adjudged insane. The
patient was met here by an official
from the asylum at Evanston, who
left last night for that place. The in
sane man will be remembered as the
person who was in the city a few
months ago, on the way to a sons
in Wyoming. At that time he was
known to be out Of his mind, but his
arrangement was thought to be only
temporary,
Leslie NJ. Shaw; governor of Iowa.
accompanied by his family and L. M.
Mann and wife and Miss Fleming, all
of Des Moines, stopped over in Bill
.ings yesterday morning, while return
ing from a trip through the Yellow
stone park. They spent the day in
looking over the city and the governor
made a call upon I. D. O'Donnell,
spending some little time in interest
inAy conversation relating to irrigation,
in which the former is interested, al
hel believes that it means almost
everything to the arid west. The
pa1ty left last night over the Burling-
t%onpfor home.
Nathan Godfrey Of Two Dot is in
the city to g about the disposal Of
his wool. He was representative
from Meagher county in the late leg.
islature. Mr.. Godfrey brings the in
formation of a freak lamb that was
born among his hocks last spring. In
stead Of its wool being either of the
traditional white or the occasional
black, 1t is Of a very deep red, some
thing the like Of which has never be.
fore been heard. The lamb is healthy
and 1t is Mr.. Godfrey's intention to
have 1t taken to Helena and killed and
mounted, after which he will present
Il to the Lambs club Of that city, of
which organization he is q member.
sA strike, or something akin to one
yesterday morning disturbed the
friendly relations heretofore existing
letween George soule and the men
Employed in his plumbing establish
hent. The men refused to handle
material bought from the Babcock
Hardware company and promulgated
The refusal in the form Of an ultimat-
tum. This in turn was met by another
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