The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22

is also the intention of the organizers
to institute a lodge of Ladies of the
Maccabees.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Rev. q. G. Stull made a business
trip to Livingston yesterday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. E. B. Camp were
visitors i'll the city yesterday from
Laurel.
Miss Lottie Hardy left Yesterday
for Minneapolis to resume her studies
at college.
w. G. Ballenger of Miles City
was in Billings yesterday looking after
business affairs.
Superintendent Horn was down
from Livingston yesterday looking
after affairs relating to the Northern
Pacific railroad.
Miss Marguerite Marshman,
daughter Of the we'll known travelling
man, A. G. Marshman Of Helena, is
visiting Mrs. A. G. Redding.
"A. F. Work of Sioux City is in
this vicinity buying and shipping
horses to the eastern market. He has
already shipped out several cars.
The Burlington pay car made it's
usual monthly visit to this city yester-
day and the employees of that road are
accordingly wearing broad smiles.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. N. Hathaway
and child will leave in about a week
for Honolulu, where they go for the
benefit of Mrs. Hathaway's health.
-Alonzo Chilcott of Lowell, Wyo.,
and Miss Grace Belot of Mankato,
Kan, were united in marriage at high
noon yesterday at the M. E. church in
this city, Rev. G. G. Stull officiating.
Mrs. Roland Stebbins left last
night for Denver, to attend the golden
wedding anniversary Of. her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney. Mrs. Stebbins
will remain in Colorado for. several
weeks.
Il. I. Hammond & Go. have taken
a mechanics lien on the Toluca-Cody
branch of the Burlington for a debt of
1858 alleged to be due them for work
done for A. w. Atkins, one of the
grading contractors.
The o~ne-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kimerle died Tuesday
night from scarlet fever and was
buried yesterday. The funeral was
private. Two other children of the
family are i'll with the disease.
H. McGregor of Butte was in the
city yesterday, en- route east. He is
II Of the gentlemen who have taken
All option on the lumber business of
Walton & Davis and if the deal goes
through are to take possession April /.
The concert given at the opera
house last night by the st. Jean
orchestra and other local talent was
n of the best musical entertainments
aver given in the city and was highly
enjoyed by the large audience present.
&C. E. Rector, a former resident
of Billings, was here yesterday renew
ing acquaintance. Mr.. Rector now
has a run as freight conductor on the
Northern Pacific, but most of his
work takes him west from Livingston.
Hon. H. L. Frank of Butte, who
made it possible for Montana to have
a short term senator by withdrawing
from the senatorial race in favor of
Paris Gibson, passed through Billings
yesterday on his way home from the
east.
The Northern Pacific camps at
Dewey, which have been under quar-
antine for the past three weeks, are
now once more breathing free air.
Some rs of the laborers, who have
been stationed there, came to Billings
yesterday.
According to State Senator Hob
son of Fergus county, the Montana
sheepmen will have the greatest lamb
crop this year in the history of the in
dustry in the state. The weather dur
ing the winter has been good for the
business. and the outlook is the
brightest. I5
The city council has granted a
franchise for a local exchange to the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany. Tho council also has let the
contract to o. 9. Rurgner for doing
the city work the ensuing year at
$l75 per month. This work includes
the street sprinkiing.
The quarantine was raised yester-
day from the homes of g. L. Tu;bs
and Jas. Boyd, which had been infect
ed for several weeks with smallpox.
The nephew of Mr.. Tubbs, who con-
tracted the disease while stopping at
the Boykin house and was taken to his
uncle's home, raj yesterday removed
to the pest house.
A delightful party was given
Tuesday night by Miss Jessie Collins
at her home on North Thirty first
street, in scomplimer. to Miss Lille
Linton, who will soon leave with her
parents for their future home in
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