The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31
LOCAL
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
The party of Ohio and Indiana con-
.gressmen, who have been touring the
west, will pass through Billings this
morning at 8 o'clock on their way east.
G. F. Gage, deputy United States
marshal. came down from Helena yes
terday morning and left for the Crow
reservation on business for Uncle
Sam.
Services are being held at the Con-
gregational church every night this
week by the Volunteer army two mem
bers of which are in the city this
week.
Chas. Spear of this city has been
appointed Montana agent for the Ryan
Bros. Cattle company, who range their
stock on the Musselshell, but have
their headquarters at Leavenworth,
Kansas.
The Martin-1'aber company has
purchased the outfit of the Globe
Steam Dye works and will move the
plant to the formers location between
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
streets an addition now being built for
that purpose.
j. D.. Tracy and wife, of Pasadena,
CAL, are in the city visiting the cous-
in of the former, H. B. Wood. They
are on their way home from St. Paul,
where they attended the annual con-
vention of conductors, Mr.. Tracy being
a member Of the fraternity.
G. R. Middleton, a former member
of the Montana bar, with residence at
Miles City, passed through the city
yesterday afternoon en- route to Hele-
ma on professional business. Mr.. Mid
dleton is now located at Leavenworth,
Kan, where he is enjoying a splendid
practice.
Conductor Richard B.. Foster, a for
mer railroad man on the Yellowstone
division of the Northern Pacific be-
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killed at Wamsutter, Wyo., May 9,
while walking down the track. He
was run over by an engine that was
following him to pick up some cars.
Frank Smith was arrested yesterday
on the charge of disturbing the peace.
Frank Adams made a complaint
against him, alleging that he had as
saulted him. Adams brought into
court seven witnesses whom he
thought would testify in his favor,
but instead they said that Adams had
caused the trouble. Consequently
Smith was discharged.
D. E. Carter, a sheepherder from
Carbon county, was taken to the pest
house yesterday with a we'll developed
case of smallpox. The man came to
the city a few days ago from Bridger
and being sick went to the hospital,
and yesterday his case was pro-
nounced smallpox. There are now 10
patients in the isolation hospital, buy
the majority of them are recovering.
Griffith, the hypnotist, did not make
a long engagement in Billings. He
was advertised to entertain the peo-
pie of this city for a weeF Lat after
his first performance he announced
that he would leave the city forth
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count of word that he had received
that a relative was very sick in Den
yer. The professor left Monday night
for Denver.
Mrs. E. c.. Waters and daughter,
who nave been spending the winter
and spring in this city, have gone to
Chico springs, where they expect to
remain until Mr.. Waters gets affairs
in shape for their reception at the
Yellowstone lake in the Yellowstone
park. There they will remain for the
summer, Mr.. Waters being in charge
of the steamer which plies on the wa
tiers of the lake.
DR.. M. e. Knowles, state veterinari-
an, has returned to Montana from a
trip to North Dakota, where he ar
ranged with the state veterinarian Of
that state to accept his health certifi-
Gates for live stock. This will save
Montana stockmen 81 a head on
horses; Is cents. a head on cattle, and
5 cents a head on sheep, the fees for
inspection provided by the North OAK
ota law, as we'll as ON delay in tran
sit.
P. M. Gallagher has returned to the
city from a trip to Wyoming, where
he has been engaged for the past few
weeks in surveying in Big Horn coun-
ty for the Big Horn irrigating canal.
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