Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-25
SLOW IN COMING
CAPT. BABCOCK GETS A. WAR
IIME CHECK.
MINES WILL OPEN UP SOON.
Carbonate Will Be Buster Than Ever
When Improvements Are
Completed.
MINES WILL OPEN UP SOON.
Billings, Jan. %. 1901.

Billings. jan 90 1891.
There are some cases which it takes |
Uncle Sam.a long time to SETTLE Thirty
five years and five months ago Lewis +. !
Babcock, a captain. now postmaster Of |
Billings, was mustered out of the SER
vice of the United States army. AS is
known, the government paid the travel |
ing expenses of its soldiers from it's |
place of mastering out to their homes,
but in Captain Babcocks place settle
ment was not made. The matter was
allowed to run along for a number of
years, when Mr.. Babcock placed the case
IN the hands of an eastern attorney Tor
settlement. Nothing was heard Of it
until few days ago, when Mr.. Bah
cock received treasury certificate for
$l3.07. Nothing accompanied.the certiti-
cate except a receipt blank, which the
war department had failed to fill out.
The captain doesn't know just what the
original amount was. bur thinks it could
not have been more than about $25, since
he was only allowed $13. while the east
ern attorney got $40 or $12. Uncle Sam
failed to include interest on the amount.
1t is learned that the closing. of the
Carbonate mines is only temporary.
few days ago the report was circulated
that the shutdown was caused on ac-
count of the Anaconda company getting
all the coal it can use from the Belt ana
| Diamondville mines. 1t iSnoW said that
| contemplated extensive improvements
caused the closing of the mines. At the
time they closed they We're shipping 500
/ tons daily, all going to the Anaconda
! company, which is the owner of the
! mi under
| Henry Burrell of Great. Falls. A change
of superintendent was made last week.
a fact which leads to the supposition
| that Mr. Burrell ha. igVen up his lease
and that the Carbonate mines will mere
after be under entirely different man.
agement.
| Rev. Father A. Hoffman, who has
| been supplying st. Joachins catholic
church in this city during the absence
Father Van Carenbeck is to be relieved
for the past eight months, has received
| notice from Bishop Brondel of his APP
pointment to the Red Lodge charge.
| Father Hoffman Will continue to make
this city his residence. His appointment
to the Red Lodge charge means that
Father Van Clarenbesk is to be relieved
of that duty and it will insure regular
services every Sunday for the Catholc
people Of Billings, services having pre-
| viously been held only every two weeks.
Word was received in Billings that
H. L. Williams, better Known as "Burk-
skin" Williams had died at his home
in function, this county. The deceased
has been an invalid for a number q
years, and for a few weeks past has
been rapidly declining In health. Mr..
Of La arlia nci
dents of Yellowstone county having
been located at Junction for the past %
years. The body was brought to Bill
lings and inferred in the city cemetery.
Hank Chapman. the Wyoming stock
man, and we'll known in Billings. was
in the city yesterday greeting his many
friends. Last night Mrs. Chapman and
baby arrived and the family left on the
Burlington for a visit to Unity, Maine
which place is Mr.. Chapman's old home
After visit there they will so to Jack
sonville, Fla, to spend the rest of the
winter.
The quarantine which was placed ovel
the residence of f. l.. Purcell three
weeks ago on account of smallpox will
be removed Wednesday. Mrs. Purcell
ana niece nave entlfely recovered IRON
the disease, while there is little likeli
hood of Mr.. Purcell contracting the dis
ease.
Bigger & Norris the Billings brokers
have opened a branch office in Helena
j. II. Bigger, of this city, being in charge
Miss Alice Beeman of Gebo, has been en-
gagged as stenographer. The Billings of
, flee is in charge of the Morris brothers
Thos. S. Linton returned to Billing
yesterday from an extended trip to Ore
i. gon, Washington and Utah. Mr.. LintOl
contemplates removing his family t.
7 Hot Lake Oregon, in a few months.
John Folmer. who went to Europe fo
a visit last fall. writes to friends in Bill
= nigs that he viii! start upon his return
Tip in about two weeks.
The Misses O'ROurke entertained abou
II fifty young people at a progressive whis
g party on Monday evening. a dant
S luncheon was served.
= TILTED A HARRISON TO WE'D !
!. BONAPARTE.