The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-10
LOCAL NOTES.

TO- Hattie NOrLn lou D, DloCh u, Liz
ings; consideration $125.
No services will be held in the o
gre%gational church tomorrow evening,
as the members of the society will
worship with the Methodists. Regu-
services will be held in the morn
A. T. Ford has filed notice with the
clerk and recorder that he has
located and claims ten feet of the
waters of the Yellowstone river for
the purpose Of %irrigating the south
west quarter of section 10, township
1, south, range 26, east.
BY a deed filed for record yester-
day Christopher P. Slater has con-
veyed to the Slater Brick company
lots 1 and 2, block A, the fractional
lots 90 and "a, block AZ, Fosters adj
dition to Billings townsite, and the
fractional lots % and "a, block 1, Bill
ings, all for $3.50.
A warranty deed filed 7or record yes
terady conveys from Charles H. Hath
away and wife to Charles r.. Stoltz
the southwest quarter of section 81,
township 2, south, range %, east, n
lots 3 and A, of section 5, same town
ship, also all water rights and stock
in water company owned by the first
parties, for which they receive $9,75O.
The near approach of the holiday
season is made manifest by the elah6
rate window displays some of the mer-
chants are making as a hint that it
is time to begin thinking about pres
ents. Some of the windows are ex-
c%eptionally nicely decorated, or dress
ed, as it is more proper to speak, U.S.
ing the language of the craft, while
the class of goods shown is also OF a
high order.
The first real snow fall of the sea-
son occurred yesterday morning, wheh
enough of the CONCEALED humidity fell
to cover the ground. 1t disappeared
within a few hours after the u came
out and the weather once more turn
ed warm and bright. The storm
seems to have been the tail end of n
that prevailed to the west, as arriv-
ais from that direction report a heavy
fall of snow as far east as Livingst IN.
Referee Firth has declared a divi-
dend in the estate of Richmond
Mitchell of Forsyth, lately adjudged
a bankrupt. The Forsyth bank, which
was secured by a chattle mortgage,
receives the full amount of it's claim,
s459.84 while Montford Bray, a labor
er employed by the bankrupt, also
gets all due him, $13.40. With the ex-
ception of the attorney in the case,
who is allowed 1851, on a claim OF
$3.50, the other creditors receive moth
ing, except that their filing fee, 81,
is returned to them. This winds uI
the estate.
Tomorrow the dedicatory services Of
the enlarged Methodist church VI
take place and will be conducted by
Bishop j. N. Fitzgerald, D. D., LII. D.
of st. Louis, assisted by the Rev
G. D. King, presiding elder, and the
Rev. w. A. Allen, pastor. Bishop
Fitzgerald will preach at 10:30 in the
morning and also, at 1880 in the even
ing. 1t will be noticed that the morn
ing services will begin a half hou'
earlier than usual. The members o
the congregation hope that all who cal
possibly do so will be present at botl
services and extend a cordial invita-
ton to everybody to attend.
A man named Smith, living in tn
eastern part of the city, reported t
the police yesterday that a pony be
longing to him had disappeared an
gave it as his opinion that a vagran
boy, aged about IL years, had stolen i
Smith is the owner of two ponies an
also a boy, the latter of about tn
same age as the supposed horsethie1
The two boys became acquainted an
the stranger persuaded the Smit
boy to take the horses out OF tn
pasture in which they were kept an
they rode them about town. This o.
CARED last Tuesday. The followin
morning the strange boy and one
the ponies were noticed about tn
~stockyards, since which time neithe
has been seen or heard of. The TAI
that Tuesday night a boys saddle wa
stolen from the barn of P. B. Mos
leads the police to believe that til
young hobo helped himself to it an
having secured a mount rode out
town.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
Among the next public social even
is the ball of the Royal Neighbor