The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16

the city yesterday morning from her
home, where she has been one. of rhe
popular young women. The groom
has been a resident of Billings for the
past several months, being foreman on
the News, and has many friends who
extend hearty congratulations. Mr..
and Mrs. Harlow have taken rooms
at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. G.
Carwile on North Thirtieth street,
where they will soon be "at home to
friends.
WIN. Whitfield, the promoter of
the WOODEN mill enterprise at Big Tim
Der, who has been spending a couple
of'days getting acquainted with the
woolgrowers Of this vicinity, returned
to the former place yesterday. There
had been a rumor that the purpose of
Mr.. Whitfield's visit TO Billings was
to talk up the matter of organizing a
company TO erect a similar mill here,
but the gentleman denied the INT
He thinks this a splendid point for
such All enterprise and believes that
he would have brought mis- plant to
Billings lad he been interested i'll the
plan by the citizens before he decided
on Big Timber. However, he is Of
the opinion that this place should
have a wooden mill and may be pre-
vailed upon to consider the matter
after it has been tried in Big Timber
for a time.
From sunda Us Daily Gazette.
Mrs. Jos. Steinhauser has re-
turned from her visit to Glasgow,
Mont.
DIR. H. E. Armstrong returned
yesterday from q short visit to Hunt
ers Hot Springs.
john W. Collins, the painter of
Bridger, vas renewing acquaintance
i'll the city yesterday.
e. Fl. Ross, a merchant of Hyatt
vile, Wyo., has been spending a few
days in the city on business.
Mrs. E. E. Gould will entertain
a number OF friends next Tuesday
afternoon at a fancy work party.
Karl Simmons of Helena has been
looking up buyers for Northern Pacific
railroad lands in this vicinity for sew
eral days.
j. w. Johnston of Gebo, a former
well-known resident of Billings, is
very ill at Bozeman with inafiamatory
rheumatism.
Miss Jane Pitcher, one Of the pub
lie school teachers, visited with Mrs.
j. W. Johnston in Gebo last week dur
ing the vacation.
Mrs. Susan Wilkinson, mother of
Mrs. L E. Schad, arrived i'll the city
yesterday from a trip to Kansas City
and points in eastern Montana.
R. H. Daniels and Farr Rowley
returned yesterday from the ranch of
"Curley' Carter, where they have
been spending their vacation.
The Red Lodge Picket says a
letter from Sim Roberts of Greyclif
locates him at San Francisco, where
he has just arrived and is dead broke.
Jos Steinhauser, who has been at
work in the Northern Pacific yards at
Butte for several months past, has re.
turned and gone to work in the Local
yards.
DIR. Francis E. CLARK, presiden,
of the International Christian En-.
deavor union. will attend the state
convention, which meets at Butte
June ~. -.a.
The Rev. Father Currans, late Of
Dublin, has been transferred to Red
Lodge, succeeding Rev. Father Holt.
man. owing to the continued poor
health of the latter.
The Federal Labor union has
called a meeting for today at 8 p. m.
The meeting is thought to have some
thing to do with the threatened labor
trouble in this city.
Since tie bankruptcy law went
into effect 600 voluntary and twenty.
three involuntary petitions to be ad.
judged ~bankrnpts have been filed with
the United States district court al
Helena.
There is a 1umor to the effect
that the Montana railroad intends te
shortly begin a branch to Co%pperopolis
in order to batter care for tho freight
business that the road receives from
the copper mines.
Special Officer Davidson of Basin
City, Wyo., arrived in Billings las,
evening with an insane man, whom
he turned over to Deputy Warden
Shumaker of Evanston, who had come
here to get the patient and take him te
the asylum. III.
The Billings Water Power com
pany is receiving and placing in posi-.
ton it's new machinery, consisting Of
engines, boilers and dynamos. The
increase in the plant is necessary ow'
ing to increased business of both the
water and electric light departments.
Rev. Gessner, the new rector o1
St. Luke's Episcopal church, arrived
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