The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-22

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The bridge had been finished but a
short time when it was badly damaged
by an ice go,ge, entailing O cost of
about So, 900 to repair it. The first
builders were the Missouri Valley
Bridge g. Iron company.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Frank Scott Of Junction was a
Billings visitor yesterday.
-Supt. J. R. Phelan Of Alliance
was here Sunday in his special car.
Paul Mccormick and wife re-
turned yesterday from Salt Lake City.
Judge Loud came up from Miles
City yesterday and will convene dis
trict court again today. ~
&C. B. Battam of Helena, detective
for the Northern Pacific, was here on
railroad business yesterday.
Geo. T. Lamport, the Bear creek
coal baron, was in Billings yesterday
IN business from Red Lodge.
Money to loan in any sum on
farm lands and improved Billings
property Carwile & Bouton.
:! The Glendive Independent says
that rumor has it that Glendive will
have another weekly republican paper
within 60 days.
John Folmer, who left last fall
for a visit to Europe, has written to
friends i'll Billings that he will start
for the United States in about two
weeks.
Sheriff Geo. W. Hubbard went to
Deer Lodge yesterday, taking James
Clifford, who was last week sentenced
to five years Imprisonment in the state
~penitentiary.
Fred Bachelor, formerly of this
city, who has been deputy sheriff Of
Carbon county with headquarters at
Gebo, has been succeeded by D. E.
Kaufman, a republican.
The Misses O'Rourke delightfully."-
entertained a number of their friends
at progressive whist, last evening.
Twelve tables were occupied. A
dainty luncheon was served. :
-Thos. S. Linton returned to Bill
ings yesterday from an extended trip
to Oregon, Washington and Utah.
Mr.. Linton contemplates removing
his family to Hot Lake, Oregon, in a
few months, but has not fully decided.
bigger & Morris, the Billings
brokers, have opened a branch office
in Helena, J: H. Bigger of this city
being in charge. Miss Alice Beeman
of Gebo has been engaged as stenogra.
pher. The Billings office is in charge
of the Morris brothers.
On Friday Of this week, January
rs, is the birthday of Bobbie Burns,
the Scotch poet, who holds an exceed
ingly warm spot on the hearts of every
Scotchman. Up to the present tins
the Billings Scotchmen have not sig
nified any intention of observing the
day.
The city council will meet tongh'
in adjourned session, the meeting las
Tuesday night having failed to ma
t~erialize on account of absence of {
presiding officer. The mayor is nov
home and President Clement is abb
to be out, after a couple of weeks
illness. .
The quarantine placed over tn
residence of F. l.. Purcell three week
) ago on account of smallpox will b.
removed Wednesday. Mrs. Purcell
and niece have entirely recoveed from
!, the disease, while there is little likeli
hood of M. Purcell contracting tn
:, disease. ~ 7-~ &
The sheepmen of this section d
not view with even the slightest de
gree of satisfaction the sample of win
ter weather that is prevailing at thi
, time. They would much prefe
colder weather with snow o and j
, there is to be a spell of summer woul
, choose to have it come during tn
. lambing season.
"A vag named Mccarthy was pre-
sented with a certificate yesterday ell
titling himto 60 days. rest in the cour
ty Jail, by Justice Mann. He has bee
: up in police court on several differen
occasions and had become such
: nuisance that it was necessary to Civ
= him an object lesson by putting hi1
behind the bars.
-Bozeman is to have another new
paper, democratic in politics. T. .
t Johns, formerly editor of the Eagl
of Lewistown, has about complete
s arrangements to cur the Gag
!. plant. which is said to be in Carlo
f county, and 1t is said that he will n
r move the same to Bozeman and agai
enter the harness.
The water power company e,
perienced some difficulty with it's sy'
tenn in the West Side addition Sunda
g afternoon and nearly all day yeste
d day, the residents of that portion
the city were without the liquid r.
freshment yesterday. The cause
the trouble baffled the power compan
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