The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-12
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Secretary of State G.. M. Hays OF
Helena is in the city.
Billings people have been enjoy.
ing sleighriding the past two days.
If in want look up the intelligence
office. South side opposite fire hall.
DIR. E. E. Doty Of Red Lodge was
a business visitor in the city yester-
day.
-Carwlle & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
tainable rates. +.
"A girl baby was born Thurday to
the wife of Conductor G. w. Ling of
the Burlington.
II. J. Johns Of Lewistown denies
that he is to enter the journalistic
field in Bozeman.
j. H. Hay, the Butte travelling
man, was III the city yesterday, ac-
.%oompanied by his wife.
"A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Bernard J. Neiber Of
Thermopolis, Wyo., and Miss Mary
M. Schaffer of P%ittsburg, Penn.
Geo. Pirrie Of Halbert came in
yesterday with his brother, David
Pirrie, who was badly injured Wednes-
day by the accidental discharge Of a
shotgun.
Hugh H. Hunter Of Miles City
was a Billings visitor yesterday. Mr..
Hunter has just closed a deal with
Milton S Bennett of Ekalaka, Custer
county, for the sale of $50 ewes that
he has been ranging near that place.
Judge J. D. Matheson came down
from Red Lodge last evening and will
remain here for the time being. He
has retired from the management of
the Carbon equity Democrat, the paper
having been sold to Mr.. S. D. Charles
of Portland, Ore.
Mr.. B. F. Bush of Roslyn, WASH,
general manager of the Northern Pa
cific coal properties, and vice-president
of the Rocky Fork Coal company, was
in Billings last night, coming down
from Red Lodge. He says the COM
pany is at work on extensive improve
ments at Red Lodge and shortly will
be mining 100 cars per day.
The Fergsu County Argus says
that along the Musselshell river III
the southern side of the county, range
stock are reported suffering consider
ably for lack Of water and many bands
of sheep are likewise affected Small
streams are frozen up near their source
and the water is flooded into a sheet
of ice, while water holes are solid.
The lack of snow is very remarkable
for this season and stockmen are anxi-
GUS for a relief.
David Pirrie, who was a%ccidently
shot on Wednesday near his home at
Lavina, was brought to Billings yes
terday and taken to st. Vincents' hos
pital. The attending physician is of
the opinion that Mr.. Pirrie will re-
cover from his injury, but he will be
disfigured for life. The injuries al
though bad enough, are not SO serious
as first reported. One eye was shot
out and Mr.. Pirrie will lose one finger
on the right hand. Besides these in
juries he received several scratches on
the face and ear.
The Continental Oil company has
begun suit in the district court of
Yellowstone county against the
Clarke Fork Coal Mining company
for a debt of $732. 81. The Briggs
Ellis company of Big Timber VS.. Fred
Tews, forcible entry and unlawful de-
tainer, is the title of another case be-
gun in this court. The plaintiff al
leges that on or about January 4,
last, Tews took forcible entry of some
land, known as the Gruwell place,
near junction, and is unlawfully de-
tanning the plaintiff from possession,
and it therefore prays for damages 20
the amount of $3.50.
Negotiations for the sale of the
10 ranch belonging to John M. Holt
of this city to George Redmond of
Omaha are about closed and the formal
transfer will doubtless be made in a
ew~days, says the Yellowstone Jour
nal. Mr.. Redmond will inaugurate
some improvements and will 60 into
the sheep business on an extensive
scale. The sale of the 10 ranch is one
of the natural results of the transfor-
nation that has been gradually taking
place for several years in the range
industry of this county. It is one Of
the Oldest cattle ranches in the eastern
end of the state and is located on Miz-
pah creek. e.
The first annual convention of the
American Cattle Growers association
will be held at Denver, Colo, in the
Tabor Grand opera house on Tuesday,
March 5, and a call has been issued
by President H. H. Robinson to all
cattlement to attend and take part in
the session. The call states that the
basis of representation will be in
dividual membership and anyone who