The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-16
LOCAL NOTES.
Saturdays Daily Gazette.

Der were visitors i'll the city yesterday.
j. M. Loring of this city has been
granted a certificate to practice phar-
macy by the state board of pharmacy.
r. "a. Luke, the insurance adj
juster from Helena, spent a couple of
hours among the insurance men yes
terday.
r. E. Gruwell and wife expect to
leave i'll a few days for the Pacific
coast, where they will spend five or
six weeks in pleasure seeking.
The Misses Crawford have pur-
chased one of the Clapple cottages on
North Twenty-ninth street and Will
remove thereto about April 20.
20. r. Nixon, who was arrested
Wednesday for cutting a barb wire
fence belonging to j. j.. Walk, will
have his trial before Justice Fraser
April %.
Word comes from Red Lodge of
the death Of Glenn, the 7-year-old
son Of Cashier F.. H. Alden of the
Meyer Chapman bank. A younger
o is very low and not expected to
live.
Presiding Elder H. A. James of
Bozeman held quarterly conference in
the Methodist church in this city last
night and left today for Fridley and
other towns III the western part of his
district.
j. G. Linden Of Clear Lake, Ia,
and L.. H. Ong of Mason City, Ia,
have been here several days looking
over one or two ranches with a view to
purchasing and engaging in the stock
raising business in this section.
The funeral of John johnson,
who died Wednesday from consump-
tion, was held yesterday afternoon
from the residence. of the deceasel's
mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry Holling,
and was conducted by Rev. w. D.
CLARK.
Harry M. Ramsey has just re-
turned from part to Texas with a
bride. He was married last Sunday
to Miss Lena Tweedle at Oaneville,
Texas. For the present Mr.. and Mrs.
Ramsey will make their home with
tie groom's father in this city.
This city will have three candi-
dates in the field for the appointment
of deputy game warden for this Sec
tion of Montana, which is one of the
many appointments to be distributed
by State Game Warden W. F. Scott.
The position pays 500 a month.
John F. Asbury, cashier Of the
First National bank of Big Timber,
was a visitor in the city Yesterday.
Mr.. Asbury does not get to Billings
very often and was much surprised at
the prosperity that is in evidence here
in the way Of business and improve
ments.
james Kelly has sold his brick
saloon building on East Minnesota
avenue to Miss Matte Briscoe, con-
sideration So, 800. Miss Briscoe also
purchased the vacant lot adjoining
the building of the Yellowstone Ma
tional bank paying for the same the
sun Of $1,000.
Myrtle Brown, the colored woman
who wounded Matte Brown with a
shot from a revolver, is now out of
durance vile, having been able to Sc
cure a bond III the sun of $500 with
Mary Samlin, Hoo Cor and W. j.
Bennett, sureties. Myrtle will answer
to the district court for the alleged
crime. E"
w. A. Hedges of Yale has sold to
the firm of Tolman & Blackburn,
Carbon county sheepmen, $500 head
of mixed yearlings for immediate de-
livery. The sheep at present are at
the farm Of j.. T Graham, near Bill
ings, where they have been feeding
the past winter The price received
was private. szz
w. B. George has gone to Helena
to attend the meeting of Shriners,
which occurs today. Quite a number
of the local Shriners intended going to
Helena this morning to be present at
the r%cepeption to be rendered the pill
grimage Of eastern Shriners on their
way home from Honolulu, but when
it became known that the pilgrimage
would not reach chat city until sunday
they gave up the trip.
Omitted States Senator-elect G. H.
Dietrich Of Nebraska, accompanied
by N. K. Griggs, a prominent attorney
of Lincoln, passed through the city
yesterday en- route to Bridger. where
they go to look after the formers gold
dredging interests. Mr.. Dietrich ex-
poets to resign as governor of Nebraska
on May l, to which position he was
elected last fall, and will Immediately
go to Washington to %acquaint himself
with the senatorial duties.
AT the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Al.
Ellison on North Thirty-fourth street
last night occurred the marriage of
Mr.. William B. Harlow OF. Billings
and Miss Lois Reeves Mccoy of Ham
ilton, Mo-, the Rev. w. D. Clark
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