The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-12-27

defamers. The matter will come up
for trial tomorrow.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
j. w. Mendenhall of Lavlna is a Wis
itor in the city.
F. Babcock. a Junction City business
man, was here yesterday.
A. B. Chapman and Elma Van Horn,
both of Red Lodge, were visitors in
the city, yesterday.
Superintendent Taylor of the bridge
department Of the Northern Pacific
was up from Glendive, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Reece came down
from Helena Christmas to visit among
relatives and friends.
A marriage license was granted yes
terday to Willoughby, S.. Stranahan of
Gunton, Mont, and Rosa Capitola Get
man Of Vermillion, S. D.
w. H. Calhoun, formerly in the drug
business here with his uncle, E. S.
Holmes, is among the visitors in town.
Mr.. Calhoun travels for a wholesale
drug house. ~ "
Yesterday mornings train from the
west was delayed a number Of hours
by a washout that occurred in Wash
ington, where warm weather has caus-
ed all streams to run over their banks
and do much damage to both railroads
and settlers.
DR.. j. J.. Panton, brother of the
Misses Panton and, Of Mrs. J. D.
Matheson, residing at Portland, Ore,
arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing on his way home from a visit to
New York, where he took a POSTCARD
uate course in medicine.
Miss Winnie Burton IN an Informal
manner entertained about 80 of the
younger members of society at her
home, Christmas evening. The time
was whiled away with music and
dancing and the party was n of rare
enjoyment to the happy participants.
A telephone message to The Gazette
last evening announced the marriage
at Red Lodge, Christmas, of J. w.
Gardner, a former businessman of
that place, but now of Bowler, and
Miss Lizzie Hind, a Carbon county
belle and one of it's most efficient and
popular school teachers. ~
For about an hour yesterday, begin
ming shortly after noon, one of the
most violent wind storms that has
been experienced in this section in a
long time ragged and threatened to
demolish everything in it's path. AL
though from the north and accompan-
jed by snow, the wind was not cold
and no bad results followed.
To the members Of the Episcopal
flock Christmas proved a more than
ordinarily happy day. Through the
efforts of the ladies, principal among
them Miss Minnie Panton, a new oak
altar was one Of the instruments that
entered into the worship Of the Christ
child and it's dedication to the cause
of the Father marked the exercises of
the day.
v Among pleasant social events of
Christmas was the wedding Of Thomas
J. Dunnigan and Miss Emma Ohland,
which took place in the evening at the
home of the brides parents. Attend
anee was restricted to the relatives
and a few of the more intimate friends
of the contracting parties, who shower
ed congratulations and good wishes
upon the happy groom and blushing
bride.
John Williams celebrated Christmas
in a n hat laid him open to the
law and he was taken in by a police
man.. Yesterday morning he was ar
raigned before Judge Mann and en-
tered a plea of guilty to the charge Of
disturbing the peace. A fine of $40
was imposed, which he said he would
serve out, rather than pay. He was
given the right of choosing and in con-
sequence will be rendering the city
service on the streets for the next
few days.
Calvin Briscoe and Lewis Leavitt
are two gentlemen of inherent
prejudices against anything savoring
of manual labor and therefore prefer
to deDend unOn the uSua1 means en-
ployed by the hobo to gain their live
lihood. After having been allowed to
hang about the city for several days
without manifesting any intention of
leaving, although ordered by the po-
Christmas night and given lodging at
the police station. Yesterday morn
ing they appeared before his honor