The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-08

siding in the western part of the state,
has announced that he will be prepar-
ed to take up the hearing in a few
weeks. Assistant Attorney General
Burch Of Washington will appear for
the prosecution. The cases have at
tracted widespread attention because
of the fact that United States Senator
Clark is charged with having been
n of the be%neficiaries Of the alleged
fraudulent entries, which were made
in the Missoula land office.
From Friday tally Gazette.
Representative w. A. Hedges of Fer
gus county is a visitor in the city.
J.. w. Vaughan has returned from a
visit to thf southwest. He was alb
sent, several weeks and took occasion
to visit some of the leading wholesale
centers while away.
Governor Toole has appointed Paul
Mccormick of this city as one of the
delegates to attend the national live
stock show which is to be held at Chi
cago next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Sleeperaeenter-
tanned a number ofthesyotdfnger men
bers of society at a dinner party
Wednesday evening in compliment to
Mr.. w. D.. Bannister.
II E,rpir, rrociJo,4 Of Tho Dill
ings Mercantile company and who is
also largely interested in mercantile
pursuits at Butte, is here for a few
days on business matters.
J. L. Ashbridge returned yesterday
from Iowa where he buried the re-
mains of Mrs. Ashbridge, who died
suddenly in the city a fortnight ago.
Mr.. Ashbridge will endeavor to keep
the children with him at his Fergus
county ranch.
l.. d. O'Donnell. has been appointed
by Governor Ts6le one ORA commit
tee of IL to Solicit subscriptions and
devise ways and means toward rails
ing funds to have the state properly
represented at the st. Louis fair in
1903.
Work was begun yesterday by Ben
Hager on the cement sidewalk which
is to be CONSTRUCTED i-front of the
First NationA bank and the Belknap
block. When completed the entire
block facing the south side of Mon
tana avenue between Twenty-seventh
and Twenty-eighth streets will then
have a walk of that kind.
AL Thorton, an old offender, was ar
raigned in police court yesterday on
the double charge of disturbing the
~peace'and having been drunk. A fine
of $40 was imposed and much to the
surprise of the court and officers he
promptly paid, as heretofore he has
worked out the many fines which
| stand on the record against him.
The Rev. Mr.. Gesner who had bus
mess in Joliet yesterday made a BIZ
cycle record from~fhat placeto Bill
ings, covering>the a5~asfres in three
and a half hours: He was somewhat
handicapped with a 2O-pound pack on
the wheel and thinks if it had not
been for this he would have been able
to cover the distance in three hours.
Edmond Beariault and Miss Rose
Samlin were married yesterday after
noon by JudgeSMann. Both parties to
the ceremony are well known, al
though the groom will be more readily
recognized when referred to by the
name under which he has been n
/ of the principals in several little ply
| steal culture events in both Billings
and Miles City, namely, kid Barry"
Two transactions in real estate in
the town OF saltwater were recorded
with the county clerk and recorder,
yesterday. In one Pat Lavelle trans
ferred to A. L. Graham lots 10, II and
IL, block %, Lavelle's second addition,
for $125. In the other Mr.. Lavelle be-
came the purchaser, he having bought
from w. P. Adams lot 2 and the east
half or lot 8, block s, Lavelle's addi-
| ton, for a consideration of SIS.
Johh-Doe is the name which a man,
more or less we'll known about town
gave yesterday morning when intro
duced to Judge Mann in response to a
couple of complaints against him, one
for having been drunk and disorderly
and the other charging him with a r
rying concealed weapons. He plead
ed guilty to both charges and in ex-
tenuation said that he had come into
| possession of more or less easy mon
ey the night before and had celebrat-
ed the event by drinking just a little