The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-08

to relatives at MI. Pleasant. Iowa,
being accompanied by Mrs. Scott.
Miss Harriet Stebbins arrived
home yesterday morning to accept a
position with the Billings Mercantile
company. She has been taking a bust
ness course in a Denver school for the
past year and a half.
Miss Mabel Hays left this morn
ing for Helena for a visit to her
brother, State Auditor-elect G. M.
Hays, and family. Miss Hays will be
a guest at the inaugural ball tomor-
row night in the state capital.
IS. F. Morse and family are re-
moving into their beautiful new home
OH North Thirty second street. The
dwelling vacated by them on North
Thirtieth street will be taken by
Frank Mccormick and family
The county commissioners will
meet Monday, at which time they
will again take up the matter Of the
East Billings bridge, with the result
that the contractor will be given
notice to commence on the work.
-Representative-ele George G..
Stull will leave on Monday mornings
train for Helena to assume his duties
in the legislature. Rev. Stull will
return to Billings each Saturday to fill
his pulpit on Sundays in the Method
list Episcopal church .
The public schools held a session
yesterday to make up for time lost
the first Of the week by reason Of va
cation Oh Monday and Tuesday. The
assembly room in the new building
has been partitioned off and will be
occupied by the grades which have
been located in the old building, but
which became too cold for use.
j. M. Vrooman, editor and pro-
prietor of the Fergus County Argus,
arrived in the city yesterday from
Lewistown accompanied by his fam
lily. They left last night for Hot
Springs, Ark, where they go for the
benefit of Mrs. Vrooman's health.
They expect to be absent from Mon
tana about two months and in the
meantime will visit relatives in the
east.
Frank Fl. Marsh, who has been
appointed Montana agent of the Wis
consin Central with headquarters in
Helena, is a brother of Geo. H. Grace
of this city, secretary to Roadmaster
E. I. Cantine. Mr.. Marsh was for
eight years superintendent Of the yell
lowstone division of the Northern Pa
cifc, but of late years has been super
intendent of the Chicago and Milwau-
kee division of the Wisconsin Central.
He makes the change to Helena on ac-
count of poor health and succeeds @.
M. Winter, who has been transferred
to the east.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. Barney Schneider is Oh the
sick list at her home.
Attorney Sydney Fox of Red
Lodge was in Billings over Sunday.
Grant Lamport. formerly of this
city, has gone into the dairy business
near Gebo.
Paul Mccormick and w. B.
George attended the governors inaug'
ural ball in Helena last night.
Representative Charles H. Greg.
DRY of Gebo stopped over in Billings
Sunday while en- route to Helena.
The county commissioners com
pleted their work yesterday and ad'
journed to meet again next Monday.
Miss Alta Jennings returned tt
her home in Bridger yesterday after
visit to Mrs. Fl. M. White in this city
Its not even a step from the po'
lice court into the Justice court now
lit is Judge Mann in both instances
The various county officials elect
ed in November last took their off Sc!
yesterday and business is moving
along about as usual.
! j. J. Mccormick has resumei
; work on his Crystal Lake coal mine
: in Carbon county and will ship nearly
all the output to Billings.
:, j. w. Newton has returned from
a trip TO st. Paul, where he placed II
= cars of sheep on six weeks feed prep
!, aratory to sending them to market.
Sheriff John Dunn and Deputy
Fred S. Bachelor of Carbon county
were in Billings Sunday with two
. prisoners whom they were taking tx
3 Deer Lodge.
"A fall of the beautiful occurred
here yesterday and today the grount
is covered to a depth of several in
t ches making sleighing delightful, ant
causing the stockmen to feel happy.
-Thos. hurley, who is engaged il
the sheep business near Roundup, ha'
n returned from a visit to the east
bringing with him a bride, who wa
formerly Miss Annie Holland of st
Cloud, MINI.