The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-19
LOCAL NOTES.

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M. G. Swan and wife, of Gebo, are
visiting in the city.
&C. H. barstow has gone to Absor-
akee, where he expects to remain for
some time.
w. G. Jenizen left last night for
Lincoln to look after some sheep that
he has or feed near that place.
"A. B. Moseley, the genial travel
ing agent of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company, was in the city
yesterday.
j. N. Tolman, the Carbon county
.sheepman, is here receiving the sheep
he bought a few days ago from w. A.
Hedges Of Yale.
DIR. E. E. Madden, the y special
list, will close his engagement in Bill
ings today, but all those desiring to
see him can do so from 9 a. m, to 5
p. M. at the Hotel Driscoll.
Mrs. Hank Chapman, of Red
Lodge, is visiting friends in the city
On her return home she will be ac-
companied by Miss Birdie Calhoun,
who will spend a few weeks at the
Chapman ranch.
P. F. Sullivan. who has been the
night foreman OF The Gazette's com
posing rooms for he past seven
months, leaves this morning for Gebo
to accept tn foremanship of the
Carbon County Sentinel.
The Slater Brick company has
just installed one of the latest i'm
provements in the way of a brick max
ing machine. Its capacity is 10000 a
day. The company expects to operate
every day during the summer.
&C. H. Sharp, the railroad con-
tractor. has closed his office in this
city and transferred his business to
his camp near Frannie. Wyo, where
he has between 300. and 400 men at
work on the Burlington grade.
The letter carriers say that the
oruer of the postmaster general which
permits them to ear shirt waists this
summer will not be taken advantage
of by them, as they have already or
dered summer uniforms, and they will
therefore not attempt to pattern after
the women.
There was a sort of a mixture to
the weather yesterday. Just before
the noon hour quite a furry of snow
fell, but the sun came out hot and by
noon it had all disappeared. In the
afternoon at different times small
snowfalls occurred, but it all vanished
about as fast as it struck the ground.
j. G. English, assistant United
States district attorney has been ap-
pointed by President Mckinley post
master at Anaconda. Just as soon as
the commission arrives Mr.. English
will resign his present position. Mr..
English now resides at Helena, but
was formerly a resident of Anaconda.
.-Genevieve, the ~4-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. X. N. Rade-
maker, died last evening shortly be-
fore 8 o'clock. She was an eXcep-
tionally bright and winsome child.
and her death has almost Frustrated
the parents. The funeral will take
place Thursday morning from the
Catholic church.
-Mayor-elect w. B. George left last
night for Wst Baden, Ind, taking his
son, Warren, who is a sufferer from
neart disease, to see if the celebrated
baths at that point will afford him re-
lief. They expect to be gone about
two weeks. Just before leaving Mr..
George announced that he made no
appointments of city officials and
would make none until the night he
is indicted into office.
i o41O / OLuos nSASASS A"F
just returned from Montpelier, Idaho,
to which place they were summoned
by the illness of Mr.. Ammeriman's
brother, Wesley, and which terminal
ed fatally. The deceased vas a former
resident of Billings and will be remem-
bered by many. The remains were
sent to Buffalo, N. Y, to be buried by
he side of the wife Of the deceased.
One of the most pleasant and en-.
joyable Kensingtons during the so
cial season was that given yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. E. E. Gould, at her
home on North Thirty-first street.
Pretty decorations of smilax and jon.
Quils adorned the rooms. There
were present some fifty ladies who
spent the time with fancy work, and
at a seasonable hour dainty refresh
ments were served. "
Among the many additions to its
rolling stock to be made by the North
ern Pacific railroad company this
year is that of $50 new coal cars which
is an item of interest in this sec
ton as it denotes that the company
has determined to develop it's Goa
fields in Montana and Washington, not
only for the purpose of supplying Goa
for it's own consumption, but for com
mercial uses. The field in this state
refers to that of Red Lodge, where the
company is making arrangements te
greatly increase it's output.
Jesse Marsh was in from Can
yon creek yesterday. He says Thu
Gazette was slightly misinformed ii
regard to the article published yester
day relative to the closing of the
Canyon creek school. The young
man who contracted the smallpox
which caused the trouble, did no
break out with the disease until
couple Of days after he left thu
Marsh home, but the patrons of thu
school became so excited owe thu
appearance of the disease that the!
demanded the closing of the school
None of the pupils, however, was ex
rnc0d '""