The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-05
LOCAL NOTES..
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
j. M. Holt, the Miles City cattle
man, was here yesterday.
Attorney G. L. Merrill of Bridger
was in the city yesterday.
IF in want look up the intelligence
office. South side opposite fire hall.
-Carwlle & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
taiDable rates.
H. B. Drum and wife of Lavina
were the guests of the family of G. M.
Bair in Billings yesterday.
e. M. Westervelt of Lincoln,
right-of-way man for the Burlington,
spent yesterday in the city.
w. P. Adams, of the livery firm of
Calhoun & Adams, Of Columbus, was
in Billings yesterday on business.
The police and justice courts
have been unusually quiet this week,
but few cases coming before them.
DIR. Armstrong was called to
Roundup again this week to see w. F..
Strait, who is still a very sick man.
"A telephone message from the
Musselshell country is to the effect
that another nice snow fell there yes
terday.
The additional thirty-one street
arc lights have been placed into use
and Billings now presents a m%etropoli-
tan appearance at night time as we'll
as day.
Miss Cora Edwards, one of the
public school teachers, was unable to
fill her place in the school room this
week, and Miss Rena Lawrence acted
as substitute.
Geo. Simpson has resumed his du-
ties as foreman of the Burlington
freight house in this city after a
months vacation spent at Chicago.
r. l. Casey, who acted as Mr.. Simp-
sons relief. has gone to Parkman,
Wyo.
Notice is published in the Gebo
Sentinel that William A. Clark of
Butte, Walter Cooper of Bozeman and
Thomas P. Mcdonald of Bridger have
associated themselves in business
under the name and style of the
Bridger Coal company.
The Carbon County Democrat,
commenting OH the new rate of
charges which is to be put into effect
today by the BARRIERS union Of Bill
ings, says that if not checked in their
e~xtravagant career the BARRIERS will be
making an additional charge for con-
vorsation.
, Bishop L. R. Brewer of Helena
will hold services in St. Luke's church
on mex Monday evening Oh his return
from Red Lodge. The bishop desires
to meet all the church membership SO
as to learn their wishes relative to
the appointing of a regular rector for
this charge.
Jacob Loeb, grand keeper of the
records and seal Of the Knight of
Pythias Of Montana, has received
word that Supreme Chancellor Feath-
ers. whose home is in Wisconsin, will
visit Montana in a few weeks. He
will visit all the lodges in the state, it
is expected.
The New York Plate Glass In
surance company has begun an action
in Justice Mann's court against John
George, colored, to recover $40 dam
ages. George was formerly a porter in
Brown & Deckert's barber shop and
while fighting another porter threw a
stone through one of the large plate
glass mirrors. Z.
AT the recent annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Rocky Fork
Coal company held in Red Lodge, G.
S. Mellen, president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, and Daniel S. La
mont of New York, formerly secretary
of war under President Cleveland,
were among the trustees elected for
the ensuing year.
-Wor was received here yesterday
of the birth of a daughter to the wife
of L. W. Hahn at Salt Lake City,
Utah, on January 16. MI. Hahn and
family were former residents of Bill
ings, when Mr.. Hahn was local freight
agent for the Burlington. He is now
located at Salt Lake as travelling
freight agent for that road.
ALBERT Hood, the smallpox patient
taken to the pest house from the home
of @. L. Tubbs, about two weeks ago.,
is critically i'll, pneumonia having set
in with the other disease, and there
are no hopes for his recovery. Hood
says he has no relatives and that he
came here from Wyoming, where he
worked as q cowboy.
j. L. Harrington, local agent for
the Burlington. has received word
from the head Office. that his office
force will shortly be increased by the
addition of a new man,, who will act
as night agent. The business of the
Burlington has grown to such proper