Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-02
BILLINGS news.


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served. Cervera Boulanger ofIiciated as
master of ceremonies, anu the guests
responded heartily to the toasts pro-
posed.
Bishop l.. f. Brewer of Helena con-
cluded his meetings in Billings with two
splendid services Sunday at st. LulSes
Episcopal church. After service Sunday
evening the bishop announced his Sc
lection of new church committee %
follows: J. ID. Matheson. John RiXon.
Il. j. Benton. DR.. James Chappfe
Charles Chapple. Fred Rixon. Henry
White and Fl. N. Kennedy. The COM
mittee organized at once by selecting
as officers: j. D. Matheson chairman:
F. j. Benton. secretary and Henry
White, treasurer and collector. The
bishop stated that as soon as a sum is
pledged by subscription sufficient to
guarantee the salary of a rector, he will
call a man to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Rev. A.
Carswell. More than one-half the re-
qured amount was subscribed by those
present, and the expectation is that the
pulpit of ST. Luke's will be regularly
occupied after Easter.
The county commissioners met in
the purpose of considering the resolu-
ton adopted by the city council relative
tC the quarantining and caring TO:
smallpox patients, asking the county to
bear the cost of such in the city. The
commissioners referred back to the joint
action of the city and county in Decem-
her, 1899, in the matter of building the
Fest house and caring for small poX pa.
tients. and then instructed the county
clerk to notify the city council that>tha
county expected the city to live up to
its agreement Of that time. The clerk
was further instructed to notify the
physician in charge of the pest house to
keep an accurate account of all inmates
who are city patients, so that bill may
be rendered the city for it's proportion
of the expense.
A. H. Ramsey, who was arrested at
Fed Lodge and brought back to Billings
to answer to the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, was
bl ought into Justice Mann's court Mon
day morning when he pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to the county Jail for
five months and eleven days. Ramsey
succeeded in fleeing about 40 Billings
ladies out of sums ranging from 30 to "a
cents by taking orders for the Ladies
Home Journal. which he claimed to
represent, but it turned out that he was
notconnected with the publication.
Tony Ross. an italian employed at
the Northern Pacfic's stone quarries
near Huntley had his trial in Justice
Frasers court Tuesday on the charge
of assault in the third degree. He
plead guilty to the charge and was
fined $40 and costs. amounting in all
to $48 Ross and one j. NJ. Smith be-
came mixed up in fight in south
side saloon Sunday night, when Smith
was badly beaten and bruised by Ross.
George Larkin. fireman at the Bill
lings Water Power company's pump
hose, was taken to the pesthouse Mon
day. having contracted smallpox. The
/ man was not i'll. and did his work up to
| the time of being taken away. Larkin
said he would not have known he had
| the disea;ye had not the doctor told
! him.
Mrs. G. NOrd and daughter. Lillian,
who have been visiting at Ell Paso Tex
as, for the past year and half. arrived
in Billings Sunday for a visit to thu
formers daughter, Mrs. o. A. Tschudy
and Miss Minnie NOrd. After few
weeks visit here thye will go to Spo-
| kane to visit Mrs. NOrd's sister, Mrs. J.
Mensor.
Peter Roberts died at st. Vincent's
| hospital yesterday of pneumonia. The
deceased had been i'll only a few days.
| brother of the deceased has been in
| the city for some time and will attend
| tc the burial of the remains.
Lewis C. Babcock and bride. nee Miss
| Natalie Twyman of Chicago, arrived in
| Billings yesterday and are now domi-
| ciled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ.
| HungerfOrd on North Twenty-ninth
| street.
Yegen Bros. have purchased another
! stock of general merchandise. it being
that of Sam Young & Sons of Joliet Al
len Farrell and F. H. Waters are at
Joliet invoicing the stock.
Mrs. p. L. Reece left Tuesday noon for
Anaconda. after several weeks visit in
billings. Mr.. Reece has a grading con-
| tract at Anaconda. which will keep him
there the greater part Of the year.