The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-29

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Chicago he underwent seven opera
tions and is now gradually recovering
the use of his eyes, but is able to read
only with great difficulty and by the
use of powerful magnifying glasses.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
A. G. Reddlng left yesterday for
Butte on a business trip. =
j. L. Kelly has been appointed
postmaster at Flawillow, Fergus
county.
Newman Kline of Glendive, SUI
perintendent of the Yellowstone divi-
sion Of the Northern Pacific, was III
the city yesterday.
james A. johnson, travelling rep
resentative for the Clarke Fork Coal
Mining company, was III the city last
night, ell route west.
Col. F. M. Malone of Miles City
was a visitor in the city yesterday III
the interest of the Milwaukee road, of
which he is general agent for Montana.
Fletcher Houtchens Of Missoula
arrived in the city yesterday to accept
a position in the drv goods department.
# the Douovan-M Mccormick company.
Bishop John B. Brondel of Helena
has announced his dates for visiting
the different Catholic churches of his
diocese. He will be i'll Billings June
16 and at Red Lodge June Is.
The four educational laws passed
by the late legislature have been
printed in book form by the state
superintendent of public instruction
and are being sent to the various
school districts of the state.
This weeks homeseekers' excur-
sions have started in fairly we'll for
the Northern Pacific, that road run
ming two trains yesterday OF nine cars
each, accommodating about 500 pas
sengers, while three sections will be
today.
From the trainmen on the eastern
division of the Northern Pacific it is
learned that the snow storm, which
has been prevailing in this section for
the past few days, has. not extended
far east, the range down around For
syth being very dry.
The secretary OF the interior has
order patented to the state of Mon
tana IA, O78 acres of land in the Helena
district, selected under the grant for
the school of mines, and 2,64O acres in
the Missoula district, On account Of
the grant for public buildings at the
state capital.
w. j.. Youmans purchased tile
greenhouse property of W. G.. Will
Jams, n mile west of Billings, yester-
day, possession being given at once.
Mr.. Youmans expects to engage in the
poultry raising business, the location
and buildings being we'll adapted for
that purpose.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Jos. L. Asbridge, the sheepman of
Highfield, was in the city on business.
"A. Buchanan, editor of the Rose
bud County News, was a visitor in the
city yestderday.
20. F. Goddard left yesterday Oh a
professional trip to Red Lodge, ex-
pecting to return home tonight.
Geo. T. La,nport was down from
Red Lodge yesterday on business per-
tanning to his civil engineering Office.
Two cars of Italian laborers
passed through Billings yesterday en-
route west to work on the Northern
Pacific.
-Thos. L. Halbert and wife of
Gunton will leave this morning for
their home, after several days visit in
the city.
Mrs. Joseph Sansome has rented
her boarding house on west Montana
to o. G. Burgner, who will take pos
session April /.
Miss Laura Roehrig left last night
for her home in Atchison, Kan, after
an extended visit with her friend,
Miss Losekamp.
The millinery openings are at
tracing the attention Of the ladies
this week, who are seeing some of the
finest creations in headgear ever shown
in the city.
The Eastern Montana Woolgrow-
ers' association will meet at Miles
City April Is, and Billings will be
we'll represented, as it usually is at
such meetings.
Forty cars Of homeseekers passed
through the city yesterday on the
two lines of railroad, the majority of
them being ticketed for points in
Washington and Oregon.
District court convenes next Tues
day. The probabilities are that it
will be one of the shortest terms on
record. Clerk IF the Court Williams
is now getting his docket in shape for
the session.
DIR. Bernard F. Berthheimer of