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

From sundays DAILY Gazette.
Money to loan in any sum or
farm lands and improved Billings
property. Carwile & Bouton.
"A. @. johnson Of Helena, who is
interested in the Donovan-M M Cormick
company, was in Billings yesterday.
II. j. Jellison is erecting a fine
dwelling on North Twenty-eighth
street, just north Of the M. E. church.
Prof. L. M. Pennock, principal of
the Laurel schools, was a visitor in
Billings yesterday, accompanied by his
wife.
Late advices state that the North
Coast Limited trains of the Northern
Pacific will not be put on again until
May 5.
The police court had one drunk
OF record yesterday, but the offender
was discharged on promise of good be-
haivor hereafter.
Miss Mulcare, the milliner, has
gone to Chicago to make her spring
and summer selections of the latest
creations in women's headgear.
The grounding certainly saw his
shadow yesterday, and if signs go for
anything there are six weeks of genuine
winter ahead for this end of Montana.
The Burlington's st. Louis-Port-
land train from the east was Is hours
late yesterday, the delay being caused
by the burning of a bridge near New
castle, Wyo. The train reached Bill
ings at 6 O'Clock last night.
-Missoula Democrat : Messenger:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gilmore will de-
part shortly for Billings, where they
will reside in the future. MI. Elmore
has been a valued attache of the West
ern Montana bank in this city, and
goes to the eastern town to accept a
similar position.
IS. G. Reynolds will leave Billings
in about ten days for Chicago, where
he will join the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, headed by lou B. Windsor,
noble grand, and accompany them OH
their Honolulu trip. The trip will
cover about 80 days and will prove
quite an event.
"A sudden shutdown of the mean
descent system of the electric lights
occurred Friday night and for about
three hours the patrons Of the COM
pany had to resort to the use of oil
lamps and candles. The trouble was
caused by a belt on the fywheel at
the power house.
The post-mortem examination
and coroner's inquest held over the re-
mains of Chas. H. Atkinson, the Nor
mon missionary, who died in Mrs. Hol-
ling's lodging house Thursday night,
resulted in the jury finding that the
deceased came to his death from
pleuro-pneumonia. The home of the
deceased was Salt Lake City, where
he leaves a family, and the remains
were shipped to that place yesterday
for burial, being accompanied by John
M. KlieEman and Thos. W. Durrant,
two other missionaries of the Mormon
church. .
The examination of pupils in the
public schools of the state who have
completed the eighth grade, as to their
qualification for admission to high
school, will be held March 81 and %.
The questions to be propounded are
being prepared by DR.. o. J.. Craig,
president of the University Of Mon
tana; w. H. johnson, of Helena; Miss
Helena Gleason, of Anaconda; Miss
Annie L.. Harwood, of Dillon; DR..
James Reid, president of the State
Agricultural college at Bozeman, and
Prof. H. NJ. Brayton, superintendent
of schools of Billings.
Albert D. Hood, the smallpox
patient, who also was suffering with
pneumonia, died yesterday at the
pest house, death being due to the latter
disease Hood was taken to the pest
house about two weeks ago from the
home Of G. l.. Tubbs in South Billings.
He had been in Billings but a few
days, having come here from Wyo-
ming, where he had been following
the life of a cowboy He made a
statement Friday that he had nc home
or relatives The remains were in
tered i'll the potter S field in the city
cemetery yesterday afternoon.