The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
LOCAL NOTES..
From WednesdaT's Daily Gazette.

-InOs. McNay Was up from juno
ton yesterday on business.
Attorney G. l.. Merrill was in the
city last. night from Bridger.
&C. F. Smith of Forsyth was a bus
mess visitor in the city yesterday.
"A. P. Heslop and wife of Bridger
were visitors in the city yesterday.
The home Of Henry B. Wood was
gladdened Monday by the advent Of a
son
Geo. Town, the jolly boarding
house man of B1idger, was in the city
yesterday.
F. L. Be,lepe, a we'll known bust
ness man of Bozeman, was a visitor III
the city yesterday.
&C. M. Bair and H. B. Segur re-
turned Yesterday from a few days So
journ at Hunters Hot Springs.
DIR. Chapple was called to Park
City last night to attend DR.. Corwin,
who was taken sick yesterday.
j. M. Orion, a member OF the we'll
known piano firm Of Orion Bros, of
Butte, was in the city yesterday.
j. R. Milligan of Yakima, Wash,
arrived in the city yesterday and will
spend a few days renewing %acquaint-
ances.
F. H. Benjamin., who has been
looking after the state circulation of
the Helena Independent, is in the city
visiting his family.
Miss Ethelyn Kay of Chicago has
arrived in the city to accept a position
, at The Leader store as head trimmer
in the millinery department.
Jas. H. Loos, representing the
Josephine Stanton Opera company,
was here yesterday making a date for
the appearance OF his company.
Mrs. P. B. Mess will entertain at
a Kensington Saturday afternoon Of
this week in honor Of Mis-. Morris A.
Arnold and Mrs. George M. Hays.
Mrs. A. S. Whiteway and children
of Butte arrived in the city Yesterday
for a visit to Mr.. Whiteway, who has
been located here for the past two or
three months.
B. @. White, of the Buffalo Greek
Sheep company of Fergus county, is
in the city. Mr.. Whites company is
feeding a large number of sheep in
the Yellowstone valley this winter.
The contract for the completion
of the new Gruwell brick block was
let yesterday to a Butte firm for some
thing like $13, 600. Two other bids
were submitted by local contractors.
Mrs. Alice S. N. Barnes of Castle
is in the city, the guest OF Mrs. E. E.
Gould. Mrs. Barnes is a prominent
worker in the cause of temperance,
being president Of the W. G. T. U. of
Montana.
The farmers of the valley are
busy blowing and making other ar
rangements for seeding. Some of them
have had their fields plowed for some
time and are now ready to begin their
spring work in earnest.
The quarantine which was placed
YER the home Of Chas. Spear some
three weeks ago on account of scarlet
fever, has been removed. The only
child in tho family to, contract the dis
ease was the eldest daughter, Clara.
Jos. Simineo, who has been fol-
lowing the life of a sheepman near
Lavina for the past ten months, has
returned to Billings and accepted a
position with Yegen Bros. He will
remove his family to the city just as
soon as he can secure 9 Dwelling.
Postmaster Babcock has been APP
prised by the department that Begin
,,s,,~ T,,1- 1 hso 0A9oo will ho o1l0rpol
an additional clerk. The Office has
had considerable more work for
months past than the present force
could conveniently handle and the ad-
aitional clerk will be greatly appreci-
ated.
County Superintendent of SchosIo
Marguerite M. St1ang announces that
the examinations of eighth grade
pupils of the county schools for ad-
mission to the county high school will
be held in the districts in which tue
pupils attend school and will be CON
Quoted by the teacher in charge of
such school. The papers will after
ward be sent to the county superinten-
dent for correction.
w. E. Phillips, the we'll known
insurance rustler of the state capital,
was in Billings yesterday greeting old
friends. There was q time when Nh.
Phillips was one of the biggest base
ball cranks of Montana, but he be-
came disgusted with the ann in
which the Helena club was treated
last season when the series was divid-
ed into two parts and he not only
withdrew as president Of the Helena
club, but pulled out of the state ASSOC
citation as we'll.
20. F. Goddard went to Helena
yesterday, having business before the
supreme court relating to the Ease of