The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-18
LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Miss Matte Reese has returned
form a two months visit with Helena
friends.
-Carwile & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best
obtainable rates.
IF. L. Summers will ship 16 cars
of sheep today to St. Paul for winter
feeding on screenings.
Edgar A. Brooke Of Dillon has
been granted a patent for a brake
lever for road vehicles.
Court StenograEher F. W. Kreid-
Ter of Miles City is in Billings III at
tendance upon district court.
Money to loan in any sum on
farm lands and improved Billings
property. Carwile & Bouton.
-Thos. A. Snidow returned yester-
day from a trip to North Dakota, To-
eating range for sheep grazing.
H. Sommers, of the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company, came
down from Helena yesterday after
noon. ...r
w. W. Morris of Pony, n OF
Montana's presidential electors, has
been chosen to take the returns to
Washington.
Matt. B. Rademaker, who has
been i'll for several weesk with pneu-
monia, has recovered sufficiently to be
able to be about. ... M
IS. G. Bell OF St. Paul has succeed
ed A. G. McGrew as manager of the
local express office, and the latter
has been transferred to St. Paul.
Mrs. j. B. Waltz arrived in the
city yesterday from Anaconda, where
she has been since last summer, and
will spend the balance of the winter
here.
Il. D. O'Donnell, who was appoint
ed by the state sheep commission as a
delegate to the National Livestock as
ISOLATION, which convened at Salt
Lake City yesterday, was unable to
attend.
There was no meeting of the city
council last night. There was a quo
rum of members present, but neither
the mayor O the president were pres
emit, and after roll call the meeting
adjourned.
Mrs. J.. T. Sayles and daughter of
Park City, who had been in the city
visiting Mr.. Sayles for two days, left
yesterday afternoon for a couple OF
months visit to relatives and friends
in Chicago and Galena, Ill.
Brian Hart was up before Police
Judge Mann yesterday on a charge
of drunkenness and was given 10 days
work on the street. A vag, named
Kelley, was appointed to do five days
work toward identifying the streets OF
Billings.
contractor Packard, who was the
first person to receive a contract fol
grading on the Toluca-Cody branch,
has been ordered to o his camp
and begin work on the south side OF
Greybull river between Corbett and
Cody, Wyo.
Heavy rains in Washington Sun
day and Monday played havoc with
the Northern Paciic's tracks, causing
three wrecks and delaying all trains
Monday nights eastbound train, al
we'll as yesterday mornings, were de
layed about nine hours each. IS
A. @. Talmage Of Gebo arrived il
the city yesterday and has accepted {
position with the Donovan-McCor
mick comany in the latter's hardware
department. He has rented a dwell
ing on South Thirty-first street ant
will shortly remove his family to Bill
ings
The building formerly occupied
by the Billings Furniture & Carpe
company on North Twenty-eightl
street, which has been rented by tn
Donovan-Mc Cormick company is be
ing remodeled and fixtures added TO
it's use as the grocery and hardwar
department. of the latter concern.
w. O.,Parker of Billings, who wa
elected last fall as county commits
sioner, but was not to take Office unit
next November, was yesterday ap
pointed as county commissioner b.
District Judge Loud to-. succee
Thomas S. Linton, resigned, the ar
pointment to take effect immediatel
on Mr.. Parker filing the necessar,
bond.
w. W. WEIGH, state superinten
dent of public instruction, is preparin
questions for the annual examinatio
of applicants for teachers certificate
to be held February Is and l6. TIL
examinations will be held simu.
~taneously all over the state, at til
county seat of each county. The
will be conducted by the county ST
perintendent in each instance. Th
only from the markings
the county superintendent is an al
peal to the state superintendent.
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