The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-19
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Local NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Born yesterday to the wife Of Fred
Awe, a boy baby.
Len Lewis, the big iockmaster of
Lewis, is here with his wool.
Jay L. Torrey and w. B. Hodge of
Embar, Wyo., are in the city with
their wool.
w. J.. Lloyd, recently of Milwaukee,
has accepted a position with the
Chapple Drug company.
Miss Fairy Hollingsworth of Leav-
enwor.h, Kan, has arrived in the
city for a visit to Miss Florence
Losekamp.
G. McAllister of Butte, draughtsman
for Link & Carter, architects, has
come to the city to remain for a time
looking after the contracts of his en-
ployers.
C. G. Cook, foreman for the Ryan
Bros. Cattle company on the Mussel-
shell, is in the city to receive 1000.
head Of cattle which are. expected
here today from Mexico.
Margaret O'Donnell, the infant
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. O'Donnell,
residing one mile west of the city,
died yesterday Of summer complaint.
The funeral will be held from the
family home at 4 o'clock.
Several days ago Chas. Spear had
his bicycle stolen from the front of
the First NationA bank. Monday the
wheel was found by Jack o'Rourke
in the drainage ditch, south of the
city, where it had been discarded by
the thief. The wheel was badly dam
aged and is now in the repair shop.
The Rev. Father Van Clarenbeck
left for Helena yesterday to attend
the tri-ennial synod of priests of this
diocese, which there today.
The labors of the gathering cover
a varied field, such as the enactment
of rules for the government of the
ministers of the diocese, examina-
ton of the younger priests and the
consideration of questions appertain-
ing to scriptures, dogma, rubrics,
canon laws and history.
A deputy sheriff and posse from
Forsyth left yesterday over the Bur
lington in search of Charles Green,
want for murder committed during
the early part of the present month.
Green is said to hate been seer with
in the past few 95ys at a point on
the line Of Huntington in this
state, and it vas in following this
clue that the posse vent out owe the
road. Those who saw him say he
was armed with a rifle and two re-
volvers.
The board of trustees of the Bill
ings school district has let contracts
for the completion of the north side
school building. The contracts for
the plumbing and heating were
awarded to Geo. Soule at his bids of
$1,4s6.97 and SIS, O3s.92, respectively.
Foley & Grove got the contract for
the carpenter work of the second
story at their bid of $2,325. Other
bids were: F. H. Beeman, plumbing,
$3.50, and heating, $5,231.40; R. ].
Lord, carpentry, $3,729; E. M. Break
iron, carpentry, $4,000; E. H: Gagnon,
carpentry, $500.
A hobo, name unknown, was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon by the police
on the charge Of stealing a watch be-
longing to Jas. Fraser. Fraser IS an
employee of the A. L. Babcock Hard
ware company. While working about
the implement house ke left his vest
containing thf WATCH hanging up in
one part of the bidding. On return
ing later AMI %onning his vest he
missed the tiMe piece. A tramp had
been noticed about there previous to
this time and the police were given a
description of him. A search result.
ed in the mar being found in an EN-,
PITY coach on the N. P. tracks, hid be.
tween some seats. He showed fight
when the officer arrested him. On
being searched the watch vas found
sewed up in the inside of his vest
The man will be ~arraigned today.
From Thursday,s Daily Gazette.
Mrs. S. P. Panton and son have
gone to Miles City for a visit.
Sheriff G. w. Hubbard made a pro
fessional trip to Bridger yesterday.
Harry Wilson returned Yesterday