The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-12
Local NOTES.

Local NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Father Curan of Red Lodge is in
the city.
]. N. Tolman Of Red Lodge is in
the city as in interested spectator on
the wool market.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mckenzie Of
Glendive were among yesterdays
visitors in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Arnold have re-
turned from a visit to the family Of
G. M. Hays at Helena.
A marriage license was issue. es-
terday to j. Adrain Goldberg of Lawn
and Eva Taner of Rapids City, S. D.
E. NJ. Hunt, the photographer, was
taken to the hospital Monday night
suffering from the effects of a very
bad cold.
S. K. Deverill of Laurel, county
commissioner-elect, is in the city and
will remain for a few days seeing to
the disposition of his wool.
The members of the C~ongrega-
tional Sunday school and their friends
spent a very pleasant time yesterday
picnicking near the river.
Secretary of State Hays came down
from Helena yesterday with his two
sons, who will visit in the city for a
time with their aunt, Mrs. II. s.. Will
liston.
Emil Fosness, who was given a
chance to get out of the city by the
police magistrate Monday, found his
way back into court yesterday and
as a consequence will do five days
work on the streets.
John D.. Losekamp left this morn
ing for Butte to witness the race to-
day in which his PAGER, j. D., takes
part. The horse has been at Helena
for the past two or three weeks and
has shown up in good form.
Du Jack, a Chinaman, who has
charge of the upstairs of the. Cali
fornia restaurant, was arrested yes
terday charged with maintaining a
nuisance in the shape of a rubbish
pile. He was given until this after
noon to abate 1t.
Justice Fraser yesterday announc-
ed his decision in the case of State
VS.. Al. Hartley, wherein the latter
was charged with threatening to do
bodily injury to Mrs. Estelle Parque.
The defendant was placed under
bonds of $500 to keep the peace.
H. w. Mcintyre, secretary Of the
Custer County Wool Warehouse com
pany, writes to The Gazette that at
present about 100000 pounds of
wool are stored at Miles City. He
also states that the company decided
yesterday to increase it's capital
stock to $4,000.
Nearly all of the eastbound passen-
ger trains. now carry many volunteer
soldiers who are returning from SER
vice in the Philippines. Yesterdays
passenger on the Northern Pacific
had about 80 soldiers from a Yer
mont company, the boys having been
away II months.
Hill Mattli, a young man wha has
been making his home with Peter
Yegen, met with q peculiar and pain
full accident yesteAdayH He was doing
some chores arounh/fhe barn, and in
passing a stall where was kept a
stallion the animal threw out his
head, biting off the young mans ear.
A fire occurred at Gebo Monday
night which destroyed the store of
Hill & Conway together with an
empty store building adjoining. The
Hill & Conway store and stock r
totally destroyed. Some insurance
was carried on both, but it will not
be SUFFICIENT to cover the firms loss.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Geo. H. L. Sharp, represent the
wool commission firm of Luce & Man
ming of Boston, arrived in the city last
evening from Miles City and will re-
main here during the wool season.
He says there will be about 2,000,0 900
pounds of wool on the Miles City mar
ket when it is all in, but it is arriv-
ing slowly.
Colonel e. Rice, of the Second
United States infantry, stationed in
the Philippine islands, is in the city
accompanied by his wife. The col
nnol iS In the IInitod Sfatnc on a