The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-28

S. X. Deverill of Laurel was in the
city yesterday.
Mrs. B. E. Vail of Carbonate is Wis
iting in the city.
Peter Dohr and bride arrived in the
city Sunday from Butte.
H. H. Middleton of Helena is in
the city greeting friends.
Father Curran Of Red Lodge was in
the city last night on his way to
Helena.
The Billings band gave another
open-air concert in Railroad park Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. j. H. Johnston of Miles City
is in the city for a months visit to
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Mathe-
son.
VIM. E. Case and Albert Truscott
of Miles City have arrived in the city
to receive some southern cattle that
are expected in a few days.
Mrs. Lindsey and child arrived in
the city from Lewistown to join her
husband, DR.. Cliff Lindsey, who To-
Gated here a few months ago.
Hannah Hougardy has made a des-
ert land entry on the east half Of the
northeast quarter of section 80, town
ship Z north and range 25 east.
A big horse sale is to take place at
Miles lQfty this week, beginning
Thursday, and buyers will be in at
tendance from all over the north
west.
Miss Elizabeth Cedergren, who has
been in Chicago for the past three
months attending a business college,
city.
Louis Hospes, Albert +. Sullivan
and Geo. H. Sullivan of Saltwater,
Mimi, stopped in Billings Sunday
while en- route east from a trip to
Klondike.
j. w. Richardson, the Lavina flock
master, was in the city v Sunday,
taking a brief respite from the ardu.
GUS labors which now confront the
average sheepman.
VIM. w. Kinnick of Park City made
his first yearly proof yesterday on
a desert land claim, the unsurveyed
northeast quarter of section "a, town
ship z south, range 20 east.
7 John H. Dawes of the Gallatin Coun.
ty Republican, of Bozeman, was in
the city Sunday. 1t was the gentle
mans first visit to the Magic City
and he expressed himself as well
pleased.
Rev. G. C. Stull attended a meet
ing of the trustees of the Montana
Wesleyan university at Helena yes
terday, having gone to the capital city
from Columbus, where he delivered
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
night.
The street commissioner has start
ed to place the streets of the city ir
better condition through the liberia
use of the grader. The streets have
been in worse condition this spring
than in years and will need consider
able attention.
E. B.. Witch of Livingston, who is
interested in mining property in the
Sunlight district in Wyoming, was il
the city yesterday on his way to the
latter place. Mr.. Witch has grea'
faith in the future of the Sunlight
district and means to stick to it.
At the state convention of thu
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor held at Butte last week Rev
w. D. Clark of this city was elected
one of the vice-presidents. Miss Marie
Sleeper was the delegate to the con
vention from the society of this city
Judge Loud of the district cour
has made an order granting to Hen
ry Terrell. executor of the estate o
Walter Rankin, deceased, the powe
to sell the personal property in orde
to the funeral expenses and othe
Indebtedness hanging owe the estate
The next annual convention of tn
State Sunday School association will
be held at Helena, this having beel
decided upon by the executive com
mittee at a meeting at Butte. TIL
date has not been announced, but ]
will likely be some time during tn
month of June, 1902.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Field and Mrs