The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-02
LOCAL NOTES.
Saturdays Daily Gazette.

Sam Church returned yesterday from
a trip down east. :
L. E. Montgomery of Miles City is a
business visitor in the city.
D. G. O'Shea Of Red Lodge was a
visitor in the city last night.
Mrs. M. Kennedy of Hathaway was
a visitor in the city yesterday.
James Corson of Bridger was look
ing after business affairs in this city
yesterday.
Mrs. G. F. Jackson and Mrs. G. W..
Skinner and children of Sheridan are
visiting in the city.
Chas. H. Hawson and w. A. Stevens,
we'll known ranchmen of Carbon coun-
ty, located near Joliet, were in the
city yesterday.
Thompson Mcdonald and Harry
Wheeler, two natives of Canada, have
signifed their intention of becoming
citizens Of this republic.
The family of William Phelan, who
lately came here from Merrill, Mich,
and has located in the valley, arrived
in the city yesterday from the east.
F. H. Kirk, who conducts the hotel
at Lavina, is in Billings transacting
business. He contemplates buying
some cattle to add to his herds in that
section of the country.
A.. J. Giisdorf resigned the nom
ination OF alderman for the Second
ward OH the democratic ticket, and
the name of j. 2. Brewer has been
substituted by the city central COM
mittee.
The McShane tie camp zeal Ran
chester has shut down and it is re-
ported that it will not start up again,
the proprietors having gotten out all
the ties they are likely to find a mar
ket for for some time. ;
Lee Eisenberg, who has been spend
ing several weeks in the east, has re-
turned to Billings. He will engage in
business in this city again about July
/, having rented the first floor of the
new brick block being erected by G..
o. Orwell.
Mrs. Chas. w. Harding and chill
dren will leave shortly for Mr.. Hard
ing's ranch on the Musselshell, where
they will reside in the future. The
80 house to be vacated by them will be
taken by J.. S. Simineo and family,
who have returned from Lavina.
H. j. Thompson of Dillon, who is
interested with H. McGregor Of Butte
in the purchase of the Walton & Davis
lumber business, is spending a few
days in the city closing up the deal.
: The business will be in charge of Mr..
McGregor, who is at present in the
east.
Rev. Henry A. James of Bozeman,
presiding elder of the Bozeman dis
trict M. E.. church, was in Billings
yesterday, en- route to the eastern part
of the state to hold quarterly meet
ings. The reverend gentleman will
visit this city in about two weeks for
the same purpose.
The report comes from Miles City
that a case of smallpox has made it's
appearance IN that city. Miles has
been exceptionally fortunate the past
two years in this particular, for while
towns on all sides of it have had
sieges of the disease that place has
been free from it.
Prof. Edward B. Warman and wife,
who have been in the city for the past
two weeks, left yesterday for Boze-
man. MI. Warman is representing
the physical culture department. of an
eastern publication, and while here
gave a series of lectures. before the
teachers of the public schools.
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alive of the Rocky Fork Coal COM
pany, was in the city yesterday. Mr..
Thompson was until recently pay
master for the company, but he was
relieved a few days ago by J.. M.
Hoagland, an old employee of the COM
pany, who comes to the west from
New Jersey.
WORD came to Billings last night
that a number of new cases of small
pox had broken out at the grading
camps IN the Toluoa-C Cody line and
from all reports the camps are des-
tined to have a siege of the disease.
Conner's camp, in which several cases
have already appeared, had per-
sons TO be taken down with the dis
ease, two of whom were m
Quite Il commotion was caused on
the streets yesterday when Jim Macer
was arrested by the police. Macer and
one Captain Ripley got into an alter
cation near the L & L restaurant. the
former badly beating the latter.
Macer was o after arrested by Po-
liceman Taylor, but the officer had to
secure the assistance of Chief Bond
and Officer Baker before the prisoner
could be taken to Jail.
W.. s. Scott of Deer Lodge, who
has been appointed to the position of
state game warden by Governor Toole,
WAS formerly travelling representative