The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-27
LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

FTOm Wednesday, . DdAAJ uoASIeS'
w. Wallace, Jr., the Heiera attor-
ney, was in the city, yesterday.
C.. F. Burton has sold lot 20, block
Al, Billings townsite, to Jennie Haid;
consideration $500.
o. D. Seright, one of the oldest set
tiers in the vicinity of Laurel, has dis
posed of his ranch property to A. M.
Lauier.
Henry Blakely, general freight
agent of the Northern Pacific for the
Montana division, was among the Wis
itors in the city, yesterday.
Judge Mann has succumbei to the
effects of the variable weather Of
the Tast week or so and is confined
to his bed with a severe cold.
The foundation for the addition to
the Belknap block has been COM
pleted and the carpenters are engag-
ed in laying the stills for the ground
floor.
C. M. Judkins n wife of Fair
field, Iowa, were in the city yesterday
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Spar.
Mr.. Judkins is publisher of the Fair
field Ledger.
Burdett Moody, a member Of the
engineering corps of the Homestake
Mining company, the famous gold
producer of the Black Hills. was a
visitor in the city, yesterday.
Colonel S.. Gordon, editor of the
Yellowstone Journal. who appeared
as a witness in the hearing before
Special Examiner Hassler, returned
to Miles City, yesterday.
T. A. Williams, clerk of the dis
trict court, left last night for Duluth
to meet Mrs. Williams and children
and escort them home. He expects
to be absent until about October /.
Mrs. George H. Maxwell and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth, who have been Wis
1ting at the Hesper FARM for sew
seral weeks, left /~yestepday for the
west, intending 10 go/as far as Hell
.ena where they ey6ect to take the
Great Northern 70 Midvale. After a
short visit there they will proceed
to Washington, d. c., their home.
A report was current yesterday
that fire the night before had de-
stroyed the plant of the Anaconda
Standard. The fire is said to have had
it's origin in an explosion which oc-
Cured in the composing room. Case
line was employed as the fuel for
heating the melting pots of the Mer-
g%anthalers and it is said that the
tank of one of the machines e
ploded. 4.
Major H~argrave, provincial officer
of the Salvation Army for the district
of Montana, Idaho, Washington and
British Columbia, will conduct the
first of two special meetings which
are to be held in the local barracks.
The second meeting will be tomor-
row night and the major will speak
on the progressive work of the Sal
walton Army. At the close of the
meeting coffee and pumpkin pie will
be served.
During the past five days a total
of $50 head of horses were sold at
Robert Leavins' ranch, six miles east
of here, to the British government,
through Lowkherj & HEREFORD, who
were filling a contract. So far over
10000 head of horses are said tc
have beer spldjto agents of the En-
glish government in this country, be
sides 35,ooo| /mules. When these
sales are taken into consideration
speculation as to the cause OF the
advance in prices of horses of all
descriptions becomes easy.
Several times during the past few
months a report WAS circulated that
Attorney General Donovan proposed
to make a tour Fl eastern Montana in
the role of detective and with a view
OF giving o4cidls pointers" to effect
ually enforce the gambling law and
the prohibition of boxing contests
Another such report reached the city
yesterday. AS Billings has beer
without gdnfbling for some time, the
attorney General will probably spend
but little fahis time here but will pro
coed to Nl. Gordon's town at the
mouth of the river Tongue, where i
is said the sporting fraternity are
not alarmed at the threats made by
Mr.. Donovan. The mere mention O.
the attorney generals name in Bill
ings cause ever man disposed t.
handle the paste-boards to take to tn
woods.