The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-22

to concerning his condition two weeks
ago, but no word has been received
from them. Mitchell had about re-
covered from the pneuomnia, but last
Friday suffered a relapse. He was
buried near the pesthouse yesterday,
being the second patient to die from
pneumonia. #" ~
From Fridays Daily Gazrtte.
Il. G. Lehfeldt Of Musselshell is in
the city. Y.
60. w Mclean Of the Musselshell
is here on business.
-Carwlle & Bouton write liberal
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ
taiDable rates. 4
Claude Lane left this morning
for Bowler, Mont, to spend six weeks
on the ranch Of Paul Smith.
Mrs. O. A. Sou1hmayd left yester-
day for Helena, after a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Cochran.
Billings people are enjoying
riding again, a nice snowfall
having occurred Wednesday night.
Walter Lehrkind Of Silesia, man
ager of the Carbon County brewery,
was a visitor in Billings yesterday.
Miss Dova John of Humansville,
Mo-, is in the city on an extended visit
to her sister, Mrs. G. N. McCracken.
--John McGraw was presented with
a certificate to do ten days work on
the streets by Police Judge Mann yes
terday. ..
The preliminary hearing of Sam
Robinson for assault in the first degree
was continued yesterday by Justice
Kelly until Saturday.
Mrs. P. H. Reece will leave to-
morrow for Anaconda, after several
weeks visit to her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rixon, IN this city.
The public schools will enjoy a
holiday today in observance of Wash.
ington's birthday. The banks and
public offices will also be closed.
w. F. Strait of Roundup, who
has been quite i'll for sometime of
pneumonia, is improving and is now
able to sit up a short time each day.
Attorney Geo. H. Bailey and wife
of Red Lodge were visitors in Billings
yesterday. Mrs. Bailey went to Iowa
on a visit and MI. Bailey has returned
home.
Mrs. DeWolf of Chicago, a spirit
ualistic medium, is in the city, the
guest Of the family of Frank D. Nc
Cormick. Mrs. DeWolf may be per-
suaded TO give a public lecture on
spiritualism while in Billings.
H. S. Williston, who has been con-
nected with the Donovan-McC ormick
company as manager of the hardware
department for a. year past, has re-
signed and been succeeded by A. g.
Talmage, who recently came here
from Gebo.
The fire department. was called
out at about 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing to answer a call sent in from the
Burlington freight depot, where an
empty box car was on fire. The, de-
partment made a fast run, it's prompt
response being the means Of saving a
string of box cars from destruction.
The Burlington passenger train
had to be run in two sections yester-
day morning to accommodate it's
h~omeseekers, and the second section
ran about seven hours late. Yestor-
days Northern Pacific was also run
in two sections, each carrying several
hundred prospective settlers for the
west.
Frank Bryan. boss car repairer for
the Northern Pacific, sustained a
severe injury Of the left foot yester-
day. Together with an assistant he
was working with a drawbar when the
assistant let the heavy article fall,
crushing Mr.. Bryan's foot. The in
jury will confine Mr.. Bryan to his
home for some time. ..
H. II. Ross, a we'll known engi-
neer of the Northern Pacific, pulling
the stub which runs between Butte
and Helena, was taken seriously Ill
with pneumonia in Butte and was
taken to Missoula, where he will be
confined to the Northern Pacific hos
pital until he v Mr.. Ross is
the oldest locomotive engineer, in
point of continuous service, on the
Yellowstone division of the Northern
Pacific, and is one of the best known
Of all the boys who pull the throttle
for that company.
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