The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-02-26
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
w. J. Cruise of Helena is in tn,
city.
A. M. Peters went to Red Lodge
on business yesterday.
DIR. E. P. Townsend left Thursda,
night on a business trip to Omaha.
If in want look up the intelligence
office. South side opposite fire hall.
"A boy baby was born Thursday
night to the wife of Chas. Mooney.
Karl Simmons of Helena was here
yesterday selling Northern Pacific
land.
-Carw1le & Bouton write liberia.
fire insurance policies at the best OBJ.
taiDable rates. n
Money to loan in any sum or
farm lands and improved Billings
property Carwile & Bouton. y
Mrs. M. H. Tompkins and daugh.
ter, Miss Martha: have gone to Absorb.
kee for Il few days. visit to the for.
mer's brother.
Lee Eisenberg will leave tomor.
row for the east to his travel
ing for an eastern wholesale dry goods
house.
MIR. and Mrs. W. H. Smith leave
tonight for a visit to their old home
in Topeka, Kan, expecting to be gone
about two weeks.
Henry Blakeley OF st. Paul, divis-
ion freight agent of the Northern Pa
cific, is in the city looking after the
company's business.
"A. H. Wethey Of Butte, manager
of w. A. Clark's interests, was in
Billings yesterday, having come down
from Bridger, where be had been look
ing owe the coal mine.
Sydney Fox, the rising young at
torney of Red Lodge, was in Billings
yesterday, en- route home from a visit
to his father at Missoula, where the
latter is looking after mining inter-
ests.
The weather Thursday night was
the coolest that has been experienced
i'll Billings, it being 21 degrees below
zero. 1t continued cold yesterday,
with a westerly wind, and the appear
ances are very favorable for a chinook.
The Custer Cattle company,
which has disposed of all its cattle,
has leased all it's ranches west of the
city to the different ranchmen, since it
no longer has any need for them. The
lease includes everything pertaining
to the ranches, such as implements,
etc., and the horses.
Dewey, the three-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. CHM of La
vina, died Thursday night from scar
let fever. The child was taken sick
about two weeks ago. He was a
bright little fellow and his death
m as a great blow to his parents.
The body will be brought to Billings
today for burial.
Sheriff Hubbard will leave this
morning for Red Lodge with a war
rant for the arrest of one A. H.
Ramsey, who is wanted in this city
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Ramsey took orders for the
Ladies Home journal, and it is now
charged that he is a fakir, not being
connected with that publication.
Daniel Mcdonald. president of
the Western Federation of Labor, will
arrive in Billings today. He will
meet with the local union and all
other organized or unorganized labor
on Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock at
Labor hall for the purpose of devising
means for the organization of a Coun-
ty Trades and Labor council, and also
for the purpose Of organizing any un-
organized labor that is desired.
notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather there was a fair attend
ance at st. Luke's church last even
ing. The service consisted of the
Litany and music by the choir. Bish-
op Brewer preached from the follow
ing text, Acts 16, 3O-3l: "Sirs, what
must I do to be saved And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved and
thy house. ," Services will be held
this afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
Miss Dennis, the evangelist,
preached a splendid and convincing
sermon at the M. E. church last night,
taking as her text the words What
shall I do then with Jesus" The
meetings from the beginning, last
Tuesday night, have been we'll attend
ed and a deep interest taken. The
afternoon meetings have also had
good a%ttendances and are proving of
great benefit to many. There will be
no afternoon meeting today. hut there
will be n at 8 O'Clock tonight, be-
ginning with a song service.
The Northern Pacific Express
company has increased its competition
with the posi- Office department. by re-
ducing it's RATES on money orders to