The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-23
Local. s.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Master Roy Matheson and sister
Kate, left yesterday for a two weeks
visit to their sister, Mrs. J. H. John.
ston, at Miles City.
Lester Strader, formerly Of Yegen
Bros. clothing department, has &C
cepted a position with the Hefferlin
Mercantile company in Livingston.
Mrs. Bellanger, mother of Mrs. DR..
Baxter, accompanied by Mrs. Bakers
sister, Mrs. Hill, have arrived in the
city from Grand Rapids, Wis., on a
visit.
Percy spratt, late assfstant post.
master at Red Lodgf, yas in the city
last evening on his W. to Livingston,
where he has a situation awaiting
him.
J. w. Beatty, publisher Of the News
Journal of Newcastle, Wyo., was a
caller at The Gazette office last even
ing. He was or his way home from a
visit to Basin.
This city has been getting it's share
of %circuses and dog and pony shows
this summer, but there is still an
other coming. This time it will be
Sells & Grey's circus. The exact date
for it's appearance has not as yet
been announced.
C. HI. Perrine, a wool grower of
Ubet, who has been in the city for
several days, started home yesterday
in answer to a telegram calling for
his immediate presence. It was be-
lieved that a member of his family
ives seriously ill.
: Frank Elliott was arrested by the
police yesterday charged with having
stolen some tobacco from a Northern
Pacific boXcar in the local yeards.
An invoice Of the car is being taken
to determine just what articles FL
lott did get away with.
The entire primary department Of
the Congregational Sunday school
with the. teachers Of that department,
were entertained onfhe lawn by Mrs.
W. D. Clark in Hoxor of her daughter
Roses seventh birthday. About 80
of the little people were present and
enjoyed a good time. Many beauti-
full presents were left for the little
hostess.
The counties of the state can main
tain suits in the courts for the col
lection of back or unpaid licenses
just as the counties can successfully
prosecute suits against parties who
are endeavoring to carry on business
without observing the license laws.
The attorney general prepared a
brief opinion to this effect a couple
of days ago.
Margaret Quinn has begun a suit
in the district court of this county
to have the matrimonial bands sever
ed that unite her to Frank Quinn.
She alleges in her complaint that the
defendant is an habitual drunkard and
is guilty of being extremely cruel to-
ward the plaintiff. Both the parties
to the action reside in Sweetgrass
county, near Merrill.
The Livingston baseball club will
come to this city tomorrow to do
battle with the locals. Since the last
game between the two clubs, when
the Billings |boys were worsted, the
formers ranks have become greatly
weakened by lthe loss of some Of it's
best players, while those Of the latter
have been strengthened. Therefore
q good game may be expected.
IT. F. Pollard, w. A. Talmage, G. G..
Bowler, Roger Fleming and David
-Smethurst arrived from Red Lodge
last evening, and departed for Mil
waukee last night. Mr.. Pollard is the
delegate from Beartooth lodge, B. p
0. E., to the Elk grand lodge, which
meets at Milwaukee next week, and
the others go along to keep Tom from
being lonesome. After the grand
lodge meeting the party intend to do
the Pan-American exposition, and
make a general tour of the east be-
fore returning. Red Lodge certainly
has sent a highly creditable and rep
resentative lot of citizens, who will
be able to hold their own with the
BEST People on Earth" and do cred.
it to Montana.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
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