The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-19
LOCAL NOTES.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

MS WISH TO Butte. ~
Mrs. Alice Smart Of Two Dot has
arrived in the city, 20 spend the win
ter with her sister, Mrs. w. L. Linton.
Mrs. c.. W. beaverton Of Sheridan
is in the city, the guest Of Mrs. Paul
Mccormick. The ladies are old
schoolmates;
After the close Of a very interest
ing session last evening, the members
of Rathbone Lodge No. %, K. of P,
repaired to the Delmonico restaurant
and enjoyed an oyster supper.
H. G.. Greinert, who was in the en-
ploy Of the Northern Pacific at the
round house. as hostler, died yester-
day morning at s o'clock. The funeral
will take place this afternoon at 2
O'Clock from the Episcopal church
Miles City has taken the second
step in the direction of gaining the
benefit Of the Carnegie offer to en-
dow a library in that place. A lot has
been purchased on which to erect the
building and it is believed that the
$4,000 which the millionaire philan-
thropist has promised will 0 o pc
Forthcoming. ~
A company known as the Coburn
Cattle company has been organized at
Great Falls for the purpose of engag-
ing in the stock business. The com
pany begins it's existence with a CAPT
tai Of $25O,000, all paid in, and divid-
ed into $500 shares. 1t is a family
affair, as all the stockholders are Co
burns and live in Cascade and Chot-
eau counties.
Mrs. Hagerman entertained about
25 little boys yesterday afternoon in
honor of Master Joseph Hagerman's
seventh birthday anniversary. The
hours were from 8 to 6 and the usual
children's games were enjoyed. A re-
past, not the least Of which was the
large birthday cake with it's sever
candles, and which contained the u.s.
ual much coveted dime, was one of the
enjoyable features.
Word has just been received in this
city announcing the marriage of Miss
Rene MCDANIEL to DR.. E. B. Arnold
OF Morris, Mimi, the ceremony taking
place at the brides home in Fargo,
N. D. Miss MCDANIEL spent several
years in this city the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. J. Fl. Rinehart, and has
many friends here. DR.. and Mrs,
Arnold will visit Billings in a few
days or their wedding tour, which
will include a trip to the coast.
p. Sorenson, who until a short time
ago was engaged in business at Miles
City, has been in the city for several
days looking for a suitable band Of
sheep, having arranged to engage in
the mutton and wool business. Owing
to the lateness of the season and the
large sales of the past few weeks, he
has been unable to secure just what
he wants, but said last evening that
he had obtained track of a band which
he thought would suit his purpose.
From the western part of the state
comes the report that some of the
Indians who have been afflicted with
smallpox have escaped from the
agency at which they were confined
and have mingled with the men work
ing along the grading camps of the
Great Northern. In consequence con
siderable excitement is said to exist
in Flathead county, where the Indians
and graders are. Should the disease
manifest itself among the latter they
will be quarantined and all work will
have to be stopped until the malady
has run it's course.
Helena newspapers announce a
game of football between the high
school team of that city and the local
team, to be played on the Billings
grounds Thanksgiving day. The game
is to take the place of the one which
the Helena boys~desired to pull off
last saturday. but their acceptance
of the @nllengese Sent had to wait, as
arrangements to play Bozeman on
that day had already been made when
it was received. Since their game
with Butte the Helenaites have made
several changes in their team and
now believe themselves invincible in
their class.
A special train running in two Sec
lions passed through the city yester-
day loaded with horses from the DAILY
stock farm. The first section contain
ed 100 head and the second 112. The
animals were ally trotting stock and
were en- route east to be sold at auc-