The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-16
Of a farm and other realty in North

Dakota.
The directors of the Yellowstone
Fair association and others interested
in the association held a meeting
Tuesday night for the purpose of re
vising the racing programme for the
fall meeting. AS revised the associa.
ton will hang up $4,000 in racing
purses. Three hundred dollars will
be given over to baseball, and it is
expected that several eastern Mon.
tana teams will contest for the cham.
pionship in this city next month.
Although the wool season is fairly
ended, a large number Of men still
find employment at the Northern Pa.
cific wool warehouse in transferring,
pressing and loading the staple for
shipment. In consequence that por.
ton of the company's yards presents
an unusually active and interesting
appearance. Although almost every
body realizes the intensity of the wool
business annually transacted in the
city, but few seemingly are aware of
the large amount added to the circu-
lating medium locally through the
employment it affords to men about
the warehouses. The payroll of the
two amounts to a considerable sum
during the season and work is provided
for many men who otherwise would
probably be idle.
An offer to avow judgment has been
made by the defendant in the case c.
Battista Succetti VS.. the Northern 7
cifc Railway company. The coma: +
is prepared to pay the value of t. {
the cows killed by it's train and VS. !
belonged to the plaintiff, as also ].
costs of the action. AS Succe.. II
addition to suing for recovery a he
value of his own COWS also sue.t Tor
judgment for the sum of $50, the
amount of an assigned claim held by
his brother for one of his COWS killed
at the same time, it is not known
whether he will accept the company's
offer, for by SO doing he would waive
the other claim. The total amount
for which action was brought is $137,
of which sum the defendant expresses
willingness to pay sS7 and accruing
From Fridays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. j. w. Vaughan has returned
from an extended visit with friends
in Boone, la.
E. E. Gould, formerly of this city,
but now engaged in the sheep business
in Rosebud county, arrived from For
syth yesterday.
Miss Kate and Master Roy Mathe-
son, who have been visiting their
Mrs J.. H. Johnston of Miles
City, have returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gates are re-
owe the advent of a daughter,
who arrived last Wednesday morning
20 gladden. their household.
]. A. Eyler, one of the Burlington's
top cowhands, who was in the city
last Wednesday, has taken the back
trail and left yesterday for Sheridan.
A birthday party was given yester-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
D. O'Donnell in South Twenty-ninth
street in honor of Mrs. B. w. Toole
and Mrs. O'Donnell.
Carl Simmons, general land agent of
the Northern Pacific, is expected to
arrive in the city next Monday or
Tuesday for the purpose of crossing a
number of pending deals with local
Henry Neill has been reappointed by
governor to the position of state
and agent. The appointment was
made last Tuesday and Immediately
confirmed by the board of land com
nissioners.
A. G. Logan yesterday sold two
carloads of Rambouilette bucks to
William Cruse\ahd Rufus Thompson,
delivered in this city. The animals
Ire Montana bred and said to be a
superior lot.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Babcock, the
ormer employed by the Babcock Hard
ware company, will leave September
for Salt Lake City to reside. Mr..
3abcock will enter the employ of a
arge hardware concern in the Saints
'ity.
The creditors of Richmond Mitchell,
Who is petitioning to be declared a
bankrupt, held their first meeting yes
erday in the office of Referee Firth.
Mitchell is a resident of Rosebud coun-
v and Walter Mckay of FORSYTH was