The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-30
from Tuesdays Daily Gazette.

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
W. F. Strait of Roundup is in the
city.
LIS. Henry Chapman of red Lodge
is visiting friends in the city.
George Mather and August Schroe-
der of Musselshell are in the city.
E. Al. Clark. a stockman Of Car
bon county, has been in the city a few
days.
junction yesterday on professional
bushes. ta.
Rev. A. S. Gessner returned last
night from Red Lodge, where he con-
Quoted services Sunday. 4
The Billings band will give a sacred
concert in the park next Sunday after
noon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock.
J. T. Sanford of Laurel was in the
city yesterday. He states that his
town is prospecting, and several new
business houses are spoken of.
DR.. A. Butler, of Carbonate, was in
the city yesterday. The doctor was
just returning from a visit to Forsyth
where he is thinking of locating.
Mrs. Mary Scnrieber and daughter,
of Ohio, mother and sister of w. H.
| Schrieber, stopped i've in Billings
yesterday en- route to Townsend, this
state, where they go to reside.
A train of empty passenger coaches
passed through the city yesterday east
to St. Paul to be used for the home
seekers excursion business, this being
the last week of the cheap rates.
Rev. G. G. Stull. pastor of the Metn-
odist Episcopal church, has been in
viteu to deliver the baccalaureate SER
mon before the graduating class of
the COLUMBUS schools, Sunday, May
-.
Clly T~reasurer-elect James Kelly
WI be found in a new location just as
soon as he takes his office next Mon
day, having rented the room in the
upstairs of the First National Bank
block, recently vacated by G. H. Sharp.
Thos. H. Blackburn, the Carbon
county sheepman, who recently pur-
chased several thousand head of sheep
which wintered near this city, from
w. A. Hedges, of Yale, Mont, was here
yesterday looking after business at
fairs s
w. l. Slower has succeeded G. j.
Kohl as manager of the telegraph bust
ness at the Northern Pacific freight
depot. Mr.. Slower comes from Arlee,
Mont, where he was station agent for
the Northern Pacific. He is accom-
panied by his family.
Rev. G. C. Stull went to Helena yes
terday to attend a meeting of the
board OF trustees of the Montana Wes-
leyan university, of. which he is a
member. The meeting was calied for
the purpose of electing a president to
succeed DR.. Van Scoy, deceased.
Two vags, two DRINKS and one mis-
demeanor is the record of the police
court for yesterday. The first four
were discharged with advice to get out
of the city as fast as they were able.
In the last case, which was that OF q
woman, b fine of $40 was imposed.
C. A. Sharkey, who has been ap-
pointed to succeed Thos. Hogan as
freight agent for Montana for the
Northern Pacific railroad, has arrived
lin the city from Crookston. Mimi, at
which place he has been local agent
for the road. Mr.. Sharkey will make
Billings his future home.
After today the front window of the
telegraph office at the Northern Pa.
ciRc freight depot will be closed
against all public business, which is
to be transacted hereafter from the
downtown Office of the Western Union
Telegraph company. upstairs in the
First National Bank block.
Chas. S. Fee, general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific, passed
through the city yesterday morning
on his way east to st. Paul from . triI