The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-02

on the REIMBURSEMENT of the lease on
the Cottage Inn. MI. O'Rourke came
back with a counter claim for being
deprived. of the use Of the bus, an
ice bill and board and lodging for a
son Of the plaintiff. The plaintiffs
bill amounted to $1O4, while that. Of
the defendant was for 1920.
From Thursday's Daily Gazette.
A son was born yesterday to the
wife Of Carl Warfield.
w. E. Phillips, the well known in
surance mar of Helena, is in the
city.
J.. E. Bower of Stanford, n of the
prominent wool growers of the state,
is in the city with a clip.
w. She'll and wife of the Judith
basin are the gusts Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J.. B. Elliot in this city for a few days.
Mrs. J.. G. Sherman and Mrs. 3.
Kelly Of Flatwillow and Mrs. F. o.
Lyon of Grass Range are in the city
visiting.
The case of state VS.. T. j. Jellison,
assault in the third degree, has been
continued until next Tuesday, in JUS
tice Fraser's court.
AFRO Battles left last night for
Hunters Hot Springs to spend some
time in the hopes Of receiving relief
for his rheumatism.
The board of trustees of the Bill
ings school district held a short meet
ing last evening and decided to re-
advertise the $4,000 issue of bonds,
the bids on the same to be opened,
August 81.
F. x. N. Rademaker left last night
for Lowell, Mich, to join his family,
which has been visiting at that place
for a month. They will go to the
Pan-American exposition before their
return home.
Ben Hager left yesterday for Boze-
man, where he entered a bid last
night on the new sewer to be built in
that city. The contract will be a
good sized one, as something like 49,
900 feet of pipe is to be laid. {
Martin deYoung and Emma Eliza
Hoe were united in marriage at the
Methodist parsonage in this city Tues
day night by Rev. G. G. Stull. The
parties r residents of Klondike,
Wyo, for which place they left the
same night to make their future home.
Last night at 10 o'clock an alarm
called the fire departmentfo the low
er warehouse Of the Dabcock Hard
ware company, in TIE basement of
which a small b1azE was discovered.
Before the fremkd could get into ac-
ton the fire had been extinguished
with a hand chemical engine. The
loss is only nominal.
The death Of the infant. son of Mr..
and Mrs. e. e. Lightfoot, aged 20
months, residing at Laurel, occurred
at Columbus: July 20, to which place
they had taken him for medical treat
ment. The funeral took place the
following day and vas attended by a
large concourse of friends, who in
that manner took. occasion to show
the sympathy they had with the be-
reaved parents.
1t is learned that the robbers who
held up the Great Northern express
near Wagner on the Sd inst, secured
not only $41,500 in bank notes, jew
elry, ETC., but also got $50 blank Great
Northern express orders, which they
may fill out and attempt to pass. Each
blank is for any sum up to $50, and if
the robbers should be successful in
passing each for that amount, their
booty would aggregate almost $4,000.
Nearly all the east bound trains are
now carrying delegates who are re-
burning from the international con-
v~ention of the Epworth league, which
was held at San Francisco July 1921.
1t is estimated that out Of the 10000
visitors to the California metropolis
at least %two-thirds of the number will
return east by the northern lines and
thousands will avail themselves of the
opportunity to visit the Yellowstone
park.
Yesterday was the hottest day that
has ever been experienced in this
city. The day started out very hot
and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
government thermometer at the city
fire hall showed Iregister of 11oh.
This is said tore the highest temper
allure known to the oldest inhabi-
tants. During the afternoon a hot