The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-18

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vincent's hospital yesterday suffering
from a severe attack Of pneumonia,
with little hopes of recovery.
Mrs. Phil Reece, who has been
stopping at Anaconda since last sum-
mel with her husband, where he has a
grading contract, will arrive in Bill
ings tomorrow for an extended visit to
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Rixon.
Noah w. Holt, a we'll known cit
izen Of Columbus, was married in
that town Tuesday night to Miss
Anges T. Lavelle, daughter of County
Commissioner Pat Lavelle, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. A.
Hoffman of this city.
The Women's club will meet Fri
day afternoon with Miss Crawford.
The subject will be the last act of
Henry V. The members will respond
to roll call by each giving a current
event. There will also be an interest
ing paper on the characters introduced
in the various plays written by
Shakespeare.
The bill introduced in the state
senate by Senator E. s. Becker Of
Forsyth to create Rosebud county
will be fought by citizens of Custer
county, which is to suffer in case the
bill becomes a law. Captain Jos. T.
Brown of Miles City and A. McC.
Howard and E., Huntington of Rose
bud passed through Billings yesterday
afternoon en- route to Helena to work
against the passage of the bill.
&C. D. Wilson, who has been
around the city for some time with no
visible means Of support and apparent
ly doing nothing, was up before JUS
tice Mann yesterday on a charge of
vagrancy. He claimed to be unable
to work, having been injured in the
civil war. He has applied for admit
tance to the Soldiers Home, but for
the present will be a guest of Sheriff
Hubbard, his sentence covering a
period of 80 days.
A bad fire was narrowly averted
at the home Of H. A. Gilsdorf yester
day morning, which had been started
upstairs by children playing with
matches. The children lighted matches
and the flames communicated to the
lace curtains. The fire was extin-
guished by Mrs. Gilsdorf, who had
been appraised Of 1T by the frightened
cries of the children.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
w. B. George is representing Bill.
ings at the state capital this week.
Fred Nevens and Geo. Smith from
Red Lodge are in the city for a few
days.
VIM. A. Kemp has returned from
a several weeks visit to relatives and
friends in Butte.
H. B. segur, general agent Of the
Burlington, is looking after business
in the northwest end of the state.
-"Boxy' Farrell and ''Jack" Ivey
went to Hunters Hot Springs yester-
day afternoon for a few days. sojourn,
john Miller, a valley ranchman:
9 g suffered a severe sprain of the ankle
. yesterday while assisting in loading
the Sims sheep at the Northern Pacific
stock yards.
Roger Fleming, the we'll known
Red Lodgeite was greeting Billing
! friends here yesterday. He left in tn
afternoon for a few days. visit a
l Huntera Hot Springs.
! The home of Chas. Cushman
: Burlington switch engineer, on Nortl
Twenty-seventh street, was quaran
tined yesterday, his little daughter
r Ruth, having contracted scarlet fever
D Hope Davis, manager of the loca
telegraph Office, who was last fal
: elected as treasurer of Dawson count.
on the republican ticket, will leav
about the middle of February TO
Giendive, where on March 1 he will
q assume his official duties.
: Col. Jim Ramsey, editor of tn
. Miles iCty News, is being boosted b.
his friends for appointment to som
state office. and it is said the chance
are good for the same being accom-
plished. Ramsey has been spending
g a couple of weeks in Helena.
Jos. Sims, the Lavina sheepman
a shipped 20 cars of sheep to st. Pau
yesterday where, they will be fed 70
It about six weeks on screenings an
o then sent to the Chicago market. Til
;, sheep have been feeding on alfalfa a
the Miller ranch, up the valley, fo
the past six weeks.
} Another case of smallpox wa
taken in charge at the pesthouse yes
- terday, the patient being a Norther
Pacific switchman, who came to Bill
ings a few days ago from Livingston
a His roommate, another switchmar
was also taken to the pesthouse
d avoid any possible spread of the di'
# ease. ...- III,
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