The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31

Judge w. Y. Pemberton of Butte,
who is making a campaign tour of
eastern Montana in behalf of the dem.
ocratic party, arrived in the city to.
day. He will speak tomorrow even.
ing.
Mrs. Nat. G. Carwile went to Sheri-
dan, Wyo., today, in response to a
telegram stating that her sister, Mrs.
Lobben, was the victim of a runa-
way accident yesterday, resulting in
the fracture of one of her lower
limbs.
A message was received today by
Joe Tschudy from Great Falls giving
the outcome of last nights contest
between the local bowlers and the
All-Americans The total of the series
of five games was, Great Falls, $500;
All-Americans, 1900.
The Rev. Father Taelman, the tai
ented priest in charge at St. Xavier's
Mission, spent last night with Rev.
Father a Clarenbeck of this city.
Father Taelman was accompanied by
Mr.. Anderson, who is shortly to begin
his term as a novitiate at the mission,
with the ultimate object of becoming
a Jesuit priest The course requires
about Is years of hard study.
Miss Esther Bouton and Miss Edith
Colvin vent to Sheridan, Wyo., this
forenoon for the purpose CT attending
the funeral services of H. S. Boal
which will be held there this after.
noon, after which the body will be
sent to Chicago for interment Miss
Colvin is an old friend of Mrs. Boal's
and Miss Bouton spent several weeks
at the Bcal ranch with Miss Lucy
Boal last summer. .r,
Chief Jackson, acting in his capac-
ity of constable, is summoning a jury
this afternoon for the purpose of try
ing the case of State VS.. John Ross
and James Russell, charged with
malicious mischief. The specific act
alleged is that of tearing down about
100 feet of fence on the ranch of Paul
Mccormick, six miles north of town,
on Alkali creek. The CASE will come
up for hearing before Justice Fraser
late this afternoon.
The state land Office affected a sale
yesterday of a quantity of timber
growing on state land in Missoula and
Powell counties to the Big Blackfoot
Millings company. While the full
amount the timber will scale is not
known exactly it is believed it will
approximate in the neighborhood of
100000 feet and will net the state
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$4,000. The price to be paid is So
per 1000 feet. Two years are given
the purchaser in which to cut and
remove the timber. '
The examination of Minnie Farrell
and Tillie Summerville, the colored
women who were charged with rob-
bling a Chinaman of $215, was held
before Justice Fraser yesterday af-
%ternoon. The defendants were repre-
scented by w. NJ. Johnston. The
weight of the states evidence was
against the Farrell woman, there be-
ing little to indicate that Tillie Sum
merville had anything to do with the
fleeing of the Monaghan. Accord
ingly the Summerville woman was
discharged and Minnie was bound
over to the district court under a
bond of $500. which she has not yet
been able to furnish. d
DR.. Sudduth of Lavina, who is in
the city today, tells an interesting
story that illustrates the free and
easy manner that some people have
of helping themselves to belongings
of others. He says that only by the
exercise of constant vigil he is en-
abled to keep feed for his own stock,
as the country seems to be swarming
with movers and trailing herds of all
kinds. Net content with simply pass.
ing along and grazing as they go,
these peripetatic ones go into camp
and remain until actually forced to
go elsewhere Not only do they per-
sist in taking advantage of the very
good grazing facilities of the doctor,
but if not closely watched scme of
them have no hesitancy in appropriate
ing feed from his stacks
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Hal. Overstreet of Butte is in the
city.
G. G. Hatrun of Missoula is regis