The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08
LOCAL AND

Baseball tomorrow afternoon at the
Fair grounds.
r.. B. Moss was among the visitors
to- the state capital yesterday.
The Hon. O. F. Goddard and fam
lily are at Helena for a few days.
William Morris, a San Francisco
gentleman, is in the city, arranging
to give an art exhibit.
In consideration Of $3.50 Mrs. S. H.
Haskins has sold to A. S. Shannon
lot 10, block 139, Billings.
Harry l.. Wilson of this city has
been admitted to practice law in the
state, by the supreme court.
Thomas McRea and Donald Suther-
land. both natives Of Scotland, were
granted their first papers today.
DR.. ireland of Glendive is in the
city, having come up in his profess
sional capacity with the ball team OF
that place.
Mrs. Cass Prudhomme is reported
as being very much better and her COM
plete recovery is now considered a
matter of only a short time.
Hector Ross, boss miller at the
Grow agency, was here yesterday on
his way to the western part OF the
county, where he has ranching inter
ests.
H. Hazelton has bought from the
Minnesota & Montana Land and Inn
provement company lots IL and IL,
block 1O1, Billings, in consideration
of 5000.
T.. G. Kinds has sold to- Clara H.
Kinds, lots Is and Is, block IS, and
lot 6, block AZ, Billings townsite, and
80 acres of land in section IA, town
ship l, south, range IS, east; consider.
alton $3.50. ~
WThe West End Park, the new sum
inner resort opened by Frank Saver
Z esy yesterday wa not largely attend
ed owing to the unfavorable weather
The park will be open every day dur
ing the remainder of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chapple en-
tertained in honor of the Misses
Blythe and Marion Johnston Thursday
evening. Twenty couples of young
people ATTENDED and card playing was
the feature of the entertainment
Luncheon was served.
Rev. and Mrs. Gesner and children
expect to spend the remainder OF tht
month and August at Red Lodg'
where they have rented a Furnished
cottage. Services will be conducted
at St. Luke's church every Sunday
as usual, except the last in eacl
month, by Mr.. Gesner. X
By a collision of a couple of freigh
trains at the Burlington ~ cas-
of the brewery. Thursday night, tra1
fc on both the Northern Pacific an
Burlington was delayed several hours
One of the trains was standing stl-
and the other ran into it's rear. Tn
locomotive of the hindmost train wa
derailed and it required much har
work to put it back.
An inquest was held last night o
George Dixon, who was found dea
Thursday afternoon in the CardWe
house. DR.. Rinehart, who performe
an autopsy, testified that death ha
been caused by a heart clot, due to a
%epileptic stroke. A verdict in accor'
;ance was returned. Dixon was burie
yesterday afternoon by the member
of the Grand Army.
Phil M. Gallaher, who has CHARGE
the Anaconda's affairs in Gallat1
county as constructing engineer,
in the city for a few days. The COZ
pany is erecting a $780, 900 coke pla1
near Bozeman, which, when compile
ed will give, employment to sever
hundred operatives. When the pla1
is finished it is said that the col
pany will take charge of the Be-
creek coal fields, south Of this cit
with a view to placing the produ
upon the market.
OF the many who celebrated II
Fourth in the city, only four did it
such an extent as to lay themselv
liable Ito the. ordinance for the press
walton of the peace and dignity of t
municipality. They were J. G. Rock
Fred Collins, A. Robellard and Jol
Doe, all Of whom were arrested I
being drunk. MI. Doe deposited
cash bond Of SO for his appearan
in police court this morning. E
IDENTIFY believing he had had fun won
that amount, he did not respond
his name when court convened a
his pond was declared forfeited. I
Others were fined SIS, each, and all HI