The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette
MI. and Mrs. M. /. Draper of Rant

err Were guests at the Grand yester-
day.
Willis Spear, Jr., has bought for the
Spear Cattle company in Texas 5000
young cattle for their northern Wyo-
ming range.
The Minnesota & Montana Land and
improvement company has sold to
Caroline McCabe lot Is, block 6, Bill
ings townsite; consideration $2,370.
Frank Ryan was arrested and tried
in police court yesterday for stealing
two shovels from the Northern Pa
cific. He al found guilty and SEN
fenced to 80 days in the county Jail.
The dance in Gruwell hall last night
under the auspices of the lodge of Yeo-
men of America proved to be one of
the largest attended affairs of the
kind given in the city during the win
ter.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stewart, residing about four
miles up the valley, died Sunday ev-
ening from an affection of the stom-
ach. The funeral will take place to-
day.
A patent issued by the United
States to Samuel Young for the east
half, northwest quarter and lots l,
2 and 3, section 80, township 2, south,
range "a, east, was filed for record
yesterday.
Bishop Brewer preached at both
the morning and evening services in
St. Luke's church last Sunday. In
addition he administered the rite of
confirmation to a class of Is, adults
and children. ~
have been buying horses for the Brit
ish government in Utah, will return
to the city in a week OF ten days with
a lew to making purchases in this
part of the country.
Superintendent Horn of the. North
ern Pacific passed through the city
Sunday on his way to st. Paul, hav-
ing been summoned thither by the i'll
ness of a relative. Owing to the fact
that his own road was blockaded, he
went east from here via the Burlins-
ton. ..p !
The funeral of the late Albert D
Crabtree took place Sunday afternoon
from the Episcopal church, of which
society the deceased was a consistent
and deyout member. The funeral
was under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows, Mr. Crabtree having belong
ed to a lodge in the east.
Having received a dispatch that the
weather had cleared, William Lindsay
Of Glendive will make another effort
to get his sheep home, today. 1t will
be remembered that he unloaded
about 5000 head here a few days ago,
the storm which vas then raging at
Glendive rendering it unsafe to move
them further than this city.
The fire department was called out
Sunday forenoon by a fire in a small,
n story frame building in South
T~wenty-ninth street, between Mime
sofa avenue and First street, south.
The blaze was a small one and was
extinguished before it had damaged
the building to exceed a few dollars.
In some manner the floor caught fire
and the flames followed the studding
to the combing Of the roof, to which
place the fire was confined.
George Milburn and Joseph Null
holland pleaded guilty in police court
yesterday to having been drunk and
d~isorderly. In default of $40, each,
they were sentenced to the changing
for 10 days. Milburn was suspected
of having been connected with the
larceny of a valise stolen from a down
town lodging house, but his guilt
could not be established, although it
saloon, where it was subsequently re-
covered.
Percy De Wolfe, erstwhile of Bill
ings, then of Great Falls and now of
the state p%enitentiary at Deer Lodge,
has become an international figure.
While his attorney is moving for a
new trial, the Canadian authorities
are anxious to get their hands on him
and hope that he may be discharged
in the event he is tried again, or that
he may be let off with a light SEN
tence. The officers across the line
claim to have sufficient evidence
against him to assure him a long term
of Imprisonment, should he ever be
tried before n of their courts.
The price to be paid for shearfng
by the members of the Northern Mon
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