The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
LOCAL AND
From Friday Dai.y Gazette.
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at the Grand.
Mrs. Mary Edwards of Joliet is a
guest at the Grand.
j. N. Kelly of Hunters Hot Springs
is a guest at the Grand.
Captain and Mrs. A. E. Neate Of
Bridger are visiting the city.
State Senator Kelly of Sweet Grass
county was in town this morning.
The Hon. j.. M. Kennedy of Ana
conda arrived in the city this morn
ing.
Colonel Babcock returned last
night from a business trip to Helena
and Butte.
A. B. Mosely, agent for the Oregon
Railway n Navigation company, is
among today's visitors in the city.
Harry Wilson, stenographer in the
law office of o. F. Goddard, return
ed this morning from a visit to ILL
nois.
Mrs. H. S. Boal and daughter, who
have been visiting in the city, left
this morning over the Burlington for
Omaha.
A special meeting of the Elks has
been called for tonight for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the
annual lodge Of sorrow, which will
be held next Sunday.
Services will be conducted in the
Salvation Army hall next Monday ev-
ening by Captain Jost, who is in
charge Of the social and slum work
of the army in the Pacific province.
The preliminary hearing of Fred
Lee on the charge of malicious mis-
chief is in progress before Justice
Mann this afternoon. The defendant
is accused Of having wilfully set fire
to a stack Of hay in Lake basin ome
time ago. Incidentally some sheep
sheds were also destroyed.
Phil Grein has decided to become
a feeder of sheep and is making an
experiment that the other feeders are
watching with considerable interest.
He has bought a band of old ewes and
is undertaking to fatten them on
malt from the brewery. So far, it is
said, they are taking kindly to their
new diet. -
The police were looking this morn.
ing for a man and suit Of clothes,
both of which disappeared from a
lodging house in North Twenty
seventh street at an early hour. The
man had been put into a room occu-
pied by another and when he arose
helped himself to the clothes, which
belonged to the regular inmate of the
room.
Owing to the fact that for some
time to come the assistant librarian,
Miss Jones, will be alone it has been
found necessary to make some
changes in the hours when the
Parmly Billings Memorial library will
be open. The hours hereafter will
be as follows: From 10 a. m. to IL
M; 2 to 6 D. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. The
4 Sunday schedule will be from 2 to
6 p. m. ST.
~. C. Staffek has finally arranged
for beginning the manufacture of
cigars on the scale he thinks the trade
of this region justifes. He has Sc
cured a lease on the large storeroom
in the rear of legen Bros bank and
will remove his stock and fixtures
into it early next week. AS a start
he will employ about a dozen men
and expects to leave for the east short
ly and there make arrangements for
an increase of his force to double
that number.
If John Buerkle is anywhere in
this neighborhood he will probably
hear something to his advantage by
communicating with Sheriff Hubbard.
Mr.. Hubbard is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs. Kate Miller of Hays City,
Kans, in which that lady makes in
quiry for the missing man, whom she
says is her brother and from whom
she has not heard anything for about
10 years. She writes that the sheriff
of Dayton, Wyo., has written to her
that Buerkle owns considerable land
near there and has RENTED the mon.
ey for payment of his taxes from this
city.
A replication to defendants answer
in the case of Ellen Roark VS.. Patrick
Roark was filed with the clerk of the
district court this morning. Denial
is made of defendants allega.
ton that he has an interest in the
nrOnartv either real mr. nerSOna1 nam.