The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-07

seen of them they were headed for
the east.
From Sundays Daily Gazette.
H. B. Cocker of Bridger was among
last evenings arrivals in the city.
He is registered at the Grand.
Ray and Miss Ethel Newton return
ed last night from the Newton ranch
near Roundup, where they rave been
spending the holidays.
A meeting of the school board was
held Friday night. The principal bus
mess apparently transacted was the
passage of a number of bills.
R. H. Daniels and Miss Cora Ed
wards returned Friday evening from
a ten days visit with MI and Mrs.
Elmer B. Carter, On Fattig creek.
E. w. Dunno has been appointed
deputy clerk Of the district court, to
succeed c. l.. Harris, who has resign
ed to resume the practice of law, and
Ehas fitted up offices in the Gruwell
block.
A United States patent issued to
David Fratt for the north half Of the
northeast quarter of section 30, town
ship 5, north, range %, was filed for
record with the county clerk and re-
corder, yesterday.
The Hon. Edward Cardwell Of JeAk
fefson county is in the city on a visit
to his nephew, Edward Cardwell, and
niece, Mrs. D. M. Parker. Mr.. Card
well is one of the old residents of the
state and served several terms in the
upper house of the legislature dur
ing territorial days.
No improvement was noticeable in
the condition of Hank" Terrell and
it has been decided to take him out of
the city for a short time in the hope
kthat a change of scene may prove ben
eficial. His brother, who resides neal
Joliet, arrived yesterday and made ar
rangements to take him onto his
ranch for a few weeks, after which
they will make a trip to California.
l. A copy of the articles of incorp6Ta-
ton of the Montana & Wyoming Tele-
| phone company was filed for record
with the county clerk and recorder,
yesterday. The capital stock of the
company is given at $40, 900, divided
into 400 shares of the par value of
500, each, and is worcestershire. The
names of B. E.. Vail, J. S. Robbins,
G.. G. Bowlen, L. l.. Moffett and R.
L.. Davis appear as ~incorporators. l..
L.. Moffett, G. c.. Bowlen, P. B. Moss,
J. F. Trumbo, B. e. Vail, r. L. Davis,
w. A. Talmage, J. S. Robbins and G.
M. Barr are the directors.
Although explicitly stated in Fri
a few evenings before were not i'm
plicated in the theft of the satche1
stolen from a room in the Gruwell
block, their parents and friends seem
to have construed yesterdays men
ton of the detection of the real Gull
prits as intending to convey the i'm
preston that it had reference to them.
1t seems that plain, every day English
was for once misunderstood and in or
der to set the minds of the offended
ones at rest The Gazette will again
say that the first lot Of prisoners had
nothing whatever to do with the mat
ter. They were arrested for being
Crt at unreasonable hours and loiter-
ing about where they should not have
been.
The case of State VS.. Mona Mason,
arrested about the middle of last
month for shooting a fellow named
Schraenferg, came to a sudden and
abrupt ending in Judge, Fraser's court,
yesterday. After several of the wit
nesses for the prosecution had been
examined County Attorney Hathhorn
moved for a dismissal, as it vas evil
dent that the state would be unable
to make out a case against the defend
ant, the witnesses all swearing con
trary to the statements made to the
authorities Immediately after the
shooting. Each one claimed to be
densely ignorant concerning the facts,
and to further hamper the state the
principal witness gave it out that if
put under oath he would declare that
he had shot himself.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Fred Reed departed Sunday night
for Lincoln to ~re-enter the Nebraska
state university.