The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-20
the county superintendent next Thurs
day and Friday.

the county superintendent next Thurs
day and Friday.
DIR. Harriet Clark has SO far re
covered from her severe illness as tt
be able to leave the house and was
out for a drive yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. William H. Brely and chill
dren, after the Close. Of. the public
schools, will take their departure fol
a visit to Indiana where they will
spend the summer.
Miss Potts, who has been teach.
ing the Sabra, Rosebud county, school,
is in the city on a VISIT with friends
and will leave in a few days for EN-.
pire, near Helena, where she will
teach during the summer.
Tonight at the Billings opera house
the Indian children from st. Xavier
mission will entertain the public with
a band concert and drama. The pro.
ceeds of the entertainment will go to
the cbafity fund of the mission school
Nls6st Industrious Billings boz
us 1everal dollars ahead as a result
W the circus coming to town. He
had bought up a supply of counterfeit
elk teeth and as circus people are. al
ways on the lookout for bargains he
had no trouble in disposing Of the
limitations at good prices.
Mrs. strang, county superintendent
of public schools, has received a COM
m%unication from the state superin-
tendent announcing a meeting of the
county superintendent to be held at
Helena, July 2 and 8. A rate of one
fare for the round trip has been made
by the different railroads. ~
Rich, Harris & Co. have secured the
contract for grading the extension Of
he Northern Pacific from Cinnabar to
Gardiner. The contractors QUILTED
at Livingston last Monday and left for
the camp which has been established
on the line of the proposed extension.
1t is expected that the grading will
| w SOAAplCCOu IA fUOuG SlA WEEKS.
Track laying will Degin Immediately
thereafter.
Norris & Rowe's trained animal
show gave another performance last
night and the crowd was fully as large
as the one that witnessed the after
noon exhibition. The show is a good
one, Notwithstanding that it fails to
exhibit the performing lions and elks
it advertises and pleases the people.
It's only weak spot is in it's clowns.
The management should compel them
to remain in their stalls.
Captain Sanford of Laurel is in the
city today attending court as a wit
ness in the case of Rhead VS.. the
Big Ditch company. He is wearing
only n shoe as the result of a pain
full accident with which he met some
days ago A heavy plank he was
handling and from which a large spike
was protruding slipped from his grasp
and landed on his foot, forcing the
op4hC I'LL OuSu LuS CCuC0I VI LudL 1Q0m-
Der. .
Mrs. George Robbins, who was so
severely burned yesterday, is report
ed today as resting quite comfortably.
She still remains at the home of Miss
Glare, to which place she was assist
ed Immediately after the accident.
1t has since developed that her in
juries are much more serious than
was at first supposed, for in addition
to the burns to her arms and upper
part of the body her lower extremi-
ties are also badly burned.
The Junction school district is prob
ably n of the most fortunate OF
any Of the rural districts of the coun-
ty.< 1t has two school houses, one at
Junction and the other Is miles north.
The term of the former will close
sometime next month, while that q,
tn" other has just begun and will con-
tine three, and possibly four months,
thus practically giving the district
the benefit of ID months of school
during the year.
The final meeting of creditors of
the estate of Buck Bros, b%ankrupts,
was to have been held at the office of
Referee Firth yesterday afternoon.
Nobody put in an appearance and Mr..
Firth decided to make distribution
of the assets. The creditors will re-
ceive nothing, but will get their filing
fees back. Two large priority claims
will consume most Of the estate and
the residue will be divided between
Yellowstone and Carbon counties in
part payment of taxes.
H's Fnot everybody who can buifd a
sfeainboat for the DurnOse Of going m