The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-20

THE BIZ.
at the opera house by q company Of
other pupils Of the school. The pro
gram will consist Of selections by
the band, dialogues and the four-act
military drama, sleep at His Post
the characters Of which will all be
sustained by Indian boys.
The Tri-County News contains the
particulars of the loss Of a team Of
horses by drowning at Columbus last
Tuesday. The animals belonged to
L. B. Banks and we're quite valuable.
Mr.. Banks vas engaged in hauling
some old onions and dumping them
into the Yellowstone. He had taken
a load across the stream and backed
the wagon and team up to the edge
of the river at a point where the bank
is quite high and very steep. One
of the horses became restless and be-
gan to back. Before it could be
stopped. it had crowded the outfit ov-
er the bank and the driver was barely
able to save himself by jumping. The
rapidly running current speedily car
ried away horses am wagon down the
river. Subsequently the wagon and
harness were recovered.
From Mondays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. George Robbins was reported
today as much better and no fears for
her recovery are longer entertained.
st. Xavier's. Mission band gavea
concert yesterday afternoon at st.
Vincent's hospital, much to the pleas:
ure of the Sisters and inmates.
The stockholders of the Citizens
Electric Light company have issued
a call for a meeting of those interest
ed at the Yegen bank this evening.
AFRO Battles has returned from
Hunters Springs, having concluded
that his health was SO much better
that the long stay he contemplated
would be unnecessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. B. Towers and Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Stacy all of Miles
City, who spent several days in Bill
ings during the latter part of last
week, returned to their home yester-
day. ~
1t is said that the Northern Pacific
company has decided to make a num-
Der of improvements in it's wool ware
house at Big Timber. Among them
is the addition of another baling ma
chine.
John D. Losekamp of the city is
among the members Of the United
States grand jury summoned to appear
at Helena next Monday. The fence.
cases from this county will likely be
heard at that session of the federal
court. @ III
DR.. Chapple was surprised inf an
agreeable manner this morning. A
package was delivered at his office
and when he opened it found a beauti-
full gold headed cane attached to
which was a modest card bearing the
legend, From Corwin Bros. and Fam
lilies, Park City,
William Voelker and James Kelly
were in police court this morning on
the charge of disturbing the peace by
having been drunk. Both entered
pleas Of guilty and were fined IS,
each. Voelker had friends and he was.
able to settle. Kelly was given two
and-a-half days on the street crew.
The performance given at the opera
house Saturday evening by the Indian
band from Saint Xavier's Mission on
the Grow reservation, was a success
both as an entertainment and a finan-
cial venture. The net proceeds |
amounted to about 5000. This will be
contributed to the mission fund. "
Hiss Jane Pitcher, who was one Of
He corps of Billings teachers for sew
eral years, is now living in Mexico,
where she is conducting a large
boarding house in a mining camp re
mote from a railway. She writes to
friends that she is prospecting and
making a great deal more money than
she did when she was teaching the
young ideas. ~
Both the Burlington coast train and
the Northern Pacific Limited due
from the west this morning were de-
layed a number of hours by. an acct
dent that befell a westbound Special
freight, which left here this morning,
near Grey Cliff. Five or six cars of
the extra left the track and were pill
ed up in such confusion that it was