The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-18
comforts always attendant upon hunt
ing that kind of game are but poorly
repaid for their labor.

SOlIAOA y d1Wo yS dCICuuduC upOu uullI-
ing that kind Of game are but poorly
repaid for their labor.
The friends of A. B. LaMott
throughout the county will be gratifi-
ed to learn that he has about recover
ed from the illness with which he was
stricken about 10 days ago. Mr..
LaMott hopes to be able to return to
his ranch in the northern part of the
county in a few days.
}, Nlarge mount Of building material
xdelivering for the construction of
'Ne Moss & Rowley block, at the cor
her Of First avenue, north, and TWEEN
ty-eighth street. The iron pillars in
the basement which are to support
put in position and if the weather con-
tinues favorable work On the walls
will probably be commenced soon.
David Jones, an old man we'll known
hereabouts, was arrested this morn
ing on the charge of being insane.
Provision vas made a few days ago
by the county to send him to some rel
atives living in another county, but
he fingered about since then and as
he gave unmistakable evidence of be-
ing mentally unbalanced it was de-
cided to place him in custody.
A telephone message from Manager
v Shea, of the Rocky Fork mines at
Red Lodge, this morning stated that
the management would use every eff
fort to keep the city supplied with
coal in the future. Mr.. O'Shea said
that there had been an unusual de-
,,o,,J ~ool1 nm tho roinoc 1yrino tho
past 80 days, but that the company
ders and hoped to keep customers
supplied in the future.
In its account of the recent football
game in this city between teams rep
resenting the high schools of Bill
ings and Livingston the Post has the
following to say concerning the man
ner in which the visitors spoke OF
their treatment received while here:
''The members of the team have moth
ing but praise for their treatment at
the hands of the Billings team, and
expect to return the courtesy in kind
when that team comes to Livingston
Thanksgiving day."
A. C. Kennard, a lineman in the
cIuplOy VI Cuo N1ClCCL " SoAA
pany, met with an accident near
Laurel this morning that will incapaci-
tate him for sometime. He was work
ing on top of a pole when the pole,
which turned out to have been rot
ten, broke and precipitated kennard
to the ground. He was brought. to the
city and placed under medical care.
1t was found that his ankle was bad
ly injured and hat he was also sui
fering much from the effect OF the
conclusion.
Isabelle Walling, who recently paid
a fine for attempting to spirit away
a witness in a criminal case, caught
the public eye again late yesterday
afternoon. For some reason n sud
denly tired of life and to put an end
to it swallowed a lot of tablets con-
tanning bichloride of mercury. Wall,
ing, the man who passes as her hus-
| band, was in the room at the time and
he promptly caused a physician to
be summoned. It is said that because
| Walling had threatened to discard her
she became desperate and took the
poison.
On motion of the county attorney
J. w. Kenny, a former fireman in the
employ of the Northern Pacific, was
| discharged from custody, after hav
| ing been confined in the county jail
! since the fore part of last September
Kenny was arrested on the charge OF
passing a forged check. He was dis
| missed, but was rearrested almost i'm
mediately and in default of bonds
given into the custody of the sheriff
For some reason his lawyer did not
manifest any intention of obtaining
a speedy hearing for his client anc
as the testimony was not considered
very strong at best, the prosecution
concluded to end the matter by dis
charging the defendant.
IEor the second time Thomas Jeffer
l/6n has appeared before a Billings
1audience in rip Van Wrinkle" Many
of those who witnessed his first pre-
s%entation here were among his audl
ence of last night and the enjoyment
they derived was no less than OF
the occasion of his former visit. Be
cause of the weather the house wa:
not so large as it probably would have
been had the conditions been mort
favorable. AS before, Mr.. Jefferson
gave q finished performance and nj!
support was good. Several new mem
bers appeared in the company, al
though it cannot be said that TIL
changes have strengthened it any, al
those who assisted him before Wer'
capable and painstaking.
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