The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-10
LocA. NOTES.

The Hon. G. M. Hays, secretary of
state, is down from Helena.
Architect Link Of the 1rm of Link
& Carter, was mere yesterday from
Butte.
George D. Robbins, a business man
of Miles City, was among yesterdays
visitors in the city.
Major and Mrs. P. S. Dowson Of
Mizpah, Custer county, arrived from
the east, yesterday morning.
M. M. Potter, representing the traf-
fc department of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road, arrived in
the city, yesterday.
Mrs. Ross of Minneapolis, who has
been visiting her daughters, Mrs. l..
H. Fenske and Mrs. Frank Mcknight,
returned to her home, yesterday.
Nelson D. Bruce, a painter, was
sent to the smallpox hospital last
evening. Mr.. Bruce says he does not
know where he contracted the dis
ease. H.
R. S. Stevens made application yes
terday to the clerk Of the district
court for permission to make a home
stead filing on the southeast quarter
of section "a, township L, south, range
"a, east.
Sheriff Hubbard, who was erroneous
ly reported as having gone out to the
scene of the killing of Lon Kilby, re-
turned yesterday morning from Hun
ters Hot Springs, for which place he
left last Sunday night.
Henry Terrell and Christian Yegen,
executors of the last will Of Michael
Hanihan, deceased, have filed a petit
ttion with the clerk of the district
court asking for their discharge, the
estate having been wound up.
w. H. Morse, deputy county clerk,
has rendered his resignation Of that
Office to take effect February l.. Mr..
Morse and family will move to Texas,
where he will accept a position on a
large rice plantation. ..
Mrs. H. w. Rowley and son., Master
Hugh, returned yesterday from Min
n%eapolis. Although still showing the
effects of his illness and the operation
he underwent, Hugh is greatly improv-
ed in health and under the influence
of Montana's bracing climate will soon
be entirely well.
w. H. Beemah, after thinking the
matter w for several days, appear
ed in police court yesterday after
moor and entered a plea of guilty to
the charge Of conducting a plumbers
business without paying a license. He
was assessed $40, and peace again
reigns in the local ranks of the fra
ternity.. u
The warm weather has resulted in
%loosening the ice gorge that had
formed below the new county bridge
across the Yellowstone and the water,
which was backed up to a depth of
five or six feet, has receded. In con
sequence it has besn made possible to
resume work on the bridge and good
progress is making toward it's com
'pletion. N
The Billings men who are prospect
ing for oil in Carbon county feel much
encouraged at the outlook. At last
accounts the we'll had reached a
1orfh 0f GC1Z Foot Of vyhioh 1icfnnan
a flow of gas so strong as to materially
interfere with drilling was encounter
ed. The volume of gas had sufficient
force to eject water from the hole to
a height of several feet and when ig-
nited made a flame that threatened
destruction to the derrick.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
J. H. Austin, a Forsyth business
man, was here yesterday.
County Attorney Hathhorn is con-
fined to his house by illness.
The Hon. o. F. Goddard, who has
been at Helena for the past few days,
returned home last night.
DR.. James Craig of Columbus was
among the visitors from the western
part of the county yesterday.
w. w. Beasley of Big Timber and
his son, George NJ, of South st. Paul,
were visitors in the city, yesterday.
w. B. Sleeper returned last night
FROM the east. His visit was cut
short on account of the serious illness
of his mother, Mrs. Martha Sleeper.
No ~perceptibie change had occurred
in the condition of Mrs. Sleeper at