The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09
LOCAL AND. PERSONAL.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.

ISL, VINO mas OeeH HI the DTlScOll the
past week, has. concluded to remain
until next Saturday.
Tonight the city council will meet
for the first time in the new fiscal
year and it is expected that a large
amount of business will be found
awaiting disposition.
F. L. Summers last evening forward
ed % carloads of sheep from this
city to Wibaux, where they are to
be turned onto the ranges of Dawson
county. "
Arbor day will be fittingly observ-
ed by the schools of the city. Be-
sides tree-planting there will be other
exercises, including an address or
two by local speakers.
Bert Vestal of Big Timber has pur-
chased the Haid dwelling in North
Thirtieth street for a consideration
of $1,000. The sale was made through
T. j. Bouton's real estate agency x
The new sprinkler recently received
by the city has been put into serv-
ice in the residence portions of the
town and is adding not a little to the
comfort and peace of mind of the
housewives. ~
Contractor Davitt, who is building
the Gallatin county free high school,
was in the city yesterday to arrange
with Mrs. w. H. Heffner for the neces-
sary sandstone to be used in the struc-
ture. He returned west this morning.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
extension of the platform of the North
ern Pacific wool warehouse. The foun-
dalton timbers are about all in place
and the closing of South Twenty
sixth street is now an accomplished
fact. mr
Robert, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. F. Clement, has been serious
ly sick for a week past with pleurisy.
Today. however, he was reported as
being much better and unless unfor-
seen complications arise his recovery
is expected speedily.
Little Miss Dorothy Ulyat entertain
ed a number of her juvenile friends
yesterday afternoon. Mama had pro-
.vided lots and lots of ice cream, cake
and other good things so dear to- the
little folks and between eating and
playing, the guests of Miss Dorothy
enjoyed themselves as only tiny peo-
pie can.
AS yet none of the new equipment
has been received by the Northern
Pacific, ordered specially for the
North Coast Limited, and those trains
are made up of the cars used last sea-
SON.. It is believed that another
month will pass before the new roll
ing stock will be ready for delivery
Still, as now made up the limited
is a much better train than the ordi-
nary ones.
Sheriff Hubbard and Under Sheriff
Sayles left this morning for Warm
Springs asylum with W.. H. Heffner
and James Hodek. The statement
published in some of the out of town
newspapers that Heffner was a
brother of the late Mrs. Trischman is
not correct. They were in nowise re-
lated. However, Mrs. Trischman and
Mrs. Heffner are said to have been
aunt and niece.
William McManus was granted an
audience by the police magistrate
this morning and as a result was
poorer by IS than when he entered
the court room. William was found
staggering under the combined weigh.
of a load of wild eye and a cat, the
latter he said was the tiger that rep
resented Tammany and he was swini;
ing the animal by the tail when a
policeman appeared and took him in
tow. "
David Frat, member of the state
livestock commission, last evening an
nounced the appointment of j. T.
QiWebb as inspector for the district
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composed of Yellowstone and Sweet
Grass counties, vice j. w. Collins,
who resigned last winter. The new
appointee is an old time cowboy and
has worked for many of the larger
outfits in this part of the state. He
came here from Colorado when the
COW business was at its height. ~
1t is currently reported that the Cit
liens Electric Light and Power COM
pany, which was granted a franchise
to erect and maintain b light and heat
ing plant in the city, will not accpet
the terms Of the charter as voted
by the council some weeks ago.
Whether the report is true or not
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