The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-18

yesterday.
K. S. Upton, state solicitor for the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany, was here on business yesterday.
License to- marry was granted yes
terday to William McCreight and Myr-
tie Cameron, both of Columbus, this
county.
A marriage license vas granted yes
terday to Eben Paul Johnson of Spo-
kane and Pearl Mendenhall of Zanes-
vile, O.
Miss Alice Walk will leave this
morning for Roundup, where she will
begin a three months term of school,
Tuesday.
The ~10-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson, residents of. the east
part of the city, died yesterday of
scarlet fever.
Cinderella Newman and husband
have sold to Isabelle jackson lots 10,
II and IL, block 60 Billings townsite;
consideration $3.50.
Mrs. B. B. Kelly, who recently
bought the Townsend greenhouses,
has arranged to keep a daily supply Of
cut flowers at the Vogue company
store.
The Right Reverend Bishop Brewer
will hold services at the following
Carbon county towns during the
week: Bridger, Tuesday; Joliet,
Thursday. and Red Lodge next Sun
day.
BY a deed filed for record yesterday
Charles Temple and wife convey to
G. j. Railsback the north half of the
northwest quarter and lots 4 and 5,
section 10, township 8, south, range
81, east, in consideration of the sum
of $4,000.
A. D. Crabtree, who came here from
the east a c~onsumptive, died at his
home in the city early yesterday morn
ing. A wife survives him. The fun
eral will be held from the Episcopal
church this afternoon. Interment in
the Billings cemetery.
The Christian Scientists have re-
moved their reading room from the
Gruwell block to the second floor of
the annex to- the Belknap block, room
No. IA. The room is open to the pub
lie every afternoon, Sundays alone e
cepted, from 2 to 4 o'clock.
An additional nomination for alder
man from the First ward was filed yes
terday, that of George F. Bennington.
The signers to the petition are: Sam
Church, DR.. J. H. Rinehart, Phil Grein,
George Hubbard, Roland Potter, P.
H. Smith, Ed Ross and others. "
The long expected switchboard was
received yesterday by the Billings
Telephone company and will be in
stalled at once. At present it con
tains connections for 200 instruments,
but has an ultimate capacity of 300.
It is designed for three operators, or
one for each 100 subscribers.
The Hon. Paul Mccormick return
ed from Chicago yesterday morning.
He reports having left his daughter,
Miss Merle, doing nicely, although
it will be a month before she will have
recovered sufficiently from the com
bined effect of her ailment and opera
ton to enable her return home.
P. B. Moss and wife left last night
for a six weeks eastern trip. While
away they will select the furniture
for their new home. They go direct
to Minneapolis, where they will re-
main for a few days, after which they
will visit Kansas City, St. Louis, Chi
cago, Boston and New York.
Harry Sheldon, who was arrested
the day before for stealing a wagon
sheet. was arraigned before Judge
ann yesterday on the charge Of pet
t" larceny. He pleaded guilty, al.
til ~''gh denying that he stole the ar
ticle, He admitted, however, that he
knew it was stolen when he sold it.
He was sent up for 80 days.
Although trains are said to be run
ming as usual on the Rocky Mountain
division Of the Northern Pacific, the
strike inaugurated there some days
ago is declared to be still on. The
company sustained the superintendent
and now refuses to- take back the
strikers, except as vacancies may &C.
cur. The strikers refuse to return to
work unless all are taken back. At
last accounts about a dozen vacancies
remained to be filled.
Mrs. w. c. Selbrede entertained
about so ladies at a "K%ensington" yes
terday afternoon. The rooms were
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