The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-31
LOCAL AND
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.

E. C. Sampson OF Grow Is register.
ed at the Grand.
E. B. Sampson of Gillette, Wyo.,
is registered at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Beattie of Joliet
are visitors in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G%reenblatt of From
berg are guests at the Grand.
Born, to the wife Of Adam Airth,
this morning, October %, a son.
]. H. Austin and J. e. Gregory are
among the Forsythians in the city
today.
Harry Coleman, the coal man, made
a hasty trip to- .Glendive yesterday,
returning this morning.
Among those attending the horse
sale for the purpose of buying are j.
H. Davis and J. T. Christian, both of
Rockport, Mo. They arrived this
morning.
Nick Klos returned this morning
from a 10 days stay at Hunters Hot
Springs. Nick was not quite satisfied
with his visit, inasmuch as he lost
but three pounds of flesh, and thinks
of going back and trying it again.
Charles Swartz, we'll known here
as former tax commissioner of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company,
is a visitor in the city today. Mr..
Swartz left the service Of the rail-
road about a year ago to accept a
like position with the Amalgamated
company and has been a resident Of
Butte since then.
Leonard Luther, who had a pre-
liminary examination before Justice
Fraser last week on the charge of
grand larceny, and was bound over to
the district court under bond of $500,
deposited a certified check for that
amount with Justice Fraser last ev-
ening, as bond, and was released from
the custody of the sheriff.
Arthur Eddy of the Northern Pa
ciic express Office returned this
morning from a few days visit at
Pine City, MINI. A local paper stat
ed that Mr.. Eddy went to Minnesota
in quest Of a wife, but such was not
the case, as he returned home alone
and unattended. If he had taken a
trip to Iowa the outcome might have
been different.
Minnie Farrell and Tillie Summer
vile, two cclored women who were
arrested at Glendive on Sunday the
10Th inst, while on their way to Min
neapolis, charged with stealing $215
from their former landlord, Hoo Cor,
a Chinaman, are having a preliminary
examination before Justice Fraser
this afternoon. The defendants are
represented by w. M. Johnston.
NSuperintendent H. J. Horn came
down from Livingston in his private
car this morning and spent the day
here on official business, part of
which was looking after details of the
construction of the new shops at this
point. Mr.. Horn will take charge of
his new position, assistant general
superintendent on Saturday next and
will be succeeded in his by Dan Boyle,
his assistant division superintendent.
Leander Wirkkala, said to be a
Swede, reported to the police last
night that he had been robbed of a
where he had left the money with a
bartender for safe keeping and after
ward got drunk and forgot about it.
The money was restored to him, but
instead CT thanking the police he
abused them and was arrested. He
was assessed a fine of $40 by Judge
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church met in bus
mess session last evening and the fol-
lowing officers and committee chair
men were selected: e. Sandee, pres
ident; Miss Tomlinson, secretary;
Miss Allen, treasurer; committee
chairmen, Miss Marble, prayermeet-
ing; Miss Hutton, lookout; Miss AL
len, social; Miss Gettard, music; Miss
Platt, flower. Methods of business
and the outlook for the winter were
freely discussed.
Last Saturday Street Commissioner
Keene filed a complaint against B.
r. Albin, proprietor Of a store in
Montana avenue, charging him with
unlawfully littering the alley in the
real Of his place with waste paper
and other refuse matter. Mr.. Keene
stated that he had frequently spok-
en- to Mr.. Albin concerning the mat
tor of Eoorinr tho a11ou o1oon h,lf