The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-11-28
LOCAL AND

rAVAu uCSudy . Ddl1y ddACICCs
N. L. O'Brien Of Little Porcupine is
at the Grand.
Walter Lerhkind Of Silesia was in
the city last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blewett of Lspo
are guests at the Grand.
William S. Clarkson of Livingston
is registered at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Cavanaugn of
Sheridan, Wyo., are visiting the city.
Messrs. Lowther and Clifton, Mus
selsheil stockmen, are in the city to-
day on business.
j. H. Epperson paid the minimum
fine for a plain drunk-$5-in police
court this morning.
w. II. Hansard will leave in a few
days for a visit to Chicago and will
go from there to West Baden, Ind,
tWremain about two weeks.
L@The Bell Telephone company will
1l1d1ly OpCA ll0 LIN " 4kCu 1IOuSS
tomorrow. The local management, Of
fers free service over the wires for the
day.
G. w. Forester returned last night
from a visit to Cody and the hot
springs in that locality. Like all re.
cen visitors to the town, MI. Forest'
er says the place has a hotel which
would be a credit to a city of several
thousand Inhabitants.
c.. M. Childs, master mechanic at
the local Northern Pacific shops, is
expected home with Mrs. Childs in a
day or two. The former has been at
the company hospital at Brainerd,
Mimi, for several weeks past, where
he underwent an operation.
George Scott was arrested yester-
day afternoon for being drunk and
disorderly. When searched at the
city jail a rock but little smaller than
a football was found in one of his
pockets. This morning. he was in po-
lice court and entered a plea of gull
ty. He paid $40.
A party composed of Messrs.
George, McGirl and Rowley left this
morning for Butte to witness the
initiation of a class into the myster-
les of the Shrine, which ceremony
will take place tomorrow night. This
evening Judge Fraser, DR.. Rinehart
and o. F. Goddard will follow.
Attorney Johnston received infor-
nation this morning from Forsyth
that the four men examined before
Justice Miller for illegally register
ing in Rosebud county has been held
to the district court. Three more
are to have a hearing on the same
charge before Justice McRea, next Fri
day.
The preliminary examination of S.
B. Roberts on the charge of stealing
a horse from Nate Cooper was con-
Guided before Judge Fraser yester-
day afternoon. In the opinion of the
justice there was sufficient evidence
adduced to warrant him in holding
the defendant to the district court
and accordingly bound him over in
the sum of $500. Roberts deposited
a cash bond for his appearance and
wAsAismissed from custody.
NTifty dollars and costs was what
Prentice Bernard alias "White Perry
had to part with in Judge Fraser's
court last evening for having been
found carrying . concealed weapon.
Although it came high, his arrest
probably saved Bernard from more
serious trouble, for when taken into
custody by Chief Jackson, Saturday
evening, he was rapidly accommodating
q heavy 'load of peaches" and, it is
said, had expressed his intention of
going on the warpath with the avowed
purpose of discriminating n or two
individuals against whom he seems
to harbor a grudge. He promised the
court that he would behave himself
in future and not give the officers an
EXCISE for arresting him again. -
NWfle very little information is Civ
fef out about it, it is said on what is
NOnSidared reliable authority that up-
on completion of the new buildings in
the Northern Pacific yards in this
city employment will be given to at
least SO additional men. The company
proposes to II a very extensive re-
pair shop where ordinary work of
hat character can be done without
necessitating sendin.s it a distance of
100 or more miles. It is said that the