The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-18
LOCAL
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

amor those registered at the Grand,
yesterday.
Charles O'Neill, a well known resi-
dent of Wibaux, was a visitor in the
city, yesterday.
Charles F. Stocker was down from
Big Timber yesterday to. renew his
Billings acquaintance.
Judges Barntley and Milburn of the
supreme court arrived last night from
Helena on their way to Miles City.
s. K. Deverill, county commissioner,
was among those from Laurel who
were in attendance on the Big Ditch
meeting, yesterday.
Mrs. E. J. Munger, wife of the night
chief of the Western Union office, &C.
companied by her mother, Mrs. Geo.
McQuinn, arrived from Grand Forks
last night and will make their future
home in the city.
BY a deed filed for record with the
county clerk and recorder yesterday
Wilde Sackett and her husband have
sold to William E. Wilde lots 9, 10
and II, block S.. townsite Of Park
City, in consideration of $125.
County Attorney Hathhorn having
been called to Livingston, another con-
tinuance was granted in the case of
State VS.. Charles Wyman, charged
with shooting w. M. Oakley. The
hearing was set for yesterday, but,
will now not come up until next Mo1
day.
The somewhat complicated case of
Tompkins VS.. Nicholas, which was in
Judge Mann's court for several days,
has been decided in favor of the de-
PENDANT. The contention was for the
possession of an Indian r%elinquish-
ment to land which the plaintiff
claimed defendant was %wrongfully
Withholding from him.
Hugh Campbell of Columbus was
among yesterdays visitors in the city.
MI. Campbell is an "old timer in
these parts and was boss farmer of
tiS WV" "SShSJ ol tlS LA1lC VI lIo
location on the Saltwater and re-
moval to it's present site on the Little
Horn. He is now devoting himself
to the raising of blooded cattle. ~
Not satisfied with the bids receiver
on this market last season. the Phil
adelphia-Montana Livestock company
Of White Sulphur Springs declined to
sell and carried the clip over. News
has been received that the company
made a sale a few days ago at Phil
adelphia at which IS cents a pound
was realized, an advance of from ~
to 2 cents per pound over the offers
of last summer "
President Wilson has already given
out the dates for the big summer meet
ings Of the Montana Jockey club. The
first racing will begin at Butte June
IA and between that place and Ana
conda it is expected to provide no
less than 60 days of sport. The stakes
are to be made public February 20.
Harness racing being too slow for the
sports on the west side, only bang
tails will be seen in any of the clubs
events.
One chapter of the sensational
wholesale sheep stealing case which
has occupied the attention of the dis.
trict court Of Choteau county was
completed Thursday. Two of the de.
fnn1orfc MILAN md Do1l~;,
found guilty of grand larceny. In com.
pany with three other men they were
charged with having stolen $50 sheep
from the ranch of Symms & Johnson
the men accused of completely in the
theft, Mcbride, broke Jail ait Fort Ben.
ton a few Gays ago and has not yet
been recaptured.
Referee Firth was engaged yester
day in mailing notices to the cred
itors of the late firm of McIntire &
Middleton, bankrupts, of Miles City
calling a meeting for February "a tc
; act on the petition of the trustee fol-
permission to sell certain notes an6
accounts carried on the list of as
sets of the bankrupts. The notes arc
33 in number and aggregate $91O.77
and the accounts, 80 in number, rep
resent a supposed value of $135.3S
. If no objection is entered the referee
will order the sale of both the notes
and accounts to be held March 1.
Joseph Ziminski has begun suit il
Judge Mann's court against the North
,ern Pacific Railway company to re
cover the value of a mare alleged tt
have been killed on defendants tracks
near Lockwood station, November II