The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-07
and expect to remain a week or so
visiting with relatives.

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Misses Inez and Irene elliott, who
spent the holidays with their parents,
left last night for Tacoma to resume
their studies at the Annie Wright
seminary.
1t was reported last evening tlft
that local telephone company Had
sold out to the Bell Telephone COM
pany. Particulars of sale not obtain
able at present.
n. w. Harris & Co., who bought
the issue, have forwarded the printed
forms of the city hall bonds to the
First National bank for the signatures
of the mayor and clerk.
To offset the rather large number
of divorces granted in the county dur
ing the year just ended, the records
of the clerk of the district show that
1O5 marriage licenses were granted in
the same time.
John Chandler, on whose ranch the
ARRAY between the sheriff's posse
and Kilby and Huffman occurred, ar
rived in the city yesterday morning
on his way home from a two months
visit to the east.
Portus Williams, who has been
spending the holiday vacation with
his parents in this city, returned to
Shattuck military academy yesterday,
accompanied by Forest Smart, who
will enter that institution for the re-
mainder Of the term.
Charles Belaze, who was a member
of Captain Bonds M troop of Billings
during the Spanish-American war,
died at Dietz, Wyo., last Saturday.
Belaze drew a, pension On account Of
his health having been impaired in
the service of the government.
The attorneys on both sides being
busy and unable to attend, the case
of City VS.. Beeman, arrested for con-
Quoting business as a plumber without
first having obtained the necessary
license, which was to have been. tried
in police court yesterday, was contin-
ued until this afternoon.
The pest house, which was closed
a week ago, was placed in commission,
again yesterday. Edmund Robey a la
borer, was taken out there on the
advice of DR.. Rinehart, physician to
the county board of health, who pro-
nounced him affected with smallpox.
The disease is present in the usual
mild form. *
/, General Manager Murray and Su-
~perintendent Summers of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company
were in town yesterday on a tour of
inspection. Mr.. Murray stated that
the company had suspended all line
building for the winter but that next
spring several hundred miles of new
wire would be strung in eastern Mon
tara and northern Wyoming.
Willie and Allen Jobes, whose pa
rents formerly resided in this city,
were passengers on yesterday morn
ing's eastbound Northern Pacific
train and were met at the station by
a number of their old acquaintance
At present the Jobeses reside at
Spokane, which place they have made
their home ever since they left Bill
ings, about a dozen years ago.
Mona Mason, who last Saturday was
discharged for the shooting of her
"lover," S~chraenberg, was arraigned
in police court yesterday on the
charge of having been drunk. The
complaint was filed by the chief of
police and harked back to sometime
last month, the date on which she
committed the shooting. She enter
ed a plea of guilty and was fined $25.
& The 1cunty commissioners met in
special session yesterday-for t~ransac>
ton of road business and a few other
matters requiring immediate attention.
An order was made transferring to
the credit of the city the sum of $446,
being the amount of special road tax
collected by the county treasurer up
to and including November 30, last.
An easment from the Northern Pacific
Railroad company for right Of way
for county roads in two townships
directly west of the city was signed
by the board. No conclusion vas ar
rived at concerning the road matters
under consideration and final action
was postponed.
Sunday was made the occasion of
a pleasant surprise to Mrs. p. 0.
Railsback. Illness prevented her be-
ing in attendance at the session of the
Congregational Sunday school and at
it's close a committee composed of lit