The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-28
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Lee Simonson of Absarokee was a
guest at the Grand, yesterday.
P. j. Perry of Manhattan, Gallatin
county, was a visitor in the city, yes
terday.
Karl Simmons, land agent of the
Northern Pacific, was among yester-
days visitors in the city.
Judge Loud and Fred Kreidler re-
turned to Miles City on yesterdays
belated train from the west.
For, breaking a chair on the head Of
Gus Johnson, Robert Robertson was
N1ed $40 in the police court.
FIFTY carlonds Of sheep, making two
trains, were forwarded by l. D. O'Don-
nell for Rea Bros, yesterday. They
were loaded at Foster. ~
Mrs. A. Buchanan, wife of the pub
Usher of the News, is expected to ar
rive from Miles City today and will
lldhC lC1 luJulC 11oAlC . ,...
J.. w. Hannaford, third vice presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
west on a tour of inspection.
About all the furniture and fixtures
for the new bank have arrived and the
institution will be prepared to begin
business on the date fixed for the
opening, February 1. "
The library has received two sp1en-
did crayon portraits of Frederick Bill
ings, Sr., and Parmly Billings. Both
are framed in Flemish oak, and make
a handsome addition to the ornamen-
tation of the reading room.
T. w. Schlaberg Of Fattig creek is
in the city, having come on to meet
his father, a brother and the latter's
family, also a niece, all of whom hail
from Grand Forks, N. D., and who will
spend sometime with him on his
ranch. Weather permitting they will
leave for Mr.. S%chlaberg's home today.
Deputy Shelf Robbins returned yes
terday from Deer Lodge, where he
had been to turn over Harry Wolstein
to the ~penitentiary authorities. He
says that while it may be cold here,
the weather cannot compare with that
of the west side when it comes to real
frigidity. A blizzard ragged at Deer
Lodge all day Friday and the mercury
stood at .23 below zero.
w. H. Morse, who has resigned the
position of deputy county clerk with
the intention of making his future
home at Beaumont, Tex, finds that he
is unable to leave for the south today,
as he had originally intended to do.
His departure, however, will not be
delayed later than Tuesday. j. G..
Carwile, son of Clerk Carwile, will
succeed him as deputy.
Henry Brooks, a section man in the
employ of the Northern Pacific, came
down from Laurel yesterday to con-
suit a physician, as he had not been
feeling we'll for the past few days.
Examination of the man revealed that
he vas developing a primary stage of
smallpox and was bundled off to the
isolation hospital. Several of the
patients confined there will be releas-
ed today, having recovered. ~
The cold wave, which arrived Jon
schedule time, still shows no signs of
a break, although the thermometer
sought to obtain a better view yester-
day afternoon by seeking more alti-
sndinous heights. Toward evening it
&%sain began to go downward and last
ni~ht was another cold one. The
stcf kmen are celebrating the change
in TIE weather and say it is just what
has Eaen needed especially as a fair
amount of snow has fallen.
George Lewis, a colored man, seems
to have a weakness for carrying and
deadly weapons, at least it
would seem so from the number of
times he has Deen arrested on that
charge. Yesterday he was again in
police court on a complaint accusing
him of having attempted to ''clean
the lower part of the city by a
reckless and dangerous display of a
almost as large as himself.
When the case was called the com
planning witness, the officer who ar
re sted him, failed to appear and the
court discharged him.
A dispatch was received Yesterday
from Mrs. Lottie Broeker of Kansas
City, whose address was found in a
book in the possession
of F. H. Markert, who died at st. Vim
hospital last Wednesday night.
She directed that the body be buried