The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-21
LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays daily Gazette.
w. M. Murphy Of Lavina was a guest

w. nj. Murphy or Lavlna was Il guest
at the Grand, yesterday.
w. H. Rice of Toston was a guest
lat the Grand, yesterday.
A.. Wormser of Wormser City was
among yesterdays arrivals at the
Grand.
J. w. Vaughan has returned from
s GAINESVILLE, Mo-, whittier he was sum
moned by the death of his mother.
G. w. Spar, manager of the Dono-
van-McCormick company, has return
ed from his eastern purchasing tour.
Mrs. F. NJ. Marble returned yester-
day morning from Chicago, where she
has been visiting relatives for the
past two months.
Washouts on one of the Washington
divisions caused a delay of several
hours in the arrival of yesterdays
trains from the west.
The North Town Land company has
sold to Minnie and Alice Nord lot 16,
p4oSh -, IooICl odu1SloA " I!liliIiSo
townsite; consideration 5000.
Sheriff Fallon of Sweet Grass county
came down from Big Timber yester-
day and expects to leave this morn
ing for a short trip along the Burling-
ton.
E. H. Becker, managing editor of
The Gazette, accompanied by Mrs.
Becker and Master Edgar, returned
yesterday morning from a visit to the
east.
An examination will be held today
under the civil service law for the
positions of clerk and letter carrier.
Over a half dozen applicants for ex-
animation are on file with the local
board. ~
A large consignment Of japanese
laborers arrived from the west yester-
day and shortly afterward departed on
the Burlington, it being reported that
they are to enter the employ OF that
company in the ne~ighborhood of Cody.
Former Senator r. c.. rover and
a. C. johnson were among the Helena
visitors in the city, yesterday. Their
presence was called for by a meeting
of the stockholders of the Donovan.
Mccormick company, which report
has it is to be entirely reorganized.
The Magic City Bowling club will
hold a regular meeting this evening,
when action will probably be taken in
reference to meeting some of the
clubs of other towns in the eastern
part of the state. A reply to the chal
1enge sent to Forsyth is expected tic
day. ~
One of the large sheep TRANSACTIONS
reported as having been closed dur
ing the past few days is the sale Of
5000 head by P. B. Moss to James
Callahan of st. Paul. The animals
have been on feed at Laurel during
the winter and will be loaded for the
east tomorrow. ""
DR.. Rinehart left yesterday for Btl
Mountain to vaccinate the grading
crew of Foley Bros camp, where sew
reral cases of smallpox are said tt
have made their appearance. 1t was
also reported that the doctor would
order the camp q~uarantined until al
danger of a spread of the disease hat
passed.
The latest novelty in litigation tt
interest the local members of the ba
has been instituted at Butte. 1t i
nothing less than a prayer for an in
junction to prevent an injunction an
was filed in one of the interminabl
and inextricate legal muddles occup
ing the attention of the courts of tina
city and in which mining men AM
companies are the principals. X
It was easy to distinguish the owne
of range stock from the ordinary MOI
tails yesterday by the expansiveness o
the smiles that wreathed the fac
of the former. Tuesdays rain wa
not followed by the muchly feare
cold "snap" and the danger to cattl
and sheep which many had dreade
was passed. While the rain melte
about all of the snow that covere
the range, it also insured a plentiful
supply of water by filling the hole
and couless. The fact that it was nc
followed by cold weather gave ampl
time for the coats of the animals t
dry and the menace which for a Will
threatened has disappeared.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
r. A. Martin, a prominent WOO
grower of Carbonate, is in the cit.