The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
from Sundays Daily Gazette.

from Sundays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. J.. H. Johnston, who has been
the guest of Mrs. H. M. Allen the past
week returned to her home at Gebo,
yesterday.
A. c. Logan sold 40 heaG Of high
bred heifers, that he recently shipped
in from Missouri, to Steele Bros, Of
this valley, yesterday.
Editor Mills of the Sheridan Post
was in town today on business con-
nected with his publication and paid
The Gazette Office a pleasant call.
Mrs. H. F. Clement and son return
ed early yesterday morning from their
visit to Scranton, Pa. Mr.. Clement
went as far as Lincoln to meet them.
Delivery of stone for the foundations
of the new city hall is being made
and if the present good weather cor
tinues work on the structure will soon
be under way.
Mrs. Martha Sleeper, VINO had been
ill for some time, died last evening
at 1O:45. The funeral services will
be held from the Congregational
church Monday.
Ed M. Huff of Forsyth was in town
yesterday on a business visit and re-
turned home last night. MI. Huff has
sold his saddlery business to H. H.
Fletcher & Co., and will seek another
location. .'' u
A. J. Walker, one Of the prominent
plumbers of Butte, arrived in the city
yesterday morning and took part in
;hc deliberations of the meeting Of
the association. He expected to leave
last night for st. Louis.
Word has been received at Helena
of the death of William j. Glass, well
known Northern Pacific conductor,
which occurred at Marshall, Texas,
Thursday evening, where he was in a
hospital. Mr.. Glass home was at
Livingston.
Although entertaining slight hope
of his capture, the sheriff's Office has
sent out descriptions of Van Camp.
the alleged forger, to the authorities
of San Francisco and other coast
cities, as it is believed that the fellow
headed in that direction after leav.
ing here. ....
Mrs. J. E. Free and daughter
Ailene, expects to leave tomorrow for
southern California to spend the re.
naming winter months. They will
go direct to Los Angeles where they
will go to San Diego, and may spend
some time in Mexico before their re-
turn to this city. Y
While the disease seems to have
taken a fresh start in almost every
other city in the state, no additional
cases of smallpox have occurred here
during the past week or ten days. The
four patients confined in the isolation
hospital are reported as getting along
nicely and their speedy recovery is
now assured. Neither one had the
disease in virulent form. ~
Arrivals from the ranges report the
snow which fell here Friday to have
been quite general and note a great
improvement in the conditions which
have been prevailing all fall and win
ter. : While much of the snow has al
ready melted enough remains in
coulees and draws to afford moisture
10 stock Of all kinds. The grass as
wei has absorbed much of the water
and feed is much better than it has
been for a long time,
A consultation of physicians was
called in the case of Merle, the daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mccormick
who has been seriously i'll for a mum
Der of days. DR.. Treacy of Helena
and DR.. Alton of Livingston were in
attendance and it was decided that
the patient vas suffering from apen
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turn taken an operation was deemed
inadvisable at the present time
though it may be undertaken later
Mrs. Mccormick has also been quite
sick, but is now much better. ~
The report that some of the larger
cattle concerns to the east of here
have concluded to restoek their
ranges will probably be followed by
like reports from this section of the
state. Several of the more prominent
stockmen are preparing to go south
shortly for the purpose of investigat
ing the Texas market. They think
the Texans have about gotten over
the exalted notion they entertained
last fall in regard to the value of their
cattle and will prove a little more
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