The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
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From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
j. w. Martin of Thermopolis, Wyo,
HIS registered at the Grand.
County Attorney Hathhorn has
gone to Miles City.
The Slater Brick company has just
installed a new 10-horse power cleo
trio motor for the purpose of driving
its machinery.
w. N. Hassler, brother of w. E.
(Hassler OF the Times, and himself
a newspaper man, is up from Pawnee,
Neb., to visit a few days.
H. J. Calhoun, ct al, have sold to
Silas Stone fractional lot IL, block 8,
! Lavelle's addition to Saltwater, 10
| Columbus; consideration $3.50.
]. B. HEREFORD has returned form
the west and will probably remain
for sometime, as he has closed out the
camp maintained in Utah for the re
ceipt of horses for the British govern
ment.
A demurrer. has been filed to the
complaint in the Isl of Irving v.
Fisher VS.. Edle r. Fisher, an action
for divorce. The demurrer alleges in
sufficient statement Of facts to con-
stitute a cause of action.
For having been drunk and emitting
the usual spectacular features cha
acteristic of such performances, j.
Freeze was let of easy when he
pleaded guilty in the police court this
morning. His sentence wa two days
on the street gang. y
Judge Matneson is of the opinion
that the most contemplate thief west
gof the Missouri makes his home in
hhis city. He is the fellow who dug
up and carried away three Of the
pansies the judge planted recently, in
the lawn of the public library.
Jack" Shuster, who will probably
head the Billings aggregation Of PEN
ant winners, accompanied by Mrs.
Shuster arrived from Butte this
morning. He has already taken hold
of the matter of organizing a team
and is as busy as the proverbial nail
er. X
Tomorrow night promises to be a
memorable n for the local camp of
the Woodmen of the World. A class
OF 80 candidates will be initiated and
a banquet will follow the ceremonies.
Prominent members of the craft from
different parts of the state will be
present. N @#
Frank Donaldson, the fellow who
broke the seals of a couple of North
ern Pacific freight cars Monday night
and collected a dollar each from two
men who were trying to steal a ride
on one Of tho company's-tr trains, will
be a%rraigned before Judge Mann to-
morrow. The charge against him is
petty larceny.
Charles Pearsall was tried in Judge
Mann's court before a jury last even
ing on the charge of malicious mis-
chief. George A. Miller was the COM
%plainant and he accused Pearsall of
harassing his horses with dogs. The
jury was of the opinion that the Of
tense had not been proved and dis
charged the defendant.
Frank Hart and Elmer Anderson,
pals" of Frank Donaldson, were
tried in police court yesterday after,
noon On the charge of vagrancy. They
were arrested the night before and
the officer found it necessary to fire
several shots after them before he
could bring them to a halt. They
will work for the city during the next
five days. *
When the directors of the Yellow.
stone Fair association fix the dates
for the holding Of the annual meeting
of the association, Chief Bond of the
fire department, intends to set the
time of the meeting of the State Fire
mems association, which meets this
year in Billings. Mr.. Bond is presi
dent of the association and proposes
to give the members an interesting
session. ~
NJ. Shane, a one-armed shepherd
er, was arraigned in police court this
morning on the charge Of having beer
drunk and d%isorderly. He pleaded
guilty, but put up such a pitiful tall
for mercy that the Judge allowed him
to go. Shane said that during his
fro1ic he lost his two dogs, and as hi
considers them beyond value he had
already paid dearly for his fun, HI
thought. f. X
The Waltz & Reece company flee
articles of incarceration with thl