The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-07

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Neb. Today he Inspected two ship
ments at the local stockyards. One
shipment is E. G. Clark's, Of So head.
which are going to Forest City, Ia,
and the other is one of % head, be-
longing to Reed, which are going to
Michigan. M
~ According to all accounts the deEA
cation coming from Livingston to at
tend the firemen's convention will
create a, sensation upon its arrival.
Not only will the members be arrayed
in all the splendor of dazzling uni
forms and carry banners and other
insignia indicative of their depart
ment, but they will also be accom-
panied by a brass band and will leave
a streak of melody and magnificence
to mark the of their march
about the city.
Notwithstanding that none of that
coal is sold here, the decrease in the
output Of anthracite, because of the
strike, is beginning to affect the local
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market in the form Of an advance in
the price Of the home article. TWEEN
ty-five cents has been added to the
cost of coal mined and sold here
abouts, the mines having raised the
price to the dealers. The explanation
is given that the demand for Bridger
0Rnd Rocky Fork coal extends as far
east as the Twin Cities and cannot
be met even at the advanced price.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Frank Scott Of Junction is register
Ned at the Grand.
James Holland of Gebo is auto
| graphed at the Grand.
L. p. Cushing of Bridger is among
today's visitors in the city.
r. H. Hough of Bridger is pending
the day in the city OF business
F. L. Kinney of Helena is among
those registered at the Grand today.
Mrs. L. e. Schad, who has been east
on a visit to relatives, returned yes
terday. #
WI. Cruise is down from Helena on
business matters and is registered at
the Grand.
Among the visitors in the city is
E. E. Gould of Forsyth, who formerly
made his home here.
James l.. Ash has been quite i'll at
his home during the past week, suf-
fering from asthma.
Miss Marie Alice of Gebo, who
spent yesterday in the city, returned
to her home this morning.
The ladies of the Methodist Aid sQa
ciety will hold a rummage sale1n
the near future, the proceeds to apply
to- the church building fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Currie will re
move from the city shortly. Mr.. Cur
RE has accepted a position with a
drug company at Anaconda.
The Rev. G. B. Miller, the new pas
tor of the Baptist church, will preach
his first sermon in the city tomor-
row morning at the court house.
Rev. W. d. Clark has wired that
he will arrive in Billings tonight and
that there will be regular services in
Nhe Congregational church tomorrow.
Seventeen carloads of sheep we've
forwarded from here this morning by
Rea Bros. who are shipping them 10
their feeding pens near st. Paul,
where they will be finished for the
market.
Mrs. A. Buchanan, whose husband
J at one time was publisher of the de-
funct News, was in the city today for
a short time on her way to Butte,
where Mr.. Buchanan is employed in
the Butte Office Of the Anaconda
Standard.
A farmers team standing in frontsot
1.-THE Donovan-McCorlnic companyE
store this morning took a notion to
run away and for a few moments caus
ed a lively scattering i II the, block
between Tw%enty-ninth and Thirtieth
streets. At the latter corner the team
eollided with a telephone pole and
Ntbe runaway came to an abrupt end.
1ast night Policeman Hayden NJ
rested a gang of five fellows who
were trying to play the cid game of
selling "phoney' jewelry. They had
a lot of rings, watch chains. and other
articles, all of the cheapest kind.
which they were attempting to dis
pose of to unsuspecting persons as
the genuine article. Some of the
stuff had been prepared so as to give
- Tho annaaranoo Of having haen