The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-26

cincts are Musselshell and Roundup.
These will no doubt arrive during the
night and in that event the official
result will be declared before noon
tomorrow.
The jury that tried Frank Tucker
in Judge Fraser's court yesterday af-
ternoon for assault, committed on
Jeptha P. Nall, evidently was of the
opinion that the provocation offered
was not sufficient to warrant Tucker
in administering the beating to the
complaining witness that the testi-
mony showed he had given him. He
was found guilty of assault in the
third degree and the court imposed a
fine of $50 and costs, amounting in
allEo $77.10. Tucker paid.
@Onless the weather changes ma
terially in the next "a hours those
who take stock in the old saying in
reference to the tendency a green
Christmas has to make corpulent
graveyards will have ample cause of
fear. Barring the wind which has
prevailed during the last two or three
days the weather has been more sug
gestive of May than the latter part of
December, being in marked contract
in this regard to the climatic condi-
tons obtaining on all sides of this i'm
mediate vicinity. -
/Homer Hawk is a respectable sort
of a fellow and a hard worker, but
occasionally he allows himself to fall
by the way side. Last night was one
OF those occasions and as a result he
came to grief. After filling upon the
fighting brand that is doled out in
one of the southside resorts he start
ed on the warpath, flourishing a six
shooter and threatening to make a
sieve of everybody that got in his
way. For this he was arrested and
this morning vas given 20 days in the
city Jail on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
Although he has only one arm,
Mark Farrell is a confirmed vagrant
and with IN inordinate fondness for
whiskey. Last Sunday afternoon he
was released from the city Jail, where
he had served a sentence for vag-
rancy, only to be again arrested a
few hours after for being drunk. He
was too sick from the effects of his
last debauch to be taken into court
until this morning. He pleaded gull
ty to the charge against him and was
sentenced to 20 days in the ruins,
with the option of leaving town at
once. He chose the alternative and
was given an hour in which to get
beyond the city limits.
The marriage OF Frank Derby to
Nina ]. Browne at the home of the
latter in North Twenty-ifth street
last night was solemnized by the
Reverend Doctor Allen of the M. E.
SLAu III. 1AS1S NClO O1ly d. Lew I'LL
mate friends of the contracting cou-
pie present. Mr.. and Mrs. Derby are
both well known in the city and will
continue to make their home here. As
a celebration of the happy event of
last evening Mr.. Derby will give a
smoker at his home this evening
~ r-1s11 1@ l4- ,l 49,.
friends. The principal amusement
will be the game of "solo" and some
of the expert players in the city will
participate in the game.
Harry Drum came in last night
from his ranch in the upper Mussel-
shell country and expected upon his
arrival to hear that the republicans
had been successful in the county at
the polls last Saturday. Business
matters engaged Mr.. Drums. atten-
ton on Saturday SO that he was pre-
vented from going to the polls. Had
this not been a fact Mr.. Drum is Of
the opinion that there would have
bee nno doubt at this time of repub-
lican success. He was at the polls in
his home precinct during the Novem-
Der election and points to the fact
with considerable satisfaction and Of
fers the returns of the precinct on
the republican candidate for repre-
sentative as the best evidence of his
presence. ....
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette. ,
D. R. Hughes of Helena is a Grand
guest.
John Mccullough of Joliet is at the