The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
LOCAL N
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. r. B.. Maynard OF Roberts ii

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Mrs. r. B. Maynard Of Roberts is
a guest at the Grand.
c. Clifton Of Roundup was among
yesterdays arrivals in the city,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Provinse Of
Roberts are registered at the Grand.
Mrs. Guy Woods and children of
Big Horn, Wyo., are guests OF Mr.. and,
Mrs. Willis Spear, Sr.
Newell Van Tassel has returned
from a four months stay in Iowa,
where he disposed of a lot of horses.
Mrs. Jean p. Decker expects to
leave this morning for Miles City to
remain a few weeks visiting her pa
rents and friends.
A couple Of gentlemen of color
were escorted to the remnant of the
city jail last evening for causing a
disturbance on the south side.
Bishop Brewer confirmed five men
and two women last Sunday in Cal
vary Episcopal church, Red Lodge. A
large congregation was present.
J. M. Loring, whose serious illness
at Hunters Hot Springs was reported
some days ago, is said to be rapidly
recovering and expects to be able to
return soon.
Yesterday mornings Northern Pa
cifc No. II, due here from the east
at 1927, failed to arrive until last
night. The cause Of the detention
was a landslide west Of Miles City.
A. s. Shannon has sold to John Nc
Way the west half Of the southeast
quarter of section 26, township s,
north, range 26, east, as attested by
the deed fled for record yesterday.
The consideration given is 81.
Sheriff Hubbard inspected 10 head
OF horses yesterday belonging to H.
N. Kennedy, which the latter desires
to take back with him to Wisconsin.
No mavericks were found in the lot
and the sheriff SO testified in his GER
tificate.
The people of Livingston belieA
they know a good thing when it 1a
offered to them and have taken steps
to secure the location of a wooden mill,
an eastern man having made a pro-
posal to them that they think about
suits them.
During this present week services
will be held every evening in st.
Luke's church at 8 o'clock. Thurs.
day morning holy communion will be
celebrated at 1920. Good Friday a
morning service will be held at the
same hour.
Walter, the three-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mooney, resid-
ing OF the south side, died Of scarlet
fever last evening. To intensity the
sorrow and grief Of the stricken fam
lily four others of their children ARE
affected with the same dread disease.
The Boston store under the mn
agement of Bert r. Albin had an OPEN
ing yesterday. Mr.. Albin engaged
Vests orchestra for the afternoon,
decorated the store nicely and dis
played a large line Of spring goods.
Several hundred people visited the
establishment during the afternoon.
w. L. p. McCaw, until recently chief
clerk in the freight Office Of the North
ern Pacific, will leave this morning
for Hartford, Conn.,, his former home,
to remain, having come to the con-
clusion that ~railroading in the west
isnot sufficiently attractivet to lure him
into following 1t as a permanent oc-
cupation.
From Miles City m the repoN
that persons who have visited the
range country north Of that place re-
port that the recent blizzard in that
locality caused considerable loss
among sheep. An occasional dead
steer is to be seen, but up to the pres
ent it is believed that the cattlemen
will come out of it with but little
loss.
Mrs. Cora ". Snyder, who success
fully passed the civil service examine
tion for the position of clerk in the
postofice, has arrived from lear Cody,
Wyo., where she taught school dur
ing the winter, and Is taking her first
lessons in the duties of clerk Of the
general delivery window. She will
formally enter into the position
April l.
Richard Kimball, the surveyor, wkb
formerly had an Office in The CD
zette, has returned from the sound.
where he has been for a number Of
months engaged in the contracting