The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-17

banks or larger business houses, the
secretary of the labor union or at the
hospital itself.
From MONDAYS Daily Gazette.
w. A. Evans returned Saturday
night from a visit to the east.
Mrs. H. v. Bailey took her depar-
ture for the east this morning IL
spend the summer at her former home.
A marriage license was granted Sat
urday afternoon to Jesse R. Meadows.
Jr., and Cora Lee Baldwin, both OF
Billings.
Mrs. F. l.. Mann and children, who
have been visiting friends at Laurel
and Park City for the past ten days,
have returned.
The attending physician reports a
continued and marked improvement in
the condition of H. B. Segur, who is
suffering from a stroke of paralysis.
Charles B. Power and Miss Larson,
both of Helena, are in the city and
will be the guests OF MI. and Mrs.
A. L. Babcock for the next few days.
Homer Bradt, travelling fright and
passenger agent for the Burlington
company, is in town from Helena. Mr..
Bradt was formerly located in the
city as chief clerk to- General Agent
Segur.
Mrs. George Robbins, who was seri-
ously burned several weeks ago by
the accidental ignition of gasoline, has
recovered to the extent that she is
now able to leave her bed a short time
each day.
Joseph Sims of Lavina is in the city
today. He reports shearing in progress
and also says that the rain of Friday
night extended in that direction, in
surfing a plentiful supply of water on
the ranges, as the precipitation was
much heavier than hereabouts.
Stewart Polk is of the opinion that
he has three bang tails which are just
fast enough to take down some OF the
purses offered by the Butte Racing
association. Acting on this belief he
shipped them to that city yesterday.
They are Ormond G., Nanon and
Charley Lamar.
The newly organized Eagle band
met yesterday afternoon for practice
and Judging from the nature OF its
first performance Billings will once
more have a musical organization OF
which it may feel proud. All the
members are old players and all that
is required in the way Of practice Is
to enable them to become accustom-
ed to play in concert.
The first meeting of creditors of S.
M. Cowan of Jardine, lately adjudged
a bankrupt, was to have been held to-
day at the office of Referee Firth. AS
the bankrupt resides at a distance OF
over $50 miles from the office of the
referee, under the Jaw his ATTENDANCE
was not compulsory and he did not
put in an appearances. None OF the
creditors appeared, either, as in his
: schedule the bankrupt lists his assets
at $3.50, all of which he claims to
be exempt, while his liabilities are
given at $1,492.40, consequently moth
ing remains of the estate on which a
dividend could be declared.
Any citizen of the United States
who. considers himself competent tt
act as interpreter of the Swedish, Nor
wegian, Danish and Finnish languages
and is DESTROYS of entering the gov
eminent service as interpreter at thu
e Boston immigration station can max
an effort to secure the position. A:
g examination under the civil service
laws is to be held at Butte July 8 ant
l. 9. The place pays $1,000 a year. ES
aminations5 will also be conducted o.
the same dates of men wanting to en-
k ter the geodetic survey as compute
t. and the steamboat inspection servic
as inspector Of hulls.
I. F. w. Adkins has brought an actio
in the district court against Drill