The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-04
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From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Miss Gertrude M. Higgins Of For
syth was a guest at the Grand yester
day.
Bert Morehouse rs receiving thu
congratulations OF friends on thu
birth Of a son, born last Sunday.
License to wed was granted yester
day to William Renslow and Miss
Beatrice Foster, both OF Billings.
DR.. and Mrs. H. f.. Armstrong have
returned from their wedding tour, &C
ccmpanied by Miss Connie and Mas
tiers Jack and Harry Chapple.
Mrs. ]. T. sayles, wife of the under
sheriff, is In the city, having come
from their ranch rear Park City, to
visit her husband and friends.
O. 8. Chi1cott, the Carbon county
n%urseryman, has taken a contract to
supply 200 rose bushes and other
plants for Mrs. Kelly's Grotto Spring
green houses. II
The annual roundup of the Maverick
Hose company will take place next
Saturday evening. Several visitors
from out of town are expected to be
in attendance.
The Minnesota & Montana Land
and Improvement company has sold to
James G. Fraser lots % and "a, block
SO, original townsite Of Billings; con.
s%ideration 1925.
The Easter meeting ofsthe woman's
guild Of st, Luke's church has been
postponed to Wednesday, April 9, at
which time the annual election Of OF.
ficers will occur.
Mrs. Frank Scott left Monday night
for her former home in Iowa, having
been summoned by a telegram to the
bedside OF her father, who was report
ed to be dangerously sick.
County Commissioner Jacobs is still
compelled to use q cane as an aid to
locomotion al q result Of the accident
which befell him sometime ago, when
he seriously cut his foot while chop.
ping wood.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to William Cameron and Miss
Helen +. Sawyer, both of this city.
The ceremony which made them man
and wife was performed shortly at.
terward by Judge Mann.
"Tony" Matheson was rendered a
surprise party last evening at the
home Of his aunts, the Misses Panton,
in honor of his birthday. About 80
of the younger society people were
present and the event proved a pleas.
ant and happy one
1t has been decided that the set.
ting of the foundation is responsible
for the crack in n of the walls Of
the new southside school house, which
made it's appearance some days ago.
AS no danger Is apprehended, work on
the structure has been resumed. &
Lieutenant Morton and DR.. Page,
u. s. NJ, are expected to arrive in the
city today for the purpose of recruit
ing men and boys for the navy. They
have visited several Of the cities in /
the western part Of the state and sue.
ceeded in enlisting quite q number.
Only one patient remained in the
isolation hospital last evening and rr.
Free reported him as recovered and
At for discharge today. Upon receipt
OF this information DR.. Rinehart of
the county board of health ordered
the place closed tomorrow, unless 1t
will be found necessary in the mean
time to revoke the order because Of
the discovery of new cases of the dis
ease.
The county commissioners met yes.
terday for the purpose of taking &C.
ton on the matter of collecting the
delinquent, license taxes due the coun.
ty by professional and other persons.
No definite conclusion was arrived at
and the board adjourned until 10
O'Clock this morning, when the sub
ject will be taken up again at a con-
ference between the county treasurer,
the board and the county attorney.
Mayor George returned Monday \
night from what he had Intended
should be q visit to West Baden, Ind.
he expected to take treatment
at the sanitarium at the place. Biz
yards In Dakota, however, upset his
plans and he was able to get no
east than Chicago After be-
ing compelled to spend several days
in q blockade he was taken seriously
sick and was obliged to remain at
Fargo for some time and then went