The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-16

q take care of and the work is con-
stantly increasing. The legislature
will be called upon to take Yellow
stone out Of the district and create
a new one, composed of this and Car
bon counties. The latter now belongs
to the district presided over by Judge
Henry of Livingston. This arrange
ment would, of course, take Yellow
stone county out Of Judge LIQUIDS
jurisdiction, unless he made Billings
his place Of residence, but 1t is gener-
ally understood by the friends of that
gentleman that he expects to retire
permanently from the bench, at the
expiration of his present term.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
s. K. Deverill, county commissioner,
is down from Laurel.
G. c. Bever of the Vogue left on a
business trip to Butte.
Miss Bertha Peet has returned from
her visit to relatives at Helena.
Paul Mccormick left this morning
for a short visit to Mammoth Hot
Springs.
William Rea, Jr., the st. Paul
sheepman. is in the city, a guest at
the Grand.
John Mccullough Of the Carbon
Milling company at Joliet, is here in
the interest of that concern. ~
The Northern Pacific is earning
the thanks of the entire community
BY reason of the new crossing it is
building at Twenty-ninth street.
Grant McMasters, at one time a
member of The Gazette's mechanical
force, has returned from Great Falls,
where he has been for the past few
months. We
The Hon. T. j. Smith of Livingston
is in the city in attendance OF the
district court as n of the attorneys
for the defense in the case of Ettien
VS.. Drum.
j.. D. Losekamp is not taking his
accustomed pedestrian exercise just
doors on account of a sore toe. which
as we'll as inconvenience.
Miss Rebecca ]. Neel has taken a
lease of the apartments Over the Ex-
change and willsrefit them throughout
with new furniture. The place will be
known in the future as the Neel
Apartment house. %
A marriage license was issued today
to Henry J.. Riesland and Miss Flor
ence B. Brennick. 4he ceremony
will be performed tonight by the Rev.
DR.. Allen of the Methodist church
and will take place at the residence
of DR.. W. o. Allen.
Judge Matheson observed Arbor day
by aaaing to the attractiveness of
the grounds of the public library by
planting about a half hundred pansies
and almost as many verbenas in the
beds which he had caused to be pre-
pared earlier IN the season.
The reported sale of the Mills
wholesale grocery establishment
which was announced a few days ago,
seems to have been called off by one
of the parties to the deal, Yegen
Bros. A disagreement arose as to
the invoice. An agreement will not
likely be reached again.
The complaint is general from
stockmen throughout this section of
the state as to the drought On the
ranges. Not in recent years has the
country stood in need of moisture
more than it does at this time and un-
less there is a rainfall within the
next two weeks the ranges this reason
will have to be vacated.
D. H. Moss, a brother of P. SB.
Moss of the First National bank, has
been selected as assistant cashier of
that institution to succeed S. G. Rey-
nolds who leaves the bank at an early
date to assume charge of the Crow
Indian agency. Mr.. Reynolds has
been with the bank for the past five
years in the capacity of assistant
cashier anu retires with the best
wishes of his employers.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Moffett and chill
dren returned today from the Pacific
coast. where Mrs. Moffett spent the
winter with the children. They were
| DELAYED several weeks at Portland
where the children were sick with
measles. Mr.. Moffett, who is at the
head of a new telephone system for
the citv. made the statement today
that his company proposed going
ahead at once with the construction
of the plant and that ~ would be COM
pleteds within the time limit fixed
by the franchise from the city. "
Although quite common in the larger
of the east, for the first time
i'm the history Of Billings a brick
House is being moved bodily onto a
new location. The old Owens dwell
ing, in Twenty-eighth street, near
First avenue north, is being shifted
onto the lot Immediately north to
make room for the new building which
it is intended to erect on the ground
made vacant by the removal and
that formerly covered by the frame
structure occupied by Spear & White
and the little brick to the south.
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