The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-24
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from wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Mrs. Fred Wallis is in the city
spending a few days visiting friends.
Mrs. Moffett, residing in Thirty
first street, is reported as being seri-
ously sick.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Harry Wire and Virl Wal
burn, both of Columbus.
Mrs. r. +. Hardness, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. c. w. Moore, ar
rived from Minneapolis, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. N. Cooper and their
little son who were visiting friends
in the city, have returned to their
home on Blue creek.
In consideration of $500 J.. H. Breed
has sold to Helen Breed lots 5 and G.,
block 1859, Billings, as shown by a
deed filed for record with the county
clerk and recorder, yesterday.
Miss Bertha Peet, sister of Mrs.
F. B. Connolly, is again a visitor in
the city. The young lady will be
pleasantly remembered by those who
met her on the occasion of a former
visit.
w. Wallace, Jr., the Helena attor-
ney for the Northern Pacific, came
down from the capital yesterday to
attend to some legal matters of the
company which came up in the dis.
trict court.
Montana is o in partial posses
sion of it's new state house. The trans
fer of the building was completed last
Monday afternoon. The commission
accepted it from H. L. Frank, the con-
tractor, on that day and his bondsmen
were released from further liability. "
1. D. O'Donnell, A. c. Logan and p.
B. Moss all Of this city, will read pa
pers before the meeting of the Pacific
Northwest Woolgrowers' association,
which will take place at Helena, Feb
ruary 4, 5 and 6. One of the princi-
pal features of the meeting will be
the exhibition of thoroughbred rams.
1t was reported about the city yes
terday that the jury in the case Of
George w. Hubbard VS.. the Northern
Pacific Railway company, which was
tried in the federal court of St. Paul,
has returned a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for the sum of 5000. The
suit was for $40, 900 for personal in
juries received in a wreck a year ago
last fall. ... y
Governor Toole has been commune
Gated with by the managers of the st.
Louis exposition asking his opinion as
to the ACCESSIBILITY of a postponement
from 1908 to 1904. He replied, accord
ing to a Helena newspaper, by ex-
pressing the hope that the question
would be settled Immediately, as the
people of Montana were vitality inter-
ested and would like to know at once
if a change is to be made. "
Butte newspapers announce that the
p%ostofice of that city is to be the dis
bursting Office for all points in the
state having free rural delivery, the
first of such offices being that of Bill
ings. The same newspapers are also
authority for the statement that Butte
is to have an automobile service for
the delivery and collection of mail
within the city limits. The Butte
postmaster gives it Is his opinion that
within a year automobiles will be en-
ployed in the rural delivery service
throughout the state, particularly in
the Yellowstone and Milk river val
leys, where the roads and topography
make the employment of such vehicles
possible.
From Thursdays Daily Gazette.
Charles Stocker of Big Timper was
among yesterdays visitors in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Canine, who
have been visiting at St. Paul, re-
turned yesterday.
Henry Mueller, president of fhe
Billings Brewing company, was among
the Butte visitors in the city, yester-
day.
City Treasury Overn has establish
ed his Office in the store of w. B..
George. The transfer was completed
yesterday.
E.. E. Gould and wife Of Forsyth
have been in the city the past few
days, ~transacting business and visit
ing friends.