The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-30
c AND PERSONAL.

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
George T. Lamport is here from
Red Lodge.
Miss Agnes Frost OF Lewistown wa,
q visitor in the city today.
E. o. Busenburg and family o
Lewistown are registered at tn,
Grand.
In consideration Of 800 the NORTH
Town Land company has sold to Saraf
Brooks lots 8 and 8, block 80, Fosters
addition to Billings townsite.
Gus Threikell, n Of the trainers
at the race track, was kicked by 9
horse last evening and sustained a Sc
we're wound in the side Of the head.
Judge Matheson returned this
morning from Miles City, where he
went last Saturday to visit Mrs
Matheson and their daughter, Mrs.
j. H. Johnston.
The Minnesota & Montana Land
and Improvement company has sold
to j. E. Lanegan the southeast quarter
of section IL, township 1, south, range
Is, east; consideration $644.
J. ". Higbie, a prominent business
man OF Deadwo0d, s. H., arrived from
the south last night and circulated
among the loca! sheepmen today. Mr..
Hlgble has several bands of the wool
producers and il DESTROYS of adding
to his holdings.
B. F. Gray and Frank Elliott are con-
fined in the c'unty Jail on The charge
OF having broken into 4 Burlington
boarding car near Pelitsa. They
We're arrested by the Indian police of
the Crow agency and held until the
county authorities went after them.
BY a deed filed for record today
James 3. Smith and wife have trans
ferred to John A. Fairchild the east
half of the northeast quarter and the
east half of the southeast quarter of
section 86, township 4, north, range
81, east. The consideration named is
1000.
John Nevin, a youthful member Of
the hobo tribe, was arrested last
night for being an idle and dissolute
person. He did not deny the soft i'm
parchment whsn arraignad in police
court this morning and for the next
five days will be under the supervi-
sion of the street commissioner.
At the home of Mrs. Birely in the
city last evening a linen party was
given in honor Of Miss Helen Carney,
one of the corps of city school teach
ers. Miss Carney will leave shortly
fer her home in Kansas, and will re-
turn in August rs the bride of Charles
Currie of the Williams drug store.
H. F. Clement returned yesterday
afternoon from his ranch on Flatwil-
low. He says lambing is progressing
nicely and the losses SO far have been
SO small as not to be worth consid-
ering. He also reports the range to
be in excellent condition, the heavy
rains of last week having given the
grass a start that insures an abund-
ance of feed for the rest of the sea-
son.
The police were unusually ective
last night and yesterday afternoon
and as a result of their activity the
city Jail contained 13 inmates this
morning. The charges against the
prisoners ranged from plain DRINKS
to burglary, and this forenoon there
was a separation of the lambs from
the goats, the former being kept in
the calaboose, while the others were
turned over to the county authorities
to be disposed Of later on.
Treasurer BENJAMIN of the baseball
association is reporting good progress
in the matter of receiving subscrip-
tons. Although only a partial can
vass of the town had been made then, |
he reported yesterday afternoon that |
a large portion of the money needed |
had been subscribed. A ticket was |
sent today to Jack" Schuster, who is !
at Butte, and he is expected to arrive
tomorrow, when the matter of orga,iz-
ing a team will be undertaken in
earnest. The first game will be play
ed next Friday with the Indian team
of the Grow agency.
1t is extremely doubtful whether
the identity of the man killed last
Saturday, in the Northern Pacific |
wreck at Laurel will ever be establish
ed. 1t was at first supposed that he
a man named Matilda of Basin, a
member of the Miners union OF that
place and word was sent to the Of
tcers OF the union. In response they |
down Matt Jake, a friend of
Matilda, who left Basin sometime ago,
for the purpose of examining the
body. Jake arrived this morning and
after viewing the remains said they
We're not those of the mar he was
looking for. .
.. =. Elmgreen, who has been IN
police court so often that the number
OF times is unknown, was before his
honor once more this morning. The
charge was the usual one, getting
drunk, disturbing the peace and abus.
ing his family. He begged hard for
Just one more chance. If you please"
but as this has always been his plea,
the court declined to exercise the
mercy asked and imposed a sentence
OF 20 days on the streets. This stag
gered Elmgreen and he almost fell to
door. But his face lighted up
when he was told he would have ex-
actly ten minutes in which to get out
Of the city limits. He left the court
On a run.
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