The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-23
LOCAL AND

From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Geo. ]. Jackson of Red Lodge is
registered at the Grand.
The Honorable Paul Mccormick has
returned from his visit to Helena.
Thomas McGirl of Huntley is in the
city on one of his periodical visits.
Mrs. Willis Mott and Miss Alice
] Beeman of Gebo are in the city today
visiting friends.
E. H. Johnson, Northern Pacific
livestock agent, is up from Miles City,
his headquarters.
j. A. McGregor will assume the
management of the Donovan-McCor-
mick dry goods department about
March 1.
Mary E. Corey and husband have
sold to Emil Borberg lots Is and 10,
block 1913, Billings townsite; consid-
GRAFTON 1926.
VRemoval was begun today of the
frame building standing on the lots
recently bought by the county as a
site for the new court house and
Jail. The building will be taken onto
the south side. gs
A. j.. Godske, connected with the
loci Office of the Northern Pacific, is
a candidate for a position in the civil
service of the government az expert
freight rate clerk. He was examined
by the local board of examiners today.
The Reverend ]. ]. Bowker, rector
of st. Luke's church, left this morn
ing for Forsyth to meet Bishop Bron-
del, who spent the day there. MI.
Bowker will accompany the bishop
as far as this city tonight on his way
to Helena.
A complaint has been filed in Judge
Fraser's court against G. M. Brown,
charging him with grand larceny.
Brown is the man who was brought in
from the Musselshell Sunday evening
and placed in tie county jail, it being
alleged that he robeed Olive Ettien's
sheep camp, near Junction, sometime
last month of a saddle and other
things.
Lumber has been received for re7
building the platform about the North
ern Pacific passenger station. The
platform is to be made considerably
larger, it's present dimensions no lon
ger being sufficient to meet the de-
mands made upon it. Preparations
are also under way for construction
of the temporary baggage room the
company will erect to the west of the
station.
Sheep shipments were made today
by Rea Bros. and D. C. Hervey, the
first named forwarding % cars and the
latter Is. Tomorrow Rea Bros. will
make another shipment of 20 cars.
The sheep have been kept on alfalfa
will be unloaded at South st. Paul,
where they will be finished on mill
feed, preparatory to being sent to
the Chicago market.
"A mountain sheep, about half
grown, arrived on the Burlington train
this morning from Parkman, Wyo.,
and was forwarded to Medora, N. D.,
being consigned to Eaton Bros. of that
place. During the time his ~sheepship
remained on the platform awaiting
transfer he was the object of consid-
cradle curiosity and many ayailedl
themselves of their first opportunity
to see a live bighorn.
A deed was filed for record today
by which Jennie L. Parker has sold
to the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company lot %, block 81, Billings.
The consideration named is $1,000.
The lot is situated on the east side
of North Twenty-seventh street,
between First and Second avenues,
and occupies the site on which the
telephone company sometime ago an
nounced it would erect a building.
Tonight the city council will meet
for the first time in the new chamber.
Sometime this afternoon the council
will make an inspection of the new
building before formally accepting it,
although in effect it has been accept
ed already, as the Offices Of the police
magistrate and chief of police have
been occupied by those officials for
some days, while the jail also has
been used and a couple of prisoners