The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-22

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day from a visit to Butte and Helena,
where he went in the interest OF the,
new political party for which ne acted
as one of the sponsors.
Miss Oracle, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wells Smith, left yesterday tor
Bradford. Pa, with the expectation
of being gone a couple OF years.
While there she will make her home
with relatives and attend school.
! Andrew T., the infant son Of MI.
and Mrs. A.. R. Englin, died at their
home, about four miles east OF Bill
ings, Friday, aged 9 days. Funeral
services were conducted Sunday by
the Reverend Miller of the Baptist
church.
Mrs. Jean Decker was taken to
Hunters Hot Springs last Saturday
in the hope that the curative powers
of the waters there might give her
relief from the protracted attack OF
rheumatism with which she has been
suffering.
. Advices from Glendive have it that
I smallpox is epidemic at Wibaux.
Thirty cases of the disease are report
ed and the Dawson county authorities
have established quarantine and as a
further precaution the public schools
have been closed.
A challenge has been Issued by the
Northern Bowling team, the one beat
en- by Red Lodge last Saturday, to
play any five-man team in the state
a series of six games for a purse OF
$50. The challenging team has made
a deposit of $25 as an earnest OF it's
def.
Link Hanan was arrested yesterday
on a warrant issued at the instance
of Stock Inspector J. T. Webb for
selling a part of a beef without ex.
hibiting the hide to the purchase,
as demanded by the law. Later iNtlss
day he was arraigned before JustDe
Mann and entered a plea of guilty.
He was fined 500 land costs.
Sundays Burlington train from the
west arrived six or seven hours be
hind it's regular schedule, owing to an
accident at Garrison. Somebody had
left a split switch open and three
cars Of the train became derailed
Nobody was injured and the damage
consisted principally of injury to the
feelings of the passengers and train
men.
waiting for Santa Claus" a can
tata that has delighted many, will b.
presented Thursday evening by tn
members of the Methodist Sunda!
school, after which will follow tn
usual distribution of gifts from
Christmas tree and social. Elaborate
preparations are making for the affai
and it promises to be enjoyable TO
both old and young.
NInsctead of having such events Ne
quently, the same as all other lodge
of the order, the Billings Elks conten
themselves with only one social ses
sion each year. Preparations for tn
annual frolic are nov making and
will take place on the night OF jar
uary 8. A vaudeville programme b,
msnbers will be one of the feature
4Ehe affair.
NEaptain Bond, chief of the fire d.
fIJArtment, is recovering from the e.
;, fleets of a severe fall he sustained owe
a month ago by which the ligament
of one leg were badly wrenched an
/ torn. Only last week the splints-
was found necessary to apply were n
moved and he is still compelled to r.
ly upon the assistance of a cane fc
: successful locomotion.
! According to a Livingston dispatc
Z to the Helena papers Paul McCormic
: of this city has begun proceeding
5 there to foreclose a chattel mortgae
! held by him on the freighting QUIT
! owned by w. H. Wilson. Mr.. M