The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-16

/ county of Dawson for a new trial.
They were sentenced nearly a year
ago from that county to serve eight
| years, each, in the penitentiary on
the charge of stealing sheep. Both
men are well-to-do and the case was
bitterly fought in the lower court.
Pending a new trial it is understood
that application for admitting the de-
PENDANTS to bail will be made to Judge
| Loud. Attorney Goddard of this city
is the leading counsel for the de-
PENDANTS.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
r. H. Hough of Bridger is register
ed at the Grand.
Charles O. Hathaway of Melville
is a Grand guest.
Mrs. O'Connor of Redo Lodge is
among today's guests at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Larkin of
Red Lodge are guests at the Grand.
Landlord Unger of the hotel at Lau-
rel is doing court duty at the county
seat this week.
7 "a train of 25 cars loaded with sheep
for the eastern market will be shipped
tomorrow by P. B. Moss, from Wi
baux.
Frank M. Fox, until lately an at
torney at Red Lodge, passed through
the city this morning en- route to
Portland, where he expects to reside
hereafter.
Tomorrow evening tie members of
st. Luke's Episcopal church will ten
der a reception to the new rector and
his wife, the Reverend and Mrs. J. j..
Bowker, at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Sherman, corner of Fourth
avenue, north, and Thirty-fourth
street.
The firm of Rea Bros, which does
a large sheep business in this part of
the state and western North Dakota,
has bought since last fall 5000
head. Most of these are being par
TALLY fattened on alfalfa in the Vel
lowstone velley and then shipped to
points in the east, where they are fed
on mill screenings a few weeks.
Another Magdalene made a contri-
button to the city this morning. She
was arrested last evening for occu
plying a room in South Twenty;
seventh street for immoral purposes
and deposited a cash bond of $40 for
her appearance at 10 o'clock. She
failed to respond to her name and
the bond was declared forfeited. The
police say that all women of that sort
will have to reside on the cline" or
leave the city.
immense locomotives for use
y on the Idaho division of the Northern
Pacific passed through the city yes
terday. They formed part Of a
freight train from the east and were
destined to Livingston, where they
were put into the shops and coupled
up" after which it was the intention
to work them for a few days to loosen
1.-the v7.rious parts and then send them
Lander their own steam to the point
where they will be put into service
On a basis of one member of the
lower house of the legislature to ev:
cry 1900 votes cast in each county
at the last general election and one
), representative-at-large, is the propos'
ed action of the legislature relative
to the apportionment bill. This basis
, of apportionment would give Yellow
stone county two members OF the
house. This and Park county would
be the only two counties in the Vel
|, lowstone valley allowed two mem
bers of that body should the appor
tionment bill as now contemplated
be adopted.
County Attorney Harris was taken
. suddenly i'll early this morning and
!, when he appeared at the court house
, his physical condition was such as tc
t make it impossible for him to process
with the trial then about to be taker
: up. At his request f. H. Hathhorn
former prosecutor, was appointed te
prosecute the case against R. l.
Glunt. Mr.. Harris then started te
walk home, but had gone only a shor1
distance when he grew so mucf
worse that a friend had to summon 8
carriage intn which he was placed