The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-23

eral In extent, a heavy shower occur
red yesterday afternoon and last
night 1t rained again for several
hours. In consequence the drought
seems to be broken and the ground
has been thoroughly soaked. The
precipitation came at exactly the
right time, for a continuance of the
dry "spell" would have meant abso-
lutely 10 grass on a large area OF
the range and a considerable loss to
the ranchers this side of the break
in the canal of the Big Ditch company. |
Chief Morse has received a letter
from the sheriff at Newcastle, Wyo.,
in which particulars are given OF
the disposition Of the cases OF the
white man, 4Neuman, and the negro,
Wood, arrested here for a burglary
committed at the former place. Nell-
man entered a plea of guilty and was
sentenced to even years imprison-
ment. Wood was acquitted. Both
were in the Jail the night the cowboys
lynched the murderer, Diamond
Slim" and were almost frightened
out of their wits. The scare Neuman
received was the cause o. his entering
the pleaa' h. did.
Magic City camp, No. 593, W. o. W.,
observed last Sunday as Memorial
and dwelling day. In the forenoon
the members of the camp attended
the Methodist church in a body, where
a special sermon was preached by
the Reverend Miller. In the afternoon
the lodge went in a body to the
cemetery. After the customary cere-
monies monuments were unveiled to
Doctor Henry Chapple, Edward Could
ing and ROLAND Stebbins. MI. Miller
made a short address and the mem
bers of Magic Circle, Women of Wood
craft, unveiled a. monument to the
memory of Mrs. Florence Weber, when
Mr.. Miller spoke again.
Last Saturday afternoon Will Nor
ris, Ira Shearer and Russell Sage were
given their preliminary hearing be-
fore Judge Fraser on the charge of as
sault in the first degree. The defen-
dants the men who stood charged
with being implicated in the stabbing
of Claude Leonard, which occurred
druing a fight at a dance near Laurel,
on the night of June IL. On motion
of the prosecuting attorney Shearer
and Sage were discharged and Morris
ives held, Is several witnesses testi-
fled that he was the man who had
used the knife. His bond was fixed
at 5 1000. In default he was remand
ed. e * ~s
A meeting of the state arid land
board was held at Helena last Satur-
day at which the matter of the Hunt
ley Flats lands was up for discus
sion. Colonel Rowley of this city was
present, as also w. T. Clarke.
Nothing was accomplished and the
matter was allowed to go over until
some subsequent meeting. The board
finds itself handicapped by the. exis-
tence of the bonds floated by the old
board and until some means is devised
by which the holders of them can be
secured it is not considered as at all
likely that the present board will
attempt to do anything, either in the
way of state reclamation or surrender
Of the lands to the general govern
ment.
In a quiet way the employees of the
p%ostofice have been joking a certain
well known and idgnified professional
gentleman of the city, who, to use
a popular expression, 'got his dates
mixed" and in consequence wrote a
complaint to the postmaster that de-
livery of an important letter had been
delayed ~unreasonably and thereby
caused him to sustain a considerable
finencial loss. The trouble with the
p. 6. was that he thought yesterday
to be the 10Th day of the month and
because Of the mistake complained
that a letter dropped into the office
and directed to him on the 21st had
not been delivered until eight days
afterward. When his error was ok
planned to him he was profuse in
his apologies and also bought some.
thing.
Sundays ball game between Zones
Professionals" and the regular Bill.