The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-19

headquarters at Helena. In turn Mr..
Kinney has been transferred to an
eastern territory. Joseph Caldwell
has been appointed successor to Mr..
Seaman as representative OF the pas
6enger department OF the road and
will cover the same territory.
Fred Shaw, who has been in the
county Jail on the charge of assault
in the first degree, has been released
on bonds, furnished by A. l.. Bah
cock and G. A. Griggs. Some months
ago Shaw seriously cut Elmer Bent
ley during a row they had at Park
City. At n time it was believed
that Bentley would not recover, but
he has improved so much of late that
now he is regarded as out OF danger.
Shaw was to have had his trial at
the last term of the district court, but
a continuance was granted until the
text term.
An advertisement in . D-t.n news
paper has caused some comments
here, especially a~mong,dealers and res
t%auranteurs. The lad" in question
announces that at a certain place
mountain trout are for sale and par
ticular attention is called to their
freshness and lusciousness. AS UNI
derstood hereabouts it is against the
game laws of the state to offer fish
of that kind for sale and surprise is
expressed at the apparent laxity OF
the enfOrcementof the law at Butte.
while in this part of the state it Is
enforced with all rigor possible.
Hugo Nauman of Mora, Mimi,
writes to the chief of police to make
inquiries concerning his son, whom
he things may have wandered off in
this direction. He says he, in COM
pany with two other youths, left home
to "go west" without having any def
mite point in view. After getting as
far as Fargo, N. D.. the other two had
all they wanted of experience and re-
turned to their homes. Ivar, Maui
mans y, it seems, is made Of bet
ter stuff and continued, saying he
was going still further. Since that
time nothing had been heard of him
by his parents.
ITen innings were required to decide
the game of ball played last Satur-
day at Livingston between a team OF
the Billings high school and one rep
.resenting the high school of that city.
The contest was particularly excit-
ing and interesting and the fans"
went wild over the exhibition. In
the last half of the tenth inning the
score stood Z to 6 in favor of Living
ston, with two men out and two on
bases. One of Billings players at
tempted to steal from second to third,
but failed to connect and the game
was over. A return game will prob
ably be played here soon.
Sam Owens and Edward Enens, two
variety performers, were in Judge
Fraser's court last Saturday, charged
with unlawfully killing livestock. The
complainant was William Mcdonald,
who accused them of having killed
his COW. The men were having al
celebration and wandered off onto
Alkali creek to shoot rabbits. 1t
they found none of the game
they were in quest of and took a shot
at the COW, with deadly effect. The
driver of the Lavina stage saw them
and reported the matter. 1t was made
to appear at the trial that Enens had
nothing to do with the killing. and
he raj released. Owens was found
guilty and fined $50 and costs. He
gave notice of appeal to the district
court and furnished the required
bond.
Last evening a dispatch was re-
,eived from Bozeman announcing the
VI AuolPA MuSllSI, Which, OC-
there at 4:1O in the afternoon.
Mage" Mueller, as the deceased was
Known to his friends, vas a travelling
nan representing a st. Paul firm of
grocers and made his head
here, although his home was
1t st. Paul. where his parents live.
he was a life member of Billings lodge
3. P. o. Elks. the members of which
made arrangements to forward
he body east. Tom Smith, a fellow
member and intimate friend of Mr..
Mueller, was with him when he died
md will accompany the remains to st.
Paul, going as a representative of the
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