The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-24
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P. j. Conway of Gebo is registered
at the Grand.
r. M. Allen or Livingston is a guest
at the Grand.
Mrs. A. w. War; Of Lewistown is
"a guest at the Grand.
Stewart Polk left this morning for
Buffalo, Wyo., to be gone several
days.
Deputy Sheriff Harding has return
ed from a visit to the Musselshell
valley.
George T. Lamport of Red Lodge
spent the night in the city, returning
home this morning.
George Suis, who last season was
captain of the Grow Indian baseball
team, is among today's visitors in the
city.
Sheriff Hubbard is back from Buff
falo, Wyo., where he went after Ed
Farmer, for whose arrest a warrant
has been out several years.
News has been received that Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Sanderson Of Canyon
creek are rejoicing in the birth of a
daughter, who arrived last Tuesday
night. \
Quite a delegation of sports len
ness a prizefight between a couple of
more or less noted bruisers, which is
to take place there tonight.
w. M. Johnston, who appears as
one of the attorneys in the famous
Rock creek water litigation pending
in the district court of Carbon coun-
ty, left this morning for Red Lodge.
Henry Blakely, general freight
agent of the Northern Pacific, Mon.
ANA division, arrived from the east
this morning and is spending the day
in the city. He will leave for the
west tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Marble will
leave tomorrow for Spokane, where
they will reside in the future, Mr..
Marble having been appointed man.
ager of the branch maintained there
by the Swift company. N
Building operations which w9Te'
suspended on account of the few days
of cold weather, have been resumed
throughout the city and work on the
different new structures is being
crowded with all possible speed.
The North Coast Limited from the
west was a couple of hours late be-
cause of an accident that occurred
to the engine near Columbus by which
it was forced to make the run into
Billings with only one side working.
Jack" Surveys, forman for Pierre
Wibaux, is in the city. He had in
tended going to Texas to look after
some of Mr.. Wibaux's interests there,
but upon arrival here, concluded to
postpone the trip and return to
Miles City.
That most %despicable of all human
ity, the dog %poisoner, has been operat-
ing in some parts of the residence por-
ton of the city on the north side.
Among those who are mourning the
loss of valuable animals is e. b
Camp, whose coach dog was poisoned.
Information was received here last
evening that Fred Clark, who made
his escape from the constable at
Bridger several days ago, after having
been bound over by the United States
commissioner for stealing horses from
the Grow Indians, was %recaptured
near Bowler.
Two t%rainloads of sheep were load
ed by Rea Bros. this morning at Eos
ter and were forwarded east to be
finished for the market. Jim Fraser,
who returned only last night from st.
Paul, where he had been with anotheJ
shipment, was in charge of n of the
trains and r. A. Anderson OF the other
Locally no move has been made in
recent years by the Northern Pacific
that has met with more favor than the
institution of a regular passenger
service between this city and Rec
Lodge. Traffic is steadily increasing
and it is estimated that already the
service is more than meeting ex
penses.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Morse, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Summers, Mrs. Selbrede, Mrs
Sherman and Mrs. Smith, the latter
grand matron of the Eastern Star
returned last evening from Rec
Lodge, where they organized a lodge