The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-27
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From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
W. +. Strait of Roundup is register
ed at the Grand.
Miss Susan Capple of Joliet is a
guest at the Grand.
Cashier Arnold of the First Ma
tional bank has returned home from q
short visit to points in Oregon.
Fred J. Mashaw and wife have sold
to Frank Hopknc lots z and 8, block
1852, Billings; consideration 81.
Mrs. c. d. Prather Of Laurel, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Strang, returned to her home this
morning.
Sale was recorded today of lots
and 3, block POI, Of the First addition
to the town of Saltwater, by w. H.
Norton and wife to Conroy Doyle.
Mrs. j. D. Matheson left this morn.
ing on a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
j. H. Johnston of Miles City. She
expects to be gone several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Clement and
children have returned from a visit
to the Pacific coast. They left here
last fall and spent the greater part OF
the time in southern California.
County Attorney Harris filed two
iaformations with the clerk of the
district court, today. In nj Edward
A. Farmer is charged with robbery
and in the other Fred Shaw stands
charged with assault in the first de-
NThe Bell Telephone company has
opened toll stations at Merrill and
Grey Cliff. In accordance with an
established custom free service was
given the residents of those localities
the FIST day the instruments were in,
1876. :
FIRED w. Handel is in the city from
the Musselshell. Mr.. Handel states
that the people of that part of the
county have experienced a rather Sc
we're winter, the contrast between
Billings and his locality being some
thing remarkable. 4
Superintendent Haviland of the
Hewitt Bridge company is in the city
today en- route to Laurel, where the
county has contracted to replace with
tubular piers the cribwork now sup.
porting the bridge across the Yellow
stone at that point.
In all likelihood a bowling team
will leave tomorrow for Sheridan to
play a return match with the men
of that place. Although the team
has not yet been made up, it will prob
ably be composed of Tschudy, SAILS.
bury and Richstein.
Special Examiner Hathhorn has
completed taking testimony in the
cases of the United States VS.. Edward
Cardwell and G. T. Thomas, accused
of illegally fencing public lands. This
afternoon hearing of the matter Of
the United States VS.. Herman Witt,
charged with the same ~offense, was
begun.
This morning Judge Mann received
a large American flag with the com
pliments of Associate Justice Mil
burn of the supreme court. The en-
promise made by Judge Milburn sew
eral weeks ago, when the other Judge
said he would make an order placing
the stars and stripes behind. the
bench of the court he presides over,
following in this respect the order
made some years ago by Judge Mil
burn. when he presided over the court
of this district.
Being unable to prove that the hay
alleged to have been stolen by him
was of the value to warrant his pros
for grand larceny, the county
attorney yesterday afternoon moved
for the dismissal Of J. w. Moore, who
was under bond to appear in Justice
court for examination, and
the case was accordingly dropped.
Another complaint, alleging petty
larceny, was Immediately filed against
Moore and his trial was fixed for
March 81. Robert Anderson is the
complainant and accuse Moore of
stolen a quantity of hay from
aim near Laurel that was left over
after feeding a band of sheep.
Ed Goodrich will have ample time
repent his amorous folly and pom
ler the trnuhle Illicit love iS likely To |