The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-02
LOCAL ANO PERSONAL

H. B. Segur, general agent of the
Burlington, returned this morning
fEs6I trip to Chicago
6/6t1A having more elk OF the male
sex than he desires, the Honorable
Paul Mccormick has arranged for
another hunt" and in a few days
expects to go to his ranch and kill
a number OF bulls.
Yesterday witnessed dis%continuance
of regular passenger trains on the
Yellowstone park division OF the
! Northern Pacific. Until next summer
a mixed train will make the run be-
tween Livingston and Gardiner.
" A civil service examiner was in the
/ city today to conduct an examination
of applicants for positions as stenog-
raphers and typewriters. Although
five applications for examination had
been filed, only one applicant put in
his appearance, Harley E. REGARD of
t39jS city.
YIN order to be prepared to accept
Ehallenges from some of the other
teams of this part of the state, the
members of the high school classes
have organized a football team and
are now practicing daily. Some good
players are developing and should a
match be arranged the Billings .colors
will be there or thereabouts at it's
! conclusion.
Yesterday the 21st annual meeting
/ OF the Montana Baptist association be-
q gan it's session at Missoula and will
continue until tomorrow. In addition
to the regular delegates many men
from elsewhere will be in attend
ance, notable among the latter will
be the Reverend Doctor R. G. Seymour
OF Philadelphia, the Reverend Frank
! Peterson Of Minneapolis and the Rev.
erend f. A. Agar of Portland, Ore.
Through her attorney, H. G. Grip
pen, Massa Longshore has begun an
action for divorce against Harlow A.
L~ongshore. Desertion is the ground
alleged. The plaintiff says she and
defendant were intermarried in Della.
ware county, Ohio, February Fl, 1864,
and that November 1, 1894, he desert
ed her at Chattanooga, Tenn, against
her will and consent and that he
has continued to. absent himself from
her ever since, this, too, against her
wishes and desire.
Ed. Murray, the alleged burglar,
was arraigned before Judge Mann
Wednesday. His hearing was fixed
for a week from tomorrow, October
10. He is charged with having broken
into the Yegen store a couple OF weeks
ago and stolen a number of razors
and other articles. He was arrested
at Livingston, awhere he attempted
to dispose of some goods answering
the description of those taken. A
razor, bearing the marx Of Yegen
Bros, was found concealed in one OF
his shoes.
At the recent meeting of the farm
ers' institute board, held at Helena,
it was decided to hold institutes dur
ing the coming winter in all coun-
ties of the state where no institutes
have as yet been held. Should this
decision be carried into effect it will
mean a convention of that kind for
Yellowstone. While much ofSthe work
done at the Institutes is by members
of the board, not a little reliance must
be placed on the cooperation of
local talent, hence it is not unlikely
that some of the more progressive
farmers and others of this. locality
will find themselves called upon for
patefs and addresses.
40 offer of a lease on decidedly
favorable terms has been made by
L. H. Fenske to the Billings Amateur
Athletic club for the room in the Sec
ond story of the building Mr.. Fenske
has erected on the site OF the old
fire station and city hall. The com
! mittee has reported in favor OF &C