The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-29

ter. While not 1ully restored to
health, the lady Is much better than !
she has been for a long time.
Wednesday afternoon the members
Of the high school classes were ad-
dressed by Doctor Joseph Koshaba OF
Persia. The doctor but recently
graduated from a medical college at
st. Paul and was passing through the
city en- route to his own land, where
he expects to be a medical mission
AIRY.
Michael Daily whose home was a
few miles from the city, died Wednes-
day morning at a rooming house in
North Twenty-ninth street OF pneu-
monia. The deceased was the father
OF Jerome DAILY, the young man who
died at the same place and OF the
same disease about a week ago. The
funeral took place from the Catholic
church this morning.
George H. Smith, who is n OF the
well known young men Of the city, ex-
poets to leave next Sunday for Seat
tie, where he will take upon himself
the obligations that will make him a
member of the order OF Benedicts.
He and Mrs. Smith will return about
the middle OF next month and make
their home in q cottage in North
Tyenty.sixth street.
Among those from this city who
Vent to Helena to pay their respects
to the president was Andy Bennington,
popular night clerk at the Grand. 1t
was the first time in six years that
he took a breathing spell and the ex-
citement incident to the hurlyburly
at the capital almost overcame him.
Still, he is glad that he went and feels
| all the better for his short vacation,
Tomorrow night the Big Timber
bowling team will tempt fate by going
against the local hustlers of the lig-
numvitae and a decidedly close con-
test is expected. 1t was hoped to make
the match a triangular affair, as Liv-
ingston had promised to send down
a representation, but word was receiv-
ed yesterday that the men from the
Windy City could not get away.
This evening the Woman's club will
give it's annual banquet in honor OF
the close Of the clubs year. The
affair will take place at Elk's hall
and promises to be even more enjoy
able than any Of its predecessors
In addition to the gustatorial and
musical programme, the members
will present a Shakespearean sketch
taken, from The Tanning of the
Snr9w." Attendance will be limited
toHnembers and their escorts.
WShipment of cornted stock into the
klondike is evidently regarded as {
profitable business, judging from the
number of such shipments that have
passed through here recently. Las
wednesday, Hight d CIdlLlOdu VI IAo
sort of animals arrived over the Bur
lington and after being unloaded an6
fed here were recarred and sent west
to Seattle, where they we're to be for
warded by boat up to the Yukon.
C. F. Stocker of Terry was a visi
tor in the city yesterday.
II NItsds now fairly we'll demonstrated
NtkM the losses to cattle in northern
because of the recent severe
storm in that section will not be ST
great as was at first estimated. SOM
of the outfits report a loss of abou
20 per cent, while others give a mucl
smaller percentage. The herds tha
suffered most were among the late,
shipments from the south. Some o
the southern cattle that were caugh
in transit Jared badly. In one or tW'
instances the loss reached almost 81
per cent.