The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-10
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j.. w. Kearn of Absarokee ia at the
Grand.
H. c. Aiken of Red Lodge is reg
istered at the Grand.
H. j. Armstrong of Red Lodge is
among today's visitors in the city.
G.. A. Mason, a popular boniface of
Miles City, was in town this morn
ing on his way to Kansas City.
Architect Bell came down from Hell
Vena today and has submitted his court
house plans to the county commits
sioners. OF the latter Messrs. Park
er and Deverill are in the city and at
present are inspecting the plans in
Nnother slight fall of snow occurred
Muring the night and this morning
there was a %perceptible lowering of
the temperature, but toward noon the
sun began to shine bright n warm
and the rest of the day was almost
s%pringlike in it's mildness. =
J.. G. Sherman has been on the sick
list for several days with a compiled
ton of la grippe and rheumatism. In
consequence he will not be able to go
to Miles City tonight as one of the
bowling team which will try conclu-
sions with the Milesians tomorrow.
Doctor James Reid, president of the
state agricultural college, arrived
from Bozeman this morning and is
registered at the Grand. Tonight he
will deliver his lecture, Sunshine and
Shadow" at the library, being the
second If the course arranged by the
trustees.
Ovren, Smith and Richstein have
been selected as the team to play In
the bowling contest at Miles City to-
morrow. They will leave tonight.
Owing to the sickness of Sherman it
will be impossible to send a substitute
along in case one of the trio should
fall down or be incapacitated.
Tonight Doctor Reid will deliver
his lecture, Sunshine and Shadow"
at the Parmly Billings Memorial IL
brary, being the second of the course
the trustees have arranged for the
winter. Doctor Reid is known as "a
student and his prominence in educa-
tional circles is sufficient guarantee
that the lecture will be a treat.
According to advices received from
Theromopolis, Wyo., the Bell Tele-
phone company proposes to extend its
Wyoming wire into this state to n
meet with it's lines operating in the
Yellowstone valley. The line in Wyo-
ming was extended from a point on
the Union Pacific railway to There
mopolis last year and it is said that
material is already on the ground
to complete it from there to Red
Lodge next season.
\ Tonight Billings aerie, No. l76, r.
O. E., will give a banquet and social
session in honor Of the fifth ami
versary of the order. In addition to
the members a large humble OF IN
yited guests are expected to be pres
ent and the affair promises to be one
of the most successful and enjoyable
events of the season. The Eagles have
established a reputation as entertain
ers and it is safe to predict that to-
night they will amply sustain tina
reputation.
John Dunn, former sheriff of Car
bon county, and H. G. Aiken, the
Pinkerton detective who has been
working on the Bridger bank robbery
came down from Red Lodge last ev'
enjng and left for the north this
morning. They did not state the ma
ture of their business or their destlna
ton. but it is accepted among the
local officers they are still engaged
in gathering testimony to be uses
against the men in Jail at Red Lodge
charged with the crime.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Eddy arrived
this morning from Pine City, MINI.
where their marriage took place a few
DAVIS ago. Some considerate friends
had embellished their baggage witt
the usual adornments, old shoes, slip
pers, ETC., advertising the fact OF thell
new relations. Upon arrival here thu
groom's associates at the Northern
Pacific passenger station added a few
more choice pieces, almost complete
ly covering the trunks and allowed
them to remain on the platform unit
the bashful groom called for them