The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.
Dan Slayton and son are registered
at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. Smith of Gebo
are guests at the Grand.
Mrs. B. G. Shorey and Miss Bu-
chanan, who have been visiting the
l%atter's brother near Glendive, re-
turned this morning.
John Dunn, former sheriff of Car
bon county, and H. G. Aiken, Pinker-
ton detective, who are at work on
the Bridger bank robbery, gathering
testimony, were among last nights
visitors in the city, having return
ed from a trip to the north.
Last night the police rounded up
a genuine specimen Of the hobo and
gave him a place in the bridal cham
ber." This morning he was in police
court and asked for a foater, saying
he wanted only 10 minutes to get out
OF town. He was accommodated.
e. H. Talcott, president of the Ma
tional Park bank, came down from
Livingston last night and this morn
ing left for Red Lodge on Senator
Meyers special as he called the new
train that made it's initial ru., today
between this city and the coal camp.
Miss Bennington and little niece,
Miss Julia Bennighoff, have returned
from a four weeks visit to the west,
during which they visited friends at
various places in Washington and al
so spent sometime at Helena, where
they were the guests of Mrs. William
Cruise.
Sheriff Potter of Carbon county left
this morning for Red Lodge with his
prisoner, the notorious L.. M. Ringer,
whom he is taking back to be con-
fined in jail there for the third time
to await trial for attempted murder.
In view Of the fact that Ringer has
escaped twice from jail, Mr.. Potter
intimated that he would take a little
more than the ordinary precautions
to insure his presence when his case
Isl /eady for hearing.
kBne of the zephyrs that frisk and
play about Livingston became lost
today and wandered down this way,
much to the discontinue and annoy
Iance Of the people who were COMPEL
ed to be out doors. S~uffocating
clouds of dust were swirled and dash
ed about, threatening to blind and
choke all who were unfortunate
enough to be caught in them, making
outdoor existence all but impossible.
Fortunately no damage was done,
aside from blowing down a few signs
and filling houses and stores with
dirt. @N.#
A telephone message was received
this morning by I. D. O'Donnell in
forming him of the death of George
Watt, which occurred at Park City.
Mr.. Watt was Sc years of age and
had been a resident of Montana since
1884, coming here from Oregon, to
which state he went in 1867. For Is
years he was in the employ of the
Big Ditch company having charge of
the head gates of the company's
canal. He is survived by two sons
and a daughter. One of the sons and
the daughter live in Oregon, while
the remaining son resides in Utah.
Mr.. Watt was an excellent citizen and
a man greatly respected and admired
by all that knew him. The funeral
will take place tomorrow at Park
City.
The funeral of the late Wilbur j.
Mccormick took place this morning.
The body was taken to the Catholic
church, where high mass was cele-
bated. after which the solemn march
to the cemetery began. Many of the
deceased's late comrades of the Span
ish-American war attended and six
of their number, Fred Soule, Fred
Ohland, w. d. Calhoun, William Nc
Donald, John Hughes and Arthur
Hart, acted as pail bearers. Captain
rs rr~x
er, was in charge of the military cere
monies. After the casket had been
lowered into the grave a salute vas
fired and Robert Allen sounded 'taps,"
and all that was mortal of Wilbur
James Mccormick was left to mother