The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-14

night en- route east to meet his wife
and daughter, who were returning
from a trip to Europe.
An order of dismissal was fled yes.
terday in the action of G. E. Dicker-
man VS.. John and Catherine r. Nc
Farlane, a suit brought some months
ago IN foreclosure of a mortgage.
F. H. Benjamin, recently connected
with the business Office of The Ga
zette, returned yesterday from Miles
City. He has about completed ar.
rangements to engage in business
there.
c. T. Gillette and +. G. Berges, re-
Gently connected with the Marshall
Field dry goods house, Chicago, have
arrived here to accept positions in the
dry goods department ofthe Donovan
Mccormick company.
H. N. Kennedy, formerly local agent
for the Northern Pacific, but now en-.
gagged in farming a River Falls,
Wis, arrived from the east yester-
day to look after some interests he
still retains hereabouts.
Suit was entered today in the dis
trict court by the Donovan-McCormick
company against John McFarlane, for
debt. Judgment is asked for $507.67,
claimed to be due for merchandise
sold to the defendant during the five
years last past.
Y6vitations have been issued by Mr..
EGd Mrs. P. B. Moss for a party to be
given next Friday evening in their
palatial new home in the West Side
addition, which will be formally open
ed for the reception of their friends
on that occasion.
In a letetr to The Gazette, dated
July 8, Glib. A. Lane, formerly of this
city, but now residing at Prosser,
Wash, writes that his eldest son,
Claude, aged 20 years, died the night
before and that Mrs. Lane and the
other son, II years old, were in very
roor health.
H. c.. .Hershy OF Minneapolis, who
holds the worlds record for blue
rocks, was in the city yesterday and
last evening gave an exhibition OF
his skill on the grounds of the Bill
ings Gun club. He is travelling in the
interest of one ofthe powder manu-
featuring companies.
Mrs. ]. H. Johnston OF Miles City
who has been visiting her parents,
Judge and Mrs. ]. D. Matheson, re-
turned home Sunday morning. She
was accompanied by her sister-in-law,
Miss Ella Johnston of Beaver, Neb.,
who has been the guest of her brother
here for several weeks.
Phil Reece, formerly of Billings,
but now a resident of Salt Lake, is
visiting relatives in the city. He is
Luc 6uCSL VI NIL. dnu NILS. JOAA ASAAOA,
parents of Mrs. Reece, who has been
here several weeks. A reception was
given Saturday by Mr.. and Mrs. Rixon
in honor of their guests.
Death has claimed another old resi-
dent of the city and a survivor of the
civil war, William Stupe, who resided
with his family at the end of South
Thirty-second street, answered the
final roll call Sunday evening, age 70.
The deceased is survived by a wife
and daughter. The funeral was held
at \ o'clock this afternoon.
Mast Saturday the woolbuyers and
railroad men were pitted against each
other in a bowling contest. The buy
ers' team was composed of Salter,
Wing, Marston, Koshland and King.
They rolled a total of 1914. For the
railroaders Potter, Enright. Godske,
Wiser and Anderson hurled the
spheres. Their was 1854.
Mrs. John StaffeK returned yester-
day morning from Europe and New
York. The weather vas excessively