The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-21

the merger aus 1S 10 w aCCSptcu
as correct. a passenger system SINH
lar to that s;sed in handling freight :
is to b. instituted shortly. The corr !
templated service will provide for
through saeepers from Chicago to the
coast. Other MinneapOlis-Chicago
lines have late trains east after the
arrival Of those from the coast. The
merger lines have no such service
and the lack of it is felt. Now they
p to overcome the difficulty by
the innovation of through sleeping
cars that will do away with the neces-
sity for transferring at the Mississippi
river.
Wednesday evening a nan named
Langford, a stranger in the city, died
at St. vincent's hospital of typhoid
fever. Langford appeared to nave no
fixed place Of residence, although he
came here from Dakota a couple OF
weeks ago. He was accompanied by
a little boy, who he said was his son
and that he had taken him from a SIS
ter, with whom the child had been
living. The body was taken in charge
by Undertaken Settler and the boy
was permitted to remain at the hospi-
tai until such time as relatives OF
the dead man could be heard from,
effort being made to hear from some
Of them.
50 any conflicting reports nee
ing stock and the condition OF the
range in eastern Montana are heard
that it is a puzzle to form even a fair
.dea as to the real nature OF things.
Taking Custer county as an instance.
From there hardly n W persons
report the same. Only on one matter
seem to be all accounts agreed, the
scarcity of feed in the southern and
southeastern sections, wher the
range has been almost denuded by
the grasshoppers, and many of the
stockmen are moving their herds onto
the north side Of the Yellowstone,
toward the Missouri, where grass is
said to be abundant.
An officer arrived from Forsyth yes
terday with a subpoena for Philip
Bogue, whose attendance is desired at
! the session of the district court for
Rosebud county to give testimony in
, some OF the contested county cleo
! tions. One has already been decided
i and another is set for hearing Septem
Der 5. In the latter Robert Guy is
{ the plaintiff and Charles Davis de
n PENDANT, with Joseph E. Northway az
q ~intervenor. Right to the occupancy
q of the sherif's Office is the mattel
# at issue. Last fall Guy ran for sheriff
on the democratic ticket and North
" way on the republican. A tie re
h suited and Davis refused to surrende
s. the office and is still holding or
Bogue is said to have been one of tn
colonists imported from the wester
part of the state by the democrat
and to have voted Illegally.
To offset this discouraging repol
10 is another which has it that tn
ct range from the head of Sunday cree
al we'll on toward the Yellowstone prom
ises to be exceptionally good. Durin
ii the earlier part ofthe season it we
no more than a barren waste, mac
-, SO hy ,+hn fhn1yco,oJc. IF chonn d1.i We
ir there to be shorn and by the lack
le rain. Since shearing the sheep hay
been removed and copious rains hay
ey fallen, giving the grass an excellel
start, and feed will be plentiful whel
=; it was thought none could be ha
- AS a result of the improvement man
more cattle will be shipped fro
Miles City than appeared possible
the beginning of the season. OF tt
Wibaux cattle, which Case & Co.. a
running in that locality, 1000 he'
will be rounded up for the mark
and forwarded from Fallon.
Much pity is felt for the childr'
CT the late Mrs. Elmgren, who di
lat ~ h
~ is a drunken, dissipated fellow, W
70 has been fined repeatedly. in the poll
!. court for disturbing the peace a
~ is even now serving a sentence on ii
~ streets. A few days after the dea
~. of his wife he took their sewing n
III chine and sold it for a few dolla
'as getting drunk on the. proceeds. Ft
Use tunately for the children kind neie
no bors interested themselves in the
.hs behalf and cared for them tenn
1ar rarily. Tuesday evening Miss Dowd