The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-04
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ed to Red Lodge, where he will en-
gage in business. The local shop OF
the firm will continue to be conducted
by Mr.. Pearsall.
\ Material is being delivered OF the
Site of the new court house for con
struction of the foundation. A tenn
porary building has been erected in
(which to prepare the concrete that is
to furnish the underground portion
of the foundation.
With the exception of the North
Coast Limited from the west, all
Northern Pacific trains arrived con-
siderably behind schedule time this
morning. The delays were said to be
due to the stormy weather that was
prevailing to the east and west.
President Elliott of the Northern Pa
cific passed through the city Tuesday
night. He was accompanied to this
place by Superintendent Boyle of the
Montana division and was met here
by Superintendent Gibson of the Vel
lowstone division, who, with Trainmas-
! ter Rapelje, undertook to pilot him as
/, far as the eastern limit of their terri
tory.
al Dispatches received this morning
from Glendive reported the prevalence
there of a blizzard of more than ordi-
nary severity. Much snow is said to
have fallen and it was feared that con-
siderable delay to railroad traffic would
follow in consequence. The weather
was intensely cold and one prospective
shipper was advised not to send any
perishable freight in that direction I'M
til further advices had been received
by him.
Tomorrow Daniel Adams will have
a hearing before Judge Mann on the
charge of having threatened the life
of his wife, Stella Adams, at whose
instance the warrant of arrest was
issued last Wednesday. Mrs. Adams
alleges that about the first of last
month her husband assaulted her,
holding a razor in one hand and a
revolver in the other and threatening
to use both weapons to her manifest
danger and injury, an allegation sub.
stantiated by several witnesses. After
committing the alleged assault Adams
left the city and returned only a few
days ago. All the parties are colored.
General Manager Vermilyie OF the
Billings Land and Irrigation company
has returned from his former home III
the state of Washington. He ha
brought his family here and will hence
forth be a resident of Billings. Sur
veyors are still at work on the line
of the proposed canal, being at presen'
engaged in making surveys on the
bluff above the city at the point where
it is intended to build the TUNE
; through which the water will be con
Quoted to the flats below. 1t has beef
\ found impracticable to utilize the OH
state survey in it's entirety and tn
line now about decided upon will bring
the ditch several feet higher abov
the bottom of the valley. A few rights
of-way still remain to be acquired an
negotiations for them are progress
ing.
While it may have been quite col
Immediately preceding the snow storr
of three weeks ago, still the tempers
ture was not low enough and the col
Of too short duration to cause tn
ground to freeze to any ~considerabl
depth. Then the snow acted as
blanket and being followed by. war;
weather, the little frost that may hav
penetrated to a depth of a few inche
speedily left the ground and in cons
quence the grass on the range is sal
to have taken a new start and in man
places has attained a considerab.
growth. The same condition is motto
able in the city and the native gra:
in places possesses almost the verdul
of early spring. In consequence
i this freak of nature and other "sign'