The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-26
4 For q few minutes Wednesday after

performing rational duty. The cause
OF his temporary doubt was the ap-
pearanace Of q rattlesnake in North
Twenty-ninth street, opposite the resi-
dence OF Doctor Chapple. Vigorous
welding OF a shovel speedily dispatch
ed the reptile, which was a small one,
having only one rattle.
This morning at 2:30 o'clock the fire
department responded to a still alarm
sent in from the south side and e \.
tinguished a fire in the block bound
ed by Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth
streets and Minnesota and First ave
nues, south. The origin of the fire
is not known, as the shack is only
a mere shell, having been Quilted
by q previous fire, and has been va
can't ever since. Only the chemicals
were used in s%ubduing the blaze.
Judge Mann returned last evening
from Lavina, where he oficiated at
the marriage Of Marcus NJ. Klein and
il MH8#YM- H%N7W 30 @T-
Miss Marie Louise Locker, which
was made the occasion for an old
fashioned wedding. Because Of the
fact that the home of Mr.. Klein is To-
Gated just across the line of Fergus
county, the ceremony was performed
on this side of the river, under a
large tree, as Judge Mann's jurisdic-
tion does not extend beyond the limits
Of yellowstone county.
lEkJAt was reported yesterday that the
new fiume of the Big Ditch company
across Valley creek to replace the
one that was carried away by the
%cloudburst Of two weeks ago, would
be completed by tomorrow, consider
ably soner than was expected when
work upon it was begun. In conse-
quence of the many showers and mod
erately cool weather that has been
prevalent since the original flume was
destroyed crops below the break have
not suffered to any appreciable de-
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gree. q
In pursuance of the notice given by
him the final meeting of creditors of
the estate Of Olof s. Erickson, adj
judged a bankrupt, was held today at
the office of Referee Firth. The &C
counts Of the trustee we're examined
and allowed and an order of distribu-
ton entered. Only two of the credi-
tors participated in the distribution, |
w. Hansard and a man who had. a
claim for wages for labor performed, |
amounting to $25. The amount al
lotted to Mr.. Hansard was a little |
less than $4,000.
Complaint was made today to the !
chief OF police that G.. C. Hesnrt,, |
who has been managing the shearing
pens at Twenty-mile was an abscond- |
er. AS the story was told Heskett
came to town last Wednesday for
the purpose of getting some blank
checks, so that he could pay off the
shearers, who had gone on strike, and
also to hire a new crew. He drew
what money he had on deposit and
shortly afterward disappeared. APP
parently the last e e of him was
when he called at the livery stable
where he had his horse, which he
took and said he was going back to
camp. It is claimed that he made
way with about $500 not his own,
money he owed the snearers and the l.
with whom he boarded the
none Of whom has been paid.
This morning an attenuated speci-
men of the broncho family, drawing
, buggy, while tied somewhere on
he south side took a notion to run
away. In its flight it dashed up
TWenty-seventh street and when a few
,eet north of Montana avenue the
nan who knows all about such
.hings was there, as usual. By wav-
ng his arms and yelling It the
animal ne caused it to /.
werve from its course and take to .
he sidewalk and head straight for
! crowd standing in front of Smiths :
livery barn. A collision with a bug
". in front of the blacksmith shop !,
0 the south followed. The result :
vas that the runaway stripped itself :
t the vehicle it was drawing and :
urned into the corral of the barn, !,
eaving the buggy behind, minus one ).
wheel, which was demolished =
n the contact with the other rig. IN