The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-07

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nected with the A.SL. Babcock Hard
ware company as travelling agent, has
rendered his resignation and Will
take up his residence at the Crow
agency, where he has assumed charge
OF a hardware store. After a tour OF
the Yellowstone park Mr.. and Mrs.
Bailey will bid their Billings friends
adieu and take up their home at the
agency.
For the next three months Frank
Townsend will be a guest Of the coun-
ty, that being the length Of the sen
tence imposed upon him by
Judge Mann yesterday after
noon. Townsend was arrested last
week for sneaKing into a bed room
on the south side and stealing some
thing like So from the inmate. In
stead of preferring a charge OF bur
glary against the fellow he was let
OF with simple petty larceny.
Four boys, supposed to be followers
Of the dog and pony show, were ar
rested last Tuesday on suspicion OF
having entered the residence of Grant
Lamport and stolen a quantity OF
clothing. The testimony against the
accused was not strong enough to
warrant their conviction and they
were discharged from custody. Mr..
Lamport failed to appear to prosecute.
The missing articles have not yet
bekYrecovered.
HFierre Wibaux, the eastern Montana
cattleman, is now a chevalier OF the
Legion of Honor. He has commun:-
| Gated the fact in a letter to a gentle
man at Miles City and writes that
the distinction he has gained is due
to the efforts made in his behalf by
the minister of foreign affairs. OF
400 candidates for the honor only
four were successful. Mr.. Wibaux
was one of the four. The gentleman
expects to sail from France tomor-
row.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Segur have re-
ceived notice of the sickness of their
son, Harry B., at Tacoma, of apendi-
citis. At last reports it had not been
decided whether an operation would
be necessary and pending further in
formation Mrs. Segur will hold herself
in readiness to go to her son. Since
his last visit here the young gentle
man has entered the employ of the
Northern Pacific company at the
place where he is sick. 1t is the
sincere hope of his friends that he
WILSON be on the road to recovery.
NWilliam Deal, whose ranch is near
the old site of Huntley, was in the
city a few days ago and reported that
a rain and hail storm of exceptional
violence passed yer that locality last
Monday night. He said that the d.
rection of the storm was sOutherly
and came almost due north, sweep
ing over a considerable area east and
west. The hail that fell was about
the size of pigeon eggs and cut alfalfa
and other standing crops badly.
Fences were swept away by the rush
of waters, which seemed to have had
their origin in a cloudburst to the
north.
G. w. Farr, the Miles City attorney,
who has been mentioned as one OF
the inccrporators OF the new news
paper to be published for the benefit
of the Mileslans, denies the insinua-
ton that ne is democratic when it
comes to politics. He says that he
has always been a republican, and a
consistent one, and in support OF
his statement cites the fact that he
was chairman o the Custer county
republican convention last fall. Mr..
Farr says his connection with the
new paper is purely in a professional
capacity, adding that he would not
be identified with it in any way should