The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-11-27
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in the Mann house, corner First ave-
nue. and Thirty-first street.
Daniel Boone cabin was the scene
of a pleasant and we'll attended i'm
promptu dance last night that Paul Nc
Cormick, Jr., assisted by some of his
friends, arranged for the enjoyment
of his young friends as a fitting close
to the happy day they had spent.
Deputy Sheriff G. w. Harding has
returned from a visit to his ranch in
the Musselshell valley. He reports
prevailed in this locality for days past,
although the amount of snow that fell
was not quite so great as along the
Yellowstone.
In addition to the shipment made
yesterday, the Custer Cattle company
forwarded 81 cars from Ballantine the
day before. The company is closing
out it's holdings as rapidly as possible
in accordance with the announced de-
termination to retire from business,
made several months ago.
Joseph Sims, the Lavina sheepman,
who has been in a hospital at ST. Paul
for a number of weeks, is expected to
return in a few days. While absent
he underwent an operation on one OF
his hands, the chords OF which had
contracted to such an extent as to
double the fingers and render them
USELESS
NAsa result of the continued warmer
weather of the last few days the ice
fin the Yellowstone has begun to nov
and in many places the river is clear.
At Rosebud the breakup was followed
by the loss of a number of horses
The ferry and a fleet of skiffs, about
20, were taken down stream and
Nrecked.
AA1Nking advantage of the temporary
VacanX, the trustees of the Congrega
tional church have given the parson
age a thorough overhauling and also
remodeled it in many respects. 4
bathroom has been added and a fur
mace will hereafter replace stoves fol
heating purposes. Generous applica
lions of paint and new wall paper
make the house look like new.
Sheriff Quinn of Butte passed
through the city yesterday, Ell route
to Denver with a requisition for {
negress named Gould, who is charged
with having robbed a man of severa
hundred dollars some weeks ago. Dis
guised in mems clothing the woman
managed to elude the officers and i
was only by accident that she wa!
finally located and subsequently ar
rested. .
A physical argument between a cou
pie of sons of Ham, one named Oldham
ard the other Bryant, a recent grad
uate of the reform school, took plac'
at the Topic Wednesday night. In tn
sixth round the referee gave the igh
to Oldham, on a foul. The crow
did not take kindly to the decision
as it was claimed that Bryant ha'
clearly the best of the scrap and ha'
Nthe other negro all but knocked out.
Nm keeping with his custom, c. N
BaEN Nett this morning for a circui
of his sheep camps to make his annua
distribution of turkeys, oysters, ce
cry and other delicacies, which wi
be distributed among the differen
herders for their Thanksgiving dill
ner. Shipping and other matters nece'
STATED a delay this year and conse
quently the yearly feast will be a littl
later than usual, but welcome, just tn
same.
UWaite & Elliot started $4,000 shee
from Utica last week for Schuyle
Neb., near which place they have s.
cured feeding pens for the white
says the Lewistown Argus. Eightee
Thousand of the sheep were trailed
Billings, from which point they we
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