The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-02


ton, Doctor kinehart is nursing a de-
cidedly sore arm. For a time his
friends feared serious consequences,
but happily he is now recovering rap
idly.
The Rathbone Sisters lodge in the
city will entertain it's friends a week
from next Thursday evening by CIV
ing an old fashioned country dance.
A limited number of invitations will
be issued and a midnight supper will,
be served.
v Yesterday marked the formal OPEN,
ing of the Yellowstone National park
season and from now on a regular
procession OF tourists is expected.
The first large party of the summer
is looked for next Sunday, coming
from California.
Mrs. James Campbell, whose hus-
band is employed as engineer on the
Crow allotments, was taken to the
hospital last Sunday in a serious con
dition. The lady is suffering from
pleurisy and her friends are doubtful
as to the outcome.
After an absence of several months
G.. Emmerich, claim agent for the
Northern Pacific, has returned from
! Spokane and will make his headquar-
tiers in this city once more. p. M.
Glover, who succeeded him here, has
been transferred to Helena.
Miss Mary Brayton has returned
from Shelton, Neb., where she has
been teaching, and will spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and
! Mrs. H. M. Brayton. She expects
to return in the fall, having been
reelected for another season.
Information has been received of
the serious sickness of Hiram Alb
shire, one of the old settlers OF Lau-
rel. Rheumatism is said to be the
malady with which he is afflicted
and at last reports his recovery was
considered as being extremely doubt
Hk1feXt Sunday the delegation of Ger.
man agri%culturalists who are making
q tour of the, United States are ex-
pected to arrive from the west. They
will spend the day in the city resting
and on the following day will be taken
up the valley and shown the systems
Of irrigation and feeding employed
h~ereabouts.
In addition to the "big" game OF
ball played Saturday another took
place, in the forenoon, between a team
composed of employees of Yegen Bros
and one representing the high school
The Yegens were the victors by q
score of II to II. Sunday afternoon
the same team defeated a-picked nine
blythe impossible score of 80 to 5.
IA last the long expected CANCEL
i1g machine has been received at the
ApOSCOIlCc. IL dAAAVCu yOoeSAN~J
was Immediately set up and placed
in commission. It's introduction great
ly lessons the work Of the mailing
clerk, as cancelling stamps by hane
is more or less of a laborious jot
and not near so easy as it looks.
Continued high waters and Hood
to the southeast have badly disar
ranged traffic on the Burlington. 4
bulletin posted at the station this
morning announced annulment OF thu
passenger train from the east. Tn
exact cause of the abandonment coult
not be a~scertained, but the suppose
ton is that destruction of bridge
was responsible.
F. J.. McShane, the Omaha contrae
tor, is visiting the city. His frn
has a large contract in connection
with the extension of the Montan'
, Railroad conlpany's line from Harlow
t ton to Lewistown. He reports tina
the grade will be completed by Jul,
l Is. Work has been considerably re
tarded owing to the difficulty expe
rienced in securing sufficient mel t
prosecute it with the rapidity desired