The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-12-25
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


PThe Reverend E. M. Calvin OF Miles
|NCity was in Billings last Tuesday
for the purpose of assisting in the
organization of a society Of the Pres
byterian church. He conducted SER
vices in the evening and returned
home yesterday morning.
On petition of the administrator,
c. M. Chafee, Clerk of the District
Court Williams has made an order
setting january 5, 1904, at 10 a.. M,
as the date and time for final action
on the matter of a prayer for an Or
der of final distribution in the estate
of Henry Colwell, deceased.
Outstanding warrants to the amount
of 50 1913. "a, issued by the city against
special improvement district No. L.,
have been taken up by Treasurer
Ovren, in, payment of which he en-
ployed the money received from the
Minnesota & Montana Land and I'M
provement company in satisfaction OF
the Judgment obtained by the city
against the company.
kSIn accordance with their annual GUS
tom both the Billings Water Power
company and the First National bank
have issued some decidedly handsome
and artistic calendars for distribution
among their patrons. The banks is
ornamented with photographers OF
noted opera singers, while the com
pany gives the choice Of eight diff
ferent designs, including landscapes
i and portraits.
Carl A. Gutenberg had a prelimi-
nary hearing before Judge Fraser
Yesterday on the charge of grand
larceny. ]. T. Webb, stock inspector,
appeared as the complainant and al
leges that Gutenberg stole a mare
from Matte Rue of Carbon county,
While the case did not prove to be a
very strong one, the court felt justi'
! fed in holding the defendant to an
swer in the district court and fixed
his bond at $3.50.
: w. A.. Vale returned last evening
from a weeks sojourn in the noun
> tains and prairie to the north, bring
$ irg up the ear Of the party which
left the city q little over a week age
o in search of big game. He foune
$ the hunting excellent, in fact there
was Just a trife too much Of it fol
the results that attended it, but he Il
not complaining, as the hunt was tn
= principal consideration, game beinl
merely incidental thereto.
Sheriff Potter OF Carbon county wal
in town last evening. He brough
: back Hans Nelson, who is in Jail her
= awaiting trial in the district cour
on the charge of horsestealing. Ne
son was taken to Red Lodge to appea
+ a s a witness against Floodey Howe
! who is held there on a complain
j charging him with grand larceny
i Nelson is alleged to have been a mem
s Der of the gang of horsethieves t
s which Howe is said to belong.
GIN Tonight the Nye company, Whic
8 is playing a weeks engagement 9
i the opera house, will present DUNE
I famous Monte Cristo," for which sp'
i oial scenery is carried in order thu
) the play may. be given proper settint
Tomorrow al.ssnoon "rhe Two O
8 p1a.r- will be presented and in tn
3 evening Diamond Dick" q play {
= the border, will hold the boards. III
engagement will close Saturday ndgl
8 with '"The Belle of Manila" som
3 thing never seen here before. Pop
lar prices are charged and In cons
: quence the company has been perforr
s ing to large houses.
F. H. Beeman has begun an actit
{ in the district court to foreclose
$ mechanics lien he holds on the pref
+ ises of o. D. Annis. The complai
alleges that November Is, 1902, ]
Sperformed certain work and also fu
+ nished the necessary material reQu
ed to connect Annis' house with Il