The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-30
LOCAL AND


considerable mount. Denial of the
debt is made, except insofar as de-
PENDANT admits owing the concern $50.
This he declares he is willing and
ready to pay and asks that plaintiffs
be given judgment for no greater
amount.
Yesterday the Reverend Joseph ].
Bowker rector of st. Luke's church.
filed his declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States
and renounced his allegiance to Ed
Wlri VII, king of Great Britain.
Z1t is evident that the weather up
north is growing colder, as is shown
by the temperance of occasional
locks of ducks. Several of the local
nimrods made sallies this morning
azd/returned with fairly good bags.
Kan outward bound freight train col
lided with a string Of empty box cars
in the Northern Pacific yards late
Wednesday night. The result was a
supply Of kindling wood Of an expen-
sive nature, with no damage to the
train and no injury to any Of the crew.
Harry Owens was sentenced to Is
days in the county Jail by Judge
Mann last Wednesday for the larceny
of a watch. The timepiece was taken
from the vest of Charles Prince while
the garment was hanging in the lat
ter's shop. Owens pleaded guilty and
was Jet off easy.
may interest the admirers Of But
lion, j. R. Conway's noble little black,
that the game mare has added new
laurels to the crown she wears. AT
Missoula last Wednesday she was en-
tered in the 2:18 trot and took the
race in three straight heats. Time,
2IA, 2:16A and 2.17A.
Moseph Simineo, for many years
\ connected with Yegen Bros, has de-
cided to embark in business on his
own account. He has purchased the
Yellowstone meat market and will
take formal possession tomorrow,
October 1. Mr.. Simineo is no novice
in the line in which he engages, hav'
ing been actively connected with II
before he entered upon the position
which he has just resigned.
J.. w. Vaughan, supposed to have
been kidnapped by Grady and Mosiel
when they broke Jail, returned this
morning from a business trip int
northern Wyoming. He is receiving
the congratulations Of his friends OF
his narrow escape from death, mad,
all the more remarkable by the fac
, that at the time Of the jail deliver!
he was several hundred miles from
here.and totally ignorant Of the oc
.N. e. Phillips, of Pierre, s. D., al
Il lived in the city a few days ago TO
: the purpose of buying sheep for hi
Dakota range. He concluded negot1s
.ltions with T. A. Snidow for the trans
fer of a lot numbering between 400
and 5000. They will be loaded II
night and sent onto their destination
Montana sheep are in high regar
with the flockmasters Of South ID
kota, as is evidenced by their annus
pilgrimages into the state in quest
some. Mr.. Phillips is no strange
there, this being his second or thir
trip to the city, and each time b
bought largely.
Mrs. Nellie e. Drake, aged 55 year
was adjudged insane last evening .
a lunacy commission composed (
Chairman Parker of the board
county commissioners, and Doctor
Chapple and Baxter. According
the testimony of the witnesses Il
first symptoms Of mental derang
ment began to manifest themselv'
last March, since which time the U
fortunate lady's condition has stea
lily been growing worse. Loss
self consciousness and total forgetf'
ness Of immediate events are SOC
Of the manifestations. Until recent