Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-02-04
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T. J. Thompson
Geo. Sprandel of Billings was on
our streets yesterday.
F. B. O'Brien was a business visitor
from Butte yesterday.
Swedish Luthern services were
held IN the M. E. church last night.
Rev. Rumohr will hold services at
Rancher Tuesday night, February
9th, commencing at 7:30.
Don't forget the bargain counter at
Hopes & Potter's. You may save
money on many things you need.
Mrs. Freeman Philbrick and daugh-
tiers, who had been visiting at the
ranch near Sabra the pastthr weeks,
returned Tuesday.
The agency for the Billings steam
laundry is now in the hands of T. J.
Thompson. Leave your laundry with
him. Satisfaction guaranteed.
No. 1, passenger due here at eight
o'clock in the morning, was about IA
hours late Monday. The delay was
caused by a heavy fall of snow at
Mandan, N. D. No. 3 was taken off
altogether.
S. A. Huffman of Miles City mar
rowly escaped beingsevere1y burned
last Friday by the explosion of a
f1ash-light powder while photograph
ing the interior of one of the business
houses.
Services will be held next Sunday
morning and evening at the usual
hours at the M. E. church. AT the
morning service will be given the
monthly sacrament of the Lords sup
per. Subject of the morning sermon:
Baptism of the, Holy Spirit Eve
ming subject: ISLANDER. You are in
vited to be present.
The girls basket ball club will give
a chi1dren's MASQUERADE at the AL
exander hall, Friday night, February
18th If you fail to attend this you
will miss the event of the season. An
admittance fee of Is cents for children
and so cents for adults will be
charged. After supper, the same be-
ing free, the grown folks will have the
floor. Good music. Good time. Come.
E. E. Dennis is once again hustling
around with a view to getting togeth-
er our local minstrel talent which he
exspects to organize and instruct in
the mysteries of coontown comedy.
Forsyth has a number of specialists
in this line and under the direction of
Mr.. Dennis there is no reason why a
very good home talent minstrel could
not be put on. May success attend his
worthy efforts.
A number of railroad men were
instrumental in taking up collection
the first of the week for two children
at Junction sick with typhoid fever,
whose father had worked on the N. P.
as brakemen. The children's mother
their grandmother who has been tax
ing in washing to support them.
About $50 was raised which was sent
to the grandmother. The where
abouts of the father is at present un-
known but an effort will be made to
locate him with the hope that he will
provide for the children.
While, as rule, smallpox is a SER
ious thing and ''no joke'' in any sense
OF the term, occasionally something
will occur in connection with it viii CHI
borders on the ludicruous. Sometime
ago when the disease was in it's worst
stages, late arrival in town had oc-
casion to pass the Forsyth hotel |
Having heard that number of cases
were stationed at that place, and having
the old fashioned dread of the monster,
he was naturally feeling semewh hat
unsettled, and kept his eye nailed
rather close to the exits of the build
ing. His eye was finally attracted to
an upper window where very much
escarred face appeared. Had stick
of dynamite exploded under his feet
his change of location could not have
been much more speedy; he suddenly
developed passionate fondness for
foot racing; he knew that change of !
scenery was the only thing that would
cure him, In a few minutes time he