The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27

Laurel yesterday to visit amoni
friends for a few days.
Mrs. H. j.. Thompson and children
have returned from a prolonged visi
to southern California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Oelrich are happ.
in the birth Of a son, born to then
last Sunday, September Is.
Many residents of the surrounding
towns were in the city last evening
to attend the republican rally.
Editor Anderson of the Red oLdgt
Picket was a visitor in town last NIGH
to take in republican enthusiasm.
G. F. Gillette, in charge of the dry
goods department Of the Donovan-Mc
Cormick company, returned last Sun
day from a trip east.
MI. and Mrs. Thomas Manley re.
turned yesterday from their bridal
tour, which took them into several
of the states to the east.
J. S. Simineo, for a number OF
Vars connected with Yegen Bros,
Mas rendered his resignation to the
firm, to take effect October !.
That jovial sheepman from the
Musselshell valley, Alexander Wool.
folk, and Mrs. Voolfolk (nee RIGHT.
MANI have returned from their east
ern wedding tour.
Wins party of hunters, piloted by
Twin" Scott, left yesterday for the
headwaHers of the Boulder in quest
of big game, particularly bears, which
are said to abound in that region.
Miss Helen Rowley and Miss Esther
Bouton departed last Sunday morn
ing for the east where they will attend
school during the fall and winter.
The former went to an Illinois town
and the latter to Faribault, MINI.
Nv. H. Donovan has arranged to
erect a warehouse ON the Northern
Pacific rightof-way, between Twenty
seventh and Twenty-eighth streets.
The building is to be of brick and
stone, 5Ox66 feet, with basement.
Yesterday the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. M. Partridge, while playing
on the fire escape in rear of the
rooms occupied by the family, the
Neel house, in Montana avenue, lost
his footing and fell to the ground,
a distance of about IL feet. He es-
capped serious injury, although badly
shaken up by the fall.
An order was issued yesterday by
Referee Firth for the sale of 40 acres
of land belonging to the estate of
Frank S. Webster, recently adjudged
a bankrupt. The realty is situate near
Shawmut, Meagher county. 1t and a
rifle constituted the total assets that
remained for the benefit of Webster's
creditors after he had taken advan-
tage of the exemptions allowed him
unue q laW.
An interesting trial in which Mrs.
Amanda Reyes was defendant was
had before Magistrate Mann last Sat
urday. Mrs. Reyes was accused by
some of her neighbors of administer
ing too severe punishment to a child
which has been placed in her care
by an orphan institution at Helena. A
jury returned a verdict for the de-
PENDANT, but also found that the child
should be released from the custody
Of Mrs. Keyes.
An answer has been filed in the
case of John Horn VS.. A. .Sansome,
an action for recovery on a debt plain
till alleges defendant to owe him.
As q counter claim Sansome charges
that Horne is indebted to him to
the extent of $64O.92, alleged to be
q balance due on account. The de-
PENDANT sets up that he furnished
plaintiff with merchandise, wares and
labor aggregating $2,16o.44 and that
in return plaintiff by labor, etc., dis
charged $1,527.52, leaving the balance
demanded. On the other hand, Horn
claims that Sansome owes him s521.47
as 9 balance on the account in con.
troversy.
Among the visitors from Carbon
county to the Fairbanks and Dolliver
meeting in the city last night was