The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
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class certificates.
James Wheeden, a colored gentle
man, will be the guest of the county
for the next go days. He was found
guilty by Judge Mann of having COM
mitted assault in the third degree on
a lady of his own color.
"The Tenderfoot' company, which
comes to the oper ahouse next We'd
nesday evening, is the best musical
and comedy company that has been
booked by Manager Babcock. The
cast contaius 20 people, the larges.
show ever billed in the city.
John Nolan vas tried in police court
last evening on the charge of having
disturbed the peace of Minnesota ave.
nue.. He vas found guilty and as in
the opinion of his honor the offense
was more than ordinarily provoking.
Nolan was fined $50 and costs.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Grierson OF
Rancher, this state, are visiting the
city. They are enjoying the first joys
OF their honeymoon, having been mar
ried at Forsyth last evening. Mr..
Grierson is the assessor of Rosebud
county and n of the prominent men
Of that part of the state.
l. C. Morrell, who has been manag-
ing the Northern hotel since it's open
ing last spring, has concluded to settle
in the state of Washington. With his
family he will depart for the coast in
a few days. Mr.. Morrell will be sue
caeded in the management of the
Northern by a gentleman from Omaha.
w. S. Perkins, who has been operat-
ing a sheep ranch near Moorcroft,
Wyo., arrived in the city this morn
ing for the purpose Of identifying
himself with the management of the
Billings packing house. Mr.. Perkins
family preceded him several weeks
ago in order that the children could
attend school.
IAlthough this is the first day of De-
'cember, the month supposedly signal
ing the opening of genuine winter, the
air is as halmy and mellow as in Sep
TENDER and the sun has shone all day
with the brightness of a day in June.
Up the valley many farmers are pillow.
ing and doing other work usual to
early fall. Reports from Butte an
nounce cold weather and deep snow.
Last nights fire alarm was due to
the discovery that the coal shed OF
Judge J.. D. Matheson, in the rear OF
his residence in North Thirtieth
street, had caught fire. A few buckets
o. water extinguished the incipient
blaze, the origin of which is unknown.
The shed was empty, the judge not yet
having laid in his winters supply OF
fuel. No damage was done, aside from
burning a small hole in one side of the
stfuctyre.
&othing more is to be heard con-
terning the smallpox scare, which
only a short time, ago had the more
timid people of the city worked to an
unusual pitch OF nervou apprehen-
sion. No new cases OF the disease
have developed for over a week and
only five patients remain at the isola-
ton hospital. These are recovering
rapidly and Doctor Free telephones
that he expects to close the place by
ChrItmas, unless he is sent more pa
.ccording to the report of the state
statistical bureau during the year now
IL. its last month the enormous sum Of
$!,160,341 was expended in the state
fer improvements in che way Of new
buildings and repairing old ones.
While exceeded by others in the aggre-
gate of their expenditures IN this &C
count, Yellowstone county led all
others in the amount of money spent
for business buildings, being credited
with $116,400 in this respect. The to-
ia. for such structures in the state
was SS59,438. The county was third
OF. the list in the matter OF building
school houses, churches, court houses,
etc, being created with an expendi-
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