The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-05
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A. G. Logan returned this morning
from Chicago, where he spent the
greater part of the winter with his
family. Mrs. Logan and children will
remain east until some time in June.
A good sized audience was present
last night to hear the Reverend l..
G. Clark, district missionary OF the
Baptist church. The reverend gen.
tleman will continue the services each
might for q week or ten days. The
public should hear him.
Richard Wearing of Butte, grand
eminent commander of the Knights
Templars, arrived in the cit this morn
ing to make an official visit to the
local commandery. Tomorrow night
a special meeting will be held at
which he will be present and review
the commandery.
/Nex Saturday evening, April 9, the
Maverick Hose company will hold its
annual roundup, a yearly event looked
forward to with much pleasure, not
only by the members, but also many
outside of the clan that usually are
honored with invitations to partici-
pate in the joyous affair.
Doctor Park Holland, for several
years a resident of Billings, left yes
lterday morning on a prospecting trip
tc the coast. He intends to visit all
of the more important cities from
Spokane west and if he finds things
to his liking will probably conclude
to/settle in n of them.
|Haking advantage of the beautiful
} weather, the Billings band gave it's
first open air concert of the season
last Sunday afternoon. Many availed
themselves of the opportunity to hear
some really excellent music, for the
Winters hard and systematic practic-
Ting resulted in greatly improving an
already good organization.
Patrick Haggerty, the sh%eepherder
woh died at st. Vincent's hospital
Sunday night, was buried yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from Smiths
undertaking rooms. Haggerty had
in the employ of Nolan & Thompson,
his last employers, only about a week
or so. All expense of the funeral,
as we'll as the fee for medical and
hospital attendance was borne by his
late employers.
Friday night John Garbel, a sheep
herder, was brought from Forsyth and
admitted to the hospital for treatment
for frozen feet. He was employed by
John Davidson, about 80 miles north
OF Forsyth and was out three days
before help could reach him. In or
der to get the luckless man to the
station it was necessary that he should
ride at least 80 miles on horseback,
before he could be brought to where a
wagon was awaiting him.
NStreet Commissioner Schneider has
earned the thanks of the citizens for
his energetic %endeavors to place the
streets in a passable condition once
more. To that end he is employing
a leveler of his own invention which
is doing even better work than was
expected of it. The mud that in
some of the thoroughfares made traf
fc all but impossible has dried VI
and unless rain should fall within
the next few days the sprinkler vii
have to begin his rounds.
Tomorrow evening at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Sturm in South
Thirty-irst street Miss Ella Kestme1
and James Fraser will be united il
bonds of matrimony. The bride-elec
is a sister of Mrs. Sturm and Mr.
Fraser is an employee of the Yegel
establishment. Invitations to the cere
mony have been extended to abou
so people. The officiating clergyman
will be the Reverend Miller of thu
M. E. church. The couple will go tt
house keeping in the city.
This morning the remains OF tn
late Joseph F. Myers arrived iron
Miles City and were buried this al