The Billings gazette. [volume], April 04, 1899, Semi-weekly, Image 3

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SOT EVERYTHING, but ai
great many things. New
fads are opened.every day. Stop
Is N Wl and see us when you pass and
I. N l.. ook around for novelties. Ask
to see our 85c Kid Gloves, our
at the 75c and $1.oo Wrappers, our
Ladies' Shoes, $1.75, $2.75 and
Fashion ? $3.50. NO SPECIAL SALE,
but every day. S
BILLmNS. MoNT. LEE EISENBERG.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINS.
WEST BOUND.
SARRIVES. DEPARTS
Mail No. 3........... 105 a. i. 1:15 a. m
Mail No. 1...........10:03 a. in. 10:13 a. mn
EAST BOUND.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS
Mail No. 4...........10:55 p. m. 11:05 p. in
Mail No. 2........ ... 5:50 a. inm. 6:00 a. n
RED LODGE BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS
Aocommodation...... .7:00 p. m. 6:30 a. in,
DailyExcept Sunday.
GEBO, $RID8ER & CARBON BRANCH.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS,
Accommodation ........:30 p. in. 7:30 a. in,
Daily except Sunday.
H. N. KENNDY, Agent.
BURLINGTON TRAINS.
FAST BOUND.
DEPARTS,
Passenger No. 42. ............... 8:30 a. In.
Freight No. 46.... .............. 10:05 a. n,.
WEST BOUND.
ARRIVE.,
Passenger No. 41..................7:03 p. in,
Freight No. 45 ....................6:00 a. m,
J. L. HARRINGTON, Agent.
BILLINGS POSTOFFICE.
General Delivery... 8:00 a. in. to 7:00 p. in,
Sundays ............ 9:00 a. In. to10:30 a. in,
Money Order Dept.. 8:00 a. In. to 5:30 p. in,
MAIL CLOSES.
Train No. 1-Western ............ 9:30 a. in,
Train No. 3-Western ............ 9:00 p. m.
Train No. 2-Eastern............ 9:00 p. In.
Train No. 4-Eastern ............ 9:00 p. in,
Train No. 42-Burlington ........ 8:00 a. In.
rrain No. 21-Red Lodge, Mont.,
and Big Horn county, Wyo.... 9:00 p. In,
Stage-Lavina and north ......... 6:45 a. mi
Stage-Pryor and south.......... 6:45 a. m.
L. F. BABCOCK. Postmaster.
LOCAL NOTES.
-iud Cafter the election it rained.
-The Racycle-the wheel of 1899.
-Matt Murphy of St. Paul was here
over Sunday.
-W. R. Hall, a merchant of Re(
Lodge, was in the city today.
fJ. E. Edwards, the Junction mer
c nut, is in ,thb city on business.
-Mrs T. P. McDonald and daughter
were down from Bridger yesterday.
-Sim Roberts, the Carbon counts
tockman, was in Billings yesterday.
-A girl baby was born to Mrs. Harr3
Scott of Lavina yesterday in this city.
-Mrs. Ed. Butler and Mrs. Fred
Peacock of Gebo visited in Billings yes.
terda.
Peter Yegen has been on tie siclk
list for a week with a bad attack of the
quinsy.
-Dr. J. E. Free was called tc
Columbus this reprning on professional
business.
-Peters, the tailor, is still leading.
See his suits to measure at $15, pants
at $5, and up. *
-Miss Brown of Park City has comt
to Billings to act as under-milliner al
The Fashion..
-E. H. Johnson of Miles City, live
sotck agent for the Northern Pacific, i.
in Billings today.
'%C. M. Bair returned Sunday from
a trip to Helena and Winston, where he
went on business.
-Read the Mercantile company ad.
this week. It gives an interesting
story of the store.
-J. W. Newton has gone to Big
Horn county, Wyoming, to look after
his sheep interests.
-J. J. McCormick visited his Crys.
tal Springs coal mine lats week for the
purpose of paying his men.
BILLINGS MERCANTILE CO.
*- C ONSTANT IMPROVEMENT is the watchword here. We are continu
ally setting a higher standard and never resting in the effort to provide
you with the best of everything-qualities, styles, service-coupled with
the lowest prices on all goods. Our cramped store space and limited facilities
have prevented us from doing full justice to numerous lines of goods advertised
,4" for sale; we have greatly added to our sales force and are now better equipped
than formerly and will continue to inaugurate special sales that will in every way
be worthy of the highest consideration we will claim for them. The manage
ment of a progressive dry goods business is not an easy task and enough faults
creep in daily to knock all the conceit out of us; but next day finds us diligently
striving to prevent a repetition of 1he same mistake. In fact, it is only by dili
gent and constant effort that a wide-awake, up-to-date, progressive business can
be successfully carried on. Untiring exertion is necessary to improve the sys
tem of service, to secure the best goods and to place them before the public at
the very lowest prices. To this efficient service of the community we are con
stantly devoting our best energies. There never was a time when your self
interest guided you here so constantly-there shall be-no time when that interest
is served as well elsewhere. -
/Fred Kreidler, the efficient court
stenographer for Judge Loud, is in at
tendance at court in this city.
--Iarl Simmons of Helena was here
yesterday disposing of Northern Pacific
railroad lands to anxious buyers.
-Mrs. A. H. Kellogg of Red Lodge
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James
McCormiok in this city over Sunday.
d Hayden, who formerly con
d ated a barber shop in Billings, has
accepted a position with Ed. Brown.
-Austin W. Warr. secretary of the
Montana Hardware company of Lew
istown, was "doing" Billings yester
day.
s. W. J. Stratton left Sunday
for he Musselshell country to spend
the summer with her sister, Mrs. John
McVey.
-F. P. Fleming, a prominent busi
ness man of Glendive,; was in Billings
last week en route to Texas for a short
sojourn.
-John Griffith and his company
spent Sunday in Billings, not leaving
for Livingston until yesterday forenoon
on No. 1.
-Sam Jackson of Big Timber, the
big deputy United States marshal,
visited Billings Saturday on official
business.
-Howard F. Welsh, civil engineer
for the Gebo coal company, was in the
city Saturday night taking in "The
Avenger."
-Go to W. B. George for fire and ac
cident insurance. He represents the
largest line of fire insurance companies
in the state.
-S. H. Hardin of the cattle firm of
Hardin & Campbell of Sheridan, whose
range is on the Crow reservation, is in
Billings today.
-Henry Burrell, manager of the
Carbonado and Diamondville coal
mines, is in the city today en route
home from an eastern trip.
-Mrs. J. M. Fox alid Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Alderson were down fro.,: Red
Lodge Saturday night to see John
Griffith play "The Avenger."
-E. A. Wilson of Livingston is a
new employe of the Northern Pacific
in" this city, filling the position of night
operator and assistant ticket agent.
-School convened yesterday after a
week's vacation and the scholars and
teachers feel refreshed and better pre
pared for the spring work before them.
-A. Shovelin, P. Collegan and Mr.
English of Butte were in the city today,
the guests of Manley & Jensen while
on their way home from a trip to Red
Lodge.
-Ben Hager, the Butte sewer con
tractor, as well as manager of the
Columbus sandstone quarry, is looking
after business matters in Billings for a
few days.
-H. B. Segur, the genial general
agent of the Burlington, has been batt
ling for several days with a siege of
sickness, which has succeeded in keep
ing him indoors.
--he excavation work for Dr. Sel
brede's new residence on North Tweu
ty-seventh street has been commenced
and will be rushed as rapidly as the
weather will permit.
-J. R. Yates, who is interested
with Mr. Walsh in the wholesale
grocery business in Butte, will assist
Millis & Walsh of this city temporarily
as a traveling salesman.
-R. B. Thompson, a former flock
master of Highfield, Mont., but who
nmoved to York, Neb., last year, is
spending a few days among Billings
friends and aoquaintances.
-0. E. Millie, who will have charge
6f the wholesale grocery house of Millie
& Walsh, expects to bring his family
.to Billings from Red Lodge just as
soon as he can secure a house.
-Mr. McLaughlin of Chicago ar
rived in Billings Sunday and is now in
the employ of the A. L. Babcock Hard
ware company, having accepted the
position vacated by T. J. English.
-Yegen Bros. purchased the Sperry
bankrupt stock yesterday for 8410 and
W. B. George will have charge of the
store to close out the goods. He will
open up for business in a few days.
-Miss Katherine Elmore returned to
Billings last week from Lewistop,
Idaho, and, is now visiting in Carbon
county. She expects to leave in a few
days for her home at Alliance, Naeb.
-H. E. MoCrea, a former operator
in this city, but who has been at Ash
land, Wis., for several months, returned
last week and is once more holding
down a key in the Western Union office.
-W. J. Crimminus of Forsyth has
rented a portion of the store room oc
cupied by Mrs. Driscoll's millinery
stock and will open therein shortly a,
stock of dry goods and ladies' furni -
ings.
--Many a Billings lady wa disap
pointed in not being enabl to wear
her Easter bonnet on und . But the
new headgear will ke d on the first
pretty Sunday it will seen in abund
ance.
-The regular monthly meeting of
the city council will be held in the fire
hall tonight, Mayor Smith presiding.
The newly elected city officials will not
take their seats until the first meeting
in May.
-City Marshal Jack Bond is a pretty
good persuader and succeeded in get
ting the brea and r hoboes to
work at cleaun o tie crossings yes
terday. after theb utterly refused to do
it last week.
-Work in the Gebo mine is being
rapidly pushed with the elelctric breats
mining machines, opening up entries so
that the getting out of coal may be ex
pediated when the tipple machinery is
ready to load cars.
-William Dick of Red Lodge ar
rived in Billings last week and has as.
sumed a position as -shipping and re
ceiving clerk in the wholesale grocery
store of Millis & Walsh, which opened
in this city Saturday.
V"Calamity Jane" has been in ~own
te past few days, having come down
from Bridger. It is said that she is
looking for her husband, who, a week
ago, skipped for parts unknown with a
younger and handsomer girl.
-Mrs. H. S. Williston and little son
arrived last week from Cleveland,Ohio,
and together with Mr. Williston have
once more taken up their residence
among us. They have moved into their
own house on North Twenty-ninth
street.
-Jos. Zirinski, yesterday, before
Clerk of the District Court T. A. Will
iams, took out a ranch declaration upon
an unnsurveyed island in the Yellow
stone river at a point where the North
ern Pacific railroad crosses the river
east of Billings.
ur esteemed contemporary, the
Bfflings Times, has gotten above
ground, having leased the new brick
block of P. H. Smith, opposite this
office. Editor Morris moved his outfit
Saturday and is now nicely installed in
his new quarters.
-The Racycle which Messrs. Allen
and Van Horne have on exhibition at
T. W. Humphrey's jewelry store is
creating much inte 5a'and some dis
cussion in ed bic-le world of Billings,
in which, htwever, the Racycle easily
has the best of it.
-Winston Prospector: C. M. Bair,
who was conductor on this division of
the Northern Pacific six years ago, and
who is at present interested in a valua
ble gold mine in Alaska, where he
spent the last summer, was doing busi
ness in camp the first of the week.
-According to the Red Lodge
Picket, Ellis Alvin, a clerk at the
Hotel Spofford in that city, quit the
service of that hostelry very suddenly
last Saturday and departed for Billings
the same day in order to avoid meeting
an exasperated and angry husband.
-0. K. Smart and family passed'
through Billings yesterday en route to
Hunter's Hot Springs, where they go
in the hope of, Mr. Smart benefiting his
health. Mr. Smart is a prominent,
flockmaster of Meagher county, but has
been at St. (loud, Minn., all winter.
-The I. O. O. F. unorganized lodge
(of Bridger will celebrate the eightieth
anniversary of the order in that camp
on April 26. The members in Bridger
are making preparations for a big time,
the entire day to be appropriately ob
served and to close with a grand ball in
the evening.
-Dr. W. H. Iliff, who was recently
injured in Minneapolis, is improving
and will be able,to return to Montana
about April 20. He is slowly recover
ing, but had to decline the invitation
of Bishop Joyce to visit the New York
conference and take part in the evang
elistic rvices.
iss Edythe V. Gamble, the danc
inf instructress, has issued neat invi
tations for a grand ball to be given at
the Armory ball on Friday night.
There is to be a prize waltz as well as
a prize cake-walk two-step. Those
who.love to trip the light .fantastic toe
are anticipating a pleasant event.
2 -Fred Bachelder, who was recently
appointed a deputy sheriff of Carbon
county, left, last week to assuz etbe
duties of l'is offce. He will attend to
the pheriff's work at Gebo, Bridger,
Joliet and Carbonado. Mr. Bachelder
is well kinown throughout the county
and will make a most efficient officer.
-Mr. Wilcher, who, until recently,
has been employed at Manhattan,
Mont., has accepted a position in the
hardware department of Donovan &
Spear's store. Mr. Wilcher is a son of
Mrs. C. H. Barstow and has a number
of friends in Billings who will be-glad
to hear he is to remain in our midst.
-Manager Hungerford of the Bill
ings Telephone company is being kept
busy placing new telephones in the resi
dences and business houses about town.
Twenty-five new subscribers are to be
placed on the list just as soon as the
new 'phones arrive. Telephone connec
tion has already been made with the
hospital.
-Uncle Sam is fixing up his fences,
as is noticed by the numlber of gu
that are being sent to the Paultic ast
to be mounted for coast defense Dur
ing the past week sev im use guns,
thirty feet in length a d ch occupy
ing a car constructed ecially for its
transportation, have passed through
Billings.
-Jesse B. Fulton, one of the leading
actors with the John Griffith company,
is an old friend of H. A. Bradt of Bill
ings, the two young men growing to
manhood in the same city-Beatrice,
Neb. Fulton has been associated with
some of the leading theatrical com
panies and is, beyond a doubt, one of
the rising young actors.
-W. J. Kain, the wholesale fruit
man, left yesterday on a business trip
to his fruit ranch in the North Yakima
valley, in Washington. From there he
will go to Tacoma and accompany his
family soon to Billings to make this
place their future home, Mr. Kain hav
ing rented the residence just vacated by
W. J. Stratton on South Thirty-first
street.
-T. J. English, who has been an
employe of the A. L. Babcock Hard
ware company of this city for a couple
of months past, has accepted a position
in Spokane with the wholesale hard
ware firm of Holly, Mason, Marks &
Co., having charge of their sporting
goods department. Mr. and Mrs. Eng
lish will leave Billings tomorrow for
their new home.
-Messrs. Millis & Walsh ha e
opened their wholesale grocery hous in
the building formerly occupie by
Toole & Vaughan as a wareho e, and
will temporarily occu that ntil the
brick building which he will erect
especially for their own urgose can be
completed. The firm has a ready re
ceived four carloads of goods, while
ten more are en route.
-R. W. Brown, who arrived in Bill
ings a couple of weeks ago from Lin
coln, Neb., has decided to remain here
permanently, having accepted a posi
tion as salesman with tbe Billings Mer
cantile company. Mr. Brown is a
salesman of some years' erperience and
will, no doubt, add popularity to the
general dry goods emporium with
which he is conneo td.
-Helena, Bozem n and several other
Montana cities hate organized what
are called city im lovement societies.
The object is to tlean and beautify
their respective citi s and forward pub
;ic improvements Billings should
have some organi t' of this kind.
There is one thing, least, that should
engage the attention of our citizens,
and that is the cemetery west of town.
-John Reece of the firm of Reece
Bros. & Waltz, who are the principal
contractors oh the new canal being con
structed from the West Gallatin at
Bozeman, purchased eleven teams of
horses in this city last week. Mr.
Reece says that there has been quite an
advance in the price of horses during
the past year, and sunob teams as could
be bought for $80 one year ago are now
worth $125.
-Frank McCormick came down
from the Crystal Springs coal mine
Saturday night to attend to businesp
masters. He says the report in the Car
bon County Sentinel relative to his
making Gebo his future home is wholly
untrue, as he is still satisfied with Bill
ings. Mr. McCormick talks some of
making some e.tensive improvements
to his hotel building, the Cottage Inn,
this spring, but nothing definite has
been decided.
-Last Thursday a large member
ship of the mothers' department of the
Woman's club met at the hbme of Mrs.
I. D. O'Donnell. The line of study
now is "The Child." Mrs. O'Donnell
in answeripg her subject, "Sleep,"
read a fine artiole by Dr. Mary Wood
WANTED!
Some person to write advertisements. We want plainly
written, truthful accounts of our stock and prices. We
want advertisements that will tell the people how we
can serve their interest. We have a first-class stock of
Spring Medicines. of Paints, of Kodaks, of Stationery,
in fact of'anything found in a Drug or Stationery Store.
We want advertisements to show the people what we
have and why we can make the best of prices. There
are still a few people who do not know how low our
prices are. We want someone to tell them.
Very truly yours,
CHAPPLE DRUG COMPANY.
Allen.. Mrs. Whitney:read an interest
ing paper on "Home Employment for
Children, Exercise and Fatigue." Mrs.
Prizelle read an article ,on "Children's
Gardens." The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Stebbins April 6.
-Wmi. Foerschler, who has been a
traveling representative for the whole
sale grocery house of J. A. Stromberg
of Butte for the past three years, has
accepted a like position with Millis &
Walsh of this city and will make his
initial trip for his new firm this week.
He has been succeeded by J. H. Hay of
Missoula, whom he was introducing to
his customers in Billings yesterday.
Mr. Foerschler has been making his
home in Livingston, but will remove
his family to the Magic City just as
soon as he can find a house.
-Meeteetse (Wyo.) News: Prepara
tions for the shearing pens have begun
at Meeteetse. The freight rates from
Red Lodge to Boston on wool by the
Northern Pacific railroad is $1.52.
This will enable the sheepmen to lay
their wool down in Boston for $2.12
from Meeteetse: besides giving them
the advantage of the Billings wool
market. One of the Meeteetse business
men was sent to Billings to ascertain
if t B. & M. railroad would give
better rates than the Northern
Pacific and if so the wool will be
freighted to Billings instead of Red
Lodge.
-D. . Buchanan is in receipt of a
letter from Albert S. Hicks of company
C. Montana volunteers, says the Liv
ingston Enterprise. The letter way
written at Manila, February 4, and
therefore prior to the engagement in
which the brave soldier received a
severe lung wound. The letter con
tains considerable information, among
other things the solider's view of the
United States permanent ownership of
the Philippines. He is opposed to this
country retaining those islands against
the wishes of the. Filipinos, and states
that it is essentially a rich man's coun
try and not the place for opportunities
to poor men.
-The little-hamlet of Columbus, lo
cated on the extreme western edge of
Yellowstone county, says the Yellow
stone Journal, is to be congratulated on
the possession of the quarries that will
furnish the stone for Montana's new
state capitol building. After a critical
comparison with other Montana stones,
the Columbus sandstone was adjudged
to possess the most durable qualities
and was thereupon selected for the con
struction of the building. Such a cer
tificate of merit will undoubtedly serve
to bring the Columbus stone to the at
tention of builders all over the state
und lead to the development of a large
business there.
-An important stock and ranch
deal, involving about $25,000, was con
eummated in Red Lodge the past week,
says the Picket. The deal was made
between W. B. Nutting and J. N: Tol
man and T. A. Blackburn, and consist
ed of the transfer of the former gentle
man's ranch and stock on Bennett
creek, fifteen miles southeast of town,
to the gentlemen last named. The
Nutting ranch consists of 320 acres of
land, with water rights and other im
provements, and is a most valuable
piece of property. The band of sheep
numbered something like 6,000 head
and there were a number of head of
blooded cattle, the stock from which
they were raised being shipped in from
Missouri.
Alfalfa Hay for Sale.
Inquire of Donovan & Spear. 98-tf
Milliner Apprentice Wanted
At once at The Fashion. Apply at
the store. Lee Eisenberg.
Moki Tea positively cures sick head
ache, indigestion and constipation. A
delightful herb drink. Removes all
eruptions of the skin, producing a per
fect coinplexion, or money refunded.
25 tents and 50 cents. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
LOCAL ADVERTISING.
Under this heading we will publish
notices for 15 cents per line for the first
insertion and 10 cents per line for each
subsequent insertion. A special rate
will be made for notices running one
month or longer. No advertisement
taken for less than 2.5 eents.
WANTED.-Sewing by the day in
families. Inquire first door north
of Billings Steam Laundry. 1
WANTED-By two steady young men,
positions on a ranch, sheep ranch
preferred. Address Frank Bryant, care
B. & M. depot, Billings, Mont. 996
ROOM FOR RENT - A flrnished
room on North Twenty-sixth street.
Inquire of Gib. A. Lane. 1
PIANO FOR SALE.-Kimball up
right. used a short time, just as per
fect as when neti. Do not want to ship
it east, so will sell for just one-half of ori
ginal cost. O. P. Nash, at Loeekamp's
store, shoe department. 94f'
I. M. ALLEN &.J.
SASH, DooRs.
IMOULDINGS,
SHINGLES,
BUILDING PAPER,
LATH, LIME,,
HAIR, PLASTER,
CEMENT,
LINSEED OIL,
bMIXD PAINTS,
GLASS, ETc.
Next to N. P. R. H. Depot,
Write for iin* Uni
BPrice. d-w ana.
DR. SELBREI E
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Parlors Over
Chapple Draq Co. Billings, ont
Finest aotel
in the
Yellowstone Yalley
THE GRAND
George F. Bennighoff, Prop.
Rates on Application,
BILLINGS. MONT.
j3elmonico
J stauria t
VAUGHAN'S OLD STAND
A First-Class Restaurant, open at
all hours.
Bakery in Connection.
JOS, PARQUE & CO., Props.
GRU WELL & GASS
LIVERY BARN
Has Been Refurnisbed.
Supplied with.th -
Single' and D"b i.bIgs