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A STEP In the right direction will lead you to.our store. We have finished invoicing our large stock and are better prepared than ever to furn ish you with good service able goods at the very lowest prices. Winter is Not Over For, in fact, it has but just begun and this means that you will need heavier clothing of every descrip tion, We can give a fit in anything. Our READY MADE CLOTHING is a pleasure to the wearer and an object of beauty to the observer. In MEN'S FURNISHINGS we have nice things for nice men. No Back Seat For us when it comes to SHOES, Those handled by us are from well known factories, about which there is no doubt of their being serviceable. As for style and comfortableness 'those are two of our trade marks. Above All Things Remember that our goods will stand the inspection of all. We are not afraid of close scrutiny by the pub lic. We are the leadersin first-class clothing. Yours for 19oo trade, LINTON CLOTHING COMPANY. LOCAL NOTES. -It's oft. Are you on? A home or investment. 41-tf SHarry B. Drum was in from La. vi a yesterday. --E. M. Hunt has charge of the Hess photo gallery. 78.9 -Wanted, a girl to do housework. Apply at this office, 78.tf C-John Rapelje of Gleudive is in the city today on railroad business. -The best perfumes, soaps and toilet articoles at Williams & Baxter's. -The Fraternal Union of America installed officers a few evenings ago. -Dressmaking done by the day. Iu. quire at residence of Mrs. Sperry. 78.4 -Saturday was payday for the 'Northern Pacific employee in this city. -Your laundry is all same like a mirror if the Billings Steam Laundry does it. 75-. -D, P. Slayton of Folsom, Mont., is in the city attending to business matters. -For a hair out or shave, done in a workmaulike manner, go to Brown & Deckert. 75.tf -Order you house numbers. Austin North, the real estate dealer, will fur. ia6 them. 76.tf W.JW. W, Bensley of Big Timber was a illings visitor Sunday. His libel suit trial comes off next month. BILLINGS MERCANTILE CO. 4 JA$UARY MIUShIN U$DER WEAR SAhE. 4 - H, great success of this sale is the stro.ngest indorsement of our efforts to give unusual values and at the same time help women to skip the drudgery of home sewing and to save money by skipping it. It isn't easy to win over careful, painstaking people; but they are our valued friends, A store does not grow by what it sclls to careless folks, who think that anything; will do, We plan for careful people, who will appreciate these better than home , made garments at less than home-made cost. GOWNS. CORSCoET COVRI. 1 .75 (owna-January sal., . 49 X ,90Conet Covers--January gle, . 10c 1.00 lowns--January sale.. .9 5 Caorset Coveran-January wale.. 1c 1.85 Gowns-January sale.. , ,9 ournet Covera-January sale.. 5o 1.78 Gowns--January sale.. . r0 rseat Covers-January sale.. 9.00 Oowns-Jaanuary sale. , , .7 oset Cvera--January ale., c 8.00 Gowne-January sale,, 1,00 t Covers-January sale.. o SIKIRTS. DRAWERS. d 1 .76 Sis-Jantaary -. ae s e, , 1 Drawers-Jnuary sale......$ 1.00 rm i-J Muary ale, , Drlrawore-r anuary sale...... , 1.8 rts anuary male., .75 rawer-anuary sa01,,, . 1r ,00 rw r - auary sale...... i.00 l-anuary l 1,9 rawera-Janury sale..,,,... . -4 0 04'aauary ,, . 1.7 Drawers-January sale....,, 1. E 4 ++ 4 + ++ +++++ + " e -William. & Baster have a fine line of stationery. - W, B, Hill of Crow Agency was a udny visitor in Billings. -Have your prescriptions filled at Williams & Baxter's drug store, -Dr, J. H. Rinehart was a profes. slioual visitor at Forsyth yesterday. -A. A. Campbell, the airoulation rustler of the Helena .ndependent, is In the city. -Save wear uad tear on your laundry by sending it to the Billings Steam Laundry. 7511. -Peters, the tailor, is still leadsig. See his suits to measure at $11, pant. at $5, and up. * -Yegeu Bros. are Handling Sheridan, Gebo and Bear Creek coal, Let them fill your orders. * F-J. F. Roobhe has acepted a position aqbookkeepor for the Billingl Water Power company, -Austin North for town lots. Low prices. Reasonable ternms. Easy monthly payments, * -F, M. Malone was up from Miles City yesterday in the interest of his road, the Milwaukeo. -Thoroughbred Plymouth Rook oockrela for olo,. Apply to Mrs, Field. ing Wilhite, Billings, 77.4t -It is reported in Gebo that Henry Burrell is to take charge of the coal property at Paynor, III, -Sheridan antd Bear (rook coal for salo by Yegen Bros. There is no better on the larket. * --Brid.or coal IN now nelling for 88.50 per too, canh. 13. W. Toole will fill your order to satiafuation. - Yon take no chances when you get work done at Brown & Deckert's barber shop. Only good artists employed, * -Mrs. Hnthhorn of Livingston ar rived in the city Sunday morning for a visit to her non, F. H. Hathhorn and wiFn. L-J. M, Rhodes of Miles City, graud muster of the A. O. U. W, of Montana, was a businuess viltor in Billings yesterday. -W. H. Simons, a prominent wool. grower of laewistown and formerly county uasessor of Fergun county, has been spending several days in the city, -The inmates of St. Vincent's ho. pital trust that if the city council de. cider on putting in extra street lights, they will not forget the front of the hospital. -Smith Broa., the famous Shields river and Mussolhbell sheepmen, have been offered 28 cents for this year's clip, which will amount to over 200,. 000 pounds. -Park County R'epublcan: Chap. lain O, C. Stull would no doubt be greeted with a good suled audience should he conclude to deliver his lee. tore on the Philippines in Livingston, -Experienced drenlmakor wants aew iug either at home or out by the day. Beat reference lu city. Address Mr.. E. F. Hart, or call at Mrs,. Hagernman ., corner Thirty.first and Second avenue nort/ 7O.s Mrs. S. A. Young, organizer of li les' auxiliaries to the lodge of Royal Highlanders, left for Livingston this morning after an extended visit in Bill. ings to her son, Frank Younug, of The Fashion. Lepr. Prickett, the osteopath, has re* oed his office to Will McCormoik's new residence, The doctor's family arrived in the city from Helena Sun day morning and are domiciled in the McCormick resldence. =-A. M. Peters returned last night from Red Lodge where he anssisted aev. eral state officers in instituting a lodge of the A. O. U. W. The new lodge starts out with a membership of eighty, and bids fair to be a grand success, -There is considerable petty thieving going on about Billings and so far the perpetrators have evaded detection. Their attention seems to be turned to the robbing of barns, taking harness, lap robes and even, in some instances, buggiles, -The revival meetings, which have been golng on at the M. E. church for two weeks, are being continued tbhi week. Reverend Stull is conducting them alone and is doing some good work, A number have beon converted and a deep interest is being taken in all the meetings. -Williams & Baxter's drug store solicits youa patronage. --. M. Hunt guarantees satisafotion in photos, near the Cottage Inn. 78.9 -_ . Freiman and B. Moore of Red Lotge were taking in the sights of a busy city last night. -B. V. Toole is selling Bridger coal for $8.50 a ton, cash It burns best and gives perfect satisfaction. -Con A. St. Clair of Butte, of the Oregon Railway & Navigation coni ph'ny, is a Billings visitor today. -There is talk of a gymnasium as sooiation being organized and a room secured for developinug athletic sports. .-0, H. Gregory, postmaster and J. J. Holland, merchant, were down from the busy coal camp of Gebo last night. -Dr. Carl Sohulin, the oculist and aurist of Helena will be here at the Grand on Wednesday and Thursday. -An elegant room for rent on ground floor, with bath nod electric light. One or two gentlemen preferred. Apply at this office. 79-4 -Judge Iioud will convene district court again tomorrow. The session will likely continue through two or three weeks. -John Kobout of Butte is in the city looking after affairs in connection with the Billings brewery, in which he is interested. -The McCormnick Mercantile com. pauy will soon resume work on a new brick or stone ware house, which was started last fall. -A great m'any houses, both business and private, have already complied wit)h the city ordinance requiring thei, to/place numbers on tbe same. IMrs. L, U. Barstow of this city, who ii an earnest worker in woman's cir cles, has been appointed state superin tendent of mothers' meetings for Mon tana, r. Prank Buckley, the genial mnana r of the dry goods department of Yegen Bros. store, went to Helena Sun day morning for a few days' visit to old fri nds, ol~ed B. Pethybridge and John Hughes are making arrangements for leaving for the Cape Nome country in the early spring, where they expect to strike it rich. -The railroads have established a rule that hereafter trunks weighing over 250 pounds will not be checked as baggage, but must be shipped by ex preds or freight. .-Bigger & Morris, stock brokers, commmeuced business today in the up stairs of the Belknap block. They have pleasant quarters and aro sure of doing a good business, -Carl Lehrkind of Bozeman is here looking after the branch house of the Boneman brewery during the absence of W. H. Sohrieber, who has gone 'east on an extended visit. -Street Commissioner Bond is get ting ready to send out notices to prop erty owners calling upon them to unm ber their houses, and specifying the number to be placed on them. / -Sheriff John Dunn of Carbon etiy was a Sunday visitor in Bill ings, being en route home to Red Lodge from Warm Springs, to which place he took an asylum patient, Rose Burns, ,All Montana has been enjoying some exceptional winter weather for several weeks past, but the weather signal hoisted over the fire hall this morning denopes a cold wave with snow, f..Word reached Billings yesterday of the death of Will Orimmins of For syth,ýa son of Jerry Crinmmons, form erly a well known resident of Junction. The deceased was a popular and promils lng young business man of Forsyth, -Dr. Townsend wishes The Gazette to announce that he had nothing to do with the purchasing of the clothing for the smallpox patients dismissed, other than to specify the sizes and color. As to the price he did not state that in his order at all. -The Cochran stone building on Minnesota avenue is being repaired and Improved for the purpose, it is ru mored, of establishing a bank, Yegen Bros. Pro Itaving the work done,.but they will nbt make anything known re garding the rumor, When approached by The Gazette reporter, C. Yegen stated that "we would have to wait about four weeks." -Wil .ams & Baxter carry Alle. grettp and Mack's candies. J. W. Biohardson, one of the prominent sbeepmeu of Lavina, is in the city for a few days. -J. B. Farlay of Dillon, represent lun the Northiwestern Mutual Life In surance company, is a Billings visitor. - When you pay your money you ex pect the best in the market for it. The groceries sold by Ben W. Toole are the best. 68-tf -W. E. Russell, formerly cashier of the Carbonado mine, but now lo cated at Diamuudville, Wyo., was a Billings visitor Monday. - You need have no fears about your shirts, collars or cuffs being fit for the party if they are done up by the Bill iugs Steam Laundry. 75.6 j..A number of gentlemen friends of F. Goddard surprised him Saturday evening at his home in honor of that gentleman's birthday. -It. gives the best satisfaction and has no equal, so say the consumers of Bridger coal, sold by Ben. W. Toole for only $8.50 per ton cash, 68.tf --., Gillette and Ben Holstern of Sheridan, members of the Burlington surveying corps, were in the city last night on their way to Wyoming. -Mrs. Hagerman has two nicely. furnished rooms for rent at moderate prices, pleasant location. Corner Thir ty.firat and Second avenue north. -The Sheridan, Gebo and Bear Creek coal are the leaders, give the best satisfaction and cost no more than others. Try them. Yegen Bros. * I--A.n was born to Mr. and Mrs. H.I. Smith, Saturday. Mother and baby are doing well, and Walker Browning is the happiest grandpa in town. -T. A. Williams, clerk of the dis. triot court, is looking after business affairs in Livingston today. Deputy VauHorne is attending to the office dutie . .~,Extra Agent Gleason has come to Billings to relieve H. U. Felaman, cash ler at the B. & M. freight depot, who has gone to his home in Beemer, Neb., for a visit. -J. M. Holt of Miles City was elected first vice-president of the third annual convention of the National Live Stock association, which met in Fort Worth, Texas, last week. The associa tion will meet next year in Salt Lake City, Utah. yA marriage license was ieassued this morning to Geo. Franklin Sargent of this city and Marie A. Morton of Liu coIn, Neb. The bride arrived from her Nebraska home last night. The couple were married today by Police Magis trate Mann. -Chaplain G. C. Stall of the First Montana volunteers has placed on ex hibition in one of John D. Losekamp's store windows, an attractive display of war and other relics, which are part of the collection he brought home from the Philippines. -A marriage license was issued yesterday to Silas E. Gates and Lydia Marshall, both of whom give their reai dence as Big Timber. The couple wanted to be married in the western end of this county and it was necessary to send here for their license. -Conductor T. P. Cullen of the Northern Pacific, who has been looking after mining interests near Pasadena, Cal,, arrived at his home in Glendive Thursday, Senator Cullen has been summoned to Washington as a witness in the Clark senatorial contest. (..rs, W. F. Cunningham arrived from Livingston yesterday to join her husband, who now holds the position of yardmaster for the Northern Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have taken the Stevenson house on North Thirty first street, recently vacated by Mr. Warren. -Rose Burns, a "morphine fiend." belonging to Carbon county, but who was sent here a number of times and each time sent back to Red Lodge by the Billings police, was last week ad. judgd insane by the Carbon county offi. loals and sent to the asylum at Warm Springs. -Conductor S. F. Scott left Sunday morning for Helena to take a passenger run on the Elkhorn branch of the Northern Pacific, Mrs. Scott, who has been visiting in Iowa, is expected home this week. It is more than likely that Mr. and Mrs. Scott will remove to Helena. ,'"Morphine Kid," who was ar ed the first of last week for burglar inng Williams & Banxter's drug store and was arraigned before Justice Kelly Friday afternoon, was turned loose at the request of the county attorney, who deemed the evidence insufflicient to con. Vfot him. -The police drag net caught seven men Saturday night for being drunk and disturbing the peace. Five were arraigned yesterday before the police magistrate, but only one confessed to the charge, The whole push was turned loose on the promise that they would do better, -W. G. Ronala of Seattle, organizer of the .ndowment Rank, Knights of Pythias, will visit Billings Fridqy of this week and in the evening will ad uress tihe lodge. Officers and members ate earnestly invited to turn out and hear Mr, Ronald, who is also a Su. preme Representative. -The Burlington road is preparing to put on a solid vestibuled train from "t, Louis to Seattle, aoting In combine lion with th'4 Northern Pacific. The ,oaches will be the finest made, eles. trio lighted and steam heated, with bshe full vestibules. The train will be put on as soon as spling opens., _- V---terc Veal, For a limited tiule we will furnish Red Lodge coal at 8.50, per ton; $8.00 fo balf ton, soromed. 1841 Douoava 6 poear A Double Greetit* The Chapple Drug Company takes this occasion to wish .its many patrons andefriends a Happy and Prosperous New Year and thank them for their generous trade, not only of the year just past, but for the past seven years. Seven years ago this month this firm started in business in Billings and the patronage which we have received during that time leads us to believe that our efforts to please are appreciated. It shall be our effort dur ing the year upon which we have just entered, to further merit your patronage, and again thanking our friends, one and all, we remain Respectfully, CHAPPLE DRUG COO. -It has been decided to put the new double service on the Northern Pacific to the coast into operation on March 1. The change in time is doubtless due to the expectation of very heavy travel towards Alaska early in the sp ring The equipment to be used on the new trains 11l be of the finest. iss Anna P. Tarbell, milliner at The Fashion, departed y st( day for Chicago to spend sevej.eeks in the wholesale ho sesl~ Iing all the new fads in vWomt 'saadgear. Miss Tar bell has ape two years in Billing,; and has made many warm friends among our people. She will not return here in the spring, but will take up her work elsewhere. --Nate Cooper returned Sunday from a trip to The Dalles, Oregon, w ore he went a couple of weeks ago purchase sheep. Wool Duyers plrbeen in that section buying optio on this season's clips at 18 an cents a pound 'and sheepmen were lding their lambs at $4 per bepd. It is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Cooper did not invest in sheep at such prises. -The Wilcox, Arizona, News notes the presence of Jepp Ryan in that town last week and that he and his foreman, J. M. Cox, went to the ranch in that valley. Mr. Cox stated that the Ryan outfit would move all their young steers from Arizona to the maturing range in Montana. They shipped two or three train loads last spring and will largely increase the number this year. The city council has been peti tioned to have a sidewalk constructed on the south side of FM rth avenue north, from Twenty-se ith to Twenty. eighth street. The/Methodist people have already bni ar walk half way be tween Tweo ighth and Twenty niuth streets and W. H. Donovan has made arrangements for completing the other half. The walk, when com pleted, will be a source of much con venience to many of our people. -"Boxy" Farrell and Jack Seaman have already begun to pack tbeir port manteaus preparatory to ,aing a trip across the briny deep fq various points of interest i Europe .d especially the city of Paris whea they will see the exposition si ht,( Every spare moment that the you men can find is put in the study of French words and their meanings, which they expect to have mastered by the time they are ready to start, and on their return they hope to be able to "walk Spanish." -Justice Fraser and a jury of six heard the case of A. M. Orawford vs. H. J. and J. W. Hall ant A. D. Will. iams in the court room Saturday. The defendants were charged with having stolen a house from the plaintiff. It seems the former had erected the house for Mr. Crawford, but the latter had never paid for it, and so early one morning they carted it away. The jury, after being out about half an hour, brought in a verdict to the effect that they thought the act justifiable, -Carbon County Sentinel: Sub Agent Campbell was over from the Pryor Creek agency this week looking up a piece of allotment land which had been claimed to have been relinquished, but of which he had no record.. While in town Mr. Campbell was asked if there was likely to be anything done toward opening up the east end of the Crew reservation for settlement. He said that while he had no authoritive information on the subject, yet he thought a move would probably be made in that direction in about six weeks. -Captain Frederick J. Mills, a brother of Rev. Jacob Mills, formerly of this city, who was charged and trihd last week for the murder of John C. O'Melveney, of Salt Lake, was ac quitted, the jury bringing in a verdict after being out only fifteen minutes. The evidence showed that while the de fendant was absent serving as an otfHler in the volunteer army of the United States, his wife and O'Melveney be came crimliually intimate. The de fendant pleaded the Utah statute which justifies the act of a husband who kills his wife's seducer and also set up a plea of insanity. --Oudy Enterprise: A nunbetr of Red Lodge men, It is said have seaured positions on a survey for a railrotad to bae rn to the Suulight miuing district by Henry Villard and the company of New Yorkers who recently purtbbhaed the 'ilver Tip mines. * * * Bill ings is to have uddltionatl railroad faoil, lties. Good, The Cody & Talooca 8. M. is also comlain to the frot., N, 8. The frontln this case means the Big Hoan basin .* * * For the past three weeks Mr., Wm, Abiahre, of Lauarel, Mont., has been dolui at aelop lug work at the Perkins minin1 camp, on the south fork of the Shoahone river., The prospects are very prommllig for a good yield of copper, eoal. Por a limited titus we wUL fu.oish Re.d Lodge eoal at $*I,0 pr te 0,00 t" ball too, omulned YS.U1 Demoema * Spsau -Thb Gazette is requested to an* nounce that the ladies of the hospital soliciting committee will call on all parties who are in arrears on subaokip tions on Friday and Saturday of, thi week. -The gtreet and sidewalk oommittee of the city council has made arrange mnents for having three stone orossings constructed for the purpose of testingr with a view to construoting all oross.. Ings of stone. The stone to be used is tb3 Alkali creek granite, of blooks, about 1 foot in length and 4 inches thick. -Agent H. N. Kennedy of the Northern Pacific left this morning for Anaconda, having been subpoenaed as a witness in a murder case. It will not take Mr. Kennedy very long to tell the jury all be knows regarding the ao oused, Ellis Persiuner, who paesed through Billings, riding on [a Northern Paclflc pass. -Austin North still has a supply of house numbers on hand, knows the, number which every house in the ol~y should bear and is the most competentl man in town to number the houses coar reotly. He guarantees to do the work right and, as the city will compel all property owners to have their .houses numbered, they can do no better than to entrust the work to Mr. North. Coal. For a limited time we will furnish Red Lodge coal at $8.50 per ton; 9.09 for half ton, screened. 718tf Donovan and Spear. ST. JOHN'S COUGH CURE Will Cure Your Cough. Sold by CHAPPLE DRUG CO. : What Is Shiloh t A grand old remedy for Cough, Colds and Consumption; used through the world for halt a century, has cured in numerable oases of incipient oonsum-. tion and relieved many in advanced stages. If you are not satisfied with the results we will refund your money. Price 25 ate., 50 ots. ansd 81.00. Sold by Chapple Drug Co. H. M. ALLEN & CO. SL1BMBER* SASH DooSe. JM'OULDINGS, SHINGLES, BUILDING PAPER, LATH, LI.E, HAIR, PLAITER, CMmENT, LINSEED OIL, MI=ED PAInR, ,GLAU, EWQ,. Next to N. P. RB. Depot, Writ, for iI I Prie d.w . Billing, MnODMI CALVES, YEARLINGS, AND STOCK COWS, I nm ireliired to furnish, under oantrout fot future delivery in Minineota at low proie, beti boof mnaklun orades of tookeor in large or small lote. Firm-brid natives, perfeot colors, gnatle and unbranded. Will deliver on board Northern Paolilo, Ioo Pwcitic or (*rwit Northern oUrs, Speiail induemnents will be given on orders of O0 to 10H,) heed. Prices, rateo of hillpping and other Infornm., tion furnished freel Address W. G. CLARKE, NEW PAYNE8VILLE, 79.mar l.4tu Im 8TEARN8 00.. MINN. DO YOU INTEND TOr BUILD You will want Plumbing Heating In your perhaps both, I o your work In a pro s anlitr mar., Huanga srim