The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-01-26
TOWN TOPICS.

The Lotus club Will hop TN, evening
at Arinory hall.
Frank Woodfn came up from Sheri-
dan yesterday.
Ira Phillips and daughter Of Pony
were in the city Saturday.
Lewis Fowler and 5. +. Smith Of the
Madison we're in town Tuesday.
J. w. Sommers Of Twin Bridges was
in the city yesterday on Il legal elrand.
j. r. Briggs. a Washington Bar
mining nan was in the city this week.
Harry McCrimmon, night foreman
of the Easton. will leave for Butte to-
morrow.
Charles Walter of the Sheridan firm
of Henry Filing x Co.. was in town
Monday.
County Surveyor Mead went over to
Ennis this week and plated the Ennis
townsite. the property Of w. J. Ennis.
Hanson Caswell and Henry Cahill of
Ruby valley. passed through Virginia
Monday enroute to the Madison after
cattle.
T. A. Metzel and Chas. W. PEN
darvis of the West Fork Mining COM
pany, were in from Fuller Springs.
Thursday.
D. r. Beck returned from Butte, Mon
day. bringing with him a number OF
photographs OF the scene OF that city :
awful catastrophy.
Prof. Ackley will probably assist in
NJ. T.. mission work ali oven the state
for a time. Mrs. Ackley has gone TO
Philadelphia. where she will spend the
winter.
Tom Baker. the irrepressible repre-
sentative of a journalistic past. is ont
Of joint physically. Tom says ii is
trouble in the department of the in
terror.
Prof Ackley's concert last Friday
evening was 4 feast OF music which was
partaken OF by quite a number OF peo-
pie. \ large delegation from the Mad
ison came oven to attend II.
The delinquent tax sale began Mon
day. being adjourned from day TO day.
Tomorrow Saturday is the Tinal
grand clearance sale. when. Treasurer
Gilbert says. the sale will close.
The next big social event Will be the
masquerade ball which will given al
Armory hall on ST. Valentines day
Feb. II. 1t will be q very entertaining
affair.
II you want to keep posted on county
affairs read the correspondence de.
partment Of the M~ADISeNIAN. Cm
corps of correspondents is an all-stal
aggregation of news gatherers.
It is understood that the English
syndicate which recently purchased
the Joe Pennington mine on the Big
Hole. a few miles above Twin Bridges
will erect a stamp mill in the spring
Through the courtesy of Senator
Metzel and Assistant Clerk French, O
the house. we have for distribution 6
number of the governors message. w.
also have on file all bills printed up K
r date.
Chas. Armitage. who was in from
Ennis. Saturday says the people of tina
town have raised enough money b,
t subscription to build d public hall, tn,
construction of which will commenc,
: sortly.
!. County Clerk Barclay Jones inform
us the the receipts of his office for thu
month of December We're owe 500
: Mr.. Jones is inclined to think that tn
4 business for the coming year will pu
!, all past years in the shadow.
: Chinese New Year began last nigh
and the local Heather popped fire
crackers and swore vengeance or tn
4 impertinent little Japs across the wat
r er. Families employing Chinese serv
ants have u sympathy this morning
The MADASONIAN has for sale blanl
forms for protesting against the appl1
cation Of the Northern Pacific railrOa
company securing patent to minera
lands. For prices see display ad Q
fifth age Every mine owner if h
desires to save his property should I'll
this protest before Feb. ID.
Captain George Ref has called
meeting Of Company d for Saturda
6 tomorrow evening-to get acQualnte
with the boys. he says-as the compan
y has not met since encampment. HoW
G even our national guardsmen are We
s UP in the new regulations and 1t VIZ
not necessary for them to meet as Ofte
: as some other companies in the state.
Wiley MountJoy. the mlner-parsol
preached an eloquent sermon Sunda
evening on what St. Paul said, tW
thousand years ago, concerning tn
Is tickleness of fashion and the passin
/, away Of all things worldly. He ais
paid an eloquent tribute to the memol
:. Of Butte's heroic tiremen who M
Is death in response to the call to dut,
- 1t was a very interesting discourse.
10 Gus Rivers was swapping truths wit
)r several other worthless in Gilbert
the other evening and this was the ia
W he told: mot long ago l attempted
>" ride from Butte to Dillon, on a be
a. without cash outlay. The conduct
to came along and asked me for my ticke
,e My face is my ticket said l." al