The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-04

A. Means. E. c. Cronberg. j. L. Glenn.
J. G. Walker: Misses Annie O'Brien.
Rite Marshall and Grace Herndon, ar
rived in the city to-day.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the Virginia City post Office May
/, 1895. Allen Z. M. Akers c. c.:
Hughes H. c.: Leslie. Pearl: Ravey,
John. William Mar.
Postmaster.
Assessor Foreman returned Sunday
from a week spent in the Jefferson val
ley country. Work on the Gaylord
ditch is we'll under way, about : 0scrap-
ing teams being employed. Fluming
will begin in several places in the near
future.
c. E. Reese Won many compliments
for the manne in which he conducted
the Odd Fellows, banquet last Friday.
Everything was under his supervision,
and the in which he handled
the large crowd and kept the tables in
first class condition was specially con-
mendable.
Dick Bickferd. Bony Vike, Knute
Ellingson and George Smith out fitted
and left for the Gravelly range country
Tuesday. They expect to be away at
least two months. Dick has been talk
ing Alaska all winter but has evident
ly concluded that there is plenty of
gold for him in Madison county.
Hugh O'Donnell, general manager
of the Worlds Fair mine, has gone
fishing in emulation of the great ana
glorious Grover. He will be away five
days. He took with him his bottle,
fly and bubble, and all necessary prov
ision except butter and eggs, which he
proposes to purchase on the scene of
his exploits.
It pays to advertise. The clothes
cleaning department of J. Albright's
establishment has had all it could do
lately, much work coming from out
side points in the county, as the result
Of several small reading notices now
running in this paper. There are few
country weeklies better read than the
MADISONIAN.
The tennis club met Tuesday even
ing and elected the following officers:
W. A. Clark, president: Henry Pankey
vice president: P. H.. Gohn, secretary
and treasurer; executive committee
Ira French, Leroy Southmayd and
and Charles Mead. The new constitu-
ton and bylaws were adopted, and a
contract let for improving the grounds.
Capt. George Ref Of D. Company ex-
poets to take acracker jack rife team
to the state encampment this fall.
They T. all excellent shots ard even
this early in the season are in excellent
form. At a recent shoot Lieutenant
Rooney scored five successive bulls eyes
at POO yards, Off hand. When it comes
to shooting D company is strictly in it.
The Alemeda mill closed down for
repairs Moaday morning. The hoist
ing a mechanism was the cause OF
the shut down. The needed repairs
will be made in the course Of a few
days and operations resumed. A ~
pou0d bar Of bullion vas shipped Sat-
urday and it is understood that the re-
suit was very satisfactory to the lessees.
In its article in reference to the
Finley-Proctor stabbing at1ray at Jrnc-
ton last week, the MADISoNIAN was
correct with the exception that it nam
ed the ''stabor' as the "stabee' and
vice versa. We have since learned
that Finley did the cuttlng--not Proc
tor. After Finley stabbed Proctor,
the latter took the knife away from
him.
j. S. Dewitt has invented a match
safe which will be a boon to hotel men
and public establishments and likewise
a bane to the match tiend. 1t is model
ed something after the Washington
monument and when loaded will hold
several boxes Of matches. Only one
match can be taken at a time from the
outlet at the bottom. Mr.. Dewitt has
applied for a patent.
Will Deimling. the Ennis electri-
clan, who will probably make a propo-
sition to the Virginia-Sheridan Tele-
phone Company to build and put the