The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-08-10

OF men at work %stringing poles all
week. The principal part OF the work
is finished and in a few weeks we
ought tc be swapping yarns by wire
with our neighhors at Laurin. Sheri-
dan and Leiterville.
It has been announced that the Aug
ust examination OF teachers would be
held in Twin Bridges at the close of
the summer Normal at that place. but
as section 1910 OF the political code
provides for the examination being
held at the county seat, it will be held
in Virginia City as announced in an
other column of this paper.
All who expect to purchase excur-
sion tickets to Boston should bear in
mind the selling date for Knight Con-
clave tickets has been changed to Aug
10th. instead of 20. The Union Pacific
offers special inducements to excur-
%sionists. 41-2t.
\ geyser party consisting OF Mrs.
Tom McTague. Mrs. Frank Conley,
Miss Annie Maroney, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Henry Harrison Adams Of
Deer Lodge, Misses E. T., and NJ. NJ.
Hennebery and Ed Hennebery Of Dill
Ion, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Corbett Of
Butte, Miss Jude Dupuis of Laurin
and Joe Michlan of Deer Lodge, passed
through Virginia Wednesday on their
way to the Park.
The regular term of the district court
will begin n week from Monday.
Under the new law, the judge selects
the jurors at the opening Of the term,
sum are not issued until after
selection. This will quadruple the
duties OF. the sheriff during the session.
In fact it is quite probable that a num-
Der of special deputies will have to be
appointed in remote sections of the
county to serve the jury summons.
Tom Baker was in town Monday.
Since Toms last visit he has become
one of the bloated stockholders of the
Twin Bridges Monitor Publishing Co.,
and in the future will be the guiding
star OF the destinles of that journal.
Mr.. Bakers journalistic ability is too
we'll known to need mention at this
late date, and his county seat cotem-
porary wishes him abundant success.
He vas here to remove his family to
his new place of residence.
The attention Of the public is. called
to the following section of the Penal
Code: Section 542, Every person who
sells or gives any tobacco, cigars, Gig
arettes or cigarette paper to any minor
under eighteen years of age, is guilty
Of a misdeamor. and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of
no @ less than twenty five dollars,
0 more than five hundred dollars, or
imprisonment not to exceed three
months in the county jail, or both such
fine. and Imprisonment, in the discre-
ton Of the court.
A. j. Bennett has in his poss ession q
document about VIII ich clings much
that is interesting. 1t is a deed con-
veying property in New Haven county.
Conn.,, and was executed before Eunice
Matthews, a relative of Mr.. Benne it's.
in 1867. 1t is written on stamped paper
Of royal insignia. which caused so
much trouble between the sturdy colo
nists and the representatives of the
king OF Englanu a few years later. 1t
concludes with the words: ''In the sew
enth year of the reign of IL SO vereign
king George III of Great Britain"
r. c. Halliday, the well known
wholesale liquor dealer, was in town
Thursday on business. Mr.. Halliday
expects to attend the Knights Templar
conclave, soon to be held in Boston,
having been appointed aid to the grand
marshal of'theparade. The Montana con-
tjngent will be better able to maintain
the dignity of the treasure state at the
Boston meeting than they were at the
time of the Denver meeting three years
ago, ample funds having been provided
for that purpose. Mr.. Halliday was
accompanied to this city by f. B. Gill
more, the veteran representative of
Her & Co., of Omaha. Mr.. Gilmore
is "A years of age, but he is as clipper
as many commercial travellers of half
his age.