The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-23
in VIRGINIA. TOWN
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TEllIGENCE.
DOings Of Virgin5ans md MMdisOnians
-SOclal and Personal GOssip-Thc
Unofficial Local RecOrd Of the Past
seven Days.

Sunday.
Matt Shaffer was up from Sheridan,
Monday.
Eugene Chiefly arrived from Denver.
Wednesday.
Fred Gibson was in from Meadow
Creek, Wednesday.
Mrs. Case visited her husband at
Richmond Flat last week.
Maj. Henry Filing and Sheriff Jos.
Haines spent Monday in Sheridan.
The Saturday Afternoon club o
meets weekly instead of semi-monthly.
Methodist Church, Sunday March "a.
Sunday School at 3 p. m: preaching
at 1880 p. IN.
James Letter is authorized to collect
Leiterville accounts and sign receipts
for the same.
Will A. Clark spent several days of
this week in Bozeman on business Of a
legal nature.
Miss Barbara Wilson has returned
from Central Ruby, where she has
been visiting friends.
Joe Hyde was down from Summit,
Monday. Mr.. Hyde expects a very
busy season at his camp this year.
G. A. Blakely, the travelling mer-
chant tailor of Sheridan, was in town
Monday enrOute to the Revenue cOun-
try.
In order to make room for more news
the editorial page of this paper has
been changed from the fourth to the
first page.
William O'Brien, the we'll known
commercial tourist who always does a
land Office business in Virginia, is at
the Madison House.
J. J.. Mckenzie was up from Sheri-
dan, Tuesday. He says he has uncov-
cred a three-foot vein Of gold bearing
rock on his ''Rattlesnake'' claim.
Those who are interested in the
orphans home at Twin Bridges should
CtO tlC lllCI Wow WIFI oSlluUO
Metzel in another column of this pa
per.
Placer miners are thawing out I'M
der the genial rays of the spring sun
shine and in a few weeks old Alder
gulch will be the scene of active opera
tions.
General Manager Henderson and
DR.. Van Marter will arrive from the
coast almost any time and resume eX-
%tensive operations on their properties
near summit.
Rev. Morse and wife leave for Twin
Bridges Monday morning. Mr.. Morse
will be engaged in special services at
Sheridan with Rev. Oliver for the
coming week.
Clark Anderson is in the city to-day.
Tn ere is no truth whatever in the ru-
NOR that pneumatic tires are soon to
be placed on the wheels of Anderson
Bros. coaches.
George H. Filing has closed his bus
mess college and will shortly 60 on the
road as the travelling representative
for the northwest of the King Manu-
featuring company OF Chicago.
Ed. Gohn says too many people read
the MAD1soNIAN. The graphic de-
scription of his ride down Letter hill
in a biscuit baking pan in last weeks
paper has made him notorious.
The Lotus club will give a necktie
and apron dancing party at Armory
hall this friday evening. It's next
dance, which will probably be it's final
one for this season, will be a masquer-
AIDE.
George Casey, the sage of Granite
Creek, came to town Monday to see the
Virginia sunshine and learn what was
going on in the outside world. He says
the snow is four feet deep in Granite
canon.
The new barber shop law goes into
effect at once and in compliance there
with. Messrs. Moritz, McLain and Hay
den will close their shops Sunday.
Sunday whiskers will be at a discount
in the future.
The st. Patrick's Day ball given by
Messrs Geoyd & Dauterman at Laurin
last Monday evening was a very pleas
ant affair and quite largely attended.
Quite a number of Virginia City people