The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-02

the mercantile establishment of r. Q.
ments necessary in the make up" of
the successful business man.
David Keneally. one of the pioneer
placer miners of Alder Gulch. was in
town Monday settling up the Harding
estate. of which he is administrator.
Mr.. Keneally is now operating on Wis
cOnsin Creek above Sheridan and *
poets the coming season to be a busy
and profitable one for him.
Mayor Weed of Helena. who. before
the Fourth legislative assembly met.
was a prominent senatorial possibility.
was a Virginia visitor this week. He
was here on legal business concerning
the Revenue mine of Richmond Flat.
Mr.. Weed is a very pleasant gentle
man and made many friends during his
sOioWn in the ancient capital.
George Gohn has added a pork
packing department to his meat mar
ket and has now in process of curing,
for the summer trade. the ~carcasses of
about 20 hogs. Mr.. Gohn believes in
keeping as much money in circulation
in Madison county as possible and buys
his pork from Madison county ranch
present supply.
st. Paul's church, Virginia City.
Friday. March lst. Litany and Peni-
tential service with address 1870 p. m.
Choir practice after service. We
would like the boys and girls as we'll
as adults to come and help us. Sun
day, March 3. service with holy COM
muniOn and sermon at II a. m. Sunday
school and Bible class at 3 p. m. and
evening service at 1870 o'clock. Rev.
David Homes, Rector.
A silent. CLASSY momento of brilliant
journalistic triumphs of the past. aban-
doned by its owner in the days Of his
a%tfiuence, was found in one of the dusty
drawers of a desk of the MADISONIAN
Office a few days ago. 1t was a deserted
''store eye" Of an eX-editor of this
journal and strange to relate. it shed
no tears of joy when it met the man to
whom it was once attached and from
whom it had long been separted. A
reunion was affected.
The Ladies' Reading Circle will hold
its first reading at the home of MI. and
Mrs. George GOhn, tomorrow (Satur-
day. afternoon. The society will be
the guests of Miss May Gohn. A va
ried programme will be rendered, and
papers on the principle characters of
Shakespeare "Merchant of Venice"
will be read. Every member attend
ing is required to do something toward
the entertainment of the society.
"A couple of Montana turkeys re-
Gently killed had taken into their aris-
tocratic craws to assist in deglutition
l3 valuable sapphires, several ounces
of gold and just enough silver for
change. 1t is now fashionable among
Montana poultry to have jeweled in
teriOrs and it is estimated that the en-
ulous fowls of the new state have with
in II months of 1894. scratched up and
swallowed $1l ,637, 5l4.6 90 worth of gems
and precious metals. ''-Omaha Bee.
Ras Rochester has decided to sell his
mercantile establishment at Laurin
and leave the county. He will locate
in Spokane Falls, Washington. Mr..
Rochester has been very successful
and has accumulated in a very few
years, in the neighborhood of $50. 600.
He offers his place of business for sale
at reasonable terms. and proposes to
close out his stock of goods at cost.
Nh. Rochester's many friends will re-
greet to learn of his intended departure.
Next Friday evening the Lotus Club
will give a hard times ball. This is
not necessarily a fling at the present
administration. but comes from a de-
sire upon the part of the trustees of the
club to give Lew. Galloway, Tom Pol
lard, Ward McAllister French and
other members of the Long Tail Club,
an opportunity to shine in all the glory
of ragged splendor. The occasion will
be a unique and pleasant one. Any
gentleman wearing a boiled shirt will
not be admitted.
Lewis Michner, a member of the
Pioneer Society of Montana, died al his
home near ROZeman Last Monday