The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-08-31
as,who is now sight seeing in the Park,
will accompany them.

will accompany them.
Wiley Mountjoy left for Helena
yesterday to attend the fifteenth annual
session of the Montana Christian
Association, which meets in that city
Sept. 4 to 9 inclusive, and of which
the Rev. Wiley is secretary.
George Leinenwebber has secured
position in Anaconda and will remain
there. Mr.. Leinenwebber is quite pop
ular in Virginia and his friends here
will regret that he has taken up his
residence in another locality.
John Robbins. who suffered a severe
fracture of both legs by an accident
which occurred in the Pacific about
three months ago, come out on crutches
last week, and will probably be en-
tirely we'll in the course of six weeks.
Perry Mead was killed by a cave in a
mine near Bannack Thursday evening.
Particulars concerningthe sad event are
very meagre. The deceased was about
30 years of age and married. He was
the son of DR.. Mead and had resided in
Bannack since the early days.
The French and Gohn fishing expe-
dition fractured all previous records as
we'll as several fish poles on their trip
to the Upper Madison last Saturday.
What they didn't catch were run down
by Barclay Jones and Thomas Duncan
and the Lowman-Nelson expedition.
Prof. Hall, who spent the greater
part of his vacation with relatives in
Gallatin County, returned to Virgi inia
Monday. The professor attended the
Gallatin County Institute, held at
Bozeman last week. The institute
was conducted on the eastern plan and
quite successful.
A. E. Wilcomb, of Twin Bridges, ex-
poets to have managerie on exhibi-
tion at the fair. He was in town Thurs
day and took James Vanderbeck's elk
back to the Bridges with him. Among
his other animals he will have a bo-
vine freak-a calf possessing three
horns, three eyes and three nostrils.
The force on tn. Easton mine is being
increased to about 40 this week and
Superintendent Hugh O'Donnell is
quite busy in consequence. The mill
force augments this number to a total
Of so employees, which is quite respect
able, and a matter that is announced
with great pleasure by the MADISON
IAN.
w. H. Wright has just returned
from Butte, bringing back with him
the returns on five ton shipment OF
rock taken from the new Union Mine.
The ore netted s66 in gold to the ton
The mine is located on Mapleton hill
in Granite Country. Mr.. Wright and
his associates will ship by the car load
in the future.
Two mining deals of considerable
Importance were consummated at Pony
last week. Nelson & Reynolds sold
the Old Joe mine to Butte capitalists,
and the Last Chance mine owned by
A. J. McKitrick was sold to an eastern
syndicate. The consideration in either
sale is unknown. A mill is shortly to
be erected on the Last Chance.
Henry and Nina Bennett will attend
school at Ithica, New York, this win
ter. They left for the scene OF their
school work Wednesday, being accom-.
panied to Whitehall by their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Bennett, and Mrs.
Benefits mother, Mrs. Prout, who
spent the summer here, and who will &C
from Whitehall to her home in Deel
Lodge.
1t will be matter of regret to many
to learn that Rev. George E. Morse, M
E. pastor for this city, has been assign
ed by the conference in session thi:
week in Helena, to White Sulphur
Springs. His place will be taken by
F. A. Guiles, of Park city. Other coun
ty appointments are as follows: Meadow
Creek, G. D. King; Sheridan, J. Rogy
Twin Bridges, S. A. Oliver.
The Virginia public schools viii
open Monday September 16, with Prof
L. D. Hall as principal, Miss Josephine
McCloud in charge of the intermediate
department and Miss jeanette Davis
primary. The school board, on accoun
of the unsettled condition of the schoo