The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-06-15
vIGIN|A'S BIG Day
SHADOWS OF COMING
EVENTS.
RuslliugS Of the Wings of the Eagle
Rird-The Programme up TO Date
Some New land Interesting Feat
ures.

l. l lOtiSlu IL COllbuS loQS ullu Will
each succeeding day the ~pardonable
enthusiasm of the citizens OF Virginia
over their big celebration that is to be
becomes more manifest. And with
each week. as the programme assumes
some tangible shape the celebration
takes on a bigger form. AS
defined at a recent meeting. it will be
as follows:
At sunrise there will be a salute. by
cannon. of 13 guns.
The parade will begin at $50 sharp.
The public exercises. which will be
held in the court house. will open at
IL. Rev. Wiley Mountjoy will deliver
the Grafton and Rev. George Morse
will read the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. There will also be patriotic
music by a special choir and a solo by
Miss Grace Herndon.
At lbs p. M, the fancy bayonet drill
by a picked squad from Company d.,
will occurr.
At2 p. H., the horse racing pro-
gramme will begin. The programme
is as follows:
First ce.-44O yard dash. purse $50:
665 per cent to.winner" and 33t per cent
to second.
Second race. -3O0S yard dash, purse
500: IS per cent to winner and % per
cent to second: winner of first race
barred.
Third race.-350 yard dash. purse So
to winning horse: open to ponies only.
At 3 p. M, the tug of war between
the Hercules of Leiterville and the
Simpsons of Alder gulch will occurr.
This is one of the big features of the
} programme. The committee has hung
up a purse of $50 to the winning team
and there will be a side bet of from
5000 to $3.50 on each can
3:3O.-Bicycle race, free for all.
Prize, a cyclometer.
4:00.-Tight.rope walk by Professors
William Stevenson and Marcus An,
tonius Smythe. This will also be one
3 of the big features. The rope will be
y stretched from the top of the Madison
house to the top of the MADIsONIAN
building, fully 20 feet from terra tirma
and the performers are under contrac1
0 to do a number Of difficult feats in mic
air.
4:2O. -Obstacle foot race for boys I'M
der l6 years of age. Purse S..
Is ~4:45.-Single hand drilling match
open to miners in Madison county
Granite rock: all contestants must fur
nish steel and hammer; weight of ham
mer 3! pounds: size of steel z inch: tim
of drilling 10 minutes or each conte.
tant. Purse S25. Must be more tina
one contestant.
In the evening a grand ball will b
j. given at the court house, which will b
free and to which everybody is mos
90 cordially welcome. The court room
which is about 4OX65 will be cleare
"a and transformed into a magnificer
ball ROOM. and will be able to accom-
az MEDIATE, at least, $50 couples. A flu
orchestra will furnish the music. an
oo those who fail to attend will miss tn
event of the day.
The executive committee which con
so prises Ira French. Leroy SOuthmayt
George w. Ref. Lew l.. Galloway.
+. Pollard, James Vanderbeck. Cha
w. Mead. 2. H. Gohn and w. "
Chiefly met Friday evening and organ
~ lied by electing w. w. Chiefly, chat
man and Ira ID. French secretary. tt
- following subcommittee were the
30 selected.
SO Arrangements committee-Virgini
City.-Henry Filing. Z. Fl. Bartlett
., A. J.. Bennett, Jacob Albright, T.
"a Farrell, Barclay Jones, w. A.. CLAIR
George Gohn, Thos. Duncan, Jas. Mi
% chell. Joe Haines, DR.. p. J. Raga
80 VIM. Foreman, Robt. Hankins, O.
French. +. F. johnson and Col. J..
!" Galloway.
80 Leiterville.-T. Benton Letter, l
,o Adams.
Sheridan.-Wm. O'Brien. j.. Il. Gle
% DR.. j. II. Miller, Hon. H. d. Rooster
80 Twin Bridges. Il. Comfort, Mo
Miller, W. r. Mills, John r. Comic
Laurin.-A. Audifred, A. L. Gley
Orrin WilcOmb.
49,. Fuller Springs.--Frsnk s. Netz
Charles Kyle.