The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-08-24

SouS anu one udug ulei. from \ NlcuSO,
Miss Edna Thomas. of Des Moines,
Iowa, Glen Harrington. of Butte, and
jessie Hall. of Virginia City. They
were fully equipped for camping trip
and will doubtless have a fine time.
They expect to be gone about two
weeks.-Bozeman Courier.
Nelson Cole and his son Bert. Jake
Nelson aud Edmund Galloway. spent
several days in the upper Madison
country. hunting and fishing. last week,
returning Saturday. They brought
back with them about 500 pounds of
fish mo affidavit furnishedl and an
abundance of birds, and while away
Mr.. Cole had a narrow escape from
being bitten by a rattlesnake. The
snake struck a him. striking him on
the leg. but fortunately without
sufficient force to penetrate the cloth
of his pantaloOns and Overalls.
Previous to joining Company D at
BOzeman last week \. j. Mckenzie
made a tour Of the state with the
Huette Musette combination which
visited Virginia about the first Of
July During his connection with the
company. Mae picked up many of the
tricks that go with theatrical people
and is now quite STACEY. He can do a
| little song and dance sketch or walk
the tight rope at pleasure. He will
probably identify himself with the
Long Brothers Of Central Ruby when
they organize their Wild West Show
County Clerk Jones received notice
from the board of equalization few
days ago to the effect that it had
raised Assessor Foreman's assessment
on cattle II per cent. and on personal
property (other than money, solvent
credits horses, cattle and Sheep 10 per
| cent. The raise on personal property
will make large amount of work for
the county officials as each item will
| require special attention and the work
on the assessment book will have to be
done again. Twelve per cent ON cattle
means raise Of from sl5.l4 to about
S17 per head.
Willie Pfohl, of Sheridan. wended
his weary way back to the valley town
Sunday. He had been to the encamp.
ment with Company ID, and thereby
hangs tale. Before he left Virginia
last winter he became q member OF
Company D, and when he located in
Sheridan he neglected to obtain his
discharge. On the day of the com
pany's departure for Bozeman he fail
ed to show up on schedule time and a
cOrpOral's guard was sent to Sheridan
TO remind him of what was to be. Mr..
PfOhl will relate the rest to those who
desire further information. Breezy
Bill' Daugherty of Twin Bridges had
similar experience.
The Kings Daughters lawn fete,
which was given on H. S. Gilbert s
lawn Tuesday evening was a success in
every particular. The grounds We're
beautifully illuminated. The booths
were attended by the following ladies'
Ice Cream-Mesdames Duncan and
McNulty. May Lowman, and Clara
Gilbert: chocolate-Mrs. Mclean. and
Fannie McGregory; candy-Bessie
Farrell, Anna Nelson; lemonade-Bar-
bara Wilson, Della Herndon: art loan
association-Mrs. Byrd, Lottie and
Mable F,,,inG The receipts were
sA.60. TIE ladies take this opportun
ity OF expressing their thanks and ap
precautions Ia Nr. Gilbert for the use
of his spacious grounds.
Messrs. Henry 5. Gilbert, +. F.
johnson and George Gohn, the com
missioners appointed recently by Judge
Showers to assess the amount of dam
ages that would result to the property
of d. E. Mccall and others by the con
den.nation of right of way for the
Parrot Company's big canal through
the property: returned from Point O
Rocks, the scene Of the property il
litigation, Tuesday evening. The
ground in question consists OF two min
ing claims one ltaitz and one placer
recently located. The commissioner.
looked over the ground carefully Tues
day morning, and adjourned to NEE
, in Virginia Wednesday, when the.
assessed the damages at s25 per claim
Marshall Eugene Stark accompanies