The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-08-08
THE NEWS IN VIRGINIA
SEVEN DAYS IN THE so
CIAL CITY,
Various Minor Matters of Interest tn
Readers OF the Observation-Disclosures
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Mrs. Gabriel Moritz and her children
left for Butte Wednesday morning and
will remain away about two weeks.
F. j. Wallace. the Norris merchant,
accompanied by his wife and daughter,
Miss Ida, were in the city Tuesday.
! Postmaster Vickers has just received
combined cash register and cigar
case, ingenious, the mechanism of
which will be gracefully described by
the proprietor to purchasers OF cigars.
This evening the concert of the
Young Ladies' Orchestra is due and
those OF our residents who enjoy Good
music and who believe in encouraging
deserving institution should not fail
to attend.
The Democratic county central com
mittee met at the Office of w. A. Clark.
Thursday, Chairman Buford presiding.
They issued the call for the county
convention, which appears elsewhere
in this paper, and apportioned the
| representation.
Peter McGill was injured through an
accident at the Easton, Tuesday. Nc
| Gill is a miner and his foot was caught
by falling boulder. A fragment of
the large shin bone was Clipped off.
The injury, while not serious. will in
capacitate McGuill for few weeks.
John Rodgers and Will Nuenberger
went to Dillon Sunday, where they rep
resented Virginia, pre- sumably at the
circus. At any rate John now serves a
red beverage that awakens old time
memories in his place of business, and
Will Nuenberger is making an inter-
esting demonstration with three half
shells of walnuts.
w. B. Leslie and VIM. Ebbage of
Butte, Mergenthall typesetting ma
chine operators of the Butte Inter-
Mountain, passed through Virginia
Thursday on bicycles, by which method
of locomotion they expect to make a
tour OF the National Park. They will
go via Henry's Lake and expect to be
in the Park Saturday morning.
The MADIsoNIAN turned out some
very handsome bonds for school dis
trict No. p, which was recently bond
ed for improvement purposes. The
bonds were handsome specimens of the
art preservative-so pronounced by
those gentlemen of the social city who
are fortunate enough to clip coupons oc-
casionally and who know what this kind
of work ought to be-
Mrs. M. $. Cummins, one of the
principal members of the faculty of the
Wesleyan University of Helena, spent
few days in Virginia this week, and
while here was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Herndon. Mrs. Cummins is a
bright woman, thoroughly in educa-
tional matters, and made many friends
for her institution while here. Ac-
companied by her husband, who is in
the real estate business in Helena, she
is now making tour of the state.
Rev. A. b. Martin, president of the
College of Montana, at Deer Lodge.
visited Virginia City this week and
while here was the guest of Will Fehr-
ing, who is student at the college.
DR.. Martin took charge of the college
last September, and in the past year has
thoroughly demonstrated his ability as
an educator of the highest order. He
made most pleasing impression among
our people and one that will be lasting.
President Martin stated that depart
ment Of bookkeeping and commercial
law has been added to the college
course.
Tom Bluff, the man who was with
Garry Rain when he was arrested at
Norris last week, was in town Tuesday,
as witness at the Rain preliminary
examination. There are some rumors |
to the effect that Bluff had advised |
Rain to make . dght against arrest. |
These rumors he denies, and further. !.
states that he sdmonishea Rain to give |
himself up % soon - the sheriff arriv- ::
cd. and advised Rain to wire the author. !
tiles that such was his intention. He |
further states that he is friendly to !