The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-08
SHERIDAN NEWS IN BRIEF.

deputy COMMANDER James was II town
Monday and tuesday hivlng his bees.
Morning services at The N. H. Church
have been DISCONTINUED by order OF the
Presiding Elder until further rotlce. Even
ing services will be held as usual.
William Dudley has opened Z blacksmith
SHOP at the Scott place, near the stage barn.
Hon. i. Carney and J. +. Davis, of Water.
100 and Gaylord, were in town few even
ings ago in search OF 81. natures to Il petit
ton to bridge the Jefferson ut the new
smelter town.
Leap Year parties are now on. A dance
given Thursday evening by the young la
dies OF Brandon, In which several of the
young people OF Sheridan took part, was a
complete success, the girls carrying out
their part of the programme with perfect
ease and grace.
Sheriff Haines was in town one day this
week to serve an attachment notice on the
proprietors OF he saloon run by the Simon
Brothers,.
Butte parties have rented room on Nam
Street to work OH q lot OF auction goods.
Poor Richard and his almanac are two un.
known quantities in that locality.
The city council met Tuesday night ut the
residence of Mayor Rightenour, and settled
all affairs up to Jan. 81. A committee was
appointed to see to securing q room tor
future meetings.
Mrs. Agnes Lawrence, who has been very
low with pneumonia, Is rapidly recovering,
DIR. u. W. RlghtenOur Is in attendance.
VIM. Reeves, late of Lett. rvilie. met with
a serious accident while on his way to
Butte Tuesday afternoon. When near
Twin Bridges the team, while descending q
hill, became unmanageable aud started to
run away. MT. Reeves, who occupied a
seat on top, was thrown to the ground and
run over by one wheel. HIS leg was badly
! CrVGhnN hot Wepn tho ankle and Enno TNr
Haviland, of v hitehall, dressed the injur-
ed member and the sufferer continued his
journey to Butte.
Matt Carey has returned. and it is now
known that the telephone message received
during his absence was a hoax.
Mrs. l.. L. Jones and Mrs. O. T. Wright
entertained 4 numerous company at the
home of the latter yesterday afternoon. 1t
WAS u Shakespearean luncheon. Principal
topics discussed, Merry Wives and The
Winters Tale.
E l.. Costin has moved down from Letter
VILE.
Rev. F. w. Keagy is in Butte on business
connected with his Church.
Charlie Mccoy, who has made his home
in Butte for some time, Is again with Us.
Miss Rlttie Marshall, who has been at
tending school at Dillon. has rel urned. The
yOuug folks will be glad to learn that Miss
hltIle 10 DaCk 10 stay.
Monday morning. &C her home on Water
Street, occurred the death Of Mrs. Susan
NJ. Gemmell, one OF the oldest Inhabitants
of the county and state. The funeral serv-
Ices took place Tuesday afternoon from the
N. +. Church. Rev. +. W. Keagy officiating.
Susan Brown, was born in Erie, Pa. on
the 9Th. of April, 1881. Al the age OF 10
she moved 20 Ctah. and Il year later was
married 10 Mr.. Gemmell, Il prominent CHI.
zen OF the then new city OF Salt Lake. In
1862 MIR. Gemmell came to Bannack, being
one OF the first TO reach the gold dlggings
of that region, In 1864 he removed TO Sheri.
dan. where he was soon joined Ov his wife
and children. Alter her husbands death,
which occurred IN 1881, Mrs. Gemmeli made
her home with her children. SIX OF whom
were at her bedside at the time OF her
death. About nine years ago Mrs. Gem
nell and her sons moved to AnacODda, but
y lNtle over \ year ago, believing her health
would be benefited, she returned to Sheri.
dan and put herself under the treatment OF
DR.. Rightenour, her family physician. Two
months ago she began to grow worse and
sent tor her daught, r. Mrs. Clarity, wto re-
NAMED with her to the time OF her death.
Shortly after her arrival in Salt lake Mrs.
Gemmell united with the Mormon Church.
and only a taw days before her d. ath she
expressed her belief in the tel cts VI that
religion.
AS 4 mother she was kind and indulgeut;
rs u neighbOr she was respected aud loved
by all. Be .ween 1864 aud 1870, When
women were rare in Montana, Mrs. Gem
nell WAS known far and lear rs q woman
to be relied upon In time OF trouble. She
leaves eight children. tour ssns and four
daughters. The former. Charles Andrew,
John Ani George lived with their mother
Her daughters were all married, one, Mrs,
A. h. Johnson. being In Colorado. The
others. Mrs. Gxrrily. Mrs. Jos, Irwin and
Mrs. JAS. Duncan, are residents OF this
9 ate, Mrs. Duncan being the best known IN
this community.
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