The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-04
THE WEEK IN VIRGINIA
PREPARATIONS FOR THE
CELEBRATION.
Fourth Will BE a Gala Day Many Have
Arrived and More are Coming GLITTER
ing Generalities.

ing Generalities.
The county commissioners will meet
Monday, July 20, as board of equali.
zatiOn.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Pendarvis, of Upper Ruby, last
Sunday.
Walter Powers and Dwight Conger.
of Dillon, were in the city few days
this week.
Fred Allen. superintendent of the
California mine, returned from Butte
Wednesday evening.
Hon. J. NJ. Page, state land agent. is
making an examination OF the state
land in Madison county.
Miss Anna Nelson left for Butte
Wednesday morning. She will spend
the Fourth in the city of smoke.
Fred Kohls, Ben Hunter and N. V.
johnson opened up Virginia's fifth
thirst parlor on Wallace street yester-
day.
Miss Mabel Elling, who has been at
tending the Boston conservatory of
music during the past year, returned
home last Saturday.
Mrs. D. H. Wilcomb, who was in
the city few days this week, an
nounces that the county institute will
be helb October 26 to 30 inclusive
Drs. Edwards and Lee, dentists,
whose headquarters are at Billings, are
at the Madison house. Attention is
called to their ad in another column.
The ladies of the Episcopal guild
will serve ice cream and strawberries
on the day and evening Of the Fourth
in the l.. O. 7. M. hall, opposite the
court house.
Jack Feaster, the Red Bluff mining
expert who looks like Buffalo Bill and
whose voice is as sonorious as q Labra-.
dor fog horn, spent several days in the
city this week.
Services at the Episcopal church
next Sunday. Holy Communion with
out morning service) at 1880 a. m.
Evening service at 8 p. m. Sunday
school at 3p. m.
Rev. and Mrs. Bowker, Mrs. C. A.
McNulty, Miss Anna and Matthew Nell
son, returned from Bozeman Friday,
where they attended the convocation
of the Episcopal church.
Mrs. McCauley, who has been con-
Quoting boarding house in the city
for the past year, went out OF business
on the first, and will spend the summer
in recreation on the Madison valley.
James Williams and family, of Upper
Ruby, will attend the celebration to-
morrow. Mr.. Williams now has the
right to say family" daughter hav-
ing teen born in his house recently.
Mrs. G. A. McNulty has kindly con-
sented to read the Declaration OF Inde- |
penceuce, at the public exercises to-
morrow Saturday. Rev. Mountloy
having accepted an invitation to deliv.
er the Grafton at Whitehall.
II. d. Weenink, t,,e we'll known Dill
Ion photographers arrived in the city
last night and will remain to do busi-
ness for u week or two. Mr.. Weenink
is one OF the best artists in Southern
Montana, a fact to which his wor!. will
testify.
James Vanderocck expects to have
his brick, ard fairly nudec way by the
last Of next week and will burn his first
kiln of brick late this month. The
yard is located about half way between
Nevada and Adobe-own, where u su-
perior quality of clay exists.
Joe Haines returned on Wednesday
from Lig Sandy in Choteau county,
where lie is interested in the hors.
business. While there he attended to
the shipping of 300 head of horses, be-
longing to Henry Filing, George Geit-
teis and himself, which were sent to
North Dakota markets.
Frank McKeen, for the. next few I
days. beginning this (F'riday) evening,
will give grand free concerts, morning,
Afternoon and evening. he has i'm
ported Prot. Wharton, . well knownl