The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-18
THE WEEK IN VIRGINIA
A QUIET PERIOD FOLLOW
ING THE FOURTH
But the Hot Weather Continues. the Young
Folk Observe the Time HOnOred Custom
OF Getting Married and Others Resume
Their Usual NOcations.


Their Usual Vacations.
Rev. Mountjoy will deliver d sermon
at Gaylord Sunday.
Martin Mclean, the Chinese inter-
prefer, is spending the week in Boze-
man.
Elling & Hyndman, lost l76 head of
weathers through the agency OF Sun
days severe storm.
Cora A. Grantier will give her clos
ing exercises at the Laurln public
school on Wednesday evening next.
n. S. Lilly, manager of Mrs. Smith
Twin Bridges mercantile institution,
spent few hours in the city Tuesday.
The Sheridan-V Virginia City tele-
phone line has been repaired and COM
municatons between the two towns re-
established.
The Fourth of July executive COM
1uittee found the celebration eXcheQuer
but few dollars short. which were
promptly raised.
The marriage of VIM. Price Piper to
Miss Virginia A. Brion, both of Madi-
son valley, was announced in this city
Thursday morning.
H. S. Henley left town Thursda ay
having completed vety satisfactory
job in steam fitting and plumbing at
the re, dence of banker Elling.
The city council will meet tomorrow
Saturday evening and open bids on
the city bond issue, and also bids for
the construction of the city hail.
Solomon Wiles, delegate to the Ma
tional convention Of the Peoples Par
ty, which meets in st. Louis next week
left for that city Tuesday morning.
Mrs. George w. Reif and her daugh-
ter, Miss Ella, Mrs. c. w. Mead and
Miss Luella Gainan are among the
Virginia ladies attending the encamp'
ment Of the National Guard.
Attention of wood dealers is called tc
the advertised bids for furnishing &C
cords of fire wood for the court house
which must be handed in not later thar
10 O'Clock, a. M, Tuesday 21st.
In the vivid description of a Virgin
ia City miners activity, the other day
the ''swift" is stated to have been sup
piled with bucket of ice water il
which to cool off his shovel at regular
intervals.
Company D mustered 36 strong upol
it's departure for the encampment. 3.
way of variety and discipline the cor
poral's guard had a lively chase il
rounding up recalcitrant and procras
tinating private.
The rattling bombardment of hail
stones, the other day, created almos
as much surprise and CONSERVATION a
the proclamation of the Chicago con
vention--except that the latter onl
struck the unjust.
John Goetchius, of I.aurin, report
haying of alfalfa fairly under way, bu
the grain crop will be backward on &C
count of the late spring. The hot day;
as wei! as nights, have caused a grea
rustic in the vegetable kingdom
j. w. Bennett, Presiding Elder {
the Bozeman district of the M.
church, will hold the fourth quarterl
meeting at Virginia City the 10TH an
goth of this month. viii preach SUI
day evening at p. m.. sacrament wi
follow. All are invited. T. A. Cutler
pastor.
John T.. Davis, who was in the cit
from Whitehall Monday, states ths
abo:lt 200 men are employed i'll IL
construction work at Gaylord, and
the way the work is being pushed. I'll
plant will be in running order earl
next apring. The town will probab
be plated some time in September.
OF all the musical bands that cor
peted at the Chicago convention, tn
Butte and Montana, first regiment
band was acknowledged to be the bes
Great was the ast0nishment of Il
eastern pharisees when witnessing Il
performance of collection OF exper
-nade up from common, every d.
miners. ....... -.