The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-03


equipped mill adjacent to the property.
Charles Stewart. we'll known in this
city. has charge of the property.
The county commissioners met Tues
day and approved the railroad assess
ment of Madison county as returned by
the state board of equalization. No
other business was transacted. Rail-
road property in Madison county is
assessed at s74OOO.
Charles L. Dahler. Jr.. of Helena, a
young man who claims Virginia as the
place of his nativity. accompanied by
0. B. Hood A. L. Hotter. and J. L.
Ming. passed through the city yester-
day. They were returning from a
tour through the Park.
The Madison county teachers insti-
tnte for 1896, will be held in Virginia
City during the last week OF October.
beginning October 26, and closing
October 30. An effort is being made
to make this one Of the best and most
| profitable Institutes ever held in the
county.
Sheriff Haines returned from Bald
mountain Tuesday evening. where he
sold personal property belonging to the
company to satisfy Judgment held by
w. A. Clark. Of this city. The mine
and mill will be sold October Il. Mr..
Haines states that various properties
in that region are looking eXceedngl
well.
w. Henry Adkins. a member of the
we'll known mercantile firm of the
east side-the Isdell Mercantile COM
pany-was in the city this week Mr..
Adkins is also interested in the Proctor
Knott. q very promising prospect in
the Mineral hill district. and from
which shipping ore is now being taken.
Tom Farrell authorized the MADI-
SONIAN to announce that meeting
will be held at Armorv hall. Saturday
evening. October 10, for the purpose of
organizing an Independent non-parti-
san free silver club. The MADISONIAN
trusts that the meeting will be attend
ed by every citizen in the town who
has the cause of silver at heart.
At meeting of the Democratic Cen
. tral committee held in this city Satur-
day evening" the designations Of Hon.
S. r. Buford. as nominee for commits
sioner and Charles IT. Buford, as the
. nominee for treasurer. were accepted.
, For commissioner NJ. Elser. of Silver
Spring. and S. B. Page. of Laurin.
v were named and it is understood that
both gentlemen will accept
Registration of voters will commence
with the 18th of October and will con-
tinue until the 9th. The various
registry offices will be open daily en-
= cept Sunday. during that time from lO
O'Clock in the morning until 10 at
night. The official publication of the
. various registry agents are published
: in the MADIONIAN this week. to which
Y the voters attention is hereby called
. The city council has accepted G. w
Mead's plat of the cemetery and lots
t will be placed on sale shortly. The
y plat is very fine piece of work. The
e cemetery is divided into lots and blocks
S in regular order. and the name of the
occupant Of each grave is placed there
n on. when known. Fully half of the
+ graves are unmarked and it was i'm,
s nossible for Mr.. Mead to obtain any
). knowledge of them.
Edwin NJ. Clark. who has been the
n chemist and metallurgist for the Par
:. rot company for a number of years. re-
v signed his position this week and ha:
il been succeeded by Howard J. Wright
) Mr., Clark was one of the lucky owner:
of the Mayfower. for which he receiv
ed $4,000 as his share. which puts hin
= on the sunny side of easy street. HI
will spend the winter with his brother
y on the Snake river. Idaho.-Inter
Mountain.
A Cuban refugee is said to have beer
arrested at Ennis few weeks ago
. The affair is shrouded in mystery
>, The refugee came to Ennis about twt
:. months ago and secured work as farm
~ hand. A few weeks later another
stranger came along and secured EN-
ployment on the same ranch. The tw'
d men were apparently strangers to eact
" other. but later deyelODments disclOs