The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-05

Albert Smith. who has the contract
for lathing the city hall. is a light
ming striker. He is champion of Cali
fornia in his line, having a record of
pa yards of lath-34OO 5-nail lath-in
nine hours. His work in Virginia has
attracted much attention and is worth
seeing.
The official bond of Marcus Elser.
commissiOner-elect. was filed Tuesday
in the sum of 5000. The sureties
named in the instrument are VIM.
O'Brien. J. O. Moulton, A. Hyndman,
j.. II. Miller. Chas. Walter. d. l.. Whis-
man, Fred Ellinghousc. and John d.
Buck, Sr.
b. F. Bowman has filed his bond as a
dispenser of justice in the Sheridan
precinct. G.. F.. Wright and Thomas
L. Taylor say, in the penal sum of 3d.
the manipulation of the judicial mill
and see that the code is lived up to in
his neck of the woods.
The MOhegan mine al Red Bluff, is
said 10 be making al excellent show
ing. Water is the principal drawback
to mines IN the Red Bluff country and
in this instance the facilities are ample
to handle The water. Will Ward. we'll
known in this city, is in charge, and is
tpD1sk mo n fApnA nf ID MAJ,
Sheriff Haines returned from Deer
Lodge last evening. where he went a
few days ago with johnny Monckton in
custody. He says there are over 300
convicts now confined in the peniten-
tiary. a fine prison building is now
being erected, all labor on which Is
being performed by ~convicts.
At a recent meeting of Virginia
lodge |. 0. 0. F. the following were
elected to serve the lodge in official ca
pacities for the ensuing year: FEEDER
lex Bottcher, noble grand: S. r. Blu
ford, vice grand: L. F. Johnson, treas
urer: Il. j. Farrell. permanent secre-
tary; Gabriel Moritz, recording secre.
tary.
Tho Snltana, a South Boulder creek
mining property is being worked by l..
c. knight, OF California, who recently
purchased it. Very little work by the
new owner developed q ten foot vein of
$50 ore, while a smaller vein, next TO
the hanging wall goes from $75 to 1925
to the ton. The orc is Of heavy, base
pyrites. A mill is talked of in connec-
ion with the property.
Virginia Hive, X. O. T. NJ, elected
the following officers last night: Past
lady commander, Clara Gilbert: lady
commander, Mrs. G. w. Mead: lieuten-
ant commander, Mrs. Robt. Vickers:
record keeper, Mrs. Chiefly: finance
keeper, Mrs. McNulty: chaplain. Luella
Gainan: sergeant, Pearl CHM: mistress
at arms. Mrs. j. Fl. Powell: sentinel,
Ella Beaber: picket, Mrs. Bert Vickers.
Last evening Fairweather Tent, No.
II, knights of the Maccabees, elected
as officers for the ensuing term, Lew.
l.. Galloway. past commanders: Charles
w. Mead, commander: j. S. Dewitt.
lieutenant commanders: James II. Pow
ell. record keeper: Dennis Mahagan,
sergeant: Ira French, Chaplain: Luther
Buford, finance keeper: Oscar Fenner,
master at arms: John Lavelle, first
m~astert.Of the guards: James Brown,
second master of the guards: james
How, sentinel; Frederick Kraemer,
picket. The tent viii give a reception
to the members of Virginia Hive, l.. O.
T. NJ, next Wednesday evening.
William Ennis "a in the city Thurs
day. Speaking of the Gravel range
where he has considerable placer i'll
terests, he said that the work of last
summer developed the fact that the
pay was good. From several places
where the ground was prOspected
coarse gold was taken. With the early
spring Mr.. Ennis expects to resume
operations. A bedrock fume will be
run, and Mr.. Ennis is of the opinion
that bedrock will be reached by this
method after the tlume is run about 100
feet. He is very much pleased with
the showing made by his property last
year.