The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-18
Telephone No. ,.
SHERIDAN BRIEFS,

presiding elder Of TIL. district, will be
here on the 2-,i,t OF July to hold the
fourth quarterly conference OF thi:
charge, which will meet in the after
loon Of that day nest Tuesday, and
will preach in tile evening. a general
invitation Is extended to all.
Mrs. Alex Mckay, Of Virginia City,
came down On Monday to visit her
daughter, Mr.. L. II. Herhold.
Mrs. JOAN Hatfield and children will
remove 20 the Montana mines, on upper
Wisconsin, creek, the last OF the week,
her husband having been employed
there for some time. Mrs. H. will be
missed by her friends. but The distance
is small, and we shall hope 30 see Ler
occasionally among Us.
Miss Maggie Fol1inger Was in town
Tuesday, driving & spirited horse. She
said her sister, Miss Edith.
would Don be home from Dillon, where
she has been spending some time.
Mr.. John a. Davis. the Butte bank
er. was in town Oh Monday, &--o Nh. 4.
b. Davis, Of Tile upper Ruby valley.
Rev. Smith vas quite i'll .or several
days last week.
The many friends Of Mrs. Martha
Bradshaw-who went to Iowa to spend
the summer with rclatives-will be
sorry to hear Of her almost continual
poor health since she went there, be-
ing confined to her bed most of the
time.
DR.. Edwards, the dentist, has been
doing satisfactory work here.
The potato bug-that special detesta-
ton of farmers-has made its appear
ance here. The farm owned by D. L.
Whisman (the old Goldfnch place. be-
ing visited by them in abundance. But
Mr.. Whisman does not intend to sue
cumb to ''bugs" of any sort, 50 he pur-
chased q quantity of "Paris green"
with which to give them q shower
bath, which had the desired effect of
Kidding the vines of them, the few re-
manning ones being easily captured in
"a pan and cremated-that modern mode
of burial,
Chas. Staplin and others passed
through Sheridan, Sunday, with a por'
tion doubtless a thousand head O,
more) of Filing & Hypdman's band O.
sheep, driving them to the bench
north of here, for their summer range
The storm ON Sunday. found hun
dreds of ION Of hay cut, which it we
thoroughly, but the farmers are caring
for it now, while the sun shines AM
hope to get it up in good shape, i,
spite OF its wetting.
Master Ray Wright continues to i'm
prove in health, to the JOY of man,
friends, especially his Sunday schoo
teacher, who misses him from his &C
customed place in class.
Matt Carey, the pleasant, genial an
obliging clerk, for several years. a
Filing & Co.'S, is greatly missed by thi
community, and all wish him success
in his new field IF labor in Butte City
Mrs. Lew Moore, with his family
has removed from Silver Star to Lei
e~rville, where he is employed at tn
mines.
The additional machinery FOR tn
mill of the M. G. NJ. &. M. Cos mine
on Wiiconsin creek, two miles abOI
Lcitervillc, came into town from III
lon. hy The Foster Bros freight team
on Sunday, and will be taken 10 the
destination at once, and put in runnir
order a. soon AS possible, as Manage
O. f. Wright i, anxious TO have thin|
move along rapidiy.
James Calusha's heavily load,
freight teams rolled in from Whiteha
sm Tuesday, supplying our merchan
wi,h everything needed to eat, drill
or wear
Me. and Mrs. Chas. Hill of Leits
vile, spent Sunday in town, attendi
services at the NJ. e. church.
Rev. Hooker held service ut Go
Templar's hall Sunday morning, Il
Rev. Smith at the M. f.. church. 7
storm in the evening prevented chur
service.
Mrs. narrow gave a party to the
tie people. ut her heme, on Tuesd
evening. Particulars OF the same
not received, but We presume they b