The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-01
IN VIRGINIA TOWN
BRIEF BITS OF LOCAL IN
TELLIGENCE

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ttons ON BIake's Hole-Local Hap
penings Of the Past Seven Days
Personal Mention.
Mrs Robert Ogden, Of Sheridan, is
visiting friends in Virginia.
Charles Reese is spending a few days
at Fuller Springs as the guest of Frank
Metzel.
Mrs. Adeline Laurin has been APP
pointed special administrative of the
Laurin estate.
Thomas T. Taylor, and family of
Sheridan, spent a few days with Vir-
ginia friends this week. Mr. Taylor ex-
poets considerable activity in mining
around Sheridan the coming summer.
J.. G. Vanderbeck closed up his place
of business, the Crescent saloon, Satur-
day night. He has a notice in another
column asking all in arrears to him to
walk up to the captains office and
settle.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
Morris returned to the city Tuesday
after a short tour on official business.
Nh. Morris states that Clancy, the new
mining town in Jefferson county, is as
suming metropolitan airs.
Thomas Teal and Frank Keeling
passed through Virginia Sunday en-
route to Leiterville from the Ruby
creek placer diggings, in which both
are interested. Mr.. Teal represented
the owners of ten placer claims in that
section and it is understood that the
wner of these claims are about to
consolidate their interests and form a
company to push the work of develop
ment during the coming season.
The second quarterly meeting of this
conference year will be held in the
Methodist church at Virginia, Satur-
dav and Sunday, Feb. l and .. Quar-
terly conference, Saturday Feb. l at 3
D. m. Sunday morning league aud
Sunday school as usual. At 3 D. M,
}. w. Bennett, presiding elder, will
preach at Adobetown, and a. 7:30, p.
M, Sunday: at Virginia, followed by
sacrament Of the Lords supper All
will be welcome.
Prof. Bert Starks, the trainer who
recently came out from the east and ac-
cepted a position On the breeding farm
of Amsden & Brookman, gave an exhi-
bition OF his horsemanship at one of
the Upper Ruby ranches one day this
week. The animal operated on is a
well-bred, beautiful mare, seven years
old, and intensely vicious. She would
kick, bite. and strike. but after two
hours work she was so thoroughly sub
dued that she was driven Off in an old
cart, and went away as docile as though
drawing a cart was an everyday occur-
n with her. The exhibition was
witnessed by a crowd of well-pleased
horsemen.
County Attorney Galloway and Sher-
If Haines were in Twin Bridges Mon
day in attendance upon a hearing be-
fore Justice Gould, which was brought
against Isaac Hansen of Rochester un-
der the statute requiring individuals
who make threats against life to give
bonds to keep the peace. The county
attorney was present on behalf of the
state, Judge Lott appearing for Han
sen. McClay swore that Hansen had
driven him from a mining claim at the
point of a revolver, had called him
vile and scurrilous names and told him
he would kill him the next time he
saw him around the claim in question.
Hansen, the accused, swore directly
opposite, stating that he had not talk
ed with McClay at any time during the
past three months. Judge Gould
placed Hansen's peace bond at 81, 800.
which he furnished.