The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-25
NO.. IA.

Bear in mind the entertainment at
the Methodist church next Sunday ev-
enlng. Good music, recitatiOns, Bible
quotation. etc. will be the order of
the evening. y collection for one of
the variOu, benevolent societies of the
church will be taken.
j. I. Connor. who enjoys the distinc-
ton of being one of the best known
mining experts in the northwest, and
also that of being q resident of VirJ
ginia, returned from St Louis last Sat-
urday. He will leave for Butte in the
morning. Mr.. Connor is here on pri-
vate business.
w. w. MOrris, about whom the sun.
shine OF happiness ever hangs like a
halo is in the city. Mr.. Morris has
good reason to be happy just now The
| Clipper group of mines at Pony never
/ looked better, and ore is being shipped
regularly. Mr. Morris states that 9th.
er properties in his section are looking
we'll
! Little Henry Zahnner infant son of
Mrs. VIM. Zahnner, is very i'll at the
home of his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Filing. Mrs Zahnner left
Kansas City yesterday and will arrive
here Sunday evening. The little fel.
lows life was despaired of yesterday,
but he is a little better today, and his
recovery is possible.
The second quarterly meeting of this
conference year will be held in the
Methodist church at Virginia, Satur-
dav and Sunday, Feb. l and 3 Quar-
tarly conference, Saturday Feb. at 8
D. m. Sunday morning league aud
Sunday school as usual At p. m,
J. w. Bennett, presiding elder, will
preach at Adobetown, and az 1880, p.
M, Sunday, at Virginia, followed by
sacrament of the Lords supper. All
will be welcome
Following are the histories and ped.
agrees of, perhaps, two of the hand
soonest horses ever shipped into Mon
tana. They are valuable acquisitions
to the breeders of this state as we'll as
to the Brook Nook Stud: "Alcone
2-3l IA No. 67S0, was bred by A. H.
Stickles, West Stockbridge, Mass. and
was foaled in 1886 and was sired by
Alcyone 2-27 No. 1872, said by the very
best of judges to have been the most
perfect horse that they ever saw. AL
cyone is the sire of SO in the 2-3O list
and Il of these, in 2-2O or better, and
died in the spring when ten years Of
age some eight years since, which
makes him, everything considered, the
most remarkable sire that ever lived.
AlcOne 2-3l Ia is the sire of Benton
Wilkes 2-l3, has trotted quarters in 80
seconds, Jefferson Wilkes Poi IA and
Monday Wilkes ~ 2-27 1-2 and either
two or three others in the 2-30 list,
which is remarkable showing for .
horse only nine years Of age and has
been eqnalled or surpassed by only "a
very few, and when you take into con-
sideration that Is of the greatest sires
the United States has ever produced
including Electioneer, Director, Die.
tator, Nutwood, Happy Medium, etc,
had only one each at eleven years and
now agT egate 1888, the showing is
still more remarkable. Alsone's first
dam was Lady Hill dam of Sam Hill g
20 IA by Hambletonian No. 10, second
dam by Harry Clay, 2-29. This is re-
markable breeding, and there is proba-
bly, not another horse in the world
bred like him, and you will notice
that his dam is bred precisely the same
as Electioneer through the sire and
dam. Alcone is one of the most per-
feet and handsome horses that I have
ever seen and his gait is simply perfec-
tion and il he lives, without doubt has
a great future. Lambert Boy was sired
by Lambert Chief No. 1892 son of the
Incompatible Daniel Lambert No. lO2;
first dam by the Lapham horse sire of
the dams Mabel II 2-22 IA: Fred II 2
q l-2 and Fannie B 2-29 l-2, by Hills
Black Hawk; second dam by the grand
son of Hills Black Hawk, and third
dam by Hills Black Hawk. This
makes him deeply inbred which must
nuke him very positive sire. He is
very pure and rapid gated and has
shown his ability to trot in 2.30 and
will enter the list easily il handled and
given an opportunity, and he cannot