The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-16
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

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trip to Chicago Thursday morning.
Postoflice Inspector Wayland paid
the city an official visit last week.
Born-Tuesday, May II, to the wife
of Fred Smith, Of Junction. a dan gh-
ter.
George Ref is overhauling and re-
furnishing the Pony resort on the
cOrne
E. \. Pollard, of Omaha, Nebras ka,
is visiting his brother. T. f. Pollard,
of his place.
Services in ST. Paul's Episcopal
church on Sunday next at III O'Clock a.
m. and S p. m.
Rev. Wiley Mountioy will hold serv-
ice in Union hail, Ennis, tomorrow
morning. All are invited.
Miss Nettie Wlles left for the Upper
Madison, Friday, where She will teach
the summer school at Wigwam.
County Clerk Barclay Jones is slowly
improving from his %protracted spell OF
illness and is frequently able to sit up.
Virginia City boasts OF twelve secret
orders or societies, where d mystic
password is necessary to gain aomls-
sion.
ThOs. McColgan, the matutinal mixO-
logical auxiliary at Gllbert's, was Sc
verely scaided about his face and body
by an accident capsizlng the hot water
tank.
The death of an infant daughter, the
first and only child of Mir. and Mrs.
Elgin Keller OF Madison valley, was
! reported Thursday morning.
The Ladies Reading Circle was en-
tertained at Il - o'clock tea" by Mrs.
w. w. Chiefly last Friday. the Cir
Gle has nearly completed reading
Shakespeare Julius Cesar".
Walter Thomas. a carpenter, was
severely injured at the kennett mine
the other day by a trap door which was
being lowered uown the shaft. lie was
brought to town for treatment.
\. rich strike was made in one of the
drift OF the kennett mine last week
About three and "a half feet of high
grade quartz was uncovered which
sparkled profusely throughout in
coarse grained, Tree gold.
1t is stated that a Butte company has
been formed and will shortly proceed to-
explore and develop the Bertha mine
under bond and lease. This property
adjoins the kennett and is n of the
earliest locations in the district.
All old soldiers, G. A.. II. men, So
~cieties, school children and the public
generally are cordially invited to at
tend the public exercises at the cour,
house on Memorial Day, May 30. A
large attendance is expected from the
surrounding country.
Active operations have been some
what hampered, thus far this month,
along the line Of placers in Alder,
Ramshorn, California, Bivens, Harris
and other gulches, on account of the
capriciously changeable weather. But
the yield OF placer gold will be excep-
tionally large this year.
w. A. Stevenson, of Filing,
knight & Buford Hardware Co., de-
parted Thursday last or a visit oi
his relatives in North Dakota and
Manitoba. During his absence, Rich
ard Cook will attend to the Mansl -
roof decoration business.
The high school room was croN,,d
last Friday to witness the CLOSING ~
~ercises of the school. The exercises
We're given by the pupils from the three
departments, and consisted of song.
dialogues, recitations, hate het driti
and tableaux, one of which, aused ~
the falling OF the curtain-was impront-
tn. but was much enjoyed by the auuj-
ence nevertheless. All did so well tia
1t IS impossible to speak of any witho IT,
showing favoritism. a pleasant featu. =.
OF the program. especially to form
er students, was an interesting let
written at the request of the H. ,
School Society from Mr.. Lee Wor-,
a prominent lawyer OF Helena, ut
School days in Virginia. TIL is clo- =
a YER successful term under the -.
structiOnS of Prof, Hall. and MISS