The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-06-06
THE CITY IN ERlEF.

j. j. crowley and Geo. King. Of Red
Bluff, We're in the city Monday.
The Misses Filing entertained a
number of their friends at whist Tues
day evening.
County Commissioners J. S. Crisman
and George Copp. arrived Sunday eve
ming.
NJ. L. Davidson, president of the
Montana Mercantile Company of Dillon
was in the city Monday.
Elijah Gilmer came in from Ennis
Monday morning on his bicycle ana
left for Gaylord the same day.
MIR. and Mrs. w. B. Burgett, of
Pony, were in the city this week as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mead.
J. H. Reesor. a Bozeman dentist.
passed through the city yesterday to
repair the molars of west side people.
County Attorney w. H. Holloway. of
Gallatin county, was one of Virsinia's
distinguished visitors during the week.
The Observation-Disclosures and
Childs-Ptomey cases we're continued
until the next term of the district
court.
w. H. Grannis and his daughter.
Miss frankie Grannis. and A. w, Tan
ner, Of Red Bluff, were in the city this
week.
Hon. Alex Metzel is in the city. He
will leave for ST. Louis to attend the
national republican convention early
next week.
Tom Jones, of Rochester. who served
as Democratic sheriff of Beaverhead
county two terms, spent a few days in
Virginia this week.
Phil Hoffman, who has many friends
in Madison county, has returned after
several'months ~sojourn in Butte and is
now at the Kenneth.
District Superintendent p. c. Hetz-
Ter, Of the American Bible Society.
writes from Salt Lake that he will hold
a meeting on the evening OF June ii.
Gus Rivers recently uncovered a
vein of IRE adjacent to the Fortune
group of mines, which assays hand
somely. One assay went $50 to the ton.
Mrs. A. Wilson Green, of Liverpool,
England, who recently purchased land
ed property in the Madison valley, and
Charles O'Brien are at the Madison
house.
Alex Gray, they Skyhigh mining
man, was in the city Tuesday. Mr..
Gray has recently invented a hosting
cage which is attracting much atten-
ton among mining men.
DR.. I. S. Stafford came in from Pony
this afternoon. He says the mines of
his section are looking exceedingly
well, and that more ore will be shipped
this a than eve before.
John E. Davis, of Whitehall and Dr..
Amsden of Ruby Dell We're in town a
few hours Wednesday. They will visit
Red Rock lake on a hunting expedi-
ton in the course of a few weeks.
w. H. Marsh arrived in Virginia
last Saturday from Seattle and expects
to spend the summer here. Mr.. Marsh
spent a portion of his youth in Virginia, !
leaving here about % years ago. He
proposes to develop a lead which pinch
ed out on him in the early days.
Col. Carter, the we'll known mining
man, has returned to Red Bluff, after
absence of several years, and ex-
poets to start up the Col Conda mill
shortly on custom ore. Citizens of Red
Bluff assert that this will augment
their output to a considerable extent.
Harvey L. Christie, a St. Louis at
and j. H. Wyeth, secretary of
Noble Mining Company, were in
city during the week on legal bust
ness. Both gentlemen were in St. Louis
during the recent storm and give real
lstic accounts Of it. They departed for
their homes Thursday morning.
In the suit of County ATTORNEY
Wines. the supreme court has issued an
alternative writ of mandate to the
BOARD OF directors of the state orphans
1Ome. The writ is returnable June 10.
vt which time the trustees will be re-
luired to show cause why they do not
admit to the home certain eligible
children from Silver Bow county
Standard.