The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-11

Private advices from County Clerk
Jones are TO the effect that the balmy
atmosphere of Salt Lake is having a
very happy effect on the condition of
his health: that he already feels like a
new man. He visits Saltaire Beach
daily.
President Clark of the Ruby Tele-
phone company expects to go down the
pairs. The Sheridan batteries burned
out a few days ago, in consequence of
which the mellow. metallic voice. of
the phone, is silent.
The city council met in regular
monthly session Tuesday. The usual
monthly routine business was trans
acted. A committee, consisting OF
Alderman Gilbert and Foreman. were
appointee to confer with G.. w. Mead
relative to surveying the cemetery.
Episcopal church services next Sun
day morning at II a. IN. with al dress
by r. A. Vickers. Evening at s p. II.
with address by the Rector. Last
Tuesday afternoon in the church the
Rector baptized publicly three adults,
four children, and one infant.
The fourth and last quarterly meet
ing of this conference year will be held
July 10 and Goth. J. w. Bennett p. e.,
will preach Sunday night July 10 at s
p. m. and conduct the sacrament of the
Lords supper. Quarterly conference
will be held Monday. F.. A. Cutler,
Pastor.
Profs. w. A. Stevenson and Mark
Smith, who gave an exhibition of plain
and fancy tight rope preambulation at
Ennis on the Fourth state that the Gel
ebration at that place was most enjoy
able. Clyde Pinckney and John Oliver
delivered OratiOns. There we're fire
works in the evening, followed by a
dance. At least 300 people participate
ed in the celebration.
Maud Deascey and Addie McDeed,
two little girls who are inmates at the
Orphans Home. are visiting friends in
the city. They are we'll fed, we'll dres-
sed, pleasant hammered children and
are living testimonials of the noblest OF
: Montana's institutions. The little
Deascey girl is the daughter OF vii
liam Deascey, who was the first under
sheriff of Madison county.
The annual encampment Of the Ma.
: tional Guard will begin at Bozemar
next Wednesday, and will continue fo'
the next seven days. Captain Reif, o
Company d, has issued orders to the Of
feet that all members of the compan
n must be at the Armory at s o'clock Mon
day evening, fully prepared to leav,
, on Tuesday morning for Old Fort Eli
for annual encampment.
Frank Trainor. city editor OF th'
Butte Daily Inter Mountain, was in tn
city a few days this week. Mr.. Train
or is taking a vacation and is putin:
it in good advantage among the mine
of Madison county. He has made
. study Of mining, both technically an,
practically and is n of the best poste'
mining writer's in the state. He lef
for Pony, Tuesday morning.
List of letters remaining in the pos
office at Virginia City, Montana. Jul
l, 1896. Burghardt, Mrs. Jeny; Swife
w. A.; Holliss, Peter: Lockeye, Thos
Miller, Richard; MADISON, James
n Marsh, Iney: O'Sullivan, Dan; Pomek
" r.; Turner, J. j.: Vandermeohn, Peter
o Wrenn: Frank F.. ir. Please say al
vertised when calling for any Of tn
i above letters. r. =. Vickers. postnas1
err.
II The following list Of letters are re
q naming in the Sheridan postofice
+ Montana, for the month of June, 1885,
IS and if not called for in thirty days wi.
j. be sent to the dead letter Office, Wash
ington, D. c.: Bantam, N. c. !; Hag
~ erty, John, l; Hedbloom, John, l; Lin
e Gee, 1; Parker, L. H. 2; Weir, H. w.
a. Persons calling for the above wi
" please say advertised. Jas. G. Wake
'e postmaster.
~ Fred Walker received a Telegram
Sunday evening announcing that hi
mother, whose home is in Butte. WI!
dying. He left forthwith for Butte
Since that time his friends here re
ceived a message from him to the effec