The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-03-07
TIE CITY IN BRIEF.

on a matrimonial errand.
David Stokes left for Butte. Monday,
where he will spend few weeks.
John Neil. the Jail fixture man. whose
headquarters are in Helena. was in the
city this week.
Regular services will be held in
Christian church Masonic hall) Sun
day, morning and evening.
A marriage license was issued to-
day. to Alfred Halse and Miss Emelia
Greis, both of Sheridan.
Court adjourned Saturday evening
and Judge Showers and Stenographer
Monaghan took their departure.
The date Of the minstrel show has
been fixed 1t is Friday evening,
March 20. 1t will be mirth pro-
ducer
Judge Reel has been quite seriously
i'll at his home in Pony for the past
month. but it is now in fair way to
recover.
George d. B. Turner of Richmond
Flat is in the city and reports the
mining outlook for the coming year
as excellent
During the illness of County Clerk
Jones, Charles Reese is assisting
Deputy County Clerk Steffens in the
county clerks Office.
Bread on the Waters" is the title
of the play which will be produced by
Christian church in few weeks. The
proceeds 60 to the church fund. Watch
for the date.
Hon. Alex Metzel is in the city, on
his way to Helena to attend the I'M
migration Convention. w. A. Clark,
chairman of the Madison delegation,
will leave Sunday.
Hon. Patrick Carney spent several
days in Virginia City this week. Mr..
Carney is one of the indefatigable
workers in the interests of Madison
county, and his visit here was in con-
nection with the Gaylord bridge pro-
ject.
T. Benton Letter is at Leiterville
but expects to leave for Chicago in a
few days. He will return to Montana
some time during the summer, proba-
bly, in June. when he hopes to do some
thing for the general good of Madison
county.
Assessor Foreman expects to begin
active operations Monday. He requests
us to state that the road tax of 81 is
due from all citizens over the age of
81. This in addition to the 81 poll tax
makes S., which the assessor must col
lect from everyone.
Tom Farrell, the we'll known horse
man of the upper Madison, informed a
MADISONlAN reporter few days ago
that the people of his section will
gladly waive their bridge rights in Or
der that the Gaylord people may have
clear track and the right of way.
Sundays blizzard was one of the
worst that has visited this section for
several years. The mercury went
down in the neighborhood of 20 and
the wind accompaniment was simply
awful. The storm was very general
ma.
COMMISSIONS" George Copp arrived
in town Monday morning in time to
answer roll call at the meeting of the
board of commissioners. Commissioner
Crisman was not so fortunate, however,
having encountered the blizzard which
was raging in the Jefferson valley Mon
day. He arrived Tuesday.
d. r. Beck has returned from the
Missoula country. He attended the
fault growers convention held recently
in Missoula, whore be grated Q few
Bankers Life shoots into the unsus-
pecting horticulturists of the Bitter
Root. He intends to spend most of his
time next summer in this section.
The Ann Arbor gradual Of Vir-
ginia City We're the guests Of Julian A.
knight, last Friday evening in honor
Of w. T.. Carol, the Butte attorney
who visited Virginia last week.
Messrs. knight and Carol we're array
ed against each other in case in the
district court last week. and when
their legal battle ~as over learned that