The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-11
CITY and COUNTY
BITS OF LOCAL IN
TELEGENCE.
DOings Of n week That fries Print
err mems SOulS-The Young La dies
will Celebrate Leap Year-PersOnal
and General.

Joseph Kellogg left for Cripple
Creek, Colorado, Tuesday.
John Shoenberger of Meadow Greek
was Virginia visitor Thursday.
There will be services at St. Paul
Church, morning and evening. next
Sunday.
City Attorney w. a. Clark spent
Thursday and Friday in Red Bluff and
Harrison on legal business.
Capt. George Reif wants full at
tendance of the military boys this
Saturday evening at ArmOry Hall.
r DR.. Chas. A. Pankey, dentist: perma-
nently located in Virginia City. will
visit every house in Madison Valley
the next two or three weeks.
The souvenir edition of the Western
Mining World contains we'll written
article on the mineral resources of
Madison County from the pen of H. L..
Childs Of this city.
Will F'ehring. Henry Buford and
Winthrop HerndOn have returned to
school, the former 10 the college of
Montana and the latter two to the
Helena university.
AL Gloyd of Laurin will start east to-
morrow. He expects to make an ex-
tended trip. Before returning he will
visit friends in Wisconsin, Illinois and
Iowa. He will be absent the remain
der of the winter.
Two we'll known young men settled
their difficulties a la Marquis of Queens
bury in the alley back of Bartlett s
blacksmith shop Wednesday. The
battle was short and severe, and was
over before many knew of it.
We desire to call the attention OF
our re ders to we'll written historical
orticle in this issue ON the Monroe Doc
trine, contributed to our editorial page
by Hon. A. J. Bennett of this city, in
which the write" shows that he is
thoroughly conversEar with the famous
doctrine in all its phases.
Some curbstone politicians (which
broad Characterization covers nearly
all of us) were discussing politics in
Gohn's meat market few days ago.
They were discussing the selection OF
St. Louis as the meeting place for the
Republicans this year when one who
had not been listening very intently
said, ''Saint Louis is no good. I've
hern tell all about him. We democrats
will put up man that he won't be in il
with" And the meeting adjourned.
D. r. Beck was in the city Wednes
day. He exhibited a receipt from Mrs
Maggie Barnes of Helena, a Bankers
Life Insurance Company beneficiary
acknowledging the payment OF 81 ,O9s
policy held in that company by hel
husband, the proof of whose death was
filed Dec. Is, 1895, and the draft in pay
ment of the same was mailed to hel
two days later. The payment wa:
made in the presence of l.. H. Hersch
field of the First National Bank o
Helena.
The Bachelors Club elected officers
Tuesday evening, as follows: ROber
president; James Howe, secretary
son, unmitigated prevaricatOr. How
Jim How escaped the tylership is
marvel to many, but the matter i
easily explained: The office does no
exist in the Bachelors Club. The eX
pose of the clubs session in recent is
sue of the MADISONIAN created con
siderable comment, and a resolution
was finally adopted condemning thi
newspaper for its enterprise.
Under schedule promulgated re
Gently by the postotfice departmen
which went into effect, about a wee|
ago the Virginia bonnd Dillon coacl
,, "a rives here about an hour later tha
under the old schedule. The cOacl
does not leave Dillon until ga. IN. in
stead of a. m. as under the old sched
ule. The inconvenience is marked a
this end of the line, and when Messr
Anderson circulate their petition her
for the restoration of the old schedule
as we understand they intend to dc
: they will experience no difficulty in Sc
curing signatures.
Karl Filing enjoys the distinction c
being the youngest editor and publishe
: in Montana. He is eleven years ole
He launched his newspaper on the ten
pestious sea of journalism this week
It's namei "The Buzz Saw and il
, motto is Don't Monkey with The Buz
4 Saw" 1t is two PACED paper. 2Xl
inches, and is devoted to startling pei
E sonalities concerning the young editor
local friends. 1t was quite commend
able effort for one so young, inasmuc
as he did all the work on it, furnishe
!. the copy, set the type and printed it Q
1 miniature printing press. We e!
change with pleasure,
The reports that have reached vi
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