The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-12

They certainly are not acting in unison
with the sentiment of the citizens of
the southern end Of jefferson county.
James Whalen, boss carpenter on the
city hall work. fell from the cupola
Monday. He landed on the second tow-
er where his flight to terra iirma was
stopped by Albert Smith. Smith saw
him coming. but with the ruling pas
sing strong even in danger, he calcu-
lated his time to a nicely, slapped in ii
couple more single nails and caught
| Whalen just as he was doing the tobog-
gan act off the second roof. If Smith
had not caught him he would have fall
len % feet.
Alder lodge, a. O. L. W., will give
its twelfth annual ball in the new city
hall, Friday evening, Jan. l. This
will be the first ever occurring in the
new city hall. The annual dances Civ
Ell under the auspices of this order
have always been very enjoyable
occasions-this one will be no ex-
ception to the established rule. 1t will
no doubt he largely attended. The
floor managers will be: c. w. Rank.
H. f. Steffens, w. a. Clark, Jasper
Cox, J w. Saunders, Jas. McAllister,
! j. l. Haines. Frank Conway.
Charles Joseph Gainan, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen Ga!ngn, died at the
home of his parents Wednesday: aged
~ years. Twenty-one years ago he
suffered a severe attack of scarlet few
er, from the effects of which he "
recovered. AS it does sometimes. the
disease attacked his brain and his
mind in later years was a blank. Ills
parents and relatives during all these
years made every effort to alleviate the
trouble. but in vain, and death in this
case meant relief to the sufferer. The
The funeral occurred Thursday an6
was largely attended by the friends o
the family.
Bishop Brewer has notified Rev. j
j. Bowker, Of st. Paul Mission will
headquarters in this city, that he de
sires him to discontinue his work Il
this point, and that he intended to re
move him to some other point in thu
near future. The letter, with refer
ence to this matter was couched i,
rather strong terms.
The Bishop contends that Virgini;
has not raised sufficient funds durin!
the past year to justify the continuance
of Mr.. Bowker in charge of the mis-
sion. Were he appraised of the rca
, facts we are of the opinion that b
would be a little more considerable i
his treatment of Virginia. The fact c
the matter is that during the year, tn
church committee, many of whom ar
not members of the church, and tn
, societies working under the auspices {
+ the church have raised between $50
a and $500. The proportion which tn
Bishop asked Virginia to raise wa
5000. However, it should be explaiue
that less than half of the mount raise
was applied on the PASTORS salary. tn
balance going to various church in
prOvements. Aside from this muc
, work has been done in various othe
. channels.
J Mr.. ROwker has been here q lit
, over a year, and his popularity is a
tested by the sentiment of the m
nifty, irrespective of church member
over the bishops precipitate action
Many have gone so far as to say that
: Mr.. ROwker is removed, it will be us
Z less for the bishop to attempt to esta
y lish anyone else here, and we're it N
9 for the fact that the members of tt
v church understand that the bishop
~ experiencing hard times in collectir
8 for the diocese treasury, they would
& low matters to take their course.
/ AS a result of the bishops letter
meeting of those interested was held
,r St. Paul's church Thursday afternoo
IS Mr.. S. r. Buford presiding. The Sc
n timent expressed at this meeting W
y. in accord with the above. 1t W
rs agreed to make an effort to raise Il
I'd regular contribution TO 5000 annual
ic A committee consisting Of Messrs.
TO F.. Pollard, and Ira Fl. French, al
Mesdames Henry Filing, VIM. For