The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-11
state Of Montana.

lofty mountain peaks, with snow from
10 to 20 feet deep all around him, the
darkness already coming on, one of his
partners lying dead in the shaft and
the other an unrecognizable mass be-
side him. il was not one to be envied
1t was 10 miles to Sheridan, and the
surroundings were such as to make IL
impossible to start for that place with
the remotest hope of reaching IL in the
darkness. So he was compelled to re-
main with the CHASTITY companions un-
til morning, and when daylight came
he put on his snow shoes and started
for Sheridan. The travelling was so bad
that. although he started early in the
morning, he did not reach the city I'M
til or o'clock, and then in an al
most exhausted condition. From here
the coroner was notified by telephone
to Virginia City, and that officer pro-
ceeded to the scene, but at this writ
ing the result of the inquest has not
reached here. A party has been made
up to go to the mine and bring the
bodies down, and they will be inferred
In the Sheridan cemetery. 1t is one of
the most distressing accidents that has
ever happened in the history of mining
in this valley.
On Saturday afternoon George Groes-
cup, an employee of r. S. Riddle. on the
old r. o. Hickman at the crossing of
the Beaverhead river, while leading in
a refractory horse, was dragged from
the one he was riding, and in the fall
he fractured his collar bone in two
places. He was conveyed to Twin
Bridges. where Dr. ID. A: Pease attend
ed his injuries
Virginia City is going to build a new
city hall. At least. the city council had
the proposition to do so under consid-
Grafton last Monday night, and the al
dermen decided to submit Ii to the citi-
ZenS. A canvass of the city develops an
almost unanimous expression of opin-
ion in favor of the scheme, and ii will
undoubtedly be accomplished this sum-
mer. IL is a much needed building, for
the places where Virginia City folk
have been wont to assemble for public
purposes or amusement have, to say
the least, been no credit to the enter
prise of the citizens.
The deadlock in the Virginia City
council over the election of city mar
shall and treasurer, has been broken by
the reelection of Eugene Stark, the for
mer incumbent 1t is deserved recog-
milton of the faithful services of a trus-
ty officer
Having accomplished the work of
bringing the waters of several springs
onto the city cemetery, and in other
ways addings to the beauty of the
"city on the hill. 1.-THE Kings Daughters
of Virginia City have formally trans
ferred the result of their labors to the
city council. In their labor of love the
daughters have collected and disbursed
between 5000 and $500. for which they
have earned the gratitude of all who
have relatives inferred there, and, in
deed, of the entire community.
Henry Refs of Butte was I'm Virginia
City last week trying to sell the Ana
conda gambling rooms, which are part
of the estate of Sarah McGarry. a Vir-
ginia City woman who died in Butte
last fall. He was unable to Get more
than half the appraised value Of the
place, and concluded to postpone the
sale until cash was more plentiful, or
buyers less timid.
l. Benton Letter leaves for Chicago
soon, but expects to return in a short
time to engage in some placer mining
enterprises in which he is interested in
this county.