The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-16
IN VIRGINIA CITY.
Work on the Gay.oad and Ruby valley
Railroad Comes to ~ Stop-Couniy
Commissioners.
Special Correspondence Of the Standard.

Work ON the Gay!oad and Ruby valley
Railroad Comes to n Stop-Couniy
Commissioners.
Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Virginia City. Dec. 13.-The Gaylord
& Ruby Valley Railroad company has
decided that. it. is impossible for 1t to
finish its grading for the laying of rails
to Twin Bridges this winter on account
of the frost in the ground, which pre-
vents the handling of dirt. They VIII
now exert their energy to finish grading
as far as Iron Rcd, 10 miles below Twin
| Bridges. 1t Is stated that the laying
of track is progressing at the rate OF one
mile a day. and has nearly reached the
crossing Of the river at Parson bridge.
As yet the company has not erected It's
bridge, but has everything in readiness
for doing so.
The new board of county commission
ers are still In session. and have passed
a notice TO the effect that a two days
extra session Will be held this week.
| The board deemed this necessary to al
low 1t time to finish the business before
it. AT this season of the year there is
always more work than at any other
time. The books of the clerk of court.
clerk and recorder and treasurer have
been audited and found correct. The
commissioners state that they find the
various offices conducted in very cred
printing contract was awarded to w.
W. Cheeley, editor and proprietor of the
Madisonian.
man named Matt David, from Lett
erville. was arrested last week on the
charge of being an accessory to for
gerry. month or more ago man by
the name Of Williams cashed check
of David's at Henry Filing & Co.'S mer-
camille store in Sheridan. A few days
later David came to Sheridan from
Leiterville and went into Filing 81 Co.'s
store and asked for his money. He
was made acquainted with the fact that
Williams had cashed the check there
and taken the money David claims that
that he had never signed his name to
the check. Being satisfied that David
was honest in his statements the money
was given over to him by Filing q Co.
Recently some evidence has arisen to
show that David was an accessory to
the forgery and on complaint was ar
rested. Williams. the party who cashed
the check. is in Minneapolis under ar
rest for highway robbery, which crime
ne committed since he left this state.
Mr.. David will be tried before Justice
McGown on the 18th inst.
John Robin. former employee at
the Fastlake mine. and well known in
this city, attempted one day last week
to leave the state and defraud a number
of his creditors. Among these were ac-
counts owed to F. McKeen and Fl. S.
Gilbert amounting in all to nearly
$50 Robin was notified by MeKeen
that If he left without paying he would
be brought back. but the threat did not
seem to create much impression upon
Mr.. Robin, and one day last week he
left by the Diloln stage. McKeen at
once took out the necessary papers
end the sheriff was sent to bring
Robin back, and at Sheridan over
took the stage and served the papers.
Robin refused to pay the amount due
and was brought back and placed in
Jail until his trial came off. At his hear
ing he was found guilty and after a
short delay paid the bills ana extra
costs. This no doubt will be a lesson to
those who think that there is no way
for merchants to collect bills due them
from people of this class.
China Joe. an oid-time resident of
this city, who for years has been en-
ployed by George Ref and previously
by Eugene Stark, as swamper in the
Pony saloon, was arrested one night
last week on the charge Of trying to
| break in one of the doors in one of the
houses of i'll fame. At his trial before
Justice McGown, il was discovered that
the Chinaman was insane. and in con-
sequence turned over to the county Off
Gals. who will take him to Deer Lodge
to the asylum.
AT recent election of officers of Vir-
glnia City lodge No. I l. q. o. F., in this
city. the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing terms. viz: N. G.. e. j.
Gainan; V. G., q. Moritz; r. s., w. J.
Finney; p. S. c. E. Reece: treasurer,
II. +. Johnson.
Major Henry Filing returned Sunday
evening from a weeks trip to Helena,
where he has been attending to bust
ness in connection with the new bank
and trust company which he and other
gentlemen are organizing in that city.
Mr.. Filling in an interview said that
the bank would open for business on or
about the 18th of January, 1895 That
George L. Ramsay of BcZeman. would
be cashier. the balance of the force, for
the present. will be n bookkeeper and
a stenogranher and collector. At the
opening Mr.. Fling will he in Helena for
n week or ten days to attend personally
to certain business which might need
his personal attention. The capital
stock is 100000. Mr.. Elling said that
he has had applications from different
capitalists for stock which would
amount to more than four times the
amount of the capital stock. One of the
principles of the bank will be not to pay
interest or deposits a feature which is
altogether foreign 10 the banking bust
ness in Helena. Different state papers
have stated that Mr.. Filing intends
moving at once with his family to Hell
ena with the intention of making it his
future home. but this is a mistake. 5ir
Filing says that Ii will be impossible
for him to shape his business before
next fall in such n manner that he
could leave this city to stay perma-
nently.