The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-20
In Virginia City.

Virginia City. Dec. 1S.-The heaviest
snowfall of the winter fell Monday and
| Tuesday. which amounted to nearly IL
| inches on the level. Until Tuesday
evening the atmosphere was quite
| warm, when the wind changed and be-
| gan blowing from the east. The ther-
| mometer soon fell to zero. and contin-
ued to fan few degrees during the
night. The snowfall was general
| throughout the county, residents from
| both the Madison and Ruby valleys
| reporting good sleighing the full length
/ of the valley. Should this fall of
snow lay long enough To get well pack
ed before the wind arises TO blow it
away, there will be sleighing for the
| next few weeks.
| Hon. Alex Metzel. who has been Wis
iting relatives in York. Pa. for some
| weeks. is expected home soon.
j. S. Crisman of jefferson Island,
one Of the members of the old board
| of county commissioners has been
| spending few days III the city this
week, attending to business Mr. Girls
man expects to leave for the East some
time soon, where he viii spend the re-
| mainder of the winter visiting with
friends and relatives.
S, T.. Biekford is still confined 10 his
bed, his recovery being very SLOW. and
many Of his friends fear that his re-
covery is doubtful.
Mrs. Luther Buford who for the
past two weeks has been visiting with
Miss Nita Piper on Meadow creek, is
expected home this week
Fred Kohls. who is interested in pla-
Ger mines on Warm Spring creek, has
removed his family from this city 10
Homer Park. near where Mr.. Kohls is
at work.
L. ID. Hall made a business trip to
Twin Bridges and the surrounding
country last week.
Mrs. George Gohn. who has been
quite seriously i'll for the past two
weeks. is recovering, and in a short
time will be able TO be up and around
the house again.
T.. NJ. PolIinger of Twin Bridges
spent one day in the city last week
attending to business.
Eugene Means, who is one of the
employees at The Kennett mill. passed
through the city one day last week en-
route for his home in Sheridan, where
ne spent Il few DAYS, returning to his
work on Tuesday OF this week.
II. +. Bowman OF Twin Bridges. who
is eonneoted with the Twin Bridges
Monitor. spent day in the city last
week.
L. G Edwards of Sheridan. proprie-
tor of the Ruby hotel of that place.
spent day III the city last week on
John Noyes. jr of Sheridan is spend
ing few days in the city this week
rusticating.
John c. Mahoney of Silver Star. AT
one time county superintendent Of
schools in this county, spent a day IN
the city last week
At Iaurin. on the evening of the oath
inst, i'm the Gloyd & Danterman hall
the Central Rubby valley and Laurin
schools will combine their forces and
have a Christmas tree and dance. An
appropriate programme has been ar
ranged for the exercises at the tree
Robert Fitzgerald. who has been In
the employ of the Virginia city q
Norris Stage Line company for the
last week. The vacancy VAS filled by
ice Comely.
The new stage road between this
| city and Ennis via the kennett mill
has lately been staked out by the
planting Of pine trees at a distance Of
every 15 or 20 feet. This is done so rs
40 enable the stage driver on a stormy
day to find his way. At times the
storms become so bad on the ranges
that The stage passses over daily that
IL is impossible for the driver to see
his way were II not Tor these trees
which are set out along the road every
winter.
The members If Virginia Hive /. @.
/ - NJ. which consists entirely cf la
| dies. were entertained by the members
of Fairweathor tent. No - h. @. r
| NJ Thursday evening in the lodge
| rooms at the city auditorium Tho
| evening was spent principally in card
| playing.
w. a. Clark returned this week from
Helena, where ho has been fer a week
on legal business.
The musical and literary entertain
ment given by the children ot ST.
/ PauIs Sunday school last Saturday a
week ago, was a financial success, the