The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-21

man. L. Il. BLACK; foreman, JOnn II yles
overseer, Charles Kyle; recorder, c. A.
Gillette; financier. L. r Noble: receiver.
Orville Gibson; guide. C. L. Westmore-
land: inside Waterman, Joseph o.
Smith; outside Waterman, James NJ.
Woodside. Drs. Haviland of Whitehall
and Smith of Pony were chosen medical
examiners, and T. r. Black. /. T. Noble
and John Kyle trustees. There were 10
charter members. The lodge will meet
Monday evening at the South Boulder
school house.
Editor Il. f. Bowman of the Madison
County Monitor was a visitor to Nir-
ginia' City last week as a candidate be-
fore the board of county commissioners
for the position of public printer for
Madison county. He was unsuccessful.
though. for the printing WAS awarded
to Will w. Chiefly of the Madisonian.
The printing was let on competitive bids
for each class of work required by the
county. and as heretofore there has been
no competition; the result will be some
saving to the taxpayers, anyway.
State Senator Alex Metzel after dis
posing of the herds which he recently
shipped to the Omaha markets. paid a
visit to his old home in York, Pa, and
spent Thanksgiving with the old folks
at home. He is expected to return and
resume the supervision of the Circle A
ranch on the upper Ruby. where he has
extensive cattle interests. in few days.
Last evening the ladies of the Amity
Reading club gave an oyster supper and
festival in Good Templars' hall. 1t was
well attended and most enjoyable af-
fair. The Amity club is the leading lit
erary society in Madison county, and
rival societies which expect to compete
with it in the field of literary knowledge
will have to keep well read up to make
respectable showing.
The new board of county commits
sioners finished its maiden session on
Tuesday. AS the board is politically the
exact opposite of its predecessor, three
democrats succeeding three republicans
its proceedings will be watched with
close interest for some time to come
The members of the board are Patrick
Carney, Jefferson valley, chairman;
Martin V. Elser, Ruby valley, and Os-
mond B. Varney, Madison valley.
A. III. Barrett of Anaconda and Cap
tain Weller of Butte. who are associ-
ated with j. Walker of Twin Bridges
in some extensive mining propositions
in Goodrich gulch. came over from Butte
to look at the property and consult con-
corning future operations. Mr.. Barret
is pioneer Madison county man. and
while here met many old-time friends
to give him cordial greeting.
Twin Bridges young athletes point
with pride to the to the prominent men
ton made by the Butte and Anaconda
papers of the playing of Their towns
man. Johnny Seyler. now a student of
the State Agricultural college, in the
recent football game played between
Butte and Bozeman elevens. Besides
being a promising athlete. Johnny is a
popular fellow socially, when he is at
home Hence the glee of the boys when
they say, Didn't / tell you Johnny was
a burner"
On Tuesday Fred Mercer sold good
~ bunch of stock cattle and COWS at
public auction. Notwithstanding the
fact that blizzard was impending, the
sale was well attended and the cattle
drought fair prices. some good cows
bringing $3S per head. The stock cat
tie averaged something over So, which
is considered by stockmen a pretty good
figure for this season of the year.
The right of way commissioners of
appraisement met last evening to make
their report. but the Standard man was
unable to get it in time for the mail
which carries this letter 1t will APP
pear in the next dispatches from this
place.
On Tuesday William Heller, the tom
serial artist of Twin Bridges, was
somewhat surprised by Chang, the
chief cook of the Stark hotel coming
into his parlor and demanding hair
cut, including the queue. At first
Doe thought he was toshing but
Chang was in earnest, so off came the
pig tail and now the late hirsute APP
pendage to Changes cerehellum occu-
pies a prominent place in Lou II. Pow
ellis cabinet of curiosities at the Pal
ace.
Supplementary to the oyster supper
given by the ladies of the Amity club
last evening. the young people of town
got up a. dance in George II. Whites
assembly rooms and INDUCED in "trip
ping il gaily. toe and heel" until
o'clock this morning 1t was a we'll at
Aa1 a,,1 of nt, no.,
ming to end.
DR.. f. NJ. Wilson and bride have re-
moved into their new residence oppo-
site the City drug store and will go TO
housekeeping. During their short resi-
dence in Twin Bridges DR.. and Mrs.
Wilson have succeeded in gaining a
host of friends and are now numbered
among our most popular society peo-
pie.
Personal Notes.
Hon j. w Brook of Beaverhead val
ley is in town to-day.
Augustus Anderson of Fish Creek is
among Twin Bridges visitors to-day.
Joseph o. Moultnn of Cold Spring
ranch. Ruby valley. is greeting old-time
acquaintances at the Bridges.
Governor T. NJ. Pollinger of Alaska
ranch made business visit to Virginia
City last week.
Supt. Charles w Birehard started
last week on ms annual tour OF fnSpec-
ton of the public schools.
Charles Cochran and family of Iron
Rod contemplate removing to Twin
Bridges and occupying a residence in
the vicinity of the Monitor office
Miss Ella Nestor of Gibbonsville,
Idaho. who is ON her way East, was "a
visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Smock
last week.
c. b. Quaintance. a prominent Jeffer-
son county stockman. came over from
Boulder Tuesday tn attend the cattle
sale
Prof. John c. Mahoney of Silver star.
a member Of the state board of educa-
tion, has been spending n week at his
old camping grounds in Virginia city.
where he first began to teach the young
idea of Montana how to shoot.
William Lambdin. the Pony butcher.
was in Twin Bridges last week.
Mrs. NJ. j. Stark. for many years the
popular landlady of the Stark hotel
left on Tuesday To spend the winter in
the sunny cline of Southern California