The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-08
A BAMBOO CHIEF STRIKE
The Assays Run $4,000 to the
Ton.
MILL WILL BE STARTED
Thomas Thexton, Convicted of Assault,
Has Been Pardoned by Governor
Smith - Transcript in the
Martin Peel Case.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Virginia City. May "A rich strike has
recently been made on the 5O-foot level of
the Bamboo Chief mine located dis
lance of about one mile west of Virginia
City. Assays of ore extracted from vein
varying in width from Is to 20 inches show
returns in the neighborhood of 1880 per
ton. The lessees, Messrs John Devlin
and Charles Grove, will utilize the Largey
mill. located a short distance from the
mine, for the purpose of working the ore
and the echo from the music of the 10
stamps, SO long silent, will once more re-
vertebrate through the lonely little ra-
vine, in which the mill was erected some
six years previous by P. A. Largely and
Others
Thomas TheXton. who at the December
term of the district court of the Fifth Jul
dcial district was convicted of assault in
the third degree and sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. together with a
fine of $500, was pardoned by Governor
Smith and the board of pardons and re-
leased May !. Numerous friends of Mr.
Thexton circulated petition praying for
his release and that the fine of $500 i'm
posed be RENTED. The governor granted
the pardon as asked for in the petition
but the board of pardons could only con-
sent to the release of Mr.. TheXton, hold
ing that the fine of $500 be paid. Mr..
TheXton feels very grateful to his many
friends for their efforts in procuring his
release.
James G. Walker. clerk of the court
has been busiy engaged, with two as
sistants, the past two weeks making a
Peel case. The transcript is a voluminous
document, containing 500 pages. Peel's
attorneys having appealed to the supreme
court which stays the execution of the
death sentence, the bill of exceptions was
settled by Judge Parker about 10 days
ago. The appeal to the supreme court has
been filed.
The brave soldiers of company d nave
once more fallen heir to a neat little con-
tribution from their friends the citizens
of Madison county, in the sum of STA 55,
the joint proceeds from the benefit dance
given at Virginia City on April q and the
social at Waterloo March 81. The amount
was forwarded to Leroy Southmayd by
the committee of young ladies having
charge of the finances to Manila last Sat
urday.
The "Vagabonds," a drama successfully
played at the Auditorium in this city on
the night of the 18th ult., was reproduced
Friday and Saturday evenings last by the
same company of local laIent at Sheridan
and Twin Bridges respectively. The play
was well received at both places and the
merry party, which comprises the follow
ing of our townspeople. reports a very
pleasant time during their two-days stay:
Mrs. r. A. Brooke, the Misses Blanche
Fine, Nellie Cole and Doliie Walker;
Messrs B. f. Fine, J. G. Walker. l.. D.
Hall, George Allen, Arthur Fenner. M.
M, Duncan, Bert Cole and Bert Vickers.
Mrs. B. f. Morris and daughter of Bea-
verhead valley visited for several days in
the early part of the week with friends
in the city. Miss Morris continued on
her journey to Lyon, where she will spend
the summer months with her sister, Mrs.
l.. J. Pearson, and will attend the school
at that place during that time.
The following monthly report of County
Treasurer Buford to the county clerk for
the month ended April so 1899, shows the
various funds as follows: