The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01
Odd Fellows Celebrate Their
Anniversary in Virginia City.
A GRAND PUBLIC DANCE
War on Dogs Declared - Poison DIS
tributed by Unknown Parties-Sev-
eral Valuable Animals Have
Been Killed.

Virginia CITY was that of the Order of
Odd Fellows in the celebration of their
S0th anniversary on the 18th inst. The
members of Virginia lodge No. I, enter
tanned their brethren of the various
lodges of the I. o. o. F. in Madison coun-
ty in the same royal style that has won
for them the admiration of all and which
has made these occasions looked forward
to with pride and eager expectation On
the evening of the 18th the invited guests
began to arrive and by noon the next
day everyone was ready for the pleasant
time in store. After the banquet, which
was for members and their wives or lady
companions only, the spacious auditorium
was cleared for the grand public dance
and the lodge room prepared for the re-
ception, at which the city and the sur
rounding country in general was well rep
resented. The programme of exercises
was in order follows:
Meeting of the Southern Montana league
at p. m. in lodge room: parade, mem
bers in regalia, at the head of which was
the carriage wherein We're seated the ora
tor of the day Rev. Wiley MountJoy III
company with S. r. Buford }. M. Hern-
don and E. F. Johnson our beautiful EN-
Diem or liberty me prlde anu s4olS u a.
came next ior sioI!r4is eseS a. s So uror'
head lodge No. %; Samaritan lodge. No.
TO- and Virginia lodge, No. 7.
Al a:3o p m. All Iharci'eu III d pouE ~
the Rouge room anu .iie pup'r tNSt e'S'
began. Inc feF' whey MouFtJoy ue
lNereo ah apllopl is.'e t oi"tloh 't'ei NV, wy
opening address ana rl'ual!stlc eAei c1Se,
by Charles kammerer. noble grand and
subordinate officers. The guests from the
following lodges were fleu E-4tlhsnou9e'
. u Il. wright. mares COME Joiill l.. Do
kef, u. l.. wright ChdlleS Mn .tAnuIeW
lindtors X. j. osoen' 'ul'us 1rels WI
nhh onalei' aaln osoei' w, d. va 'il'i''
H. = Means, Charles waiter sylvester
HippIer, ChafleS bidSSer' Joseph laSEeh-
berger, samaritan lodge NO w. oherIoah'
ID w. H. dudley, whey Mount1oE' james
X. cochran w. - oSpourh fi"iNCs
Rood W. ). CoH George u. tiarp!Sol', w.
y. 9toiesdlseL, ~ T. hee'ei' H'i ui ~,
Pease >. u. boillnser' Il. behhet'' VIII
nam Helier' joan LEWIS FleI h1ll ~ n,
n, heeu' aftnut IioS'e' btaEeileau
loose' NO. az VIII hi4usts' II L-appin'
.Danlei steele JEFFERSON lodse' NO. o.
"hltehall' AUGUST freeputs' FailNle"
+. lodge NO. o. Basih' M NJ. duncan I, n
mount iaulsoia iouss' ~. ~ = oho II,
I5oalihaii' dun Ilty ion1-e' ~ o. %, ! ti'e
Plul' Alh,' atlich aiieS' h''ei''S
lodge NO. o. butte. ,-,,-.- -,
1he young iauieS VI w SiLil't VINO i"U
charge Oh tNe arrangements lot tue uaiice
ana supper laSt i lioas eNel''hs at 'Ie
Auuitor!uih lof 'ie pelent ol company ~
N. u. M, were aloeu most generously pS
citlAehs mere. oociaHE' an" aiso ii'ial-
c1anS' the dance was a success for tnn
none WORK uiioertaheli t''e iauleS receive"
as net pfoceeuS tne sum ol H'i'r''
number VI Tue t!'IAe"S .! NtSin,d
possessing llieiiipeiS u '.e c'iii,!s .aiiiLt
nave 9uilete" tie io'9 VI d itp',.e' VI
fine animals through some mlschieVous
Nahuai' WIZ mas peeh 'iaI'Iein5 tle t'''n WI. !
a. OF DISTRIBUTING poison IN tne ale9a ol our
ely. II 10 ~ We ea'el'S" ma nv 10y
oLle'ais " s!'i,a 49, NO. ~, -,
tle sul'y parry anu uealt Mi.n nm III
tite i''1i..ei 'io avs " '''S ''ts - io''
- no eliolt - i'iaue ps rlliz I as wen
az 'iie cI'y olllcials' inns i'"iess pi 800
OF ulSLiipullns poi ,s pIoililScuousS III
me Guy lliil''s Will continue DIS III inc
past.
MRS Mary \, Mead, wlle OF Lieutenant
Iieau VI wanna; lelt SATURDAY ir,oi hl,iS
~ NV, !" iuanp' "ne!e Siie VIII i,ahe
lier horne uilth me aFilVal OIL net nus
oahu from Inc oattielielus Oh ehe fhlhp-
pines
MISSES LIZZIE ana Etnel PETERSON AFTER
VISITING several DAYS WIN relatives IN the
cry ueparleu lur thelt nome III the RupS
valleS ."e taiis Haft u We "Geh III
:, ' '' 7' ~
oedlie.
Aptiolse haliol, Oh Lauril' accompa-
lsleu pg hicrdIu NaSoh' iSlehaFo flhleS
ai'u MOSES lupus a7 WITNESSES, was III
the county sea- SATURDAY making maj
piooL On MS lai'o e ciaIinS:
Cny Malshal ntioils - pusuV engaged
LOOKING aiter tle Guy c.eah-up. ME-
strong mas u".te idtse l"lte OIL men
eHployeu ana INTENDS having the streets
o. NHslilia properly cleaneu III snort
lint , .-.,
d. II. fahheg' suoelihtei"eho OIL the
SUNBEAM group OF mines, near sheridan
arrived IN Virginia MONDAY Win the IN
tehtioh OF frustrating Tor Re" weeks
HIS health curing the past lew months
mas neeh so Unmarried that ne was com
PEELED to discontinue work for some time
w. q. Gllmer OF Ennis passed through
virginia Friday on his way to For'