The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-19
Minor Items.
:rrOm Tuesdays Daily.

the editorial pages of the Iber.
Yesterday Dunn X Stenberg erected il
mammoth sign over E.. l.. Bonner Il Cos. new
building.
Fare to Helena. on the &. X S. line via the
Boulder road has been reduced to $500 $500
for the round trip.
According to the Missoulian the Nellie Boyd
troupe were announced to appear in Fanchon.
last night at Missoula.
Stage men report that the local travel in
Montana has not been so light for the past ten
years as the present summer.
Building rock was delivered yesterday for
the foundation of Henry Jacobs new fire.
proof store building. Main street.
The sight OF IL city "watclman" rreli,.y and
staggering down through town greeted the
way-tairer on Main street yesterday morning.
The funeral Of the latc w. l.. lIarg,ave
took place on Sunday, in charge of the Odd
Fellows of which hrothcrl,ood the deceased
was Il member.
Yesterday Mr.. G.. Boyk fell from Il step
ladder setting " IN front of his restaurant.
sustaining in tie fall injuries that will lay
him up for Il few DAYS.
salisbury -tew-,et IT ttt- tft. -Btttte anti
Helena direct road is namrdt the ''Ma@gie.' a
Il very pretty name alhsit it has IL sort of honey
mooncyi>ll sound. as it We're.
III, tt,ll ,l,.,,;,f; NV, ,,.i.., will hn mill fin.
the back numbers of the Butte MINER for
one year. counting back from the LIST inst.
Enquire at the MINER office.
DR.. llouyh will soon open his office in the
ground between the Centennial Hotel and
Cohen and topinlls' granite store.
In Il letter received yesterday by Mv. Clas
$. Warren, rom Capt. \. Turner. that Sels-
tleman reports his discovery of some valuable
flowing oil wells. near Rawlings. Wyoming.
Yesterday Il siN-spriny platform wagon, that
looks us if it ought to ru, as smooth rs Il rock
in. horse. was received 10y Dcllinger Il Hyde.
This vehicle was made to order. and is to he
used us !: delivery wagon.
John Hoffman opens his tllerpsicoran
garden Tomorrow evening, in the old Loe.
ber's-no, not old Loebcr--but in young
LOchpr's old hall. Yes, that's it. just saved
ourselves that time. by a mere scratch.
j. T.. Rcins and Peter Mcmahon are about
to put up Il brick iire-proof storc-buildins on
the lot situated between the granite block of
Cohen and Copinus and the new building
under contract from Henry Jacobs to Steele
Il Sutton and the Lavell Bros.
The small building standing between
Bo.k's Restaurant and King n Lowcry's
Centennial Billiard hall, and until lately o.
cupied by VIM. WoolwarAs, variety, store was
pulled down yesterday to make room for i:
new restaurant building to be built immcdi
atcly 10y Mr.. Bogk. owner Of the lot.
Strahorn's Resources OF Montana ca,
be had gratis by making application to Prot
W. Egbe,t Smith. Territorial Superintendent
of Public Instruction, at the Butte Pos office
Parties ordering from Il distance will cnclos'
IL tlree-cent stamp for each copy their orde
calls for.
John Noycs and Mr.. Meiklejohn were pas
scngcrs on yesterdays overland for Salt LAX
CITY. In about three weeks Mr.. n. will
return, accompanied by his wife and family
who have been passing the summer in thu
city of thu Saints.
Jos. Kuhworth, of Jefferson City. went owe
to that place yesterday, by Crawford's coacl
to return Immediately with his family. MI
Kuhworth has rented the building lately OF
cupicd by the California clothing store, nea
the corner Of Main and Park streets, in whlc
he will open IL bakery immediat ely upon hi
return.
Yesterday must have been sort of Il ticl
day with the frclshtcrs, whose Wasl'oe wills
pers were to be heard from early morn ii
dewy eve cheering and encouraging the lutte
lectual mule and p%crsuading llim to follo>
the straight and narrow way that enters b
the Park street bridge to the collsignce's es
tablislment.
j.. The Countess Brolowky leayes this morl
ing for a short lccturing tour to Glcndal,
From what we hear of her lectures we "a
confidently recommend them as interrstin
and Instructive. The nature of our otlic
duties. partaking somewhat OF the perpetu;
motion char actcr, rendeicd it impossible ff
us to attend any of the lectures lately deli,
cred by the Countess at this place.
(From Wednesdays Haily.l
The world missed a good journalist whe
"Cid' cast his fortunes elsewhere than wit
the third estate.
Foul Lake Superior Miners arrived ;
Butte Yesterday i; a healthy rugged lookir