The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Minor Items.
From fridays Daily.

tFrom Fridays Daily. y
Samples train from the terminus got in
yesterday, loaded for L. W. Foster & Co.
The funeral Of Mr.. Reimeis little boy was
largely attended yesterday by sympathizing
friends Of the sorrowing parents.
Avery handsome silver Communion service,
for the M. E. church, was received yesterday
direct from the East by g. A. b. Halvorson.
Yesterday was another windy day. If the
people of Butte are at all lacking in grit IL is
not because they don't swallow sand enough.
No business was t~ransancted at the meet
ing OF the City Council last night; commit
tees previously appointed for prescribed pur-
poses not yet being ready to report.
Yesterday NJ. E. Meyer cast a bar weighing
41S OF. from bullion yielded by the Silver
smith lode, and worked at Rundell's ~arastra,
Browns gulch. The bullion was 9s2 fine,
somewhat finer than silver coin.
Yesterday morning six suberb silver bricks,
bearing the stamp of the Alice Co., and
weighing altogether 773 lbs, were at the
Butte Office of Wells & Fargo's express. No
365 was the last to leave the moulds up to
date.
Twenty-Five horses are now at the Butte
course, in training for the approaching races,
with eight more to arrive within a day or two.
About forty in all are expected to compete
for the prizes to be offered a fortnight hence.
Road Supervisor Harper is about to build a
bridge across Silver Bow creek, just beyond
the La Plata mill, on the road leading to the
Park. He will also give the Park street
bridge a new floor. Bids for each job are
soil ,ited.
David NJ. Haggarty, insane, has been
brought to the Warm Springs Asylum from
Madison county. DR.. Mussigbrod, one of the
proprietors, informs us that the Asylum now
contains forty insane patients a liberal num-
Der it appears to us, considering that the pop
ulation Of Montana is less than 10000.
Every year just as winter is about to set in
the Pinestone road claims attention as someth
ing that should be built, that must be built,
that ,riUbe built, just as soon as the frost leaves
II ground the spring following. This year by
way of a change we suggest that the matter
be taken in hand directly after harvest, and
the road opened i'll good shape, once for keeps.
From Glendale comes the report that Mr.
James Parfet, foreman of the True Fissure
and Atlantis claims of the Trapper district.
has not availed himself of the excellent ad
vice given by Mr.. Weller to Samivel. Con-
sequence nice little notice to appear in the
CALCULATIONS.
Miss Cora Williams, a lady fully as frail a.
fair, was arraigned before the Police Cour
yesterday on the charge of firing her littl'
pistol at some one who had incurred her dis
pleasure. The evidence in the case havIn!
clearly established the fact that the gentl'
Cora had missed her man she was forthwith
fined with due severity. Must shoot straight
er next time, Miss w.
An idea of the rate at which this part of tn
Territory is increasing in population may b
gathered from the fact that a Butte hardwar
store, having at date three hundred ceokin
SJONcS Ol liuuu, ScSttlu iN ulopdtClCu dh VI
to the manufacturer to send two hundre
more Immediately. This house expects t
sell at least $50 kitchen stoves during tn
coming winter. Those figures represents onl
half of Butte's sales in that line, since the re
naming hardware house has also a heav
| trade.
A gentleman lately from Helena says tn
| Capital will be represented by at least 200 G
I her citizens at the Butte races. Without i
} the least intending to reflect upon the hosp
| tality of the Butte folks we would advise OF
, guests to bring their camping blankets wit
s them. There will be no scarcity of shelte
l of ~lay-outs, for shake downs onnice carpete
l 1oers, out Butte is a new town and tt
accommodations possessed by its citizens ft
3 the reception of guests are but limited. 4
for the hotels they are trimming full, We
running over, even now.
From Virginia City is reported a stamped
towards the head of Alder gulch where rio
Q quartz has lately been strnck. Just as Il
excitement arose the National Park tourist
from Butte, reached Virginia on their retul
trip. Two oftheir number, Prot. Hassell al
Mr.. d. r. Beck, turned with the tide, to S
IS what the new discoveries amounted to-. II
e remainding two, Mr.. r. P. Hopkins, and N
e Dawson, in the employment of Dellinger
Hyde, continued their journey to Butte, ARR
Is ing Wednesday evening.
From saturdays Daily.l
J. l.. Smiths train got in from Hele
Yesterday, loaded for l.. Marks Il son.
Madison was concealed in a hay-stack VIII
Of discovered and arrested at Wunderllchs