The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12
MINOR ITEMS.
IRON Fridays Daily.l

[From Fridays Daily.]
The terminus was removed yesterday from
Red Book to Dillon.
In the police court yesterday a man was
fined S. and costs for assault and battery.
Candle light at supper time already! Ins
thisl latitude the frightening or shortening of
the days is strikingly noticeable.
The building of the Trowbrldge block is
making excellent Roadway, and when COM
pleted it will be an ornament to the upper end
of Main street.
A handsomely illustrated sign was Yester-
day hung out from Loeber's stable, west
Broadway. By closely attending to business
the "Judge" has already secured a fair trade.
Yesterdays races were the best ever seen
in the territory. The time made in the three
quarter mile dash, ZIG, and the mile and rel
peat races, 1:4S and $50, is the fastest ever
seen in Montana, and compares favorablyl
with that usually made at Saratoga, Long
Branch, or other racing events.
r. w. Tunnel, the slayer of Geo. II. Jones.
at Boulder, is pretty we'll known at Butte.
where he formerly worked at wood hauling
He is about 80 years of age, and is altogether
a different person from the boy "Kid +,
Tunnel who has been incorrectly mentioned
as perpetrator of the crime. The Kidd, who
is now in Butte, had nothing whatever to de-
with the shooting, and was not even in the
neighborhood of Boulder when the tragedy
occurred.
[From Saturdays Daily
D. N. Dellinger is erecting a number o.
dwelling houses for rent OH west Broadway
The Boulder Methodist Church has beer
completed by the contractor, Mr.. G. M. Buck
who returned yesterday. v
The building on Park street formerly used
by M. Roy as a harness shop, has been rails
ed, repaired and nicely fitted up by Messrs
st. Jean and Traha,.t for a saloon. The.
opened the same yesterday.
County Assessor Murphy states that the
assessment rolls so far submitted to the boar.
of county commissioners aggregate q littls
over S4,O0O.OOO, and that there is yet abou
$750,O0O worth of property which has 10
been listed.
The sum of $16,6 go has been realized fron
the three auction sales OF town lots in Dillon
the new terminal town, and the companI
have left 400 acres of the tract originally pun
chased, including a part of the town site, be
sides $1,000 more than they invested f
One hundred cords of wood, more or les
wanted at this Office, one-half payment to b
made in cash and the balance to be gwen II
subscriptions to the Daily or Weekly MINEI
In other words we will pay each and ever
man bringing US one cord of wood $2.5e II
cash and give him a receipt for the daily fl
two months or the weekly for six months.
The Tribune says that the machinery nece
sary for the sinking Of the Moulton shaft to
depth eff 800 feet has been ordered from Il
firm of Griffith & Wedge, GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
is expected to arrive in Butte this fall and Of
~erations on the "Alice No. 2" will begin (
soon as practicable, The building of the ~
stamp mill will not probably be begun befof
, next spring. !
We learned yesterday that Grey Frank
entered in the three quarter mile dash &
Thursday in order to fill the race, and mo
n dS al dCCOuIuOudIlOu W IuC Va w
other horses than with any idea of his wi;
y ming. The owner of Grey Frank says tn;
!, he is not now in proper condition for a rae
q having had no training lately, which may a
h count for his coming in third best. .
Mr.. Geo. B. johnson, senior editor of Il
MINER, was confined to his bed yesterday I
an attack of pleurisy. The gentleman b,
paid too close attention to his editorial labo.
during the past few months and has bee
a noticeably declining in health until yesterdf
morning, when he found himself too weak
If walk to the office. Mr.. johnson is totally i
capacitated for work, so our readers will col
tent themselves with somewhat meagre lite
Y airy rations for the next few days.
uFrom Sundays Daily.l
4 Matt W. Anderson has retired from t,
n Bozeman Courier.
The two 6O-inch cylinder Howell roaste3
4 intended for the Alice mill, have arrived.
Ie 1t is reported that Jack Gilmer has bond,
n his interest in the Stewart mine, Binghai
ir Utah, to o.. j. Salisbury.
re The Herald is getting decidedly the wo
of its fight with the Independent.
Jacob WINNER, one of Virglnia's oldt
r. citizens, and one well known all over Mo
t, tana, died on the sth inst, after three da,
l. illness of pneumonia.
1t is said that on the death of George Jon
er who was shot by Kid Tunnel a few days a
L in Boulder City the latter narrowly escap
lynching by the exasperated citizens of til
place.
t. 1t is said that Mr.. Broughton is about to
gin the erection of a brick store in Wake