The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-28
M1NOh ITEMS.
fFrom Fridays Daily.

from Fridays Daily.
Thomas q Sandberg have cut a handsome
monument to advertise their stone-cuttine
business.
The new Alice mill dropped forty stamps
yesterday and the chlorinations were much /
nigner than on any previous day.
Inc following named gentlemen registered
at the St. Nicholas hotel yesterday from Deer
Lodge. They compose the jury in the Carey
Hlrsch mining suit. Fred. Bergman, II. G.
ward, I. B. O'Bannon, John Bowling, Il.
biume, Matt Hansen, John Duncan, Thomas
ANDERSON, G.. W. Blain, F. Notes.-The, G. B.
mc0uestion and VIM. Hartley. The jury is
In charge eff Deputy Sheriff McTague.
TFrom Saturdays Daily
The police court was supernaturally quiet
yesterday.
Stage travel continues light but the city is
ioil Oh visitors frsm the surrounding country.
Our patrons will confer a favsr by sending
In their orders for the Holiday MINER as
carly as possible.
A runaway on west Park street yesterday
morning caused a scattering Of pedestrians,
but resulted In no damage.
The Herald, with characteristic cheek,
steals eur account Of the shooting scrape at
Silver Star. That's a sweet scented outfit.
The MINER acknowledges obligations to ].
Il. Noe, Register of the Land Office at Hell
ena and to J. T. Wovlman, territorial auditor
for favors received.
The 20 stamp Alice mill was closed down
yesterday in order to allow the cleaning Of
the fues, etc. The stamps we're dropped
again last night.
The jury in the Hirsch- Carey case returned
to Deer Lodge yesterday. The expenses of
the trip will approximate $500. Do the anti
divlsionists see any argument for division IN
this fact?
Parties wishing to purchase Moulton stock
at the present bedrock price, $3.50 per share,
should make application Immediately at the
bank of Donnell, Clark & Larabie, as the
stock book will be returned to Salt Lake next
Friday, the 31st.
haASIAS ""o i"AAA oPShSo AoS'
night by the Silver City Club ball. 1t was
largely attended, the company was very Sc
lect, the music was ~faultlcss and just enough
informally prevailed to render the atfail
thoroughly enjoyable.
A few days ago the man carrying the mai
between Moose Creek Ferry and Cedar creek
in Missoula Co., lost a valuable horse and mar
rowly escaped drowning by breaking through
the ice while crossing the Missoula river a
the mouth Of Trout creek.
The children of the Methodist, Episcopa
and Presbyterian churches met last night il
the several places of worship where Christina
trees, heavily loaded with presents were il
Illuminated. The youngsters had a royal goo'
time and the ministers, after making appro
pirate addresses, distributed the fruits of tn
Christmas tree.
The now Alice mill is getting down to &C
! tive business. On Thursday the tailings as
sayed $40 per ton; Yesterday they were re
duced to $S.15. Within a week, at the --latest
the ore will be worked as close as in the oil
mill where the tailings rarely exceed So
For the twenty-four hours ending yesterda
r at - O'Clock, the 40 stamps in o~peratio,
crushed so tons of ore.
t The school exhibition at the Butte grade
r school yesterday afternoon was we'll attende
by the parents and guardians of the pupils
: The exercises consisted of recitations, tn
! reading of essays, etc, and the participant
acquitted themselves in a manner eminentl
: satisfactory to all. The discipline of tn
school is perfect and it is quite evident froI
. the efficient manner In which the various eS
t ercises were conducted that the instruction
in the several departments during the pas
session has been successful beyond precedent
Butte may well be proud of her publ
7 school,.