The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
MINOR ITEMS.
From Fridays Daily.l

The step approaches t" the Methodist
church look shabby.
At Banuack all the young ones have lately
had a dose of the measles.
Artistic and neatly painted signs are turned
out at the city paint shops.
The military telegraph line between Boze-
man and Helena is to be rebuilt.
A nice bath can now be obtained in Butte
for the insignificant sum Of Two bits.
The prices of horse food-oats- is 3sc per
pound. The supply is fair and the demand
lively.
Prospecting work, to find The depth to bed
rock, is to be resumed on Leggat's Highland
gulcll claim.
Some Butte miners who went to Bonanza,
slightly disguised.
Assessor Con. Murphy has made John Eddy
a deputy assessor to assist in the assessment
of Butte and vicinity.
The United States government standar
for pure silver is ST 20 per ounce, Or SIG As
per pound, Troy weight.
Hucksters' wagons with vegetables and gar
den stuff are to he seen daily on the streets.
Prices of vegetables are lowering.
DR.. Fisher, OF the Methodist church, will
visit Butte soon, to promote and encourage
the operations of the American Bible society.
The route TO the National park for tom SIS
and western Montanians is via Virginia tj'y,
where flrst-class outfits are always obtainable.
BY the Independent we see that the Priest
Pass road, between Helena and Deer Lodge,
is completed and opened to the travelling pub
lie.
A number of private residences in the city
are being provided with new porticoes ant
tasty fcnccs-combining the ornamental will
the useful.
The number of insane people at the Warn
Springs Insane asylum is 4G. A new build
ing for the safer accommodation Of violen
patients is going up.
man may obtain pecuniary relief by ap
plying to a court of equity and rendering TN
remainder ofthe purchase money stipulate,
in a verbal agreement.
The rev military post to be establishe
general of the army, is to be called Maeinnis
in honor of Major Maginnis.
The Sunuysidc lode, an eastern e~Xtersio
of the Bell, has been bonded by Mr.. Foott
- II,1o,o ,rl,, ,ra,,cn, ~, ot t,,oa ,roca,,t
the developing Of the mine.
There is Il Law in the printed statutes
Montana prohibiting dance houses. Anotht
law permits the licensing Of dance place
One must be, by implication, repealed.
The gold and silver mining field of Mol
tana is large enough to give work to genel;
tons yet unborn. Tie mining industry
l, the territory is as yet in its inclpient stage
The Butte Hospital is undergoing eXte,
sive repairs. A top story is being put on IL
l main building, and other improvements a
placing the institution in a more preten'ior
shape.
" At the next regular session of the ci
council the dance-housc question will
overhauled and discussed. The "nuisan
problem" will form the principal feature
the discussion.
The game Of poker is vigorously played
y Butte. Chips are quoted at Whites, ST. y
stack; reds. S. per stack; blues, $50
stack. All bones redeemed at the bar ban
e without discount.
Laborcrs and workmen are coming in
demand. One ofthe hotel men says tha!
4 has had applications and inquiry for twcnt
five men within q week. Miners. ranchm
. and laborers were the hands inquired for.
On Main street last night two loud-talki
men had a wordy set-to. They called ca
other ugly names and ended the difficulty
Is skipping into Il saloon and washing out
II insults with 4 whisky straight. A drink
Butte whisky is not near rs bad to take a.
V black eye or a bursted nose.
j. Jas. l.. Kerr, an employee working a, t
Colorado Smelter, while engaged in fixing
place Ia run out the Stag, was thrown a q
tance of ten feet. and striking with his ia
on Il CEu!lh vi shy MIS- iIJuTeu Qulte severe
v His right eye was badly bruised and damag,
the bone of the bridge of his nose crackt
q and his face otherwise TANNED.
If a miner has a claim he thinks valuat
&c lie should stick by it and do something tows
opening it. Locating u claim and then lei
he ing it with a three by six prospect hole de
IL not aid in building up a mining camp and
not proving IA claim. In the Summit Val
di<t.ict there are plenty of prospect no
which, Il dropped deeper. might open il
genuine bonanzas.
y Messrs. Ringcling " Kellogg nited Sta
L. deputy mineral surveyors, civil and min
er