The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-02
MINOR ITEMS.
From TUESDAYS Daily.1

making a very successful run. sl .,.|
Bailey & B%atcheldor's dancing school will
open on the LIST prox. ....
New York butter is being imported to
Butte. What are our Montana farmers do
ing?
The surveyors of the Utah s. Northern road
were yesterday engaged about one mile this
side of Feeley's station.
A chimney caught fire in the upper end of
town last evening which raised considerable
excitement for q short time.
Messrs. Dusseau Il Benneth have increased
their facilities for pholographing and are
turning out excellent work.
A gentleman who arrived Oh the stage yes
terday estimates that there are fully 200 teams
engaged in hauling between The terminus
and Butte.
The enterprising proprietcrs Of the Virgin
ia chop house have greatly improved the in
terror of their building, which now looks
clean and attractive.
MissOutidn: The Stevensville packing.
house will commence operations about the
first prox., and we understand the proprietors
have already a large number of hogs engaged.
Gleason & Ryan, two practical restaura-
teurs this morning open the Can Can chop
house opposite Manning & Codling's. A
square meal and all the delicaces of the sea-
son will be served at the tables.
On Friday night a fire broke out in a build
ing belonging to the Montana company at
Meaderville and was burned to the ground.
The loss is said to be considerable as a heavy
shipment Of candles had just been stored in it
for winter use.
We yesterday received the illustrated trade
catalogue of Mast, Greenzweig g. Co., of San
Francisco, importer of watches: jewelry and
novelties. The work is very deliberately en-
graved and handsomely printed, rejecting
great credit on the firm.
The Salt Lake Tribune very correctly re-
marks: "There is just now a big leaning
in this region among mining men toward
Montana. Were it not for the cold winters
up there it would catch the next boom. 1t
may as it is. Butte men are ready to 80 up
to the captains Office and make afidavits to
the belief that there is more treasure in their
camp than in any other on the coast.
The Tribune of the 23rd says: "Yester-
day the Salt Lake Brewery forwarded to
Montana the first shipment of Utah beer ever
sent to that Territory. With Utah machin-
cry, Utah beer and Mormon girls, Montanais
bound to thrive" We can stand the beer,
Bro. Hamilton, but know of no Utah ma
chinery in Montana and have enough girls of
our own.
The morally sweet-scented though very
thin Herald continues to copy editorials from
the Glendale sheet, the alleged editor OF
which wrote to Mr.. Maginnis: elbow much
cash and how much patronage can be secured
if we will support your cause? ?" The fact OF
the matter is that the Herald gang has bought
up those so-called newspapers and is furnish.
ing them with stupid paragraphs or political
subjects. The hydra headed outfit Their
copies the same into their own columns, tax
ing care to give credit to the dish-rags above
referred to-.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The Colorado smelter is reducing about l:
tons of ore per diem.
The C%ourtwright mill keeps pounding
away on the gold ore of the Boulder mine.
The Ophir is producing considerable ore
showing native silver. The shaft is down 3;
feet.
The Alex Scott is producing considerable
iron ore, which will be used as flu at thu
Colorado smelter.
The MINER extends Its congratulations t.
Mr.. Jos. Lacaf: May his lady love prove a.
great a treasure as his Anselmo.
The road leading from the Lexington hoist
ing works to Walkerville has been widenet
and graded so that loaded teams have little
trouble in passing over it.
In the mining journals Of the east thu
mines of Montana are receiving more atten
ton than those of any other territory. On'
year ago those same journals scarcely eve
made mention Of the matchless resources o
this favored section of the union.
On Monday night a roll of blankets belong
ing to a miner who lives in the upper part O
town was stolen from his bed. The bundl
was yesterday discovered in a pawn shop, tn
proprietor of which had advanced 50 on il
which amount he will be required to charg
up to profit and loss.
The exasperating delay in the arrival of tn
elbow of the water column necessary to b
put in the Alice shaft before prosecuting ca
be resumed from the 700-fout station vii
soon he ended. The needed segment of til
pipe not having arrived, a pattern is bein
made and the joint will be moulded at tn
!. Butte foundry.