The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
MINOR ITEMS.
From Tuesdays Daily.l

street, opposite the once OF Drs. MusslgOfod
4 Johnston. '... ..' .... may 0 tt
Fred. Taylor's city sprinkler set sail yester-
day on her first voyage. To complete the
ontfit a man with an ice scraper should have
brought up the rear.
At Quartz Hill, Vipond district, the snow
still covers the ground to a surprising depth,
considering the season of the year, or rather
the season that ought to be, but isn't.
The Grand jury of Gallatin county has
brought into court true bills Of Indictment
against Morgan Il. William, for manslauglter
in killing Frederics and against Fox and
Childs for grand larceny.-Independeh.
Mr. Hopkins, Superintendent of the Caro-
nah, is now running three prospect drifts on
that very promising mine. A double force is
now employed, the first night shifts having
been set to work last evening.
The Mol. Pros. entered in the Smoke
House case amounts simply to a dismissal at
the instance of the prosecution, without pre-
iudice as to any future prosecution on a SINH
lar or on even the same complaint.
The proposed enlargement of the c. q M.
smelling works, alluded to in our pages last
week, has already taken place, the first heat
in furnace No. 2 having been made several
days ago. Previous to that time only one
furnace was in use.
The new club rooms at King & Lowery's
establishment are just a little bit ahead of
anything of the kind heretofore seen in this
part of the country. 70 visit them is almost
enough to make the beholder regret that he
never learned to play poker-oh, the pity!
Mr.. T. T. Baker, deputy mineral land sur
veyor, has received from the Surveyor Cen
erals office the order directing him to proceed
to Lion City and make six mineral surveys
for the Hecla Co., two of lime lode locations
including mill sites, and four exclusively mill
site locations.
Mr.. D. H. Cohen has lately opened a store
at Basin City, on the Boulder, keeping a very
full and compile stock of miners and travel
lers supplies constantly on hand. Mr.. Cohen
hopes for a fair share OF the patronage which
by carefully attending to the wants of his
, customers he will endeavor to deserve.
, A private dispatch received yesterday by
Mr.. George f. Marsh states that U IS. District
Attorney Andrews and Chef Higley, OF Boul-
der, died at Helena the day previous. Mr..
E., Anderson was comparatively speaking a new
E conner, having been a resident OF Montana
something less than two years. Mr.. Higly
again, was an old Montanian who had &C
, quired something of a celebrity through his
great damage suit in which he received $40,
Il 600 damages from Gilmer & Salisbury to
. injuries received in the npsetting of one 0
their coaches.
" From Wednesdays Daily.l
II New piano for rent or sale Enquire at tn
III store of H. Jacobs * Co.
-. The farming season has actively begun i
the Deer Lodge valley.
The witnesses and defendants in tile Smok
ii House case returned home yesterday.
rs An inmate of the asylum named Hawl
tn died at that institution on Monday and wa
is buried yesterday.
or The free reading room of Butte has bee
OF closed for three months-cause, want offund
re The bar-rooms all remain open.
III A letter mailed at Deer Lodge on the lift
It's inst. reached us yesterday. The longest wa
'a' round was the safest way to the terminus III
10 time.
eal
' Placer mining operations are quite active
~, the vicinity of Silver Bow, and at Rocker
-, large number of Cinnamon are workil
-, ground.
.s, In the estimation Of the miners OF Butt
ls No -oo and No-go are synonymous terms,
IN. be applied to the newly discovered mine
;,h away of east, t'otler side OF anywhere.
lev In our columns to-day We reproduce II
air graphic description given by Mr.. Randall
1r- Kemp, Montana correspondent OF the EhJ''
m ceriey d1I Mining J0HrH Il, OF one OF MoA'
his mas richest collaborating lodes.
| a Yesterday We were shown by Mr.. Hem
l Jacobs a magnificent specimen OF ore coNtlll
OF inr wire silver wreathcd and entansle
throughout roNs Of quartz crystals, bealtlfu
ly perfect in form. The specimen was TAXI
fiom the Anselmo. one of Tie many rI
stlickes recently made iii the vicinity
Butte.
Yesterday b. Petit, the rustling turnltul
lar man was having down "A side walk on tt
has stree, Grade IN front of his Main street estaI
al ~lislIWent. If the business men OF that side
W the street would continue The grade now e
tablished from the corner of Broadway
III Dellinger's lardwar store, Il great improve
ed ment on our principal tlorougllfaie would
noticeable.
The Coulson Line steamer Rosebud arrive
~ at Benton on the 9th inst, and til" Butte o