The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-19
MXNOE ITEMS.
fFrom riday' Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Measles and mumps are prevalent in many
families of Butte and Walkerville. No seri-
Gus cases are reported.
On account of sickness in the family of Mr.
Russell, the sociable appointed for this even
ing at his house will be postponed.
Mr.. Rolla Butcher and family have left
their house at Walkerville and moved to
Butte preparatory to starting for California:
Two of the gallows timbers supporting the
hosting frame at the Lexington mine, weigh
ing nearly 5000 pounds, have just been placed
in position.
The boarding house of Mrs. Stack, also of
King and Akens, is conducted in a very salts
factory manner, at VAUDEVILLE, and they are
all we'll patrnonized.
Between the 10th and Goth of November
the census of all the children under 81 years
of age, belonging to Butte district No. 5, will
be taken by the clerk of the school board.
All the roofs of the buildings belonging to
tho Alice Co. have been made easy Of access
by fire ladders. In painting the roof of the
new mill nearly 500 gallons of paint were
used.
A chilled and shivering horse was seen tied
at Owsley's corner yesterday morning, having
been all night exposed to the rain and snow.
Where are those vigiiant gentlemen who take
such an unselfsh interest in the prevention
of cruelty to animals.
From Saturdays aily.j
The Pulp floor in the new Alice mill is be-
ing enlarged.
The removal of the terminus to Dillon is
now completed and Red Rock is a corpse.
1t is reported that the Utah & Northern
Company VIII build a round house and ma
! chine shops next summer at Eagle Rock.
A rich strike was reported yesterday In the
North Star, which adjoins the Salisbury on
the east. 1t is said that a three-foot body Of
$3.50 ore has been uncovered.
A bet was made between two citizens Of
Butte yesterday, of $4,000 a side, on the re-
suit of the November election in New York,
one of them betting that amount that Fan
cock will carry the state by a plurality of TO-
900.
The leap year ball to be gwen next Thurs
day by the ladies' of Butte and Walkerville,
will undoubtedly be a brilliant affair. The
young men have suddenly become polite in
} their attentions to the fair sex and are gam
!, bling among themselves as to which will be
, honored with the most invitations.
Those attic ed with disease may be able to
f derive some benefit from the treatment of DR..
w. Lusk, who has recently arrived in Butte,
and whose advertisement appears in another
column. The doctor certainly effected some
s wonderful CUES on the streets last night
, where he harangued g crowd.
The Benton Record has passed into the
= control of II. B. Buck, W.. H. Hunt and Char
les Spencer. TIL Record has always endeas-
ored to promote the stock inter ests Of Cho-
b teau county, and however unpopular its edi-
tors have been with a certain class of Benton
ties, whose sentiments the Herald has tried
to represent, it is certain that they have been
y personally honest, that they cheated no one
out of their printing material, and that their
o employees have no unpid bills against them.
The MINER wishes the Record all possible
q success under the new management.
t. From Sundays Daily.
= The bullion shipments from Butte for the
:, week ending the 10th aggregate S339,31s.24.
The mason work Of the middle building Of
% the Trowbridge block was finished yester.
or day.
a. Messrs. Smith & Hodgman have just com
a. pleted a very elegant aud costly harness fel
Dr.. Condor, of Ogden.
ap The air tramway leading from the Colus
IL mine to the copper smelter was completes
en- yesterday. 1t is 1900 feet long. Mr.. Tuttl
n calls it the first completed railroad in Mon
is tana.
Al Since the change in time for stage depart
" ures from Helena our exchanges from tina
~ city do not reach our table until the morn
III ng after the arrival of the coach. We can
just stand it and that is all we can do.
The republicans of Helena had q littl
jamboree last night over the news from Ind
~. ana. They concluded to burn their powde
49, now, anticipating they would have no use fo
=. it in November.
ar 1t is somewhat amusing TO watch th
IN. Republican merchants coming down Il
business in the morning and cycling tn
store windows and sidewalks for chalk mari
to see if the "329'' wave has struck town yea
Independent.
IN In passing over the road leading from Bou
les der to Butte the curiosity seeker should M
fail to stop at the Bison station, kept by Mr.
Mead, and view her collection of tropical an
Ger semi-tropical plants. Among them may B