The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18

o"f 'uzb JI6 various Dujld- !
tusFhterpfses mentioned in our tuesdays
issue did not progress ~satisiacl orily on YES !
terday. ,fs sq...s ..r ... $3.50 !
MI. John P. Bocock is not now epgaoela in
doing double duty, as stated bv the Inter-
Mountain. He is acting solely as local editor
OF the MINER. .,E. a.. o.. ... .w
Mr.. W. II. Ellis opened up a cigar, tobacco
and Stationery store Monday evening, OF. the !
corner Of Park street AMI the alley just west
of Main street. a".s" ,Hta'"t' -t,a
There are many men now in Butte who
never saw s~lriglling before on the It'll day
OF October. They say they are reconciled to
the idea OF never seeing it again. .'.
An old Inner remarked g~leefully OH yester-
day morning that he was delighted to see the
winter begin so favorably. He was now
sure that We would have a mild and open
season.
The first sleigh Of the season passed the
MINER Office about ten O'Clock yesterday
morning. The driver seeMed to be going to
u picnic, probably mistaking this fine fall
weather for spring. ......
1t is said that the mines of Pachuca, Next
co, have produced $780, O0,0 900 in thirty
years. The time will probably come when
the Butte mines will exceed in one the pro-
duct Of these mines in ten years.
The regular Saturday night meetings of tie
Good Templals are becoming interesting 10
many citizens of Butte. Last Saturday night
several new members Joined It's temperance
ranks, among whom was DR.. Jones, the cleo
trician. " .v
The contracts for the brick and wood
work on the new Lexington mill had all been
let when work was stopped. The company
were not willing to risk putting up the fues
and chimneys for heir expensive furnaces in
weather Which would crack and burst them.
The MINER Publishing Company have just
furnished the Silver Bow aining and Mill
ing Company two handsome check books,
each containing five hundred handsomely EN-
gravei checks. Parties desiring work Of this
sort will do well to profit by a good example.
The Eureka Meat Market was panied and
VIII ltened Il roughOut Oh yesterday by Stein
berg, the Park street painter. The patented
whitening powder, called Alabastine, which
is so much advertised as a cheap substitute
for calsoiuine turns out Oh experiment to be
neither as cheap nor as serviceable.
DR.. u. w. Corey, who some time ago re-
celved the appointment Of resident surgeon
of the Utah L. Northern road, has opened a
real estate and mining brokerage Office in
Butte. The firm 10 Boatman & Corey, and
their advertisement will be found in another
column of tn MINER. The office Of Boat
mai, 4 Corey is at No. 245 Broadway.
Abou Twelve o'clock Monday night a man
was found lying dead drunk by the enclosure.
Of the school house on West Broadway. He
lay fiat on his face il the street, oblivious Of
all things. human aud divine. When aroused
and warned that he mad better be getting
home, as some one would come along and go
through him, his only response was ''let 'em
60" He swuke with a blanket Tuesday
morning.
The Calumet and Hecla Copper Company,
of Michigan, has so far paid the largest min
ing dividend of any mine in the United
States and Territories for the year 1881. The
amount paid in dividends by this company
I'D to Monday, October 3 was 5 ,5OO,OOO.
The next largest DIVIDENDS have so far been
maid by the Western, of Arizona; the Stand
ard, of California; and the Richmond, of Ne
yada: each of which has paid out to stock
holders S6T5, 900 for the year 1881.
From T thursdays Daily.l
Lost-A small bunch OF keys, consisting OF
postotice, trunk and door keys. The finder
will be suitably rewarded on leaving them at
the MINER Office.
Out door work began again yesterday. The
stone cutters were busily engaged on Ciark's
new bank building, and work was progress
lug on the court house.
A member of the branch Sazerac club
called at the MINER offite on yesterday and
said that the club barometer betokened a
long spell of dry, warm weather.
These are the ""Italian Skies of Montana,
welcome to our hospitaole climate, oh, sons
of the sunny South, you can freeze ice-cream
all the wear round without artificial ald.
Our informant in regard to the arrival OF
Mr.. Rowland IA Butte was not SIMPLY ms
taken. He was at the time looking forward
tn imitation into the Butte branch Of the eel
eblated SaZer4C club.
The sample of ore mel toned in yester-
dl,'s MINER, from the Prospect iiine' Is no"
on exhibition in tie MINER office. The
s,ariren will weigh about fifteen pounds
and runs 81 10 the pound i'll gold and silver
The postmaster of the Butt" office aud his
assistants regret the present deficiency OF ac'
,,,,nps in lie office quite as much as