The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-31
From Wednesdays Daily

Inc Inter Mountain elected a new board
OF directors on last Thursday evening.
To-day we publish the more important of
the changes made by the late revision of the
Bible.
Tonight there will be two shows in town,
one at Owsley's hall and the other at Loeber's
hall.
Richard Roe plead guilty to Shaping an
other fellow, and was fined S. and costs by
Judge Wilcox on yesterday.
A number of suspicious characters, who
had received a gentle warning that the climate
OF Butte was very unhealthy, left yes' erday
for parts unknown.
Manager Plnnkett having rendered two
benefits to the Sisters hospital, to-night and
to. morrow night have been selected. In
consequence of this, Othello will not be pro-
dnced until Friday evening. A large NUM-
Der of tickets have already been sold for this
latter evening.
There is no legal Or authentic definition of
a miners inch of water. Both the California
and the Nevada Legislatures have, from time
to time, wrestled with the question. The
amount varies in different districts, SO much
so that in one it is fixed al 10, 900 gallons in
"a hours, at another $4,000 gallons, at anoth-
er 1900 gallons. The last named would
seem to be the most just and generally accept
ed measurements. The New York Nining
Record advises its general, adoption in the
absence Of legislative Or other legal determi-
na'ion.-Erchange.
From Thursdays Daily.I
Location blanks for sale at the MINER Of
flee.
The MINER now has a good supply of
mining deeds.
Not even a common drunk was reported At
police headquarters on yesterday.
No ODDS. for the building of St. James
Home will be accepted at present.
The bond Of JOS. A. Hyde as Commissioner
has been approved by Judge Galbraiih.
All saloons along the Northern Pacific
road are ordered closed while the work is in
progress.
Two extra night policemen have just been
added to the police force Of the city, and we
now have one To each ward.
Freight from the terminus is commencing
to come in. and in a few days all of the de-
lavcd freight will have been received.
The body of Thomas Kinney, who was
drowned in the Marias river some time last
March, has been found in a badly decom-
posed condition.
Reed. the prisoner tibet escaped las, week
from the Deer Lodge jail. was last seen on
Friday evening. at the mouth Of Gold creek,
eighteen miles below Deer Lodge.
Secretary Mills now has the funds with
which to pay members of the Twelfth Legis-
la i've assembly their per diem for the extra
five days They were iii session.
On the 20th inst. the Utah Il Northern
brought INFO Ogden from the North three
cars Of potatoes, fifteen cars cf bullion and
ore, and Two cars of hides.
Bismarck is to have a mammot h bridge. 1t
is to he built by the Nnttherm Pacific and the
estimated cost is $500 900, being constructed
entirely Of iron and steel.
Geo. Irwin informs us that there will be
but one Jury trial this tern Of court after the
close OF The eH'ts" now GA trial. Court Will
&,j"GTl on Saturday.
There has been q late reduction in express
charges Of from three to five cents per pound
on all express matter s. pped from eastern
cities to points in Montana.
Mr.. Gpstavus Bogk says he has struck it
rich in the Gustavus lode, situated between
the Silver Bow and Clipper mills. He has
sunk to a depth of thirty feet and is now in
high grade manganese ore. with q large