The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-02

Inc Independent Home Guards, infantry,
OF this city, are to receive caps, blouses and
trousers from Fort Ellis. The uniforms will
be provided at Government prices.
The shaft on the Snow Flake mine is down
fourteen feet. The vein is three feet wide at
That depth, eighteen inches Of which assays
from $500 to $500 to the ton.
The Chinaman are swearing in the name of
their god Contucius against the opium law
and ordinance. ''Opium no hurtee China
man-much hurtee Mclean, DAM" is the &C.
lestlal protest.
Delay in receiving the machinery for the
Morning Star mine, east of Montana street,
prevents sinking for the present, but an ex-
cellent quality of ore is coming out ofthe old
workings of the mine.
Astelegram received yesterday from Hugh
O'Neil to w. w. Botkin of this city saws that
John A. Jessrang had escaped from the Peni-
Tertiary. He is Observation-Disclosures, five feet
eleven inches; weight 1855 pounds; light
brown hair; blue eyes: two upper front teeth
out. SloO reward IS offered for his capture.
The strongest temperance man in America
resides in Butte. He has touched not, tasted
not, handled not the baneful cup for twenty
two years, and he would rather receive a ten
years sentence to the Penitentiary than take
a drink of whisky. He belongs to no cold
water organization, and became a temperance
man after years and years of dissipation and
drunkenness of the worst form.
All the physicians practicing medicine or
surgery within the city of Butte are required
under the provisions of the City Health Or
dinance, to register their names, school of
practice, date of diplomas, residence and
place Of office, with the city clerk, in a book
kept for that purpose. Most of the medical
practitioners have complied with the city
law.
From Sundays Daily
Remember the postofice hours to-day-or
you will be left.
Last week the Pacific Express company
shipped silver bullion bars to the value of
$24,466.
The smelters Of the district are running to
their full capacity, and are reducing several
Thousands of tons of ore monthly.
There was no business before the Police
Judge yesterday, and the week closed with
out q case in the Police Court on the last day.
DR.. DeFrye has removed his office one
door west of the old postofice building, into
the house lately occupied by Mr.. Frank
Beck.
The pulpits of the different denominations
in the city will be filled to-day, Sunday, by
the regular ministers of the city, both morn
ing and evening.
Road Supervisor 'Ralston has appointed
Elias Lyle as deputy road supervisor for
Butte District, No. /. To take effect from
and after the appointment.
The Silver Bow mill crushes, as a daily av-
erage, twenty-one tons Of ore, aud ills operat-
ed SO successfully that it saves a high pei
centage of the assay values of the ores treated,
The Arlington Minstrels, who are adver.
tised to appear again at Owsley's Hall on the
5th and 9Th of August, are meeting with
great success in other places in the Territory,
The great %semi-annual sale at Sands &
Boyce has attracted a large crow of custom
ers for the week ending last night. Next
week promises to be one of greater attraction
than the closing one.
There has been no contract made yet fol
the purchase of the Wake-Up Jim mine.
This valuable mine may be disposed of in
few days, but the announced sale of the
property is premature.
The new Glass, China and Queensware
place of J. Kohns, one door above Bonner's
dry goods store, ought to be p%atrOnized by
everybody in want of those articles, for tC
make it a success, as Butte is in need Of it.
The bids, lately opened, for building the
all much higher than expected, and the low
est was considerably above the figures au
thorized to be allowed by the Union for the
erection of the building.
The closing out sale of Mrs. Lou p. Smith
on West Broadway, continues. The large stock
of fashionable millinery and hats on hand
will afford the ladies of Butte and vicinity
the opportunity Of purchasing just the kind o.
articles they want.
Both of the Alice mills are RAINING regu.
larry. Since the machinery was re lined il
all works with perfect smoothness. The mill:
are now saving 90 per cent. of tie assay val
lie of the ores reduced. Last Fridays run o.
the two mills was S., 400 in silver bullion.
The new Rowland Pulverizer of the Alice
Company, which is being erected at the Mag
ma Charta mine, is being theoretically push
ed toward completion. Most all the machin
ery and material is on the ground, and it i:
calculated that the pulverizer will be pulver
izing in one months time.
The best brands of Montana flour art
bringing high prices in the Butte market al
present-as high as 50 per hundred is asked
for .fancy' brands. I'VE have had occasion
to try the Queuchaqua mills -four manu-
featured by johnson, Perry & Co., at Milford
Neb., ana find the brand as good IS the best
j., A. Mess & Co.. on East Park street, oppo
site Davis foundry, have this brand and art
selling the -four at $3.50 per hundred.
In yesterday mornings MINER an article
appeared under the caption Racing which
greatly excited the lie OF the Inter M0untaln
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