The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25
MINOE ITEMS.
tFrom a,uesday,s Daily.

Within the past two days the u. P. Express I
Co. has shipped for the Alice company eight
bars of bullion valued at ST., 1000. The Elk
horn mill yesterday shipped seven bars valued
at $1,000.
Mr.. john Stinson having sold the Stevens
slne for enough money to render him com-
Portable for the remainder of his life, leaves
for California to-day. The well wishes of his
host OF pioneer friends follow him to his new
home.
Owners of valuable dogs should lose ne
,timem having the animals registered as the
new dog law will be vigorously enforced.
Marshal Warfield will explain the require
ments of the ordinance to those who desire
to post themselves on its provisions.
It. having been reported that a disease, Of
which mention was made several day ago.,
had been conveyed from its present solitary
victim to a Chinaman, who, it was alleged,
had done ssme washing for the sick man,
Mayor Walton yesterday caused all the houses
in Chinatown to be searched. No case Of
sickness was discovered and there is believed
to be not the slightest cause for alarm.
[From Wednesdays Daily.]
BIackfoot, Idaho, wants to be Incorporated.
The roads extending in all directions from
Butte are reported in bad condition.
The Diamond mine is being worked from
the west drift of the High Ore.
Three prominent citizens yesterday formed
a small pool and bought 5000 shares of Bell
stock.
Virginia City is about to indulge in a
home dramatic company. Tom Baker will
be heavy william.
The depth of the snow temporarily re-
tards the shipment of ere from some of the
surrounding mines.
Were it not for two weather reports daily
in each of the Helena papers, they would be
terribly dry reading.
A public meeting has been called in Hell
sna to devlse means to prevent the loss Of
property threatened by the melting Of the
snow.
Rev. C. .. Tillotson returned from Glen
dale yesterday. He reports 100 men work
ing on the U. & N. R. r. in the Big Hole
canyon.
In the Supreme Court on the 18th, in the
case of James King VS.. the National Mining
and Exploring Company, the motionto strike
off motion for a rehearing was sustained.
The two men arrested Oh Monday for as
sault and battery and for resisting an officer
we're a%rraigned last evening before Judge
Wilcox, and pleading guilty. were each fined
$40 and costs fer the two offences.
The drift Of public sentiment on the d.
visisn question is unmistakable. So far we
have heard of Only three men in Butte who
are opposed to division, and not one of that
very limited number is a taxpayer.
Our Salt Lake exchanges contain graphic
accounts OF a terrific snow slide which &C.
CURED at Alta CITY, Utah, several days ago.
Mint lives were lost, and it is supposed that
the inhabitants of the camp will leaye until
the danger is over.
1t is reported that the Bay Horse smelter,
Salmon river, now owned by the Omaha
Smelling Co. is about to be sold to an Eng
hsh company. Should this be the case, we
believe the Omaha company will put up
another one on some valuable property
owned by them on Squaw creek, four miles
from their present location.
The residence of the Misses Kittie and An
ME Ward was last evening the scene of a
pleasant social party, the occasion being the
early departure for Chicago of Miss Annie.
The affair, though informal, was a most en-
joyable one. The guests were royalty enter
tanned and separated about - O'Clock wish
ing the young lady a pleasant trip and a
speedy return to her many friends in Butte.
A. G. Campbell, one of the solid and intel
ligent mining men of Utah, has been given
certificate of election to congress by E. II.
Murray, the best governor Utah ever had.
This action leaves out Cannon, the six-ply
polygamist and an alien, and puts in his place
an honest aud patriotic American citizen; a
. man who has respect for law and decency,
AS a natural result the "Kingdom of God Oh
Earth is in a mighty turmoil, and were no,
its members afraid of the consequences we
r might expect the revival of the blood atone.
ment tenet Of the religion Of Latter-day
fraud.
Deer Lodge whisky must be a demoraliz-
ing liquid, for it not only delayed the last
issue of the valley paper for three days but
caused the publication Of one of the sickliesl
looking sheets We have seen for $50 years
Had the author of Mother Symptoms prophecy
or the Sweet Singer of Michigan planted hei
angular proportions in the editorial chair
during the absence of the chiefly our wonder
at the contents and makeup of the sheet
would not have been so great, but for a man