The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-01
MINOR ITEMS.


From Tuesdays Daily.
The thaw il. producing slushy streets, but
the boys of Butte are equal to The emergency
and navigate The streets on stills.
Silver has taken an advance in the New
York and London markets. In New York it
is quoted at 11355, and in London at so 3-16d.
In local political circles the canvassing of
the claims of aspirants is the principal talk.
The political pot is beginning to simmer
plenty.
City Marshal Wartield will be absent from
town for several days, and has appointed D. G..
Brownell to act as deputy city marshal during
his absence.
The county of Silver Bow is now recog-
nized in the Legislature. "Mr. Aiken, the
gentleman from Silver Bow county" is the
way they put it in the council.
The Madisonian says that Con. Bray, of
Argenta, is taking out daily ten or twelve
hundred pounds of ore from .he Legal Ten
der mine at that place that is good for $500
per ton.
Persons whose duty it is to provide the
bread of life for hungry humanity, will be
| glad to learn that -four merchant Lewis, on
lower Montana street, advertises that he will
sell flour at retail at wholesale prices.
The soft weather has uncovered considera-
BILE rubbish and garbage in some of the streets
and alleys Of the city that will prove injuri-
rious to the sanitary condition of the town.
The attention of the authorities Is called TO
the unclean condition of several places.
One of the chiefs of the republican party
of Silver Bow county says that the new re-
publican daily newspaper, soonto be launched
in Butte, will have all the republican talent
of the county thrown into its columns. We
may expect to see democratic fur flying in all
directions.
The gatherer Of mining Jews and notes,
finds it difficult to reach object points. AS he
trudges up the hills, dressed in a pair of No.
10 gum boots, he is thoroughly impressed
with the vastness and richness OF the mines,
but he is unable to take them all in on &C.
count of the inclemency of the weather.
hiiu AOpolG = GIC superintendent vi
the National Park is printed, and we have re-.
celyed a copy "with regards of the author
1t is a pamphlet of sixty pages, embellished
with cuts of "hoodoos,'' but the book Itself
fails to tell that it was compiled by a "hoo
doo." A careless glance through the pamph'
let shows that it Is a poor "report," and moth.
ing more.
The Parrot Copper Mining Company is
employing as many men in the erecting Of
their smelling works as can be proftably
employed considering the season and the
state of the weather. A great deal ofthe ma,
son work is finished and ready for machinery
now on the way. 1t is the intention of the
company to erect the "boss smelter'' of these
northern mountains.
P. A. Largely, superintendent of the Mon
tana Central telegraph company, offers a re,
ward of $500 for information that will lead
to the arrest and secure the conviction of the
person or persons that cut the t~elegraphWire
between Butte City and the Town of Deer
Lodge, on the night of the 18th inst. The
party suspected is being looked after, and
should lie be caught he will, probably, look
through the bars of the peni,entiary.
The Independent of the 18th, says that the
body of James Braslin, heretofore supposed
to have been burned up in the Belmont mine
disaster, was recovered on the 18th,
1t appears that he did not leave his drill, as
the body was found in the stope where he was
working when the fire occurred. The fire
had not reached him at all, and the corpse
had the appearance of a pleasant sleep, the
eyes being closed and the hands being folded
across the lap. The body showed no signs OF
decomposition, although five days had elapsed
since the horrible accident.
The first number of the Dillon Tribune
has reached our table. 1t is a well-prinled
weekly of thirty-six columns. In politics
the Tribune is independent, the salutatory
reading: "In politics the Tribune will be
independent not ignoring the value of party,
but esteeming more highly the worth of true
principle" Mr.. H. I'rundage is editor and
proprietor, and j. +. Kline gets up the spicy