The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24
From Sundays Daily.
MINOR ITEMS.

Inc telegraph line was down all of yes
terday forenoon.
The bullion shipment from Butte for
the week ending May p, was $40, 592.
The first steamer for the season arrived on
last Thursday at Fort Benton. The steamer
Helena, low due, carrise 200 passengers.
The Alta, Montana, works, which were
lately destroyed by fire, we're insured for $685.
600, divided among twenty-five companies.
A large number OF graders, masons
and carpenters are busiIy engaged on
the new Moulton mill.
The Alice mills are reducing their
usual ninety tons of ore per day, the
7oo-foot level producing its full proper
ton of rock for the mills.
The stockholders of the Inter Mountain
were last night compelled to put up another
assessment in order to keep the thing run
ming.
The Rocker school district, No. 2, opened
on the 18th inst, under the able management
of Miss Sallie Battelton, daughter of Judge
}. Y. BattertOn, of Deer Lodge.
We learn from the Helena papers that Mr..
John IL. Lewis, formerly of this place, and
Miss Lula Budd Of Clancy, were married on
the 18th inst. The MINER extends congrat-
u~latisns.
Mrs. Boyle, the popular and accomplished
pianist and singer, is now prepared to give
inst IN thnSp hasir,Ic IF rn,n;Y;rr
lessons in music and voice culture. See ad
in another column.
Mrs. Gibbs and Miss Pierce. two of the ac-
complished teachers in the public school
which has just closed its term, propose TO
open private schools in the city. Parents
will do well to consult the ads of these ladies
which may be found in another column.
Two boys, old enough to know better,
had Il fight in the pigeon cost at Ows-
ley's hall during the performance Fri
day evening. They were taken out by
an officer, and if they had only been ar
rested good results might have followed.
This morning the sinking of the
main shaft at the Lexington will be re-
sumed. There is no water Of any mo-
uIcnt to contend with now. Tho shaft
will be rapidly sunk to Il depth Of 300
feet, where Il level will b run north to
tap the ledge.
Three pack horses were recently lost in the
Big Hole river, at the crossing generally used
in going from Butte to the Wood River and
Bonanza districts. A correspondent Informs
US that by the riVer on the northwest bank a
mile and a half above Gibbons battle ground
travellers will find a good, free bridge.
Boxemau came near having a big blaze last
Thursday. Just for the fun of the thingtwC
small! urchins started up a little bonfire OF
their own in the rear of kleins:hlnidt's Bros
store, and in very close proximity to about q
hundred cans of Kerosene. Fortunately il
was eXtinguished in time t. prevent any Sc
r is consequences.
The MOulton three compartment
shaft is now down Il distance of 81
feet, the last one hundred feet of which
has been through very compact granite
They are sinking at the rate of abou'
two feet per day. NJ. Clark Informed
us that hereafter he will thaW out al
giant powder by steam, thereby avoid
| ing a repetition of last weeks explosion
In the shaft and crosscuts about 30
. pounds of powder are used Il month.
I FRIDAY night the liquor house Of Jane
: J- .. H. ,., IA ~,
/ iron shutter in the rear Of the saloon. III
burglar broke open the money drawer, get
ting only abovt fifteen dollars. In the urawe
= he found the key to one of the safes, but tn
safe only contained about two bits, SO in re
venge he got away with $50 cigars aud a den