The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12

A fair-sized audience witnessed Mcw..d,o,,s.
rencition OF Grip Van Winkle' at Owsley,s
Hall last night. Tonight the same play will
be repeated. ' ' fr TW tT1as
The examination Of Samuel A. Kennicott
Tor shooting Jesse Sanders, alias " Tex," will
De resumed before Judge Wilcox, at the
Police Court room, at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. -
- ihe assessment of Butte and Silver Bow
county, for the year 1881, will show a very
large Increase in the amount Of taxable prop.
erty in this section of Montana for the past
year. . 1u.G r... ..+. ,.. IN
Judge Loeber offers for sale all his real es.
tate situated in Butte. The property is GEN.
trally located in the business part Of the city.
Parties desiring to purchase will read the
Judges advertisement in to-day's MINER. A..
Hire a street sprinkler, else you will suffer
the clouds of dust to cover everything. A
windy day like yesterday should be sufficient
to open the purse Of the merchant and bust
ness man to the extent of SIC o per week to
provide a street s%prinkling fund. A sprink-
Ter is needed now, if ever.
The laying of the corner stone of st. Johns
Episcopal Church. on the corner of Broad
way aud Idaho streets. will take place to-day,
Thursday. Bishop Brewer, of Helena, will
offlclate in the interesting aud impressive Ger.
emonies. The programme of the service to
be used will be distributed before the exerci-
ses begin at 10 o'clock.
The demand for mining property in the
vicinity of Butte is on the increase. With
our true assure veins we have only to esti-
mate the value of the ore per ton and he
cost of Transforming it into money, and rest
on the assurance that the mining properties
of Summit Valley district will pay greater
dividends to the future than to the generation
now living. 'u4' 3.,
Excavation is now going OH under the
room occupied by the Butte Hardware Com.
pany. A large basement is to be excavated
to be used by the company. In addition
Col. Largey will immediately enlarge the
building, in the lear, making it 1876 feet deel
and the full height Of Owsleg Hall. This
rear addition to Owsley Hall, when com.
pieted, will give room 70 a larger stage and
add greatly to the capacity of the hall fol
accommodating a large audience.
Discussing the probabilities of President
Garfeld's recovering from his wound, a gen
tleman living in Butte informed US that up
wards of forty years ago he was shot in a par
Of the body in about the same place where
the President was, with a half ounce ball
The ball vas never taken out. For severa
years he was annoyed more or less with pain
but for the past thirty-ive years he has car
ried the ball in him and has experienced nc
pain or Inconvenience from the leadcn mis-
sile.
Ieste rday morning, in the Police Court
William Corkish was up before Judge Will
cox, charged with robbery, in cutting opel
the pocket and cutting in two the belt of Con
Murray. 1t was shown at the trial tina
Corkish did not receive much plunder-only
a piece Of tobacco and a tck. knife. 1t wa:
fully shown that he cut the belt off an
pocket out as alleged in the complaint. Ii
default of $500 bail Corkish languishes in tin
Hotel de Nell Lowry to await the action o
the mex grand jury.
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