The weekly miner., 1881-08-09
From Wednesdays Dai,y.

D"''o e'ciy evening Tor the railroad terminus
at Melrose, at 7 o'clock.
Tie vege' able markets in the citv are SIM
Piled with better quality of vegetables than
heretofore for this season.
1t is not decided yet whether the new brc,
building to be erected on Park street. be-
tween Main and Montana streets, will be a
hotel or an opera house.
Inc ore IN the new shaft of the Morning
star mine, to the east of Montana street, Is
improving in quality as the shaft goes down
and the vein is widening.
The activity displayed by builders and con-
tractors in finishing buildings is remarkable.
Still many houses are way behind the time
contracted for their completion.
The Police Court room yesterday was quite
quiet, and the Judge had no occasion to dis
charge defendants with the injunction to
depart hence and SIN no more"
The walls of st. Johns Episcopal Church
are going up in substantial shape. The con-
tract price for erecting the edifice is $l1,0OO-
$1,000 of which has been subscribed.
lie greatest whistler in North America
Whistles at the Western Brewery. He's
good one and makes more music with his
mouth than all ordinary brass band.
Tie two Woolners mentioned in our tele-
graphic dispatches as being killed by the ex-
plosion of the boiler in dstllery at Peoria,
ILL.,, were brother and uncle Of Mr. Albert
WooneI of this city.
On the Placer claim IF Upton & Noyes, just
below Butte, the work of cleaning up the
gr"und-sluiced ground goes on slowly, for
want of sufficient head of water to run a
string of sluices.
The city treasury of Butte is in good con-
dit'on 1t is not over-burdened with money,
but the receipts are up 10 the expenses, and
all demands on the city treasury are met
with the ready cash.
Late last night Main street presented de-
cent, quiet appearance. One old chronic
drunk, whose hide must be as tough as that
of an old rhinoceros was enjoying free,
open-air bed on the sidewalk.
The frame buildings adjoin Thomas
store, on West Park street, have been remov-
ed, making room for the erection of large
two story brick building, with basement,
which is to be put up Immediately on the
ground.
City Ordinance No. ID, of Butte, requires
| each able-bodied male citizen of the city
over the age Of II and under d years, to
labor one day on the streets, lanes, avenues
and alleys in the city, or in lieu thereof to
pay 81 to the city Street Commissioner.
Work OIL the south vein of the Stevens
mine, located in the southwest part OF Butte
was suspended yesterday, ON account of too
much water coming in as the shaft went
when sinking will be resumed. The vein,
Which is narrow, produces very rich ore.
Our "enlargcd evening cotemporary, the
Inter Mountain, perpetraed another of its
plunders last evening when it said that the
MINER sis now an evening newspaper" The
MINER is a morning paper, and the statement
OF the Inter Mountain is enc made out of
whole cloth. However, If we attempted to
correct all the blnnders of our evening cotem.
1t would occupy too much Of our space, so we
pass multitude Of its minor plumbers.
We are often called upon to correct the
blunders Of the evening Inter Mountain.
That unreliable sheet in its last evenings
issue said that Rolla Butcher intended "to
build handsome ami commodious brick
building on the ground between the city
meat market and Parchen u D'AcheuPs."
This is not 50. Mr.. d. Fl. Cohen purchased
that piece of ground for $1,000 cash, and Mr..
Cohen informs us that if building is erected
OIL the ground he will erect it himself.
From Thursdays Daily.l
The Police Judge was not bothered with a
single case yesterday.
The MINER job department does not turn
out any secondclass job work.
The store room of the Butte Hardware
| Company is about the busiest place in the
city.
The shipments Of silver bullion from the
Silver Bow mill are increasing in size and in
value likewise.
Rev, J. r. Russell informs us that the Pies
bytery of Montana will meet in Bozeman on
Friday, August 18th.
The law business is picking up and the at
to, neys are wearing dignified looks, which
plaintiffs and defendants will materially AID
| in sustaining.
Aiken's foundry on lower Washington
street. is crowded with work, and is prOduc-
ing castings equal to those turned out III east
ern establishments.
Prospectors with their pack-horses and
prospectinc outfits are Quitting in the city
almost every day, and they are scattering III
all directions to search for gold ana silver 10