The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-19
From Saturday.sDai,y

The skies are bright and the weather
pleasant again.
oohundrum: Do you belong to Silver
Bow or Deer Lodge county ? 5k& 8#F
A patent has been granted to. A. j. Davis
for the Atlantic lode.
2 a Dig strike OF rich ore. in the Algonquin
mlne' at fhilipsburg, is reported.
House.cleaning is the order OF exercises il
most of the domestic domiciles in the citv
ANY amount of animated denunciation of
the dark schemes and plots of Deer Lodgers
may be heard all over Butte. t5@ @s
The agitation of the building of a large no.
lei in Helena Is occupying the attention of
citizens of the capital. 's.i."a ..."Nt
A town; lot has. been donated in .Melrosey
the new railroad terminus, to erect . Me,ho-
dist church on. @<.tf H.." --sl- .'Ia
II hundred stands of arms, in good or.
der, are stored within the incorporated limits
of Butte. A~" @~+'f ~Eaa sav4AA&i
Special Holy Week services were held .at
the Catholic church last evening, which were
largely attended. rAFFEIEF-FgE
1t IS estimated that there are over twenty
Thousand tons Of COPPER and other low grade
ores on the different dumps in this district s
A new order has Just gone into effect at the
telegraph office. Night messages are now sent
at half-rate figures.
"A gentleman who has been travelling
through the northern portion of Beaverl,ead
county, says that there will be a heavy ma
Jority OF votes in the northern precincts of that
county against the proposition to remove the
county sea- from Bannack to Dillon.
The last Dillon Tribune says Freight re-
ceipts for the past week have beet light,
nearly as much so as any time during the
past winter. This is attributed to the serious
trouble on the Union Pacific caused By ex-
tensive washouts west of Omaha.
A few days ago Mr.. Thos. Steese met with
a severe accident at the Silver Bow mill.
While he was engaged in repairing an elevat-
or, the third finger of his right hand was
caught in the sliding machine, which cut the
finger off near the second joint.
Last night a man, loaded with about six
inches of unrectitied whisky, experienced
great difficulty in locomoting Main street.
These cases are so few in Butte that the tenn
perancc cause is not injured by giving one
case newspaper publicity.
In the Police Court yesterday, before Judge
Wilcox, two men were up. John Conner
was fined SIS and costs, and Tom Horn SIS and
the trimmings. Both defendants were broke
and in order to square their indebtedness it
will be necessary for them to muster with the
STRENGTHENING brigade.
The next terminus of the Utah and North
crn railroad has been decided on, and Il plat
of the town has been made out. The new
place is named Melrose, at the mouth of
Camp creek. 1t is expected that the erection
of buildings will commence very soon by the
railroad company and by others.
The Barker silver district is situated sixty
five miles south of Fort Benton, within the
limits of Meagher county, aud embraces
about fifteen square miles of territory. Nine
lodes have been developed, thus far, in the
district, and the average width of the veins
| has been established to be about four feet.
Nothing is more uncertain than the basis OF
fortunes. The most successful merchants OF
business men far oftener than otherwise build
estates upon foundations that are soon swept
away. Mr.. Middlemiss, special agent of the
New England Mutual Life Insurance com.
pany will fully and exclusively. elaborate
this assertion it you call on him.