The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-18

lFrOm saturdays DARYL
A rich strike has been made in the Ophir.
The snow is nearly three feet deep in Hell
ena.
Dillon is to have a Methodist church build
ing.
The stock in Sun River Valley is reported
in COED condition.
Mr.. COIN has retired from tho Helena firm
of GREENWOOD, Bohm & Co.
The Western Union telegraph line was
down yesterday east Of Ogden.
The present legislature is regarded as one
of 1.-THE ablest ever convened in the territory.
Hayes j Stearn's placer ground, in Alder
gulch, yielded 1900 ounces of gold during
1880.
We acknowledge the receipt from the Netv
North Vest office Of a handsome calendar Tor
1881.
The Silver City club gave one of their de-
lishtful hops last evening. 1t was we'll at
tended.
A soldier named Severance was frozen to
death last week while hunting near Fort AS
sinnibolne.
}. Fl. Trisberger has accepted a position in
the drug store of J. L. Blckey,a at Deer Lodge.
He left for that place yesterday.
Coal oil ranges in price all the way from 10
to 80 cents per gallon, according to quality
and quantity. The price is advancing.
yN-.j ,act, uTn xo, aa,l - JA.n-. ..l
coal SIG per tor. The latter is from Medi.
cine Lodge mine, in Bcayerhead county.
Grave fears are entertained in some por-
tions of the territory as to the probable loss
of stock resulting from the heavy snow fall.
Twenty-one locomotives are kept con-
~stautly running on the Utah and Northern
railroad, and fifteen new ones have been or-
dered.
l.. r. METRE, of Helena, will superintend
the development OF the National mine, re-
Gently Incorporated. SO says the lndepend-
ent.
Woodmen report the snow between four
and five feet deep in the timber. There has
been NJ thaw since it began falling early in
November.
The Herald says: The first fiocks of sheep
brought to Montana for the purpose of wool
growing were brought from the Pacific coast
in the year 1874.
The Helena coach due on Wednesday night
arrived in Butte yesterday at ? o'clock p. IN.
The coach due here on Thursday reached the
city three hours later.
Messrs. VIM. Read and S. futile have
bought the lot in the upper end Of Main
street, adjoining McElrOy d Lange's building
on the north. Consideration, ST, 800.
The intermediate department of the public
school, in charge Of MIS-. Samuel Johnston,
has been moved from the Good Templars'
hall to the basement of the new Presbyterian
church.
Il. NJ. Renshaw intends shipping his fine
lot Of furniture in a few days to Missoula,
where he will open a store. Our well-kuown
tow nsman Z. L. Newell, will be associated
hereafter with Mr.. Renshaw in the business.
Drs. HendrIckson ald Holmes have leased
the building formerly occupied by Renshaw
as 4 furniture store, and are fitting up the
same to be used As an hospital for minsrs and
all others who may see lit to accept of their
terms.
The Helena UerUil calmly steals from the
Holiday MINER 4 description Of the Red Oak
lode in the BoUlder district. If stealing news
were q punishable Snense the Uerald man
would do all his writing ~ in a striped suit.
Dent il, Bob?
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of
the Alice Gold and Silver Mining company
10 elect officers for the ensuing year was held
in Salt Lake last Tuesday. The officers
chosen are the same as last year, with the ex-
ception OF Mr.. Leonard, who has been super
coded by VIM. NJ. tieiss.
The reporter of the Salt Lake TriJuAe, in
cndeavoring 10 describe the beauty of some oil
paintings just executed by \ home artist,
pulls out his yellow handkerchief and OBJ
serves with grief stricken pathos: This re-
porter is not as practicct a Judge of paintings
as were some of the old Greek masters
There is Il remote possibility that you are cor
rect, "Winnemuck," but nature always dis
tributes her fsvoIS impartially and You should
dry your tears and console yourself with the
0efection hat as a Judge of fine whisky in
allopathic doses the old Greek masters would
by comparison with you appear ridicalcusly
ignorant and uncivilized.