The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-10

Sheriff Lowery and Under-Sherif Small
are out Oh the trail of horse thieves, in the
south part of the county.
According to the Herald, Capt. Fuller, u.
5. Revenue Collector for Montana, has col
lected over $50, 900 license.tax within the
past ninety days.
Lipman & Davis, owing to the baptism OF
a section of the U. and n. Railroad, which
has delayed their goods, have postponed the
opening day until the 10Th inst.
The double column advertisement of Bar
nett, clothing, dry goods, etc, is changed this
morning, presenting and announcing new at
attractions that Main street emporium.
The first suit has been commenced in the
Probate Court of Silver Bow County. The
youngest inhabitant may be a c%entennarian
before the last suit is settled in this county.
The Mccormick saw mill. in Missoula
county, was burned on the night of the I'd. It
is supposed the fire originated from a defect
in the smoke-stack near the roof of the
building.
The Legal Tender mine, at Clancy, in
Jefferson County, has passed into the hands
Of an Eastern company located in New York.
The new company is to erect steam hosting
machinery on the mine Immediately.
A letter from Omaha says: "Two humid
red emigrants for Montana are Enlarged in
Council Bluffs, living in cars and at the
! Eniu,aut IVnpsa uharo tbny ava fal and
souped by the railroad companies"
Stanley Il Co., are remodeling the
building lately occupied by Parchen II
D'Acheul, on the corner of Main and Granite
streets. When completed Stanley s Co.,
will move their drug stock into it.
The Helena dailies are giving the citizens
of the capital large daily doses of city ordin'
ances. These city laws may be nice local
reading, but they afford poor reading for non
residents of the metropolis OF Last Chance
Gulch.
County Treasurer Welch and County CLERK
Witter, in their Office OH the corner of Main and
Quartz streets, are busy with public business
The business of recording is quite lively, ant
the collection of licenses is occupying the
time of the treasurer.
The Northwestern Cattle Company, o
Helena, elected the following directors TO
the ensuing year: W. f. Cullen, S. H
Crounse. H.. NJ Parchen, G. NJ. Jefferis, A
H. Beattie, Samuel Neel, Moses Morris, TIL
, kleinschmidt, J. =. Woolman.
I District Court, in session at Owsley's Hall
is well attended every day. Often, yer,
often, during each days proceedings, the elo
f quent roar and delightful diction of the at
torneys pitted against each other fills the hal
with sounds akin to melodious sweetness.
North Vest Tie barometer OF Col
f Dodge showed the altitude of ODOnnell
Cabin, above Deer Lodge, to be 1,40O feet
r Peterson Pass, 2,4SO feet, and Dry Cotto1
, wood Pass, 2,2l5 feet. The latter would b
% miles from Deer Lodge as a line Of tn
, road would run.
The Red Hill Gulcn mining company hay
f commenced sround-sluicing, in a branch
the Pipestone Creek. in Jefferson Count,
about two miles from Pipestone Pass. I'll
company has a large tract OF ground Til
, prospects we'll by the pan, and anticipate
, profitable summer of mining.
e Our esteemed ~ twilight cotem. is draw
ing all its inspiration through a second-ha'
r horse collar. gratuitously furnished 10y Il
Il managing "look-out'' for that sheet. 1t wi
a not be necessary for the stockholders to su
II init 10 another assessment Of % per cent.
~ keep that kind of trash filling the column
OF the "orsan'' OF the late republican par
, of Butte.
to To edity the Helena Herald we will simp
S. state that the reason why the vote was so liz
id at the late city election was the corporate