The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-23

The hanks will Be closed on Christ
mas day.
The banks Of this city have ~
daeed the rats on foreign exchange.
Cord wood sold itom the wagons
yesterday 1t >6.sO and 500 per cord.
Prime hay was quoted At ~ and IS
per ton.
We are informed that Messns. Duf.
fet and Clayton will In . few days
open IN evening school for instruc-
tion In the languages, and CONNER.
cial bookkeeping.
A very busy snow storm set in last
evening. AT midnight the ground
was covered to . depth Of two incnes
and the neecy was coming down
with . peEskteney which indicated
It had come to stay.
The Presbyterian Church has been
beautifully decorated with Sestoons,
medallions, and naottoes III evergreen,
and the children are TO he treated
Christmas day with . realistic specta-
Gle Of santa Claus cunning down the
chimney and distributing his load Of
gifts for the little ones.
At the postollce, on Christmas aud
New Yean day, mails will be distri-
buted - usual, and the Yale boxes
will be accessible during the entire
day, but the general delivery will lie
open only from /: to o'clock p. M.
No money order business will lie
transacted On either day.
While the streets Of Butte yester-
day were wet from the snow and Ice,
which, melted under the rays CT y
genial sun, the exchanges tell Of
weather 20 severe In Minnesota aud
Dakota, that several of the Russian
refugees who were at DEVILS Lake
were frosen to death. Nontana's
climate beats the world.
Attention h called to the big adver-
tise,,,ent On the editorial page, Of Mn.
Lu r. Smiths great sale III holiday
goods ut actual cost. In consequence
Of the delayed arrival Of . large in
voice Of toys aud fancy articles for
the holiday trade, she h obliged to
adopt this r:2ethosl II closing them
out.
The wonderful child actress, little
Matte. will appear with the Tayl"r's
Tourists at Renshaw OPEN H0use
TO- night. The. Tourists have recent
Is player; nj Nker I.o.lge. Mi.scula,
and other Montana towns, the prees
Of which are unanimous In their tes.
tin,ony to the artistic and enjoyable
character Of their entertainments.
The enteEprising fir,n Of Sands l.
Boyee have received . large Orsler
from It. Louis, No., for seal, plush
and silk sacques. They frequently
receive orders for similar goods, and
for dress and cloak patterns, from
Salt Lake, Denver, Omaha. Kansas
City and other points, which IL an
evidence II the value IL liberal a(l-
vertising in the columns Of . live
newspaper Of wide circulation, like
the daily MINER.
"The other school buildings in the
city We have mt had time to visit,
hut they are all closely supervised hy
Prof. Howell, the county scl'sH'l
superintendent, and We have that
gentleman assurance that their c'a,-
siition IL generally satisfactory. -
Inter Ms."ataiN, I)cc. =. For the
l,eneft II the news(:::) gatl'erer ri the
Inter Muw"tain we will inform him
that an tlss'liOn was held on tho 7tll
81 last month, an.l that c. II. Moore
was elected county s.h~'l suleri''-
tcn.lent, and that his Office il sep
aratesl from The Inter .Nv""h';" sane
tum only hy y twelve inch brick
wall. The words Of commentator
In thu above extract are fully en-
dorsesl hy the MINER, ~ applicable
to Mr.. Moore, ~ they undoubtedly
would IL. ~ applied I" the efficient
pri,,e.ilsal " the public scl,Os'ls. Mr..
Howell, il he was superintendent! "'
public schools.