The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-18
Local News.

Local News.
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
The District court DISPOSED Of ia
cases during the September term.
Matte Hill paid her fines In thre<
eases Of drunk and disordesly yester-
day.
Our streets are enlivened daily by
excellent music, discour,ed by the
Nellie Boyd brass hand.
A gentleman Of this city Who he
the stan'ps b anxious to wager tina,
Maginnis will be elected by 1000 ma
jority.
Captain Shepherds petition Tor aid
in the erection Of . liberty pole O.
the public school grounds, came m
the City Council last night and VA
laid OH the table.
A complimentary excursion will
he rendered the citizens Of Deer
Lodge and Butte, by Engineer Blick-
endorfer. before he turns the road
over to the operating department.
The tonsorial artist, Mr.. Smith.
who formerly held . chair under the
hank, has opened . shop on Wet
Park street, adjoining c. d. Hauser
4 Co.'S, where he will Be glad to 80
his friends.
The grave digger 1t tho cep,etry
gives the foil owing statistics q psr-
sons buried there who have INST with
unnatural deaths: Number Of sui-
cides' graves. 80; killed by accident,
q; murdered :.
An accommodation train betweea
Deer Lodge and Silver Bow juno
ton will be rum until further notice
Ly Contractor O'Neil. It will leave
Deer Lodge ut 3 p. M. each day and
return At . p. m. Fare to or from
Butte, $500.
Louis Gregory tried his hand at
highway robbery Saturday night,
but was unfortunate In the victim SC.
lected-a ChinamaR without . cent
and in being Immediately afterward
arrested ana locked up. He thinks
the highway robbery business don't
pay.
DR.. J. w. Culhertson. eye, ear and
orttopseslic surgeon Of the Central
Surgical Infirmary Of Indianapolis,
Ind, will arrive In Butte to-day, and
remain until Monday the I'D inst.
The Doctor will be found 1t the
Mount Vernon House, West Broed-
way, while here.
The Brush Electric Light Compa-
ny have made arrangements for pow
er to run forty lights, and will COM
Dence the erection Of the electric
light wire Immediately. The wire
was shipped from Denver yesterday,
and 1t II expected the city will I've IL
Illuminated by electric light within
thirty days.
An agent OF Pat O'Neal, the Utah
4 Northern railroad contractor Is
employing mechanics and laborers
to work On the Utah 4 Northern OK
tension. The headquarters are 1t
Gus. Helms saloon. corner Main and
West Park streets. The wages paid
are for laborers e per day and found,
for mocha mics 8 50 aud $4.O0. Thir-
~ men had signed the construct
agreeing to 30 to the front upon these
terms.
We were shown yesterday = speci-
men Of surface ct,al from the head Of
Deer Lodge Valley, about eighteen
miles from this city. The specimen
has al the APPEARANCES u being .
good quality Of coal, and Mr.. w. r..
H. Edwards, who discovered the
vein, says 1t b three feet thick from
the grass roots down. The vein has
been uncovered only short distance
below the surface, but the white
sand walls and other indications
show II to be . true vein.
The Boyd Company will be fol-
lowed ut Renshaw Opera House next
week by 1.-THE Macarthys," under
the management Of Harry Mccarthy,
the ArkansAw comedian. The troupe
are highly spoken Of by the southern
press, the company having been or
gained In the south and played
principally to southern houses,
thoug.. their travels have been ex-
tensive IN the Northern States and
portions Of Europe. They will doubt
less play to COOL business during
their engagement 1t the OPEN HOUSE.
Route Agent Read, running On the
postal car between Butte and Ogden,
met with . serious and almost fatal
accident Ut Spring Hin Monday. He
was on the down train, from which
he got of before It stopped moving.
The up train arriving 1t the same
time lie was knocked under the
wheels Ut the down train by mail
matter being thrown from the other
troin. His scalp was laid hare I" the
skull and the flesh about his shout
der and shoulder blade badly lacer-
ated. His wounds were dressed by
Dr. J. W. Culbertson, who was
passenger on the mp train, and the
suffering man sent to his home In
Ogden. Route Agent Read has made
many friends In Butte by his official
courtesy while connected with this
service for the past year and . hall,
who will regret to learn Of his mis-
fortune.
Highway Robbery.