The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-27
LOCAL NEW.

NCAL NEW
See In another column adveriioemen
Of lost pos.ket-bok.
Yesterday telephone was put In q
the Lexington Company's Office.
Far K Warfield threw fosty-flve and
won the black stallion 1t Taylor & Pink
HAMS lottery.
The shower last evening did no mor>
than lay the dust, which was excessively
disagreeable in the afternoon.
The daintiest lunches and liquors;
also private club rooms, at the Opera
]. b. Chopper, proprietor: may1sdtf.
A fakir on the corner Of Main street
and Broadway last evening attracted Z
large Gro vd. He did the handkerchief
knot trick with considerable skill.
1t is almost time for another snow
storm. The ground IL dry, the mud
holes ave filed up, the flowers and
young leaves are coming out and every
body is happy.
Passenger trains on the Pen d'Oreille
division of the Northern Pacific now
run to Sandy Point, situated on the
north side Of Pen d'OreiIle lake. Con-
struction trains come - far ~ Oakley.
Tie south side of Broadway west Of
Main will soon be solid block Of frame
business houses. Business men Are
seeking and finding eligible locatiopson
Broadway as far west NJ Montana street.
One man accused Of using obscene
and abusive language pleaded guilty
yesterday before Judge Wilcox. An
other stool trial on the charge Of disor-
DERBY conduct and was convicted and
dned.
A Helena man was Dragging yester-
day evening about the beauty Of the
woMi measuring ordinance in the capt.
tai citv, by which the measurer got If
teen cents a cord. "Why," said he
sometimes make as much ~ fifty or
sixty cents day."
Upwards of forty million dollars are
raid annually for fire losses In the
United States. Prudent business men
everywhere, insure. and many y family
has ben saved from want by having
dwelling and household goods insured.
A policy with Ashby l. Smith, whose
card we publish today, means indemni-
~ and fair dealing. Their companies
are first-class.
1t is said that ut least half the peach
trees in Utah were killed last winter
and the other half look exceedingly sick.
The crop will be the smallest raised in
the Territory for many years. The plum
trees were also damaged, but not to 40
great an extent. Apples promise better
than ever. The superstition Is that the
severe winter killed the moth and the
apples will reach perfection this year.
Smaller fruits, such ~ currants, g0os.>
berries, strawberries and raspberries, It
IL thought, will be quite abundant.
From sstartiay's Daily.
Mr.. Edward Matthews means bus,-
ness. If there Is any man of his weight
wants to win thousand dollars he will
give him chance. See bis challenge
in another column.
The celebrated BrOOmstick Drill,
hitherto yelled in Egyptian mystery
frOm all eyes, will tonight burst upon
the public vision like fireworks, some
thing like up with the rocket and down
with the stick.
Madame Zamrock, whose card appears
in another column will tell for . oonsid
Grafton everything you want to know,
ever did or ever could know, even to
the color Of your future wife's hair or
the thickness Of your husbands
breath.
The Helena Independent says there
will Ike drill by the 'broomstick bri-
gade'' at . musical entertainment to be
given by the Episcopal church, Butte,
next week. 1t IL for the benefit Of sim
gle gentlemen; married men know oil
about 1t already.
The Salt Lake Tribune says the Dem
yer Eocni',0 Times, one Of the most
sprightly and enterprising journals t
that live city, was sold by Mr.. Wood-
bury, its founder, on Monday, for 80
mo. This includes the type. presses and
good will Of the paper. 1t Is . seven COL
umn paper and has always been edited
and managed with care.
The Nevada insane asylum, 1t Reno,
Is TO b. lighted by . new sort Of gas,
generated in small alright vessel, in
tn which napths 10 put with charcoal. A
stream Of air IL forced Inv clock vork