The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-28

r,nese Duainess House IN Montana

Day after tomorrow the weIl-kno~"
bar king house Of DOnneal, Clark q Lar
.bfe viii move into their new quarters
on the southwest corner Of Broadway
and Main streets, in this city. The ne"
building Is probably the finest and moe'
completely finished business house III
the Territory, and Ia consequently de
serving Of notice in the MINER ~ All
object Of which Butte and all her c't''
Gems may we'll lie proud.
The length of the building h ninety
two feet, and its width twcnty-three feet
and two inches. 1t is built of carefully
selected brick, trimmed and finished
with cut granite, and is two full stories
in height with, y large aud handsomely
! fitted basement.
Tie iron front was manufactured ny
T.. Il. Pulls 4 Sons, II. Louis, MIS-
souri,. in their most elegant pattern.
The cornice was selected ~ Mr.. Clark
at the large establishment Of knise'y'
SON l. Miller, of Chicago, the crest
work coming from the same house.
The vault door is a thing Of beauty, III
the beauty Of its pattern and its artistic
finish. 1t was made after their n'oet.'
! proved pattern hy the Hall Safe and
Lock Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The lower story Of the building, OPEN
ing on both Main and Broadway,
contains first the banking Office proper.
tn. rty->ix feet in length. The massive
entrance door. are reached hy II
flight "f cut granite steps, and
are 1T walnut, elegantly nodded!
The large tr:,I,son,, just above them,
thirty-4ix l,y fifty inches, exhibits the
-iyn .I)onnelI, Clark 4 Larabic, Bank, y
beautifully executed by Mr.. Il. +. PAX
son. The counter AMI counter screen
ar. said to he equal to any found in
Eastern banks. They were built 10y
Howe Il Chapman. Tie contractors for
the building. and were grained by Mr..
Lee.
The vault is tw.Iv. hy eight fe,:.
,avt.i viii, ti,y stones, and Of The srr'sr-
est manufacture known.
Next 70 the general banking Office on
the west, and opening int, it. i. nc Pr;-
vote consultation room. ai"'H' twelve
feet suu.re. anil handsomely furnished.
Then comes the general reception r'"';n
for :;-:t *. which is about eighteen feet
in length. ana then W. A. C!ark's rr!-
waite office ni about the same size. Al!
oi these rooms are handsomely and COM
ior:u!,ly furnished.
ON the west II the private office is the
hallway, some eight feet wide, III which
is built the wide ami easy stairway
leading I" the flUor above. The stair
c:,sc is built Of walnut ami cherry with
an extension on the sidewalk, enclosed
!y Il pair Of elegant walnut doors. hay
ing panels "i el,a,.iclc,l glass.
The upstairs is divided into four :'"'''>.
with four foot hall on the south side
terminating in the large front
The three front rooms will i,c exempted
hy Mr.. Hamilton and others rs
room. The Butte stock Beard will
use the large room in the rear of the
floor, opening on l!rn,dway, ~ their
business Office.
Dennis Simpson will~cupy the whole
Of the basement with his barber shop
and hath rooms. He will have efficient
assistance, AMI his rooms will J." SUP
piled with the latest and i,an'i>onI.>t
appointments Of all kinds.
The ls.mkimy house If DOnncll. Clark
Il I.ar:,l,ic j. tOO we'll known in Mon
tana to need any extended mention.
Ii lx.yan business in Deer Lodge in the
spring Of 1871, where it still has bllsi-
ness house, under the management Of
=. T.. I.:.r:.hie, Esq. The Butte house
was opened in ISL, under the manage
m,cnt If W. \. Clark, f::al. 1t WAS the
first lMuk in Butte, AMI its business
grew rapidly. The MINER comgratu-
latc~ the firm, on the eve of it, change
Of quarters. on this renewed evidence Of
INV 1SASt :">>-" Nb'
Of lhln,!. Clark X I.ar:,l'ie.
The blizzard threatened for several
days bv the barometer showed its teeth
yesterday afternoon, and verify they
were sharp.
The New York Ntt"i'hrifttr says: Six
nnn,l.> az" ing"t copper sold in the
New York market at thirteen and :.
hall e, nt- per pound. Now it sells fer
twenty and Il half cents lnr pound.
Ii j. stated tina: the judgments III the
cases nf Mrs. Sarah !. Frederick W. \.
J. Davis and Mrs. Frederick W. Davis
IT al., whirh were appealed to the SUI
prcnc Court ni the United States hy
Judge Davis from the Supreme Court Of
this Territory. have l.rm affirmed.
There was Il large anil comparatively
select a.scl.hlagc ut tie nlas.luc bal: