The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-15
The Semi Weekly Miner.
Local News
From the Daily Of Friday.

Hotel.
James w. Forbis is acting. az civ
attorney and clerk pro tenn, pending
the election OF a successor to Col.
Lasieyre.
Maxim and Ben Lamand are ir
training at Helena for the West Side
races. They will be brought over ir
few days.
Agent Scott is having a handsome
railing placing around the Union Pa.
eide ticket Off sc in the Pacific Ex
pres office.
Men are at work putting in shape
the machinery from the ruins OF Leg.
gat's planning mill. Some of it /.
found to be worth repairing.
The Fair Association did well this
year and more than made up the
heavy losses of 1852. The gate re.
ceip's were $1,000; total receipts,
$4,000.
a mineral spring has been discov.
cred in the mountains south of Liv-
ingston, the waters of which are
claimed t, be identical with the
apniinaris water Of commerce.
Professor Pumelly's horses and
pack animals have been ordered to
Jncknpo convey President Willard
aud some of his guests to the Mon
tana glacier in the mountains east of
Flati!ead Lake.
Wood River Times; The Butte
MINER published an eigbt-coIumn
account of the driving of the last
spike Oh the Northern Pacific rail-
road. This is quite a creditable DIS
play Of enterprise. But, then, Butte
is town OF l2,00O inhabitants.
Especial election is called by the
city council on Saturday Sept. 22d,
to elect a city attorney to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Col.
Tilns. A. Laspeyre. The proposition
to levy a special tax of one nill. for
fire purp' SEES, will also be voted upon.
. Toidibus il in town. Walking up
Broad way with a reporter last even
ing, he noticed for the first time, the
nearly full moon, and exclaimed:
Wei, that's the first time old
IN''N = udN' ltlC bCSC vi Illc lpI IlldIly n
day!' "Hrw's thar" asked the re-
porter. "Why, the moons pretty
fuNtc-night and I ANTI"
The town is full Of strangers this
week. Rooms at the hutels must be
engaged several days ahead in Or
der to secure them. Our visitors all
express surprise at the metropolitan
appearance of Butte and say that we
present the most healthy and vigor-
Gus appearance of any city they have
visited.
Independent: Col. Muir says that
Mu!ian tunnel will he finished with
in thirty days, ard that the cars will
probably be running through it by
the 18th of next month. Only about
23) feet of bench work yet remains to
be taken out. and it is being removed
rapidly. Bnzemen tunnel will be
finished early in Dacemb r, if there
should be 10 unexpected delays.
County Recorder Clark has ar
ranged a system of chests on rollers,
in which ara kept the county records.
80 that thev could b. speedily removed
office to tie on hand in such an
emergency, and the records are be-
lieved to be III no special danger, but
a tire-proof vault would be a much
safer p C for them.
The MINER acknowledges the re-
ceipt of wedding cards announcing
the marriage at Helene on the 9th
Inst. of Will H. Sutherlin, of the
Sulphur Springs Husbdndm0n to
Mrs. Carrie E. Settles. That settles
it! The MINER extends c%ongratu|a-
t!ens. Now that Will has settled
down may he prove a good husband
man.
jim McGoverh met with what
might have proved a very serious &C
cident night before last. While
lighting > fire i'm the stove the rapid
combustion caused an explosion,
which sent a puff of flame out of the
door into his face, bnrning his face
and hands and scorching his hair,
eyebrows and whiskers so that he
was obliged to get Il fighting cut on
the 'ormer, and entirely sacrifice the
latter.
Kahnweiler's Bazaar has become a
popular place of resort for ladies in
search of the thousand little articles
that go to make up the parapher-
MALTA of their toilet. Mr.. Kahnweiler
has s nothing to say about special
bargains IN this mornings MINER.
The public schools Of the city will
open next Monday. First primary
pupils living east of Main street will
attend at the Baptist chapel on
Lower Park. Supt. Howell will be
at his office in the central school
building to-day for the examination
OF new pupils.
The mayor of Helena has ordered
the city marshal to prosecute all per-
sous in front of whose premises paper
or other rubbish is found. Aside
from the untidy appearance OF our
streets occa>ioned by the throwing of
rubbish upon them, the boxes, oar
rels and secondhand furniture dis
plays which obstruct the sidewalks
are becoming an intol+rable NUS
ance, and a similar action on the part
of Butte officials would be appre-
cisted by the public.
The report that J. G. Smith, OF
Virginia City, whose sudden death
has been chronicIed in the MINER,
died from the effects Of accidental
poison is probably a mistake TIE
BozeAnan papers say that "about a
year ago Mr.. Smith received a sun
stroke and Thu sday being very
warm, in addition to the hearty meal
partaken OF at Red Bluff, are thought
to have caused complicati' Ms result
ing in his death.
L. A. Wall, of Clendenip, whose