The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News
From the Daily of Friday

From the Daily of Friday.
Moral Butte: No cases in the DO.
ice court yesterday.
The 1880 train tor Deer Lodge now
leaves the depot ten minutes earlier,
A private telegram announces tina,
the Bozeman races will commences
to-day.
Donne]l, Clark & Larabie shipped
seven bars of bullion yesterday valued
at $3.50.
The city council propose to provide
crossings on the principal streets be.
fore winter opens.
A few hours Of sunshine yesterday
dried up the mud and made the
street crossings p~assable.
The election of delegates to the
constitutional convention will be
held Oh November 9Th.
The walls of the new court house
are rearing themselves skyward. On
the quartz street side the second
story window frames are in place.
A SPECIAL communication of Ruth
Chapter No. 2 order of the Eastern
Star will be held tonight. A full
attendance is particularly desired.
The bulls and bears had a high old
time with Northern Pacific stock on
the New York exchange yesterday,
according to dispatches published
this morning.
A larger proportion Of the sojourn-
ing Masons will leave for their
homes to-day but quite a number
will remain a few days to take in the
sights of the mining metropolis
Now is the time to examine flues
and stove pipes to see that there is no
contact with partition walls and CELL
ings. Don't put up a heating stove
without examining the fiue.
Messrs. E. L.. Bonner & Co.'s
clearing sale will close on the 18th of
this month. and if any of
our readers wish to take advantage
of the reduced prices they should not
delay their purchases.
John A. Pollock, who cut his
throat ON Wednesday, has been re-
moved to the Sisters Hospital. He
is doing well and is reconciled to the
prot ability of having to spend a few
more years in this mundane sphere.
John Marshall, of Silingham,
Wisconsin, has lost his.boy, Charley
Mar'hall; who was in Bitter Root
Valley last winter, and he fears he
has been killed by the Indians. He
will lie grateful for any information.
Patrick Shannon, of Helena, has
come all the way from Guild Ireland !
to see his brother John Shannon,
who is somewhere in the territory,
but he can't fiud MIN. If you know
John write to Pat.
A letter from Glendale announces
the death at that place, on the I'd
inst, of George Go 'dnow, of heart
disease. He leaves q Wife and
Also of Ethel Matchan, the
daughter of Mr.. AID Mrs. William
H. Matchan.
Helena is convulsed over the prop
er pronunciation of depot, which is
a new thing in that community.
The issue is joined on daypo, deepo
and deppo. Don't try to put on
friIls, and call it 1.-The station"
the United States of it.
The annual meeting Of the Mon
lama Agricultural, Mineral and Me-
chanical Asso .iation was held at
Helena Monday evening. and the
following board of directors for the
year was unanimously
chosen: A. S. Davidson, w. A.
w. B. Hundley, Francis
s. H. Crounse, A Hershfield,
G. D. Hard, J. Schuyler Crosby, and
s. S Huntley.
Herbert Percival, who has been
prospecting around the Occur d'Alene
gold diggings, returned to Spokane
last week, aud reports that the
mines are growing richer as they are
more thoroughly developed. The
implements ia use are of the crudest
kind, and the washing is done with
out quicksilver. The miners care for
nothing but the nuggets. He says
hat $40 to $25 per day to the man Is
no unusual find. New arrivals are
reaching the grounds daily.
Territorial Superintendent Hedges
devoted a portion of his time yester-
lay, visiting the several departments
If the Butte public school. 1t is
gratifying to persons interested in
school matters to know that the pres
mt superintendent visits our schools
while in session, unlike his predeces-
'or, who never waited the schools of
Silver Bow county, or any West side
county, during his entire term of SER
vice except in vacation. Superin-
endent Hedges expects to return
lcre in a few weeks to he present
the session of the Teachers
institute of this county.
The New Gold Fields.