The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-12
THE sEM1-wEEKIY MINER, BUTTE, MONTANA, MAY u, 1883.
Local News.
From the Daily Of Friday

cozy parlors with paint and paper.
The public were treated to . de-
lightful open air concert by the Alice
band last evening.
Quarters have been engaged for
Vice President Cakes and party ut
the Mt. Vernon Hotel.
Dick Carroll will remain on the
police force until the expiration of
Marshal Smiths term of office on the
10th inst.
John Cook, whose leg was crushed
under the wheels Of a stage in the
streets of Helena last week, has had
his leg amputated.
The Helena Gesang Verein sere-
naded President Willard in his ma
tive tongue, and the railroad msgnate
responded in German.
The Miners Union are preparing
for a grand parade and ball on June
18th. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure the Pavilion for the occasion.
The bullion shipments yesterday
| were: MoultOn, seven bars, valued
at S., 1886. Alice, four bars, valued at
$5.8l2. CLIPPER, one bar, valued at
1886.
A Helena young man last week
purchased q lot of cigars in that city,
paying the bill with a forged check
for 500. He skipped, before the fraud
was detected.
The case of Herzog, accused of
killing VIM. Neabuhr at Clancy last
winter, a full account of which was
published in the MINER, is on trial
at Radersburg this week.
John Caplice & Co. have ornament
ed their show windows with some
| Furnished brass shoe and furnishing
| goods racks, upon which fine dis
play of goods is made.
Sundays Helena Independent
reached us yesterday, three days be-
| hind time. The Boulder bridges have
been repaired, and better time is
| promised for the future.
The Mint Sample Rooms were re-
opened last evening, and the taste
displayed by the painters and deco
rators in their recent work gives the
place a pleasing appearance.
The stable and storehouse of Moses
Harris, at Helena, was burned Mon
day morning, causing a loss of $4,000;
insurance, 81, 1000. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of tramps.
The Daily MINER is now the
largest daily paper, publishes. the
most news, has the largest circula-
ton, is read by more people and is
the best advertising medium in
Montana.
Tho steiner Big Horn, bound for
Benton, ran int q snag Monday
morning, four miles below Poplar
river, and sank. None of the pas
sengers were injured. The boat is a
total wreck.
The resignation of Col. Guido
Ilges is confirmed by a Washington
dispatch, the tenor of which indi-
Gates that the Colonel tenders his
resignation through stress of circum-
stances, to avoid a court martial ex-
animation on the charge Of dupli-
eating his pay accounts.
Jack Homer, who is an inmate of
the Territorial insane asylum from
Silver Bow county, is under the hal
lucinatiOn that hei pursued by vigi-
lantes who want to hang him as a
participant in the lynching of
Coomes and Smith at Greenhorn.
His health is broken down, and it is
thought he will not live long.
A public reception was given Pres
ident Willard at Ming's opera house
in Helena Monday evening, at which
1000 persons were present. Gov.
Crosby delivered an address of vel
come, to which Mr. Willard respond
ed in his happiest vein. The rail-
road party left for the eastern termi-
nus Tuesday morning.
Thomas Wallet, after lining his
wallet by selling mOrtgaged property
in Miles City, skipped the town. An
officer followed and caught him on
Beaver Creek, bat the first night out
on the return trip, the prisoner cut
the picket ropes and turned the Off
GERS horses loose. While he was
hunting them up in the morning
Wallet made good his escape.
Officers from Benton have arrived
| at Deer Lodge with three Piegan In
| dams, convicted of cattle killing and
ScuLcuCcU lOI elSuICCu dAOkACuS, VIM
MCGOWAN, sentenced for five years
for manslaughter in killing his
brother last fall : Thos. Bryant, SEN
fenced for three years for horse steal
| ing, and G. w. Farley; sentenced for
five years for burglary, who were
| committed to the tender care of
Warden Botkin.
The Jefferson county seat removal
election takes place next Monday.
! Radersburg will fight hard to retain
the county seat, and, Jefferson City
is e. expected to vote with them because
that town was deprived of the privi-
lege of entering the contest for shire
| town honOrs. Boulder citizens have
guaranteed a building for the use of
the county officers. free of expense,
for five years, if that town is made
the county seat, and are working
hard for removal.
Booming Haley.
Three years ago we were $50 miles