The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-23
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News.
From the Daily of Thursday.

Bishop Brewer at Dillon
next Sunday.
Eight bars of Moulten bullion
were shipped yesterday valued at
Sll,52O.
The Helena papers announce that
Governor Crosby will return to Mon
tana on the 18th of July.
A liberal precipitation of moisture
yesterday afternoon lent the spice of
yarlety to an otherwise snltIy day.
The County Commissioners adver-
tise for proposals to furnish 10000
feet of lumber for the new court
house.
Acting Governor McCutcheon has
hardened Joseph Cardona, a prisoner
confined in the penitentiary for grand
Emily Mewlin of Robinson, Craw-
ford county, ILL.,, wants to hear of her
brother Charles, who was last heard
Of in Montana some years ago.
The Fourth of July finance COM
miltee had received nearly $500 at
me close of yesterdays canvass. The
subscription will probably reach
$1,000.
An exchange says: The revolver is
emphatically the criminals weapon,
and has no more business in q decent
mans pocket than a Jimmy" or a
wedge"
The suburban resorts r making
great preparations for entertaining
fhe crowds on the fourth of July.
Musjc. dancing and fire works will
he the order of the day and night, at
the parks and groves.
D. Cohen, ST.. leaves for Anaconda
tnis morning to commence the con-
struction of his store building there.
The building will be a substantial
oae story frame structure % by 40 feet
in SIZE.
n. G.. Walton returned last night
from his chase after the horse thieves. |
He SAYS Six-shooter Jack was
brought into HALEY and after a cor
oner's inquest had been held, was
buried in the cemetery at the coun-
tvs expense.
Mrs. Francis Willard is expected
in Butte about July Goth. The vari-
Gus churches have appointed a COM
mittee of ladies to receive the distin-
guished lecturer and provide her
With quarters during her sojourn in
the city.
The veteran Snowman, Dan Cas-
tello, will o 0 appeer at Helena with
the first circus to traverse the line of
the Northern Pacific. The advance
agent, now in that city, is arranging
for exhibitions on the I'd, Sd and 4th
of July next.
Charley Warfield was arraigned
Yesterday before Justice Nichols,
charged with the larceny of Owsley
g. Valiton's team and wagon. He
pleaded not guilty, and will be
brought before the court again to-day,
When a day will be set for his pre-
liminary examination.
The backbone Of the small pox
scare was broken yesterday by the re-
port of the county physician declar-
ing several of the reported cases, in
GLIDING that at Centerville, to be mea-
sizes. This leaves but three cases in
the city, about one of which there ia
considerable doubt and which will
probably he declared to be another
case of the measles to-day. .
An interesting dog case was tried
in the Probate Court yesterday, in I
which one Mitchell, was charged
with cruelty to animals in maltreat- f.;
ing "a Newfoundland dog belonging !
to H. G.. Kessler. 1t appearing in 4
evidence that some provocation was ,
given by the dog in his fondness tor
the tails out of Mitchell's j..
the jury found a verdict OF f.
not guilty. :
Raymer & Gordon are enjoying a =
boom IN their Theater Comique bust )
mes, at Helena. An electric light -
tower has been erected IN front of E
heir theater, provided with a 1000 /,
candle light power lamp, elevated 25 +
'eet above the ground. They are now y
building a new brick theater build !
ing, which will be well-appointed in =
every respect. Their theater in this
city is closed a few days for repairs
A first through ticket is to be sold
at Spokane Falls, in connection with -,
which the Chronicle of that city says: l
The bidding for this description Of q
ticket is running enthusiastically j
high in Bozeman, Helena, Missoula. !
and Butte City, the latter place going :.
high as 1000 and Helena, $s,OOo," Z
which v~erifies the adage Ego away c
from home to hear the news" The t
first ticket will be an interesting :
souvenir and the bids in Butte will =.
doubtless be liberal but III bonanza l
Kings will scarcely enthuse sufficient t
y 10 reach the figures mentioned by t
the Chronicle. .