The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-22
The Semi Weekly Miner.
Local News
From the Daily of Fri lay.

AS has been remarked before, some
newspapers are funny--so are mon.
keys.
John Beckney, who was at the
point o death in Helena last week. is
now convalescent.
Holiday goods are shown in greater
variety II sold cheaper this season
than ever before in Butte.
Sands & Boyce's show window
decorated with silk h%andkrchiefs OF
gorgeous colols is a work of art.
The school children are jubilant to,
day, this being the last day of school
before the long Christmas holiday.
The unfinished sidewalk at the
corner OF West Broadway and Mon.
tana streets is a fist class man.trap,
Attention is called to the announce
ment Of j. e. Smith, who will open
q class of instruction in assayipg on
next Monday evening.
George Geogham and VIM. H,
White have signed articles of agree
ment for a hard glove fight for $3.50 a
side to be fought in HALEY on the
10th inst.
When a clown is squarely cornered
the best thing he can do is to burs,
cut into a broad guffaW of q laugh,
and try to make people think he
meant to be funny.
The U. & n. pay-car will be up the
road tomorrow. After paying of
north of Silver Bow it will return to
Butte and dispense the shekels to the
employees here in the evening.
All children who participate IN the
Children's Carnival at the Granite
Street Pavilion, next Wednesday
night, will be required to be com.
pletely masked with a dominoe OF
false face appropriate to the charac-
ter assumed.
Business was dull at the Police
Court yesterday, only one Ease being
presented. G. H. Little, for disturb.
ing The peace of a Park street saloon,
On Wednesday night, was fined S.
and costs, in default of which he
went to Jail.
The Eureka market received a load
of evergreens yesterday with which
to decorate that establishment for the
Christmas exhibit of choice meats,
which will include buffalo, elk, ven-
lson and other game IN addition to
stall fed neef, veal, pork and mutton.
The Christmas entertainment
Che Mountain View NJ. E. Sunday
school will be held at the church on
Christmas v at 7:2O. The church
has been handsomely decorated and
the Christmas presents will be dis
tributed from the tree. All are ill.,
vited to attend.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church have adopted a novel and at
tractive idea for their sociable to be
given ou Friday evening, the 2Sth
inst. They have secured the Granite
Street Pavilion for that evening and
between, music, skating, oysters and
supper a good time may be expected.
Hewett's Musettes are announced
Tonight and Saturday evening
and u Saturday afternoon matinee.
The Musettes are highly spoken of
by the press wherever they nave
given their very pleasant entertain
ments, and it is unfortunate that
their engagements are such that they
will be able to give only the three
perfor .ances in Butte.
A man was Jailed in Helena on
Wednesday for selling a cord of wood
for a cord and a quarter, which he
accomplished by claiming he had lost
the official wood measurer's receipt.
The same offence is probably COM
mittpH every 0ay in Butte. The
Council should create the Office of
wood measurer for the protection of
consumers.
G. P. Jones, a merchant of Malad,
Idaho, went to Salt Lake last week to
buy goods. He struck a faro bank
and the tiger clawed him so ef1ectu-
ally that he cOuldn't buy any goods.
Investing his last quarter of a dollar
in a dose of stychnine, he settled his
difficulties by leaving them, and the
world behind him. last Tuesday
night.