The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Local News.

AOcal NEWS.
Silver was quoted Yesterday in the
New York market at 1.O95.
The Alice shipped four bars of bull
lion yesterday valued at Sc, DIG.
The Democratic city convention
will convene at IL o'clock M. to-day
in Capliee Hall.
The stakes have been placed for a
new fence enclosing the Presbyterian
church lot.
Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, the funeral Of Peter Groehl
yesterday was largely attended.
Pete Gamble, at the Silver City
Market, received yesterday a large
invoice Of Ialifornia vegetables, and
some fine poultry, fish, and ranch
butter.
The attention of carpenters and
builders is called to the advertise
ment for bids for the construction of
a frame school house at Willow Glen
in Deer Lodge valley.
T. 2. Harper announces himself in
this issue of the MINER as a candi-
date for the office of city treasurer
and collector, subject to the action of
tho nonnnorofio non1vo,,%;1~
A large depot and eating house is
being erected at Pocatello, Idaho, to
accommodate travel over the Oregon
Short Line and Utah & Northern,
that being the crossing of the two
roads.
James Murray, Ed. Hogan and a
Chinaman dug their way out Of the
Helena Jail last Tuesday night.
They were charged with trivial
offences and will not be very holly
pursued.
Spring suits and Oxford ties were
at a discount yesterday. A fall of
very damp snow followed by a lower
temperature and a driving north
wind made it a decidedly disagree
able day.
The new custom smelter at Ogden
will have a capacity of forty Ions per
day, and will he constructed imme-
diately., The works can be kept busy
on ore from outside mines and pros
poets in this district.
Everything is running smoothly at
the Bell smelter, and the matte pro-
duct is entirely satisfactory. The
first shipment Of four car loads Was
made yesterday, and hereafter rega-
lar daily shipments will be made.
Jimmy Black and Jack Condor,
two former Montana sports, but now
Of the Wood River country, r said
to have cleaned up the faro banks in
Salt Lake City during the past win
ter. Their winnings aggregate over
$4,000.
A new attraction will be intro
duced at the Pavilion tonight in the
shape of a hurdle race. 1t will be
rather interesting to see how the lit
tie wheels climb the hurdles, but we
predict that the wheels will general
ly light on top.
Eight tramps who had been set to
work on the Ogden streets stampeded
the other day and the single guard
not being able to pursue in eight
different directions bad to let all but
one go. Three others were subse-
quently captured.
w. Scott Pruyn, the scenic artist at
the Comique, has neatly completed
a stage scene which, with solid blocks
of lofty business buildings, paved
sidewalk, thronged with people,
street ears and towering church
spires in the distance represents a
street scene in the future great city
of Butte.
Now that the evening smut-mill
has got through nominating Demo-
cratic candidates, the Democratic
party will take a hand in the game, |
and at their convention to-day will
name the gentlemen who are to Off
Eel u municipal government dur
ing the next fiscal year.
Many persons passed reverently by
a sepulchral looking, coffin shaped
box, which stood in front Of the
Opera House yesterday, and one old
gentleman stepped into the office and
anxiously inquired the name of the
dead man. The coffin was part
of the ''props' belonging to Haver-
ly's Walker Opera House Company.
The old Odd Fellows hall building
commenced to roll toward Quartz
street yesterday. The heighth of the
building will necessitate cutting the
telephone, electric light, and tele-
graph wires which pass the front
and this circumstance has been q
of so much anxiety to the
crowd of idlers, who are watching
the progress of the work, that Mr..
Mcdonald has posted up a large
piacard on the front of the building
bearing the legend, "Those wires
will be cut when we get ready to
move the building east. Don't ask
questions"
Railroad Racket.