The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-10
Local News.


ADOS&84 4~e~o.
From the Daily At Tuesday.
Logan City. on the U. L n. R.,H
has smallpox scare. Six cases wer,
developed during Thursday aud Fri
day Of last week.
The sickly, pale and yellow glims
n'er Of the cOsl oil lamps, made oui
stores look lonesome last night, the
machinery Of the electric light helms
cut Ut repair.
One Of eur smelling companies h
reported tn I've prospecting In the
nrighlNrhOod VI Browns and Alder
gulch, Madison county, with . view
I" the erection " . suselter and re-
ductiOn works In that locality.
The nsw strike In the Sbonhar
wi.lens and improves ~ the ledge n
uncovered; assays yesterday yielded
Ito ounces In silver and $50 In xo,d.
An uprxise has Leen started and stop-
ing will le vigorously prosecuted.
The statement Of business done 1t
the l'ostoflioe during 1852 10 IN evi-
de''cc Of the intelligence and extern
sive business relations Of our counn,u-
nifty. 1t also shows Butte to Be the
most important postolIlce In the Tse-
ritory.
The Pacific Express Office yestes-
day presented goodly sight Of what
we prs'tlucr, in the shape VI - ban
If bullion. Of which ten each were
shipped l,y the Lexington. Alice and
M"ultou. The aggregate weight wa
$500 pounds, and the value ~. 900
Messry. Parchen 4 D'Acheul, hav-
ing purchased the bankrupt stock Of
Stacklpole, Simpson L Co., will next
week commence . grand slaughter
ing sale Of stationery, bird cages,
l.ckct cutlery, lamp goods paints.
oils, etc.. which they propose to close
out ut the lowest prices ever seen In
this Territory.
The mammoth weekly Issued by
the Helena I"si,Ypc,slle,Ht last week,
reached ~ In SECTIONS. We Nc
kn"wleslgr.i the receipt Of forty-two
columns on the 9TH instant. Up to
date eighty -four columns have been
received. and II none Ut them have
got away, that's the size of the big
weekly.
Tile telephone connection between
TIL. city. Deer Lodge and Helens
WAS tested last saturday. Con,n,uni-
cation was had between the three
points. aud the Deer Lodge brass |
hand gave . serensde which wSs |
distinctly heard in Helena aud Butte.
The line will not b~ open 10 the
public until tl,e new w. l.. line h
completed.
4 man named Charles Nulherrin.
who formerly resided In this Terri
tory. was murdered ut Pes,jDeton.
Oregon, last month. lie was In Hell
ena IN the winter OF 1883, but II h
net known where he went from
ll"re. Vim. u. May, Of Pendleton.
desires to hear of any friends Of the
murdered man who nssy l,s rvst-
.le.:ts 1T this section.
The M"lisOMiuN reports another
ca-e II mysterious disappesrance
from the Madison Valley. George
Burns. prominent rsnchn,an Of the
valley, has l<en n,ystesioslsly absent
from home the last two weeks, and
fears are entertained that lie has fall.
en into "ne Of the numerous prospect
holes with which the country
aluilhds. |,
4 .lisls.trh was received yesterday
from Hon. Samuel Word, at Omaha,
stating that arrangements had been
n,n,le for the reduction Of u. 4 y.
freight rate. on farm produce - lol.
lows: From Stuart to Butte to 8
cents Ter lM' lbs: Warns springs to /,
Butte to l: cents per I'm lbs.; Race .
Track to Butte to II cents PER 1OD Z
lbs i,eer Lodge to- Butte to IL cents !
per ~ lbs.
Willie skating vt the rink Sunday
afternoon. NJ. +. n. Murray wa<
thrown from, his feet and fell heavily
upon c.,sl'a,l.'re, frac;uring the Gina
in:e "f his right fore arm. Mr..
Murray says he don't exactly know
whether the rollers slipped from
under him. or he slipped from under
Il" rulers. II happened 10 quick he
didn't have time tn take any notes.
J,>..pl, G.x,slwin. who was injured I
by blast ut the Si,onlssr mine, wss |
not ~ severely wounded ~ ut hnut ,
Ills pri.lciple injuries
were tr"n, the line particles of quarts,
~,n,e -: v l,irl, penetrat the cornea :
Of hi. eyes. The particle. were ex.
trac,e.l hy Dr. Charles s. Whittorsl.
! inflammation has l,een xubsjued, aud .
the patient will In able To resume
work in u eek :.r two.
THE tax levy for 1881 amounts 10
l.: mills, u reduction Of i've mills from,
that IT lS,!. IL view Of the fact that
The >,,rplu. cash, ALREADY In tl'c s.'un-
~ treasury is sufficient to hut!d
court ho,,st. and jail. the County !.
commissioners decided ~ make the
lrvy only 1" .r'vcr estim'at'sl curres.
~ lx.,.~rs. II Is understood stels will
l- taken immediately, lo''ktny to il'e
erection III new jail. q
Butte IN l,,t city III . great deal 4
"f morality. II IN stated, and on '
x.nsi autl."rity, that even the ticket
seller nj tl.~ variety theatre has to d