The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
The Semi Weekly Mine,
Local News.
From the Daily Of Sunday

The rattle for horses, harness and
aspiring wagon will come off to-mor
row night at Gwin & Warehouses;
The Basin Flume was completed
yesterday and to-day the water will
be let through its entire length of Il
miles.
The name of the boy who was
killed at the race track last week was
Louis Ledoux, and not Van Horn,
Is it was published at the time.
The visible supply Of gold in the
United States is said to be at the
present time a little less than $780,
600, 900, of which Montana has pro-
dueed nearly two-thirds.
The body of Engineer A. P. Nit h
ell who was drowned at AissOula
two weeks ago, was found On q bar
five miles below town, last Wsdnes-
day, mine days after he vas drowned.
The boilers at the old Lexington
mill are receiving q thorough over-
hauling. The repairs will occupy a
greater portion of this week, when
the mill will again be started up.
w. H, Patterson yesterday received
q telegram, announcing the death in
San Francisco ON the 5th inst. of his
neice, Addie L. FAINT, the eleven year
old daughter of J J. FAINT, of Helena.
The evergreens with which the
streets Of Butte were decorated for
the Fourth of July, remain to remind
us Of the glories of the day, and they
add greatly to the beauty of the
streets.
The next dramatic attraction at
the Renshaw opera house will be the
beautiful play of the Hunchback,
with Mr.. Lindsay and Miss Ada
Dwyer in the leading roles, on Friday
evening next.
Dan Fitzgibbons, the boxer and
pugilist, was shot by a b~ricklayer
named Joyce, early or Fourth Of July
morning in Salt Lake, the ball enter
ing about six inches below the naval,
passing through the bladder. Fitz-
gibbon died at 7 a. m. the next day.
Salt Lake is to have the free letter
carrier system, and it is proposed to
mount the carriers on bicycles, to en-,
able them to surmount the magnifi-
cent distances which characterize
that city.
The Bozeman nine punctured the
Helena gas bag on the Fourth, and
it is now probable that the Butte
club will seek metal worthy of their |
steel, and play the Bozeman chamr-
ions before they knock the stuffing
out of the last chance Zephyrs.
In the Missoula District Court last
week a Chinaman named All Young
was convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to be hung on
August Is. w. H. King was con-
victed of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to fifteen years in the
penitentiary.
The June number of the West Shore
has reached US. It is a handsome
number, the illustrations being de-
voted to Astoria, ''the gateway of
Oregon" and is replete with valu-
able information regarding the great
northwest. A new feature of the pub
LEGATION is a department devoted to
Montana interests, which is sur
mounted by a finely engraved head,
emblematic of the resources and in
dustries Of this territory.
District Attorney w. Y. Pember-
ton displayed unusual tact and ener-
gy in managing the affairs of the
grand jury. Thirteen cases were in
vestigated and disposed of in less
than three days, and the business
moved like clock-work from the
moment of opening. As long as
the district remains Democratic, MI.
Pemberton will do.-MissOul0 Times,
4th.