The semi-weekly miner., 1883-11-21
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News.

Local News.
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
The birds eye view Of Butte Is ex-
pected to be ready for delivery to sub
scribers about December 18th.
Large shipments of poultry are ar
irving daily from Utah and the east
in anticipation of the usual Thanks
giving demand.
Miss L. G. Sans, recently Of Kan
sas City, Mo-, wilt take charge of the
High School, vice Mrs. G.. H. Moore.
who has resigned.
Livingston claims to have polled a
larger vote than any other town in
the Territory, with the exception Of
Butte, at the recent election.
The social season is fairly upon US
and Butte society is looking forward
to a brilliant series ofcarnivals, balls,
hops and parties during the winter.
The report that Superintendent w.
Z. p. St. Clair is to he promoted and
his present position as superintend-
ent Of the u. & n. railroad filled by
j. A. Edison, is denied.
The Union Pacific manag ement
has issued u neatly gotten up con-
densed time schedule Of Utah &
Northern and Oregon Short Line
trains, for general distribution.
One engine ran into another which
it was following on the Utah and
Northern railway at China Point
wrecking the tender and giving the
train men shaking up but doing no
further damage.
Complaint is made that counter
felt half dollars have made their ap-
pearance in this city. The bogus coin
is well made and has a very good
metallic ring. No clue has been OBJ
tanned t, the showers of the queer.
The little town of Stuart is just
now enjoying boom in anticipa-
tion of the construction of the Ana.
conda branch from that point, and !
lively times are expected during the
coming winter.
The Ketchum Keystone calls the
MINER to account for re publishing
an item from that journal, for which
credit was given to the HALEY
Times. If such a case occurred it
evidently through inadvertency un
the part of our editorial shears.
A grand Thanksgiving carnival
will be given at the Granite street
skating pavilion on Wednesday even
ing, the 2Sth inst. Ample arrange
ments are being made for costumes,
music, etc. The indications are that
this carnival will open the skating
season with great eclat.
The recent cold wave, small but
vigorous corner of which struck
Butts Sunday afternoon. seems to
have extended eastward to st. Paul.
Eastern Montana and western Da-
kota had excessively cold weather
during the week, the mer 'ury rang
ing as low as thirty degre ees below
zero.
The white elephant which the
Denver speculators captured in the
Mining Exposition building now bids
fair to become of some value to the
mining interests of Colorado, the va
rious districts and camps Of the State
having interested then selves in the
establishment of permanent exhi +.
bition on the ruins of the late real
estate scheme.
Tue total assessment of Deer Lodge
Co., this year will foot up, as near as
the Assessor Is atle to estimate at
present, ,abouts 800, 900. These figures
do not include the assessment upon
the personal properly and rolling {
stock, nor the Improvements upon
the road bed of the Northern Pacific :
Railroad lying within the county. I
The rolling stock was assessed at (
1915 mile for n miles, and the road ,
bed at 81 800 per mile AS to the as 9
sessment upon the latter species of t
property, the Assessor is inclined to {
doubt the ability of the county to :
collect it. At any rate that portion t
of the assessment will be permitted a
to rest uucollected until certain suits y
now pending before the courts touch =
ing the question are decided. 3
One of Owsley, Walton & Co.'s |:
draft teams, attached to lumber !;
wagon, made things lively at the cor a
ner of Main and Park streets yester n
day afternoon by taking sudden 8
idea that they could make a 2:40 run
up the sidewalk on the east side of
Main street, and that lamp-posts and
poles were no inpediment. y
Fisher & McGovern's lamp-post Y
proved but slight obstacle and was
mashed into smitfereens, but the a
electric light pole in front Of the +
Butte hardware store stopped their a
mad career. As the neck yoke struck n
the pole square in the center the har- :
ness straps snapped like threads and a
the horses, freed from each other, Il
were thrown heavily to the ground .
on either side. What appeared to be ~ s
A total wreck turned out = very lucky Il
the damage to wagon and a
harness being triaing. =
BUTTE FIRE BRIGADE. -