The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-19
The Semi Weekly Miner.
Local News
From the Daily of Tuesday.

AA~oN~ys
Carpenters, bricklayers and pain,
ers are as busy as bees finishing thei
contracts before the winter sets In.
The XcurSiohists accom- panied h,
President Willard are expected Il
Butte on the 18th inst and will Dr.
vote Il portion OF two DAYS i~nsnectin.
Il mines, mills and smelters.
The smelters in the vicinity n
Butte are all running full blast an,
the bullion and matte output will b
larger this month than for anv nro
ceding month of the year.
The corner stone of the Heller,
BAPTIST church will be laid to-mor
row. A J. Davidson, Grand Maste
ofMontana Masons, has been invited
to ofliclate, and has accepted.
The application for the pardon @
John Do!an, who is under sentenc,
for murder and undergoing impris
onment in the Deer Lodge peniten
tiary has been refused by Governor
Crosby.
Nearly every mining ca mn in
Montana presents properties which
are coming to the front as p%roducerstol
the hrSt time and an era of prosperity
is opening up for Montana. une.
qualled In the history of western ter.
ritories..
Officers Of the court pronounce
their new quarters superior to the
old. The acoustic properties are bet.
ter, and a hundred stand of arms,
belonging to the Union Guards,
stacked no behind the judges bench,
ensures the enf0rcementu If the edicts
of the court.
A large number of Mr.. Wizards
guess have expressed desire to see
more of Montana, through which
they were whlried with such rapidity
as to afford no opportunity for inspec-
ton OF our splendid resources and
great mining camps. A dispatch
has been received at Helena saving
that it has been arranged to run a
special train on the return trim for
the benefit If those who are anxious
to stop overa at Spokane Falls, Helena
Butte, and other points in Montana.
J. s. Larkin and M. O'Mara have
purchased Narrow Guage. He can
get plenty of hackers in Eutte.
The town is full of strangers and
every hotel, lodging house and res.
tauraEt Is crowded.
An unusual interest seems to be
taken In the races and the attend
ance promises to- be much larger than
ever before.
Butte, with its 5000 inhabitants, is
the largest city between Minneapolis
an | Portland, and by far the mo It
wealthy.
The report which gained con sider-
able circulation last evening that
was burned to the ground,
proved to be a canard.
A change has been made in the N.
p. running time, by which connec-
ton is made at Garrison for the east
and west with the U. & N. train
which leaves Butte at 1880 a. m. AS
this train carries the mail the ar
rangement will add greatly to our
postal facilities.
Quite a stable row occurred at the
Brewery last pight, in
which the pugilist Burns and a we'll
saloon keeper with their re-
friends figured. The melee
vas stopped before any serious in
uries were inflicted, and two men
we're arrested who will have a hear
ng to-day.
The MINER is in receipt of a tele-
ram from the Bozeman Fair Asso-
iation saying: 1--WE will hang up ,
hree thousand dollars in purses from
october third. Four days races-will
end programme tomorrow" Good
BozemaD! No doubt many of the y
.orsemen now gathered in Butte will +
sufficient inducement in Boze-
lann's liberal purses to take their '
took direct from Butte to the Gala G
in races. :
The MINER acknowledges a pleas \
Mt call from Mr.. O. Swift, who is 7
lgaged in the preparation of a litho-
birdseye view of Butte and 1
%lrroundings. We inspected the
zetch from which the photographic b
,py is to be taken, anu it is certain t,
the finest work of the kind which j.,
as ever been done in Montana, and \
5 circulation in the East cannot fail III
result in much benefit to our thriv-
g city. O
Wild rumors prevailed yesterday G
ghosts and COLLINS, which had =
cir haunts in the vicinity of the y
Upper mill. Sheriff Irwin and N
Unstable Fish Investigated the mat
r last night, and, it is believed, g
lived the mystery. A clue was T
'tained to the retreat Of a miserable
oman and girl, who by their wan fl
rings after night have aroused the -
p.rstitious dread of the neighbour ~
,od. Further Investigations will
made to-day, and the woman and Ii,
ri will be provided with some means of
living, bes: des proving about fer su
I'D at The midnight hour:
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