The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-31
Local News.
From the Daily Of Friday.

allN inclined Is cdlleu 10 the aQVer
tisement headed "a Good Chance
A warm sun yesterday melted tn,
last vestige of snow from the streets
and very fair sleighing has giver
place to very deep mud.
Only two stages have arrived from
Helena this week. The water il
Boulder valley is very high and tn,
bridges all afloat. A double Helena
mail arrived yesterday.
The bodies of Amadie LeBeau and
his son George, who formerly resided
in this city, and were drowned in
the Missoula River several weeks
ACC, have not yet been recovered.
House cleaning time draws near
and the married man is bracing ur
for the occasion. During that I'm.
hallowed season his Lodge will hold q
special session every evening.
In New Orleans, March 10, the
Montana horse, Hickory Jim, ran
second in a five-eights mile race;
time, LOG SIS. On March 13 he won
a 1900 yards race, conquering the
hors, that had beaten him OH the
10th; time, lilo.
The saloon and property on Main
street heretofore occupied by Horace
Smith, has been purchased by a
combination composed of the firms
ofKing & Lowry and Gwin & More
house, who will reopen the place as a
saloon and gaming house.
According to the Tribune the
gubernatorial party nov visiting
Helena was intended as a surprise
party to Governor Crosby. The
party consists of Governor Murray
of Utah, Gen. McCook and DR.. Pot
ter surgeon at Camp Douglas, ac-
complained by F. r. Mcconnell who
has charge Of transportation matters.
An item of interest to cigar dealers
and colaterally to cigar smokers is
the probable reduction in prices of
tobacco goods consequent upon the
lessened taxation under the new
license law. A proportionate reduc-
tions in prices will amount to So per
1000 on cigars, S1.25 per 1000 on
cigarettes; and 8 cents per pound on
manufactured tobacco and snuff.
The Fire Brigade yesterday re-
ceived their new four wheel hose car-
rage. In sending their last ship
ment of apparatus the silsby Engine
Company shipped as a present to the
Fire Brigade two nickel-plated span
iers for the chief and assistant chief
engineers, two nickel-plated hose
pipes, and a richly ornamented fire.
mans axe. The presents are very
handsome and all bear the engraved
name of the brigade.
From the Daily of Saturday.
A Meagher county man reports a
fall Of green snow in that county last
week.
After weeks vacation the public
schools will reopen next Monday
morning.
Charles X. Larabie returned from
Deer Lodge on Wednesday nights
train.
The funeral of Aaron e. Writer'S
infant daughter yesterday was very
largely attended.
Lee w. Foster has consigned a
large shipment of oranges from his
Riverside orange groves to the Butte
house.
Dennis Driscoll is excavating for
the foundation of a large addition to
his extensive general merchandise
establishment in VAUDEVILLE.
Eggs which we're a luxury at sixty
cents a dozen a short time since, are
now selling by the - at 263 cents
and retailing at 80 cents per dozen.
The name Of the new postoffice at
Meaderville is Gunderson and not
Gunnison as stated by the Inter
Mountain. The office will be located
in the grocery store Of Gunderson
Bros.
Sheriff Irwin is in receipt of q letter
from Governor Crosby advising him
OF the shipment of 120 stand of
Springfield muskets and accoutre-
ments forthe equipment of the Union
Guards.
Rev. l.. L.. Wood will preach in
Dillon tomorrow, and at the urgent
request of citizens of Glendale will
deliver another lecture there on Mon
Gay night. An effort is being made
loinduce the eloquent gentleman to
deliver his humorous lecture on
"Rustling" in this city next We'd
nesdsy evening.
Under the new law passed by the
recent Legislature the road taxes
within the city limits will be collect
ea by the City Treasurer, who will
TURN over thirty per cent Of the col
'ectlons to the County Treasurer, and
retain seventy per cent in the City
treasury subject to warrants drawn
'or the payment of bills for road
"ofk done within the city limits.
Spencer Bingham, the man that
assaulted officer Carroll Thursday
n'sht, for the purpose of getting
locked up, is a disappointed man.
ne appeared before Judge Wilcox
Yesterday and pleaded guilty to a
olafge Of d~isorderly conduct and was
assessed five dollars and costs. He
wanted to be sent up for q month and