The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-08
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News.
From the Daily Of Friday.

From the Daily of Friday. "a
A number of discharged grand
iurymen have returned from Deer
Lodge.
The Eureka Market continues to
display the finest beef, veal, pork and
mutton in the market.
Manager Gordon has gone to Hell
ena to arrange for the appearance of
new attractions at the Comique.
The Ogden Pilot wants Ben Hogan
to come down to Utah and try his
hand on the hard headed Mormons.
The Miles City Press is now print
ed by steam power and it's typograph-
ical appearance is greatly improved.
Alex Choquette tried to choke a
planning machine with his hand at
the Montana planning mill and got it
badly chawed up.
Capt. E. s. Topping has arranged
with a st. Paul publishing house for
the publication, in book form, of his
"Chronicles of the Yellowstone"
Jailos Lytle now has fourteen pris.
oners in his bastile. They are all
getting fat, and look as if they had
very comfortable winter quarters.
The Northern Pacific land sales in
the Montana district for the month
of November were 2,196 acres for
$4,000. The townsite sales amount
ed to So, $3.50.
It is understood that briggs & Co.
of this city will open up a road to the
Occur d'Alene mines via Trout creek
and put on a line of six-horse coaches
in the spring.
The U. s. Grand Jury at Deer
Lodge had a short session.. Only one
case was submitted for their action,
which being disposed of they were
discharged on Wednesday.
And now the story goes that Capt.
Mills of the NeW North. West; caught
fifty fish in three minutes. He
caught them in a pail from the fish
commissioner at Garrison.
It is suggested that Paul Bean will
pay the Judgment of $500 entered
against the proprietor of the Virginia
Chop House in favor of Colonel Bot
kin's s~addle-colored body servant.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany has issued a circular order in
structing agents that high explosives
may be hereafter transported over
that road and its branches in carload
lots.
The remains of David M. Boothby
were taken to San Francisco yester-
day. They were borne to the depot
in q hearsc and escorted by the
Knights of Pythias and the members
of the Katie Putnam combination in
carriages and on foot.
Zeehandelaar has presented a por-
ton of Montana's mineral exhibit at
Amsterdam to a museum in that
city, and the balance with other ores
will be taken to London, where he is
arranging for a grand exhibition of
American ores.
Nothing new has been developed
in the robbery case and it is very
doubtful if the d~esperadOes will ever
be caught. Store robbery seems to
be about the safest business going
and the holder the crime the greater
the immunity from detection.
An eastern paper says that when
Ben Hogan was a lad his Parents at
one time contemplated educating
him for the ministry, but changed
their minds. It vas a great mistake.
With proper training he might have
knocked the devil out in four rounds.
Our Helena exchanges reach us
enthusiastically. No Independent
has been received since the issue of
the I'd instant. AS Eastern Montana
nall comes through all right the
trouble is believed to be in the mail
ing departments of the Helena dali
lies.
Now the youthful heart yearneth
for the coming of Santa Claus, and
the maidens deity embrOider impos-
sible looking flowers, upon slippers
three sizes too small for the young
ministers whose hearts will be glad
dened by their presentation on
Christmas morning.
Santa Claus issues his royal pro-
nunciamento in this mornings
MINER, establishing his headquar-
tiers at Coleman & Co.'s, where, from
now until the glad New Year, if old
Kris Krinkle is not there in proprid
persona, his store of confectionery,
toys and gift goods o the children
will be there, and Sammy Lewis will
be on hand to show them to you.
Hugh Kirkendall's trains are now
engaged in hauling 400 1000 feet of
lumber from the railroad switch
eight miles west of Helena to the
Drum Lummon mine. The lumber
is to be used for building the air COM
pressor for the tunnel at the Drum
Lummon, and also in the erection of
the sixty stamp mill of the company.