The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-01
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News.

Local News.
The Butte typos have received their
charter, and will meet next Sunday
to complete the organization Of q
typographical union.
Quartz claim owners who do not
hold under patents should bestir
themselves to do their annual work
before the LIST of January.
Only two more chances to secure
bargains at Pinkham's great holiday
art sale, to-day and tomorrow
Special sale for ladies at 2 p. m.
Thanksgiving turkey rafting was
all the 60 on Thursday. About 10O
birds changed hands on dice shaking
and athletic contests at the Olympic.
The Eureka Market is getting in
some fine fat beef, and they still have
some of those beautiful pork tender
loins, spare ribs and stuffed sausage
direct from the States.
The city is full of miners and pros
pect0rs who have come in to make
their winter quarters at the metropo-
lis. Many of them will strike the
Coeur d'Alenes next spring.
Rev. E. J. Stanley will preach at
Stuart school house next Sunday at
II a. m. The following Sunday he
will preach at Willow Greek school
house at ii a. m, and at Lost creek
at 3 p. m.
Elijah Mulkey, an old-time Mon
tanian, was thrown from a buggy
nea Salmon City, Idaho, a few days
ago and received injuries resulting In
his death In about tw%enty-four
hours.
Caplice, McCune 4 Co. have taken
the contract to build the U. 4 N.
track to the Anaconda mine. It Is
understood, however, that the right
of way through g. Bogk's property
has not yet been satisfactorily ar
ranged.
Articles of agreement have been
signed by J. q. Sorenson and N. Girl
nier for a ''fair standup Aght" with
Marquis of Queensbury gloves, Lon
don prise ring rules, for q purse Of
$50, to come off on the evening Of
December 9Th,
A young man called for turk at a
restaurant Thanksgiving day and
after laying in a cargo of the national
bird walked off without paying. A
policeman reminded the absent
minded youth Of his oversight and
brought back the cash to the restau-
rateur.
Jones, the negro bootblack, who
committed rape on a little girl at
Ogden ten days ago, pleaded guilty
on Tuesday and was sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary. He
has been taken to the pen where he
will remain until he is 80 years old,
being now but Is.
The New York Board Of Trade re-
turns, for the first ten months of the
current year show imports Of copper
in all forms from January l to Octo-
Der 81, amounting to 82,244 tons,
against 77,615 for the corresponding
period of last year, and exports 49,
44S tons, against 47,O18 tons last year.
A new turf circuit with a capital of
500, 900 is in process of organization
ut Salt Lake. The circuit will in
clude Helena, Butte, Denver, Pueblo,
Omaha, San Francisco and other
towns to be hereafter decided upon.
Deer Lodge should be included as tits
as much of q horse center in Mon
tsna as is Lexington in Kentucky.
Sally Raunheim comes to Montana
for his health occasionally, but he
never falls to pick up a few ducats
on the trip. He bought the Gambler
property of Fred Plotting the other
day, paying $500, and has resold it
to the Montana Copper Company at
a good round profit, the exact
amount of which is not known.
Mike Ksne is out in the Salt Lake
Tribune with a denial of Jack
Waite's statement that he has not
been approached with reference to a
sparring contest to be given In that
city, aud publishes a letter to Waite
REGARDING the matter and his reply
declining to participate, and winds
I'D with the statement that he has
not advertised Waite since the receipt
of his letter.
An interesting prize race will be
skated at the Granite street Pavilion
tonight. The entries are julius ia
cobs, George Hoadley, George Por-
ter Dan Steele, Willie Stevens ana
Bert Sulfridge. The race will be for
a sinple mile and as the young men
are all good skaters an interesting
contest is expected. The manage
meat have arranged for good music
70 enliven the scene and inspire the
contestants.
A gentleman from Anaconda re-
ports eighty mel were discharged
from the Anaconda works a few days
leaving only a corporals guard
emploved about the big smelter.
Some of the discharged men went to
Cable and were employed by
superirtendent Slavery In the