The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
Local News.
From the Daily of Thursday.

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Alice stock sold at 3.25 g 800 Of
New York stock and exchang
board yesterday.
Attention is called to the advertise
mont of E. S. Thompson, publishes
this morning. He evidently mean
business.
The Comique Company is giving
tho best variety show ever in Butt
and are playing to big business ever.
night.
It is reported that Lieut. olone
raes, ofthe 18th U. s. Infantry, VIII
hes been for a long time stationed a
the Northern Montana military posts
has placed his resignation in tn,
hands of General Terry.
Geo. l.. Davis, the young coloreG
man who has been running a fash
ionable boarding house in Helena
has disappeared. He is charged
with Icing heavily in debt to various
~parties, amounting to about $4,000.
George Williams drew $500 from
the First National Bank of Helena q
few days since, and then mysterious
" disappeared. His wife believes he
has been spirited away or foully
dealt with, but Tess lenient judges
seem to think it a Paul Bean case.
Messrs. Kinna e. Jack, doing BUSH
ness in this city and Helena, publish
a~notice of dissolution of copartner-
shin in this issue of the MINER. Mr..
Jack will remain in charge Of the
Rutte house and Mr.. Kinna will
continue to conduct the business at
Helena, each on his own account.
Mr.. is. Roberts, of this city, has
received letters patent for his Vibra-
tor Runner, a device for instantane-
ously converting a wheeled vehicle
into a sleigh. The patent covers the
main features of MI. Roberts ingen-
ious invention, but he still has addi-
tional points pending at Washington.
Dry Gulch, in the eastern portion
Of Helena, has an Enoch Arden, who
Unexpectedly returning home a few
nights ago found his wife and his
neighbor together under such suspi-
cious circumstances as to convince
him of her infidelity. He did not
upbraid her or attempt to avenge
himself on the man who had ruined
his home, but simply left the house,
never to return.
The Pacific Express Company has
adopted a system in the nature of a
purchasing agency, which will prove
a great convenience to our merchants
and their customers at all points
reached by the company's lines. The
company furnishes to customers a
blank form of order for goods, which
when filled cut with a description of
the goods desired, and handed to any
agent, will be forwarded to the agent
hele, Or at any other point where the
articles are to be purchased, who will
execute the order and forward the
goods to the party ordering them.
If there is room on Governor
Crosby's staff for another dignitary,
His Excellency should appoint the
local of the Independent liar-in-chief,
with the title of Prevaricator-Gener
al AadiSonian. The Fly Speck on
the evening Ananias has a prior
right to the appointment and the
only thing which is likely to defeat
us aspirations in that direction, is
The position understood to haye been
recently assumed by the Governor,
that the claims of Silver Bow Repub-
leans upon his patronage, have been
iully liquidated 10y the appointment
OF Major c. S. Warren upon his
From the Daily of Friday.
Yesterdays weather was entirely
satisfactory to the entire community.
henry Thurman, the murderer of
Aehck, will be hanged in Helena on
Wednesday of next week.
lhe official notice of the city cleo
.ion' to be held Oh May 9TH, is pub
llsled in this issue of the MINER.
Inc latest evidence of insanity is
lor q man to be seen on the street
politics with the Fly Speck.
Bullion shipments yesterday :
lexington eleven bars valued at $19,-
''V' Alice four bars valued at S., 700.
Butte has struck a pay streak of {
morality, and the police court record
vows no cases for the past three
days. 4,
me Helena papers say that a
=. Sli "kettle-drum" was given at
.ue governors mansion last Satur-
+,
variety III programme and costume {
feature at the Comique. The
uOsramme is changed nightly and I
, ,s costumes change the complexion I
u 'ne cast almost as often. q
The Board of County Commission
~ advertise in this issue of the !
alNEk Tor sealed proposals for build :
~ iock and masonry work on the
court House foundations. l
Delng unwilling to aid in the fur :
1s' complication of matters in the i,
~, p'oaching election, Dick Carroll !
H. "''hdrawn as a candidate for =
"s marshal and will support the :
esular Democratic nominee.
'nelf meeting yesterday the