The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

MONTANA, JA1
:. Local News
Lucius Whitney was confirmed y
Postmaster at Billings yesterday.
The Northern Pacific pay car ha.
arrived 1T Helena, ana Helena Il
happy.
Barnett's clearance sale Of dry
goods, fancy goods, etc., commences
to-day, and there Is the place to 60
to secure bargains.
Rev. Beecher says some discourag-
ing things about girl babies. Can the
Reverend gentleman tell how leap
year could be carried on If there
never were any girl babies?
1t will be noticed the Inter Noun
ia n does not now call ON the MINER
for Exposures" That court house
iron contract business knocked our
contemporary out Of time, and it
hasn't come to yet.
The Constitutional Convention
unceremoniously sat down upon the
woman suffrage resolution offered by
one of its members. Mrs. Grundy
says, "rhey are q set OF crusty, ILL
natured, homely old bachelors.
There, now"
Fred. Robinson, the boy who stood
up before Sullivan two rounds, will
have a grand complimentary benefit
rendered to him at the Theatre
Comique tomorrow night. All the
local fistic talent will be on hand and
a rattling good time Is expected.
Bear In mind the entertainment to
be given at the Reform Club Hal
next Thursday night. The boys are
doing everything in their power to
make it q success. It will doubtless
bel Il 9 best entertainment of the class
ever given in Butte. Programmes will
be out in q few days.
A meeting of the owners of the
Pozer mine was held last ever ing ut
the Office of Judge Knox to take into
consideration the proposition of some
eastern parties to erect q mill upon
the mine for an interest in the prop
erty, but nc definite arrangement
was arrived at.
MI. John g Tooker, Secretary,
very c~ourteously informs the Con-
stitutional Convention that he has
made acontract with tho Herald to
do the printing, and sees no cause to
make different arrangements, or
words to that effect. Did it occur to
Mr.. Tooker that it would be q very
graceful act upon his tart to regard
the wishes Of the Convention in this
matter? 1t certainly has some claim
upon his consideration.
Brzeman did the neat thing the !
other day in giving q banquet to c i.
Dodge, Col. Muir, Messrs. Bsekler.
H"geland, and others IN honor of the
completion of the Bozeman tunnel.
These gentlemen were the engineers !
and contractors Of the work and were
Hospitality entertained by the good
citizens of the E .stern metropolis.
Numerous toasts were drank to the
gentlemen. speeches m sde and a good
time generally was had. Judging
from the coherency of the speeches
and the eloquence Of the orators the
managers Of the banquet very pru-
obtained the "beef tea" con-
sumo by the party from Butte.
A COPY ut the N 'ntana Ne.Us-Le'-
ter. Of February, 1859. having been
presented to the travelling agent of
the Herald by Mt. Frank D Brown,
Of P.ifip-burg, we make the fllow-
ing extract from its weekly price list
If that year, by way of contrast with
The ruling prices for the same articles
1t the present time: Wholes lie PRICES
1t gold dust rates, February %, 1869:
st. Louis, SIG per sack; home,
s9@sll; self: rising sl3@sl4; ham.
lard, 1906; sugar. 3O@35;
4o@5o ground, s.; syrup, ten
ke9. SIS; table butter, 10000;
powder, Hazards blasting, per keg,
3; rife powder, $40; fre|h eggs, $l.25
yer dozen.-Herald, Gath inst.
"5ome days ago." says the Livings-
on Enterprise, lit Vas intimsted to
Is under promise of secresy, that G.
!. Bsronette was likely to obtain the
appointment of Superintend mt Of
he National Park. Since then the I
anne news has been reported to US
" various others without any re-
trictions, and appears to have be- I
ONE public property to the extent
f being published in one of our ex- y
We have not had an OPP
'ortunity of interviewing Nj. Baro. '
cite on the subject, but there seems
title doubt that he will succeed MI. =
provided he will accept the l
osition of which there Is still some q
II we mistake not, Bsr0- G
cite Is the man who found Evarts =
the National Park when the lat 9
er was lost there ten or twelve q
ears age. ?
Pension claimants. n
IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, q
WASHINGTON, Jan. II, "a
o the Editor Of The MINER, Butte \
CITY, II. r.: u
SIR: Please find inclOsed copy IF =
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