The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-31
The Semi Weekly Miner
Local News
From the Daily of Friday.

Local News
From the Daily of Friday.
,,,,t Of the business houses will
.sm.day or during a part of tn.
day.
The banks of this city will all re,
,,.in closed to>day, it reing a nation
al holiday.
Grand ball at the Northwestern
Hotel, at the depot, next Wednesday
A pleasant time is assured.
The Silver City Market will be
decorated to-day with the most
to,tbsome of the finny tribe.
The District court met in Bozeman
Last Monday, Judge Coburn presid.
ing. There are l5O cases on the
docket.
Lew Crissman, who shot Sykes at
Meaderville, day before yesterday
morning had an examination before
Judpe Knox yesterday. Crissman's
hail vas fl <ed at 81, 900. UP to a late
hour last evening he was still in Jail
In default of procuring 1t.
The Police Gazette medal Is for the
middle-weight championship of
Montana, and not for the champion
shin" as previously tated. The con-
test for 1t will be conducted by MI.
D. A. Mcdonald, who recently
blocked out McCoy's big contract on
the race track.
Dav before yesterday a man by the
name of Schultz while engaged in
mastering the inside of the new
Catholic church fell from the scat
folding q distance of sixteen feet and
was severely injured about the head
and shoulders, File was insensible q
long time but, we understand, IL
now getting along finely.
Livingston Enterprise: The act
ing second assistant Postmaster
General has written Hon. Martin
MaglDnis as follows: "In reply to
your Endorsement of petition for
service from Cascadia to Livingston,
you are informed that service will
be provided as soon as the postofice
at Cascadia shall be established"
As the first twitter of the sparrow
denotes the coming spring, the
bursting bud the opening of sum-
mer, the crimson leaves the advent
of autumn. and the whistl;Dg winds
the approach of winter, so does the
pop of the toy pistol heard upon our
streets warn US that pain, suffering,
lockjaw and death are lowering
around some of the little boys Of
Butte.
They stood debating before a Main
street gun store. "Come In with
me-" he said. land assist me in
selecting a rifle for parlor practice"
mo, indeed" che exclaimed.
what, trust myself among a lot of
hose horrid guns and rey"lvers!
Don't he afraid" he
pleaded. "They r not loaded "
That's the very reason l am afraid
o trust nv precious life with them,'
he replied, and they meandered
n ward.
We are in receipt of a little book
"What and Why" pub
ished by Advert A Pope. 597 WASH
ngton street., Boston. Mass. The
contents are made up Of Information
which will no doubt create q nov
ton among wheelmen, for within
The Pages of the book Is an ocean Of
in a bucket. The book also
Z yes hints On what the cy cler should
wear; mt ntiors the little con.
which might be forgotten;
gives comparative records IN walk
ing, running, rowing. skating, trot-
Ing, tricycliDg and bicycling: and
,lcses with extracts from the public
ltterances of leading professional and
men.
According to the Helena Herald
here were shipped from that plac
last week a little over S127 ,OO0 in sill
Yer and gold bullion. we are glad
70 note this evidence Of the output OF
East Side mines. Last Fourth of
July there was a still larger sum
from that city. We sim
,erely hope Helena may yet make
shipments of the precious
that will equal her present
annual shipments. If wishing will
the amount we wish, she will
be able to snip as much or more
than Butte. If she were able TO
three times more than this city
the fact would not interfere with the !
great mining industries pursued
here. But the fact is Helena ia not
shippinga pound Of bullion from the
district in which the city
Bullion from Wickes, Greg
Ory, Elkhorn and the Drum Lumon
pass through Helena in transit to It's
1T estimation. Just this and nothing
more. So we don't e why Butte
should yield the palm as a bullion
shipping center to any city or place
In Montana. The Herald Is too
previous with its cackle.