The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-13
Local News.

The iron front for the Hamilton 4 Pfouts
building arrived yesterday.
The Police Court viii hereafter hold forth in
the Capital building.
The silver Bow mill Is running steadily on
ore from the Ia Plata mine.
The Cnur d'Alene Eagle published at Eagle
City, idaho, has succumbed to the inevitable.
Coles circus robbers did the people Of Wood
River up in the same manner they tried to In
Butte.
-Four men, for being drunk and sleeping in
the streets, were fned Que dollar and costs IN
the Police Court yesterday. A plain drunk aid
q fine Ct five and costs.
Mr.. McKintry is the fourth man to make the
score Of Ia for the prize medal at the shooting
gallery. The score is ope, to all competitors
free uutil the 10Th Of this month.
Messrs. Baker 4 Naland, formerly of Virginia
City, will in q few days occupy the old City Hall
building. on West Park street, with . fine sssort-
ment VI boots and hoes. etc.
Yesterday J. X. Russell sold 70 W A. Sharp .
lot on Washington street, 6Ox6o, for $3.50. NJ.
sharp vii. soon commence the erection Of .
handsome residence thereon.
Bids will be received at the equity clerks
Office until 10 In. Monday. August 18th. for
bui ding . ro<d running from Noyes 4 Upton's
reservoir to the U. & N depot
Yesterday Nj. John H Curtis. the real estate
agent, bouded the John Michel mine. sdjoin-
ing the Parnell. 10 the same company which
boud. d The Parnell lead, for $4,000. The John
Mitchell Is owned by James Murray.
Chaplain 4 McSpeny, contractors, have
finished { ,e stone wall In trout Of the court
house and the aress At the openings to the
basement. These gentlemen made . most ex'
cellens job-one that reflects great credit upon
them Is faithful, II liable workmen.
Monday evening . man named johnson
noticed that for two hours two men followed
him all around town. Thinking they meant to
wayIay him. he entered . business house and
The. led" himself 1t Is needless to say that he
was unmolested for the remainder Of the night.
The Helena Board of Trade at it, meeting on
Thursday last ~telegaphed one hundred and
twenty words to the Secretary Of the Interi' :
representing tu0 uo0t4Joto " ~voUO0
among the Inc ianr OF the Blackfeet nation and
asking the department to take immediate stels
for their relief.
In the county Jail when q prisoner becomes
~unmanageable he is forthwith put In the dun
geon cell, TO mediate over toe litter and sweets
of this mundane sphere. From six to twelve
hours Of this meditation" s~udices, and he gen
eral.y em>lges very tame and docile.
From q gentleman who arrived from the Gur
d'Alenes yes erday VI learn that the Ma gle D.
is yieldi.,g four OUNCES per day. Fourteen m. n
are now at work On the main diff, and ~ the
tunnel progresses . larger numoer will be put
on Gro scouting.
A Nevada miner writing to Dan do guile, Of
the Virginia, New. Enterprise. from tour
d'Alene, says that the owners Of claims pay x
. day to .liuers-Sl In ca<h and s. ION bedrock"
ION bedrock" means that the 8 will be paid
when the gold to pay It is found on the bedrock.
No cure, 10 pay.
An inebriated individual, "all wool and . yard
wide" peeled himself in . saloon n West
Broadway yesterday, and wss very anxious to
mako it interesting for some one. The appear.
ance of an officer. however. quelled his bellis.
erent nroclivities. and he was induced to dress
himself and retire to his wismam in the noun
t&inA.
Deer Lodge county is furnishing q Large crop
of candidates for the conventions to select from
In making the nominations this fall. Seven
teen gentlemen have already announced their
candidacy in the local pspers Of that ooun1y
and more are forthwith expected. Ths assesst
orship now leads In NUMBER having Ax entries
In the xsos foe noniuation. and The sArisvalty
comes next With three aspirsah.