The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-28
Local News.

The weather is cooler again.
The West Shore for June is at hand and pre-
sents Its usual creditable appearance.
special NEE ing of Ancient Order of Hiber.
mans is called for this evening Sea notice.
The merchants in general report business
brisk and look forward to big summer trade.
Fire crackers, torpedoes, whiz-phizzes, GIN
phizzes and cocktails will hol5 the fort in q
few days.
City Attorney Smith has a funny story TO tell
about post holes. If you hear him it might
make you laugh.
The Police Courts have been somewhat free
from business lately, owing probably to the
tramps steering clear of this city.
Mr. John B. Cough, the great temperance lee
turer, will be in Butte this week, and will prob
ably lecture once or twice while here.
This world is full of trials and tribuations.
So thought the young man yesterday who was
s,mmarily elected from Main street store.
The Granite street culvert is now about cov
cred over with dirt, and the thoroughfare at
that point may be considered fully opened.
The Ritchie Comedy Company and the Nelch
Dramatic Company, outputs of this city, are
sho wing in the small towns of the territory.
1t is expected that the business houses of
Butte will be represented in the 4th of July
parade. 1t will be q first class adve rtising me-
dium.
The audience at the matinee yesterday after
noon was small, but the entertainment given
by the Bijou Opera Company was good, and
elected hearty applause.
At an election held in this city day before
yesterday by the stockholders of the Parrott
mine, Mr.. Franklyn Farrell was elected Presi-
dent and Mr.. S. I. Hauser Vice President.
The excavation for the new brick block OH
the corner of Main and Park streets is COM
pleted, and the men are now at work Oh the
foundation, which is to be solid stone one.
L. w. Yarnell, who was arrested a few days
ago charged with setting fire to a house in Walk
erville, was arraigned before Judge Wilcox yes
terlay and the case continued until this morn
ing.
John Mcguire has at present three companies
playing his circuit-the Madison Square Rajah
Company in Salt Lake City; the Bijou Company
in Helena tonight, and the Phosa McAllister
Company at Anaconda.
Business is so dull in Fargo that a policeman
recently captured rat, and tying string to 1t
marched it to Jail just to raise crowd and a
little excitement. A local paper says this is the
only arrest of the season.
An exchange says will our Fourth be fiz.
zle?' We don't know, Mr.. Editor neither do
we know that you have already had three, but
hope that this will be a success and that you
will turn up with cigars
s. T. Ha,lser and Samuel Word, the delegates
to the Democratic Convention, have engaged
rooms at the Grand Pacific Hotel and will have
there Montana headquarters. and will receive
their friends in grand style.
A report was received here yesterday that
man was drowned while fishing in Browns
Gulch. While crossing log he fell into the
water, and in the fall became sensel. IS aud was
drowned in about three feet of water. The
name of the man is unknown.
Besides the parade, horse racing, and othe
am,lsements in this city on the 4th, there wi
Segrist, Howe & Co.'S show, which consists
of gympasts acrobats, leapers. tumblers. etc.
fhey will appear afternoon and evening on the
lot corner of Broadway and Montana street.
The new rate of postage recently ordered on
transient newspapers and magazines by the
postotice department, went into effect last week.
BY the change second class matter goes for just
one half the former figure, or four ounces for
one cent. The rate only applies to papers and
ma azines that appear regularly at stated
periods, and does not cover merchandise or
scattered printed matter.
An upper Main street youth writes to our so
ciety editor for information. He says he is ac-
quainted with two vouug ladies who, for con-
venience's sake he calls Barbara and Liz1e.
Both seem to like him and he doesn't know
what to do. He says they are both good-looking
and about eq ally accomplished, and he asks:
"Would you give one the shaker" We answer
No, rash youth: hang OIL to both OF them until
you find out whether either would have you
and which one would want to be boss. Then
shake the "boss"