The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
Local News
From the Daily Of Tuesday

Vennor Is heard from again. He
says the latter part of this month will
be mild, but February cold and
stormy.
Mr.. Michael A. Flanagan is ap-
poiltei pDstn I5ter at F 'rt B3ntO l..
Mr.. FiAna gan - u sterling citizen Of
tn chrlvi x place aaI will IN *, u
good Off :er.
In, fare fton B lite to Helena via
G trris m and return has neretof IRE
been SIG 81, but \ reiucti ~ t., Sill FIR
the r " III trip vent tut , effect yes5er-
dty. TAe fare for one way olty is
$S. 30.
Manager Mcguire will shortly re-
turn from Helena with nearly three
hundred of the finest theatrical cos-
tunes cver seen in Montana. The
same can be rented for masuuerades,
carnivals. etc.
Col IIges is in Helena, where he
has recently passed through a long
siege of Illness. This fact accounts
for the Colonel's non-fuliIlm-nt of
his engagement to lecture in Butte ut
the time announced.
Miles CITY Journal: TIE new ar
tesian well is progressing very slowly,
although Me>srs. UlInIan and Lam
slug arr not discouraged. The drill
Is a. present. In u very hard rock for
nation, but manages to go Gown y
foot or two daily.
Parties in the city who do not wish
to work out their road tax themselves
eau find a substitute At the Reform
Club rooms on West Broad way Sew.
eral members OF the club are nut of
work and will willingly engage in
any honorable employment offered
to them to earn a livellhnnd.
The assertion Of the Inter Noun
tain that it, printing contract was
closed with the County Commits.
si"ners brtOre tine MINERS proposal
was submitted to the Board is simply
an %un1upporIe assertion. The pa
pers on file in the Clerks office, and
the filing on the Inter Mountains
contract prove the assertion false.
The inter Mountain Publishing
Company instituted suit against
VIM. M Jack to compel him to paw
assessments upon his stock in that
company. He does not deny he is a
stOckhOlder, and the suit was not
commenced to determine whether he |
was or Was not. Your explanation
is too gauzy. John Brigham.
A B"zemau man, In a sleeping car
on an e ,sterD railroad, recently went |
through a terrible accident in which
the sleeping a rolled down an en-
bankment The man vas not thor
oughly awakened by the jar. but it
Was noticed. however, that as the a
struck the bottom he murmured :
Don't Jane, don't; I'll get up and
start the fire."
Ben Hogan is shaking up the un-
gOdly in Helena and drawing them
from their cups by the scores. The
Opera House is nightly crowded to
hear him lecture and the pledges are
sought after with avidity. The cler-
gy are helping him aud the ladies
have Interested themselves in the
cause. When Ben completes his
work in the capital cit> it will doubt
less be neirly as moral u place as
Butte.
One nasty job at a time ia all we
care about tackl'ng John Brigham.
When We have disposed Of the
County Commissioned nasty busi.
ness We may find leisure to attend
to your Case. BY the way, We don't
see how our charges against the
Inter Mountain in any way. II The
e "n'nIs-loners feel aygrieved at any
stateiuent We have ma b the col
unns of the MINER are open for any +,
tx pIanation they may choose to
make. ,
Fire meeting of the Reform Club |
last Sunday, was Of which much
il Il, e the Club. The Rev Mr..
Shipper, the chaplain of the Cluh,
rave a very EARNEST appeal to all in s
his opening address, after which. {
Messr-. O'Brien, w. Porter, T. Por-
:er aud w. W"rthinytOn made sOnne [
able speeches on temperance. the re-
'ult heing that many young men |
the pl-dge aud becam. men, !
beers of the Reform Club The hall e
we'll filled, all sitting being 4
occupied. '
IT.. MINER sp,sks "f the "R pub a
lean III 'rity' M the B ard of g
G mmissiOners a. having c
awarded Lie COUNTY printing c"n- I
tra It. It says nothing about Mr.. q
John Downs. Yet Mr. Downs vot. d r
with he other Commissioners to give :
the Inter Mountain the contract - !
Inter Mountain, 2lst int. u
5 the BOar,i voted tn give the con- n
to the Inter Mountain? Where Y
the MINERS proposal which .
was submitted to i, at the commence
vt the session? If the Bnard
upon the Inter Mountdin's pro-
0o>al with the MI NEK'S before 1t,
low could it have given the contract n
q the Inter Mountain heGnre the =