The semi-weekly miner., 1884-07-12
Local News.
Bar silver is quoted at i.l0i4.

Bar silver is quoted at l.lo14.
We are to have 'Grand Opera House IN
Butte. Sealed proposals for the erection of the
same are in order. Mechanics see ad, and then
see Mr.. J. H. Curtis.
The NJ. f. Sunday school have dccid-
ed to hold their picnic. at the Warm
Springs picnic grounds on Thursday, July 24th.
Two other schools in the valley will join and
the excursion promises to be a pleasant one.
These grounds are situated on Warm Spring
creek and on the Anaconda branch of the N. z.
R.R.
1t would be good idea if the street commits.
sioners would on one or two certain days OF each
week put the city carts to cleaning the alleys.
Many of the alleys are in very filthy condition
and very few of them can be called clean. by
setting apart, say two days of each week. for this
work the alleys can be soon put in good con-
ditlon and easily kept SO.
The report came up yesterday that the saloons
at Garrison were preparing to pack up and
leave. Whether it is due to the fact that the
trains of the Utah and Northern and the North
ern Pacific are going to make close connectl ms,
or to the fact that the Modoc Indian Quaker
Missionary met such great success, or Whether
tis true at all or not, We can't tell.
Last Sunday night on the new switch just be-
yond the Montana Copper Companys works
a car was left loaded with piles for bridge
across Yankee Doodle Creek. The switch is on
a heavy grade, and of course, the brake on the
car was set as tight as it could be drawn. Some
ramp came along and let loose the brake. The
car ran down into a high bank. No mischief
was done except that it piled up the car and
scattered the piles
In yesterdays MINER brief mention va
made of the burning of Mr.. J. H. Gilbert's house
1t the deDOt He is al industrious mechanic
and has been working for the last two years for
Kirkendall Il Company. The fire left him and
his family without IL house or bed-absolutely
nothing was saved from the flames and there
was no insurance. But before the flames had
finished their work upou the house the en-
ployees OF kirkenlall d Co. started subscrip
ton to help him which last night had reached.
the sum of slt,. : substantial and proper way
to show friendship to one when in distress.
THAT horse of Bodley's" has local reputa.
ton and he has localized Bodley several times
that is when Bodley was making preparations
to mount the horse to 60 somewhere, the horse
has suddenly concluded to go there alone and
left Bodley standing still to mediate upon the
last Sundays sermon. Day before yesterday
the horse was tied to telegraph pole on Main
street while Mr. Bodley was attending to some
business in one of the stores. A gust of wind
blew a sheet Of paper under the horse. In
her hoI fol o6-
vantage of weak place III the bride and was
making bee line for home. If the city ordi-
nance against throwing loose papers out on
the streets is not more strictly enforced chances
are that great many more people than Bodley
will walk home, and it some are not car
ried home it will be surprising.
Tuesday evening about half past nine, Mr.Jour-
dan, who drives one of the city carts, found a
little boy about three or four years old on Park
Street by the City Hall, wandering about evil
dently lost. He asked the little fellow his name
and where he lived and several other such
questions but could get no satisfactory answer.
Inquiry at all the houses in the neighborhood
failed to give any clue to his home, and Mrs.
Rose Perkins who keeps store on West Park
street, kindly volunteered to keep him until his
parents were found About the time the little
fellow began to feel comfortably q: home with
his new friend very anxious parent happened
along that way enquiring Of every one if lit
tie boy had been seen on the street. Mrs.
Perkins informed him that she had a small boy
just come into her possession answering to the
description he gave. and in a moment Captain
Reynolds was the happiest man in Montana.
On Thursday Of last week the railroad hands
had little fun Of their own for few minutes.
1t seems that when engine No. was run into
the engine house the engineer left the lever re
versed. While the "wiper" was at work on the
engine, for some reason or other, he pulled out
the throttle while steam was on. He either did
not know how to work it or else lost his pres
ence of mind at the promptness and speed with
which the engine began 10 back cut ofth house
and up the switch toward the main track, for
inste I'd of pushing In the throttle he tried to
throw the lever aud so change the direction of
the engine. This happened while another en-
CINE was switching the passenger train. In the