The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-17
Local News.
From the Daily of Tuesday,

December Dad will be the shortest
day in the yeaI. =
Return that purse to the MINER
office. taken at ~post-office, as you are
known.
Yesterdays traiu from the south
reached Butte three hours late. The
DELAY was caused by the storm.
Eight bars of Alice bullion aud
nine bars Of Moultou, were forwarded
south by Express yesterday.
TIL hard ware dealers are reapinq
q harvest the past few days dispOs-
ing of heating stoves.
The thermometer at midnight last
night, indicated twenty degrees below
zero.
The Auant Courier is trying to raise
a boom for the Butte, BOzeman and
Benton railroad.
The ball last evening at Caplice
Hall, under the auspices of the ladies
of the Catholic church, was q very
pleasant affair.
The flood ,tes of the north were
opened yesterday, and q northern
blast came sweeping down in our
mldst. The mercury dropping to IA
below.
Ihe railway company, as well as
Butte, is short of water, and are talk
jig of bringing by pipes a supply
from the base of the mountains. dis
tant about one and 4 half miles.
The Union Pacific Round House
at Gran. er, burned Saturday night.
There was not q drop of water avail
able, or the fire could have been put
out easily.
Al the request of the Union Pacific
Railway Company, and for the ten-
Elf of the me in Butte, We
will state that III special freight rates
will xr!re on Dec. 3lst.
The Luella Mining Company of
M.lIuse have just Iec+ivtd a car load
Of machinery Tor the new hosting
works, which are being built at the
Lu+!ls mine, four miles northeast OF
Melrose.
In another column will be found
the nd. of Morris Bros. These gen.
emen have but recently spread before
the public a magnificent disi lay of
goods. II will pay you to look IL up.
Has the idea ever occurred to the
young people of Butte. that they
should Start a literary society here.
There is not u city the size OF Butte
in the country, but that has one or
mar. ru,h SOniAf IpS
The great, and long anticipated
New Orleans exhibition will be open
ed to-day, by President Arthur, who
will start the ma .hintry ut New
Orleans, by means Of electricity, oy a
wire from the Executive Mansion ~
Washington D. L.
A prominent Butte physician to-
day, on being interogated as to why
Butte Was regarded AS somewhat un-
b-aIlhy. statrd that it was not true
that Butte was an uDheaity place,
but that people were so careless III
exposing the mselves unprotected 10
the changes of weather.
Pre%parations for the opening of the
Amphirheatre next saturday even.
ing is progressing satisfactorily TO all
concerned. The f untain is being put
in place, and the finishing touches
to the interior of the immense room
are nearing completion. The general
opening will be a social event "hl.h
will eclipse all that have taken place
in butte.
Mr.. George w. Irwin. ex-sher,n OF
this county, il, we understand, ~
candidate for the chief clerkship OF
the lower house of the Montana legls-
lative assembly. Mr.. Irwin ls thor
ouphly qualified to discharge al D
duties of that position, and the mouse
would indeed be fortunate In securing
his services Tor it.
The Liederkranz ball, to he gwen
tomorrow night ut Capllce Han, oius
fair to be the most pleasant socIal
event of the season. The nag
have perfected every arrangement
to insure the enjoyment OF the iaIee
number that is expected to participate
10 it. The music will he unexcep,
tionable in quantity and qnallty. any
ever thing c, injected with the oa.'
will he upon that scale OF magnin.
cence for which the Liederkranz
Management is 20 justly Distinguish
ed.