The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-23
Local News.
From the Dn lily OF Thursday


No news yet received of the block
AIDED trains on the Utah & Northern
Eastern mails are becoming as un
certain as the predictions of weathe
! prophets
! The ball at Caplicc Hall Tomorrow
night will be public ball, instead 0
an invitation party as announced 4
recent soiree.
Ifthe electric Ii ,ht company re.
ceive sufficient patronage to justif,
| it, several lights will be continued
until late hour at night.
The weather prophets say the back
bone Of the winter IS broken. ''Tice
Of Radersburg' has not been heard
from concerning the matter.
The liveliest places now-a-days in
Butte are the skating rinks. There
are on an average fully two thou
sand people there every night.
The morality of Bate is beyond
question. There has not been fight
or an ordinary drunk for nearly q
week to disturb the dignity Of the
| law.
The fellow who tried to warm his
feet last night by the electric light
at the corner of Main and Broadway
was kindly cared for by a a consider
ate cop.
Jimmie Orton challenges Reynolds
for the medal and championship,
which the latter won last evening at
the Pavilion "Uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown"
The Waite-Burns hard glove con-
test promises to be a rattling affair.
Both men are in tip-top condition,
and both are confident of victory.
No exhibition of the kind has ex-
cited the interest taken in this one.
One of our most prominent lhysi-
clans says that a little lime water
mixed with the pure soft water fur
nished from our hydrants would add
materially to the healthfulness of
those afflicted with urinary COM
plants. No charge.
The Livingston Enterprise is
authority for the statement that G..
K. Barnes, formerly General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent of the
Northern Pacific, has removed with
his family to Chicago, where he is
one OF the partners in a firm for the
manufacture of cottage organs.
The medal received by Mr.. Rey-
nolds last evening at the Pavilion is a
beautiful piece OF workmanship. It
consists Of a solid gold roller skate
with diamond axle points and a large |
gold Maltese cross pendant. No !
wonder the boys sweat to win it. He
is a good one who captures it from
Reynolds.
Two men entered the house of Hop
Lee, in the town of G )met, six miles
from Wickes, tied and gagged the
proprietor, and then robbed him Of
about four hundred dollars In money.
After securing the booty they set Gre
10 the cabin, which was entirely
burned, together with its contents.
Hop Lee barely escaped with his life.
The Herald says Vice President
)akes has received no intimatlon of
he Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company desiring to withdraw from
ts traffic agreement with the North
'rn Pacific, as was telegraphed from
New York last week. He says the
contract is perpetual, and one that
'annot be broken by one Of the par
les to it expressing desire to have
t broken.
There will be a grand masquerade
arrival on rollers and I all combined
It the Amphitheatre next Tuesday,
February 26th. A full string band
:as been engaged to furnish music
or the dancing and brass band for
he skating. Elaborate preparations
re being made 10 have the affair the
,reatest success Of the season. Tue
will make prices within
lie reach of all. Further particulars
will be given tomorrow.
The celebrated Rentz Santiey Bur-
'sque Company, that has for num-
er Of years appeared in all the large
tiles of the country, will begin their
Engagement here one week from to-
light. This company is composed
f some twenty beautiful ladies, and
uring their appearance here will In
heir performances introduce all the
atest new music. The box office for
eserve seats will open at Grix's as
Don a. the agent arrives, who IS at
resent biockaded in snow drift.
RE-OPENING i