The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-02
Local News.
From the Daily of Tuesday.

ana pronounce IL
ore.
Butte subscribers are to be congrat'
ulated upon their exemption from
the Carrier" nuisance, on New
Years day.
The close season for all kinds Of
game-except ducks and geese--be'
gins to-day. Ducks and geese may be
shot until May LIST.
Mr.. Sam Clark, assisted by Messrs
Sam Courtenay and j.. o. German,
will receive callers to-day at No. II
West Copper street.
To-day the favorite dude beverage
beef tea will give place to that great
American mixture of mysterious con-
coction, egg nog.
D. H. Cohen yesterday received
two small nuggets of Ceur d. Alene
gold from Fred Taylor, who is said
to be doing well in the new camp.
Superintendent Hall shipped a
New YEARS. present to the Alice
stockholders yesterday, in the shape
Of eight bars of bullion, valued at
l 1924.
The Lancashire Lass, with tho
Holland Company and new scenery
Liverpool by Gas Light will be pre-
scented for the matinee to day at 2
p. m.
A man named O'Neil fell from a
rope at the Anaconda mine yesterday
afternoon, and sustained a fracture
of his right leg. He was taken to
the Sisters Hospital.
The largest fish ever seen in Mon
tana can be seen this morning at
LETTER & Anderson's, who also have
fresh ranch eggs, cheese, ranch but
ter, poultry, oysters, fruits, cider,
etc.
Two knock down and drag out
fights were reported yesterday, n
on in a Main street saloon and the
other on Park street but as no police
man was on hand, no arrests were
made.
The crisp atmosphere of yesterday
was no respecter of persons, and for
once the total abstainer was upon a
perfect equality with the inebriate,
in the matter of highly decorated
probosces.
Claim jumpers needn't 60 to the
clerk and recorders office to-day. It
will be closed during the entire day,
but Recorder Clark will give all an
even show, by r~eopening his office at
IL o'clock tonight.
Rumors of mine jumping were
heard at midnight last night. The
jumpers will have to wait until IL
o'clock tonight before they can record
their locations and owners have Just
as good a chance to file a relocation.
Billy Snead, of the Parlor Eating
House, wishes us to say that he will
keep open doors from 6 this morning
until 6 tomorrow morning, and with
a Happy New Year to all, he will
give a better meal for fifty cents than
any other house in the city.
The masquerade carnival at the
Granite Street Pavilion, tonight,
will be the most successful in point
of numbers, characters represented
and gorgeous costumes ever given at
the Pavilion. Music will be dis
cOursed by the full brass band.
Among the solid institutions of
Butte none are more substantial, or
of greater Importance to the business
community, than the Fire, Life and
Accident Insurance Agency Of Man.
tie & Marsh, as is shown by the fact
that they have already disbursed
over $50, OGO for losses in this city.
In Justice Nichols court yesterday,
Frank Francis was arraigned charged
with assault and battery. A. Peter
son was the complaining witness, but
when placed on the stand, his men,
Dry was so defective that he couldn't
recollect that any assault had been
committed, so the defendant was dis
charged and the costs booked against
Peterson.
The meetings of the w. G. T. U.
which have heretofore been held in
the Congregational Church, will be
held in the future, in the rooms of
the Reform Club on Broadway ,oppo-
site the MINER office. The next regu-
lar meeting of the Union will be held
at the Reform Club rooms tomorrow
at 2::3O p. IN.
The Odd Fellows New Years ball
at Caplice Hall, tonight. is the prin-
cipal feature of the day among Butte
society people. The committee of
arrangements have perfected the
most complete preparations, to make
this ball a fitting and signal inaugu-
ration Of the glad New Year, and a
social event to be remembered with
pleasure by all who participate.
The "Critic," issued by Messrs.
Simpson & Mcintyre is out to-day
printed on the finest satin, and is
about the handsomest specimen Of
Typography ever gotten up in Butte.
In addition to the handsome title
page, advertising matter and the
theatre programme for tonight, it
contains four pages of interesting
miscellany. The publishers are en-
tied to great credit for their enter