The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-27
Local News
From the Daily of THURSDAY,

From the Daily of Thursday.
Ten bars of bullion were forwarde
by the Pacific Express yesterday.
About 20 men are engaged in sink
ing the shaft on the Berlin lode, nea
MelrOse.
Every sleigh belonging to Owsle,
& Cowan was engaged last evening
for to-day.
This is the morning that most little
I folks look forward to as the most i'm.
portant in the year.
Remember the poor TO-DAY. 1t is
somewhere sal d that it is mole bless.
ed to give than to receive.
The weather assumed a more
moderate tone yesterday afternoon,
and the thermometer rose to zero.
There was a select dance at Caplice
Hall, Monday evening, by the young
folks of Butte. which passed of
pleasantly.
! Tommy Denoon will present each
lady who visits his store to-day. a
bouquet of real flowers, as a Christ
mas souvenir.
The Garrison train left last even
ing at $50 but the passengers were
unable to get through on the
Northern Pacific.
The Amphitbeatre management
will issue Communication tickets to
ladies at the rate of seven skating
tickets for one dollar.
The delayed mail train reached
Butte at 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, with the mail which has been
due the past two days.
Christmas services will be held at
st. Johns Church to-day at II O'Clock
a. M, and at the Catholic Church at
7, 8 and IL O'Clock this forenoon.
The Episcopalians tad q Christ
mas-tree last evening at Curtis &
Majors Hall, which was kindly
donated them for tnat purpose by
those gents.
On Friday. befure Justice Nichols,
will be called the case of Otto Sauer,
a Colorado plaintiff, against William
Gallagher. The case is in regard to
the Limitation Of note.
We understand that the trestle
work at Meaderville, which is used
to support the fiume, broke, and fell
in, yesterday morning. This will
Cause considerable delay to the works
there.
At no previous time has the de
mand for dwelling houses been so
great as 1t is now. Our real estate
agents state that they could rent
readily four times as many as are
now offered.
The business of the p Pacific Express
Company, at the present time, is
enormous. Agent Burgess deserves
great credit tor the prompt manner
in which all express matter is
handled.
Mr.. JGhn Mccormick has q fine
lot of turkeys and chickens right
from old Missouri, on sale at H. l..
Franks store, West Broadway. We
have sampled the chickens, and know
they are nice.
No papex will be iss\ \led from this
office tomorrow morning. Printers,
like other Christians, desire to ob-
serve Christmas with that Difference
and decOrum which ch Aracterizes the
craft, from the devil to the foreman.
Union Pacific mail train No. 8
which was due in Butte at ILLS
yesterday morning, arrived last even
ng at o'clock. The passenger train
which was due to leave ut 4:l0 yesrer-
day afternoon, was delayed till mid
night.
The funeral of John McGeehin.
occurred yesterday afternoon, from
the Alice Hospital, and was attend
ed by q large concourse of friends.
The Miners Union had charge of the
ceremonies, and escorted the remains
10 the cemetery.
w. B. noddridge, late general
superintendent of the Idaho division
OF the Union Pacific. will soon be-
come citizen of Butte. We under
stand he is to be the assistant super
intendent Of the Anaconda Company.
The time of Justice Nichols was
taken up yesterday by case of the
Celeslials. Some Cinnamon had
assaulted a Chinaman, and they
insist that they should have justice
done. For the lack of an interpreter
the case was continued.
Traius have been generally laid up
on the Northern Pacific the past few
days. Manager Mcguire started to
Helena, yesterday, on the Northern
Pacific train from Garrison, but the
train was unable to get through, and
had to come back to GarIisOn.
Up to December 18th, Montana's
contribution to the Garfield National
Monument Association, footed up
1922. The next largest cOntribu-
tion from the Territories is from
Washing ton. S42S. Montana has
contributed $l57 more than the State
of Pennsylvania.
Miss Chris lie Morrel, the soprano
vocalist, and T. B. Arthur, the basso
profundo of the Boston Ideal Co.,
will make their first appearance at
Ritchie's Union Hall this evening,
In conjunction with Miss Mabel
Rivers and Dody Zanfretta. Dick
Devlin, the wonderful Iri-hman, will
also shortly make his appearance at
this favOrite resort.
n. J. Blelenberg & Co. expect to
have the finest display # beef, and
the most tastefully arranged market
for Christmas and New Years, that
is to be seen this side of New York.
They have now on hand at their
market, on Broadway, 1hirty-five
dressed beeves, and have slaughtered
over six hundred sheep, which will
be used in their display.
The MINER acknowledges the re-
reipt Of box of fine Havana cigars
yesterday, with "Conpliments of
the season, wishing you Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year."
printed upon a beautifully illustrated
card, bearing the name Of the gen.
erous donors. G.. Cobn & Co ,2O6 and
2Os Battery St., San Francisco, Cali
fornia. This popular and well known
firm import the finest brands
of cigars and tobaccos, aud Is Occa-
sionally represented in Butte by Mr..
Abe Hineman, favorably known in
this city. Thanks, gentlemen. May
YOUR shadows never grow les.
IL response to an inquiry propound-
ed by a correspondent of the MINER
Yesterday morning, Mr.. McNally
saws he Is willing to meet Mr.. Waite
f,r tron, 81 m to 81 900 outside of the