The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-09
Local News.
From the Daily Of Tuesday,

From the Daily Of Tuesday,
The Hell ena district court has ad-
jou!ned for the term.
The Alice company made a ship
ment of thirteen bars of bullion yes
terday valued at S2o,256.
The ladies of the Home Circle
Dancing Club have postponed their
Leap Year party until Tuesday even
ing January 18th.
Charles Ii. Wetzel of this city has
been granted letters patent by the
Patent Oni@e at Washington for an
improved concentrating apparatus.
The January session of the Su-
preme Court of Montana convened at
Helena yesterday. The docket is a
brief one, and the session will be
short.
VIM. F Coggin, better known as
kerry Eagle" has been held to
await the action of the grand jury, at
Miles City, on the charge of killing
Daniel Mccarthy on Christmas eve.
We acknowledge receipt of the
holiday Aunnt Courier with a birds
eye view of Bozeman as a supple
ment. 1t is a handsome number and
a fine view of the Beautiful City,"
An accumulation of over q foot OF
snow is rather q dangerous burden
for a root to carry, and those who
have not already removed the snow
frnm their house tops would do well
to do so at once.
J. l.. Collins, teacher of depart
ment No. 2 Of the Vaudeville public
school, has rendered his resignation
to the trustees to take effect next Fri
dav, on account of demands upon his
time of private business matters
which require his immediate atten-
ton.
The MINER acknowledges receipt
of an exceedingly comprehensive
chart of architectural designs, issued
by Palli>er. Palliser & Co., of Bridge.
port. Ccnn. The designs are for all
classes of buildings and a~rethorpugh-
ly practical, as well as tasteful and
elegant.
The union prayer me citing last
night at the Baptist Chapel, Good
Templar's Hall, was we'll attended.
The meeting tonight will be in the
same place. The special topic &C.
commended by the Evangelical SO.
ciety is CONCESSION of sin and prayer
for revival.
Tie Hnmessake mine at Cooke
City, which was recently sold for
SlGO, 000, was formerly owned by
James Newjng. Of Butte, and at the
time of the sale a one-fourth interest
was owned by Sam and Billy Math-
ers, both we'll known i'm this city.
who will he congratulated upon their
good fortune by numerous friends.
The time schedule ON the Northern
Pacific has been knocked into smith
Greens hy the snow storm, which is
said to have piled up the worst drifts
between Garrison and Helena; and
trains are reported rs running from
six to eighteen hours behind time.
On The Utah and Northern, compare
lively little trouble has been expe-
rienced as yet.
An effective device for protecting
window plants and preventing frost
from ohsirlcting the view of show
windows may be arranged by screw
ing a flise sash on the inside, thus
forming a double window. The frost |
is prevented from forming by the hot
air from inside not coming in contact
with the cold glass of the outside
window, and the deads air place be-
tween the two protects the plants
from frost.
The arrangements for the crowd
which is expected to fill the Amphi-
theatre. to see the John l.. Sullivan
combination, tomorrow night. are
most complete. Raised chairs have
been placed On the first floor, which
will be reserved for ladies and their
es orts. The gallery, with q seating
capacity of 100. will also be reserved.
The sale of tickets will he opened at
Grix's, at ten O'clock, this morn
ing.
A burial casket was forwarded by
J.. G. Singer yesterday to Jefferson
valley, FOR the rSmains Of James De-
laney. The deceased was an old
in the valley, and leaves a wife
and one child. He was thrown from
3 horse about a year ago, and has
been a great sufferer from the in
he then received, which have
terminated in his death. The
remains will be taken to Helena,
numerous re atives reside, for
J. D.. Smith was efore the Probate
Court Yesterday on a charge Of luna
cy. The evidence of his insanity not
conclusive, the examination
was continued until Wednesday. If
rep 'rts are true with reference to the
defendants extraordinary attentions
to the fair sex, to at least one of
whom he il said to have made an Of
fer of marriage, with a munificent
settlement, after an acquaintance of a
day, there should he no question as to
the suffic;ency of the testimony.
VIM. H. Allen, whose death was
the first recorded in the Cmur
d'Alanes, left Butte about a mouth
his death. He was in the city
for some rnnths, during which he
was quite feeble and was assisted by
the Masonic fraternity. He is said
TO have been an expert miner and
and had been quite
wealthy, but becoming reduced in
circumstances the instincts of All old
time miner and prospector led him to
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