The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-26
Local News.

Bids on Morris Bros building must be in by
saturday night, the 18th inst. The contract
Will be awarded Monday, the 18th inst.
h officers teel pretty confident that they are
on the trail of the parties who did the holding
up the other night and they propose to camp
on the trail until their guilt Is proven.
A petition is in circulation among residents
on Granite street, asking the city counsel to
order . sidewalk on the north side Of the
street from the Pavilion to tina corner of Wash.
ington.
celpt ofa complimentary ticket to the gran 1
ball to be given at Anaconda, Tuesday evening,
the 10Th inst for the benefit of the school ut
that place.
Dr.. I. H. Carroll, lately Of Ro0eman, has come
to Butte to locate. The doctor is a physician of
the regular school and is a graduate Of the
University Of Buffalo. He was for nearly two
years surgeon of the construction train on the
Northern Pacific railroad.
Also the attention of the city counsel is
called to the condition of the allies. These are
disease breeders and it Is ten thousand wonders
that some epidemic has not broken out. The
stencil arising from ONE Of the allies is sicken
ing aud the nth in them Is disgusting.
Grading is also going on on Upper Montana
street. This work, likewise, was not begun be-
ore it was badly needed. Some men have
been busy for several days digging, but the dirt
aas not yet been taken away. This will be done
when the carts get through on Main street.
The city carts are now engaged in grading at
the head of Main street. This is a work that
the town has long needed and weary teams
have lifted their mute petitions for some sort of
relief in drawing heavy loads up the
hill. In a few days more the work win be COM
pleted.
Harry Narcotic & Co. have purchased the
Winter Garden. Harry brings with him the
aroma of those famous cocktails, juleps and
punches of which he was the dispenser at the
Cosmopolitan in Portland, and will make the
Winter Garden one Of the most popular biDa-
tories in Butte.
LADIES would do well to visit Kahnweilers
Bazaar when they wish to buy articles of ladies'
wear. He does 1T consider it ny trouble to
show goods. He feels confiden that if the goods
are not b ought at the time their quality and
price will commend them 80 that the ladies
will come again and buy. He will not be un-
dersOld.
Quite a number of the young men of this
place have become quite proficient in man.
aging the bicycle and ride securely on the
street. But sometimes all accident will upset
the best of them, Yesterday while Charlie
johnson was taking q quiet spin through the
street for some reason his bicycle baked and
kicked up behind, and Char Jewell, he kept
on until his head struck some distance in ad
vance Of the balky vehicle. He hasa peeled
chin as a memento of that ride and will not do
much talking for the next day or two.
There was a pleasant practice game of cricket
yesterday afternoon at the grounds of the club.
The members have become quite proficient and
propose soon by wav of giving variety to their
game to challenge the Butte base ball club to a
friend y contest. Of course, the cricketers will
nave TO give the base ballists some odds. AS
mere matter of politeness the base ball club
will have to challenge the cricket club to a
gam of base ball and give odds. There will be
some fun made by the a~wkwardness and MS
takes of the club that is off its own ground.
The Ogden Pilot has another Mormon love
story aud this time 1t is a man named Taggart,
the husband of one wife," who when the
bloom began to fade On her cheek, wished to
divide time aud affections with another bloom
ing Mormon damsel. The damsel listened to
his wooing and her parents urged. But Mrs.
objected and let the damsel know
something of the disposition Of her man,; MI.
Taggart used the usual Mormon argument. a
club, on several occasions to convince his wife
of the error of her judgment. At LIST the
parents went to Salt Lake to the
Endowment House to witness the sealing Ut
their daughter as numner two to Mr.. Taggart,
the loving couple did not appear. The
damsel preferred single "cussedness' and
determined she would be In entire woman
rather than half a wife. MI. Taggart's wounded
heart will never heal.