The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
Local News
From the Daily of Tuesday

badly demoraIized sleigh and the
subsequent death of the horse.
The work of ~crOss-cutting on the
600 foot level Of the Gagnon is pro-
crossing rapidly. 1t is expected ore
Will be struck in a day or two.
A correspondent Of Sun Rivers
new paper, the Sun, advocates the
old scheme Of forming a new county,
with Sun River as the county seat.
Mr.. A. N. Hamilton, formerly OF
the Salt Lake Tribune is in the city
on his way to the Pacific coast via
the Northern Pacific.
Mr.. Sam. Alexander came over
from Helena yesterday, and will re
main several days in the Silver City
visiting friends.
Benton Record: X. Biedler came
to town SUNDAY to secure an invoice
of salt to save the ice crop put up by
himself and Nose Solomon this win
ter.
Mr.. pinkhsm. member Of the
Council Fire Committee, yesterday
distributed several keys to the new
fire companies building, among men,
bers Of the fire department..
The meeting Sunday night of the
w. c. Il. U. was largely attended by
members of the various Christian
denominations in the city. The ex-
ercises were of a most interesting and
instructive character.
Billings Herald, 1871: Henry @
Raymond. who claimed to be a ply
slcian and to hail from Deer Lodge.
Was brought up before the probate
court on the TN inst. charged with
vagrancy, and Oh promising to leave
town was allowed to 60. He went.
Dillon 7iiL"ne: Dillon, by virtue
Of an unequal location with reference
to the great mineral, stock growing
and agricultural districts of Eastern
Idaho and Southern Montana, is des-
tined to be the commercial center of
a wide scope of territory.
Mr.. Jack Waite never fought
Burns. A match was made up be-
tween them several months ago, but
Burns paid the forfeit m,ney. 1t
was said at the time the reason the
match didn't come off was that |
Burns was out of condition.,
There will he a large attendance at |
the Pavilion to- morrow evening to |
witness the deciding contest among
The flyers for the $40 medal and the
championship of Montana. 1t is ex-
pected the fastest time ever made in
Butte will be recorded in this race.
We understand Ben Hogan pro-
poses to challenge Captain Mounts
for another race. Ben is not used to
being ''downed" and the old warrior
wants another chance for the cham
pionship. If the Captain accept
Ben will not play leap frog again in
the race.
The ladies' of the Episcopal church
propose to give another of their de-
lightful sOciables at the Granite
street skating pavilion next Monday
night. 1t will be a fancy dress party
without masks. One feature of the
evening will be a grand march.
headed by ebrass band on skates.
Articles of incorporation of the
Equitable Mining Company, of Mar.
shal!town, Marshall county, Iowa.
have been filed in the office of the
Secretary of the Territory. CAPITAL
stock. 100, 900 shares of $40 per share, I
The purpose of the company is to I
work quartz mines in the Boulder
district. I
The Bozeman Chronicle says: "Os ]
all the advertisements of Belknap t
not a mention is made of what Ter. (
ritory it is in" Others beside our /
Bozeman cotemporary may not Q
know that Belknap is in Missoula
county, and that 1t is already looking
forward to the time when it will
style itself the Western metropolis of
the Territory.
That dreadful sc0urge diphtheria. q
Is again manifesting its fatal presence =
n the city. One death from the dis n
ease occurred Sunday, and several q
cases are reported in the city. Fam g.
lies cannot be too careful In keeping :
heir children from houses in which v
ne fatal disease exists. Cleanliness IL
nd the use of disinf-ctauts should
'e the order In every household.
Judge French was occupied yester-
afternoon in hearing the case of
John Doe, who was arrested upon
he charge of attempting to collect a
license tax from a Chinaman. When
he demand Was made for the tax,
he heather, suspecting something
Immediately found an officer
Who arrested the self-appointed tax
.atherer. The case will be continued
o-day. 70
The death of Mr.. c. B. Trowbridge, n
this city, Is ANNOUNCED. La t Sat-
lrday Mrs. Trowbridge received a
stating he was lying Sc.
iously ill at Portland, Oregon. Sun
lay morning she left for that city. A
dispatch announcing Nj. Trow- a.
death and that M M
remains We're being brought to NJ
5utte in charge of Mr.. Kinney Y
!rfhur was received here yesterday. W
1r. TroWbridge was one Of the early "a
ettlers In Butte, and by his uniform. ae
' courteous de neanor, exemplary ha
u~lness habits, and public spirit an
omManded the respect and esteem Un
4 large circle of friends. In the Ia
cath Of MI. Trowbridge. Butte has IN
st n OF her most honored citizens. rel
/ dependent, 10Th: A guest at the y
cosmopolitan, who has just come in 90
ON BelHnap, says that nineteen NJ
OF every twenty Ofthe stampeders ~
1 route to the new mines have only -
lough money to take them to the IL
earest railroad point, or at furthest
to the mines. Then they have
rustic or starve to death. Many of
lem seem to think that all they
ave 70 do is to so in aud pick up a
rune and then come out. 1t is IN
otlcable, too, that while many of Las
lie stanlpeders are from old mining lDe
'nntries. a large percentage are i,
who cannot tell gold from py- cay
tes, or quartz from sandstone. loo
will be plenty Of hungry peo- OF
e IN That section before the snow Sit'
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