The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-06
Local News.

The Helena public schools have
begun their full terms and have set
led down to steady hard work.
Rev. DR.. Boyns, of the South
Methodist church, will preach in the
central school building tomorrow
morning and evening.
Some people will never be satisfied
with the weather.. A few days ago
they were complaining of the dust;
now they are dissatisfied with the
mud.
The Helena Herald says: Among
the many attractions that Manager
Mcguire has secured during his re-
cent trip to New York, are the IA
NOUS actor and author, Dion Bouci-
cault; the Madison Square Hazel
Kirke Company; Lulu Hurst, the
electric girl, whose wonderful per-
formances have 80 aktonished the
immense audiences Of New York;
the Hess English Opera Company.
and others Of equal note.
AS an instance of the benefits of
advertising we mention that in our
issue of yesterday appeared a notice
that q pocketbook had been lost.
Early yesterday morning came to
the MINER Office MI. 81. g. Blaine,
employed in the Union Pacific Ex-
press Office, with that lost pocket
book, which he had found lying on
the sidewalk in front of the express
office.
There has been considerable house.
hold profanity, in a qiet way, in and
around Butte during the last day or
two. It became necessary to COM
fort to have fires, and to have fires
it ffas necessary to put up stoves, and
to get stoves to give out heat it was
necessary to put up pipes, ana when
the ordinary man gets hold of a
stove-pipe, his words are not loud,
mol numerous, but they are EXPIRES
sive and convey q great deal of emo
ton.
Missoulian: We learn that in q
gambling row at Ravalli last aatur-
day between some Spokane and
Flathead Indians, one of the latter
was killed by being struck in the
back several times with a sledge-
hammer, and another one was badly
hurt. Shortly after . squad of SOL
diers who were on their way back
from the Flsthead Lake, appeared
and the Spokanes, who thought the
soldiers had heard of the murder,
disappeared like magic.
A few days ago four italian street
musicians arrived In Butte from
Winnipeg. Every night since they
have been going around to the 50.
looms dishing out music according to
the liberality of the boys in putting
up cash for the same. W. guess this
band contains the first harp that
ever appeared in Butte. Their music
is not severely classical, nor can it be
said 10 be extremely artistic, but it is
a great improvement on the ordinary
hand organ, and q crowd of admir-
ing listeners follow the band in its
rounds.
Mr.. ]. w. Kemper brought to the
MINER Office yesterday an apple ten
inches in circumference, raised in
the Bitter Root valley about three
miles above Stevensville. on the
ranch of Mr.. John 8. Robinson. The
tree on which the apple was grown
was set out in Mr.. Robinson's orchard
two years ago, and was four years
old at that time. There were about
four bushels more of apples on the
tree, and there were q great many
other trees in the orchard as prolific
a. this. The ranchmen are BEGIN
ming to learn now what varieties can
be successfully raised in Montana,
and doubtless Montana will become
In the near future IN apple producing
country.