The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-26
Local News
From Thursilav's Daily

The receipts of the "Patience" per-
formances at Helena were 81 1,O89.25.
It is said the Amazon Mining
Company, near Boulder City, Jeder-
son county, contemplates erecting
new concentrator this summer.
The grand march at the Odd Eel
lows ball Saturday night will COM
mence at 8 o'clock sharp. An early
hour is chosen as dancing will cease
at twelve.
The first instaIlment of treasury
warrants to Montana business men
as rebate upon their tobacco tax was
sent out by Internal Revenue Col
lector Fuller the Goth inst.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will give q calico dress sociable on
rollers at the Pavilion next Tuesday
evening, the 29th. All are cordially
invited to attend. Light refresh
ments will be served.
The fellow who stole three quarts
of whisky from an East Broadway
saloon day before yesterday, was sent
up. He will not look upon the wine
when it is red for some time.
The champion bicyclists and roller
skaters performed to another large
house at the Amphitheatre last even
ing. Butte pleasure seekers do not
seem to tire of these wonderful per-
formers.
Land Commissioner Lamborn gives
notice that the Northern Pacifi; rail-
road company has never entered into
any contract with the Belknap Town
Company (as alleged) and that par
ties purchasing lots or lands from the
said town company will do 50 at
their own risk.
The contract for lathlng and plas>
tering the Catholic church has been
awarded to Mr.. J. B. Westgate. The
committee will meet Mr.. Westgate
at the Butte hardware store at IL
o'clock this forenoon to complete the
final arrangements for the fulfill
ment OF the contract.
Mr.. Sswell of the bicycle team will
appear at the Amphitheatre next
Sunday evening, Notwithstanding
the report published last evening
that he will appear at the Theatre
Comique the same night. Mr..
Sewell's engagement at the Amphi-
theatre includes the evening IN ques-
ton.
Ro-~--- ~~s' v'sscse: Robert Nc
Pacidse9 Pfee s9GGo6aali GGoai + imfiH9s 'gof tku n,ves y.
bees late last summer, says the Liv-
ingston Enterp'i ise, which it said
did we'll and made enough honey to
live on during the winter, and are
out this spring in fine condition.
This disputes the claim that the bees
brought out by, ,S.Kennedy, of Benton,
were the first in the Territory.
A couple of young coons of the
bootblack persuasion, fell out yester-
day morning and attempted to heal
their wounded honor according to
Marquis of Queensberry rules. A
minion of the law interfered and
dragged them before Judge French.
His Honor thought that five and
costs would heal the ruptured city
ordinance and accordingly imposed
that amount upon the colored pugll-
lists. They shelled and departed
poorer if not wiser coons.
Independent: VIM. Dimmy (col'
| ored) went to sleep beside the rail-
road track near Wallace, Missoula
county, day or two ago, with his
right arm lying across the track, and
a train which happened to come
along ran over the outstretched
member and cut it off at the wrist
Dimmy was brought to Helena Sun
day and taken to the hospital. where
an a1nputation was performed by Dr.
Morris. the injured arm being taker
off between the wrist and elbow.
Glendive Times: The emiyran1
coaches are literally packed with
passengers each day. The popula
| idea seems to be that the majority 0
these emigrants are bound for tn
coast, but 1t is an error as we learned
in an interview with railroad EN-
ploye in a position to know. ii
says they begin to scatter as soon a
they arrive in Montana. and tina
they have dwindled down to shor
half-dozen on reaching Portland
Oregon.