The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-12
'sPINAFORE.y
As Played by the Grau Ouer. =
pany In Butte. '"~'

Gilbert & s%ullivan's world-famon. IN,
afore' was produced last even;nn ous Pin.
audience, and in it the Grau 0no W a large
pany scored another success 0R Ths Con.
was handsomely mounted and ~ Opera
scene by Paxon, a view of Por+ .ne new
England, from the harbor. lo"attssmIouth,
pretty. The company added ns M very
to their successes, particularly Nv .aares
pals: Mr.. Morgan sang the mus. e,pr1ne,
Rackstraw splendidly, and rece;vedI y. falph
encor during the evening. u w. several
Gordon was in splendid voice and Amy
her usual encores and applause received
ringing out clear and sweet in al nie !, Voice
certed music. 1t is a matter q; Ine con.
ton that Mr.. Kent, who has ha% sratlhca.
posed the last few days, was aba ' te lndis.
his place in the company, and his itsume
nee OF The Captain was pefiorm.
sustained. His song, Fair Mnnn ,mncently
opening OF the second act. bronybt a. the
the house. Mr.. Figmau was y"n sn' down
Admiral, and Mr.. Howard az H.. az, Ihe
Eye and Miss Minnie sh.r DEAD
Buttercup, were very acceptalIaT as
chorus showed up to great ado. The
The girls looked charming, as .bis an'ase
and the cousins and aunts," and o'e'ers
loud applause at their entrance in ts .eassd
act to the sprightIy air, "MerriIy trin, nrst
The Grau Opera Company are daiJyr a"4g;
llshing themselves a. a good, solid ott"ao
ton and their great card, "Tbe M;taoaaac,
will be produced on Monday evening w..
on a most ella bOrate scale. The nV1t
tlngs n the costumes will snrpass ,oes
geOusness anything ever seen in Rrsto.tt'
The Mikado"'will be sure to no Du.le'
Grand to its utmost capacity MnnJ te
evening. At the matinee to.dav .CIb;;uuay
of Normandy" will be presented AIu:sS
sion to matinee, 25, 50 and Is cents soas s'
for sale at Grix's. ""'s
Yesterday the Pacific Express Comn.n.
made silver shipments as follows: Fnrr tvy
Alice. q bars, weighing 564 pounds va,u 'as
at $9.O24; for Clark & Laribie 3 hos'a
weighing 1922 pounds, valued at Sl3,159
Still We Grow.
From the Cincinnati Spokesman.
Twenty-Five years ago we were 80, 900 0Oo
OF people now we are nearly gu, 900 Om
Then we had al cities and towns of ovsr
5000 inhabitants, now we have 2s6 ~,
such cities and towns. Then the to,sI
population OF our cities wax 5000 0o0
now it Is about IL, OOO, 900.
Our coal mines then produced Il, 600 ooo
tons, now So, OOO,O 600 tons, or six times as
much.
The iron product amounted to 900 Ooo
tons of ore, to-day it foots up owe,
5000, 600 tons a year, almost a nine iold
increase.
In 1860 our metal industries EMPLOYED
about $4,000 hands, consuming S lO0, O00.
900 worth Of material and turning ont
about $3.50. OOO, 900 in annual products,
To-day these industries employ 800, 900
hands, consume $3SO,OOO 900 OF material
and their annual product amounts to
$500, 600. 600 a year.
In 1860 the wooden Industries employed
100000 persons; to-day they employ 3l0,.
900, while the value OF their annual pro
duct has trebled.
The wooden industry yed 600 per.
sons then, and now employ $50, 900, while
our home mills, which produced goods Of
the value OF $4,000 900 in 1860, now
turn out an annual product worth 1910.
OOO. 1000.
Finally, there is cotton. In 1860 We
imported 22O, 1000, 600 yards of cotton
goods; in 1881 we only imported 10000,
OoU yards.
In the meantime the number OF hands
employed in American cotton mills has in.
creased to 200, 900, and we export owe!
$50. 1000, 600 yards OF cotton goods a year
instead OF importing 227 900 yards
as we used to do.
In the meantime we have nearly five
times as many miles OF railways, and double
the number of farms, yielding more thar
double the number OF bushels of cereals
In the production OF sheep, We had %.
600, 900 OF them in 1860, to-day we have
over 40, 1000, 600 OF them; and whereas ",
then produced in this country 10000, OO(
pounds OF wool, now we produce 240, 0OO,
900 pounds.
Finally, the total OF our exports hal
doubled. In 1860 it stood at $500, 900,
900, and now it stands at about 5000,
OOO. 1000.