The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22
CITY BREvITIES.

11o,,se connections for the gas are beins
laid on East Park street.
The Amphitheater will close tonight and
uon,ain closed until September LIST.
The chairs for the new opera house. 300
IN number, reached here yesterday.
r. is said that the toughs and rouphs
,rbo fled from Butte to Anaconda. arc
now leaving that place.
Sunday one of Kelley's teams ran awav
ot Meaderville and smashed the wagon and
made things lively for awhile.
The foundation walls for the new HYDE
building at the corner of Main aud Park
streets are being run up rapidly.
The Office OF the American District Tele-
graph Company in the Butte Hardware
company's store WILL open this morning.
A square grand Behring * octave piano.
valued at 81, 900, has just been received by
Jackson d Son for the new opera house.
The Liederkranz society have determined
to give a picnic Sunday, August 9th. at
Columbia Garden and Meaderville Grove.
The p~ostoffice is doing a rushing business.
There is no need to call at the general
delivery window unless one has an hour ar
two to spare.
Daniel j. Welch treasurer of the Fourth
OF July fund has made his report. There
was collected $S12.5O and expended $77l.-
80, leaving a balance on hand of Sails.
F. B.. Woodhouse, a prominent citizen of
Colorado, has arrived in Butte and will
make it his future home. He is a irst-class
business man and accountant and will
prove an acquisition to the camp.
Saturday a quartz claim was filed as fol-
lows The Rose and Lille, situated in Sum-
nit Valley district, between the Lewis and
st. John claims. The locators are George
Conrad, Joseph Julian, J.. H. Vol and
Robert Squire.
Bogk, OF the Revere House, COMPLAINS
that the railroad authorities are crowding
him out OF his rights. He made a trip to
Pocatella Sunday for the purpose but not
finding the superintendent at home, he will
submit his complaint to the Headquarters
at Omaha.
Yesterday afternoon the fve-months'-
old child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Haus-
with who live near Missoula gulch, was
buried. The little one died Sunday after
noon, and the parents attribute the death
to the use OF condensed milk upon which
it had been fed for several weeks.
Persons or firms as yet %unsupplied with
boxes OF the American District Telegraph
Company can be supplied with messengers
by calling over the Butte Hardware Com
pany, until their boxes are placed. Thu
Office OF the company will be opened for
business this morning. This is the first in
PRODUCTION Of the District system into Mon
tana.
Yesterday Ed Weinrick and John Ducie
took IA drive to the Homestead mine and
vicinity. While returning, and when within
four or five miles of the city, they were sur
prised at seeing Il vicious looking wolf. The
animal did not appear to be at all alarmed
at the sight OF the travellers, and trotted
leisurely off.
A. J. Cass, Esq. recently OF Wisconsin,
has arrived in Butte and is a guest at the
Mt. Vernon. Mr.. Cass was for years secre-
tary OF the famous Eastman Business
College, at Poughkeepsie, New York, and is
one of the foremost accountants in the
country. He will probably locate here
permanently if he can find proper encour-
agement.
On the occasion OF the retirement from
the employ of the company which tool
place Friday last, j. E. Gaylord, the super
intendent and D.. P. Murphy, the metallur-
gist OF the Parrot company were each
made the recipients OF handsome presents
by the employees. The first, was presented
with a beautiful diamond stud and the lat
ter with ~ehannsome Harvard watch. The
occasion was one of much interest and
pleasure.