The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16
Opening Of the New City Hall,
q Success af
CHRONIC KICK ERS.
. Batch of Interesting News from
Helena-.-Some Personal Men,
tion---Our Regular.
CorrespOndence of THE MINER:

Council in their new council
The electric alarm sounded, the tire lad
dies slid down the brass pole one alter the
other from their apartments up stairs,
the horses ran into position IKE old
soldiers, were hitched to the engine in about
ten seconds; all to the intense enjoyment OF
the small boys and the satisfaction Of the
adults gathered to witness the performance.
The ground fioor Of the building is taken
up by the Marshal's office. the Jail, engine
house.. and stalls for the horses.
The second story is given up to the
Council chamber, Court room, Flremens
hall, and Firemen' g sleeping apartments.
The sanitary arrangements are very com
plete and the rooms are all newly and ele-
gantly furnished. They have, however,
neglected to set aside u Jury room-an I'M
~portant omission.
current rumor is tnat one Jackman, a
recent arrival by caboose from the BAG
Lands, expects to 'spell" the Independent
manager after January LIST. Jacktnan IL
said to be w~orkinginto harness on odd jobs
about the Independent office and doing
some dirty work for a Butte paper III the
role of correspondent.-Helena Herald.
Your correspondent, not wishing to he
c%onfounded with any other Butte cores
pondent-especially a dirty work" man
enquired at the Independent office and
found that there was no such person en-
gagged there, and chat the Herald, as usual,
was away OH.
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Rusty Rube, under which alliterative cog
no1uen a frequent and bothersome visitor
at the police court sails, was arrested the
other night for demolishing some bar turnl-
ture and beating the billiard tables at the
Cosmopolitan, where he is alleged to have
iayed seventeen games and Jailed to
~recolnpense the bartender with the GUS
tomary pecuniary consideration therefor.
He was convicted and fined and remanded
to Jail to furnish by his work al equivalent
for the fine be was unable to pay.-HeraId.
The Herald, with its usual lack Of
perspicuity, neglected to state that
Mr.. A. j. Fisk, oneof the Herald
prcprietors, was Rusty Rube's an
above brilliant affair. Come again. Birds
of a feather, etc."
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THE Young Mems Christian Association
embody the following statistics in their
quarterly report: At the Sunday services
the average attendance is fifty-nine i'll the
afternoon and thirty-five in the evening.
The library and reading room is a specially
attractive feature, the papers and serials
on file numbering thirty-five, while the
library contains about 500 volumes. Over
5000 people have visited the rooms during
the last three months. They get the SEMI
WEEKLY MINER and the secretary states
that they nave considerable call for the
daily" 1t is the only public reading
room in the city, which accounts for the
patronage it receives. A fine upright
piano stands in the corner and the singing
and music at their various services is Of Il
first-class character.
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The Helena Mining and Stock Exchange,
by a vote of Is to IL. have decided to al
low the belligerent members who subscribed
the original $50 each to take stock in the
enterprise to that amount and to consider
! their membership certificates us ehtitling
them to Il seat in perpetuity subject to such
annual dues as the board may decide upon.
| A first-class Exchange, composed of a body
Of men all equally interested, and start,d
on d modest basis consistent with the pres
| ent demand for such All institution, would
undoubtedly receive the support Of a Iarg
number Of citizens and miners, both in and
around Helena. TIL present scheme, how
ever, is too much of an experiment, and the
| necessity for Incorporating 1880. 900 and
building an Exchange is not apparent.
big trees from little acorns grOw.' An
Exchange started-as was at first supposed
would be the case-by fifty men with equal
interest and equal voice in the election OF
! it's officers would have rapidly increased.
The membership certificates would haveap-
| preciated in value. The treasury, instead
Of being liable, as is the present case, to de
pletion, would have been filled by incoming
members, and with it's growth there would
| then have been time to consider the pro-
priety OF raising capital to erect a building,
which could AVE been lone on the outside.
| and rented by the Exchange, as is the case
in the majority Of public exchanges
throughout the country.
The members, by vote, could nave lin
tied their membership and thus have in
| creased the value Of their certificates, which
would represent a commercial value in r
portion to the success Of the general body,
and would be transferable subject to the
approval of the board of directors. Sew.
eral Of the original fifty members who sub
scribed the $2Ohave re-sold their tickets to
other parties, and there is some talk OF
organizing a new body.
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JUDGE u. 8. WADE is expected to open
court on Monday next when several inter
esting cases will come up for trial.
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E.. J. HoDGsoN, the architect OF the Lewis
| and Clarke county court house, has been in
the city for the past few days making an
Examination OF the structure. and will
make a written report or the same to the
commissioners. 1t is said that the report
will animadvert on several portions Of the
work especially the foundation. It is a
little late in the day to examine work
when the superstructure has already been
commenced. Mr.. Hodgson is a palefaced
gentleman, features thin and slightly
Semitic in character, dark, full, black.
glossy beard and mustache, about 5 feet
5 inches in height, and evidently possesses
| plenty Of nervous force. II he cannot carry
his point in the teeth of the Lewis ard
Clarke county taxpayers, it will not be for
lack of energy. Q tie a number OF promi-
nent citizens and tax payers are awaiting
with interest the action Of the County Com
m~issioners in regard to the Grand Jury re-
| port and are anxious to know whether
they intend to ignore it's suggestions in re-
gard to the appointment Of the three
architects, mentioned therein. as a com
mittee OF experts to examine the structure.
They will hardly have the supreme gall
some other line Of action to appease the
public mind. We shall see!
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EMIGRATION from the States to Montana
! ought to be encouraged in every possible
manner, as the development ri the terri
tory can only be accomplished by this
means, and yet there are people-who
call themselves "old-tiners, after. few
years residence-who grumble and growl at
d fresh arrival as though he were trespas-
sing on some hereditary privileges whirh
they possessed, and should he come from
Missouri. then, oh then, the fat is in the
fire. It is lard to understand the occls.
ional contempt expressed by one OF these
WORTHLESS for a "Missourian"-a kind oi
''can any good come out Of Nazareth ex-
preston. The celebrated Colonel Robert
Ingersoll, who is a rank Republican, and
who appreciates the city of st. Louis as a
fair Republican stronghold, once compli-
mented that city by saying in a spe' ch,
That it was like a flashing diamond in the
bosom of q dirty shirt" There are a few
people in Helena who evidently endorse
his views, and who thus love to expose
their ignorance of the true resources of this
great State. Senator George Vest, OF Mis-
souri,, is popular among the Montanians,
and his reputation in the Senate is such as
to command the attention OF the nation.
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The new Masonic Temple, which, by the
way, is q magnificent building, will be used
on Monday evening for the first time, the
Council" holding a meeting there. On
Tuesday the Commandery will meet and
on Wednesday King Solomon's Lodge a.