The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02
DEER LODGE ITEMS.
News Nuggets Picked Up at Random
By Joe Bush.
Special correspondence OF The MINra.

Special correspondence Of The MnsER.
DEER LODGE. August 20, 1885.
Deer Lodge this week has been unusually
quiet. The farmers are busy and seldom
. come IN, and quite a number of our citizens
are at Helena attending the fair. Besides
many are hunting and fishing. So far the
SUI nttle town OF Deer Lodgeis made more
sui IN consequence OF the many absentees.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The new dormitory is rapidly approach.
ing completion and will be ready Tor occu.
Pancy by the time school opens a week
from next Monday.
The tin roofo OF the new school house ia
receiving a coat OF paint. This will pre.
serve the building until the district is able
to complete it.
D.. Il. Van Gundy is r~earrangine the large
room in the rear of his brewery saloon for
a restaurant. When finished, it will be a
neat n attractive place. It has been
rented In advance for a good price.
engine house has received a new floor
and quite q number of new pieces of side
walk along Main street have been laid.
The Deer Lodge cemetery has recently
been adorned with a number of ma pnificent
granite monuments the, artistic work of
George Gushing.
A large sewer leading from the Jail to the
Deer Lodge river, several hundred feet in
length, Is now-under way of construction.
THE JAIL.
There are now over thirty prisoners con-
lined in the county Jail. These unfortun-
ates represent about all the grades of crime
IN the criminal category. Sheriff McMas-
ters keeps a large gang of them at work on
the new sewer.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
A handsome iron fence has been placed
around the Episcopal church.
The board of county commissioners will
meet on September 7th. The contract for
the building OF the new addition to the court
house will doubtless belet at this session of
the board.
Work on the new wing of the Penitentiarv
is expected to commence @
Marshal Kelly starts for Miles City to-day
business connected with his office. The
we are very sorry to say, has a
SICK child in the house, but urgent business /
calls him away
Sheriff McMaster will return about the
middle OF next week, bringing with him the
layer ~ John Edwards, IN the Cole circus !
ram between Deer Lodge and Garrison on |
he 22d day of June OF last year.
Warden McTague, after a lew DAYS visit
Vt the capital, returned yesterday.
Dr. Mitchell returned yesterday from a
rip to the Big Hole, where he had been on
anch business.
Judge Galbraith and family are hunting
nd fishing on the Big BlackfOot.
County Treasurer r. G. Humber, while
ut with a camping party this week, killed
line, lat deer. Aside from this the party
lied about forty birds.
Joe Perron, OF Butte, drew the capital
rize in a matrimonial lottery held at the
church here, last Saturday even
1g. Father Ryckere, of course, wal master
I ceremonies, and handed over the prize
0 Joe in good shape. While we regret to
'se Miss Lizzie Normandin from our mi;..st,
e can congratulate ourselves as being able
D furnish Butte with one of tine fairest of
fair. May Joe and Lizzie live Ions to
ajoy their welded life is the wish of all
Edward Stack and Mary A. Ziman were
larried in Deer Lodge last Wednesday.
ON Daily OF Anaconda. and others were
attendance at the wedding.
Misses Potter, Wilson and Hudson, re-
lrned from the National Park this morn
e.
Mrs. John Arms arrived home from an
tended trip East this week. {
Mrs. George w. Carleton wilsgo to Butte
KIT Monday to remain a few days. I
JOE Bush. I