The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
THE %sEM1-wEEKLY MINER. BUTTE MONTANA JUNE 20. 1856
ANACONDA
Got His Ear Chewed - An About a
Pair Of Pants.

1 NU11e8POuOS0C6 o. lH8 0lG6Ws
ANACONDA, June 16, 1885.
Some days since a party of bootblackl
came to town to ply their trade, but find
ing the weather unproportious, one of then
started for Butte on the same train tina
1t SO happened that they occupied adjacent
seats and when Conductor West made
his appearance the bootblack remarked te
his %neigbbor, There comes the conductor
and l haven't got a cent or a ticket, what
shall I do?" "Curl up on the seat and III
throw my overcoat over you and he may
not notice you" The bootblack curled up
on the seat and the coat was applied. The
conductor passed by without noticing the
concealed traveller, aud in a few minutes
the new made acquaintance engaged in the
following conversation: How did you find
business in Anaconda? ?" ''Dull:stoo rainy
"What makes you go to Butte? You'll
have opposition. I should thinkyo would
60 to Deer Lodge "Deer Lodge be id!
Why | was there three or four days and
there's nobody in the ID place but
grangers and they black their boots in their
cow corrals." Such is the fame of 'The
town OF the trail to Bear"
Yesterday with the visit of the Union
Pacific magnates and owners of Anaconda
property, our citizens were entertained
with another criminal outrage. Pat Duane,
from near "The Hump" came to town
with vegetables for sale, absorbed a little
too much nutriment and became musical,
but harmless. But one Harrington was
hunting a fight, and while Pat was making
SOM little noise in q saloon, Harrington
deliberately knocked him down. The bar
keeper separated them, and Pat left for
another portion of the town. Harrington
followed him, and without the least provo
cation bit off a good slice of Duane's ear.
harrington now has prospects of a home
behind the bars, while Pats ear will never
get drunk any more.
President Cakes and party and Governor
STANFORD and Others from California were
here yesterday. The result of the meeting
has not yet transpired.
Everyone is complaining of dull times.
To show one the demand for clothing in
town we relate the following: Several
parties, among them a German, occupy a
bunk house in the lower part of the town.
A night or two ago the German was reused
by someone trying to steal his pants from
under his pillow. He grasped one leg of the
pants and the marauder the other. The
German disliked to lose ''dose bants" as
they were his last and latest. A lively
struggle ensued. The pants were torn in
twain. The owner pursued the thief, but
was halted by a pistol shot from his as
sailant who escaped in the darkness. There
was not a cent of money about the cloth
ing, hence it must have been pants that he
wanted.
Daniel Searles is in town visiting his
friends and looking over the field for his
new work on "Montana's Pioneers"
Frederick Warde comes tonight and
us with "Virginius."
H. Kohn and family folded their tents
and mattresses for Butte yesterday, but
MIR. Leopold Of Ogden comes with clothing
to fill a room, but not a demand.
Gust Gamer, the handsome Gust, is al
genial and ready to receive his friends.
The son Of W.P.P. st. Clair, who recently
with an accident and sprained his foot
playing at school, in Salt Lake, had
to have it amputated.
Three cattle were killed on the Utah &
Northern, this evening, while the train was
a sharp curve between Silver Bow
and Butte.
The Anaconda works are running at full
blast. .
Sands & Boyce ave a branch store here.
0. s. Kimball and w. r. Boyce are the eff
lent managers.
It was raining and mailing with terrific
force on Thursday. At one time the resi-
dents expected they would be flooded. The
streets are impossible.
j. w. Cornelius is building a two story
brick on Third street costing So $500.
Twenty-one saloons in Anaconda.
Tom DAILY is o%verjoyed at R. s. Kelly's
appointment.
Robert Fenner has almost completed his
brewery, where HI expscts to brew beer
equal to any in the Territory.
H, Kohn is agent for the Salt Lake Brew
Company.
w. P. Thomas of Willow Glenn, an old
mas been in this section of the coun-
Try for t~wenty-three years, is now cultivat-
ng 100 acres OF ground. The old man is
cooking hale and hearty. His farm is well
with cattle and horses.
Fifteen car loads of lumber arrived at
Anaconda on the 18th inst for the new con-
;e%ntrator.
William E. Herdiry, ~canvassing agent for
Eastern papers visited this burg about Mar.
18th and collected from about twenty sub
He signs his name in a manner
hat it can hardly be read. Look out for
lin as he is a swindler OF the first water.
MADE A MISTAKE.
Yesterday there was little breeze on First
treet in front OF the store OF Foster, Estes
I Co., caused by the firing of a shot. It
Lppears that a man by the name of William
'mithson, who vas thirsty, entered the
tore of the above named firm and stole
that he supposed to be a bottle of whisky.
nd started off with it. He was seen and
hased by J. s. Curley, who followed him
nto the street, but as the thief was getting
way too fast, Deputy Sheriff Dickinson,
.ined in the chase and in order to bring
he runaway to a stop, fired a pistol shot
t him. That argument succeeded, and the
nan was captured and locked up. After
taken to jail it was ascertained that
e had stolen a bottle of vinegar instead of
whereupon his Indignation was
reat. He did not object to being arrested
ut he did kick at being arrested for steal