Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-12
M0NTANA'S CAPITAL NOTES,
Stevenson Held in 81, 900 Bonds for the
Action Of the Grand Jury at the
November Term,
The County Court House Contractors
Taken Back to the Bosoms of
Their Friends.

h Great Rendition of s'The Banker
,, Daughter" and ''The Danites''
Is by the Bijou Company.
z HELENA, Montana, May THE case c
8 andrew Stevenson, clerk to Judge 10
Davis, OF the Probate Court, was the ab
sorblng topic Of conversation during tn
: iorepart OF the week. The Herald pub
l'shed his resignation as clerk of the cour
q last night. As the clerical office was abol
lshed by the County Commissioners about
SIX weeks ago-as entirely unnecessary-s
resignation sounds strange. Stevenson
was arrested-as you have already pub
. lished-for the Misrepresentation of 81 800
placed in his hands by Mrs. J. Y. Stewart
to liquidate a judgment against her de.
ceased husbands estate His counsel and
his employer and friend, Judge Davis, tried
hard to clear him by shouldering the blame
on Davis shoulders as the responsible
party. 1t did not work, however, and he
was held in bond of $4,000 for the action
OF the Grand Jury. J. R. Watso and
Joseph Davis are sureties in this amount
Tor his appearance at the November term
OF court. The end is not yet
The County Commissioners have carried
their point in regard to the new Court
mouse; work ON the building is progress
ing. The old architects are taken back to
the bosoms OF their friends-the Commits.
| sloners-and all goes merry as a marriage
! bell. But it will take $125, 900 to paw the
| plpers. Not much? Say 1925, 900 to a
finish.
IHE sanitary condition OF the city is the
project which will next occupy the atten-
tion OF the Council. At present the sewer
age is carried off down Last Chance Gulch.
which Tor about hall mile is boxed in, but
below Eighth avenue it is the open bed OF the
creek, and the filth and excretions of al |
most the entire city flow fostering in the |
sun. A main sewer will have to be built
sooner or later and it will cost about $50 |
900 to do it. The sanitary status at |
present, is not of the best. Numerous |
cases of scarlet fever abound and a few
cases OF diptheria.
GEO. W. GIBBS, one OF Dave Churchill's
deputy Sheriffs, was nominated for Chief
Fire Marshal-vice Curtis resigned-and
unanimously ratified by the City Council.
george is clever young fellow, has been
connected with the fire department for the
past five years and is a protege of the re-
tirlng Chief. lie owes his appointment en-
tlrely to the influence If Mr.. Cu1tis,
coupled with the resolutions OF the fire de.
partlnent, and will make good one. AL ,
M h0 hnr |
taons after the Mayoralty, made motion
III the Council that the Offices of City Mar l.,
shall and Chief fire Marshal be combined.
on the ground OF economy. In case of a I
large hre both departments would be called .
upon. and need the active exertions of both G
CHIEF officers the one to protect the prop d
erty from thieves and the other from the I
names. The motion was promptly voted 8
down: This has always been pet hobby Q
with Mr.. Stedman. .
MINING ENTERPRISES are taking new form v
every day, and it is "a cold dav"-or h
:ather "a cold week"-in which Helena o
1oee not incorporate several mining com. a
oanles and place the stock on the market. CT
The keystone" "Hot Springs" whit )
atch Union" and "Capitol'' have all been W
Incorporated during the past few days. n
The two latter have really something TO o
how. a
The Independent will appear in new Il
ress the coming week. The type has ar. Il
ived, and the Lord knows, not a day too m
oon. II,
The travelling agents OF the St. Paul r
'ioneer Press and the St. Paul Globe were b,
9th in the city last week rustling around e,
9r Their respective papers: Wheeler, of ct
he Globe, met Watson, OF the Pioneer tn
'ress, in the Grand Central Hotel. They ex
ad never met before, but knew each Others
usiness, though each thought the other
ian in the dark. "Hallo" said Watson,
are you the st. Paul man registered ?" E,
No." said Wheeler my name is Sim
lons." "Ah" replied Watson, .'and nv
anne is Jones'" They got to know each
ther before they left town. to
A MEMBER OF the committee soliciting -.
Inscriptions from Helena's leading mer- A.'
lants, in behalf OF the Fair Association OF
'mplained OF the tardy response and the phi
lmerous stand-offs they got. This is at
range, as Helena is usually noted for it's VIC
oerality in that direction It will come mr.
1T all right and the premium list will be of
rger than ever. of
air
F. NJ. CHADBURN recently bought the En- tilt
re mine and mill and stocked it in Lon. Co
m for a London, England, concern. no
ldge H. W. English thinks he has claim ella
the property, having, with two of the dee
tentees OF the mine, bought half inter- cal
in the Rainbow lode, which, under an kill
her name was patented by the parti,
tn whom he was interested and now
ms part OF the property.
AFTER prolonged dearth of entertain
'nts. we have b en- enlivened during the 8
st week by both opera and melodrama. hv
,s;cal society tn. nuclons of f''nl1eu e froI
, members of the amateur opera COM tro
ny who gave the "Chimes OF Normandy" on
out six weeks ago for the benefit of the hor
ung Mems Christian Association, re- me,
ating the performance last Tuesday night car
the benefit OF their own organization. fire
ey sang 10 fooO mouse and gave ina,
ny exceuent performance. Mrs. Hub theI
ID, charming lady, was Serpolette. She gres
a well cultivated voice of phenomenal the
lge, sweet and rich in the lower. but a eieh
1e weak in the upper register-a voice sixt
ch if confined to its proper limits, Dor
int be classed as a pure contralto. strC
aed to this she is well versed in the es- peo1
tial art OF acting and really carried the hon
ra in this respect so far as the ladies 600
ceful Germaine, and sang the various an
nbers very artistically, the duett with wert
1ri (Mr. Thornburg,) eliciting a double the
ore. In the male cast Mr.. Wallace as the
,pard, carried off the honors He gave
representation OF the old miser
his greed for gold. in n,
second act, being called before New
curtain enid tremendous cheering. Ed "
srs. Thornburg. as Henri, Martin, as ter
nicheux, and Walker, as Bailee, filled from
ir respective characters very acceptably. twer
chorus was perfect, well-trained, sung frac,
h precision and effect, and carried them The
'es with an abandon and ease not mon
ally fourd in an amateur company. ranc
Encore Club is nothing if not versatile has
having had a surfeit of light opera on
n gay to grave-they are now rehears-
Farmers Mass in B fat"
HE Bijou Dramatic Company occupieu Mex
boards of Ming's Opera House op day