Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
What the People of the Montana swansea
are Doing.

are Doing.
Messrs. A. HI. Tarbert, Shelly Tuttlt
Charles Ellis, B. G. Kingsbury and Thomr
son Campbell, all well known Butte gentle
men were in town yesterday.
w. j. Mathews, H. T. Malone, VIM
Read and Jas. K. Malloy have returned
from Deer Lodge, all happy to get back t.
where there is some life, stir and get up t,
the people.
e. A. Wilcox representing Pitkin 4
Brooks glassware house OF Chicago is her,
taking orders from our merchants for thai
kind OF goods.
B~ielenberg's butcher team took fright or
Front street running up that street to the
wood yard above town, down First street
to their stable without breaking anything
however.
Mr.. jeff Van Gundy is fast filling his
charter for the lodge of the Iron Hall,
having now "a names, and those of the
first among our best citizens. The number
required to make the charter good is
twenty-five, and there is not a doubt
about the result. A meeting was held last
night at 8 O'Clock, to elect officers for the
lodge. They will hold the charter open for
thirty days yet, to enable those who de.
sire to become charter members the oppor.
tunity to do 30.
A runaway occurred yesterday with a
team belonging to Haynes livery stable,
driven by a gentleman accompanied by
bis wife and child. As they drove down
the street, below the stable, une of the
wheels came of, tipping the buggy over
and spilling the occupants roughly. The
horses began to kick and plunge, breaking
the doubletree and freeing themselves from
the vehicle, were off like the wind down to
the dump, a mile below town, and then to
the stable, badly frightened, but all sound.
Neither OF the three in the buggy werehurt,
which was quite a wonder. !
The sale OF seats for 'She'' on Monday
night has been the largest ever known here,
and those who intend to see this, one OF
the best plays that has ever been seen in
Montana, should look sharp to day
and procure their tickets.
K. c. Ames, of the Utah & Montana
Machine Company, of Butte, is looking up
business for the firm here.
L.. c. Trent, Of Frazer & Chalmers, of
Chicago, ID here to see that his large orders |
OF machinery are arriving all right.
In the school election yesterday for two
trustees, there was a great deal of interest |
taken, the voters were hauled to the polls |
by the wogon and buggy load all afternoon.
The excitement ran pretty high between the |
hours of 4 and 6 o'clock. D. D. Walker
mad an easy road to travel, but the race
d. Shovelin and F. E. Bunney was
quite a different thing. At first it was easy
be seen that Bunney had the best oil it,
Dennis threw his full forceinto the fight
md from that time the race was lost for
Bunney. After the vote was counted it
stood thus:
d. D. Walker for three years, 22l; D..
'hovelin Tor one year, ITS; F. E. Bunny
or one year, 161; j. B. Losee for one year,
a. A. Tracy for one year. 45; M. J. Fitz-
patrick for three years, II; Dan1 Dryer, 3.
The number of ballots cast was 416I
Igainst 104 at the same election last year.
This increased vote for School Trustees
that the people of this place have
he welfare OF the schools next to their
The boys of the Anaconda Hook and
adder Company took a spin around the
with their handsome truck last night
from the pace they attained, one
'ould infer that when they are needed
ably they will get there. L
When at Stuart, and the train is late
'hich is liable to happen any day at this
lme of the year, step over to Otto
Vommelsdorf's place and play whist or
DOL and be comfortable. /.