Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-21
FROM ANACONDA.
A Coal Mystery-Imrressive /. o. o. #.
Installation Cersmonies-A Dru:-,-ner
Story, Etc.

A Coal Mystery-Impressive i. o. o. #.
Installation Ceremonies-A D1u:-,.ner
Story. Etc.
ANACONDA, January Is. - Correspond
enoe Of the Miner. 1.-The extremely cold
weather which prevailed for over a week
has at last given way to slight thaw. As
q consequence water in abundance flows
through the fume which supplies the
Anaconda works enabling the concentra-
tors to start up again. Ore trains COM
menced to run this morning the supply OF
ore on hand being almost exhausted.
Coal comes in at irregular intervals,
though where it comes from is mystery.
us we have had no mail from the Utah &
Northern for five days. The people OF
Anaconia caH.ot conceive how it is that
:>ai trains get that ROAD shils
''""''.T inst Ai.c ilrres. irrs tack in the snow.
.Ine u,, s,,t audience which has yet as
ssmbled IN The rev Opera House attended
last evening to witness the installation
cerem onies OF Coliax Lodge, No. 20, l. ..
O. F. As the exercises were pubic, and
every in.luceneut Offered which the
taste OF the members Of the lodge could
suggest, few who could be present r'*"ained
from gnlbg. Th" exercises Were eonoucted
IN an s.ble and impressive manner by "p-
uty District Grand Master Z. II. tracy,
a--is, Il bv Mes-rs. II. McMurphev and
thomas Stces us Butte J. i'enhn',, "f
WalkerviIe, and Chas Rulough. OF re>r
Lodge The f,,iowng officers were Inst + ii:
8 Gator. Noble Grand; j A. Gibson.
Vice GRAND; G. T. W. Cess, Rac"-din" sec
retary: X. =. Storr, Permanent S""re' ry,
and j. G. Ke; pier. Treasurer. The install
lation concluded. Miss May Redmond de.
Ii. ted the audience by har renditi n
of "Gpllen Gates Ajar,' in
which she was supported by
Mrs. Trisberger, Mr-. C"llias.
Misses Irvine, Snperinf endrnt harles
Lamont Hardenbrook, Jennie ki"nev aud
ANA Thomas, who forr'-,i - ch",u- u'."x-
ceIIed ~ yet in Anaconda. An "''.:'e~s
descriptive of the ubjrc's OF +h- or .. by
Mr. H McMur. hav, Grand Hepresen, at've
of the Sovereign Grand o'ge OF the United
Stats was listened to with mucn interest.
A .piannforte solo by Miss Cornelia Su-
preaart elisiteo the lo1d-st applause. Mr..
G. II. Tracy followed in IA neat speech, in
which the history OF O'!dielIowship was
recnunted; after winch MIR. Walter Nc
G,ly,av. on eia;f If the lo1g', presented
Ahi
in he order and Il capable officer, beauti-
ful watch CHARM of Montana gold Quartz
set it horse hoe nt gold. ardto Mr.. Stees
the oil Test Oddfeiow in the Territory. a
IN. gn;cent gold headed cane. The song
..S~e.t Spirit Hear my Prayer"
was then sung by Miss Charles, who pos
ecssea y rich and we'll cultivated cuutralto
voice which cAptivated The listeners, In
resp po.sr t., ar encore whivh would not be
1% Il n
pea ted. In tie closing ode the chorus
gain gave evidence Of a musical o::ity
until now unsuspect.h, ar! while much
cr dit js due to the gnn' e,nef OF the
l. . O. F. :or bringing &" i,iirh taient to-
gel ha:, it is to be- hope tina. he OrEanlzt-
tiun effected by them on this occasion viii
be made permanent. The au,t;euce dis
,eraed, loud in their encnmiums OF the
iu.,,,.er in winch the whole affair was con-
Quoted.
A DRUMMER STORY.
Anaconda has been struck by tidal
wave ,f drummers the past wecE, aud tia
richest Joke OF the season is toie. o. We OF
them. He is hat drummer from st. ';.ul.
few days s.so be stood c0mpRcantly III
one of our leading dry soo1G torres relating
with sarcastic smile a yarn ipustrati"a m;
uNaf'Cti, .uOud SpiTtC p''oSVsSet -. e''S
representative of another hat firm. Just
as he wound up with This shows
the high opinien gentlemen travel 'g for
g. entertain Of themselves an alarm
clock directly behind him, by one OF those
unaccountable freaks they sometimes ln-
dulge in, went off with whirr which com.
pl.t.ly astoun1ed the hitherto supposed
ura bashube drummer, who retired from
the scene in disgust amidst roar OF lausn-
ter from his companicns, swearing that
the neanest dodge yet was fixing up alarm
clocks to work as chestnut bells.
w H. Baldwin. General Agent OF the
Union Pacific. was in town yesterday.
Rambly and J. c. Keppler went up to
Butte last night.
Professor c. H. Moore, the scholarly and
efficient Superintendent nf he Pyrenees
| Mining Co., vas down from the mountains
on ,uesday.
We gret to note tho departure Of J. D.
Hawks, OF the freight office, a general favor
| ite here on account OF hi+ many estimab BILE
qualities. Mr.. Hawks resigns his position
here to accept a more lucrative one at
Cable. His desk will be hereafter be filed
by Mr. G. E. Woodcock.
| Mr.. w. L Hnse was in Butte on Monday.
| Mr.. Joe Murray returned from a r D to
your little village yesterday. HAtED.