Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
GOSSIP OF THE BURG.
Business Braoing Up With Fair Pros
peots = The Streets Seas of Mud.
A"ussments Have Not Been acking,
and Plenty sfore are Promised,

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pects = The Streets Seas of Mud
A,russments Have Not Been ackinx,
and Plenty Hfore are Promised.
4 PHILIPsBuRG, April 6.-[Correspondence
Of the Miner. I'VE have been receiving our
full share OF bad weather, and April. 81
lar, is no improvement over March.
Hardly day has gone by since April was
ushered In that the Burg has not been vis-
ited hy fall Of snow which, Though it
meies on almost Immediately. has ten.
dency to stop all travel between the Bura
ana the outlaying camps, and leaves our.
broad bouleyards yeritable sea OF mud.
Business e Rhiiirsburg has been unp,e ,ece-
dentediy dnll for the last six weeks, due. no
doubt, to the late bad weather. It is now
beginning to brace up, and people seem to i
ha coming ont of their winters trance. Tn /.
short ff,1n asl,x, 81 :. ..1.. = . a. Q
the town will again assume her bustling,
hvely appearance. A number of new enter
prise5 viii be inaugurated as soon as spring
really comes. Public interest, however, ia
still conferred about the probable loca,
non OF the Granite and Bi-Metallic mills, |
which will be built as soon as the weather |
permits, it is said. The GRANTEES new mill /
will contain between 80 and 100 stamps.
while that OF the Bi-Metallic will be either
oo or 70-stamp mill. The proposed ca
Die road between Granite and Philips
burg has not materialized to any great
extent. The county commissioners re-
fused to grant the company a right of way
up Broadway. Without considering
whether it would pay or not. it certainly
would, in business point of view, be Il
great benefit to both communities. Arthur
Hodges, an engineer sent out here by some
cable railway company OF Pennsylvania,
returned home some six weeks ago, and his |
report, as yet. has not been made public. | {
Ihe general manager, 7. y. Lawrence, is
'omewhat reticent on the subject but says I
something more vi be heard of the matter '
alter. q
IN SOCIAL WAY.
The Burg people have been kept busy at !!
;endins the great variety OF amusemenst :.
hat has been on the boards for the last | I
month. On the 18th inst. Among the t
sreakers" will be given at the Opera House b
y an amateur company Of home people, o
Fho have leaning towards the stage. A II
lumber OF the company have been on in u
lays before, and the whole troupe will
.'''" h'-> .efuIt themselves admirably. Y
he marriage of Ed Moore, the well known
frantic, to Miss Ella Hynes, OF Philipsburg
MI occur on the 1tth. a large number OF W
'lends will be invited and the services will =,
Q followei by a banquet and ball at the y,
'pera House. The Odd Fellows give a o.
rand ball on the 26th of this month, which 81
romises to eclipse anything in the way OF nj
oclety events that has ever transpired in rs
he burg. The I. o. o. F. will extend invi. n
atlons to both the Masons and the Knights
hot Of ls,l,
sually strong here. To follow this, on al
lay l, q leap year party is now talked of. us
tier which another play by the Philipsburg al
mateurs will doubtless be presented Be- =
des these public affairs, private entertain w.
lents I'LL up the evenings of the week to an
niimited extent. W
Smith d shaw's building on Broadway, tn
being renovated and raised up, and will th
a short time, be ready for rent. es
The stage OF the Philipsburg Opera House gr
been tSse ap h es s5s mohtabh 5hah
I'd at last rived, placed in position. The a
ating capacity of the hall is about 400,
I'd it is expected that fully that number
Ill be iU attendance at the opening of the
per;I House by the amateurs un the 18th -;
st. with the HPprupIi;.t: scenery and
egant atcH fnn;oda IL. ans now afforded it is ''
be hoped Mcguire " i'll bring some OF bis an
st-cass attractions to our Burg NJ,
Frank Mason was married last week to ot
RS. Nellie Garland, "f Philipsburg. They no
3 now housekeeping Mt Tower. Mrs. "''
arland, is ii da ghter OF Van Seavers, pa
ii knowa throughout the district. 'r'
The Board of Trade saltou closed its b..
orH day before yesterday, on account OF cr,
u ti'n's and 100 much expense. It is 49,,
lleved by many, however, that there up
= Just one too many saloons in town. co
Louis Shodair, formerly OF Butte, but an
W in the confectionery business in the ine
lrg, vent Thursday on a rip to the Flat 10.
ad country. where he Owls n ranch. ;nl
iranite is soon Ia organize a Lodge of Re-
nights of Pythias. It vii be OH or No,
out the 18th "f he month The re- s.,I
1siy es' ab!shed lodge in the Burg is pro- tn,
'ssii,g finely, AMI numbers among it's mem
rs alno all the prominent citizens O.,
town. JOE Busch.