The Helena independent., 1889-10-30
The Burned District Being Rapidly
Built Up With Large Bust
ness Blocks.
A Great Amount of Building in
All Parts OF the Big Min
ing Camp


BUTTE, Oct. 29.- Special. During the
past week Butte has had a great deal 10 oc-
cupy its attention. Two high-lfe suicides,
ali attempt by "A wife to blow her husband
10 atoms with giant powder and the sus-
pense as % the result of the mandamus pro
ceedings very important matter and one
which the papers don't seem 10 cnrc to refer
10. is the prevalence of sickness Ia all pnrts
of the city Helena reports many cascs of
typhoid fever and Butte has also many sim
liar cases, the cnuses being divided between
the quality of the water and the upheaval
of the earth in lnying the a'wer pipes, espe-
cially in the lower pnrt Of the city. But We
have also black diphthcria, which is fatal
in its character II prevails in Dublin
gulch, where mnny families live closely
huddled together. Within the short time
of two weeks five children IN one family
died Of this disense. MANY people have
moved from the gulch.
Butte is enjoying "a greht building boom.
The burned district is being rapidly built
mp, hut the size and architecture of the
business houses will not compare inyombly
with thuse OF lleenn. The loss 10 j. NJ.
heaviest. lie had a fine four-stpry brick
building almost completed. which IL now a
mass Of runs. Nothing has brcn done
towards rebuilding H. The old Barnard
block IL being replaced by substantial
brick and ir'n front hnilding. On nearly
all the new buildings gulng up, zinc cornicu
is heing used
The Bonner Mercantile has not resumed
business since the FIRE owing, II is sad. ~
a..
pinics. On the wrst side ui town % very
large number Of substantial dwellings, bnve
been buIlt tins year. ana L,st Pafh street
has been very mach improved ly lnrco brick
business blocks. none of winch nrc over
three stories high. Dan lcwcy of the
Southern hutel has built "a four-story brick
hutol. and lust east uf this james W. Fufbis
II building funr-story structure.
The Centcnnnl hotel ruins remain where
they have stood for the last eighteen months
undistuihcd and an oyesore To Mmn street,
Conservative people estimate that Sl,WN,O0u
have been expended ininprnvng Butte this
year.
Butte continues a live. buslling. busy,
restless and wicked western town, notWith-
standing iis efforts to put on metropolitan
airs. It's streets aud saloons ore still crowded
at all hours of the night Speaking ut si-
looms, nobody has seen all the attractions of
Butte unless hV visits what liz called the
California Brewery. II isn spacious beer
hall filled with round tables and chairs with
sawduA ON the floor. Ii has u platform al
one end, where the best and largest bnnd uf
the city frequently discour-es music. hut
Just now female orchestra Is the aitfac-
ton. There is nothing striking IN the mp
pearnnce of the place; no effort IL made to
pease the eye with artistic work. but the rt-
sort has an attraction or fascination for the
men of Butte which II seems cannot bc re-
sisted. II Is patr0nized 10y all clnsses and
at all times. Sundny and Monday are all
alike IA the people of Butte. In
tins resort may hc seen the
millionaire miner. banker and business man
al one table. while Just next o. them may bc
the common miners IN their working clothes,
or group of invrterate hangers ON, or the
clerks and NEE sucloty young men. the gam
blers and IN fnci people IN AL Stages uf life
cOngTcgate there Ia drink beer and chat.
No notice is taken of who il present; every
body is frop mud easy aud the house, FROM
until l. p M, Is crowded with prnplr. As
many Hs 21 can consel9lle there m one
time without Inconvenience, and lnro moio
bc'r ls sold than IN amy one saloon in the
west. The proprietpis ARE rich men, who
made all thtif money there, ilpS are pay
ing $50 prr week for tie ftmalo orchtsftl
of rlght pieces, and cmpluN about niiupn
mcn ~ wuit ou the prowd IA Intervening
Gambling n eome form soclns 10 huNr'
strong hold nn tlH Young und many OF The
old mon Of Miic, Everybody Sums ru
always hive money and II is Acpl m rlitd
circulation.
Tie hack of could,ncr IN the puruaroucy
of Butte hus disappeared and nov The bush
ness men generally feel that Butte viii con
tinup t0 hr the greatest mining camp un
enrth' for lip next generation, which 1t
certainly viii.