The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-21
LATE NEWS FROM BUTTE
lssepsssiag Farts About the Nssne~ M the
Registry Lists-Polics Coars
AAhlr-Otler Notes
and Gossip.

special correspondence of the standard.
BUTTE, Sept. 0.-Two hundred citizens
of Butte expect To go without clean linen
on Sunday. At . O'Clock this fire
broke ont i'm the laundry of Wah Lung,
No. III South Main street. The origin of
the fire IN unknown, some p-ronouncing II
the work of ~incendiaries, while Others
think il an accident The laundry was
destroyed with most of it's contents. The
firemen were compelled To flood the job
printing office of Bickell & Swinton, No.
113 Main street, where the notorious
HoUter is printed. The printing office was
reduced to pi i'm very short order, all the
stroyed. The presses and type were
saved. Their loss Is estimated at
from si,20 to $500. and they
have Am insurance OF si'ooO.
sides the clothing which belonged to his
customers. The burned house was owned
sy DR.. J. p. Reins, whose loss is about
This afternoon, a quantity of hay and
rags were found betwecn the laundry and
half burned. A can which IL was said had
contained camphorine was also found
s nsrs II leading %nnS tho, 10 t1 the .S mp - "ce" on the
Others say that hay and rags have
lain there for months.
prominent citizen to-day. Butte HASN'T
credit for. The truth is that
s sesaS riper "1 for fire. ''' Than Butte, Me
The many little wooden houses were CON
camp and burn like finder when once
started. In almost every alley and corner
and out OF the way. place can he found
been carelessly thrown down by people
who want TO get them out Of sight and
Sef aire sn soms thai DAY. they Yh si aa@ ss ses S Sss1 Ssen
80 dry that every thing catches readily,
and only q spark l. needed to set things
poorly constructed. Furthermore, there
Is rs yet no fire alarm SYSTEM, and n fire
e sure to get a good Roadway before the
fires in Butte are certainly to he
attributed TO fre.buRs; but more of
Il is likely that several replevin suits
viii grow out w OF the laundry fire.; l. is
ing which had been cleaned only the
dirty clothes having been destroyed. He
refused this afternoon to give up clothing
The democratic torchliRht procession
and grand rally at Miners Union hall
will take place TOMORROW night. The
b. Smith.
A marriage license was issued to-day to
Lizzie wilkins, Of iii. city.
~ An infant child of Thomas Williams, of
West Broadway, died this morning.
Hon ON; b, Plat lat, carPs, ,r% H Mihl address a
night
The firm of Ray & Moulthrop, civil en-
gineers, has been dissolved, Mr.. Moul-
throp re firing.
A committee of. A. Fred Way, p. A.
Largely and P.J J: Brophy are to-day wait
raise $50 to survey for a wagon road be-
tween Butte aud the Champion mine.
This would make the ORC Fine district
II miles, While that To Deer odR is Is
miles.
by Judge NewkirS in police court this
afternoon, viz: That IL IL unlawful to hit
a Chinaman with beer bottles. Snow
ball, IA years old, who il acknowledged on
all sides to be the worst hoy I'm Butte, IL he
is black. was arrested for shying beer hot
..Didn't know twas 'aainst de law to hit
a Chinese" said Snowfall! when asked IL
he wa guilty. The Judge let him go. but
ball conildentialiy Informed a STANDARD
night and before he goes will make life
tiresome to every Chinese he comes
across.
fondling her pet poodle, was brought from
the county Jail to the police court this
The Judge said that lac had been delaying
his decision as much az possible hoping
that something would come up to clear
the woman, who is charged with robbing
Jnfainville of $500. The Judge consid-
0rcd il his duty to- send the case to "a
nlXncr court. ana DONuu tic GtIeIfditft
over to- await the action of the next term,
the sum being liked at $1,000.
A driver of the Eagle bakery wagon and
n cartman named Riley were arrested this
morning for driving over the hose which
was stretched across the street during the
fire.
Minnie Block this afternoon complained
shat a man named johnson had car
fled of her Rold watch and chain valued
at $40. She says she was at the Columbia
gardens last night and let johnson take
her watch for u minute. She was playing
on the piano and when she finished forgot
about her watch, which was not returned
to her. This morning she found IL was
missing and had N warrant sworn out for
Johnson's arrest.
Patrick Talent this morning
forwarded to Washington his resignation
as postmaster of Butte, having held the
position two and one-half years. Mr.. Talent
gives as his reasons the impossibility of
giving "a satisfactory system ON the salary
allowed him for clerk hire. Complaints
have been very numerous and IL is due to
the fact that he il compelled To hire boys.
when they become competent they 20
e~lsewh here, having plenty of opport,0aities
In Butte for higher wages. The amount
appropriated for clerk hire is x4.1OO. Mr..
Talent has added out Of his own SALARY
4eOO to this mount. The carriers receive
only $50 per month and only boys can be
;nd,pced tn accent nslch waapa. The post