Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-29
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Murdoch A. Mcleod was granted final
naturalization papers in the district court
yesterday.
Sale OF lot 3 in block 46, by A. ]. Davis
to John Hubert for $3.50, was entered for
record, yesterday.
The Turner'S regular family social win be
held Su~ndayevening atCaplice hail. Agood
time, as usual, is expected.
Annie Northcote was declared insane BY
the probate court yesterday and an order
for her removal to the asylum vas issued.
The rattle OF house and lot that was to
take place at Bee Hive in Butte. June ~,
is postponed until July 81.
License to try the stormy sea OF matri-
mony was granted by the probate court to
E. C. Macon of Butte and Lottie Taylor OF
Helena, yesterday.
Work on Dan Tewey's new Southern
hotel is progressing rapidly and excavating
for the cellar win be completed in q few
days.
Parties intending to bid for any of the
privileges OF the race track for the July
meeting should bear in mind that bids close
this evening.
Miss Maggie Cosgrove has repaired and
newly furnished the old Centerville hotel
and has added a French bathroom for the
convenience Of her guests.
Undelivered kilograms remain In the
Western Union Office for 1T. Brown, Steve
Sheener, e. W. Wilson and Mrs. VIM. A.
Wilson.
In the estate of William O'Connor, de.
ceased, Mrs. Jennie O'Connor has filed a
petition in the probate court for letters OF
administration Of the estate.
Sweeney, the member of the Emmett
guards who killed q horse at Anaconda
Sunday, has been held in $3.50 to appear
before the grand jury Of Deer Lodge
county.
The Mountain View Methodist church
will picnic at Central park to-day. APP
pearances are that q great many persons
will join the excursionists and spend o de-
lightful day in the mountains.
Jim Miller and Nellie s. are matched to
run Tor 1000 at the race track, to-mor-
row afternoon. Those who saw Jim run
yesterday afternoon say without hesita-
ton that ne was pulled or he would have
beaten Red Elm easily.
McConville. the heavy weight tailor and
humorist, is blossoming out as horseman.
He has entered his famous runner, Lot
Siocum, Jr., for the mile handicap of the
West Side association, July meeting.
Died at Anaconda, June 81, at 4 o'clock
p. m, Agnes. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Burke. Funeral will take place
this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock from the
family residence. Friends of the family are
invited to attend.
Temperature yesterday morning was de-
cidedly suggestive OF tropical breezes and
thermometer at Cushing's drug store indi-
Gated 60. At 3 p. m. the mercury was
hating at 70, with a ''slight upward ten.
dency, winds variable and changing"
Mrs. Thornton, guardian of the minor
children of J.. C. C. Thornton, deceased,
filed al application in the probate court
yesterday for permission to sell real and
personal property of the estate. An order
for petitioner to show cause why such
sale should be made was issued by the
court.
I'VE are seven" is the song that many
buns lisped to Judge Newkirk, yesterday.
His honor decided each one of the illustii-
aus septenary had just 81 worth of fun and
fined them that amount. Not having the
gulden they were Jailed.
The MINER vas m~isinformed relative to
a special meeting of city council for last
night. A gentleman who was evidently
anxious that a meeting should be held, was
the reporters authority for the statement.
and the young man. in the innocence OF his
heart, published the announcement. No
meeting of council, special or otherwise,
was held, and one will be held until next
Wednesday evening.
Judging from the number of cripples who
are holding forth on the streets and work
ing" people for dimes and quarters, some
OF the railroad companies must have run
special excursions for the benefit of that
class, or else some eastern eleemosynary
institution has opened its gates and made
a shipment of inmates west.
A 60O-yard dash was run on the race
track yesterday afternoon between Dowd's
Jim Miller and Thornton & Co.'S Red Elm.
Those who bet on Jim and predicted him
the coming horse" lost their money but
established regulations as prophets, for
Jim was looming" coming after Red Elm
but so far behind that he was still coming
when the other horse was being led to the
stable.