The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-15
TOPICS IN BUTTE
Saints and Sinners Who Attend the
Pu6iliStic Contests.
They Can ~ Foaad N she YrDwt Row ~
the Hatn and CoaAe@a the brutal
Exhibitions AferWarh-Gea-
eral News aud G0ssip.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
BUTTE, Dec. A.-People may decry
prise-fiGhts all they please after they arc
over They may call them brutal and
beastly. They may rail- them fakes. Hut
the fact remains i'm this city mt least. that
q we'll advertised prize fight bctwcen two
pngiiists Of any reputation whatever, Is
absolutely certain of being witnessed by n
Gro wded house. Those who
mcst loudly n fight after IL is over are al
ways the first tn buy tickets for the next
fight that comes along. They are To he
found i'm the front row. too. Al the fight
at the Opera House. Wednesday night, .
cporter notices the sheriff of
the county, the chief of police, a dozen
policemen and sheriff's officers.
-Four prominent attorneys were spotted
sitting together i'm one row, three were
seen i'm another part of the house and no
body knows how many were i'm the dark
corners. THREE physicians were also seen
physicians of repute.- They may have
Sas her, nre sars ~ a prH PMsr o,na Sai,ac,.y.
sitting together and n fifth was In the
gallery. This percentage would have been
men were at the time i'm Salt Lake city. In
the face of these facts, tn denounce prize
fighting is "a waste of breath. The city mar
sllal's position i'm this matter is IN
able. Al the recent Fcil-keller mill at tho
opera house, the city marshal went to the
tn begin and said, snow, gentlemen, you
have advertised a prize fight and have q
crowded tor sss q s",ss; nss people ss. hav to P" s,s Il
ness. There il some talk that this is a
fake. II this proves n fake, every man i'm
Of the door. and you will he pulled in the
and now fight!"
They fought.
John G.. Evans, who is to he the new
postmaster OF Butte as soon as his conn
mission arrives, has already had some ex-
pericnce i'm selling postage stamps. The
nected sells them in largo numbers. Mr..
Evans tells with evident relish some of his
experiences in selling stamps. Not long
ago n maiden lady called and demanded "a
1--WE havcn't any six-cent stamps: We
only sell twos,' responded the gentle
Have You any threes:'
Amy ones?"
"Any hvcs?"
"No, only twos."
"Well, let mc see some of your twos,"
said the lady, with IA critical air.
1t is noticeable that each year the Chi.
ncsc are becoming more and mors. liberal
frcqucntcrs of the American tleatcr>.
opera house during the perfnrrHance OF
the Minnie Maddern company last hight
But they enjoy most the Spectacular
formance of the "Spider and Fly" com
DtniAttOn u week ago.
J. Doc, lawyer, stood in front Of ths
1. court house the other day. ~soliloquizing
5 IF the district court dispute is not settled
soou,' he said, "there will he n raft a.
broken lawyers in Butte. Th.. old lawyer,
but what are we young fellows TO do VIII.
|. depend on the trials as they progress TO
our bread and butter" IL is positively in
: human to treat lawyers so. The lcga
: talent of Silver Bow county demands
I settlement, n compromise. anything, -
= more hll our pockets. The county canine
afford To have this thing run much Longer
or il will have the expense of "a lot Of dca.
unseemly i'm the extreme. Letus bury on
2 political differences at any sacrifice AN,
Il once more rsvel i'm tho disputes Of tn
r legal arena"
: The poundhmastcr has mot had much I
do yet. and before beginning active opel
e alton, il waiting for the council to estal
q lish "A regular pound somewhere. Thi
will probably In done az the next nlce
ing. Tins far the p~oun,imaster's labo,
have been confined To furnishing Ia,
dogs to the Anaconda mine, for which i
One of the strongest points of circun
stantial evidencc Of the guilt of IngcrsoI
now i'm Jail on "a charge of being Butte
N hrs.-bug, il the small number OF fires TN;
Of have occurred in this city since he was i
carccratcd. In more than n month the
has been but one fire, which is below III
average to bc expected from "A city n
4, size oI ib1ttc. IHScrSoIl IL stIe man
r. keep in Jail.
q. The Butte City railway mpan is To
Ie congratulated ON having "a thorough
cr honest man i'm its employ as conductor .
~ the South Butte route. One evening Il
past week. a lady handed him "a II 20 Il,
20. lar gold piece by mistake for 10 cent
Nobody noticed the error but the cond,
nv tor. and the latter promptly called Il
tb lady's attention to her mistake and
,r- turned the money.
m The Salt Lake Tribune has this to say
he the visitors from Butte who have been
off spaSting the Gaynor system i'm that cit
Dan Tewey and Samuel Mulville of Z
ar, committee ON fire department of q
m Butte city council. Chief O'Brien of Z
90. fire department and Frank Thomas. chi
o. of the fire brigade of Butte, arrived D.
evening from Montana with Agent WI
"a tacrc of the Gaynor fire. alarm com,at
vi and went tn the Walker. The third me-
he beer OF the committee. Olaf Olsen. h
ms been on the ground for several days. I
nv visitors. piloted by Mr.. whittacre. We
i'm up to Fircrnan's hall after dinner. VIII.
re- they spent over an hour examining I
beautiful new cabinet with its cornpls
apparatus, including the great gong a
register. boxes. etc. AMI the workings
the department. The boys wers. out
oh their new uniforms Nero wore "A
-. smile that extended clear around to-
t tall, and after the Butte people W.
I'm 49,. "a n-.-