The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-09
RANDOM NOTES FROM BUTTE.


People and rhinGu that Ysll Gns.er the sbs-
servssien nj = RePorser.
The almost successful attempt tai escape
from the city Jail by n prisoners yester-
day morning has revived the talk i'm favor
Of a city Jail that il capable of holding
prisoners. A city official said to-day:
at IL impossible Ia keep u prisoner i'm the
Jail who is anxious tn get away. With an
iron bar ~ tool of amy kind he can easily
break out either through the door, the
floor overhead or through the mason
work. The jailor very often has tn raise
,hs ~i md.,IS Of the Jail for ys"'' 1nics.
he lid this. But il IL easy enough
for a confederate tn throw
the window. There ought also tn be two
~iailors; One iailor cant b' expected tai
he ON duty "a hours. He is ON duty during
night. II the city can't afford tn rchnild
its Jail il should certainly hire a night
TAILOR SO as TO kec,ihe prisoners !" at the
like the game of pigs i'm clover to attempt
to keep prisoners i'm the city. Jail. when
they don't want u stay there
NJ the city council meeting last even
ing there was "a general smile at the in
congruo,l. ending to "a petition To the
council. The petition was from the well
known Jack Dowd, and il ended ,b in this
formal hut comical manner:
And Your petitioner will ever pray.
JoHN Dowp."
some tue girls WHO sell uNss'r OH COM
mission at The Comique are kicking AT the
early closing rule which prevails at that
theater. They are opposed tn "a reduction
i'm the hours of labor. The Comigue used
to close at 4 O'clock i'm the morning and
the percentage of the mattresses is reduced
at least onc-half. In fact the best hours
for their business was between = and Z u.
M, when men began tai spend rcckiessly
and literally. The early trade Is fair hut
il is nothing to the trade which used tai
roll i'm the early morning hours.
There will he "a time when the city of
Butte will have To make "a war on the
overhead wires. On each of the poles of
North Main street are III wires. In times
of serious fire they would make trouble.
There is "a good deal of danger attached
to these wires too. In the storm the
other day. several wires were blown down,
among them the electric light wire. Ii was
suspended for an hour or mors, n few
inches above the sidewalk. on the west
crossing of Broadway and Main streets,
Ii was blown about by the wind and PEE
d~estrians passing might doubtless have
been killed 10y its touch. Officers, how
ever. stood ON each side of the crossing
and warmed all persons to keep well away
from the deadly wire.
The bonds for SIuO.uDO for building the
court house will probably be refunded
next summer. when they become dine
The conditions were that the bonds nigh
he paid in seven years and must he paid
i'm ten years. The seven years will cNpirs
this summer. The probabilities are thaf
they will he refunded AT a lower rate al
interest. probably d per- cent. the Irtscu
rate being . per cent. The bonds are
mostly held by Butte people.
Complaints are made that a large pro
portion of the population of Butte dom
know the rules for the walking. Few keel
to the right; nearly everybody pedestrian
atcs i'm "a go-as-yoI-piease manner. so tina
awkward collisions are usual.
Those who ars. preparing the new Butt
city directory say that the population Il
the city, including Walkerville, Center
vile, Meaderville and South Butte, IL bt
tween S2.0UD and :5,OOO.