The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1891-07-16

DIPS, SPURS AND ANGLES.
Bar silver $'.o04 yesterday.
!: The East Granite company meeting
was postponed last Saturday evening,
owing to the inability OF J. K. Pardee to
attend.
Development Is under way on the Sill
yer Spike claim, promising prospect
owned by the Phillpsburg Mining and
Milling company.
Nate Vance has taken a lease on the
Faithful claim, located in the vicinity of
Hope hill, and is at work on the same
with two or three men employed.
The Rocky Fork Coal company, oper-
atlng in Park county, have paid their
July dividend Of 21a per cert. on the
capital stock, aggregating 100000. This
is the first dividend paid by this COM
pany.
S. R. Hudson departed for Emlgrant
gulch, Tuesday morning, where he goes
to continue developments ON his mining
property, the Morning Star group of
claims, on which a company has been
formed.
George Fl. Babcock and others have
secured bond on the Midnight claim,
located near the old Northwest mill at
Tower, and a crew of men will at once be
put to work taking out ore, which it Is
proposed to have milled in the Hope.
In The MAIL next Thursday an Of
fetal notice will appear, calling a meet
ing of the stockholders in the East Gran
ite, to be held on the Sd day of Septem-
Der, when it is proposed to make ar
rangements whereby the development of
the mine may be continued.
j. f. Fox made his usual monthly trip
to town from Butte yesterday.
Twenty-six bars of bullion were shipped
by the Bi-Metallic company Tuesday.
The output of the Granite mine, for
the past week. was 38 bars, containing
$1,000 ounces silver and 1868 gold.
G. S. Williams was awarded the con-
tract for building the addition to the
school house, his bid having been the
lowest received at the last meeting of the
board of trustee, the amount being 81 ,14O
The addition is to be completed by the
25th of August.
The PH1L1PsBURG Mail blossomed
out last week with a trim eight-page
edition full of bright, interesting news
Montana's journalistic field is rapidly
forging to the front.-Butte Bystander.
Miss Mamie Owens was thrown from
her horse last Monday while riding down
Broadway, but by a remarkable con-
tortionist act the young lady struck the
ground in such manner as to avoid any
serious injury.
We are pleased to note the prosperity
of our neighbor, THE PHIL1PsBURG MAIL,
which comes to us this week enlarged to
an eight-page paper The paper is
credit to the town of Philipsburg and
to it's ublishers.-Anaconda Review.
J. NJ. Oswald, the advance agent and
superintendent of advertising for Drs.
Lieblg & Co., of the Worlds Dispensary,
visited Philipsburg last Monday and
compl1mented THE NAIL with a new and
extensive advertisement of that enter
prising firm.
A notice was received this morning, too
late for publication, calling for bids for
the sinking of 100 feet in the Hatta
shaft, from the 400 foot station. All bids
must be delivered to the company's office
at New Chicago by August l. The
official notice for this contract will appear
in The MAIL next week.
Scribbles -"Wheres the foreman Of
the composing room?"
Editor-"Oh! he's gone off on vaca-
ion"
'For his health?"
'Yes. In our Weekly Theatrical Cos
lip the copy gave him to set up read
Miss De Rouge, the opera queen, has
some very noticeable fads,' and he got it
pads,-s he asked for a vacation"-
rime
Perhaps the most surprised person IN
own Yesterday was Frank Nowak. the