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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1877
Page
3
A fragmented, period voice contemplates Christmas customs among printers and newspaper workers. It muses on holiday duties, religious observance, and the balance between work and celebration, urging a thoughtful, modest shutdown of operations for Christmas and year end.
A large boiler shipped from Sault Lake City for the Alice mine machinery was abandoned on the far side of the Hiensaath valley. Prospects note the boiler’s delivery before next May or June, with Walkerville and Montana interests anxious to load it this winter. Freight, terrain, and cold weather pose challenges for winter transport to the mine.
Freight teams near the Mormon range plan winter routes to bring salt to Butte as mills risk shutdown. Salt stock remains ample until spring, with high winter freighting prices. Christmas Tree Festival raises about two hundred dollars for presents to Sunday school children, though a previous misprint suggested broader distribution.
A chaotic jumble of 19th century items covers a saloon launch, holiday gifts, clothing ads, and social happenings in Butte. Mentions include D. Ne Upton & Co, George Hale, Allen Pierce, Blum, J. Nichols hospital news, Masonic lodge elections, new furnaces in Glendale, and a humorous tale of a dangerous coal fire mishap. High local names, places, and events create a vivid snapshot of daily life.
Post week bullion shipments remain light as Tutte mills Walker Brothers Lexington and other firms manning. From the 27th to the Ath dust a shipment by Walls argo Co’s express front Butie included 7,104 puts of bullion valued at $80,540. Dexter and Burlington expected next. Northwestans of Philipsburg shipments report 18 bars of silver weighing 1,030 pawns valued at $17,000 plus a nine bar lot worth $8,000.
The document lists current prices for oats 14 to 15 per ton and 26 cents per pound for oats, eggs at 45 to 80 cents, potatoes at 2 cents, and butter at 6 to a few cents per pound. It notes light demand for oats and a highly active market for flour and Missoula and mentions limited shipments and easy sales at quoted figures. Additionally an ad promotes fashionable dressmaking and sewing services by Mrs. Eva Will near Broadway.
Report from the coach line describes a runaway coach with seven passengers after a fright at a house stock event. My Manton of Virginia fell and clutched the front door, and the coach veered off the road. Driver Hud kept passengers from jumping. Dr. Fuller of Philadelphia injured en route to Philipsburg.
A fragment notes recent emphasis on printing services with paper stock suitable for letterheads monthly statements and cards. Mentions May and CLC with a casual, uncertain tone describing a variety of items and a playful stunt.
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