Show The City In Brief Postmaster Kimball was sixtyeight years old on Friday The sun shone brightly nearly all day yesterday but tho clouds and the barometer baro-meter indicated that the storm was not at an end Two or three of the many mining prospects pros-pects hereabouts promise very well and it will not be surprising i the persistant work now going on shall result in the open ing of some good mines before next spring goo Alderman Preshaw was allowed to take a rest yesterday Tho police headquarters were as lonesome as the store of the alleged al-leged business man who does not advertise adver-tise There was not a single offender to answer at the bar ot Justice not even a case of drunk and disorderly We are growing good perhaps There has recently been discovered aboat ten miles from here an immense silver ver and copperbearing lead which will probably bo considered of sufficient merit to warrant a thorough investigation by capitalists who are looking for a good property prop-erty of that description The ore is of low grade but there isa large quantity of it and it is easy of access and can be mined very cheaply Strong drink has brought disgrace and ina rb etd h etddl om dishonor to another trusted young man one James McDaniel who was left in charge of Mr Preshaws business while that gentleman was absent in the east The young man looked upon tho logwood juice and yielded to the temptation to indulge in-dulge his appetite Kesult ho became a thief The fire limits should be extended to in elude several blocks in the central part of the city I was generally supposed that the east side of Washington avenue in the block bounded by Twentyfifth street on the north and Twentysixth street on the south was within said fire limits but it is not I ought to be I is not right to permit per-mit the erection of wooden fire traps in that part of the city There are too many of them there already Judge Middleton who lives on his farm in the western suburbs of the city says he has in past years except the last three been troubled with high water during the spring months But ho says now that he is glad to see tho snow piling up in tho mountains and the promise o plenty of water next season Because it will prove a general blessing to the territory and bring I prosperity to all the people There is confined in tho city jail at the present time a very tough female citizen of I this great and glorious country and if recent re-cent reports about her aro proven true when the case comes before tho grand jury for investigation tho chances are that she will become a resident of tho pen for a term of years along with her alleged partner part-ner in an alleged crime to which the city i prison officials aro said to have been witnesses i wit-nesses I Colonel Tames H Mills collector of internal f rI V ternal revenue for the district i rc Montana en route to tho silver convention at St Louis came down from his homo at Deer Lodge Friday and stopped over night in Ogden Ho went east yesterday morning The colonel expressed surprise and gratification grati-fication at tho great progress this city has mado since his last visit several years ago Tho action of the city council in making a move looking to tho occupation of the stable on Union square by the city for its fire department meets with universal commendation f T d1 i mendation Tho building will bo large enough for all practical purposes and can bo mado very convenient Besides when the fire department moves out of tho present pres-ent quarters in tho city hal building tho room vacated can bo used as a city prison and the building now used as such will make an excellent city hospital These changes economy are in the direction of practical |