davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1876-08-30

Cn1cAuo.-Freights wore mora active and 6rmer
at 2Ac for corn by sail and 2hc for do by steam
to Buffalo Engagements; TO Buffalo: schs L.
Rawson, corn at axe; prop D. Richuond, corn at
2he; prop Badger State, corn and wheat through,
To Eric; Prop China, corn. To sarnta: Prop
corn. Total, 1t, 5o0 bn wheat, add 1so. 200 bu
corn.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2s,-There was no demand
at 2it c on wheat to DuiIa,o and 5Mc to Kingdton.
DxTRolT Aug. 2e. drain frcights Saturday
asS nhs 9ne but ths market va, ar good
AHc 10 Ktngdton, 44c: to Ogdonsburg, Be; te
Buffalo, &c; to Cleveland, 1Ac, free OF elcyatlon
, 1876-08-30

TURpENTINE,
WILMINGTON, Aug. 2o-spirltA turpsnt.na nrm, 27c
, 1876-08-30
CROPS IN 0NuAT BRITAIN,


nOG FRODUCTS-Were active In ths aggregate,
chiefly In pork and again wcsk, In sympathg.wh hogs
which were Ia larger auppty Bclters were In ths
majority throughout. and buyors few, except
ahorts could bn covered 1t big psoaG Tho prices Of
provisions were below those Of hogs but wpre weak
ntSorthc!css most opcrlto now looking for further
material shEtnkags before tic opening Of the next
packing seasun. ~ ~
Nsts Pntt-wha aettve and declined ssc per BRIL- with
GENERALLY weak feeling throughout unlcr large offer
ngs ESPECIALLY from parties who have pork coming 10
them IN September aud had not Jet placed It. Bales
reported Of 10 brs cash 1t &c. To brs do tncw}
at slaOO; 10, 90 brla seltcr September S15.ao9
49, IN; TO- $50 br1s seller October At $t5D111 12fi
and l. 7ao hra accr the year 1t $l&. 6514e7f Total
81. t4n bsls The market cloted heavy Al SIS e7!x0
la+po cash. Heller August selIcs September, el5s7h
&t19D0 for October, and l4.81}kal4.oo sollrr tha
year.
Prime mess WAS auolcd At 6lB.oa, aud extra primo
WA nominal at Ft3. 90.
Lrrd-Was mufe acttre aud declined i3c PER 100 ns,
scarcely any to psr the coat Of 20
the seanusfd. S11cs were reported OF 1000 tcs teller
September 80 lOuls l.7D tcs sc)ler Octsbcr at
~ a9S9 'ei ~ sesr ,rIs hs ysas 4 FIJI e
e0S7f ID TOR cash setler August seller ecptenl.
hers N. BtS7. S34 seller UctoieFs md 81 0scD nm
telltr the year Summer lard MAJ quoted At uc per leo
ns hslow ihs prce q winter. rendered. ,,-,,.,
for lots 1t No decltne, aud probably solue
transactions that not rrpurtcl Hhlcs were nJted
Of - GM ~ hMmer shoulders a. o!af % hu1ss .lo ~
.ngrs sNss rp p:ls :fF 6.s @ t tna
'"' ''''"'"s ~ . 'A' Saoi.i. Short Short
, 1876-08-30

NEW fUTH.
.N1w YoEE+ ,Auk. 29-The paekaxe trAdo r. dont!s
ttcs wa1 fairly antlye, and pfces steadily held
l'le.shed .hifilaEs weEs atm Il 4 ths lsts sdysass
Nl1ghalns wcto rather quiet Wot0ed dfcsa goods
Timed active. WOODEN Goods for mons wear wore IN
, 1876-08-30

Ontario a.os. duck.....18
Ontario 10.pz. duck....13
Ontario l2-oz. tuck,...Y7
Ontario l5.o1, ltick....I
Western Star, m-tnch.I<M
WeaterTl BtnF, 4O-1no1.2s
Greenwood, a7.fnch
NaEOl.cnycr..s.......S
Stark drilt.,.......... 8H
AlnoakaAE drill. ......... ~
, 1876-08-30

Nepolaet duck, lu-ox.,.
col u
Ecponses duck p.o1.s
CUlu ........-++........l1
NcTpn4et duck, a-ox-,
col'd 49,. ..............l6
|DahAnec, col'd......,..i3
Stark. tolsd.............t4
Boston I31............l&
BQRton XX..............tJ
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
The Border Troubles.

CHICAGO, January ia Washington spe-
cial says: The Chairman on Texas Border
will call his committee together to-day, for
the purpose of organizing. 1t is not the in
tention of this committee to go to Texas to
examine the evidence which they are to luy
before Congress, but they will summon be-
fore them the army officers who have served
on the border. and will make free use of the
reports which have been made to the War
Department at various times by the different
committees and officers who have been sent
there. Schleicher thinks the only way to put
an end to these border outrages will be to in
crease the number of troops on the Texas
frontier, and 1900 men judiciously posted
along the Rio Grande would have the effect
to put an end to the systematic line of steal
ing that has been carried on so successfully
for so many years. There is q strip of terri
tory along Northern Mexico which is called
Free Belt In it no taxes are collected for
revenue or customs. The result is it is filled
up with gang of vagabonds, whose business
is murder and cattle stealing. The Mexican
authorities have encouraged this system of
cattle theft in the following way: Some of
their number would go to Americans on the
Texas border and ask the figures for cattle
of their owners. When the prices were given
they would not agree to give them. but would
cross the river and make contracts with the
thieves, who would go over and steal the cat
tie from their owners. The people have be-
come so thoroughly exasperated by this COM
plicated condition of affairs that they have
resolved they will put an end to it if the Gov
ernment does not. Schleicher thinks station
ing more troops in Texas is positively essen
tial to save war. The people, if unprotec-
ted, will organize and cross the border and
retaliate. Their retaliation will constitute
an act Of aggression on our part, and there
fore form basis for war. He expects 10
present his report to Congress within month,
and only asks Congress to station more troops
there than have been allowed, 1000 being
the limit asked.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
BUTTE CITY.
4 FIOuri>hing Camp-A Steady Increase
Of PopuintiOn-The Fnrlin Mill Soon
to have Steam up-The Centennial
Mill-Successful A ma aIgamattOn
Of Ore-A New Hotel.

We are permitted to use the following as a
matter Of news written to citizen of Helena
who has visited the new camp of Butte City: {:
81 am glad to see your interest in Butte City,
and Just here let me put in my objection to
changing the name of the town, or any part
of it, to Travona or any other name. Ma
ture has given it the appellation of ButteI
and though | believe that in few years it
will have a population second to none in the
Territory, yet Butte is sufficient for the town
and by keeping that name we can have with
in the year the Butte Post Office removed to
the centre of the largest population, which
undoubtedly will be in South Butte or Trav-
ona, as some now call it. Butte still grows
and every day adds to the population. An
emigration of the right sort-women and
children-haye come and are coming. The
clergy and actors no longer neglect us-new
lodes are being discovered constantly, and
progress is the word True the temporary
stoppage of the Farin mill has had depress-
ng effect and has made money scarce. yet
this depression must be only for short time
as the mill is nearly completed, and the rich
lodes belonging to it warrant the belief that
it mus, soon have steam up. In the mean
time there is a strong feeling of sympathy
for Mr. Fsrlan, to whom all credit is accord
cd for reviving the camp.
The completion Of the Centennial mill is
anXiously looked for and is, believe, Hell
ena enterprise, of which John How is Presi-
dent. Mr.. Manning, the Superintendent, tells
me that this mill will be finished by the first
week in February. They are now hauling
quartz to this mill from the various dumps in
the neighborhood, and as this will be Gus
tom mill it will bring immediate relief to the
miner.
l think there can be no question as to the sue
cessful amalgamation of the ore in the camp
MIR. Kemp has proven this conclusively by
saving 80 per cent. silver from this ore in
bis Clancy mill.
should like you to see the progress made
since your visit. The town has two houses
where there were but one three months ago.
n hotel is going up in the centre of Butte, or
Travona, which is to be kept by Heiden-
hoffen, of the Clancy Hot Springs, and who,
as everybody knows, can keep hotel But
more in the future.
Don't let the citizens of Helena forget the
shor: road they have promised to make to our
camp"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
She Meant Business.
From the Laramie Sun.

They have some queer girls over in Colora-
do. One Of them, who resides in the Cache
Ia Poud,e valley, had been receiving the at
tentons OF young man for about a year, but,
becoming impatient at his failure to bring
matters to q crisis, she resolved to ascertain
his intentions. When he next called she took
him gently by the ear, led him toa seat, and
said:
''Nobby, you've bin foolin' round this
claim fur mighty near year, an hey never
ylt shot Oft yer mouth on the marryin' biz.
I've cottoned to yer on the square clean
through, an hev stood off every other galoot
thet has tried to chip in; an now want yer
10 come down to business or leave the ranch.
Et yer on the marry an want pard that'll
stick rite to ye till we pass in yer checks an
the good Lord calls We over the range, list
squeal an we'll hitch; but eff that amt yer
game, draw out an give some other feller
out"
lie sang.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Helena, Montana, Thursday, January 20, 1876.

seems but fair inference from the arrival of
its vice President and Chief Engineer, that
they have reasonable expectation of being
able to do so. They must certainly know
that it would be worse than useless to go be-
fore our Legislature with nothing better than
empty words. We have had too many of
them from the officials of that road, and we
are getting tired of them. II.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
ABOUT PRINTING BILLS.

This subject still absorbs much of the at
tention of Legislators, owing, chiefly, to the
medicant opportunities of the Independent.
urging its distress and begging for special
legislation in its behalf. Council Bill No.
is dead, but the parent leaves behind bant-
ling in Council Bill No. 12. A post mortem
examination of the first iniquity is under
taken by the New North West. We append
several extracts from an impartial and well
digested article in its current issue:
We can hardly believe our cores
pOndent has deserted the full force of the
Governors objections--that it ''was too
loosely drawn" The principal objection to
the bill consisted il the fact that it was an
outrageous swindle. 1t gave the public prin-
ter at Helena six or light times as much rs he
should have for publishing the laws, and ten
times as much as the United States allow.
On the other haud it either cut down the pay
for legal advertisements in the country county
papers to beggarly and inadequate amount,
or left it unchanged, providing about present
pay for the first insertion and making no pro-
vision for subsequent insertions. 1t was
bill of importance, involving large amount
of money and very material interests its pro-
visions embraced large contracts extending
over period of two years. Under these cir
cumstances it should have been printed, re-
ferred to regular committees, given the wild
est publicity, acted upon carefully, prudently
and faithfully, and only adopted if demon
strated to be as nearly perfect as it could be
made. Instead of this it was attempted to be
run through on kind of An underground
legislative railroad, and by party vote bill
was passed that was an odd mixture of abor-
ton and monstrosity.
Now those who voted for that bill, either
voted intelligently for bill that was an
outrage upon the Territory, or they were
ignorant of its scope and defects, and being
in the majority should have given it the ma
ture, rigid and sufficient consideration which
would have exposed its rottenness. 1t is per-
haps best that this occurred early in the ses-
sion, and it is to be hoped there will be no
more of that kind of work. We differ in
party affiliations with the gentlemen who
represent Deer Lodge county and this Coun-
Gil district in the Legislature, but our person
al relations with them are cordial and we
bear toward none any but friendly and re-
spectful feelings. We do not wish to see
them make mistakes and counsel them against
a repetition of the grave and reprehensible
error into which they fell on the printing bill.
1t is unnecessary, now that it has failed
through Executive interposition and the
subsequent wiser second thought of the
Council to become law. to 60 into the
details of an exposition of the late printing
bill. A post m0rtem examination would be
of no benefit hereafter, as the like of it will
never be seen in Montana again. But it is
not too late to condemn that manner of
legislation and to protest earnestly against
the 'follow your leader style of voting
that characterized the action on that meas
IRE
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Gen. Suffers Old Age.

To-day | saw old Gen. Sutter, on whose
land gold was first discovered in California,
stepping out OF a car on the avenue. A more
pitiable instance of great old age, uncOmpen-
sated and neglected, never knew. 1t was
in his mill race near Sacramento the precious
gold dust was first seen by Americans. He
is a native of Switzerland, but went to the
Sandwich islands, to cultivate oranges, and
thence to the Pacific coast of America, where
he took large tract of land undera Mexican
grant, with the hope that the United States,
would some day, stretch out to him. But it
came, like Jupiter to Dante, in a golden
shower, and the rush of miners trampled
over his fields, killed his herds and made
desolation in place of the fair estate they
had found. From that discovery came the
most enormous tribute Nature ever paid to
man. The present years yield of gold in
California cannot be less than 800, ,OO0, 600
in specie, and while this immense funnel of
wealth has been flowing for more than a
quarter of century and great merchants
and bankers have been made by its possess
ion, poor old Sutter, on the brink of the grave
is unable to find an ear in which he can tell
his story He is now more than 80 years of
age, and lives in little cottage at Litz, Pa,
where he is educating his grandchildren at
German school. The whole world has been
exercised by Ralston's fate and Flood and
O'Brien's fortunes; yet here is the man at the
source of this mighty romance with scarcely
a place to lay his head. He is kindly, gen.
tie old person, but he has passed his age.
Some morning during the session, there will
be an announcement of his death, and then
perhaps Congress will give the tardy stint of
its generosity to 1.-THE golden farmer" He
has claim for damage here Washington
Letter to Graphic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
The Alabama Claims.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-The House Ju-
dietary Committee have agreed to report
Frye's bill providing for the payment of
judgments of the Court Commissioners on
the Alabama claims as soon after the 22d of
January, 1876, as possible. About Sc, 6,000,-
600 will be paid out under the provisions of
the BILL
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20

OTTAWA, January IA faction fight took
pace last night after the election at Satenau
folnt between two families named Scarfe
and Rogue and their respective adherents.
There were fifty men on each side and the
hight was desperate and bloody one. Fifteen
men were dangerously wounded and fully
half an acre of snow was saturated with
blood.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
OUR BOHEMIAN LETTER.

The Navigation Of the YellOwstOne-Dr.
Lamme's SteambOat-The Fairest
PorJion::of Montana-The Northern
Pacific Railr0ad-The Object Of
General Stark's and Chief
Engineer Roberts Visit
to Montana.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Convicted and Sentenced.

CONCORD, IN. H. January 13.-In the
trial of Joseph LaPage, for the murder of
the girl Josie Longmaid, on the 4th of Octo-
Der last, the jury to-day returned verdict of
guilty and LaPage was sentenced to be con-
fined in the state prison at Concord until JAN
uary 10Th, 1877, and then to be hanged
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Sad Drowning Accident.

PoUGHKEEPs1E, January 13.-Captain Jo-
siah Briggs, of Coxsacie, with bis wife and
two children, were drowned in the Hudson
river last night. They were returning from
church, the mother and children on hand
sled, which the Captain was propelling across
the river
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20

The remarkable discovery of 4 boiling
lake in the Island of Dominica has excited
much scientific interest. and investigations of
the phenomenon are to be made by geologists.
1t appears that company exploring the
steep and forest covered mountain behind
the town of Rosseau came upon the boiling
lake, about two thousand five hundred feet
above the sea level and two miles in circum-
ference. On the wind clearing away for
moment the clouds of sulphurous steam
with which the lake was covered, a mound
of water was seen ten feet higher than the
general level of the surface, caused by ebuli-
ton. The margin of the lake consists Of
beds of sulphur. and its overdowing found
exit by waterfall of great height. Some
superstitious people believe this to be the
mouth of hell, but as no one has ever yet
been seen to enter the place, they are prob
ably wrong.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
For the Appropriation.

HARRISBURG, (Pa.) January 13.--The
House passed a resolution this morning re-
questing Senators and members of Congress
from Pennsylvania to vote for the $1,500,00
Centennial appropriation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
GVr~,,v, tho Niuoouliop Ion 1Otl,l


fectly that be doessnot leave some clue that
will lead to his detection and arrest. When
Conners left home to make his murderous as
sault ON Block, he locked in his cabin his dog,
fine animal of the St. Bernard breed
The dog was detained until morning and
turned loose; but our Corvallis neighbors,
possessed of but little detective shrewdness
in their quiet neighborhood, paid no atten-
ton to the dog, and he has not been seen since.
The dog probably got on his masters trail,
and went directly to him.
John Golf, who was down last week, fur
nishes some particulars concerning the grange
threshing machine at Corvallis. The grange
borrowed the money and bought of I. C
Power & Co. one of their Massllon machines
for $1,000. 1t has threshed about $4,000
bushels of grain and nearly paid for itself.
the grangers for the mere cost of running it.
1t is under the direction of a foreman and
three directors, and no dissatisfaction can
arise concerning the management of this joint
stock concern.
Leon Bartz, who was brought up from
Frenchtown on charge of incendiarism,
had a hearing before Probate Judge Woody
last Friday. and was discharged. 1t was
proved that he had made general and drunk
en- threats to burn the town; but these were
not sufficiently connected by the evidence
with the attempt to justify his detention.
People shorld be careful about talking in
this loose manner; people have threatened to
commit murder before now, and the threat
ened person been found murdered shortly
after, and the threatener been taken with
throat disease and miserably perished in an
attempt to get his feet to the ground
"-'' Deer Lodge County.
tFrom the New Northwest, 14th ins:.]
MIR. j. E. Van Gundy who has been the
victim of severe rheumatism fo the past year
or two left for the Arkansas Hot Springs on
Monday. and we hope will thoroughly re-
cover.
Mr.. James H. and Mrs. Geo. W. Batterton
leave for Boone County, Missouri, on next
Wednesdays stage, the former to spend the
winter and the latter, probably, to remain.
Mrs. John Gerber is also going home to Cali
fornia for the winter by some coach. Pleas
ant trip, all.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Louisiana Senator.

New ORLEANS, January 12.-Hon. J. B.
Eustis was to-day elected to represent the
State of Louisiana in the United States Sen
0tp
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Conf rma tiOnS and Nominations.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-The Senate
confirmed the following nominations:
Henry N. Blake, Associate Justice for
Montana.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20

Young man, this is the year when your
indiscretions, your slips of vanity. will come
home to roost upon your empty head. This
is the year when the young women you used
to wink at anu smile upon in the street will
like sunbeams pass you by, and the ancient
order of females will appropriate to them
selves the pleasure of coming down upon
you in payment for all the unnecessary sweet.
ness you have wasted on their sex. Do you
look out Look not upon the female nose
when it is red; do not suffer yourself to be
approached by q bald head covered with mil.
linery. Hereafter carry yourself straight and
don't annoy the girls. Have nothing to do
with any maiden, no matter if she is your
own great grandmother. In total abstinence
only lies safety.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
NeaSher County.

Dr.. VIM. Paroerry requests US to announce
that on account of ill health he has decided
to abandon the practice of medicine. DR.. T.
has enjoyed an extensive, successful practice
in Meagher county, and the vacancy made by
his retirement leaves splendid field for
good physician-no doctor in the country. Es
H. 8. Brainard, the genial proprietor of
that popular resort the White Sulphur Sp1ingsl
was over last week, looking fine as ever.
Business at this resort has been quite good
the past season, and the prospect is that it
will more than double next year, as its man
agement is all that pleasure or health. seek
ing public could wish.
T. E. Collins, c. w. Sutton, W. F. Haase
and Frank Bull, four guileless youths of Dia-
mond City, have gone over to the Capital to
spend few days. We know that Helena is
full of pitfalls and snares to entrap the un-
suspecting and innocent, and hope some good
friend who has experience in the ways of the
world, will keep an eye Oh them.-RocIy
Mountain HusJdndmdn, 18Th inst.
1>
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
The Presidential Term.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-The House Ju-
dietary Committee to-day considered the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution limiting
the Presidential term. Some of the members
are in favor of fixing the term at six years,
with ineligibility afterwards. Others are for
six years, with ineligibility until six years
after the expiration of such term. Others
are for restricting the President to two terms
of four years; in other words, against athird
erm. A majority of the committee seem to
favor one term only of six years, with ineli-
gibility for reelection. The committee took
test vote as to fixing the Presidential term
at six years, with ineligibility of reelection,
and the vote stood to 5 in favor
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-01-20
Sensational.

Sr. LOUIS, January 13.-The Republicans
Kansas City special says the Times of that
city has information from Kerwin, Kansas,
January II, to the effect that some fifty Otoe
Indians had been massacred by band of
Sioux. The Otoes passed Blooming about
ten days ago, on their way to the buffalo
hunting ground. On Wednesday week six
of them returned and stated that their party
had been surprised at night by Sioux, and
that all excepting them were killed and
scalped. Great excitement is said to prevail
among the settlers in the neighborhood of
Blooming, and all are ready to leave should
statement is given for what it is worth.