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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-10-14
[From Thursdays Daiiy.l
Mining Machinery.

A late issue of the N. Y. Engineering and
Mining Journal, contains the following:
Griffith & Wedge, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, have
built for the Algonquin Company, of Butte,
Montana, a 20-stamp mill, SAID to be one of
the finest ever sent into the mining regions.
From all sides we hear of the advantages,
both in price and quality, of E~astern-made
mine and mill machinery over that made in
California. While we can not unreservedly
accept this decision as to quality-for we have
seen some excellent work turned out of the
SAL Francisco and Virginia City shops-it is
evident that Eastern manufacturers, have a
vast advantage in cost Of manufacture, and,
with equal skill, will necessarily monopolize
the business.
Inasmuch as the architect of the Algonquin
Company has enjoyed the privilege of study
ing and examining the very best mills yet
erected in Montana it is likely that the Al
gonquin mill, by combining the points of
excellence possessed by many others, is
deserving of the very high opinion of it ex-
pressed in the above. But all the large mills
lately built in Montana are of the very first
class and possess all working facilities in use
at their date of erection, and available for their
location. The cost of transporting machinery
to Montana, and the expense of any repairs
found necessary when it once gets here ARE so
great that it does not pay to bring in anything
but the best. Accordingly we find in Mon
tana mills the very best machinery to be
procured in any market. Then besides this
labor is so important an item here that no
labor saving Cevice of any kind is neglected,
SO that in addition to the eXcelleuce of their
machinery the leading reduction works Of
Montana also possess the advantage CT beng
planned according to the best skill OF the most
experienced millwrights. Witness the Silver
Bow mill, the Alice, the Algonquin and the
Dexter, as lately reconstructed. The superiority
generally accredited to Eastean machinery
may be taken as well established. At least
we have as yet omeet with the mining man OF
experience who prefers Nevada or California
mine or mill machinery to that turned out by
Fraser q Chalmers of Chicago, or by Griffith
& Wedge, the firm mentioned above. STAMP
mills, hosting engines, water jackets ol
furnaces of other pattern turned out by ont
or other of the above named firm!
of the very first quality. 1t may be proper t.
state, for the benefit of our distant reader
that the Algonquin Mining Company j
operating at Philipsburg, not at Butte, AM
that it is to the former tow the new mil
must be credited.
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Fort NIlssOula Items.

Hiding has begun again at this post, and
having limited quarters, and conse-
tly comforts, are delighted.
ke Hon. Secretary Of War has author
the repair of the quarters burned last
kmber. Although that officer said that
lore money would be. given for complet-
Fort Missoula, yet happily for us he has
ted, which is very largely due to a very
g and Enthusiastically able appeal
by the post-commander, Col. George
on, just after coming among us.
|~oposals for furnishing the necessary lum-
will be opened at the office of the A. "A.
;. at moor on the 3Otb inst. The mater
pr laying the foundatio" will soon be in
mess for the masons. BUT owing to the
ness of the season no attempt will be
to do more than get the building in
y to plaster by the coming spring. A
carpenters, not wood butchers, will be
Logged when the lumber shall be OF the
md, at a compensation not to exceed $S5
month. - Missoulidn correspondence:
|. 20.
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Butte never contained within her limits so
many prominent Montanians as are to be
seen here to-day, gentlemen who have been
attracted from all parts Of the Territory by
the Masonic observances beginning on this
date. AS yet we have been unable to obtain
anything like a full list of the arrivals but
will endeayol to do so for to-morrow's paper.
Yesterday morning the Butte folks were
given a fit OF the shivers when, glancing out
of their windows they beheld the ground COW
cred to the depth of two or three inches with
the first ieecy snow of the season. But it
quickly disappeared before the morning sun,
only to be followed in the afternoon by a fur
ry of rain. After the first snow, according TO
the oldest inlabitant, look out for Indian
summer,
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closely resembling loaf sugar. Either quality
when burned yields lime as white as snow.
From the uncrystalized portion of the tract
enough lime could be furnished to supply the
two largest cities in the Union. The crystal
lied is pearl-white, close-grained, exceeding
ly compact, and hard. From ONE of its
millions of crystals the light is reflected to-
wards the observer, no matter what position
he may take, giving an idea of the vision of
~splendor a building of such stone would be,
when illumined by the rays of the mornings
sun. Mr.. Bynum has secured his discovery
by locations claiming it both as building stone
and as a limestone quarry. Within a short
time arrangements Wilt be made for supply
ing Butte with all the building stone required.
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handle within which they close with springs
after the fashion of a jack knife's blades.
This complicated affair, every part of which
is of the finest steel, was made by Mr. Ed.
McCloud and presented by him to Mr.. David
M. Evans. superintendent of the Lexington.
1t is to be regretted that a strange oversight
was committed in making the several pieces
all of equal strength. The consequence is
that while fuse knife and pointer show no
sign of service the corkscrew betrays the
strongest symptoms of a constitution sadly
shattered from overwork.
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Election OF Officers.

Yesterday at the annual election of officers
of the Montana Grand Lodge A. F. Il A. NJ,
the following named gentlemen were elected
to serve for the ensuing year in the offices as
signed -
NJ. W. G. M.-Hiram Knowles, ofDeer Lodge.
Dep. r. W. G. M.-Geo. W. Monroe, of
BoZeman. ~
R. W. S. G. W.-John Anderson, of Silver
Star.
r. W. j. G. W.-Samuel Word, of Virginia
City. ~ r
r. W.. g.. Treas.-H. M. Parchen, of Helena.
r. W. G. Sec.-Cornelius Hedges, of Helena.
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will be prepared to take in hand boiler-mak-
ing or repairing of a'y description, flue weld
ing, machine repairing, or anything else per-
tanning to the boiler-ma1er's trade. Thus
with the growth of Butte, one after another
the industries found only at important CEN
tres of population are established. With two
foundiies ami boiler works established at
Butte, mill men will not experience the vex-
atious delays, common in the p;.st, whenever
any little repairing became necessary. .
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BOiIer-Making Establishment.

MI. John Sloan, late of Salt Lake City, has
purchased a lot on Lower Main street, a short
distance below the Farmers Corrl, on which
he intends immediately to erect a boiler-mak-
ing establishment, well equipped with all
tools and appliances of the trade. Mr.. Sloan
was sent up from Utah to do some work for
the Walker Brothers, and specimens of his
handiwork may o be seen at the Alice
hosting works. His establishment will be
opened within a couple of weeks, when he
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Suicide OF l.. d. YOungblOOd'

! he Salt Lake Tribune of the Sd instant,
the following ccoun of the suicide of
D.. Younghlood, formerly of this place.
ngblood while here was connected with
E. NJ. Alderman in the manufacture of
krs, syrups, flavoring extracts. etc, an &C.
tion in which he might have done well
had let liquor alone and had attended
ely to business. But it seems this was
Ossible. The love of strong drink had
Jed so great an ascendancy over him that
unfortunate man was utterly unreliable,
only towards his business associate but
to himself. Work begun in good faith
with the evident purpose ofbeing finished
of hand, would be dropped when half
= Spleted, while the slave of the cup would
ldon himself to drink even though he
v that the h%alf-finished preparation would
eby prove a total loss. YoungbIood's
friage with a Park street woman, was a
Ter of town talk some weeks before his
ntme. Upon the failure of repeated eft
to induce Youngblood to reform, Mr.. Al
man brought a dissolution of the partner
when Mr.. Y. drifted off southwark to
t the fate here described. He was oriei-
from New York, and was over 40 years
kge:
Id. Youngblood, a former waiter al the
Jon Depot Hotel, Ogden, shutled of this
tal coil this aite moon. He went into a
H.. -,.,.l, ,,,
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ome months ago it was stated in the
NER that Mr.. Charles S.. Warren had puI-
q bed Il full set Of ,Widney's Forms" which
his intention to have filed with carti-
abstracts of title of every piece of real
Hc in Deer Lodge, dating from the organi-
ION of the county, up to the date preceding
on which the Butte investigator might
ptute his researches. Those abstracts are
about completed. In two weeks more
will be finished and at the service of the
Pc public, when, on payment OF a small
a correct history Tan be- had of any piece
PEAL estate situated within this county.
.knwhile the quartz records have been cop
land are now at the service of the public.
y se records fill six large folio volumes, in
ption to two volumes VI indexes. They
/, In the first place, the names of the lode,
Of the mining district in which situated /;
the date Of location name of locator /;
of record ana lastly a full description
fhe lode itself; in what direction it runs ;
J far it can be traced; how bounded, etc.,
Information ofthis character, under seal of
e County Clerk, is given from the dawn of
mining era up to the I'd Of October, 1879,
last date on record at this writing, al
additions are made from day to day.
looking over the earlier records the Mon
ian of fifteen years. standing experiences
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Building Marble.
track.

Mr.. S. Bynum, of Butte, has been so fortu-
nate ms to discover within a few miles OF this
town AN extensive tract of white marble, OF
excellent quality for building purposes. The
tract is partly composed of a crystalized mar
BILE, which, as builders say, would take a fill
ish to match lha. of Stewards worid-famous
building in New York. The remainder is
white. uncrystalized marble, in appearance
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From Wednesdays Daily.1

Venison is offered for sale in the Butte mar
kets.
The. Montana Grand Lodge /. O. g. 7.
conyenes at Helena to-day.
The brick to complete the fire front
of Caplice & Co.'s block is on hand, and the
front will be finished in a few days.
The wires were Town all morning and part
of the afternoon yesterday. The dispatches
coming in with a rush towards evening have
been allowed to crowd out other matter.
Election tickets have been struck off for to-
morrow, when Ordinance No. ID, respecting
the special tax to provide water for fire pur-
poses and for sprinkling Main street., will be
submitted to the electors of Butte for their
action thereon. . ..
A medium sized Herring's safe was received
yesterday for the banking house of Donnell,
Clark & Larabie. 1t claims to be burglar
proof, a claim we'll founded, most likely,
since, while little more than half the size OF
the 2SOO-pound Diebold safe, it weighs 5000
pounds.
Report has reached us of astonishingly rich
strike recently made by Messrs. Hathaway,
Brown g. Mclaughlin about five miles from
Bush's station on the Boulder. and half
mile northeast of Bald Mountain. The ledge
which can be traced over a thousand feet, is
reported to be ten feet wide and to yield ore
averaging 100 or. silver to the ton and still
more in gold.
Yesterday Crawford's Helena and Butte
coach was drawn off, leaving the G.. u S
coach without opposition. Judging by othe
routes in Montana, six dollars would be reas
enable stage fare between Butte and Helena
but the roundabout route, oia Sweetland's
is to be taken as the standard in regulating tn
fare, it seems.
The Masonic ball to be given this evenin
will be in honor of the Grand Lodge, who's
session for this year will come to a close tc
morrow. The attendance is expected to b
so full that no hall in the city was anywher
near large enough, and consequently one had
be specially prepared, as mentionede elsewhere
In Loeber's new hall $50 couples can'occupytl
floor at once, and from all accounts a create
number than this will be present this evel
ing. Supper will be served at the St. Mich
las in the very best style ofthat popular hous
Music by Dusseau's string band.
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From Thursdays Daily.I

lrTOm lAuTsuay vi
Eight dollars is the passenger fare between
Butte and Helena by the Boulder route.
Three hundred and fifty names are on the
payroll of the Hecla Company, Glendale.
The Y. M. c. A. have lately had a lot of
new furniture made for their hall OF west
Broadway.
Thos. F. Bowler is seriously i'll at the Sis
ter's Hospital in Helena, according to the
Independent.
A letter received last night from Prof. II. P.
Rolfe states that his little daughter, Miss Pau
line, is improving.
The Helena coach was probably heavily
laden yesterday as it did not get in until nine
o'clock last night.
Jack Reynolds now runs two wagons on
his Butte and Glendale express route one
leaving each end of the line every morning.
The deep trench being cut On Park street,
along its west side, is to receive the pipe which
is to convey water from the Main street pipe
to Valiton's stable, west of the bridge. This
is the longest stretch yet made by the Water
Company.
The Gem, a copper-bearing lode situated
about a mile east of the Lexington, and
owned by Al. Davis, has lately been opened
with a forty foot shaft from which ore is
hoisted by a whip. Six men are at work
taking out carbonate of copper which is used
to replace blue stone in the reduction of
Lexington ore.
The furniture for the primary rooms of the
Butte graded school left the terminus four
days ago, and is expected to arrive here next
week. Its coming is impatiently awaited by
The teachers, the present equipment of those
: rooms being far from satisfactory, owing tc
the awkwardness and discomfort of the old
: fashioned furniture temporarily in use.
This years session of the Montana Crane
[ Lodge A. F. & A. NJ. will likely come to g
close TODAY. If so, the Knights Templar en-
. campment will begin tomorrow. Elsewhere
, is given a list of the elective Grand Lodge
Z officers. The appointive offices-Senior ant
: Junior Grand Deacon, Grand Chaplain, Crane
, Lecturer and Grand Tyler-will be filled to
day.
The advance of the r. r. terminal poin
has so greatly reduced the wagon route t
Montana, that articles of a perishable natur
formerly brought in by express only, ssn nov
S be brought as slow freight. Mr.. Alex
Cohen recently received a large consignment
of peaches and grapes, by mule train, a
d arrangement that enabled him t" sell them q
S twenty cents per pound less than the sam
4 quality of fruit expressed into the Territor,
g We were lately shown an ingenious piece
d workmanship consisting of a miners candle
stick with both crab" and pointer besides
fuse knife and corkscrew, all attached to Oh
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Among the New Goods received by f. L. Bon
ner 4 Co., are the following:
80 Suits French and English Diagonals.
80 doz. Mems Hats. 50 to So each.
100 pair Mems French Calf Hand Sewed Shoes.
$50 Mems Suits Scotch and California CASH
mereS.
100 Pair Blankets at SIS per pair; worth 81.
IS Suits Boys Clothing of a Superior Quality.
20 Bales of Mission Underwear, Socks and
California Overalls.
l5 Bales Bleached and Brown Sheetings.
5CaseS Print.
AT their New Store Main Street.
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Bonner & Cos new stock, now being opened,
includes everything needed for Mems Boys Wo-
mems and Misses wear, with d complete stock
of Carpets, Curtains and the many articles re-
auired for house furnishing. Everything Is
fresh and new. purchased but a few weeks since
at the then extreme low prices. We advise fam
lilies to give them a call. You will receive the
kindeSt attention. and will be gladly shown
through their immense stock whether or not
you want to purchase.
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Grain and Flour Sacks at
+. Z. BONNER & cos.

Among the New Goods Received by E. L..
Bonner & Co., are the following:
80 pieces Sypure. Terchion, Mechlin. Spanish
Valeciennes and other Laces from &C, to S1.75
per yard.
20 Pieces Back and Colored Silks, Black Vel
vets $3.50 to 80 pes yard. %
10 doz fine Hosiery. 75c. to $3.50 per pair.
Lace Sets in Magnificent Styles, $40 each.
10 pieces Table Linens 200 doz. Tewels, ~ to
$12 per dOz.
Cashmeres, Brocade Silks, Embroideries,
Dress Goods. Carpets, Lace Curtains, at their
Palace Store, Main Street.
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E. L.. Bonner L Co. have opened in their new
store, $50 mems suits of English French and
American worsteds. All in need of fine cloth
ing will do well to examine their stock, as O bet
ter selection is not to be had in the Territory.
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The following, with the exception of Mis-
soula Lodge, No. 10, is a list Of the Montana
Lodges of A. F. d A.. NJ, now existing. OF
the blanks, No. S represents Wasatch Lodge,
transferred to the jurisdiction of the Utah
Grand Lodge; the remaining blanks represent
ing Lodges established in placer towns of ear
" Montana, and of which the charters were
surrendered when the respective towns were
deserted !:
LODGE OF MoNTANA-FIFTEENTH
ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
John Stedmap. ............ Grand Master
Hiram Knowles. ........ Dept. CIR. Master
Daniel w. Tilton. ...... Senior CIR. Warden
A. d. Mcpherson. ...... Junior CIR. Warden
Jas. E. Ca|away........Gr CIR Treasurer pro tenn
Cornelius Hedges.............Gr. Secretary
The several Lodges are represented as fol-
lows:
Virginia City, No. l.. sam m; o coaG.
Samuel Word.
Montana, No. 2...... John Spiller.
Philip Conrey.
A. j. Davidson.
ne'e''a' Joseph X. Toole.
Joseph O.. Moulton.
Nevada, No. 4....... Thomas Weber.
John G. Langdon.
William McClatchey.
Morning Star, No. 5. John g. Majors.
William II. Armor.
Charles L. Clark.
ualia'h' NO. w. F. Sloan.
H. II. Barnes.
Diamond City, No. t. Harvey L. Keene.
Charles Siebrecht.
King Solomon, No. o. Moses Morris.
Flint Creek, No. Tx William Z. Allison.
Hiram Knowles.
Deer Lodge, No. A.. G. X. Hardenbrook.
Charles Roleau.
Frank Wells.
Jefferson, No. 15..... A. M. Esterly.
Benjamin Townsley
~ 20 &C. w. Turner.
bahhack' NO. io''' Isaac Poitras.
., -, John Anderson.
oliver o'af' NO. A'''' Charles Heineman.
"A. D. Mcpherson.
Bozeman, No. 49,. George w. Monroe.
E. D. Ferguson.
Add Vincent.
Sheridan, No. 2O..... Thomas T. Taylor.
William }. Foreman
Valley, No. 21....... J. r. Weston.
Thomas G. Porter.
Butte, No. 22........ Preston Scott.
o. p. Blaine.
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BORN.


CooLEY-At Butte, Oct. It'll, 1879, to Mr.. and
Mrs. II. b. Cooley, a son.
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Broadway DryGoods Emporium
HELENA, MONTANA.

HELENA, MONTANA. .
Opening of New and Choice lines OF Fall
and Winter Goods! The stock is unexcelled
in variety, and presents Novelties in all classes
of Goods,
Particular attention is called to the Neoc
Dolmans, Coaks, listers, Shduls, ETC., etc.,
comprising everything late and new in the
most elegant designs, for Fall and Winter
wear. ..
New Dress Goods, Fancy Articles, Ruch-
ings, Ties, Ribbons, Laces, Hosiery, Gloves,
Corsets, New Style Buttons, Trimmings,
Silks, Nelvets, Fringes, Etc, together with a
complete assortment of Standard Goods,
Flannels, Cloths, Toilet Quilts, Nottingham
Laces, Etc.
Orders carefully filled at UGH prices as
will insure satisfaction.
j. r. BOYCE, JR.,
Broadway, Helena, n. T. lm-4O
These people meet on road to town,
OF boots and shoes in quest;
The ones they wore were much run down.,
And made them look undressed. .,a
And during the conversation they came 70
the conclusion that they would henceforth deal
with the house where honest goods are kept,
which Is at the
OLDEST BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE
IN MONTANA.
The Old and Reliable Dealer,
N Q x M Z L N,
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT,
MAIN STREET, HELENA, NOM ANA.
H1- Persons sending orders for Goods, by Mail
or Express, may be assured chat their wants will
be attended to promptly, and that they are get
ting just as good Bargains as II buying IN per
son. Sept 10, w2&d240
25 doz. Ladies, Misses and Childrens Trimmed
Hats-new and magnificent styles1now opened
al E. L. BONNER Il CO.'S.
Lace curtains, Body Brussels Carpets, Stair
Carpet (3-ply) and Improved Carpets just re-
ceiVed at +. L.. BONN EN- Jus.
A great variety of Dress Ginghams and Fancy
''' E. l.. BONNER & cos.
E.L.B BONNER & Co's.
The Portland daily press., 1879-11-18
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
MATION.

At no recurrence of the season which the devout
habit of religious people has made the occasion Tor
giving thanks to Almighty God and humbly mvok-
ing his continued favor has the material prosperity
enjoved by whole country been more conspicu-
ous more manifold or more universal. During the
past year. also unbroked peace with all foreign ma
ons the general prevalence of domestic tranquil
ty the supremacy and security of the great instltu
tons of civil and religious freedom have gladdened
the hearts of people and confirmed heir at,
tachment to their government, which wisdom and
courage of our ancestors so fifty framed, and the
wisdom and courage of their descendants have so
firmly maintained, to be the habitation OF liberty
and justice to successive generations.
Now, therefore, l, Rutherford Hayes, PRESIDENT
of the United States, do appoint III HCRSDAf.
the 9th day of November instant, as day OF Ma
tional Thanksgiving and prayer, and earnestly rec
ommend that. Withdrawing themselves from ocular
cares and labors the people of the United States do
meet together that day in their respective places
of worship there to give thanks and praise to Al
mighty God for his merces and to devoutly beseech
their continuance.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done at the City of Washington this third day OF
November in the year OF our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine and OF the lnde'
pendence of the United States of America, the
one hundred and fourth. .
(SignedD RUTHERFORD Is. HAYES.
BY the President,
VIM. NJ. EvARTs, Secretary of State