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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-10-21

visible. Towards the face of the drift a vein
of good ore has been cut. How rich or how
extensive is this vein we are not informed,
but we can state on the best authority that
it will pay well for working and that the ore
brought to light by the entry drift on the 500
foot level is of very much better quality than
any struck in running the entry drift of either
that the main shaft of the Alice has been
sunk opposite a barren, or very nearly barren
portion of the ledge. AT two hundred feet
the entry drift failed to find ore that would
come anywhere near paying the expenses of
working. At 300 feet better returns were
made from ore taken from the entry drift, al
though it made no approach to the quality of
ore struck in both east and west levels opened
from that drift. Now, the entry drift ON the
5OO-foot level is open, and although the. ore
body thus far brought to light is, perhaps, less
extensive than that found in the levels opened
east and west from the next entry drift
above, it is at least far superior to any
ore found in that upper entry drift itself.
Levels will now be opened east and west,
with every prospect of a rapid improvement
in the quality of the ore being noticed, as
those levels reach the ore chutes struck by
the next Levels above. Even as it is the entry
drift on the 500-foot level proves the existence
of good ore in the Rainbow ledge at the depth
of 400 feet below water line, and the property
owners of Butte can take@leave of the last
ipUppipv frapn of Inphr pnnparpInu tba NOR
manency of the mines Of this district.
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(From Wednesdays Daily.) 4.
Runaway.

We have heretofore had occasion TO chrOn-
from runaway teams but to-day, for the first
time, we have a runaway buggy to report.
This accident occurred to Mr.. j. E. Dickey,
our County Recorder, while returning with
his better half from a visit to the ladY's rela-
tives in Madison county. The voyage out
was made without mishap, as was also the
return trip until the Half Way House, four
miles beyond the Pipestone range, was
reached but at that point occurred the acct
dent referred to. When the travellers alighted
at the hotel for dinner the horses were re-
moved to IA good stable and properly cared
for. With this matter attended to Mr.. D.
imagined his duty towards his team was
fulfilled, the thought never occurring to him
that it might be a good idea to provide a lariat
with which to secure his covered carriage, left
standing Oh the level ground in ron of the
door. Yet the sequel proved that a precau-
ton of that nature would not have been
misplaced, for while the party were at dinner
a mountain zephyr came sauntering %leisurely
down the road and away Went the buggy on
a voyage of exploration Oh its W account.
The first few rods was over level ground and
that part of the journey was accomplished
without injury; but when a rather steep pitch
was reached the pace of the new style locomo-
tive was so greatly increased that the tongue,
scraping along the ground, snapped short of
near the double-tree at the first obstruction
encountered The stump of the tongue then
thrust its sharp point into the ground and il
happened to he of precisely the proper length
so that the carriage lightly vaulted over it,
leap frog fashion, lit on its back, Or what
would be its back if a carriage had one, and
then rolled to the bottom of the hill where
the wanderer concluded its travels in a gen
eral state of demoralized smash up. But the
accident led to a two days. halt of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Dickey at Butte, so their loss was the
gain of their Butte friends.
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From Thursdays DaiIy.l
Status Of the Fire Brigade.

AT the last meeting OF the City Council q
committee was appointed to confer with the
Fire Brigade and ascertain the intentions of
the latter with regard to the new Silsby
steamer. As matters stand, though, the con-
ference can very well be dispensed with, for
in the first place the Brigade have nothing
whatever to do with the steamer and in the
next, so far as the ownership of property, or
the assumption of debt is concerned, there is
no such organization in existence as the
Butte Fire Brigade. The steamer was sent
to Montana on the personal order of Mr..
Henry McMuphey, in whose charge 1t now
is, as anyone who attempts to interfere with
1t will be very apt to find out. Relying upon
promises fairly and explicitly given at a rcgu-
lar meeting of the fire company-promises to
the effect that the Brigade by incorpola alton
would give itself a legal existence, would
make of itself a body recognizable in law as
the party to Il contract regularly entered into,
Mr.. McMurphey ordered the steamer in adj
vance, the iateness of the season forbidding
the delay which would have been unavoida-
BILE if it had been necessary to effect the in
corporation before sending for The steamer.
The order was sent under those circumstaE-
ces, and the steamer is here. But by the
gade have changed their minds and refuse
incorporate. If they had Incorporated &C
cording to the promise fairly given, the bust
ness might long ere this have been arranged,
but as it is they need borrow no trouble
about that steamer. They need not fret much
about it. An organization consisting of men,
bers each of whom is admitted by the pay
ment of a dollar fee, and which has the power
of dissolving, of ceasing to exist whenever
it may choose to do so - an organiza-
ton of that kind is not apt to bring much
property on credit, whether the property be
steam fire engines or drink for the boys. As
the Brigade stands at present, if its members
chose to 90 down into their pockets and pro-
duce the sun necessary to pay for it at once,
the steamer will doubtless be decided over to
the persons so subscribing, but upon no other
terms is it at all likely to pass into their pos
session. Mr.. McMurpley would doubtless
prefer to have the steamer remain in Butte;
still, we may depend upon it he will take no
chances of compromising his business honor
in the translation. 1t is his duty to guard from
all danger Of loss the Silsby Company, who
placed their property in his keeping, trusting
solely to his word as a business man. 1t is
not in the least likely that the duty will be
neglected in the slightest particular. Helena
wants the steamer and is willing to pay for
it, and il the Butte Fire Brigade still refuses
to take the only business-iike course to be
followed in the matter, we need feel neither
surprised nor aggrieved if the handsome
steamer should extend Its voyage to the East
Side. The steamers name is the Getty of
Butte" Must it be changed?
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which are well fed and in good condition.
When the young animals are to all appear
ance thriving, the owner is apt to be satisfied
and thinks all is well with them but in real
ercised. or at least some precaution should be
used. Over feeding is productive of more
disease than scanty feeding, and when calves
are known to be in a luxurious pasture, it
will be wise to give them an occasional pur-
gative of an antiseptic character. Sulphite of
soda is an excellent Alternative, and may be
given in one dram doses with some EPSON
Salts at intervals of a few days once a week
for instance, will benefit as a preventive of
this disease,
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Local News.
from Tuesdays Daily

.. #
Philipsburg Messrs. Caplice & Smith
korking the Trout mine on their own
bsibility and at their own risk. Salts
hat there is good ore in the mine, and
mined not to allow the camp to continue
fishing owing to the mining stagnatien
prevailing, they have secured an exten-
# the North Western lease, employed a
of men whose wages they guarantee,
pne to work to develop the mine. The
they are now opening must be driven
sixty feet further before the point where
pe is believed to exist is reached. We
them every success. They certainly
Ie it. Credit is sometimes given to this
at prospector for the development of
that have contributed their quota to
bna's prosperity ; but an examination OF
books of Caplice u Smith will show
the sinews of war came from in the
waged against nature in opening almost
camp on the West Side, Except, per-
Butte) from the discovery of Lincoln
to the present time. The enterprise of
erchant in advancing money and sup
kery often counts for far more than the
Prise of the prospector in developing a
camp, although in case of success the
walks of with the credit.
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Druggists and ApOthecaries,
SUMMONS

In the Justices Court, Tounship of Glendale.
County of Bearerhead and Territory OF
Montana, before H.. II. Arery, Justice of
the Peace.
PETER r. L. NANHORN, Plaintiff.
d. SIMMONS, [given name unknown.
Defendant.
The People Of the Territory of Montana send
greeting to ID. Simmons, [giVen name I'M
known1, Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear at nay
office, In the Township of Glendale, County OF
Beaverhead and Territory of Montana, ten days
after the service of this Summons upon you.
and answer the complaint on file in an action
to recover of you the sum of Eighty 25- 100 Dol
lars, the same being for cash loaned, SO, and
labor furnished you in June and July, AID. 1879.
and account bought from Mcintyre & Clanton.
And you. are hereby notified that, if you fail TO
appear and answer said complaint, as above re-
quired, the said Plaintiff will take a Judgment
by default against you, for the sum of Eighty
25-100 Dollars and costs of suit.
Given under my hand this 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1879.
II. H. AVERY,
Sept. 2l-5w Justice of the Peace.
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DR.. Rotwit, from Canon Ferry, has been in
town for a day or two.
Capt. Norwood and wife, who have lust
come from the States, are among the visitors
to Helena.
Hon. Martin Maginnis and McQuaid,. of
the Independent, have gone to Bozeman.
Hunting has been the ~favorlte pastime for
a few days past and our sportsmen are bring
ing in large numbers of deer.
Mr.. Moffit, Assistant Postmaster. has Just
returned from Utah, where he was called to
testify in a case of mail robbiEg.
The Wickes Company recently bought the
Bonanza Chief" of Messrs. Boyd. Roder &
Fisk, paying $4,000 therefor. The mine is
situated about eight miles from this city.
The company is making large purchases of
ore, etc.
A new store has just been opened nor5h of
Webster's, 1t contains fruit, cigars, tobacco
and notions Of various kinds.
Mr.. Billiard is putting up a building on
Rodney streel, opposite Owen Dovle's, which
he intends for a billiard hall.
+ a large and handsome residence is being
constructed for Gus. W%eiseuhorn on Sixth
Avenue, opposite Richard Jockeys.
Contracts have recently been made FIR the
construction of a number of new buildings
owing to the large demand. CID.
HELENA, Oct. II, 70.
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pther transaction in real estate took place
day, the sale Of Mr.. Phil. Porcher's
street lot, to Messrs. Dellinger & Hyde,
Is of the adjoining premises. The lot,
frontage of 21a feet on Main street,
b depth OF 100 feet, sold for the very
Pme figure of $4,000, from which it is
Fnt that late transactions in Butte City
fly were not at fancy prices. If brick
/ procured Mess.s. ID. d II. will imme-
4 erect upon the new lot a substantial
|oof, two stories high. An upper story
klso be added to the building occupied
Dir hardware store, the upper stories OF
10 buildings being united into II hall,
D, to extend over both. This hall, to be
Pted midway by a strong stone wall,
be safe and strong, All admirable room
pls, theatrical presentations, etc.
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rtl
Crossed the Line.

! MddisOnidn has information to tie
that tee track layers of the Utah North
the southern boundary on the
J instant, and that within two weeks
The date Of crossing the track was to be
hleen miles into Montana. 1t is also
that Mr.. Dunn, Supt. of construction,
orders to extend the road eighty
further'with all possible speed. Within
weeks, then. the locomotive will come
ing across our southern boundary.
Ena will thereafter be free from the re-
of being the only organized Territory
United States u%nprovided with rail
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Correct Time.

Torson's regulator is corrected from
b time by transit observations of the
taken by Mr.. 7. II. Baker, civil
Der. Hereafter Mr.. Halvorson promises
[llate the clock at the Thornton mill so
haye it keep time with the regulator,
expresses the correct mean time as close
De ascertalned by portable instruments.
(his the noon whistle of the Thornton
bay be taken as the correct time. The
RI beginning religious services, as well
/ Of opening and closing school is reg
by Halvorson's time. When the same
|rd is adopted everywhere about town
be possible to observe some degree OF
Fality i'll business appointments made
PERTAIN hour. At present All appoint
blade for 1880 r. IN. by one mars watch
+ for 1l:30 a. III. by another, a discrep-
bat is frequently the aus of no little
hnce and Inconvenience.
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chauncey Barbour. late editor of the
,t,rd fhdn, was a passenger on yesterdays
ping overland coach, bound for San
Fco. Mr.. Barbour was editor of the
v LH3 t'an for four years, IA period quite long
to bring him into the notice of all
, reach of his pen who We're capable of
Eating power of thought and grace of
in writing. His editorials formed the
Stive feature of the Journal in his
and We're Of such a quality as very
Notiont sraces the page of Il Montana news
Nil" Still, they were not exactly adapted
ield in which the writer was situated.
fry reader of the MissOuiidn who could
ently read and enjoy them, ten, per-
ould lightly pass them over, or slight
Together as too "dry." and accordingly
did not achieve a remarkable success
Iwspaper man in Montana. But the
which his future labors will be COIL
will be better suited to his genius. He
lMontana to take charge of a party
wolkingman's journal, published in
OF San Francisco, and We very much
speaking from that standpoint, the
Chauncey Barbour does not yet make
Gooddeard in ali parts of our land, wherever
e readers of reflection and thoughtful
ter ~krecognize those qualities in the writer
~lresses them. In bidding him adieu
e by no means heard the last of the
,,.,,,,o 4e of the Missoalidn.
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From Wednesdays Daily,1

Mr.. John Black. whose health has for SOM
years past been delicate, left last Sunday for
Arkansas, TO pass a few months ut the famous
mineral springs Of that State.
Mr.. John IIauswirth received slight in
~juries, tanning one leg, in fall received when
his wagon seat gave way a few days ago, re-
turning from the Burlington mill.
Last evening Isaac Luttz, supposed to be
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From Thursdays DaiIy.I

From Thursdays DaiIy.J
Telegram in the Butte Office for c. l..
Findlayson.
Work has commenced on the brick addition
of Owsley Il Mantle's stable.
With the coming of cold weather a great
falling off IN travel is to be noted.
j, F. Plotting has opened a meat market in
Judge Wilcox's new building, nearly oppo-
site the post-office.
4. J. Davis has lately added a boiler repair
ing room Of suitable size to his Lexington
foundry and machine shop.
Lead took a lofty leap yesterday, landing
at $50 per ton. This ought to make things
boom in every low-grade camp in the Terri
tory.-S. L. Tribune, 18th.
The brick engine house forthe Lavell Bros.
planning mill is we'll under way. 1t is 15x25
feet, brick, is to have an arched roof and is
intended to be thoroughly fire-proof.
A pair of eight-ton U. S. Standard Scales
have lately been received from the East by
Owsley & Mantle. They will be put up in a
few days at the street corner, near the livery
establishment of those gentlemen.
A road leading to the Gem copper mine
has lately been constructed. Six men are
now employed in the mine, ore from which
is combined in the proportion of one from the
Gem to nine from the Lexington, in reduc-
ton.
On the Alexandria claim, Immediately west
of the Lexington, one hosting whip is al
ready up and ready for work, with another
only awaiting the sheaves to be cast at the
Lexington. Contracts will be let in a few
days for the opening of about 400 feet OF
levels and cross-cuts in this claim.
Day before yesterday officer Lou P. Smith
went south about twenty miles ON the over.
land road to meet his wife returning from
the East. On his return he arrested a mar
named Roi and brought him back to Butte
where he was wanted. Roi is accused o
having broken the jaw of a man nance
Frank Taylor in a row in a downtown sa
loon the night previous. Taylor is at thu
hospital, and is said to be very severely hurt
Mr.. H. P. Rolfe arrived from Helen;
last evening to relieve from duty the M1NEl
editor, Mr.. Johnston, who herewith lay
down the Faber and BOW himself from tn
scene. Gentlemen down the valley who hav
a penchdnt for delivering a stab in the bacl
are notified that this time they can indulg
their tastes without danger of reply. Las
e week the coast was not quite so clear as the
l imagined it to be-. Until further notice
then, the MINER will be in the editoria
charge of Mr.. Rolfc.
Last evening when the proprietor Of tn
Peoples Meat Market applied a match t
y some kerosene spilled on the floor, his eXped
, ent succeeded even better than he expected
| and in less than no time he had more fire t
deal with than he bargained for. The cry
''tire" brought quite a crowd to the doo1
among others Policeman Campbell, who i'm
mediately pulled off his fur-lined overoat
intending to smother the flames with it. BE-
fore his intention could be carried out til
, irrepressible newspaper man appeared on tn
, scene provided with a green hide caught II
, from the doorway as he entered. Under thi
novel ~extinguisher the coal oil fire very 500
' gave its last flicker.
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A rich New York lady recently asked Sted-
man to write a poem for her silver wedding
and said she wouldn't mind paving him ten
dollars for it. Edmund had the presence of
mind to decline gracefully and referred her to
Tennyson and Browning who, he said, made
a speciality of sort of poems and got 'em
up for ten dollars a dozen.
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The water having sufficiently diminished
o, the fifth level of the Alice mine, lateral
drifts will he started to-day to open the ledge
east and west, following The vein of good ore
lately struck. The entry drift has been
driven into the ledge siXty-fire feet without
ANY indication of tie hanging wall being
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as near as we can recollect, is word for word
as we received it last week 5ur
"Myself and friends desiring to learn
something about Montana, you will please
mail a copy of your valuable and instructive
paper to the persons named below-address
of each given.'
Here followed the names and address of
thirteen citizens of Wisconsin, a State we
always believed able to pay for what it want
ed, and to whose citizens we now extend hat
happy privilege.
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A Fine Safe.

The Herring burglar-proof safe, lately re-
ceived by the banking house of Donnell,
Clark L. Larabie is quite a curiosity in its
way. Made OF steel, throughout, it weighs a
ton and thr~ce-quarters, although less than
half the size of the Diebold safe weighing
5000 pounds. The door is provided with a
double Dexter lock, each half having a series
of combinations of its own. When locked
by two persons, the cashier and assistant
cashier, for instance, neither one could open
it without the other, and in case burglars
were sharp enough to capture one of those
officers they would be as far from ever from
opening the safe without the other. The
door swings on outside hinges upon which it
turns only when thrown 'Eout of gear" by a
lever provided for that purpose. While in
gear the hinges might be cut off entirely
without in the least affecting the security OF
the door, which is then held in position by a
system of ponlerOus bolts that will release
their hold only when the side of the safe is
torn away. To make assurance doubly sure
those bolts evolve quite freely in their bear
ings, so that if a skeleton saw Sh0utd be i'll
serted it would be altogether powerless to
bite, the bolt turning this way and that with
every touch. If any entelprising burglar has
been l,arboring a scheme for plundering this
safe he may as well let the job out.
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$4,000 REWARD.

STRAYED from Walkerville. about six weeks
- ago, ! bay mare, and bald faced colt about
two months old said mare is branded H. NJ. on
left shoulder, with both hind feet white. Also,
one buckSkin colored mare / years old, branded
+ on left shoulder. Said reward will be paid on
delivery of the above animals at Dennis Dris-
coils store at Walkerville.
Oct. Is. 70. ID 3 PATRICK KILBRIDE.
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Americdn Ag,icuttmrist tnr October
following concerning the black leg, II
from whose ,avaees the siockmen of
"a have lately and are even yet suffer-
Fieiy.
disease, which is SO prevalent in spring
J, and sudden in It's attacks that it Is
fatal. affects only those calves
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The Eeaaid complains of sample copy
tiends and proceeds to quote a letter i'll which
all enterprising tenderfoot in return for a
three cent stamp desires a copy each of four
consecutive issues to be sent to his address.
Is this the hest ON contemporary can do ?
What would it think Of the following, which.
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TAKEN UP,
Sept. 2l-5w

NAME into my Enclosure about the middle of
front foot white, white face. strip in brandedW
on right rump. The owner is requested to prove
property pay charges, and take him away.
Oct10d& w3w T. q. MILES
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Council Meeting.

The Butte City Council met at the City
Hall last Monday evening. Present, the
Mayor and a quorum of Aldermen. After the
reading OF the minutes of the last preceding
meeting, the following business was trans
acted:
Several bills presented for services render
ed, etc. were referred TO the Finance Com
mittee.
Atax of two mills on the dollar was levied
Oh all property within the city limits, to de-
fray the expenses of the municipal govern
ment for the current year.
A committee was appointed to co. fer with
the Fire Brigade and ascertain the course
they intended to pursue with regard to the
Silsby steamer, lately received.
A second committee was instructed to as
certain from the Water Company the terms
upon which water could be procured for
street c~istcfiiS.
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Minor Items.
From Tuesdays Daily.]

Mr.. Atkins, Superintendent of the Hecla
Company, at Glendale is, reported seriously
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-16
A. B. HUNT.

4 TTORNEY AND COUNSELOH
IA at Law, 800 Montgomery street, Rooms
65 and 66, Nevada Block. San Francisco, CALI
fornia.