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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
A 8lOddy Safe.

Some time early last spring an agent of the
Dubold Lock and Sale Company, made u
tour through Montana canvassing for the Die
bold fire and burglar proof SAFE" Recon-
mended by the voluble praises of the agent,
and perhaps even a little more %eloquently by
their low price, the new safes found many
purchasers throughout Montana, the agent
claiming to have sold seventy previous to his
coming to Butte. Several were ordered here,
and in due time they arrived. As far as the
appearance Of the safes were concerned the
purchasers had every reason to be satisfied,
since their finish was unquestionably elegant
and their appearance handsome. But looks
are one thing, and good service another. In
tie burning of Mr.. Bowler's store, a $500 ID.
safe Of this pattern: the largest in town, was
exposed to the moderate heat Of a one story
building, and this test has satisfied the bust
ness men OF Butte that the handsome Diebold
safe though quite pretty as All ornament is OF
little or no use as a safe. Even with the heat
Of one small building the papers within were
charred. while the safe itself had its sides
warped and twisted out of all shape. In
fact, the performance of this particular safe
has conclusively proved that it was not fire.
proof in the ordinary acceptance of that word,
and as for being burglar proof a green hand
with IL cold chisel would ask no easier jolt
than to cut through its sides. The Diebold
safes may not be like the one purchased by
| Mr.. Bowler, but for all that We will take
chances on warning the people Of Montana
10 beware of the "shoddy sate.'
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Business Chance.

Business Chanc
Anyone having between four and five
thousand dollars to invest can find a well
established, paying business at Butte that will
be disposed of by the proprietor who wishes
to leave the Territory. The business is
adapted for man and wife to engage in. For
further particulars apply at the MINER Office.
Sept 7-d&wtf.
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SIS $1s
An American Watch.
elS

ihronoIneter balance, in a 4-ouncc Coin Sill
yer case, Gold Joints, for SIS. Watch re-
pairing and Engraving a speciality.
W. q. BAILEY.
Helena. N. Z.
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WEST SIDE RACING MEETING.
Second Days Races.
Thursday, Sept 18th. 1875

First race, running; handicap; one mile.
Purse $2OO-$15O to first horse; $50 to Sec
ond.
H. r. Bakers S. M. Miss Ella, 1O7 bs.......1
A. p. Samples b. g. Joe Howell, 112 lbs. ...2
~ n 1IArl3s ~ @ Snp INn,,oo on 1hS y
Time, 1.49... Pools, Ella, $40. Field, 81.
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Third race t~rotting ; mile heats, best three

Third race; %trotting mile heats, best three
in five.
H.. e.. Ward enters b. IN. Qneen......1 4 d
T. Stuart enters b. s. Live Oak......5 2 2
5. King enters r. 6. Brutus. .........2 8 3
$. Scott enters b. 6. Billy Grantees 5 4
Fourth heat was declared no race owing to
break of Corrigan, in the lead. The fourth
and fifth heats will be trotted to-day.
Third Day, September 9Th, 1879.
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From Sundays Daily.]

fire ordinance.
from Sundays Daily.l
The front Of Mayor Jacobs new building
is a little bit ahead of anything of the kind
in town.
Yesterday the building debris was removed
from the street in front of Bonner q Co.'s
up w store.
The Hope mill at Philipsburg is said to be
running just now on ore taken from a recent
strike in the Hope mine.
Instead Of being purchased as we stated
yesterday, the iron mine at Soap Gulch has
been leased by the Hecla Company.
Yesterday, when bound out for Helena,
Crawford's coach had no less than nine deck
passengers, besides at least as many inside as
could be comfortably seated.
A 2O-horse power engine, with boiler to
match. was lately taken to Leggat's mill at
Vipond. 1t will there replace the wooden
turbine wheel which is not of sufficient power
to keep the stamps and pans both at work.
Dan Parker's saw mill on the Big Hole
river, near Wunderlich, having been repair
ed, is about to start up for a seasons active
work. Its manager expects to cut 100000
feet of lumber with it before winter sets in.
Messrs. Todd, Swaziland II Co. began
work last Monday on a tunnel to open the
I" Mary Todd" quartz claim, situate on the
hillside half a mile northeast of town. The
.vs,, :o ~n:O T.. ~ rS.- N..a ~ r ----
fair ore.
The business men of Main street are anx-
ious to see if the City Council is going to
adopt a fire limit ordinance. Even those
established in wooden buildings would well
come regulations prohibiting the further
erection of frame houses in the business
quarter of town.
The races announced to close yesterday
were in every way SO satisfactory that the
managers Of the meeting. in response to re-
peated requests, consented to an extra days
races forto-day. The entries given elsewhere
promise races equal to any of the past four
days.
Mayger's new tive-stamp mill, the only sill
yer mill in the Silver Creek district, was
started on its first run last Monday. Its
builder, Mr.. d. b. McKillican, of Butte, will
get to work this week on a five-stamp gold
mill to be built Immediately for Patrick
Powers 4 CO., owners Of the Gloster lode.
Now that the Butte meeting is about over
our sporting boys can do no better than take
a spin down to Missoula TO attend the West
Side Agricultural Fair, opening. next Tues.
day. Some good races are announced and
whoever t. INKS that Missoulians are at all
backward in backing their f~avorites is of
wrong about four points.
Yesterday Mr. Henry Nc Murpley, Secretary
of the Butte Fire Brigade, received duplicate
bills Of sale Of a No. S Silsby "crane neck
weight 1890 pounds two hose reels and 1000
feet Of hose. $3.50 pounds fixtures, etc, &c
pounds. The rates from Suspension Bridge
N. Y, to the U. N. terminus are 400 pei
100 pounds on steamer, $4.35 per 100 pounds
ON hose, and 1920 per 100 pounds OH hose
reels, the latter being double first class
freight.
New Subscribers.
During the week ending Saturday, Sept. 9TH
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MOving On.

A private letter written by a business mar
stationed at the terminus to Mr.. A. II. Barrel,
Of Butte, says: "We stop receiving freight
here tomorrow preparatory to making a move
ahead, thirty miles, to the new terminus.
Freight will now all he held at Ogden for
about eight days; then it will come on us
with a rush for another week. We can hardly
find time to load goods out since IL takes our
full force to take goods in" This letter was
dated the LIST instant. According to its state
alents the warehouses should now be about
ready for the reception of freights at the new
terminus at Beaver anon. The next move
Of the terminus will be across the Pleasant
Valley divide and into Montana. The first
locomotive whistle to sound in Montana will
be a trumpet call, warning the old residents
Of the Territory to possess themselves Of the
countless mining and agricultural locations
and numberless other privileges now going
begging for an owner, but which with the
incoming OF the wide-awake, sharp-eyed i'm
migrants to be expected from the East will
very soon he provided with claimants.
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o sale Cheap.

\ lady's saddle horse. Also side-saddle, bridi,.
and martengaleS. Apply 10 W. RUTE. Park
Street Bakery and Restaurant. edit
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Second race; running; 600 yards; Purse
$20O-$125 to first $50 to second; $25 to
third.
A. p. Samples S. Ill. Premium. ............1
K. Barton, Deceiver. ............ ......2
J. Ward, Cricket.
j. L. Morrison, School Man.
Time, 312.
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Resolutions Of Respect.

The following resolutions OF respect to the
memory of Il deceased brother were lately
adopted by the Silver Star Masonic Lodge, OF
which the deceased was member in good
standing.
HALL. OF SILVER STAR LODGE.
No. II 4. L. l. A. NJ.
Aug. 30, 1870. A. l.. $50.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Supreme
Architect Of the universe to remove from
among us, by death. our brother. George r.
Sample. therefore be i,
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SAINT NICHOLAS HOTEL,
Broadway, Butte, Montana. Arrivals foz
the week Ending Saturday, sept. 9Th.
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RACING SUMMARY.

RACING SUMMARY.
First race, purse 5000, two mile dash
NCCUlt
lua + OrFeSC.
Time, 1861.
Second race, ! mile dash. for 2-year-olds /:
LltCle ION.
Swamp Angel.
Time, 1924.
Third race, 8 minute class, trotting:
Queen 2
Time. Ord. 2:53.
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New Subscribers.
During the week ending Saturday, Sept. 9th,
the following named persons subscribed for the
MINER:-
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19
FOR FUEL. FORAGE
AND STRAW.

Posi- QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
159 High Street, BOSTON, MASS, May Il, 1879.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, addressed to
- the undersigned, will be received at this office,
until II 15 O'clock PM, on the 18th day of June,
1879, at which time and place they will be opened
in the presence of bidders for furnishing and deliv
ering such Coal, Wood, Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, and
ding June 80, 1880; at the Posts of Forts Warren
and Independence; Mass; Preble, Me-, and Boston
Mass. =,
Payment for the supplies depends upon future
appropriation for the purpose BY Congress.
One copy of this advertisement must be securely
attached to each triplicate proposal, and be men-
toned therein comprising part of it.
Blanks for proposals and specifications containing
detailed information to quantity and quality Of
supplies required ,and full instructions tothe
ner of bidding and conditions to be observed by bid
ders, may be Obtained at this Office copy Of the
specifications must be securely attached to such
triplicate proposals and must be mentioned there
in as comprising part of it.
A preference will be given to articles of domestic
production, conditions of price and quality being
equal. s~
The successful bidder will be required to enter
into written contract with the United States, with
good and approved security, in sum not to be less
than one-fth more than the entire value of the
forehand within thirty days after being notified of
the acceptance of his proposal.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
marked Proposals for" and addressed to
the Post Quartermaster, 159 High Street, Boston,
Mass.
The United States reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals.
A. S. K1MBALL, Captain and A. G. NJ, U. s. A
my17 d6t
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
COMPREHENSIVE.

We, the undersigned, have this day formed copa
nership under the firm name and style of
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

A SPECIAL Meeting of the Stockholders of the
N Waukeag Silver Mining Company will be held
at the office OF Charles p Mattocks, 311a Exchange
St. Portland, on Thursday, May 22d, 1879 at one
O'Clock D. M to if the stockholders will vote to
sell the assets of the company to trustee or trustees
to be appointed at such meeting to be held in trust
trustees conveyed to a corporation to be organized
under the laws of the State of New York for the same
purposes as this company, for cash or for stock in
said new corporation upon such terms and at such
rates as the stockholders of this company may de-
eide at said meeting said trust to be void and said
trustee or trustees TO re-convey in said new cor
poraton is not organized within thirty days after
the meeting hereby notified.
my8d2w w. OSCAR ARNOLD, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19
New Orleans Times.l
A Proof-Reader.
What the New Orleans Times Wants and
What 1t Expects.

In the advertising columns Of the Times.
Sunday, appeared the following want:
WANTED:-An intelligent, well educated, industri-
Gus proofreader either married or single. Must be
thoroughly temperate. A good position for num-
Der one man. Address Comp, Times office.
Now, innocent as that unostentatious card
appears, it was productive Of more trouble than
anything that has appeared in the city press
for many day. There was no less than ia
received up to Sunday night, and on Monday
the number was so great that they could not
be counted up to the time of going to press
Samples of the lot are as follows:
"MR. COMP: 1 am proof-reader of some
experience, though my mother was DUTCH
men. / am well educated in the Unitd Stats,
so hope you will find me all right. 1 ain
widower."
s'DEAR SIR: I speak German, French Eng
lish, Portuguese and Spanish. Have been a
civil engineer, doctor and lawyer of considera-
BILE repute also an editor and a politician. AS
a proof-reader 1 know I would be success,
although I confess L never tried it,
HONoRED SIR: Will you give me sling at
your proofs for a day or so? If don't make it
lively for the boys down stairs, and red hot for
the boys up count me out. L am Sanscrit,
Chinook and Kanaka proof reader.
am, j. c."
"Dear Sir i am pore widower with four
small children to sport likewise one eye which
the other was lost in smallpox some time ago, i
feel as thou could give satisfaction if i tried
anything to help along in these times.
haven drunk a drop for five month having
had no money"
And so on.
Now, not one person out of ten thousand has
any idea what proof-reader is or ought to be.
So, for the benefit of those who haven't as yet
put in their application, we will givei the STAN
dard qualifications required:
1. A competent proof-reader should be WALL
eyed, to enable him to understand at first
glance sentence so mixed up by the l. c.
intelligent compositor-that no one else in the
wide world, not even its author, would be able
to understand or recognize it.
2. He must be SO unfamiliar with Shakes
peare, French, Latin and common proverbs as
to be able, conscientiously, to change and ruin
any quotation which may be made by the igno-
rant, but well meaning gentlemen who run the
editorial rooms.
3. He must be quick at punctuation, and be
able to instantly detect the exact place where
comma may be inserted so as to completely al
ter the sense of a sentence and make the author
foam at the mouth and tear his hair next day.
4. He must be possessed of calmness, cool
ness and precision, so that he may gently but
firmly meet the excited expostulations of the
city, telegraph and managing editors with that
steadfast glare which alone can render them
speechless and idiotic.
5. He must have grammar and the dictionary
at his fingers ends, that when he comes to q
particularly choice sentence he may be able
either to make it tungrammatical at stroke or so
change a word as to completely ruin the sense
Any one possessing these qualifications is
fitted for the place-none other need apply.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

Whitehall Times: A few days since party
of gentlemen were together. One man,
joker, stepped up to member of the party
and, holding long hair before his eyes, said,
''See here, old fellow, this looks suspicious.
Where did this long hair come from?" "Why,
of it?" "Sure of it? of course L am. You
don't suppose you would find any other wo-
mans hair about me, do you?" NO. probably
not, but am sorry you are so sure it is your
wife's hair, for Just picked it off the coat of
this gentleman, pointing to a friend near by.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

Exchange: A small boy was seen to ap-
proachs stealthily the windows of the county
Jail at Raymond, Miss, few days ago, and
hand in through the bars something having
the appearance of an immense crowbar. The
police were informed of it, and posse of men
surrounded the Jail, while a couple OF Off GERS
proceeded to the cell to recover the weapon
from the prisoner. On reaching the cell they
found the prisoner quietly sitting on his stool,
devouring yard-long bologna sausage,
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19
OFFICE OF THE SULLIVAN SILVER MINING Co,
DnRrI g 1870

a SPECIAL Meeting of the Stockholders of the
~ Sullivan Silver Mining Company will be held
st. Portland, on Thursday May %, 1879, at one
O'Clock p m. to see if the stockholders will vote to
sell the assets of the company trustee or trustees
for the stockholders and to be by such trustee or
trustees conveyed to corporation to be organized
under the laws of the State of New York for the
same purposes as this company for cash or for stock
in said corporation upon such terms and at such
rates as the stockholders of this company may de-
eide at said meeting, said trust to be void and said
trustee trustees to reconvey in said new cor
poration is not organized within thirty days after
the meeting hereby notified.
my8d2w w. ID. LEWIS President.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

New Haven Register: Blowing into the
muzzle of shotgun is a standard method of
producing newspaper items. 1t remains for
young lad down town to introduce a variation.
The street hose wouldn't work; the water was
turned on at the spiggot all right, but there
seemed to be an obstruction. He placed his
mouth completely over the end of the nozzle
and blowed just once. The pressure of the
whole reservoir suddenly broke loose, concen-
trated into that one nozzle. The lad let go
with his mouth and sat down about fifty feet
away, down the street, and he has not yet been
relieved of the impression that his brain is
Watersoaked.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

the growing accord between the President
and the party is a most happy omen of victo-
ry for 1880, for it means that the 'old line
fife and drum will be followed to eager and
enthusiastic battle for the perpetuity of the
government by powerful, united and har-
monious party; there will be no distinctions
of 'stalwarts" and independents" of
''Hayes" and "anti-Hayes" Republicans, for
we are all 'Estalwarts'' to-day, from the Pres
ident down to the humblest Republican in
Vermont.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

A HUNDRED Dartmouth students gave the
Dartmouth faculty horn serenade the 9TH
er night, and because the faculty didn't think
it amusing, the students are going to with
draw to some educational institution with
a keener sense of humor. Most of them are
now than they ever will again.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

Norristown Herald: "Pinafore" is not sue
cese down South. 1t doesn't contain enough
bowie-knives and six-shooters to please the
chivalry. In one scene ahigh-toned Southern
er should be represented as shooting judge in
the back, and in another six masked chivalry
burning negro cabin and assisting the in
mates out of this world, should be introduced.
This feature would make the play ''hum'
down south.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

SAYS the Nation, 'Mr. Edmunds took
what we believe to be impregnable ground
as to the right of the Government, at all
times and in all places, election days and
the neighborhood Of the polls not excepted,
to execute the laws with all the force that
may be requisite, and to preserve the peace"
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

ONE would almost run the risk of being
murdered now and live in Charleston, where
strawberries are but three cents quart.
The life that is better than strawberry
must be indeed a valuable one
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publiea
tion but as guaranty of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

THE Camden Herald seems to have gone
quite over to the Adventists. 1t says the
Day of Judgment is coming in $780, The
Herald may get slice of it this Fall.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

THE advance in prices of the four per
cents. shows the people do not believe in the
success of Greenbackism, but think that hon
esty will prevail
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

MIR. FREEMAN, of Pocasset, has been
placed in a cell where he gets the sunlight.
What he needs more is the gospel light.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

THURMAN's speech in the Senate Thurs
day is said to be the greatest failure of the
session. People didn't even go to hear him.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley 7.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

emancipation proclamation. Still it will
not be withdrawn.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

New York Commercial Advertiser: The Bos-
ton Transcript says you may lead young per-
SONS up to the piano, but you cannot always
make them practise. We find it different in
the locality where we reside The difficulty
we experience is not to make them pratise,
but to make them stop practising,
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

THEY are doing some shocking bad hang
ing of late.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

The Tribune saysit was once thought that
the image of distressed buzzard and the
legend zone dollar was necessary to make
s5 cents worth of silver do duty for 100
cents, but the progressive economists who
voted in favor of the Warner bill Thursday,
have reached position considerably in adj
vance of this. They don't even ask that
honest silver shall be melted and milled into
fraudulent dollars. They now demand that
everybody who will deposit with the govern
ment $s5 worth of bullion shall receive a ne
gotiable certificate for round hundred.
There's millions in it for somebody.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

Judy: Tourist-"Well, my man, what way
do go to Inverness?" Tonald without OPEN
ing his es)-"Straicht on" Tourist-"If you
can show me lazier trick than that I'll give
you half a crown" Tonald without opening
his eyes)-"Jist drap it i ma pouch"
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-19

THE Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says there are some
indications among Democratic Senators of a
determination to give up the effort to
force certain con5 5iaiaps as penalty for ap-
propriating the mons ~. expenses of the
government. Senator Basafd has expressed
his opinion that the effort would not la
much longer, and he did not hesitate fo'exz
press his disapproval of the whole attempt
to force legislation on the appropriation
bills. Mr.. Bayard has never felt like taking
course in opposition to his party, but it
need not surprise anybody if he takes certain
action within a few days that will place, him
in opposition to those Democrats who
would stop the appropriations unless they
could affix such legislation as they desired
ON the appropriation bills. He thinks there
is no occasion for the bills failing in the
last Congress, but he thinks the extra ses-
sion was occasioned by the lobby. All this
may be, but Senator Bayard, who is good
grumbler, votes with his party ever time.