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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02
Minor Items.
from TUESDAYS DaiIY.l

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David Morgan, insane patient, died on
Saturday the Esd, at the Territorial Asylum.
At 10 a. NJ. he was stricken with a paralytic
stroke that proved fatal within three hours.
Yesterday we witnessed an interesting OPP
Grafton, that of the casting of a 5O0-oz. bar at
the laboratory of assayer Mayer. The bullion
was furnished by Allan Hay, of Divide.
Flynn & Evans, working under lease the
Rock Island claim, give employment to -
men, and take out 13 tons of ore per day.
They have something over 100 tons now on
the dump.
a Kratz ''Handy Engine,' for printing
office use, was received last Tuesday by the
MINER. This issue of the MINER was strucl.
off through its aid. The Corliss mammoth
couldn't do its work better.
Butte is seldom visited by so furious a wind
as that which ragged about 2 O'Clock last Sun
day morning. But little damage was done,
further than that inflicted upon the repose of
the weary, the racket being sufficient to
arouse the seven sleepers themselves. At
Gamer u Co.'s shoe store a ransom was
blown in upon the jewelers. stock of Mr..
Joseph Boiler. Two OF three clocks were
slightly damaged.
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Accidents.

Last evening Or. Thompson was sum-
moned to attend a miner injured at the Colu-
sa copper claim of Meader Il Co. The claim
is worked by a whim, the ore bucket being
lowered by means of a brake. Towards even
ing a new hand undertook to tend whim,
the heavy bucket was allowed to go down the
shaft by the run, and to carom from the head
of John kearney, working below at the
time. Mr.. K. was knocked senseless by the
blow, but when the physician summoned in
all haste arrived at the scene of the disaster,
he found the wounded man able to walk
about. An examination of his injuries
showed that he had received rather severe
bruises on the head, arm and leg, but none of
them at all serious.
Yesterday afternoon our respected towns
man. Mr.. Robert Girton, proprietor of the
Girton House, also met with an accident, one
in which his escape from death or mutilation
partakes Of the nature of the chair breadth
'scape" of the story books. Mr.. Girton was
engaged in moving, down in the valley, using
- uSAi' III Soot oiuSis lIdtlIS
walked all day he grew somewhat faligued
towards evening aud mounted the seat to
ride for a little while by way of resting.
But the ground was so rough that he could
not retain his seat, and before the mower had
proceeded ten yards: before the horses could
be stopped, the driver was thrown from his
chair, falling directly on the knives in oper-
alton. it was so close a call that the two
shirts he had On were both cut from side to
side, directly in front of the wearer's stomach
where lie stroke of the sickle would
Utmost necessarily have been fatal. But the
man exposed to this danger did not lose his
presence of mind. With a quick stroke of
his elbow against the ground, in front of the
sickle, he threw himself back on the body of
the NOV er where he was comparatively
speaking already out Of danger, when the
well-broken horses stopped in obedience to
the command of their master. The only in
jury sustained were a couple of deep cuts,
one immediately above the elbow and the
other Immediately below. To strike the
ground with the elbow in the moment of dam
ger was all operation of lightning speed, but
the speed was not sufficient to prevent an &C
quaintance beng formed with at least two of
the cruel knives. The cuts are quite serious,
but for all that Mr.. Girton's escape is to be
considered as most fortunate.
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At 2 a. m. yesterday about the hour when
the industrious reporter seeks his couch to en-
joy the repose vouchsafed those of quiet con-
science and good digestion, DR.. G.. p. Hough
received a peremptory call, his services being
instantly needed to rescue a fair lady from
the jaws of DEATH. With the alacrity always
displayed in obeying the ummon of beauty
in distress the Doctor promptly repaired to
the bedside of the sufferer whom he found
far gone in the stupor preceding death by
opium poisoning. The lady, Mrs Pickett by
her legal name sometimes styled Sorrel Mike
by the underout, became a blushing bride
only about two weeks ago. 1t is likely that
the felicity OF the married state was found by
experience to fall short of her girlish imagi-
nation concerning the same or perhaps the
pangs of tOothache from which she had
suffered the day previous-perhaps those
pangs Joined with her lately won matrimonial
felicity were too much for her endurance
Maybe this, maybe that; put In any event the
lady made a very fair attempt to cross the
river as the best means of escaping from her
woes. During Tuesday, to alleviate the
pangs of toothache, she had partaken OF laud-
anum 50 literally that in the evening, when
the hour arrived for her to repair to the
saloon where her husband earns an honest
living by looking OH while his wife dances,
it was only With great difficulty that she
could be sufficiently aroused to take part in
the exercises Of the Jdrdin Mabile at present
conducted in Loeber's Hall, of odorous fame.
After the dance, in which she took part, was
over she repaired TO her Park street lodgings,
and there, giving way probably to au incur
sion OF the despair that preys so mercilessly
upon every member of her class, she resolved
upon skipping suddenly to the las page of
life's volume, a volume found so uninterest-
ing that its further perusul was not desired.
The laudanum remaining the phial, about
two-thirds of. all ounce was swallowed at a
diaught, quite enough 10 have produced death
if relief had not been within calling distance.
The poison was taken a little after midnight.
For two hours the physician aad his attend
ants labored earnestly, succeeding at last in
restoring the patient to consciousness. Yes
terday she was considered out of danger pro-
vided the directions given were closely
followed. IM
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"a Close Call.

Anew days ago Mr.. David Goldtinch met
with a serious accident at Sheridan. He was
riding one horse and leading another, and,
for convenience, had made a %slip-noose in the
halter and passed his arm through 1t. While
passing Mr.. Hardesty's house, the led horse
ran away. and, pulling Mr.. Goldtinch from
tile animal he was riding, dragged him sever
al hundred yards over the hard road, strip
ping the clothing from him, and frightfully
bruising and lascerating HIM. On reaching
the bridge across Indian Creek, he managed
To disengage himself from the halter. and was
picked up and carried to the house of Mr.. p.
Sullivan, where he J. manned for three days
before he was in IA condition to be removed
to his home. We are glad to hear that he is
recovering although he will bc IA cripple for
some tlme.-MadisOnidn, 23d.
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(FrOm Wednesdays Daily.o

1t is said the C.. & nj. smelter has not missed
a heat since it was started up.
Last nights mail brought Mr.. John f. For
bis his commission as Notary Public.
DIR. A. Talbot has opened his dental par
Tors on Park street, close to the post office.
Messrs. Venere & Gracomella, two young
Italians, both good r~estdurateurs, have opened
a chop house, next to Wissel's lodging house.
Board only SO per week.
From Virginia city is reported the discovery
of a rich gold lode in Hungry Hollow, a trib-
utary of Alder. 1t is said that Mr.. VIM.
Pfouts has paid $1,000 for an undivided one
fourth interest in It. .s.
Nj. James Harper, of Bozeman, arrived at
Butte YESTERDAY, bringing two more horses to
enter the lists in next weeks races. One is
the b. s. Superior, a ~trotter; the other, a bay
is a runner
Eleven horses are now in training at Ed
wards track at the mouth of Basin gulch.
In yesterdays enumeration ofthe horses now
III GidiuiuS v IlcAI Week races we Sllppeu
into error in mentioning the trotters Consul
and Corrigan as runners. They are trotters
of troLter stock from way back.
We are in receipt of the Butte MINER, pub
lished at Butte, Montana Territory, with "X"
inscribed thereon. We comply with pleas
ure. If the MINER is a specimen brick of
Montana newspapers, we must say that a
good many Eastern editors might ego to
school" in that country with profit to them
selves.-S. CLAIR (Mich.) Republican.
The Butte friends of MI. Harmon Gray
will be pleased to hear of his good fortune,
mentioned by the Madisonian as follows:
Mr.. H. Gray, who has been working the
Boaz lode, in Hot Spring mining district,
made a cleanup last week, which yielded
between $4,000 and $1,000. We did not
learn the number of tons of ore crushed.
To show the Importance attached to legiti-
mate sport in Montana, we may state that be-
tween thirty and forty men have given their
undivided attention for the past four weeks to
the task of training horses for next weeks
races. The sport to begin next Wednesday
will be a long way ahead of anything ever
before seen on the West Side.
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MINOR ITEMS.

Lots of old papers for sale at the MINER
office.
&. A. B. Halvorson offers his city residence
for sale.
Oh for a good heavy rain! is the prayer of
the Montanian.
At the hour of going to press the northern
sky was lit up with a lurid glow from the
forest fire beyond ' alkerville.
Our canvasser sent in yesterday the names
OF twenty-one new subscribers, all from Mis-
soula city. We always knew the people of
that town had good taste.
Mr.. David Il. Mcdonald has taken in hand
the job of raising to the level of the new
grade, the frame building situate next door
to the MINER office and owned by Mrs. L. A.
Barnard.
Last Sunday morning the hills surround
ing Lion City were White with snow. In
town the icicles hanging from the caves of the
houses were ornaments much admired in the
balmy summer morning.
During this dry weather we cannot be too
careful in guarding against fire. Not only in
town, but on the farm, at the wood rancho,
on the picnic excursion, everywhere, the
greatest care should be observed.
How many eyes would have closed in sleep
last night if Butte had been connected by a
strip OF timber with the district swept by the
fire beyond Walkerville? Yet, in our pres
ent unprotected condition we are liable at
any time to have even a greater fire in town.
j. b. Meredith has drawn off his train from
'ne terminus route and set most of his teams
at work hauling cOrdwood into WalkerviIle.
Mr.. Meredith says the drought is so severe
that the feed along the southern road is poorer
than ever known to be before. Even water
is becoming very scarce.
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We learn from VIM. Mayer that his new
tomorrow. 1t is conveniently arranged for
the economical handling OF ores, and all the
work and machinery is titst-claSS. He pur-
chased a full supply of chemicals to keep the
mill running steadily during the Winter. We
on a two thousand ton contract.-IRdepend-
eat, 26th.
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On a Canvass.

Mr.. Edmund I. Johnston, brother of the
PSEI. scribe, is making u tcur through Mis-
flla county in the interests of this paper.
will visit all the western mining camps,
ferview the denizens OF those peaceful re-
Pats ard convince them that although one
their number did ST. far fall from grace as
take to scribblinS for Il livelihood it is
IFerLheless improper for them TO cut his ac-
aintance by refusing to take his paper. In
argument he viii be materially assisted
\ the little fact that said paper is by COM
pa consent admitted 10 be the most inter-
Dhhg as 10 is by far IN" largest published in
I%htana! Our canyassera will probably also
lhtributei all occasional article to the pages
THE MINER. If h. does oar readers will
speedily come to the conclusion that a
he mistake was somehow made, ia that the
Vong member of the family ttirntd to jour
Sfisrh. His receipt will be- good for sub
n p:ion, or any other accour due the
EER. odd l,.,i ...,.,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

Archie Sterling, shot by Ebenhach some
weeks ago, has sufficiently recovered to be
about the streets.
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PrentS encourage your children to learn In
write. shepherds Slate Desk is inst The thins
you want. For Sale by
TRISBERGER & BOARDMAE.
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The election of a School Trustee will be
held between 2 p. III. and shutdown, on Sat-
mday, the 30th inst, in one of the rooms of
the graded school building. One Trustee is
to be elected to take the place of Mr.. w.
H. Young, whose term is about to expire,
and who does not desire reelection. Every
body votes at a school election, and it is to be
hoped that everybody will consider it his
duty to vote next Saturday. The Butte peo-
pie are credited with great apathy on all mat
ters connected with schools or school man.
aSPInent. Let us show that we are undeserv-
Ing of so unfiattering a judgment by turning
out en- mdsse and making a good selection for
the office to be filed. There is no caucus, no
nominating convention preceding an election
of this kind but the friends of the public
schools, those who have children to educate,
should confer with one another in advance.
and decide upon some suitable person whose
consent TO accept the office should he secured
before the day of election.
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Added to the attractions of the horse races
to be@ia September Bird will be a foot race
betweenM MIR John Atkinsion, the fast young
mar of Walkerville, and Mr.. Hammer, of
Butte, for $3.50 a side. A hammer generally
beats, hut we don't know about it, this time.
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7. T.kf.A. Clark has temporarily discontinued
o. PIX on his Fraction claim in Walkerville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-25

them, for small consideration. Thar -, n,
less than 800 houses in process Ct erection ;f;s
moment. they put up the frame Ct Lor,,
lay the f ,or, slap 90 the r19i, oDca gu: s,.c!
OF jews harps, fiddle Strings sna al sjr;s :.
pretty things, and having com@cEc.l hu,in,,,
build around the sides. AID ~. ia The do,,,
and windows afterwards. The H3!s. G.a,n,c
about the place is Tho mud, the people literal.
~ live 10 the mud; like they DO a. Culpena,
Courthouse. The convenience OF Venice njgbt
be adopted there with advantage BY u.iog muI
scow instead OF gondo!a. The ml,taty il
LsadviIle is great. The angel Of dcah sDres!.
bis wings Oh the bias! aImcs: every hou7, ari
some troubled spirit drifts away Go5a III:
dark current OF the Styx. into to the !iuitle.,
gulf beyond, but littlo d those who are l-l,
care for such Occurrences. The silver i.ysr
RACES Just the same. There never Vas rea
genuine weep 1T fnuersl in Leadyi!e--
such thiog would be looked upon a. q usG.i.
t., and have no doubt bu: tia. it ;cGuIJ l;a.
we'll. This is about the Only class o! bu,n;-.
tthat is not represented, ani ahen tao p.4:.
becomes little norG settled, end ,oaisn, e. 1
fashionable, it will probably be Inc LtIas h1f:
as well as elsewhere.
And the Norfolk Guards Gil not carry IT,.
American a,pl Whera is Sergeant Bate LIT
him meet and organiZ,, aud paS7 resolution.
for the rest OF his ratura life. Where i. Ola
A. Dix? Let bin shoot Charley Ross Ga Y.
spot, ADD come West end grow up with Ii,
Country.
Everybody | inset, who lows | am l.o4
Virginia, enquiries about Bej;oe Harmon. II.
has got more friends OF. here than | can cL
uGerate. have aIread met $1,000 persons
who want to know where Gnl how he IL. ST.
still! they come Ito must DO a b!iek-cF q
whole pile Of bricks For fear sou may iNi..
| havo disposition TO cro"l OF oil io.r
advertisements, spriEg poems. ct c,tcr.. | *.
pause Ter reltd.
TOW GtRroy.
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JJRG"Y.1 NEsI-S.

Df. w. Q. CabelI, @ rephaw Ct lien. e. q.
Cabell shot and MORALLY wounded Desperate
named f. w. Palmer on Tuesday, near CAL
lends, Pittsylvana county.
Capt. John Catesby EIr:nston died at bis
residence. "Mry!le Grove. :c Stafford c0uG!y,
on Monday last, il the I9:h yea! OF his age.
The Governor has commissioned DR.. j. Dad
Icy Pendleton clerk of the Senate, the cGmmls
sion to expire thirty dsys after the meeting q
the next General Assembly. D.. Pendctor
has been First Assistao. C!o!k Ct the Senate
for macy years. Hc fills the vacancy caused
by the death of Shelton G. Davis, esd.
The Winchester News CT TO day says: "WC
reer,t to say that Governor Holiday i, still
confined to bis house by severe latiaGosiiion
He is unablo to say when he will fa!urn T. Rich
mnnd -
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E1EEFGw ETE.TS.

Queen Victoria has arrived At Paris % her
homeTard Journey.
Tho Car will attend the golden WEDDING Of
Emperor William. at Bariia, Ju1e II.
The question OF sec=dios iro,G The Canadian
confederation is seriously discussed il tho Brit.
ish American Parliament.
The new Egyptiso eeu2ai o? stella is c9n-
posed equally Of natives ezd EGEopl.1:, under
q native president.
A motion has been made in lie British
House Of Commons to cepsnra iho decrease Ct
expenses By the administration.
VIM. Tells chapel, near Like I.uc;rao,
Switzerland, has been demolished Tho lres-
Goes were removed With toersb!c succssa a
new building will now be commcccsd.
Some serious fighting has occurred near The
site of the recent Christina maysscro 10 Setyia
the Turks and SergaUs uniiiag agaas. tic Al
banians.
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CoURT OF AppEALs-Y EsTERDAY. -Coway-
din and ais. against Universal Life Insurance
Company. Put on the privileged dack.:.
Southern Mutual Insurance C1upsn5 aga!ust
Taylor. Motion 10 ren0va cau:o 10 Wy!hsV.ii4
oVerruled.
Haaley against Hays. Upoa 3. p.,.i,aa t1i
writ OF error to a judgment Tc;i;reG h2 !hr
Circuit Court Ct Roanoke county - tie April
term, 1879. Writ refused.
Eogish against Corr aloIwc4l.:. :'e;ii!5a
for writ of error to n jadSueGs ro1::rod by
the Circuit Court OF Fraukiip cou5Iy o. the 81
of April, 1879. Writ Of cis,r re!usc6.
White and others agaiEst Stuart, Buchsns1
4 Co. and Others. EpGeal allowed and SUPER
sedeas awarded to DEGREES OF TIC Circri: Co11;
of Washington county, proa0nSc"d !S:h Oslo
Der, 1877, and 18th February, 1879.
Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway
Company trustees against Graham. From Inc
Circuit Court Of the city ct h!exsIdrIa If,
firmed, Judge Monoarc delivering tie op:ri3n.
Johnscn ag.iDst Wilmer. From the Corpora.
ton Court Of Alexandra. Affirmed, Judge
Christian deliveriDg tho ollnico.
Purdie and wife agsiost orcs AID az. t:0n
the Circuit Court Of Surry couoty. Reversed.
Judge Anderson dchGc:iDg the criaioo; Judge
Burke dissenting.
Gahsp, g.. agsiost Douglass & Brother.
From the Corporation Ccutt OF tbs city Ct
Alexandris. Affirmed, Judge Nlonoara aeliT'
ering the Opinion.
Whitehead's administration Ggaias; GJcFaea' t
executor. From the CGc1is Court Of The
county of PttsyI7aui1. Reversed, Judge
Staples delivering Tho opinion.
Terry against Fitzgerald, &C.. .tEee:ji b? j.
A. Jones, etq FIR appellant aud Jud; t&o5sr:
Oald f,r appellee, and submitted.
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REFUHDINa THE STATE DEBr.-Mr. John
W. Kills and Mr.. r. Q. French. of New York,
directors in ths Funding Association of the
United States of America uimited), who arrived
in the city Tuesday night were engaged to-day
in visiting the various banking firms to consult
- to the details of refunding the State debt
they hsSe prepared formal n acceptance Of the
and this, together with contract for having the
new bonds engraved. will be carried to the Gov.
ernor 1t Winchester by Auditor Taylor on Mon
day. Mr.. Bills, in conversation with our re-.
porter said that the bonds would be engraved in
he fneat style of art There will be ak plstss
as follows: Coupon bonds in denominations OF
SlC0, $500 and $1,000; aterling bonds Of 200
pounds; registered bonds, payable only in Rich.
,oond, Of $IO0 and $1,000. The first batch OF
bonds will be here by the l.t of June. The
Funding Association Of the United States rep
rsssnts the Council Of Foreign Bondholdsis.-
Rieh. State Of yssterday.
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The poiu,iexter.Cursis s:s.c.

Tie argunen. il the Poindex!er c:sc "as
concluded, 10 Richmond, yesterday eGcllag,
and the case was given to the jury. Al! !sy
the court room and tho approaches 10 It we're
crowded with people. About SIX cccit in tho
evening tho jury cano ioto court Gud asked for
Information coucorniug the various dccrlca OF
punishment. for murder, macsiaughtcr. voiun
tary manslaughter aud Involuntary msnsiausht'
err. This was explained to theri by Judge
Christian. after which they agalr retired 20 The
Jury room. At $40 p. 10. the Jury vas called
into the court room, aod upon being asked ii
they had agreed upon u verdict, etagc7ed IN
the negative. They again ven; to their room,
where they remained ua!I when th!y wtrc
again brought into court. q reply TO the uSu
al irauiry the foreman slated they had roi
agreed, and to The Judge, ssa tbs: there w:s
no prospect CT al immediate acr2cmc1t. thc
court was then adjourned till II g. Il. to-day.
Poiudexter sat in the court 7ooui, surrounded
by his brothers and c5uasel, chatting pleasant
~ and wearing rather cheerful aspect Outing
the various reoesses AID absences G! the Jury.
He bore up wonderfully under tic Vgo7o:i:
and terrible donuncistion Ct Tic Common
wealth attorney, who Gid 20: misc; ~ snr3s.
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burglary.

Tacoma, n. Il, Apri 2j.-.Tbs toSo 81
throwo into great excitement belweeu Two abi
three o'clock this utroiog ty terrific 'ZHc'
sion 10 tina vicinity Of the Mia street ttiiF''
IL was sooa learaed that the L,conia Ns!i2n,.
bank bad been entered BY burglars. The iIrc
alarm ives Immediately sonnded and bells RAG.
causing general alsrm throughput he ''l!ss'.
On entering the bank it was fiu5t TIA. a.
vault robbed was that which con, aGed !n"i7
of the daily TRANSACTIONS Of the bluk. The Io-s
appears to be $1,000 10 bonds and $500 :"
bills Of which $500 were siSucd b0 the presl les.
bu, not by the cashier. Sheriff E'eret. aod TIE
officers of tie bank have taken mesLa to c;p
ture the burglars by t,leagaphiag through to-
State.
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Death of Bishop AInes.

BALTIMORE, April 25.-Rsv. Bishop Eli
ward r. Ames, D. D., OF the Methodist Epls'
copsl Church. died at bis residence in this city
ct 1925 O'Clock this morning 10 his 74:h year,
After Q protracted illoese, from diabetes aud
pulmonary troubles. His last official act was
to preside over the East German Conference,
held in Baltimore the first week of April,
which he did contrary to medical advice.
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The resolution offered by Mr.. Wood, OF New
York, 10 the United States House of Repre-
s,ntatives, last Wednesday, requesting the Pres
dent to consider the s1pediency. OF entering
ito q convention with the government OF
France 70. the negotiation Of treaty which
shall secure more equal interchange of the
products and manufactures Of each c,untry,
and serve 10 cement closer relations OF amity,
trade aud commerce, was adopted By such q
large majority that VIC are induced to hope
something may be done, and that speedily,
toward diminishing the present almost prohibi
tory tariff, so far at least as it restricts Ameti'
oan trade with Francs. and that reduction 10
the tariff having been commenced With refer
eooe to the trade Of 90, nation. it may g. on
uutil it shall apply to that Of all the peoples Of
the earth, and make America what it should
be, tree trade country.