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The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
THE "CITY OF BUTTE"
Satisfactory Test Of Her Capacity.

The new Silsby, "City of Butte" was
thoroughly tested at one or the reservoirs be-
low town yesterday afternoon. This being
the first time he steamer had been tried on
its squirting" capacity, considerable delay
was occasioned before everything was in read
ness. Finally time was called, and the torch
applied, and in just clever minutes by the
watch, the engine began to draw. 1t is said
this time can be shortened at least one-half
when the steamer is in motion-that is, when
it is being driven rapidly over the road, thus
creating draft that is unobtainable when
standing still. The first test made was
through five hundred feet of hose, up hill
The wind blowing very hard at the time, it
was impossible to judge the height reached
by the stream, as it was caught by the wind
and rifted off into spray. The other five hun
dred feet Of hose was then attached, and two
streams thrown with as much force, apparent
ly, as one. The 'Samese coupling was
then put on, and three streams thrown with
but slight dmunition of force. A thousand
feet of hose was then attached, and the force
vi Ine StedIneT concentrated Ill one stream,
up a rather heavy grade, and it was demon
strated that at this great distance the steamer
would easily throw over any house in Butte.
In short, the machine is fully as good as rec
commended.
In few days the Fire Company will be in
corporated. The subscription circulated a few
days ago realized something over $500, which,
with the money on hand, is sufficient for the
first payment OH the steamer, which will be
made soon. The notes of the incorporation
will be given for the balance. Now the men,
bers of the Fire Company have done their
duty the "City of Butte" does its duty.
Will the people of Butte 10 theirs, by pro-
viding the water, without which the engine
is useless? We are SO sure they will that we
answer, yes. Come, then, and put your shoul-
der to the wheel.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
Death Of August Fischer,

]. August Fischer, an account of whose
(ies was given in the MINER of Sunday,
at Dr.. Whitford's hospital at ten minutes
10 o'clock a. m. He remained perfectly
fious up to the time of his death, which
Very sudden, after he commenced to show
Of dissolution. About midnight Mr..
her asked his attendants what the hour
II it was not most two o'clock! On
) told that it was only twelve, and in
Ter to the question why he wished to
the hour, he said that he should die at
o'clock. He was then asked if he had
to make, and he said he
pot. and, at just ten minutes to the hour
I'D, his spirit took its flight to the un-
En world.
+ Fischer was a native of Streson, Ger
\, and was born Oh the Sth of October,
He had been married and has daugh-
wing in Ashfortj1, Wisconsin.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
Near Deaths Door.

rs Lottie Pickett, suffering from severe
on Sunday afternoon last, took a dose of
PhnIe, and, not being relieved. took the
Pee of the package. quantity unknown.
|Hough, being summoned at 3 o'clock in
|vening, found the patient unconscious.
three hours work he succeeded in re-
flg her to consciousness, and gave instrllc-
to the attendants not to permit her to go
fep again. But about midnight the doc
as again called and found his patient in
Pound stupor, from which she was not
Bed until 1 a. m, when she was consid-
out of danger.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04

tentiary. The affair occurred in the vicinity
of Twin Bridges.
VIM. Wilson. for selling whisky to an In
dian, was sentenced to one days imprison-
ment and 500 fine. He was recommended
by the jury to the mercy of the Court in con-
sequence of having been in Jail eight or ten
months. .-.. .#
Michael Boyle, for presenting pistol at a
man in Adobetown. Convicted. Motion to
arrest judgment on the ground of insanity.
The whole number of U. S. prisoners in
Jail at the commencement of this term of
court was seven, besides two witnesses. Only
one U. S. prisoner.
Court will probably continue all next week.
VIRGINIA CITY, Oct. "a, 1S79 NEZ.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
The Helena murder.

John Dem, an old Montanian, and wealthy
merchant, was found murdered, Tuesday
morning, in the cellar of his establishment.
As he was found in his night clothes, doubled
up, with one hole in the back of his skull
and two in the front, with funnel am, BOT
tie in his hand, it was evident he had been
struck with hammer or hatchet from be-
hind, knocked insensible, and afterwards
struck until the murderer was sure of his
death. He had been accustomed to conceal
his money in the cellar, and nearly $1,000
were found which had escaped the mul derer.
His pocketbook was empty, and an unknown
amount had been taken from his safe, the
key of which was missing. Since he was in
clined to be suspicious of strangers, it was
evident that the deed had been done by some
one in whom Dem had confidence. Dem
had discharged clerk, N. Kuhn, a short time
before for alleged pilfering. Kuhn was one
Of the first discoverers of the body. He and
his present employer, s. Stearn, a newly
ed. At the inquest there was a considerable
disagreement in their stories, but other cir
cumstances favor their innocence. Suspicious
fall on other parties who have been intimate
with DEM. The deceased was born in Ger
many. He came to Montana in 1868. He
was distrustful of banks, and hid his money
in various places, sometimes forgetting for
months the place of concealment. The ex-
ctement in Helena over the brutal murder
is intense, and should the guilty parties be
discovered, speedy punishment would follow.
From the peculiar circumstances attending
the matter there is a liability of innocent
men being mistaken for the guilty ones, and
the cooler judgment of the people will prob
ably favor the slow but more certain process
of law.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
One Hundred Dollars Reward.

Escaped from the Montana Penitentiary at
five O'Clock p. H.. Monday October p, 1879.
William Sweeney, committed for assault with
intent to kill, and under four years sentence.
| will pay one hundred dollars reward for
his capture and return to prison.
DESCRIPTION William Sweeney is aged
twentyfour years; height, ) feet s. inches
weight, l73 pounds: light colored hair, cut
close hazel eyes light complexion thick set
and Is close shaven.
w. W. BOTklN.
WARDEN L. 5. PENITENTIARY.
Oct. -. 1879. Deer Lodge, NJ. I.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
Are We to Have II Jail:

Freezing weather is now at had and some
provision should be made for the comfort of
prisoners confined in the city Jail. As it now
is no fire can be had except in the outer room
of the building, and prisoners confined in the
cell derive no more warmth from it than they
would from stove entirely apart from the
building. Under existing circumstances very
little can be done until another Jail is pro-
vided. The building at present occupied.
stands on ground belonging to a private citi-
zen. and he has, we understand, given the
authorities notice to remove il. 1t is time we
had decent Jail in Butte. Humanity, say
ing nothing about the necessities of the case,
demands it, and we again cali the attention
OF our County Commissioners to the matter.
Some action should be taken at once. There
is scarcely day when one o: more
persons are not arrested and locked up in the
miserable excuse for IA Jail we now have. To
insure any degree Of safety the prisoner must
he put into the cell which. as We said before,
is So remote from the stove that he receives
II" benefit from it. To keep warm he either
has to lie down and cover himself Aith blank
cts (Which are furnished, hy the way, by the
officers III charge) or continue tn walk about.
q e. prlc2 a:ii no variation Is b. liner 4 Cas-
nufID. TIry sell goo l. low. DO Il square amt
tdir huS mess. Civ" th'nl II c.ili Hrl Nou will hH
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
VIRGINIA CITY, Oct. 20, 1879.
Minor Items.
'NEZ.
From Tuesdays Daily j

N'>'N>S
There is message in the telegraph office
for Annie Northcutt.
You must eat, and when you do, why not
get square meal? You can get one at the
Park Street Restaurant any time.
John Morris, besides other brands of cigars
has one called ''The Butte Babies" They
are {" just too nice for anything except to
smoke.
1t may be of interest to our miners to learn
that sawed spiling can be procured in any de
sired quantity ut the lumber yard of Thomp-
son 4 Dodge.
In glove fight at the Terminus, the other
day, Con. Orem, formerly of Montana, eX-
pugilist and blacksmith, knocked the bottom
out of Frank Mason, St. Louis hitter.
The Butte Band Association contemplate
giving ball about Thanksgiving time, Cue
notice of which will be given when our
worthy Governor announces the date of that
event.
A man in the employ of Mr.. Thos. Godfrey
for the three days of the {" shank of last
week, cut and split thirteen cords of four-foot
wood, equal to A cords per day. We call that
pretty good work.
A report was in circulation about town
yesterday to the effect that one of Butte's
portly attorneys had had little difficulty
with a limb of the law from Helena. The
affair occurred at Virginia City We have
none of the particulars.
We are creditably informed that a contract
has been drawn. and will be signed in day
or two, for the delivery of 1,500 bushels of
coal per day to company soon to commence
the erection of another smelling furnace in
the near vicinity Of Butte.
Street Commissioner Warfield Is building
bridge on Silver street, at the crossing of
Henry sulch. As there is at present no street
running east and west opened for trav south
of Galela street until lower town is reached
this will be great convenience to many, no
doubt.
The new steam fire engine, having been put
in complete order, will be taken down to Sill
YER Bow creek this afternoon and tested. 1t
is to the interest of every property owner i'll
Butte to have the steamer remain here, and it
Is therefore desirable that they should become
satisfied as to its merits or dement's by being
present at the trial test.
Business in the Hulce and Justice Courts
was lively yesterday. Pat. Ryan, upon the
charge of mayhem, committed on The person
1
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
From Thursdays Daily.l

Danceros train, from the terminus, arrived
yesterday loaded with 10000 pounds of mer-
chandise for Messrs Caplice Il Co.
Messrs. Callahan & James have opened
general merchandise store at Cataract, the
new mining town springing up OH the Boul-
der.
The case of Morris, mentioned in yester-
days MINER, came up in regular order, and
no complaint being entered the prisoner was
discharged on payment of small fine and
the costs.
Captain and Mrs. James II. Mills came up
from Deer Lodge ON Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Mills will remain with her mother, Mrs. Lou
P. Smith, for few days, while the Captain
returns home to-day.
In to-days' issue of the MINER will be
found the first of series of articles on the
Penobscot mine. They are we'll written, and
will be read with great deal of interest, es-
pecially abroad, the Penobscot being the only
mine in Montana represented on the stock
boards of the East.
The lie Petre-IIudson Minstrel Troupe is
advertised to give an entertainment at Loc-
bers Hall, Butte, on Monday evening. No
vembcr 3D. This combination has received
very tlattering mention i'll the Virginia City
and Bozeman papers, being spoken OF as
above the average of travelling troupes of this
kind. They propose giving several eNhibi-
tions here if we'll received, which they ul-
doubtedly will he if their entertainments
prove good.
The package of MINERS leaving the Butte
office Tuesday morning addressed III plain,
bold printed letters to Glendale, returned here
last evening. Now this thing is getting very
mOnotonous. There is no excuse whatever for
such gross neglect of duty. This is not the
first occurrence of the kind by any meuus
Mail from the terminus that should 90 to
Deer Lodge direct comes here almost every
day. and again packages of letters for Butte
frequently 90 to Deer Lodge. II is about
time the party or parties to blame for this
should be brought to account.
We are authorized to announce that So
cial ball will be given, under the auspices Of
the young ladies OF the Butte public school.
at LocberS hall. Wednesday evening. Nnvem-
brr 5th. The price of tickets will be placed
AT 81. including supper fm nished hv The
ladies OF Butte. The proceeds ot thr dance
are to he applied To The purchase nf iii organ
for the school 1t is needless for us 10 say
that the object is Il worthy one. The schools
in need otvarlous articles which 60 far toward
helping To educate the mind, and there being
II" surplus funds that can be- devoted 10 the
purch 81 of thrm. this method is taken 20
rails" money. Everybody at all interested in
the advancement of the pupils OF the Butte
puhic srh""l should rncoulae" them by pun
chasing lih"1iily at trn tickets tiltllr party.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
MURDERIN HELENA.
John DenM Found Dead I'm His Cellar.
T Special to the MINER.l

Special to the MINERl
HELENA. Oct 2S, I:15 p. NJ.
John Dem, a native of Prussia, and an old
resident of this place, was found murdered in
his wine cellar this morning. Appearances
indicate that he had been aroused during the
draw some liquor, and, while STOPPING over,
had been struck several times over the head
by some instrument which crushed in the
skull. The coroner's jury is still in session.
Two men have been arrested Oh suspicion.
Dem was known to have had considerable
money around the store.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04

In the absence from the city of Mr. Loeber,
Geo. Il. Hale will attend to the letting of Mr..
LIS. hall.
Patents have been granted to the Esperan-
zie and Mayfower lodes, the property of P.
A. Largey. ~
Mr.. Thos. FL. Rutter came in from Highland
yesterday. He reports plenty of game and
quartz {" way up.'
George MetcaIf's OK train rolled in yester-
day, loaded with two hundred Cor less) stoves
for Dellinger & Hyde.
Mr. F. Hirsch has removed his stock of
jewelry and manufacturing tools to the new
building opposite the post-office.
Three power presses are e,, route for Dead
wood, which means three daily papers for
that city. The Times, Pioneer and Press.
Marshal Warfeld. assisted by the residents
Of Granite street, are doing first-class job in
filling up the gulcb where it crosses the
street.
The Sheriff of Lewis and Clarke county is
in town. Wonder if any resident of Helena
could be so naughty as to have left the town
between two days, requiring the services of
the Sheriff to hunt him up?
Charles Reeder's train arrived in town yes
terday noon, nine and one-half days from the
terminus. He had OF $4,000 pounds of freight
for J. D. Thomas, $500 pounds Tor c. B.
Trowbrdge & Co., and small lots for other
merchants of Butte. .....
A private letter received from Mr.. B. F.
White, forwarding agent at the terminus, to
resident of Butte, says -" In all the history
of Montana freights no such receipt of goods
has ever been known as during the past three
weeks. If the weather continues
fine there will be no trouble about getting it
all through, however,"
Lost-A small boy about the size of a man,
nearly naked, with his fathers shirt on haG
an empty bag on his back containing two
railroad tunnels and bundle of empty bung
holes. He was cross-eyed in his shoulders,
and had his hair cut curry. When last seen
he was shoveling wind off the school house
to try and raise money enough to visit Blum's
Bazaar, to buy of the cheap stock there to be
found. Everybody goes there.
From Mr.. S. V. Suprenant who returned
to Butte from the terminus Tuesday evening,
we learn that an immense amount of freight
IS stored at that point awaiting transportation
north. Rates of freight had greatly advanced,
as high as 81 cents per pound having recently
been paid by forwarders to Helena, and p to
Butte. Mr.. S. thinks these rates will not hold
long as large number of trains were OH the
down trip when he came up. The railroad
track is laid to Pine Butte, but it seems to be
the opinion of people at the present terminus
that no further move will be made north this
fall.
The weekly miner., 1879-11-04
The Cavalry Remain.

ST. PAUL, Oct. ~, 1870.
ION. Martin Maginnis, Helena:
be order directing the cavalry company to
Fort Custer is revoked. 1t will remain
pt Ellis. l have been influenced to this
Fpally by your representations.
ALFRED II. TERRY, Brig. Gen.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-05
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1879

on Auditing and Supervising the Expenses Of
the Senate, the following:
Rooms COMMITTEE ON AUDITING AND SUPER J
visinR the Expenses Of the Senate.
New Orleans. January ~. 1879.
To the Honorable President and Members OF
the Senate:
/ am instructed by the Committee on Audit
ing and Supervising the Expenses Of the
Senate to make the following report, viz:
Favorably on the petition OF A. w. Hyatt
asking to be paid twenty-eight dollars Tor
printing documents In contested election
case.
FavorabIy on petition OF Sullivan d Bulger
for claims for repairs to Senate Chamber.
Favorably on
House bill No. 102,
"An act making appropriation to defray
expenses Of the General Assembly,, etc,
With the following amendments, to wit:
Strike out lines Al, Az, 49, "A, 40, and oil 81
section 5, and ut the end OF line 81 add this
provision, viz: Prouided, all warrants issued
under the provisions Of this act shall be re-,
ceivable for the general fund tax and Tor all
State licenses payable in 1879.
Respectfully submitted,
II. g. MITCHELL,
Chairman OF Committee.
Mr.. Benners, chairman OF the Committee on
Charitable Institutions, the following
Rooms COMMITTEE ON CHARITABLE !
Institutions, I
New Orleana January 81. 1879.
To the Honorable President and Members Of
the Senate
Your Committee on Charitable Institutions
beg leave to submit the following appropria-
tions m lde by them for the maintenance OF
the charitable institutions OF the State, and
recommend Its approval by the Committee
on Appropriations
For the Charity Hospital at New Or
leans .....'.....5............ 100000
For the Charity Hospital at Shreve-
port. ....,.....-............. 10000
For the Insane Asylum at Jackson 80. 10000
For the Insane Asylum at New Or
leans. ......4.. "a. .,-..- ...... o,OD
For the Institute Of the Deaf and Dumb
at Baton Rouge
For the maintenance OF the
same observation-disclosures. $4,000
For the installment on building
purchases under Joint Res
olution No. 10, extra session
of 1878 .................. $500
For repairs on same. ........... $500
$1,000
For the State Institution for the Blind
at Baton Rouge. .................. 10000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
an bod
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-28
The Wife,s Victory,

For half an hour before the circus
opened an anxious looking, middle aged
man was observed walking around
nervously as if he had free ticket and
was afraid the show was on the point of
busting up" When the ticket wagon
opened, he made rush for it, and
bought pasteboard; but while on his
way to the tent, ticket in hand, woman
lodged into the procession, seized his
collar. and for half a minute the air
seemed full of heels.
"Going to the circus, ehP' exclaimed
the woman as she slammed him around.
"Sneaked out of the back way, and made
bee line for here, did your
"Let up on me-stop-for heavens
sakeI stop this disgraceful conduct!
he calculated, as he endeaYored to keep
her at arms length.
Gentlemen" she said to the crowd,
as she held up one foot and then the
other, see them shoes2 I've worn 'em
better nor year, and there haln't
nothing left but heels and shoe strings.
All the children are just as bad of, and
we don't have half enough to eat. That
explains why am bouncing him--why
nj make his good-for-nothing heels
break his good-for-nothing neckP
They fell over arope as she grasped
him, and in the confusion he broke away,
leaving the ticket on the ground. A boy
handed it to her, and wiping the mud
off her nose with her apron, she said:
81 hain't seen no giraffes, nor clowns,
nor snakes, nor hyenas for twenty-five
years, and beingthis 'ere ticket is bought
i'll walk in and view the gorgeousness,
and the children shall come tonight if
have to pawn the wash tub to raise the
money"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-11-28
An Indian,S GratitUde.

There resides in Wichita. a widow Ia.
dy by the name of Mrs. A. H. Gibson
She is of slight stature and very quiet
and retiring, and with her daughter car.
ries on the profession of milliner and
mantua maker. During the late visit o.
the Indians to our fair, and as the sons
Of the forest were in single file passing
along the street, Cheyenne brave sud
denly broke ranks and rushing into the
above establishment, put his arms around
Mrs. Gibson, patted her with his hand,
and in broken English gave expression
to great joy and satisfaction. All the Ia
dies in the store were, of course, nearly
frightened out of their wits, while the
blanketed savage kept reiterating, good
squaw," heap good squaw." The Sc
luelis not uninteresting. Previous to the
yreat Indian massacre of 1852, Mrs. Glib
son, then Mrs. SouthWorth, lived alone
on the Minnesota frontier. One day a
SquaW came to her house and made her
understand that she wanted soup, after
obtaining which, carried it away in a
vessel to the woods. For several days
she came regularly on the same errand.
A few days before the bloody massacre,
N which so many settlements, were wiped
out, and in which so many men, women
and children were ruthlessly bntchered,
two or three Indians with two squaws
came to Mrs. Gibson's and asked for din
ner. After the meal one of them told
her that they must bind her to secrecy,
and they kept strict watch over her for
two weeks, after which two squaws took
her to within few miles of fort, forty
miles distant, put her down in the road,
and told her when dark came to go in,
which she did, and that no harm could
befall her. Ofcourse she could only sub
init, and as she was being carried to her
destination during the next day, saw the
burning homes. fleeing people, and scenes
that will never be effaced from her MEM
ory. From the squaW she learned that
the soup she had daily made was for a
sick chief, Monoway, who recovered, and
was determined to save her and hers.
When she returned to her home the
following spring, after several months alb
sence, she found everything Just as she
had left it. Not COW or even chicken
was missing, but everything had been
cared for, fed and protected during the
long winter by some Indians who had
been detailed for that purpose, and who
Immediately relinquished everything to
her peaceful possession. Our hero was
one of the party, and in spite of the time
intervening, Immediately recognized her
and expressed his satisfaction as related.