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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-28
OUR wAsHInGTon LErTEH
News Notes from the National Capital.

Editor Butte MINER:
Senator Bayard this morning publishes the
correspondence between himself and Senator
ConkliDg Oh the subject of the formers al
legged charges of dishonorable conduct on the
part of the latter, and the publication attracts
a great deal of attention here. The political
friends of each will to a considerable extent
stand by their party associate, but l have
found several republicans Of standing, who,
in view of Senator Bayard's denial, and his
repetition of it in a letter to Senator Conk-
ling, say that the latter's publication of the
card of several days since, signed by himself,
General Arthur and others, was unjustifable.
Senator Bayard says he shall let the matter
drop just where it is.
Representative Ladd, of Maine, says Of the
suggested union of democrats aud g%reenback-
ers to make him speaker of the 47th congress,
that he does not believe such a combination
can be successfully made. He thinks, how-
ever, that there will not be a republican ma
jority in the house.
Reports are still in circulation that one
southern man will succeed either Justice
Strong or Justice Swayne on the bench of the
supreme court, but the general opinion is
that Stanley Mathews and Gen. Devens are
booked for the two places.
Gen. Grants reception to-day is entirely by
"Boys in Blue" Before his departure, two
weeks or so from this time, a more general
gathering of the people in his honor is ex-
pected. He will be the guest of a prominent
citizen during his stay.
Gen. Walker, superintendent of the census,
thinks half a million dollars more will be
necessary to complete the present census. He
will shortly ask congress for that amount or a
portion of 1t. The general maintains still
that the census will not only embrace much
infoi nation never before gathered under any
government, but that it will be more accurate
than any heretofore taken in this country.
By the just published diplomatic list, a list
prepared annually at the state department,
it is shown that we now have diplomatic re-
lations with a greater number of nations than
ever before.
Everything indicates that the house will
not NEEDLE with political matters during the
present week, but attend strictly 20 business
until the holiday adjournment. Naturally
each party biames the other for the waste Of
time last week. Chairman Atkins of the ap
preparation committee says if the house finds
mischief still to do, it shall not be because
the hands of members are idle. He will
push forward the preparation for appropria
ton bills.
. KNOX.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1880.
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From Wednesdays Daily.I
Dancing Club.

8 that there is plenty of material
ncing clubs in Butte, several well
have organized under the
a new dancing club, which is to
in every respect. The bylaws
d simple, and in effect are as fol
lation fee is fixed at $40, and the
agement of the club is to be in the
committee of three members, who
+ all necessary arrangements.
lre to be a series of five dances,
a month, or as often As the COM
arrangements may deem proper.
ecasion of a party the music is to
|ery best quality procurable, ana
will be conducted in first-class
ball each member will be FUR
4 a complimentary ticket to DC
as he may choose.
is being organized by subscrip-
be list already embraces some "
fntlemen wishing to join will hld
disorders at the bank of Donneli'
lrabie, where it will be left for q
until the membership is full.
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ANOTnER LINE PROPOSED.
A Correspondent Takes . l,iyisionlst, 10
Task.

Editor Butte Miner.
From the pen Of "Divisionist" I notice a
communication from Deer Lodge this morn.
ing In the MINER. Your correspondent
takes a rather liberal view Of the county d.
viding line for a representative of Butte. so |
therefore AXE it for granted that he is either
from the valley or from Deer Lodge City.
lie certainly expresses peculiar ideas on the
division question, and there may be a few
mere who share the same ideas with him,
But they are far from representing the true
sentiments of the tax-paying community of
Butte and her surroundings. Those who
dance will have to pay the fiddler; therefore,
as the property holders will have to pay the
expenses of the new county organization,
they DOM look at it in the same light as the
Deer Lodge correspondent does. We want a
division of the county, but we don't want it
In such a way as will involve the new county
in debt, and those who live in it, from the
start. The question to be taken under ad-
visement by our law makers ere they en-
barb on this division business is: Whether a
majority Of our people favor a division of the
county, and if so, on what conditions?
The writer is of the opinion that any line
drawn nearer to Butte than Warm Spring
creek would meet with but few supporters,
and he also thinks that a line drawn east and
west from that point ought to be acceptable
to the people Of Deer Lodge, as well as to
those living in the valley between here and
there. And why should the Deer Lodge val
ley farmers not favor us? Have we not, in
opening these mines, given them a market
for their produce that has placed them On a
standing with the most favored of any coun-
try? What is their condition to-day com.
pared with that Of four years ago, and what
produced that change in their favor except
Butte's enterprise and industry? Therefore.
if they study their own interest they will no
sever their connection with the town and PEG.
pie who gave them their prosperity.
But with the residents of Deer Lodge City
it is very different. Deer Lodge depends fol
its support very largely on the courts and
what travel passes to and fro during cour
time, and while the majority of its citIzens
are Intelligent and fair minded gentlemen
a division on any line would be hailed will
infinite grief by a lot of musty and worn on,
politicians living there, who would thus be
compelled to work for a living or starve. W.
may expect the opposition of these men NJ
matter what line is proposed, and we may a.
well divide the county where it will best sub
serve our interests, provided it does not inter
fere with those of Deer Lodge.
My impression is that the county can b'
divided at some point, certainly not this side
of Warm Springs. This, l believe, ever.
liberal minded man outside Of Deer Lodg'
City is willing to concede. 1t is a fair di
vision, and one that will satisfy all intereste,
parties. Nothing short of that will NEE
with public favor here. Very truly yours,
A BUTTE MAN.
BUTTE, Dec. 81.
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THE SLOPE.
CALIFORNIA


During the past II months Santa Cruz
county has sent 10 persons to the insane asy-
lum.
Stony Point, Sonoma county, comes to the
front with several ti%ve-pound potatoes OF the
Peerless variety.
DR.. Glenn's harvest is just finished, and
the total yield was 100000 sacks. The doc
tor reserves 10000 for seed and has shipped
the rest.
T. S. Harris, formerly of Inyo county, has
purchased the Bodie Standard material,
weighing twenty thousand pounds, and is
taking it to Guaymas, Mexico, to start i
paper there.
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NEVADA.


1t is rumOred that the Carson Times is to
be removed to Reno in the near future.
Wood is worth $40 per cord in Candelaria,
at least that is what Is asked for it.
The rush from Bodie and other camps to
Arizona, says the Candelaria True FIssure,
continues unabated. The men who played
seven-up all summer are going south in order
to utilize their only available raiment, name
ly, the linen duster.
A correspondent of the Eureka Sentinel,
advocating artesian wells, says: alt has been
fully proven hat the interior deserts are as
productive as any lands, hardly excepting the
Mississippi bottoms, provided water for irri-
CATION can be obtained. 1t is my opinion
that an abundance can be had at less than 500
feet in depth"
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MFR. Bachelors s%oiree, given in Loeber's
hall an Monday evening, was very largely at
tended by our young society, and proved an
occasion of rare enjoyment. The music,
under the direction of Prof. Kennicott, was
exceptionally fine.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-28

Meagher county scrip is going at par.
The ore mill school tax levy in White
Sulphur Springs amount to 5000, of which
$50 have already been collected.
The sale of barley by J. G. Pickering, of
the Missouri valley, was enormously reported
by us a week since. The sale embraced 1O0,-
900 pounds, and the price paid was Il cents
per pound.
The Indians in the Yellowstone country
are forbid running buffalo or horseback, by
white hunters-not only forbid but restrained,
and a very unfriendly feeling exists between
the two classes of niErods.
The session of county commissioners last
week occupied four days, and was one of con-
siderable Importance. The treasurer made a
very satisfactory settlement and exhibited to
the board something over $21 900 in cash, COL
lected on taxes fol the year 1880.
A number of our ranchmen who have neg
lected to file upon their land claims are be-
ginning to rustic around ard take the neces-
sary step. 1t now becomes necessary, as
choice locations are getting in demand, and
those who have not filed are liable to lose
their claims.
The hunters are said to be playing sad havoc
among the buffalo in the Yellowstone region.
Green hides are worth So each at any of the
stations, and $3.50 piled upon the rahge and
men are employed by the month to hunt and
skin buffalo. Seventy-five dollars per month
are maid, and all the loose men in the country
are said to be employed. Some of them make
$25 per day.
One of the most valued measures adopted
by the comm issioners last week was the divi-
sion of eastern Meagher county into road dis
tricts and the appointment of the supervisors
designated by the people as their choice at the
late election. The Musselshell was divided
into two districts, and j. II. Severance was
commissioned as supervisor of district No. IS,
living north of the Musselshell river. The
country surrounding Fort Maginnis was des-
ignated as district No. 10, with X: Anderson
% superyisor. The country of the Judith,
Wing between ROSES fork and the divide be-
yond Big Spring creek, is known as district
10. IA, Dan Crowley supervisor.
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from Thursdays Daily.I
Proceedings OF she School Board,

At a special meeting of the school board Of
District No. 3, held on Tuesday evening, Dec.
q, 1880, at The schoolhouse, there We're
the clerk.
The following bills were allowed and
orders drawn:
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TERRITORIAL.

[Madisonian, Dec. 1sth.]

tMadisOnian, Dec. 18TH.
Wood haulers are only asking $9.O to $3.50
per cord for the article now.
The new bell Of tue Methodist church was
placed in position in the belfry this week,
and worshippers at the Grace church shrine
will hereafter be called to their devotions by
its Ginning.
Several residents of the B~eaverhead valley
have been in the city this week, but we have
been unable to get from them any intelli-
gence concerning the operations of the force
of fifty men which a northern contemporary
alleged two weeks ago had arrived at Dillon
to work on the Salisbury branch Of the U. &
N. railroad.
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Prices Reduced /!

In order to close out our large stock Of
winter Goods, we have cut prices down to
COST.
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KEITH.-In Ruttc, Dec. end, Of rheumatism,
Harry c. Keith.
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STEVENS,

The ore in the bottom of the new shaft is
improving daily. The walls continue smooth
clean. 1t is expected that the water level
will be reached in a few days, when east and
west drifts will be started to facilitate and in
crease the extraction Of ore.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-28

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16

PROLIFIC FAM1LIEs.-In tho town OF
South Starksboro, Vermont, in Addi-
son county, resides family named
Hoskins, who, during the administra-
ton of President Lincoln, became the
parents of three boys ct one birth.
President Lincoln, upon hearing Of the
circumstance, named them as follows:
Abraham Lincoln, Simon Cameron,
and Gideon Wells. The three babes
have now grown to manhood, and are
strong, active, and healthy men. A
New York Sun correspondent visited
them last week and was surprised to
learn that the parents have several
other children born some time before
the triplets, and others that were born
after them. The mother has sister
who has given birth to twins several
times, to three children at another
time, and four at another. the latter
making seven children within seven.
teen months. A part only of these
children survived the first year, but the
mother is now living, having lost her
husband about year ago. The town
OF South Starksboro, where those pro-
life people reside, is wild, mountain
GUS region, principally settled by lum-
bermen.
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Pilgrimages to Buffalo, N. Y,

Are made BY thousands Of invalids annually
to consult with the medical and surgical staff
OF the Worlds Dispensary aud 1nvalids' Hotel,
the largest private sanitarium IN the world.
All chronic diseases are treated by scientific
methods. The practice is divided among
nine eminent specialists. Among the most
popular domestic medicines in the land are
those manufactured BY this Association,
among which are DR.. \ ercc's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, the greatest OF alternatives or
blood. cleansers, aud DR.. Pierce's Pellets Qit-
tie pills. that have largely superseded the
old-fashioned coarse pills. Compound Ex-
tract of Smart-Weed Is deservecly popular
rs a remedy for diarrhea, dysenttry, fux,
and kindred diseases also as q pain-killer,
and remedy for colds. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the great remedy for female
weakness and associated arrangements. Dr..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is the "Old Reliable"
Invalids' Guide Bcok-1O cents, post paid.
Address Worlds Dispensary, Medical Asso.
citation, Buffalo, N. Y, or London, England.
II SUCCESS be the true test of merit, 1t is
certainly settled fact that Bro,on's Bron-
chial Troches" have no equal for the prompt
relief OF Coughs, Colds and Throat troubles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
Dangers Of the Sea.

We are reminded to-day on all sides
of the dangers which beset those who
60 down to the sea in ships. The
steamship Champion comes into col
lision with another vessel off Delaware
Bay. and sinks, carrying down with her
thirty human beings. A whaler bound
for the Cape De Verde Islands is lost,
with fifteen of her crew. The Arizona,
on her way from New York to Liver
pool, strikes an iceberg, and though
there seemed to be no serious danger,
thanks to the division of the ship into
compartments, it is deemed wise to put
back for repairs. A Baltimore steamer
in the coasting trade also goes down in
collision. In neither of these latter
cases, however, is any loss of life re-
ported. But the sinking of the Cham.
pion is tragedy in which hardly one
dark and heartrending detail is want
ing. There will be the usual specula-
ton, inquiry and extenuation, but no
argument, no superstition and no re-
elimination can call the dead from their
sea sepulchre, or give consolation to
the heart of single bereaved sufferer.
We confront this dreadful waste ef
human life with the uncomfortable
conviction that it was needless. It
matters little to those who, without
warning, were snatched from life and
whatever made life dear, whether there
was gross carelessness or laundering
seamanship, or both. Even if for
once and in this instance there were
sense in the hackneyed verdict of
Nobody to blame" the catastrophe
would not be less terrible. Thirty hu.
man beings-men, women and children
sucked in an instant into the NAV of
the merciless sea! We cannot think of
it without pitiful regret. Humanity
considered, it is q misfortune. .Ju.
dicially considered, it is prina .facie
q monster shame and q wrong. The
burden of proof is upon those to whom
these lives were intrusted, upon those
who had contracted to care for
them, to show that the utmost
vigilance was exercised, and that there
is no sin of omission nor commission
upon their heads. Yet anything like
an Investigation satisfactory to the
public will probably never be made.
The Captain of the Champion will tell
his story. the Captain of the Lady
Octaria will tell his; both stories
have, indeed, already been told infor-
mally and er parte, and with this We
must probably be satisfied. If there
should he civil proceedings in some ad-
miralty court, how many will hear of
their progress and result? Such o
court would decide according to the
law as it has long been expounded;
but no law, no decision, no verdict
would reach the moral heart of the
matter.-N. Y. Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
Sing, Cuckoo.
BY SIDNEY DICKINSON.

When grass il mown and bends the grain
Before the sickle's keen caress,
When shrilly creaks the loaded vain
And groans the spouting cider press,
Afying shout from haunted wood,
By tangled thicket and roaring food,
Merrily ringe,h the bright day through,
Cuckoo! Guckool
When bleating lambkins seek the fold,
And from the fsrm-yard barks the dog.
When rusts the sunsets wealth Of gold
And fields are drenched in river fog,
While fits the bat in the village streets,
This unseen, magical voice repeats
A mournful chant mid the falling dew
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
hen stars are brightestin the sky,
And low the spectral crescent swims,
When from the woodland comes a cry
And DER the marsh the owlet skims,
While all the life Of the glad day sleeps,
Aghosty watcher his vigil keeps.
Bitterly weeping the long night through
Cockoo! Cuckoo!
Beneath the sun my spirit sings
Like you, oh, birdl measure gay,
But through the night, on leaden wings,
It weeps DER hopes long laid away;
And hearing thee sobbing the sad refrain,
Ny heart cries out with sudden pain,
For the dead past wakes. as l list to you
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Sunday Afternoon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
A Valuable Present.

The public interest in PHOSPHATE SOAP
proves that an article Of real merit can be
appreciated. Ifany man is in doubt what is
best to buy his wife for holiday gift let him
order dozen cakes of PHOSPHATE SOAP.
A present of this kind combines pleasure
with utility. As an article for everyday
toilet use 1t has no equal. 1t is highly per-
fumed and it leaves the skin so soft and pure
that every lady is delighted with it. Every
heart should buy her a dozen cakes for q
Christmas present. Merchants, in laying in
a stock of holiday goods, should get an
abundance of PHOSPHATE SOAP. Every
one who buys 1t once is sure to buy more as
it never fails to give the best satisfaction.
1t is sold by all wholesale druggists and
QrOcere.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
One Hundred Years Ago

1t would have been impossible to print and
furnish 10 the public paper as large as the
SAN Francisco WEEKLY CHRONICLE for the
low price it is now offered. The new presses
on which the publishers work the paper, en-
able them to print the paper in short time
aud at small expense. The facilities for fur
nishing a large amount Of valuable and in
teresting reading matter are not surpassed
by any other paper. The new CHRONICLE
building has all the facilities for printing and
mailing large edition with celebrity When
the SAN Francisco WEEKLY CHRONICLE can
be obtained for three months for SO cents in
postage stamps every one should give the
paper trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16

The HAPPY BLUNDKR OF A NURSE
A queer case is reported in the Hospita!
Gazette of Psris. A doctor was called
to see a patient dying from cholera.
In order not to discourage the men,
the doctor prescribed three doses of
ipecac powder. to be given every half
hour. The nurse misunderstood the
directions and instead of giving the
drug by the mouth gave it to snuff; this
produced violent sneezing, which was
followed by favorable reaction. The
circulation was quickened, the skin
was warmed, and the patient was on the
way to recovery. When the doctor
called the next day he was amazed to
find how he had taken his medicine,
and that he was out of danger.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
Expensive Machinery

Sometimes places insurmountable obstacles
in the way Of mining enterprises where the
owners have only limited amount bf CAPT
tai. This is especially true OF mines troduc-
ing sulphurets and other rebellious otes, but
the Robertson Process has brought about q
revolution in such cases, es the expense Is
greatly reduced and the precious metals are
easily extracted where other methods fail.
John A. Robertson, T. o. box $50, Oakland,
Cal, owns the patent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
The Public Interest

In that remarkable remedy, Turner's Regu-
lator, is increasing. Wherever it is once
known 1t works its own way into public
favor. As blood purifier 1t Is valuable for
all who are troubled with skin diseases. II
be fair and healthy. Turner's Regulator is
good for the human system and will give
health when other remedies fail.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16
AIR ASTLEY COOpER,s VITAL RES

SIR ASHLEY COOPER'S VITAL RESTOR.
ALIVE, The Great English Remedy-hss
made more cures Of nervous debility, paraly-
sis, and such diseases as result from the err
rors OF youth than all other medicines CON-
binea. Why will you suffer Send to A. E.
Mintie, NJ. d., IL Kearny st., San Francisco,
for the Restorative and be cured. Price, 81
per bottle. Four times the quantity, $40.
Try bottle. DR.. Mintie treats all diseases
successfully.