The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-13
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Gen, Hancock was a boy of average intel
ngehce and manliness, and of fine. physique,
although a little clumsy, during the turning
age. His father was a large and handsome
man, a good lawyer, a Baptist Deacon and =
most pronounced Democrat, and his mother
was a little woman who kept a millinery
snop III a part of their home, in another part
OF which was the lawyers office.
Says the Bodie Standard: In Laurel
Hill District, seven miles from Mammoth,
there is a contract vein 1000 feet in width,
which gives assays from surface samples from
SolO to $4,000 to the ton. OF course the
whole surface of this monster vein does not
give such assays, as the quartz is interspersed
by strata or horses of quartzile and slate, the
east country rock being polphyry and the
west country granite.
A writer in the Farmer saws with respect to
horse shoeing: "Never allow asmith to touch
a rasp to the outer surface of the hoof. Nature
mas covered it with a Thin filllneit of enamel,
The object OF Which is to project the inner
membrane and fibre from exposure to water
ana atmosphere. The enamel is exactly what
nature puts on the surface of your finger
nail. Under no circumstances should it be
touched.
A new compound to initiate gold is reported
by the English journal Iron. 1t is made of
.'pfN5 Nv p@i'S puiS VII, - IHallSdIeSC,
u; common tartar, 8; ammonia, $50; aud
chalk. LOO. 1t is said to form so close all
imitation of the precious metal that il can
only be distinguished from it by the difference
In weight. The alloy can also be worked into
leaves almost as thin as those of gold.
The Dayton Chronicle says: In would
astonish one who had not been along the
road between Dayton and Walla Walla
recently, to travel over the stage road now.
Where three years ago there was nothin. but
hills, with little to relieve the monotony of
the scene, now we notice pleasant homes,
waving fields OF grain and many substantial
improvements.
According to the Prescott Democrat no
other portion of the American Union contains
3 vast an amount Of mineral wealth as Ari-
IONA. From one end Of our Territory to the
other is one vast field of ore. Each and every
county can show its rich veins of gold, silver,
copper and lead; aud in combination with
these can be found every specimen known to
mineralogy.
News has been received of the total destruc-
ton by fire of the Cowlitz Catholic Mission
in Washington Territory, June Both. THIS
mission was built in 1899. The fire caught
from SPARKS falling Oh the roof.
The city government of Leadville was
organized April ID, 1879. A system of graded
wv "o oCNI huoIttu W biIC IL, dliolu
ing instruction for about 100 pupils and
a new school house, to cost $4,000, is soou
to be built. The city, in its work, has gone
on the pay-as-you-go principle. The rate OF
taxation has been two cents on a dollar. The
city has no funded debt, and the floating
debt varies from $4,000 to $4,000. The
government is administered by a mayor and
combined board Of aldermen and common
council. consisting Of twelve members.
A careful writer comes to the conclusion
that the cost of living in England Is less now
than it was a century ago. House rent il
London has increased, but less money is spent
in carriages and horses. Mems clothes are
far cheaper than in the days of doubles
and hose, rich cloaks and costly laces anc
wOmen's robes are not dearcr than formerly
Meat is more costly than it encc was, bu
bread, vegetables and fish are cheaper.
Mr.. Pillsbury, the veteran prison wardeno
Massachusetts, now IS years old, said in at
} official examination the other day 81 believe
from my experience of thirty years, that TIN
cat is the most humane punishment in pris
| on
A widower and 4 widow were engaged t.
be married in Bristol, Il. l. She had agree'
to provide the wedding entertainment, AM
: she did so with extreme Iiberality Five hun
!, bred guests, including the common counci
! as al unofficial body, assembled at the ap
! pointed time. but the bridegroom did no
come. The assembly drank immoderately
and then for amusement flung ice-cream arc
pie at the minister. An expedition to dis
, cover the widower resulted in the shatterln!
of all the windows in his house, and FINAL,
the police made a score OF arrests.