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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02
In2PrSOIs Beats NaSe~.

Tl" lirrmen If lassaic City. y. J., glory III
IL debating club which meets occasionally t."
discuss varioHS topics. For some time past
tie subject has been religion. The debate
had narrowed clown to two gentlemen. one Of
two gent lemem. on" of whom j. Il strong In
iidei and the Other 4 ieVOlu Christian. Buth
glory in tlm. possession If chickens, and place
great value on their dig rooslelS. named IT,
sperlivrly I~neerSoll and Moses. As imuclli-
geure ruutd not ,sride the question Of h"ltrt
or %uniriief. it was finally agreed IT, rrter ii u"
the spurs at HE ROSTERS. A match was ar
ranged. and took place on a corner lot, in.rr-
soil at once ,irove Moses off the premises. aId
When his antagonist was returning Il, f. ur,i
, him So wOtully that the Christian Conceded
rhal mtidrlity was certainly SUPERIOR, Is thr rs
Passair chickens were ru~ncerncd.-N. y.
UcIUlR.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02

The foot race between Hammond and
wesley, oil Sunday afternoon, was witnessed
y IA large and excited crowd. With the
Exception of IA few cases the betting was
drgeiy in favor of Hammond, but Wesley
al a few heavy hackers who were confident
his ability TO win. Not less than $4,000
Eas bet on the result. At two O'Clock the
contestants stripped and Wesley stock went
p for though Hammond made a splendid
Fppearance the, physique of his opponent was
PROFESSIONALLY superior, hls lower limbs
Pelng more heavily muscled and his step more
|~'astic. The flyers are of about the same
f'ze, build and weight and they appeared to
|e splendidly matched for a contest of speed
Fhd endurance.
Repeated trials were made before an even
TART was effected, during which the expecia-
Ion and enthusiasm of the crowd was intense,
|ut tile delay was of brief duration. At the
|Ford go" they bounded forward, Hammond
being slightly in the lead. Asthey progressed
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02

A gentleman writing from PhilipshurG yes
|rlav to the MINER says the Philipsburg
bonn was almost simultaneously with the
6utte boom ; for about the time ye Butteite
has rejoicing over the incorporation of the
Llice, ye Philipshulger was equally elated
|ver the birth OF the first silver brick from the
lew mill. Eight bars, weighing $50 lbs, lave
Eready been shipped TO the branch banking
|ouse of S. L. nauser 4 Co.. Butte. The
bope mill will make a shipment in a few
laws. Taylor d Co.'S stages are making
EcellenL time between Butte and New Chi
bgo, and are carrying passengers and express
\ low rates.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02
NJ
onspicuous Success OF In Algonquin
Mill.

kiitor Butte Miner.
1t is written Let your light shine upon all
len." Applying, as this does, especially to
be newspaper fraternity, knowing you wish
b act IN TOT The precept, and realizing fully the
Obligation under which every good citizen
lists towards the editor to furnish intelligent
md pertinent news when it is nelrs, I venture
forward the following, a%ppertaining, as it
Oes, to the principal industry of this Terri
bry, and believing you have many readers to
HON it will be both welcome and interest
be:
As YOU are aware, the Algonquin mill IS
ind has been running for some time long
Enough to demonstrate its perfect success.
Every right looked for, with one apprehension.
is furnished with one G0-inch Howell's i'm
proved "White" roasting furnace, and this
] as the dark horse. Not that as q roasting
furnace it was an experiment.; they have been
b successful operation in your own city too
Rng far that, but would one of 60 inches en-
foisc the splendid performances of the smaller
ICES? That was the question recurring to
"0$ a ~test-being the first furnace Of this
ze ever erected. Now that it has furnished
pets to displace conjecture, let them speak.
o the most fastidious it is q success not only
f'"etnS, but surprising the moso anguinc
Expectations Of its friends; not only eqalling,
Put improving ON the action of the smaller
IN. 1t has not only kept pace with the con-
nuouS work OF twenty stamps, but has dem
R|n>iratcd It's ability TO stretch away from them
THEN best, and those twenty stamps are no
Fg-ards. According to the expressed judy
Plemt of competent mill men, it could keep
with all additional ten stamps, and will
fhloridize from thirty to forty tons per
|wenty-tour hours, and to a percentage that
Ill make the average Superintendent a mon
Pmenj of good humor.
these are certainly unprecedented achieve
lenls iii this or any other county, and are of
PIE utmost Importance and advantage To the
pulling interests OF Montana. Hereafter
Plere will be no necessity for companies to
pend time in debating as to what kind OF
He OF furnace TO erect in order to handle any
nd all kinds Of ore in the most expeditions
nd economical manner. The problem is
owed, and SO efectually that none can cavil.
nd no interested man studies his own inter
ST who does not heed. Let any who doubt,
ls't the Algonquin mill, at Hasmark. and be
convinced. Many mill mel have been await
e the result Of this experiment with anxiety,
mt it is gratifying to be able TO record SO
tIsiactory IA result. AZA.
llASMAEk. Feb. 18Th, 1880.
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From Wednesdays Daily.l
LION CITY.


Editor Butte MINER:
Our camp has begun to assume its natural
air of activity, and in a few weeks will re-
cover from the dead and-alive state into
which it had fallen by the reduction of the
mining force.
Miners and laborels are arriving daily
believing the report circulated in Butte and
elsewhere that the Hecla Co.. were about to
increase the force to the fullest capacity,
which was false and evidently started by par
ties who thought to profit thereby. Many
wer" obliged to leave, ueing broke, and others
in the same condition are now awaiting an
opportunity to get work. So that. while our
hotels are tnll, the Majority Of boarders are
staying on jaw-hone. The force was increased
about fifty, making u total of one hundred
and fifty men ut work on tie hill.
The mines are looking nicely and keeping
up jhcir regular output of ore. The TUNE
work is progressing rapidly and the ground
will soon admit of the use of air drills. The
formation is solid enough alreaty to do away
with timbers.
Mr.. Martin, formerly in the employ of the
Atlas Works, indianapolis, has been placed
in charge OF the mining machinery Of the
Hecla Co.
MessrS. D. j. WEIGH & Co. will soon open
with a fine stock OF staple and fancy goods in
their new store on Main street.
Mr.. James Taaffe, of the firm of Driscoll
Il Taaffe: has been fitting UP the building
lately purchased by them, and is now in
Walkerville preparing to bring a stock of
general merchandise back with him..
School opens as soon as a suitable building
can be obtained, and will be in charge of
Miss B. n. Holland.
Lion City has its dancing club, one and no
more. and, unlike those of our neighbor
town, the members can enjoy themselves
without opposition. About fifty members are
enrolled.
The Lion City Dramatic Company are to
produce . Uncle Toms Cabin on the 2Sth-
not the cabin, but the play.
Yours truly, b.
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New E'Ost-Omces.

The Postmaster General has ordered the
establishment of the following new post
offices in the Territory Of Montana:
Valley, in the county of Deer Lodge, with
Allen Pierce as postmaster.
Cataract, III the county of jefferson, with
G. W. Callahan as postmaster.
Canon tiot Canonvale,) i'll the county of
Custer, with 5. IL. Irwin as postmaster.
Especial pos office at Beltane, in tile coun-
ty of Choteau, with Z. lIackshaw as post
master.
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From Wednesdays Daily.)
The Next Terminus.

a letter received yesterday by a gentleman
IN his city states that the terminus of the
Utah d Northern will be removed on the
eighth of April and that the warehouses will
be ready to receive goods by the 18th of that
month. Nc merchandise will probably be
shipped until the latter dale, after which
freight communication will remain open
during the rest Of the season and in all like
lihood forever thereafter.
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Local News.
From Tuesdays Daily

The new pump for the Czaroma arrived on
|,nday night and will soon be in running
|rder. 1t is a No. 10 Knowles, and with the
|ugle exception of that employed in the
lice, is the largest machine OF the kind in
he Territory. 1t was formerly operated in
he old Madisonian mine near Sterling.
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Note Lost!

N,,o ,,r,wn nv II. Cohen. ST., in favor of
nj Hice has been lost in or near this clty. me
nmhiic are warned against purchasing IT, as the
Su,n. il null and void. ot'h'
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Hay FOR SALE.

I HAVE in stock. ami haieti. IL uuautiiy OF
j good hay. which | will sell in lots uSuit uur-
ri,a>crS. Will sell ii loose or haleI. delivered
rr at the Ranch on Lost Greek. Parties wishing
IA buy will do well to CENTER with me at llp.r
Leo lgr before doing so. Ell. II. IRVINE
clan W6t
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Ia the police comt yesterday five C~lilnaln"h
were arraigned charged Wills keeping opium
de,ls, and with carry ing ON a traffic in that
drug. They made persistent "flnris to eNa'!e
the charge by Solemnly swearing their mno-
cence, but The eagle eye Of Marshal Warteld
was not To hc mistak"i. and they wee clearly
identified as the guilty parties. -Four Of the
culprits were tined S25 each, aud the iitth'
whose otiense Vas more rank than thai If The
others. was mulcted in the sum Of So. Thus
tho god work goes ON.
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BORN

kETCHUM.-ln Butte, Feb. a, 1880, to Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Ketchum, a daughter.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02

Zeal and Mallari Euck on The = lay out AT tn
VIRGINIA CHOP HOUSE.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-02

Snake River Trout. 20 rerIS per pound. at til,
VIRGINIA CHOP HOUSE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31
No Pension Wanted.


HE didn't look bit like patriot as
he stood rubbing his back on corner
wall, but it isn't every body who can tell
a patriot at first sight. They were talk
ing about pensions, and all at once he
woke up and said:
"Was / in the armyp You bet I was!
Didn't / have charge of one of the big
GUNS in the trenches at Yorktown
Didn't stand in the mud all day and
sleep in pond all night, and wasn't it
that which twisted my legs out of shape
with the rheumaticsP And yet have 1
applied for pensionp Has any one
seen me insidiously stretching forth a
hand to grab at the vitals OF this dis
tressed countryp Not stretch-not a
lgrabp"
No one had any thing to say, and
presently he went on:
+" In the army-humph! Who saved
the day at Malvern Hip Who killed
seventeen of the enemy with his own
handP Who was decorated by sixteen
medals and a cross by Gen. McClellanp
And yet does any assassin charge me
with making midnight visits to pension
agents to swear that the hardships of
the tented field have left me with only
one lung and no liver at allP Hang a
soldier who wouldn't sacrifice his liver
for his glorious country"
He burned up five or six matches in a
vain effort to light the stump of cigar
and then growled out:
81 may look seedy now, but who led
sss'ae Second Corps at Fair Oaksp Who
captured three flags from the enemy
with his own handp Who was shot in
four places and left for deadP And yet
do 60 whining around after the finan-
cial vitals of this glorious Republic ?
Not whine! When l reach out my
hand and ask Uncle Sam to come down,
it will be when l have forgotten the
teachings of patriotic mother and the
bravery of veteran father!"
"Were you wounded?" inquired one
of the group.
"Was IP Oh! no! 1 didn't get hit
seventeen different times in three years !!
am not carrying half an acre of scars
down to my grave to attest my devotion
to my country! And yet, what man
dares charge me with desire to skulk
into the barn and rob the treasury COW
of her feed-the feed she needs for her
daily existence?"
"Won't you show us some of your
scars?" inquired two or three at once.
"No, sir! Inever show 'em except
at reunions! There is no reunion here.
This is simply gathering of two bum
mers, politician, lame man, Mig
ger, and soldier who has been in forty
six different battles, received seventeen
wounds and doesn't want pension.
You wouldn't know the scar of can
non ball from that of an old wood saw,
and you'd go off and say l got run
through threshing-machine! 1 am
now going inside to drink alone to the
prosperity of this great and glorious
Union, and it won't do any of you any
good to stand around the door. DE
trOI free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31

taught him that a passenger who is
walked up at midnight will fall asleep
again at about 3 o'clock q. m. Accord
ingly he sleeps until nearly o'clock,
when he begins with malignant delight
the process of getting his passengers out
of bed. He informs every one that
'We're most there, sah," without at
taching the slightest meaning to the
word sthere," and then "We're want
ing to put them beds away now, sab. :"
The meek passenger, believing that he
must be on the point of arriving at the
station where breakfast is to be had,
dresses hurriedly, spends half an hour
in a general shoe exchange with his fell
low-travelers, and then finds that he has
at least three long hours to wait before
he can have any breakfast. At this
point he generally loses his patience
and uses language in regard to sleeping
car porters which can not be defended
by austere moralists; but, nevertheless,
when the porter comes to him and de-
mands fifty cents for having mixed the
shoes, he pays him without daring to
hint that he deserves the most ingenious
death that the ablest inquisitor ever in
vented.
In no other country would the trav-
eler meekly lie down and let the Sleep
ing-car porter roll the wheels of his car
over his PROSTATE neck. 1t would be
easy to overthrow the tyrant. Who
would be free themselves must kill the
porter, says the poet. What would be
simpler than for band of determined
passengers to seize the porter on his first
intimation that they must go to bed, and
to place him gagged and bound in the
wood-box? Whenever passenger
should desire to have his bed made, the
porter might be released long enough
to perform that duty. He might be
kept securely confined during the night,
but the better course would be to drop
him off the rear platform as soon as the
last bed is made. This would render it
certain that he would not make his mid
night round and that the passengers
would be able to sleep unmolested until
reasonable hour in the morning. A
few years ago brave Texan who had
suffered much in sleeping-cars warned
porter not to make up the beds at
eight O'Clock. The porter paid no at
CoHlloll w Ine ueIldnu, UuI WITCH, oil
hour later, the noble Texan dissected
him with bowie-knife and put speci-
men of him in every berth, the wretch
began to perceive the error of his ways.
There would be obvious inconvenience
in initiating the Texans example, but ii
is mere nonsense to pretend that thirty
strong and determined passengers can
not at any time throw off the woke of a
sleeping-car porter, even without pro-
ceeding to the extremity of throwing him
off the train.-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31
PITH AND POINT.

A DRINK in the morning is for appe-
tite. A dozen drinks, later in the day,
are for another 'appy tight.-N. o.
PtcGyatne.
TRAMP: "Whose 'ouse is this, STRIP
Gardener-"Squire Noakes's." Tramp
-''Do you think 1 could get any thing
there?" Gardener-''Well, 1 don't
know. The last o. your sort got twenty
one days. ''-Londora Punch.
A YOUNG man with an umbrella over
took an unprotected lady acquaintance
in the rain storm, Tuesday after
noon, on Washington Street, and
extending his umbrella over her, re-
quested the pleasure of acting as her
rain-beau. "Oh!" exclaimed the young
lady, taking his arm, "you wish me to
be your rain-deer." Two souls with but
a single umbrella, two forms that stepped
as one.-BoSton Globe.
AT an entertainment given lately by
the Bric-a-Brac Guvenile) Club, ten
year-old member was heard to aver that
" he really did not care for this sort of
thing; cigarette and quiet chat were
more in his line. Those girls bored
him; they went for every fellow so in
formally violent now, he preferred to do
his MASKING himself; and, in fact, alto
gether, he liked 'em mellow-say about
thirty or so-girls who knew what was
what; no green gooseberries for him. "
A nice boy that for small tea party
San Francisco NeDS Letter.
All, there she stands. The pride of
our life, the hope of Our existence. Her
ringlets hang upon her shoulders in
careless droops, her great round eyes
peering into the future, and the bloom
in her cheeks fresh from Natures own
rouge box. Isn't she darlingP Well,
yes, she is rather; but when she runs
out to meet us and reminds US that we
forgot to order up dinner, we wish that
her childish voice wasn't pitched in
that penetrating key that brings all the
neighbors to the window to commits
serate us on our forthcoming cracker
and-cheese repast. HaUen Regis
ter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31
Rag Carpets.

A LADY of large experience in making
these carpets says that her way of col
Letting materials for them, is as follows !:
When a garment is laid aside for good,
my practice is to rip it to pieces, wash
thoroughly, and cut, sew and wind it
into balls. l have a tight barrel, with a
paper spread over the bottom, and a
sprinkling of fine tobacco scattered over
it. 1 put my balls in the barrel, and
every spring cut the rags at my leisure.
The children can sew and wind them
just as well as any one. / sprinkle fine
tobacco over the balls and tuck an old
sheet over them, cover the barrel up
tight, and it is all right till get ready
to add another contribution. In this
way l get my rags ready and keep the
house clear from an accumulation of
old, dirty garments, that are a nuisance
anyway.
In making carpet allow pound
and quarter of rags to fill yard of
cloth; for room twenty-five feet square
1 calculate to have about thirty-five or
thirty-six pounds of rags. If there are
any odds or ends left over they are
woven into rug that can be spread be-
fore stoves or doors. l never expend
time or labor coloring my rags. The
last carpet made had rags enough for
seventy-eight yards, and 1 never felt
the labor at all it was done at odd jobs,
and [ was astonished to find had such
a quantity finished. Allow three knots
and half of warp to the yard. The
labor of reeling and coloring the warp
is the hardest part of the work for me.
l know ever so many people who color
and pass whole season over carpet,
but when it is done it is only rag car
pet. The prettiest one 1 ever saw was
just brown and blue, narrow stripes of
each, and shaded from dark to light; a
little black was woven in to give the
dark contrast. One reason why we en-
joy rag carpets is this: We are not
afraid to use them, and when one is
worn out we can make another Just as
good. Sweeping carpets wears them
out faster than using them, by half. A
stiff broom should never be used on car
pets; picking up shreds and bits is the
best way, and brush the dust off with q
soft brush. -WeStern RuraL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-31
A Lover OF Shakespeare.

ONE of the most noted characters. on
the border twenty years ago was old
Jim Bridger, of Fort Bridger, in Utah
On one occasion he came to New York,
He did not like the narrow downtown
streets with high buildings on each side
and complained that he had once lost
his way in ''Dey Street Canon" and
had been rescued with difficulty by
the police. He liked the theaters, and
expressed the utmost delight at a rer-
Torrance of the midsummer Nights
Dream" He had no clear idea who
Shakespeare was, but conceived and de
veloped the most extravaganza admira.
ton for him.
Returning to the Fort, he sold stock
and supplies to emigrants and othe
travellers as in time past. One day a
man wished to buy some oxen, and Jim
said he could have any except one
yoke, which he had made up his mind
to keep at all hazards. In the morning
a messenger came to say that he wanted
this yoke, and none other.
"He can't have 'em," said jim
"There's no use talkin'."
"Well, he wants them, and is lust
a-waitin' for them," said the messenger
Giles a-settin there, readin' a book
called Shakespeare"
"EhP" yelled jim, jumpingt to his feet
'Did you say-Shakspearep Here, curse
you, give me my boots"
He ran to the corral.
"Stranger," said he, s'iest give me
that book, and take them oxen.''
"Oh, no." said the man. 81 only
brought the book to read on the way
will give it to YOU"
"Stranger," said Jim resolutely, s'ies
you take them oxen, and give me thai
book" And so the man did.
Jim hired reader at fifty dollars pei
month, and listened to Shakespeare ev
cry evening. All went well, until one
night, as the reader came to the propos
ed murder of the Princes in the Tower
Jim sprang from his seat, with blazing
eyes, and yelled, in thunder tones
"Hold on there! Jest wait till l git my
rifle, and I'll shoot the cursed scoun
drel!"
AS one of his old ''pards" Justly re
marked, a sincerer compliment wa,
never paid to Shakespeare. Editor,
Drawer, ia Harper'S Magazine.
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their feet, and felt like blessing them
those haif-savage creatures who had
become my protectors.
don't know how we got to the
house or upstairs. l remember an aw-
full tumult, smell of gunpowder, oaths
and shouts. Then there was silence
then loud laugh.
"It's thrue, boysr' said old Multi
gan's voice. 81 know Misther Jack
man, an it's himself. It's great mis-.
take-that's ALL"
GA singular mistake to enter a mans
house, and endeavor to shoot him in
his own bed!" said a voice l knew to
be my husbands; and at that l rushed
into the room.
He was there, and so was baby, for
he held her in his arms; and there,
also, was Mulligan and his friends and
their pistols, and half the furniture was
broken and the stove upset. But as for
the housebreakers, they l began to
see the truth. Mr.. Mulligan was back
ing out.
"I'll lave Mrs. Jackman to explain, -
he said. cam I'm proud didn't kill
JOt buOOSn ~ Oltu VI AL1OuuoulP u nave
done it; for if yer own wife took We for
housebreaker, how would l know bet.
terP The top of the night till we, an
I'll lave the lady to explain"
All! did really wish that the ground
would open and swallow me. You see,
my husband had come home while we
were hunting up the chickens, and find
ing baby wide awake, had taken her up
to bed and gone to sleep. And the rob
Der under the bed was his muddy boots
with, of course, no feet in them; and
well there were none, for they were rid
died with bullet holes. Mr.. Mulligar
had fired at them, fortunately. When
thought of the awful danger Jasper and
the baby had been in, went into strong
Mysteries at once, and frightened Jasper
so that he was glad to forgive me when
[ came to myself. 1t was terrible
mistake, and might have ended seri-
ously, of course; but 1 will say now and
always, that it was Jasper's fault, and
that if he had been housebreaker we
might all have been thankful for my
great presence of mind.-N. Y. Sunday
Times.