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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12

In a letter dated Oct. l, MI. b. F. White.
commission merchant at the Terminus, saws :
We are now in process Of moving, but with
the amount of freight on hand the work ia
very slow. 1t will be fully ten days before
we can ship any freight from Dillon. This
move being made during the fall rush will
cause another freight jam, and will make fall
goods very late in getting through. More es-
peclally will it bad upon seasonable drv
goods, in which any serious delay will cause
much loss TO the consignees. Transportation
is scarce and rates steadily advancing.
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Scott. the wife Murderer Convicted.
[Sprcial to the MlNEE.l
DEER LODGE, Oct. q

DEER LODGE, oct. ..
Dist. Atty. Mayhem closed to-day at 1l:.o
in the case of Joe Scott for the murder OF
Mary Forrest, alias Mol!ie Scott, on the it'll
OF August last at Butte. The jury retired ut
$40 p. III. and we've out until 7, when they
returned "A verdict of murder in the second
degree and fixed the sentence at lnprlsoh-
ment for 80 years or for the term Of his natu-
ral life.
There is quite a large fir" raging in the
timber in the noun aims west ot town. It. 5
not known what caused H.. A. b.
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LETTER FROM HELENA.
Candidate ON his Travels-sanders
la His Ultra Radicallsm -Walk.over
! Maginnis- Promising Mining Out
bk In Jefferson m Lewis and Clarke.

Special Correspondence of the MINER.l
pr Butte MINER
be biennial crop of ''bust-head'' whisky
bnatured and the dear voters are invited
artake thereof by the peregrinating re.
lean candidates for the various county Of
Democratic candidates confine their
kations to an indulgence in pure, cold
be- water and mild Havanas.
is reported that Sanders has secluded
eef somewhere down on the Yellowstone
is %aslduously applying himself to the
Fering of the Slavonic language with the
to reach the hearts and votes of the
horde of Scandinavians, who, it is said,
ust within the territorial limits in the
10y of the of the Northern Pacific rail-
company.
nder's Incorporate speech of acceptance
bis candidacy, for the honol OF being
ghtered by Maglnnis, has driven the indie
Pient and conservative republican vote
b his support. The prevarlcations-to
mild term-which he uttered OH that
sion, are veritable bonanzas IN their line.
minated that 81 nee the delivery of that
Fch, ministers of the Gospel have ceased
ling for Sanders for fear his complete re-
hption would exhaust the whole plan of
gtion,
ajor Maginnis' prospects for a triuinphal
ton were never brighter than they are
/. Every portion of the territory feels
er more or less obligations to him for his
Fessfal efforts at Washington in its behalf.
silent but powerful %eloquencc of those
PTS is bringing the people, irrespective OF
y, to his standard. The Major will have
Easy walk-over this fall.
an easy transition we VIII pass from po-
al mattel to mining items.
Inspecting for iron mines has been follow
ately to a considerable extent in this VI
y. The Alta Montana company has con-
led for and has now in course OF transit
tons of iron ore taken from a mine sltua-
On Dry gulcl, a couple Of miles above
city, owned by Messrs. Geo. Cleveland
th Il Co. The ore is used at Wilkes as a
for operating their silver ore.
II. H. W. Currin has recently struck a
vein of iron ore neal Unionville, when
hes about rs per cent. Of iron besides Il
amount of gold. Mr.. G. has contracted
oliver 100 tons of the ore at Wickes. iron
ling will soon become an important factor
bur prosperity.
very large body of gold-bearin g ore was
Covered a few days ago near Park city, oy
srs. Springer and Constans. They haVe
across the ledge for a distance of IL feel
bout reaching the hanging wall. Inc
Promises to be Il leviaLhan in size. Sew
tons of unassortel ore were crushed
eh yielded SIS per ton. Considering the
width of the lode this yield may be pun
n as very tlattering for the owners.
apt. Talon, who Is in charge of the iafh
i 4, is still busily at work sinking on tie
' he Kennedy mine at the Park is at pres
lying idle. 1t will again be worked, l I'm
tand. as soon as some new machinerY ar
apt. Spragins, of the Black Alder mine
Unionville, has spent nearly the who'll
{ on in driving the tunnel to lap the mon
vein. The Captain rxpacts to be soo'
ns out ore. PORT.
ELENA, Oct. ,, 1880.
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lFrom Thursday Daily.
GLENDALE Items.

The large new smelter Of the Hecla Com
pany closed down yesterday after being IN al
most continuous operation since it first start
ed. two months ago. 1t will be fired up
again to-day.
D.. j. WEIGH 4 Co., have closed out their
store heIe and at Lion City and consolidated
their business at Butte.
G. NJ. Sheppard & Co. will soon open
store at Camp creek, on the farm OF j. .
| Stone, where the future railroad town is to
be located.
Interests in several mines at Lion City
have changed hands in the past week at very
good figures.
J. c. Rodgers, our popular candidate Tor
representative, on the democratic ticket, has
been prospecting between this point aud Vi
nond for some time, and has struck a very
nromising gaiena and silver lead, Judging by
tna SAMPLES he was exhibiting in town yester-
day.
Thos. II. Rutter has his new photograph
gallery ON Lower Main stree fixed up III me
s,v,e a, d is prepared for business. Mr.. H.
has Oh exhibition at several places IN town
anita y collection of stereoscopic views taken
jurjnc his recent visit to Wonderland.
+. C.. Atkins, general manager OF the lice,
II is on a visit to indianapolis, Ind.
DIR. chmalllausen,h has returned from a WISH
to Geyserland.
Common. recently from New York state,
,r;,l have charge of our public schools THIS
W. X.
winter.
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Stock and Farming implements
For Sale.

The subscriber offers for sale the following
property:
Four Draft Horses well broke to Harness.
IL head Horses not broken.
Two Cow Three Yearling Heifers.
Spring Wagon / new 4 skefn farm wagon
Two sets good Harness.
/ Dwelling House, with Utensils and about
5000 Rails.
The above are TO be found on the premises of
the subscriber, x of a mile east of Levengood's
station.
CHAs. H. SMITH,
Butte, Oct. 5-w3t
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AT tie monthly meeting OF the School
Board of Butte District No. ,, on Monday,
there were present Trustees Jacobs and Rel
mel and Clerk Gilbert. The following bills
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uaw road i, hrirg built from White sui
H.. s,,iuos to Font Benton. Heretofore IL
,', ,m,essary to trayel about 100 miles
in going from one place to the other, out .he
decreases the distance 10 ITO miles.
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$50 pieces Waterprofs,
20 pieces Ladies' Cloth,
500 Pieces Print,
300 Pieces Sheeting,
100 Pieces Bingham,
Is Pieces Tickings,
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Bird GAG ES-L.arge assortment just re-
cCiVed by larChen & D'Acheuls. &c
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21

even so much as "Wiener-wurst" to
them. They cannot speak half dozen
words of German conversationally,
though they have been studying 1t four
wears. One can never learn to speak
and write German merely from study
ing books, though he study himself bald
headed.
Here is how Thomas Carlyle sppre-
ciatcs the language of Goethe and Schil-
Ter. The paragraph is from his Letter
10 Young MAN.
by the way, do you read German?
IL woald be well worth your while TO
learn il; and not impossible, not even
difficult. even where you are, if you so
resolved. These young obscure years
ought to be necessarily employed in
gaining knowledge of things worth
knowing, especially of heroic human
souls worth knowing, and you may be-
lieve me, the obscurer such years are, it
is apt to be the better. Books are
needed, but yet not many books; lew
well read. An open, true, patient and
valiant soul is needed; that is the one
thing needful.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
Dangers to Life.
London Daily News.

Ii il disadvantage of civilization that
it shows us the dangers to which life is
exposed. Every year presents us with
new peril, and the latest is always the
least expected. French men of science
are now preaching n crusade against the
industrious race Of bees. Not only are
they destructive 10 property, but they
are actually dangerous TO human life.
The prefect of the Paris police has been
appealed to. NJ Delpcch has drawn up
a formidable brief, and is precise in his
statements and clamorous in his de-
mands. 1t seems that bee-kecping Is
lucrative in the neiehborhood Of Paris,
and that so also IL the dislillery of splr'
its and the refinery of sugar Moreover,
wherever there are sugar-works the
bees are active and abundant. AT say,
for instance, the loss attributable 70
them is estimated at Gl eco year. NJ
Delpeech gives facts and figures. Al an,
other refinery the number Of bees Killed
daily amounted TO % gallons FULL lie
himself saw large glass of syrup drank
up in two hours. As 10 loss OF life ne Is
equally circumstantial. He gives iull
list Of people who died of bee stlngs III
the course of the year. Most oil the
cases occurred in America, but many arc
furnished by France and some by uer,
many. The death is very painful, ana
in some cases extremely sudden. Az
Chemnitz, in Hungary, a peasant stuhg
while cutting q branch of tree, died on
the spot. At Chester, in Pennsylvania,
farmer examining some hives, was
stung, fell at once into a state of syncope'
and died within a quarter of an hour
In another case 25 minutes elapsed pc
tween the wound and its fatal cohse'
quence. NJ. Delpech accordingly AZ,
peals to the prefect for the protection "
the police, and what he asks is that lile
keeping of bees may be placed IN Ie Ihe
category of dangerous occupations. lnS
fourth George of Virgil may be reaa
with new interest.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
Walking on the Water.
n. Y. Tribune.

When the Harlem river was fairly
crowded with small excursion steamers,
sail boats, 70 wing sculls and all kinds Of
light water craft at Up. m. yesterday, the
people were astonished to see man in
bathing costume start from a float moored
near the foot of High bridge and walk
across the river. He stood perfectly
erect and passed in and out between the
boats. apparently with less trouble than
one could cross Broadway on a crowded
day. The walker was Mr.. W. c. Soule,
an enthusiastic young sportsman OF
Wayne county. who has had much an
noyance in losing ducks which he had
wounded, and which would land in the
water and drag themselves of into little
hooks where boats could not be hoated or
pushed. His invention consists of two
zinc shoes, five feet long and five inches
deep. They are air tight and pointed
at each end. In the centre is q space
large enough to hold mans foot. Un-
derneath the shoe are two sets Of five
blades, very much resembling a Vene-
tian window blind hung on end, but
firmly fastened in position. As the
walker pushes his foot forward the
blades or Stats open, and the water rushes
through without opposition and the
shoe moves easily along; but pushing
backward closes the stats and makes q
solid sheet like q closed blind. In this
way he gets his purchase on the water.
In motion the walker resembles a man
on snow shoes OF skates for he cannot
lift his feet but glides along easily and
gracefully.
Mr. Soule weighs about l25 pounds. and
he sank the shoes only aboEt three and
half inches in the water. He walked
in them apparently without effort;
"squatted," as huntsman are frequently
Obliged to do; fell overheard and climbed
into his shoes again and resumed his
ramDles up and down the middle of the
river and along the shores. He does
not claim that the shoes would be ser
viceable in rough weather or in short
chopping seas, but on comparatively
smooth water he says he can walk along
almost as rapidly and certainly rs com
fortably as he could on land. Next Sun
day afternoon Mr.. Soule proposes to
give another exhibition.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
Troubious Times In Ireland.
v Ctar

"The landlords are vigorously at work
all over the west in serving processes OF
ejectmcnt and evlcting famalies." So
writes M. James Redpath in the first
letter of his renewed correspondence to
a local contemporary. This ews has a
portentous significance. We foreshad-
owed the same facts weeks ago. The
promise of rich harvest upon which so
many persons descanted with enthusi-
asm as the redemption of the Irish
peasant from his poverty we regarded as
rather as an intensification Of his misery.
This may appear paradoxical. But the
nature OF the Irish landlord Is un-
changed; he will not see golden crops
and fail to exact the last gram in order
to fill his golden Golfers. Nature may
be bounteous, but it is only for the land
lords benefit. The peasant and his
family may starve, but rack-rent ar
rears must be gathered in at the point
of the bayonet, and with the ring of the
rifle as an accompaniment.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
a Habit of Indscision
Chicago Ledger.


There is great deal of truth in what
a gifted writer says concerning habits of
indecision or dilatoriness. 1t is 40 much
Of it pure habit that children cannot be
too early taught, first the necessity of
making up ones mind. and then acting
upon it. The trick Of hanging about"
of waiting minute after minute, hour
after hour, in work as in play-for idlers
never play conscientiously--is often ac.
qured in mere infancy, in imitation of
elders and betters, never TO be got rid of
to the end Of life. What is in the boy or
girl pure carelessness becomes in the
man and woman confirmed peculiar
ity, which haunts them like curse,
causing no end OF misery to themselves
and to all belonging to them. One by
one some application is neglected or
thrown aside till the lost chance of ben.
etiting ourselves or our neighbor can
never be recalled; our remorse over an
unanswered letter, when the writer has
suddenly gone whittier no kindly words
can reach HIM any more: our regret over
cordial visits unpaid, and pleasant
meetings unvalued. till friendship, worn
out. dies natural death, or burns itself
20 ashes like a fire without fresh Goals.
Then we may lay the blame on Provi.
dence, luck, circumstances, anything or
anybody but the true sinners. ourselves
but it Is too late. We can no longer
help ourselves.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21

all over Europe, to say nothing of his
own country"
A week or two later Aunt Maria stood
in the vine-covered veranda, looking
over her spectaeles at q group of young
folks playing croquet.
81 wonder, Tosiah," said she, (which
one Squire Buttles Is after, for he spends
most of his time here"
at don't make much difference"
growled that gentleman. "lf he would
marry the whole of them and cart them
off Ia be very glad for one"
you're a pretty Christian" replied
she: "but | do believe little Rose is
the one, because he is her very shadder.
See, he is bending over her now. asking
her to go somewhere, and kere they
come and she leaning on his arm"
May go boat riding with Mr.. But
ties, Aunty?' asked the young lady,
from the foot OF the veranda steps.
"Of course YOU may, child. You'll
take good care of her, sir, and won't let
her get frightened TO death by any more
snakes?' questioned Aunt Maria.
Il think ! can safely promise that"
laughing down into the vexed and blush
ing face of the girl "but she must be
provided with a shawl, as the evening
may be chilly"
While her aunt was absent for the re-
quired article Rose said:
II do wish Aunty would permit me
to forget that unfortunate episode"
Il had hoped you would not desire to
do So" he whispered warmly.
Why? she questioned.
Because our meeting was so romantic
and altogether happy, and"
The shawl and Aunt Maria's many
injunctions interrupted them, and they
walked away in the cleaning.
ut is match, sartin," calculated the
old lady, "snd shall have little Rosy
always near me-" and she wiped her
misty glasses and went into the house
triumphantly, happy in spite Of the
caustic remarks of Uncle Josiah.
"Iou a-e as romantic as any young
gal, and about as silly. At your time oi
life body ought TO think of dying, in
stead of love and marrying
"Botherationl If ! was so set on dy
ing as YOU be Id go off and be done with
it. As for me shall rejoice with tn,
young folks just as long as | live, and
take comfort in seeing such q sweet
pretty thing as Rosy win the love o
such grand gentleman as the youni
Squire"
On the river, in the moonlight, h,
told his love and won the consent o
Rose to become his wife, and beio:'
another summer had come with al
its flowers and tuitage they wer,
married, and Hattie, Sue and Ma,
vacilate between the Buttles mansion
and the old homestead when in tn,
country, and Aunt Maria declares tina
Uncle Josiah's boots made the fortune
| of Rose.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
The Hog As an Ornament.

Paris has revived the fashion of wear.
ing gold or silver pig as an ornament
the savants having discovered that that
kind of jewelry was in vogue among the
Romans two thousand years ago. This
information was given by professor OF
the school of Rome who has recently
been lecturing in Paris on his explora-
tions among the ruins of Preneste, Italy,
where he discovered a Roman temple
dedicated TO Fortune. In the ruins OF
this temple great number of little gold,
silver and clay PIGS were found, and in
Visitation proved them h to bnas have wbo been
she had favored The antiquarian mania
now raging could not resist the desire of
reviving these trinkets, which have at
least proved their efficacy to the jewellers,
who are manufacturing them in great
numbers
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
Boys.
boys.
Sunday school Times.


Get hold Of the boys heart. Yonder
locomotive with its laundering train
comes like a whirlwind down the track
and regiment Of armed men might
seek TO arrest it in vain. Ii would crush
them and plunge unheedcd on. But
there is q little lever in Its mechanism
that, at the pressure of q mans hand.
will slacken its speed, and in q moment
or two bring it painting and still, like 4
whipped spaniel, at your feet. BY the
same little lever the steamship is guided
hither and yon; upon the sea, in epite OF
adverse wind or current. That sensitive
and responsive spot by which q boys
life is controlled is his heart. With
your grasp gentle and firm on that helm.
you may pilot him whittier you will
Never doubt that he has heart. Bad
and willful boys very often have the
tenderest heart hidden away somewhere
beneath incrustations of sin, or behind
barricades Of pride. And 1t is your bust
ness to get at that heart, get hold Of that
heart, keep hold of it by sympathy, con-
fiding in him, manifestly working only
for his good. by little indirect kindnesses
TO his mother or sister, or even his pet
dog. See him at his home, or invite
him TO yours. Provide him some little
pleasure, set him to some little service
Of trust for you; love him-love him
practically. Any way and svery way
rule him through his heart.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
A White Elephant.
PhIladelphia Record.

In spite Of Gen. Pope's very emphatic
and somewhat sarcastic denial Of the
reports Of an intended invasion Of the
Indian Territory by white adventurers.
Payne and his party were caught trying
10 get in among the red men Of the forss
est, and the danger Of legal complica-
tons that Gen. Pope tearfully foresaw in
case II should be necessary to arrest
actual intruders into the reservation has
unfortunately arisen. Now that the Gov
eminent has gotten hold OF Payne and
bis gang the question comes up what to
do with them. 1t is feared that all that
Payne wanted was TO be captured and
tired, in the confident expectation that
the courts would decide that the United
States authorities had no right 10 stop
him OF any other white people from en-
lssine The Territory. Just now Payne
aqpoSsu = b . sogt ot white elephant.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
A Secretary with Two Elephants.
Philadelphia Record.

There is only one member of the Cab
met now in Washington. The faithful
son ofPcnnsylvanina, Secretary Ramsey,
sticks to his desk in the War office. He
has two elephants on his hand-Payne
the fee booiing incurslonist. who wants
TO drive the Indians out of the Indian
Territory, and Whitaker, the ma'adroit
mahogany cadet, whose ear-slitting ex-
pioit has become the vexation and the
terror OF peaceful administration. We
wish him a safe delivery out of his
troubles.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21
DIR. TANNER's FAST,


Down from the North at the close Of June,
With a pauneh As round the fan O the
Cheeks as red as the suns glowing half
An appetite wild as the zebra's laugh
And iencts that made the "eld schools stand
DIR. Tanner came for forty days fast.
And wildly the news through the country
OF the siege Tanners stomach was going
through; -
Thai Adam. ale and puddngs OF wind
Would leave but a skeleton Doctor behind.
still he started in on July's first day
With boefsteak forty days away.
There are restaurants plenty within New
York,
Bursting with beans and oily with pork;
Thee are boarding house tables whose patrons
Their teeth 'gainst dishes of hair-grOwins
There are divers devices for serving up grub,
From o meal on q toothpick 70 one IN tub.
But 'eainst all these temptations the Doctor
Even pieIisd eeis feet, or mosquitoes dried
Could not move him. The days dragged
Other folks ate and drank; but his stomach
with the Sei bseefs.cat sSi still thirty day. away.
".
Turning his head from each sayory dish
He clung TO cold water-drank like fish;
And people who crowded to see him grow
Who expected a skeleton was to be seen
In Clarendon Hall-were astonished wesn,
When they found the starved Doctor Ger
bubbling with Joy
And the water increasing his avoirdupois.
Twenty days had gone by-all meal-less, they
And square meal was still twenty days away.
Under his hungry belt, none knew,
The trial his stomach was going through:
They listened 10 hear the rumble and roar
OF intestinal wrath; but the still air bore
No sound. save the frigid waters pour
As he gulped down a gill on the thirteenth
The beeisteak was now ten days away.
The forty days were ended at last,
And the Doctor, fresh from his terrible fast,
Got weighed; when, 10, the people found
lie had gained, in the interval, forty pound
He gave banquet 10 those he knew
Homeo Allopath Hammond, too
Where the principal dish in the long NESr
Was plate Of atmospheric stew:
And above the board that beeis,sak held
The following legand was easily spelled:
"'Tis Just az easy to fast always
As 70 fast for q paltry forty days
Hurrah, Hurrahi for Tanner true!
Hurrah for his ,talwart stomach, tool
And when the glorious time draws near
When meals will consist OF water clear,
And we'l have no boarding-house mistress TO
fear,
Be his stomach gold-mounted and thus en-
graved:
Here is the stomach that takes the cake
That never for custard pie has craved,
And has gone forty days without beofsteak.
Globe Democrat.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21

A RESIDENT of New York State, whose
name is withheld, has presented LlncUn, ON
University with a check for S20'OOo, .pS ~
fund to he used for the establishment. ~
a professorship in the classical depaLlr
ment. The generous giver only recehua
became acquainted with tie work anu
merit of the university.
The Osceola times., 1880-08-21

GEN.GRAST says he was shown pigioe pios
of land in China which has been ullu.s
cultivation every year for 5,OUGI yssi;s yes;s
without deterioration of the soil. iha ,ha
result is effected by returning 10 W
soil every thing taken from i tha. =
not consumed. Here, then, is the e, $50 ,a.s
Of the remarkable richness OF Chii'''
soil,