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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
ERliSrant Travel.

From freight agent Mcconnell, who was
recently in Butte, we learned that it is the
intention of he U. & N. Company,
as soon as emigration begins, to adopt "a new
system for the accommodation of travellers
second and third class. The way in which
pilgrims have heretofore been sardined in the
passenger cars has been excessively inconven-
lent, for not only did they not have room, but
it was next to impossible for them to carry
any household goods of which settlers in a
new country stand most urgently in need.
They have been compelled at a heavy sacri-
flee to dispose of everything they could not
pack in their trunks and this restriction has
undoubtedly prevented many from emigrat-
ing. The company now proposes to charter
cars for $500 each from Council Bluffs to the
terminus of the Utah and Northern, a change
to narrow guase cars taking place at Ogden.
Either one man or a dozen can hire the car
for the amount specified and can load it as he
or they please. This regulation will undoubt-
eddy prove of great advantage to the poorer
class of travellers who desire to ship house
hold goods to save the expense of new pur-
chases, and will tend greatly to promote the
tide of emigration in this direction.
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The Cattle Interests.

There is reason to fear that the cold snap
experience about two weeks ago proved fatal
to a large number of cattle in the Deer Lodge
valley. In conversation yesterday with Mr..
Bielenberg, who is one the prominent stock
raisers of the Territory, hat gentleman stated
his belief that not less than one-forth of the
cattle in the Deer Lodge valley persisted
owing to cold weather and the depth of the
snow combined. This winter, Mr.. Bielen-
berg states, has been exceptionally hard on
stock, but had it not been for the recent cold
spell no serious mortality would have occur
red. As it was the cattle were much reduced
i'll flesh and weak from insufficient food, and
were not in a condition to stand the severe
weather we experienced, as cattle owners
had no hay to feed them. 1t is gratifying to
know, however, that at the present time the
cattle herds in the valley are limited in num-
bers, there being, in the. opinion OF Mr.. Biel-
enberg, not more than 5000 or G,O0O now
feeding on that range. In the Sun River
range where nearly all the stock Of the Terri
tory is, there is little snow and excellent feed,
and the cattle in that country have wintered
we'll and are now in good condition.
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BLACK HILLS NUGGErS

Custer has a literary society.
The Anti-Lodi Co., at Rockford, are putting
in a 4O-stamp mill.
Cross mine, near Harney's peak, is consid-
cred one of the richest in the Hills.
Sixteen thousand head of cattle in PEN
nington county are subjected to taxation.
The people are moving for a series of arte-
sian wells to irrigate the semi-desert. lands.
Mr.. Wood and his son were hanged and
two other cattle thieves shot on the Belle
Fourche.
The Yellowstone Journal refers to Miles
City as "a city of magnificent promise and
little cash."
The Lightning mine, near Custer, is turn
ing out big chunks of gold, some of them as
large as hens eggs.
In a DeadwOod entertainment for the relief
of Ireland, seats were sold at auction. the first
one being knocked down at S130.
The Red Cloud, one of the oldest mines in
this camp, never looked so we'll as it does
now. They have a larger body of ore than
they ever had before and high grade.
The Florence company are pounding away,
both in the mine and mill, day and night
with good results. So well satisfied is the
company that they have ordered Ingersoll
drills to work with.
A brace of horse thieves were captured last
week near Bijou hills, named W. NJ. hurry
and Frank S. Carley. That section has been
a rendezvous for stock nipping artists for a
long time.
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New York Metal Market,

A New York journal of the 18th instant
reports the condition of the base metal mar
ket to be as follows:
Under the influence Of a limited demand.
and, in some instances, accommodating supplies,
values have developed an easier tendency,
and generally ruled in buyers favor. There
has been no falling off in consumption, but
manufacturers secured supplies during the
active trading current at the beginning of the
year, and the lull now existing naturally
begets an easier feeling with those who are
anxious to market their stocks.
Copper.-There is but little inquiry for
spots or futures, and Lake is available from
second hands at 23aaa235 cents, which is the
present quotation. Although the supply is by
no means in excess of the present require
ments OF consumption, a considerable number
Of speculative purchases made for future
delivery will fall due early next week, and in
view of the deliveries then to be made the
market is a trife easier in tone. Consumers
in need of stock, anticipating an opportunity
OF being able then to purchase a concession
from those who will be pressed to realize.
The bulk of the supply available from Lake
Superior before the opening of navigation is
known to have been sent forward, and the
actual additions to stock from this source for
the next two months will undoubtedly be
comparatively light. Baltimore is quoted at
2344 cents and English best selected at % tents
from store. The London market is a trifle
easier, the latest cables quoting Chilli bars at
to6.1Oa69, and best selected at f7S.
Lead.-The demand is still insignificant,
and business is still confined to the REQUIRE
ments OF small consumers and the jobbing
trade, and while sellers have made some slight
concession, the market is steady at !. 9Oa5.9 5
cents for common and 81 cents for corroding.
The supply, both on the spot and to arrive, is
comparatively small and concentrated and
holders are not anxious sellers, being satisfied
to await the temperance of a general de-
mand.
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CHIPS.

Ir you don't happen to remember the maine
of your dressmaker, speak of her rs Miss Se,r-
and-Sew.-Funnv Folks.
The ex-Queen of Spain is spoken of as
''fat old Isabella" This is as bad as being
blown up by dynamite.-NeU Hauen Regis
ter.
Oshkosh, Wis, has the largest match factory
in the world. It cut up 100000 feet of logs
into matches, and used 100000 worth of
revenue stamps during 1879.
~Bald-headed persons are recommended, by
one who knows how it is himself, to have a
spider painted on the top of their heads as a
preparation for the fast approaching fy-time.
Buffalo Express.
The statement is going around that Lolita
is 80 years old. Of course she doesn't look
1t, and we wish to state that the figures have
BY some means been MISREPRESENTATION
Post.
A robust countryman meeting a physician
ran to hide himself behind a wall. Being
asked the cause he replied: cit is SO long
since l have been sick that l am ashamed to
look a physician in the ace."-Boston Post.
A mean man put sixteen hornets in a whis-
key bottle and gave it to a Texas man IN the
dark to take a drink out of, and though the
hornets got in their work as they went down,
the Texan remarked that it wasn't real Texas
whiskey, as it lacked fire.
In the Burmese Overland the ground is
frozen so hard that before a grave can be dug
great fires have to be made in the church,
yards, and in some instances, when this
expedient has proved unvailing, the grave.
diggers have been compelled to resort TO the
use of dynamite.
Gilmore has changed the two last lines of
his columbia. They now read "In awe
and reverence we waits for thee to save the
United States" Now, if he will change It
once more, the whole regular army won't be
able TO put down the riots.-Derrick.
At dinner she had a doctor at either hand
one OF whom remarked that they were we'll
served, since they had a luck between them.
J." YES" she broke in-her wit is of the sort
that comes in flashes" and l am between
two quacks." Then silence fell.--Boston
Transcript.
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fFrom Tuesdays Daily.l
HORSE PLAINS.
New Gold Excitement In that Vicinity.

Editor Butte Miner.
AS some Of your readers may be interested
in events transpiring in this section of the
territory, l have concluded to transmit a few
items At present there is quite a minino
excitement here, the boys stampeding in the
direction of Horse Plains, situated near the
9 Of Thompson river, about one hundred
miles from Missoula. Many of the SIAM
peders had a rough trip, but finally succeeded
In reaching what is known as Maginnis gulch.
On their arrival there they staked out their
claims in five feet of snow and then returned
home to wait for more favorable weather,
From present indications there is not the
least doubt that gold will be discovered in
paying quantities in that vicinity during the
coming summer as the ground in mapy places
prospects well. l know this to be true be-
cause l was one of the stampeders and washed
some OF the dirt" myself. On my return
trip wished Horse Plains City, if city it NAV
De called, and found the few settlers there
luli OF glowing antlcipations in relation to the
future OF the country. The Northern Pacific
Is sure to pass through that section of country,
ana as 1t now stands a good chance of be-
coming an important mining region and as
It's agricultural facilities are truly re-
markable, the time is not far distant
when Horse Plains will be recognized
as the garden spot of Montana Territory.
Every agricultural product that grows in the
eastern States can be raised here. In travel
Ing up the valley l passed the Laughlin ranch
and took occasion to look at the buildings
and surroundings. Fruit trees, the first l
have seen in the Territory, look thrifty and
give every indication of bearing fruit this
year in great abundance. Strawberry vines
are looking green and fresh, as there is little
or no snow on the ground. This place is
free from late and early frosts.
There is a good living spring near the
houses, besides plenty of water to irrigate
with if needed. l have seen fine, large corn,
melons of all kinds, tomatoes, squash, and in
fact all kinds of grain and vegetables mature
in this section, "which is why l remark that
within a few years il is destined to become
one of the greatest producing sections of the
territory.
MISsOULA, March 1G.
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Killed at Her Wedding.

In the midst of the great events of the war
such incidents as the following were compar-
itively unnoticed and left TO be long afterward
related in print Miss Annie Plckens, daugh-
ter of the Governor of South Carolina, was to
be married Oh April %, 1868, in Charleston,
to Lieut.. Andrew de Rochelle. The wedding
party was assembled in the Pickens residence
and the clergyman was asking the bride ifshe
was ready, when a shell from a Union gun in
the harbor broke into the room and burst.
persons were hurt, but only Miss Pick
ems wound proved mortal. She bore the pain
with wonderful fortitude and was unmoved
when informed that she had only all hour or
two to live. De Rochelle said that he would
like to have her die his wife, and the poor
girl smiled sadly in assent. The guests re-
member The scene as far more pitiful than
they can describe. The bride lay on a sofa,
her white dress dabbled in blood and her hair
disheveled, while her paid face was so wrung
with agony that her efforts to smile became
futile. The ceremony was hurriedly perform
ed, though the BRIDES eyes" was IN a faint.
labored whisper, and her lips hardly moved
in response to her husbands kiss. She died
Immediately afierward.
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ada" said the fat passenger, thoughtfully,
as the brakeman called out the name of that
station, Ada what is her other name, brake
man ?"
The brakeman for a moment held his peace
with a ~scornful air, and then said, "Ohio, sir,
Ada, Ohio"
And then the fat party climbed out very
meekly.
81 expect" said the sad passenger, she
has had that played on him a great many
times. l thought of saying it myself, and
then it seemed to me to have a decided tami-
ly resemblance to the Morrow, Ohio, joke,
and [ shut it off,"
81 like the name," | said because It is
like Bob it spells the same thing both ways
Then | suppose you think said the tall,
thin passenger, that Adam and he paused
with an air of pitiful timidlty.
go on | said, and "Uh, yes, go on
shouted the others, encouragingly; and the
tall, thin passenger resumed:
THAT Adam Ada mistake when lie 'ad EN-
add III to his anne"
And then we all walled and went into The
hotel.-Bmdette.
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Mr.. Stewart, the lessee, with the aid of two
men, has, since the first instant, extracted
from the mine fifty tons of seventy ounce free
milling ore, which is now being reduced at
the Dexter mill. The Stevens is regarded as
the best poor mans mine in the district, and
its late product certainly entities it to that dis
tinction. No water has been encountered,
but little hosting is required, the shaft being
only fifty feet deep, a windlass is amply suffi-
Gent for the work, and the ore is of all excel
lent grade, SO that for a small mine the
Stevens is beyond doubt one of the most
profitable in the district.
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Alice Mining Company

i esterday the organization of the above
|'npany was perfected under the laws OF
Fah' with Joseph X. Walker as president
Fmuel S. Walker as vice-president, Matthew
Walker treasurer, and Benjamin e.. Ray
Puld as secretary. Directors: Samuel s.
alker, Joseph r. Walker, David F. Walker,
|atthew II. Walker, Charles K. Gilchrist,
|enry W. Lawrence, OF Salt Lake City, and
IS. Dunn, w. b. Leonard and J.. G. Bah
OF New York City. Principal business
nee Salt Lake City j.; stock transfer office in
Few York City.
The certlfi Gates for stock already subscribed
Pi be ready to be issued as soon as received
the engravers and printers.-Sdh Luxe
'tdune, Mdrch 21st.
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MINING SALE.
The Star West Purchased by Mr.. Will
Hams.

Late last evening a well authenticated
report became current to the effect that the
Star West mine had been sold during the
day by Mr.. Roila Butcher, for the sum of
2 5000, Mr.. Williams, of the Colorado smell
ter being the purchaser. During the past
winter the mine has been under bond to Pas
sage and Rice, but the bond having expired
the control of the property reverted to Mr..
Butcher who disposed of it as stated. The
Star West is probably a spur of the mammoth
Black Chief ledge and is situated a few hun
dred yards northeast of the Dexter mill. The
ore, of which a very large body is in sight, is
base in character but exceptionally rich, the
lessees having Melted as high as three hun
dred dollars per ton. 1t has been worked at
the smelter and the quality and quantity of it
caused Mr.. Williams to make a personal ex
animation Of the property, which is undoubt-
eddy cheap at the figure said to have been paid
for it.
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A Pen Picture OF Randall.

Sam Randall would attract interest in al
most any crow He is tall, ~broad-shoulder-
ed and very individual Ill his personal bear
ing. His face is a dead sallow white, and
stands out in marked contrast with his Ill
telsely jet-black eyes and coal-black hair. He
almost always wears steel-bowed glasses. The
lower part of his face, which is always clean
shaved, indicates bulldog ~tirlnncss aud ten
acity. He almost invariably dresses in black.
He lives in a very quiet, ntious way,
in a very inexpensive house on Capitol Hill.
He is never seen in a carriage, but walks
about town. He used to be a great drinker
several years ago. when he first entered Con-
gress. The temptations of Washington life
were, for IA time, too strong for him, and a
weaker man would have been absolutely
ruined. He brought that bulldog tenacity
of his to bear, and absolutely ioleswore the
use of liquor some four years ago, and since
that time 10 one has ever seen him taste a
drop. SO far as private life goes, he is a mod
el. He is devoted to his family and his child
ren.- Wash ing'0n Lett"rtO Chicayo Times.
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(From Thursdays Daily.)
HI ALICE MILL
Contract for its Censtruction Awarded in
... Salt Lake. ...- .

We learn fran the Salt Lake Tribune that
the contract for the forty stamp mill for the
Alice G. Il S. NJ. Co. was awarded in that
city, a few days Ago., to Messrs. Griffith &
Wedge, OF GAINESVILLE, Ohio. The mill was
designed by W. H. Fl. Bowers, of Salt Lake,
under the supervision of Mr.. Dunn, Sup't of
the present mill, who is now in the Utah
capital. The mill will be very complete in
Its arrangement, every precaution having been
taken to arrange the pipes for conducting
water to the pans and settlers during the
coolest weather, the severity Of the winters
in Montana frequently giving much trouble
through the freezing of water pipes, as was
evidenced in the operations of the Clipper
and Silver Bow mills during the past winter.
The mill will have a capacity for working go
tons of ore each "a hours.
There will be two 6O-inch Howell's i'm
proved roasting and chloridizlng cylinders
erected, the very successful operation Of the
large cylinder furnace at the new Algonquin
mill having demonstrated its superiority over
the old style.
The engine is a 24x4S Buckeye, automatic
cut off, capable of working up to $50 horse
power. There are also six eighty horse power
boilers placed in batteries of two and arranged
so that any two may be Slut off at any time !;
four of these boilers being sufficient to supply
the pans and engine with steam, 1t leaves one
pair always in reserve admitting of their
cleaning without a stoppage of the mill.
When the mill starts into operation there will
be no occasion for any stoppage either day Or
night for a long time.
MI. Dunn's long experience in superintend-
ing silver mills, Che being the pioneer super
intendent of the Comstock mills) has taught
him many things relative to their arrangement
which he has incorporated in the Alice and
he claims that this will be the model forty
stamp mill of the Pacific Coast. Active op-
erations will be commenced as soon as the
frost is out of the ground. Messrs. Griffith
& Wedge will commence shipping the ma
chinery by the middle of April and it is in
tended that the mill shall commence work by
the first of August.
Nothing definite has been decided upon
relative to the projected 2O-stamp wet crush
ing mill for top ore, though there is no doubt
gifts ultimate erection, as the lower levels of
the mine will produce sufficient ore to keep
the other two mills in continuous operation.
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NEWS.
[Madisonian, March COL

[Madisonian, March 2O.l
There has not been, since '65, such a quartz
fever raging in Madison county as now.
George Thexton is taking some rich rock
out of the Alameda mine. He already feels
like a prospective millionaire.
We are Informed that the recent strike i'll
the Ore Cache is even larger than was first
reported. 1t is said that the body of ore
found will turn out thousands Of tons.
Richard Cook and Andrew Trudeaux have
finished a good, substantial bridge, seventy
feet long and sixteen feet wide, across the
Ruby river at their ranch near the mouth of
Needs gulch.
The discovery of a rich silver lode is re-
ported to have been made in the hills south of
Nevada gulch, Deer Lodge county. 1t is said
that the groupings can be traced for a mile
and a half. There is considerable excitement
on account of the strike, and a number of
claims have been staked off this week.
Messrs. Poindexter & Orr, the well-known
stock growers of Beaverhead county, were
recently offered $3.50 per head for their
entire band of cattle, and refused to sell them
at that price. The heavy losses of horned
stock, this winter, in Wyoming, Utah and
Colorado, Will have the effect to materially
advance prices this season.
The fine weather of the past week has given
an impetus to placer mining preparations, and
owners of this species of property are rust
ling around and getting their claims in order
for the seasons work. As there is every pros
pect of a bountiful water supply thisy year, 1t
is predicted there Will be All unusually busy
season, and a corresponding increase of the
yield of gold dust.
[Husbandman.I
A thousand or more acres of land will be
preempted and homesteaded in the vicinity
of town within twenty days after the snow
vanishes.
Several drains in Yogo are thought to be
near the bed rock, and it is believed that the
question OF pay will be definitely tested with
in the next forty days.
Choteau %county's progressive wool-grower,
Paris Gibson, has recently purchased $50 pure
bloOded Merino bucks which he intends to
ship to Montana early in May or June. One
hundred and twenty Of these were bred by
one Of the most celebrated breeders of Merino
stock on the continent. Wool-growers should
not fail to examine this flock during the sum-
mer.
The amount of notice the Yogo mines have
been receiving recently by the press of the
Territory will, we fear, have a tendency to
hurry up a stampede in that direction before
spring opens sufficient to do anything. The
first of May, we believe, is representation day,
and we don't anticipate that there will be
much opportunity to obtain ground previous
to that date, and it would not probably be
profitable to go there earlier. The mines are
at present undeveloped, and men without
means will find little to do there. After
spring opens it will be different; there will
be some hydraulic mines working and per-
haps considerable building going.
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FROM Wednesdays Daily.)
A Strange Occurrence.

A very sudden and somewhat mysterious
Ease OF sickness occurred in this city on Mon
Jay night, MI. Harper, of the surveyors
omce' having a very narrow escape with
his life. From Judge Spratt, who occupies
the room adjoining that of Mr.. Harper, we
obtain the following particulars. In the
early part of the evening the Judge was in
the surveyors office assisting Mr.. Harper
10 make out some legal documents and about
NM o'clock returned to his law office and
retired. After the lapse of several hours he
was awakened by a noise in Mr.. Harper's
room in which some one seemed to be
making a large fire, but supposing that his
helghbor had been out and was attempting to
warm up before going to bed, paid little at
tehtlon to the occurrence. Soon all became
quiet and the Judge concluded that Mr.. Har.
per had retired but was soon again aroused
by hearing groans in the adjacent apartment,
put supposing he was merely muttering in
his sleep, again dismissed the subject from
his mind Yesterday morning, however, Mr..
Harper failed to open the Office as usual and
for the first time the Judge entertained a sus-
plclon that something was the matter. He
accordingly procured the assistance of Judge
Wilcox and effected an entrance to the house,
where a startling spectacle met their gaze.
On the outside of the bed lay j. B. Harper,
in "a totally insensible condition. He had on
his pants, vest and boots, and the expression
OF his countenance indicated that he had suf-
tered considerably. As he could not be
aroused from his Comatose state, the assist
ance of DR.. Thompson was obtained, who at
once applied remedies to restore conscious
ness. 1t was the Doctors opinion that Mr..
Harper had been attacked with a congestive
chill of a very dangerous character, and
which, had not the condition of the patient
been discovered thus OPPORTUNITY, would be-
You'd doubt have terminated fatally. The
attack was probably su%perinduced by over
mental exertion. All day yesterday his con-
dition remained unchanged, nor was it until
evening that CONSCIOUSNESS returned. AT
present his condition is very critical, though
strong hopes are entertained of the gentle
mans recovery.