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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
Strange Freak Of Nature.

The Independent contains truthful and
graphic-at leas, lily as graphic as truthful
account Of a Manl., - OK in whose stomach
i'll the post mortem examination conducted
by the butcher six dollars worth of gold dust
was found together with quantity of sand.
The presence Of the sand in company with
the gold will not surprise placer miners whose
visions Of future fortune frequently fade into
thin air owing to the dlsproportion existing
between those substances as actually found,
compared with the proportion as it had pre-
viously y been established in the miners imagi-
nation. However, it is not of this familiar
and painful experience that We wish to speak
We intended simply to remark that our es-
tcemed contemporary should have told the
story entire, instead of presenting its readers
with only portion of 1t. To say that the OK
banned out gay Oh lis inner levels was
good enough, but why not finish the story and
tell lis how, through strange freak of nature
that OK was provided with a gizzard Instead
Of the stomach which usually enters into the
makeup OF a graminivorous animal. Owing
to this peculiarly he felt the want common
to gallnaceous animals of something tough.
something hard, to assist his digestion, anu
as none Of the Independent editorials happen
ed to be at hand 10 answer this useful pul-
pose, the poor OK had to fall back on mix
ture OF sand and gold dust as the best ayailabla
substitute. This is the story entire, which We
present hopin our esteemed cotem. will at
cept the correction. In presenting it though,
our mind is filled with apprehension concern
ing the well earned reputation of certain
historic character, that is if the Independent
| continues Ipaking such discoveries as the
| above. What, permit us to ask, what is be-
come of the aurels worn by the "goose that
laid the golden egg" if the Independent COLI
tinues its researches in natural history-re-
searches at the very threshold OF which We
are presented with great overgrown OK as the
rival of the humble, modest goose who by i
strict attention to business had previously
earned Tor herself fair reputation in the
same line of business? p? What, let us repeat,
is To become of her laurels if those researches
be prosecuted with the success attending their
initial step? We pause for a reply, and les,
ane one attempt to bluff lis OIL by any rash
assertion to the effect that goose never wears
laurels, We loudly lift our voice IN protesting
that she does and that the trophies thus worn
are of the particular kind known as laures
editorial.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
THE EXCAVATION OF TROY.
The Work Completed by schlielman-Ti.e
Result GrandIy Satisfactory.

Schlicman'S Letter to the st. Petersburg Golos.
l have just returned from Asia Minor,
where | have at last finished that digging out
of Troy which | began in 1870. During the
ten years have struggled with great difficult
ties, among which, perhaps: the most trouble
some has been the large amount of debris
under which the ancient city was destroyed.
1t has been necessary to dig down and dig up
the ground for more than sixteen yards be
low the surface. But | am fully recompensed
for all my trouble. | found the remains of
seven different ancient cities the last of them
was the lion of Homer. That city was built
by the .Eolians, banished from Greece by the
Dorians in the eleventh century before our
era. In one Of the buried cities found many
statutes of Minerva with the owls head,
whence her name of Glaucopis. In another
city were found many images of the divini-
ties. But the most interesting and important
Of all discoveries is, of course, the city of
King Prlam. Every article found in the ruins
of that city bear unmistakable signs Of having
been destroyed by fire and in time of war.
There We're discovered many remains of hu-
man bodies in full armnr. | dug out and
cleared away the debris from the entire wall
that surrounded the city and also from all
the principal buildings. Now l am finishing
large volume in English describing with
full details all my discoveries and containing
discoveries. My Trojan collection is now in
London, but It the end of this year shall
take it to my villa in Athens, which is fire.
proof. built only Of marble and iron. | have
received large offers for my collection flom
the United States, England, France and Ger
many, but cannot part with It for any money
in The world
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
Afternoon DISPATCHES,
FOREIGN.

CORK, May 12.--The United States shin
Constellation sailed yesterday lomeward
bound The ships in the river clipped their
flags and the forts fired salutes.
LONDON, May ia St. Petersburg cor
respondent says he is in position to confirm
the reports of the expulsion of Jews from
st. Petersburg. The Bayarian Jews have lust
been expelled.
PARIS, May 12.-The town of Belumholder.
IN Rhenish Prussia, has been almost DESTROYED
by fire. Over thousand persons are desti-
tute.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 12.--The British
consul al Bourgas, Eastern Roumelia tele-
graphs the British ambassador that a band of
soldiers from Bulgaria entered the district of
Aides, pillaged nine Turkish villages, killed
several men and outraged some women. Over
2lOO Mussulmans who escaped are at present
encamped at Achiao.
LONDON, May 12.-The war office is col
lecting all possible information regarding the
Chinese frontier in view of probable rup-
ture between Russia and China.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
The California E,ncute.

SAN FRANCISCO, May PA Fanford dis
patch says: Matters are quiet this morning.
and there are no prospects OF further out
break. The six men killed were Dan Kelly,
Walter Crow, Ives, Krutson, John Henderson
and James Harris. Archie McGregory
was wounded mortally NJ. D. Hartt and E.
Raymaker slightly wounded. The principal
shooting was done by Grow, Hart, Hender-
son, Kelly and Harris. No others did any
shooting as yet known.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
HELENA, Mont, April 9th, 1880.
- MjnjDU IOuqnuI

Notwithstanding all learned theorizing TO
the contrary, there is no rule of living by
which old age may be secured. In long list
siven Of people who lived to be Il century old,
no two existed amid the same conditions.
Some We're paupers, many were hard working
people in common life. Most likely not half
dozen in.the whole lot knew anything about
their inside. They lived in variety of ways
The diet of a woman who lived TO be a hun
dred aud seventeen is said to have been but
terinilk and greens, of which we have some
doubt. Some Were very temperate and others
are quite the reverse. One old fellow who
reached hundred and four drank pint and
a half of London gin daily. An Irlshman
who lived to be a hundred and eleven dranK
plentifuliy of rum and brandy till the last
With exceptions Of that kind, temperance and
simplicity of diet were the chief characters
tics. Old age had been attained not by any
hard and fast rule, but by number of differ.
ent circumstances, as seen hy experience.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
Charges Against Kalloch.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.-The charges
against Kalloch are in brief:-Neglect of duty
as mayor; and chairman of the board of elec-
tion commissioners and president of the board
of supervisors bringing people of the city in
to infAmy and disgrace by his public utter
ances encouraging unlawful and turbulent
gatherings and advising professions endan-
gering public peace and stability OF govern
ment; encouraging turbulent persons to
violence and bioodshed, while ostensibly
advising different course. In this connec-
tion some of the mayors speeches are quoted
on taking and soliciting street and southern
pacific railroad passes.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
New York Metal Market.
The New York Mining Record Of the 1st
instant contains the following review of the
metal market: .. .n ...... ....s
SUPERIOR METALS.

SUPERIOR METALS. |
There las been no improvement in the
condition of trade or the general position of
the market Values have ruled in buyers
favor and the demand without exception has
been meagre. Consumers have but little
occasion to replenish their supplies, and deal.
ers are still taking delivery OF stock purchased
under contract during the "boom." The
tone is dull and inclined to be gloomy, but
there are no indications that consumption is
in any measure shrinking or likely to fall off.
Lead.-The tone of the market throughout
the past week has been bearish, and this in
connection with decline in the London
market, has resulted in lower prices being
established. The movement, however, has
b.en altogether Insignificant, and the sales
since our last issue, which have been of a
jobbing character, do not exceed one hundred
tons common domestic in lots at prices rang
ing from $40 to 81 cents. The large holders
are entirely out OF the market at these prices,
but small parcels of stock are still obtanable
| at 81 cents, the demand is limited and the
| market generally dull. Refined is quoted at
81 cents and foreign Ell per ton f. o. b.
| Copper.-With but few buyers the market
has ruled dull and nominal. Lake is obtain
| able at 21 cents cash, but consumers do not
appear to require stock, and sales are made
with difficulty.
| While it is true that the consumption of
the country has materially increased within
tllepast six months, and is still going on upon
anenlarged scale as compared with last year,
the fact must not be lost sight of that there is
| a limit to the amount of stock which consum-
ers require. That limit was, undoubtedly,
more than exceeded when, during January
and February the mining companies brought
forward every available pound at their mines,
despite the closing of lake navigation. For
tunately for them, the cold weather afforded
the unusual opportunity of sledging across
Keweenaw Bay to the railroad. and by this
means and the readiness with which it was
sold to speculative dealers here, the market
has actually become 'glutted." In addition
to this, the high prices ruling attracted ship
ments from abroad and the supply has been
further increased by the importation of about
100000 pounds English, and 100000
pounds of our own production sent back to
| lis. The large consumers naturally supplied
themselves by contract during the excitement
at prices not above 21a cents, while speculation
| ran the price up above 25 cents consequently
the surplus, which represents the quantity
! taken by spectators at high prices, can not
now find a market, and until it has been
slowly absorbed must prove drug. Mean
time the arrival of new copper is not far dis
tan, the first receipts usually coming to hand
| about June 1st.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
The Amenities of Eitcrature.

One of the most memorable of modern lit
eraly squabbles in France was that between
Sainte-Beuve and BalZac Sainte-Beuve be-
gan by describing the great romance writer
as a miliner He has fine stutts in stock
but ithey have been worn and are almost
always stained with oil or grease. He has a
style, but it is vacillating, uneasy, seeking
often to find itself, One recognizes the man
who has written thirty volumes before acIuir-
ing it, and when one is so long in finding a
style one is by no means sure of keeping it,,
Then he compared BalZac to bad general
who never carries the least important of posi-
lions without being prodigal OfblOOd, ''though
indeed, it is only of ink, that he is prodigal,''
and after insisting upon Balzacs immortality
used the famous phrase of J. j. AmpGre,
" Whenever | read some of these descriptions
| always feel as itI should wash my hands
and brush my coat after it,"
BalZac nursed his wrath tor six long years.
but when he founded his Rerue PariSienne
got square with his critic. When you cross
the Pont des Arts" he said, "turn to the
right the Mazarine Library is on the left-if
You went by it you might yawn. When read
ing Sainte-Beuve WEAKNESS falls on you like
a drizzling rain which winds up wetting you
to the bone. Phrases conveying scanty and
impalpable ideas rain down and sadden the
mind which is exposed to this damp French.
his LluSt feScilUltS IHc DaI Talilef llan lne
eagle it loves the gloom and twilight light
oilends its eyes. Flabhy aud base. impotcnt
and cowardly, his phrase coasts along subjects.
sneaks round ideas, prowlsi in the darkness
like .iackal, enters the graveyards and brings
out thence estimabe corpses that have never
done anything TO him that that he should dig
them up. NJ. Sante-Beuve's poetry to me has
always seemed to be translated rom foreign
language by somebody indillerGntly acquaint
ed with it. He pretents to understand it,
but that is only the authors fatuousness. In
their latter days Newton and Laplace admitted
that they no longer understood themselves.
Only a mathematician would own that:
poet would be dragged to death by four horses
before thus owning llp.''
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
TiIden's Reported Withdrawal.

:, New YORK, May 10.-Monday's World has
TINS Yesterday afternoon Speaker Bandall,
VIM. l.. Scott, Of Erie, Pa, and Henry Wat
cersoh paid Tilden visit together and re-
mained with him several hours, Toward
sunset Tilden and Watterson took drive in
Central Park i'll Tilden's Victoria. A few
other visitors were denied admission to Gram
ercy Park House on the plea that Tilden was
particularly engaged. Randall arrived from
Washington in the morning and returned last
hight. Watterson was invisible at the Everett
House last evening, being fatigued. Mr..
Scott had not returned to the Fifth Avenue
Hotel at late hour. 1t was rumored at the
Manhattan Club last evening where the in
terview of Tilden's three trustiest aids with
their chief soon became known, and was
made topic of conversation, that Tilden
since the Ohio convention, had determined
to prepare letter of withdrawal with pow.
er OF attorney to his delegates to name can
didate and that VIM. L. Scott was to hold the
power in blank. .... ....
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
Grrmany's Return to IA Ri- Metallic Stand
ard.

WASHINGTON, May 1l.-Mr. White, min
lister to Germany, in dispatch April 10Th,
states that lhe German government is about
70 put all increased circulation of silver coin
to the amount of twenty per cent. Of the full
amount in current use, that is, from ten marks
per head Of population 10 II marks, ON the
ground that the present amount is not ade-
quate. The proposed increase, it is repre-
sented, will afford an opportunity to recoin
the silver accnmulating in the hands Of the
government since 1873.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
Indian Outbreak i'll New Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1l.--Tucson des-
patch advices just received from Silver City
up to Friday last state that the excitement in
that section over the Indian troubles is very
great. Numbers Of Apaches have joined Vic
tOria's band from The New Mexico icserva-
ton, 1t is thought he is also reinforced from
the San Carlos reservation in Arizona and
that his warriors are dcprella'in% extensively
through the eastern portion of Grant county.
Numbers Of citizens and settlers have been
killed and in many instances horribly mutt
latcl The citizens have taken up arms and
are securing the country vigorously in search
of the malauders. Capt. Madden and his
command was in the vicinity Of liillsboro at
last accounts directly upon the trail ola BODY
of some 200 Indians. \ Lgh. is momentaIlly
expected. The whole country about Shakes
peare's camp and Earl Springs is in condl-
ton of great excitement, an" active pfrpala-
tious are being made by the miners and resi-
,Inn,s ti,r "A strong resistance.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
ACALIFGENHA TRAGEDY.
Four Men KILLED in u Fight Concerning
Railroad Lands.

SAN FHANClSto, May 11.-The contest
between the railroad company and settlers on
lands claimed by the company in what Is
known as Mussel Slough district. i'll Iniare
county. culminated to-day in bloody traS-
ely. l., 5. Marshal Poole left here day or
two AGO to serve writs OF ejecment on certain
settlers bv virtue of a decision of the Circuit
cnIrt in favor of The railroad company. This
afternoon Deputy Marshal Worth, OF th's
rity received the following dispatch from
Marshal Poole In attempting te execute
the writs four men were killed an" TWO
sounded" No further particulars nave YET
hean received. The settlers have banded
to0ether for mutual protection and express
determination TO resist the attempts at EJECT
ment.
Cn1ruBl,s. o., May S.-Governor Foster
rareiyed a telegram from Sheril Cohtter, OF
v,vuc county. asking tor troops TO Keep
dawn tho riot which was threatened oy nearly
S0o white miners if the colored men IN the
,Iinss were not discharged. The Governor
nI,thnrizel the Use Of the troops.
Dr,pwoop, d. T., May il.-An explosion
H,.a hoxes (uearly one hundred poundS) of
.;a,', u nowder occurred at the blacksmith shop
H.. uioh Lode mine, Genital City, this
'.nirr Vi r INSTANTLY killing Samuel Kemble,
r',i,a .''oi IF the mine, and Joseph Trubell and
lpI n,''' GiImore, employees. Tie bodies We're
JOINS f,arrnlly torn to pieces. The country
Gnr an area of mile square was strewh WIN
small fragments Of flesh ana thc runs OF the
shons Kcmble and Gilmore hail from James
vile. Wisconsin.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18

An advertisement says Save your hair
while you have it," Isn't this calculated To
discourage emigration to the Indian country !?
Jerseyman tells us his wife was kicked
i'll the jaw by mule "Did it hurt hero"
BLESS you, no; but the mule broke his leg
and had to be shot"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18

Western editor says one hug IS MG,," ;atrn. :,
len love letters, and they cannot oe ,is. ",,i
FED as evidence in breach "i i'oi"''N
/, either.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
LATER FROM CHICAGO.


kuNnenht.
CHICAGO, May 1O.-The county delegates,
convention this morning resulted in severa
knock downs on account of Grant men claim
ing the right to dictate respecting the nomi
nation of Chairman, and the police were OBJ
liged to interfere. The anti-thlrd term dele
gates then organized convention and the
Grant men Immediately bolted. 1t is regard
ed significant that the Grant men consider his
chance in Illinois desperate and they will send
a delegation to Springfield to contest. 1t is
understood that the Grant managers sent
word to the coalition this morning that un-
less they were permitted a share of the dele
gates to Springfield that the State Convention
would instlu uct for Grant Word was return
ed that such action could not be taken be-
cause Grant would only have a minority in
the State Convention.
The New York Press ON the Situation.
New YORK, May 10.-The Herald esti-
mates that the delegates so far elected to
Chicago VIII stand about as follows: EX-
President, 255 Blaine, 2l9 Sherman, 80 D.;
Edmunds, 30: and Washburne, l3. The
eXPresident is barely fl votes ahead of
Blaine and very far short of a majority of the
delegates. He is more likely to lose than to
gain in the delegates yet to be elected.
The Sun says Blaine was at the Fifth
Avenue hotel yesterday. He received many
VISITORS ana was IN earnest consultation with
leading Republican politicians. The opinion
was freely expressed that the Grant boom
had been efiectually weakened.
THO Black Hills Dynamite Explosion.
DEADwooD. May 11.-Another version of
the explosion at the High Lode mine black
smith shop near Central City, this morning,
shows that there were tour full and and one
partly full boxes Of giant powder, over one
hundred pounds in the buildins. At the time
the accident occurred the blacksmith was
sharpening drills and the others Gaping fuse.
1t is supposed spark flew from the anvil and
exploded the giant powder The names of
the killed are Samuel j.. Kmbal, Joseph Gil
more and l.. Trudel. The two former were
from GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, and the latter
from Ncolet, Colorado, where he leaves
wife and family. Kimbal leaves a wife and
two children here. Gilmore was unmarried.
The bodies of the unfortunate men were
blown to atoms and beyond recognition;
pieces of flesh, bones, etc, being scattered
over a mile square in all directions, the largest
piece found being a mans head. The sight
beggers description being the most terrible
and sickening ever witnessed in the Black
Hills.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18

The editor of a newspaper that has adopted
phonetic spelling, i'll Il measure, received Il
postal card from a subscriber in the country
which read as follows: II hev TUX your
paper for leven years. but if you kant spell
emmy better Than you hev been don fur the
las TO munths you can ies stoppit."
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18

WASHINGTON, May ll.-Augustus Morris
OF, of the honorary commission, representing
the United States in the Sydney internatiOn-
al exhibition, says exhibitors from the United
States have been very successful i'll obtaining
awards. In all cases where unr leading man
uiaCturers have >r..t t.a>. goods Tor COMPETE
tiom, they have either rNrrlled all others or
stood in the first rank. The result will be a
large sale of American articles Of various
kinds heretofore unknown in Australia.
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