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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

W. P. Rose has sold a half interest
in his liquor business to S. P. Spencer,
an afable young gentleman from
Baltimore. The liquor business is in
the name Of S. P. Spencer 6 Co., and
Mr.. Rose will give his attention to the
mining business.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07
INNING BRIEFS.

The Ruby District Mining Co. i!
now in full blast and its stock selling
at par.
The Perhaps, the extension of The
Bullion King is down 90 feet. The
vein is large and the mineral is of Z
chloride nature.
Mr.. B. F. Field is pushing his work
ahead rapidly and getting handsome
results for his outlay.
Mr.. A. T. Gilkinson will begin
working the assessments on the Great
Bonanza and Independent Extension
this week.
The Chiquita will not be worked
until the water subsidies or its machin.
cry arrives, as the shaft is in too deeI
to draw the water out with a windlass.
The Maud Ashbrook is gaining
rapidly. 1t is the expectation thai
the next 10 feet will expose rich
vein Of ruby silver. They are running
cross cut. The assays on top, run
from 100 to 500 ounces.
The Philadelphia Belle on same vein
as Durango,is improving rapidly. The
assays are high on top and we can see
no reason why with proper work done
it will turn not out to be a valuable
property.
We have received specimen from
the Boston lode, situated in Redwell
basin and owned BY Geo Thompson
& Co. Only aboss york
has been done, busIx ga.
lena and pyr,tes I ex.
posed.
s: s: 4: !; !: !: :: !:
fine galeaa.
The Little FrShk, oxaed by Cor
nell & Merrill, isloca.ed ID Elk basin.
Assays made from this mine last fall
at depth Of IL feet gave 365 ounces.
4 so-foot contract has been let on
this property and the work will be
commenced Immediately.
The Galena King, one of Slate riv-
er's bonanzas, owned by Donehower
& Donaldson, has one-foot vein ol
sold galena--the finest we have seen
in these mountains. They have about
IS tons Of ore on the dump. A fine
specimen from this mine is displayed
in our cabinet.
The William Henry has 4 vein #.
wide with mineral: scattered all through
it. 1t has a depth of 40 feet at
| present writing and improving very
fast. The ore is galena and runs 60
ounces to the ton. We think 20 feet
more the mineral will come together
solid and will then yield handsome
profit by shipping.
Mr.. Defferbaugh is putting down a
working shaft on the Ruby Chief four
feet and four inches wide by ten feet
long-in the clear-which he is tim
oer'ng up IN tine style with sawed
tlmbers. The shaft, which is on the
vein, is now about II feet deep. Con-
siderable pay rock has already been
taken from it and sorted on the dump.
Mr.. Geiselman has struck some very
fine galena in the Jawcracker, in In
dependence basin, at a depth of IS
feet. Experts who have examined
this lode say that it will run into brittle
silver. The claim is being vigorously
worked and preparations going on for
the erection of shaft house. Mr..
Geiselman is interested in five other
claims which he will work immedi-
diately.
Prindle, Rhode & Co. have pur
chased of Otto Winkleman, one-half
interest in the Big Indian lode situated
in Swan Basin. 1t has IS foot Shaft
on 1t, and fifteen inch pay streak of
fine galena that will run about 100
ounces in silver to the ton. The new
owners will put men to work on this
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

M. Coppinger has returned from
Cunnison. We learn that he will star,
bank in that place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

J. W. Dawson, has charge Of our
telegraph office now, late of Gunnison.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

F. P. Brown, Genesee, ILL.,, B. S.
Bishopp, Colo., NJ. NJ. Pomeroy OF
the Great West, Denver, GA. Traver,
special artist of the Great Wfst, w.
D. Hinckley, private secretary to
Brick Pomeroy, arrived in camp late
last night, and are the guests of W.
c. Miller, treasurer of the Standard
Mining Co., of which Mr.. Pomeroy
is president. Mr.. Travers while here
will do some sketching for the Great
West, and it is safe to say that there
is no better field for his labors on the
American continent than right up here
in these picturesque Elk Mountains.
We heartily welcome these gentlemen
in our midst, and would say to Mr..
.Pomeroy that the latchstring of the
PlLor Office always hangs on the out
side, so that he can pull on it as often
as he likes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Families are arriving in camp daily
and our school is increasing in num-
bers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

4 new business house will be erect
&c next to The Parlor sample rooms,
on 9th street, for H. T. Panter's drug
store.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

A great deal of mining property is
changing hands.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

~ The rates for local notices will b twenty live
ssns u.s ttf tas Art imertion and fifteen cents
~ for each subsqssnt nseron and from these rates
Vs VII net dsviats.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

The City Bakery makes the most
reasonable rates in town for board.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Newspapers and periodicals at NAL
coins.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

While at Crested Butte, for good
Dinner try Mrs. Songer's Hotel. 4
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Col. Geo. DeLaVergne and party
occupy large tent on 10th street.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

The rail and dump car for the We
mango mine has arrived and in short
time our camp will have little rail
road IN operation about $50 feet long,
running ore out of that valuable claim.
The Elk No. lode, the property
OF the Ruby District Mining Co. is
only fraction of a claim, situated in
Elk Basin between two prospects that
are being worked. In one of them
the owner found at depth of only
three feet. a large body of galena that
looks precisely like that found in the
Mlcawber. Where it was discovered is
less than 100 feet from the R. D. NJ.
Cos ground, and on its discovery
quite large private figure has been
offered for the Elk No. 2, but refused.
Supt. Graves is confident of bonanza
in this property. The future prospects
of this company is growing more and
more promising daily. Out of their
twenty-five claims, some fifteen of
them are being worked in various
ways. Some are being worked BY
parties who are taking in payment
stock, as contractors know from some
Of their claims they are bound to have
a bonanza. Stock cannot be bought
now for less than par--s5o per share
from the company, and those who
have had stock issued to them in pay
ment for claims are not anxious to sell
at any price as they are confident that
future developments will pay them to
hold on to it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Step into the City Bakery and try
One Of is famous s-cent cigars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

We are turning out some neat job
work.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Try the meals at the City Bakery
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Views of the camp at Malcolm's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

The City Bakery sells seventeen
loves of bread for 81.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07
Circulating library at Malcolm's.

You can get good bread at the City
Bakery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

The best cigars at Malcolm's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

Prindle, Rhode & Co. have pur
chased of Otto Winkleman, one-hall
interest in the Big Indian lode situated
IN Swan Basin. 1t has IS foot Shaft
on 1t, and fifteen inch pay streak Of
fine galena that will run about 1oc
ounces in silver to the ton. The new
owners will put men to work on this
property Immediately and develop i,
into paying mine.
Mike Cowley owns the east exten-
sion OF the Venango, which he calls
the Little Ella. Mike is a gallant son
OF the Emerald Isle, and thinks a rich
lead should be named after one of the
fair sex. He has also located cross
vein which crosses the Little Ella.
naming it the Cowley lode. If Mike
has the necessary sugar to develop his
claims, like the Venango has been, in
less time than six months he'll be a
bonanza king.
The Swan Bros. who came in town
to. celebrate the 9Th say that every
thing is lively over in Swan basin,
and that more men are It vork m
that b0in than in any q thpse su..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-07-07

LOST or MZSLAID.
About June 1st. photograph OF three
children in group. Suitable reward if
returned to PILoT Office.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
Cause and Efect.

CAUsE.--There are in Chicagoabout
three Thousand saiooi,s, rnnning night
and day, and seven days in the week.
There are a score of Sunday theaters.
EFFEcr. There ere nineteen mur-
derers in our jail.
Our House of Correction is full.
6tabbing and shooting affrays are of
almost nightly occurrence.
At the close of every session Of the
Criminal Gonrt, nearly a carload of
prisone-s are cent to the pcnitentiary.
Our poor-house is fsil.
Our property is taxed heavily to
meet the expense Of liquor selling and
liquor drinking.
Wretchedness and noe are carried
into thousands Of families.
Every intelligent citizen knows all
this, ard yet we as a community take
upol, ourselves the responsibility Of it
By licensing the saloon, and thus be-
come indirectly chargeable with all
the vice, crime and misery resulting
from the lixuor traffic, around which
We throw protection through Legal
sanction Sig'ai
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
/ IofEcr'< Insusnee.

4 mother on the green hills Of Yer
mont WAS holdiag by the right hand q
son, sixteen years old, mad with love
OF the sea. And rs she stood by the
garden gate one morning she said to
the young man;
Edward, they tell me-for never
saw the ocaan~-that the great tempta-
ton of seaman'5 life is drink. Prom
ise me. before you quit your mothers
hand, that You viii never drink liquor"
'And," he said, for he told the story
''I gave the promise, and went the
globe over, to Calcutta and the 31ed-
iterranean, San Francisco and the
Cape of Good Hope, the North and
South Poles saw them all in forty
years, and T never saw glass filled
with sparkling liquor, that my moth
eFS form ct fhe gate did not rise up
before my eyes, alYdt to-day I am inno-
cont Of ne taste of liquor
Was not that sweet evidence Of the
power Of a single word? Yet that Is
not half. "ForP still continued he,
yesterday there came to my counting
room a man forty years old"
''Do you know me?"
"No."
"Well," said he, "I was brought
drunk into your presence on shipboard;
you were a passenger; they kicked me
aside5 you took me to your berth and
kept me there until slept off my in
toxicaton. You then asked me if 7
had mother; 1 said had never heard
word from her lips; you told me of
yours at the garden gate, and to-day +
am the master of one Of the finest
ships in New York harbor, and camo
70 ask you to come and see ME"
Flow far the liltle candle throws its
beamsl The mothers voice on the
green hills Of Vermont God be
thanked for the mighty power Of a.
single wordl
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
TEMPERANCE TALK.

We clip the following from the Fred
ericksburg, Va, Christian Banner:
\ young man and his wife were pre-
pairing to attend q Christmas party
at the house of a friend some miles DIS
tart.
Henry, my dear husband, don't
drink too much at the party to. day;
you will promise me, won't you? said
she, putting her hand on his arm, and
raising her eyes to his face with a
pleading glance.
No, Mile, I viii not, you may trust
me.
And he wrapped his infant boy in a
soft Blanket. and they all descended to
the carriage.
The horses were soon prancing over
the turf and pleasant conversation be-
guiled the way
Nov don't forget your promise,
whispered the young wife, as she pass
ed in.
Poor thingF size was tie wife. Of . man
who loved 30 look upon the wine when
red. But his love for his wife, and
their babe whom they both idolized,
kept him back. and it was not often
that he joined in Bachanaiion reyelry.
The party had passed off pleasantly
and the time of departing drew near,
and the wife dscended from the upper
chamber to join her husband. A pang
sipt through the trusting heart az she
met him, for he wa5 in6oxicated-he
had broken his promise to her and him
self.
Silently they rode homeward, save
when the drunken man broke into
snatches Of songs or unmeaniug laugh
ter. But the wife rode on, her babe
pressed closely to her poor grieved
heart.
Give me the baby, Miilie, 2 can't
trust you with him. said he as he ap-
preached dark and somewhat swollen
stream.
After come hes:tation, she resigned
her first born, her darling babe closely
wrapped in the great blanket, his arms.
Oyer the dark waters the noble steeds
safely bore them. and, and when they
reached the bank, mother asked fol
! the child.
I WITH much care and tenderness he
placed the bundle in ber arms; WHOM
she clasped it to ner bosom, 10 babe
was therei Il had slipped from the
blanket. and the drunken father knew
It no
A Wild shrek aroused him, and he
turned Just in time to see the little ro-
- face rise one moment above the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
ST. 90 PER T PHETS ANNUM.

flashed the news Hll over ou1 broad
land that a great city was j,.-ning, and
that It's women and childreu %5se
crouchng around The embers Of their
former homes, without food. Before
the roar Of the flames had died awa}i
the heart Of ;lie nation Fas moyed 10
It's dei tbs, and train after train came
pouring in; lr,lfu H;tli provisions, clo
thing, medicines, tents and everything
that the suffering rsorls hee1td. Il
Wis the gran,test triumph Of the Chris
tian religion exhibited by our country.
Then came the Bostop fire, when the
same scenes were enacted.
But it was reserved for the yellow
fever of 1873, 1873 and 1879, to draw
forth the noblest exhibition of love to
mal kind, that the world ever saw.
A great city lay smitten under the
hand of Almighty God, with fearful
epidemic. To enter it was almost Ger
tain death. 1t might hg3e been Trough:
that the passions, excited by fierce
war, had not cooled. and that those
who had lately been arrayed rs enc
mies, would have called this, the work
of Gods wrath. But no; not word
Of this. Go with me 10 the couch of
the dying. See that fair young girl
upon whose cheek only sixteen springs
have left their bloom. She has come
from a distant State to watch by the
bedside Of the poor and friendtess.
And now she feels the fearful fever
coursing through her own veins. She
seeks her room; and far from home
and loved ones, Matte Stephens
breathes out her life, a martyr to hu-
manitY. But she was only one Of
hundreds who came from North, South
East and West, and waited upon the
sick and dying, until, one by one, they
offered up their lives, for those whose
only claim npon them was, that God
had made them IN his Own image, and
that they we're dying, without any one
to hand them a drink Of water.
Let others despair Of human nature,
say that every mar. has his price. But
if ever such an accusation passes my
lips, then you may know that T have
forgotten those scenes, and that ingrat-
itade has soured every noble sentiment
Of my being, until 1 have my price,
and that, too, very low one. When
Hannibal had defeated every Roman
army, and had encamped before Rome
itself, the citizens put up the ground on
which BE had pitched his tents at duc
ton, and it brought fabulous prices
If ever I am tempted to despair of hu
man nature, 1 will retreat to the scene:
of '73 and 70, and take as my motto
mi desporaudnm est
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
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4 Girls I lily.

We multiply bar-roon1s, and thereby
multiply drunkards when we recognize
the @onorGhlenees Of the business. 1t
is not honorable, and we knowit isnot
honorable. Its sham and a hypocrisy
to pretend that Il is honorable. Not
long ago, we heard of young lady of
respectable family, leaning upon
the arm of a saloon-keeper in public
assembly. She made his business re-
spectacle, and increased II in precisely
the same proportion as to the extent of
her influence. If she had a brother,
she increased the probabilities of his
becoming Il drunkard. It was a great
folly. Cannot the women Of the cour-
try stop this bad business?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
a Courting Sermon.


From the Spirit Of the Age, May 1867
Mr.. EDITOR: I have read with IN
finite gusto the inimitable sermon on
the textile played upon a harp of
thousand strings, sperits Of just meu
made perfect" but l heard one in the
backwoods of Virginia, not long since,
which was fully its equal, if I could
only be as successful in faithfully re-
lating it. 1 viii do the best I can.
The one to which I allude was a
regular counting sermon; and before |
give it, l Will premise by giving the
"why and whereforo" the reverend
gentleman took the text he did and
preached such a 'sarmount,' as he
called it: It appears there was a plumb,
red faced damsel in the neighbOrhood
who rejolced in the name Of Becky
Jones s'-who wore a calico coat and
other store fiXins to meeting, and was
the belle for miles around. Becky's
father, too, had four negroes, nice
farm Of several hundred acres, and
Becky herself held in undisputed title
nice young FLY lust five year old,
come Spring" So Becky was at
tractive to the beaux for several rea-
sons. She had sweethearts and lovers
plenty, but of all the number it only
concerns us to speak of two. One was
smart young preacher who had
gained the hearts of the young and
old women, and the jealousy of the
young men, by the astonishing manner
he " "'splained the scripter." He had
got on swimmingly with Becky, and
thought for once 'the course Of true
love would run smooth" But unfor-
tunately there came along - good
old brother in the Lord, all the way
from Kanawha, and the young
preacher invited him to ''preach for
| the edifcation Of his flock" And of
course he did; that was what he
come for" with another secret design,
which it was not his duty to tell But
he preached nightly, setting the
young girls to crying, and the old
folks to groaning most satisfactorily.
After preaching, he was invited by
the good old Brother Jones TO go and
take dinner with B-o. Thompson, the
young preacher. Of course Father
Walton Ctho old preacher) went, fol
his eye had watered several time:
during "sarmount," while gazing OF
the charms of the beautiful Becky.
i Soon after dinner, cur young
preacher and Becky were broken NJ
from nice little cosy chat, by the in
trusion of Father Walton. Gowher,
they would he would soon follow, try
ing all the time to get close to Becky
Getting tired and vexed at such inter
ruptions, Becky complained TO '.1lanl
. my, who told her Father Walton wa
a spruce widower, looking for a wife
! and he had told her and the old MAJ
that he was nightly pleased with her
Becky; and they had both. consente,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
What voters can do.

We make the bar-rooms respectable
when we elect drunkards to office,
when we vote for men who carry their
elections by ''treats." 1t is a sin and
q shame in candidates. When we vote
for such men, we become 'partakers
of their evil deeds" What must our
sons conclude as to our opinion Of the
liquor business when they see Us vote
for men known 20 be drunkards, or
tlpplers, or who carry elections by free
liquor? When thoy see us vote for
such men after after hearing US pray
God TO give us "wise and good men to
rule over usg" We make young poll
sitians drunkards by the premium we
put on dram-shops and drunkenneis
Let us "csehew shams.7
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
BOLIVAR, TENN, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1881

in the paster, ah! Here the young
preacher was about to spread himself
about Becky, when Elder Jones inter
r,iPtei him by saying: Come. Bro.
Thompson, that's neither here nor
thar, stick 10 lie tex. And so will
said fhe preacher. say to Becky and
all tlie rest Of the young she-lambs :
"n'st off The old man and put on the
ns8 or ruther, young man, ah! And
9 we'll Glide these interesting exer-
cises by singing my favorits iiynle;l5p
which wish all the young she1qmbs
Of the Lord specially to jine. giving
heed heed to the 'sperience and advice
of a young lamb who had been 'ticed
of into the barren pastors by sold
man, such as the tex speaks Of:
BY father was miser,
A miserly man was he,
lie married me to an old man
Whose age was sixty zthree.
But I'd rather marry young man,
With nothing in his hand,
Than to marry an old man
With sixty acres o land.
Meyer marry an old man,
Let me tell you the reason why,
Hes always a-watching you,
Snd has a jealous eye.
An old man comes Iimping in,
Saying; "I'm weary OF my Ifc,"
E young mancomes skipping in,
Saying, kiss me, my dear aife."
g! Becky, by Gincv,
And all the rest, no. no;
Never marry an old man,
Ii comfort you would know.
1t is hardly neces airy to say that
the news of this 'sarmont spread
through all the country, and Father
Walton meyer came TO fill his second
appointment. But Fro. Thompson
and Becky, these twain viii be made
one flesh, about haying time.
THoMPSoN's FRIEND.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09
BOLIVAR BULLETIN.
TERNs 81 ApYERT!sINa
dark Waves. and then to sink forever

dark WAVES afd then to sink forever
more
What spectacle. the idol of his
heart gone, forever, and lint by his
own utemrerance- The anguish Of
ise itfbthers the rumorSc of the father.
are better imagined than dvscrib
ed.
This is no fiction, but the plain
truih.-The parties were known by
the friends of the writer, aud it should
be a warning to those who indulge ill
the wine-cuP and resist tie plcading5
OF faithful wives.