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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
DEADwOOD.
A Few Items Of Interest From the
Dakota Camp.

Mr.. W. W. Dixon, one of Montana's old
citizens, and a lawyer of ability, returned to
Butte from Deadwood yesterday. In a short
Interview with the gentleman a MINER rep
resentatlVe CLEANED a few facts which NAV
prove of interest. Mr.. Dixon has wound up
his business i'll the sister camp and left il fer
good. Speaking generally Of the Hills coun-
try, he says times are dali. That all the
leading mines are now III the hands of a COM
hlnatlon OF heavy capitalists and are produc-
ing large amounts of bullion, but owing to
the system OF monopoly exercised by this
combination, the money to a great extent
is kept in channels dictated and governed by
it. All the available wafer for milling pur-
poses is also owned or controlled by this
same combination, SO that it is useless Tor i'll
dlvlduals or small companies who might
otherwise wish 10 invest IN mining property
with a view to development and the erection
OF mills to think of so doing. A few men in
the Hills are becoming very wealthy but a
great majority OF the people are making moth
ing now.
Several old Mountainous who struck Dead
wood at an early day, have accumulated con-
siderable property. Messrs. Starr and Bullock
are doing well. Starr is postmaster and Bull
lock attends to the hardware business in
which thy are partners. Osborn (Miller) g.
Denne are still engaged in the gro
Gerry trade and are doing very well. They are
both rustlers and would make a living where
less energetic men would fa.l.
w. II. Clagett, Mr.. DiXon's late law part.
ner, Is closing up his affairs and will quit The
Hills in a short time. Possibly he may return
to Montana, but he is yet undecided where to
locate. He IS DESTROYS, however, of remov-
ing to some place where his children may re-
ceivs advanced school training.
Mr.. Dixon thinks seriously Of a.ain casting
his lot with his old acquaintances in Montana
and may hang out his shingle III Butte. There
arc many here who would be glad to well
come him.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Complete Preparation for the Cele-
bratiOn in Butte.

Complete arrangements have been made
for the celebration of our national birthday
in Butte in a style of magniticerc &c heretofore
~unequailed in the city. The patriotic blood
of our liberty-loving people is ever easily
stirred when it comes to celebrating the val
orous deeds of our patriotic torefathers whose
life-blood flowed so freely to secure the bless
ings of freedom and independence that we
now enjoy, and Americans, native and adopt
ed, are always ready to celebrate the event
that freed this country from the yoke of Brit
ish tyranny. The programme of exercises OF
the glad day is published IN our
advertising columns, and if carried out,
which it undoubtedly will be, is one emf
nently fitted for the occasion. National sa-
lutes will be tired-a grand procession VIII
move through the principal streets OF the city
"a patriotic prayer will be offered Our ma
tional anthem will be sung-the immortal
declaration will be read-au eloquent ora
ton will be delivered-and other attractions
suited TO the day will be presented TO the as
sembled people. If citizens of Butte work
willingly and contribute literally the APP
preaching celebration will be one OF great
pleasure and enjoyment to all participants
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
From Wednesdays Daily.1
Freaks Of Lightning.

The storm that passed over Butte and vicin-
Ivy yesterday morning was accompanied by a
current OF electricity hat cut many alarming
freaks, none of which resulted in serious in
jury TO persons or property. The building
auJolnlng opratt u Stapleton's law Office, on
est Park street, was struck in several places.
On the inside the plastering was torn off in
tllree places, and on the outside, where the
current passed down, the boards were deeply
marked and the heads of the nails were melt
ed, but The inmates escaped without being
even stunned. Three lawyers and a MINER
reporter closely examined the place, but could
not ind a particle Of the fluid to bottle. Val
lton d Iuttle's livery stable received a sSMht
call. On West Broadway a bolt. passed
through the kitchen OF MIR. Dillinger's resi-
aence, striking the stove and damaging the
hnWare while IA second bolt struck a tele-
graph pole further to the west on the same
street. Operator Marsh, engaged in writing
insthe telegraph Office, was ''skeered' plenty,
and as he vamoosed the place he called out
loudly, stake 1t" and left. A man, sitting in
a r~ocking-chair in a cosy club.room, prayed
Tor his mothers feather bed to rest on, while
the storm ragged. In the vicinity of Walker.
vile the bolts of lightning were terrific and
half binding, accompanied by peals of thnn-
DER Ike unto the report of many cannon.
lhe storm did not last many minutes but
was remarkably severe. No injury to person
aud but slight injury to property .was expe-
rienced.
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SUMMONS,

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC
4 ond Judicial District of the Territory of
Montana, in and for the County of Silver Bow.
Caieh w. Calkins. plaintiff. vs.. ClarisSa l..
Calkins: defendant. The people of the Terri
tory OF Montana send greeting to ClariSSa l..
Calkins defendant You are hereby required
TO appear III an action brought against YOU by
the above named plaintiff in the District Court
OF the Second judicial District OF the Territory
of Montana, in AMI for the county of Silver
Bow. and to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days exclusive OF the day of ser
vice. after the service on you of this summons,
II served within this county; or if served out of
TINS county, hut in this District, within twenty
days; otherwise within forty days; or iudG-
ment by default will be taken against you. ac-
corning To the prayer OF said complaint. The
said action is brought to obtain the Judgment
and decree Of said court diSSolving the bonds of
matrlBOnN heretofore and now existing be-
tween you and plaintiff.
And you N" hereby notified that, if yo1 fail
toappear and answer said complaint as above
rec uirei, the sail plaintiff will take a default
against You aud apply To the court for the re-
llel deInandedi in the prayer of PLANTERS COM
plant.
Given under my hand and the seal Of The Dis
trict, Court Of the Second Judicial District of
the Nerritory of Montana, in and for the county
OF Silver Bow, this nth day OF Nav, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.
GEORGE w. IRWIN, H.. CLERK.
SrRArT Il ~STAPLErON Pins atty.
maylTw5t
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Doctor de Freye.

Late surgeon F. army, late professor of
surgery and dean Of faculty, S. r. CAL,
can now be consulted at his office, West Park
Street, Gold post-oftice building) be-
tween Main street and the bridge. He de-
votes special attention to the cure of all
chronic diseases and to those of a delicate,
complicated Or obstinate character; also to
all diseases of the nervous system and the va
rious female complaints. Those who have
placed themelves under the treatment of
p~retenders or sol disant physicians, from
whose treatment they have received no bene-
fit, or who even may have aggravated their
troubles, are cordially invited to consult the
doctor, who, by merit of his experience in the
various hospitals Of Europe paris, Vienna
and Berlin) has succeeded in curing many
cases pronounced incurable by others.
Office: West Park Street.
(Old post-otiice building) between Main
street and the bridge.
HOURS: 10 a. m. to i p. NJ. and 6 to s in
the evening. Sundays from 10 a. m. to /
o'clock p. M, only. Consultations FREE.
Consultations in all modern languages: Eng
lish. Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano,etc.
T. o., Box 2SS. j14d&w3m
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Probate Court in and for the county of
Silver BOW, Territory of Montana. In the mat
ter OF the estate of George w. Moore. deceased.
Il. b. Waterbury,, the administrator of the e-
tate of Geo. w. Moore, deceased. having dled
his petition herein praying for an order of sale
or all the placer mining ground belonging to
The estate OF said decedent for the purpose there
in set forth. 1t is therefore ordered by the Judge
of said court: that all persons interested in the
Probate Court on Thursday. the nth day
of July, 1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. of
said day. at the court room of said probate
court at the city of Butte, in the county of Silver
Bow, to show cause why an order should not be
granted to the said administrator to sell said
placer mining ground belonging to the estate of
the said deceased c. F.. IRVINE.
2ljunewi Probate Judge.
Dated this 18th day OF June A. ID. 1881.
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Wood River Mining Notes.
Times, HALEY, (ldaho), June Is.

bI'iitSi ilolltS , lIualcJ y tIS d
The Anna mine, Which is situated on Deer
Creek, and was owned by /. n. Knight, was
sold to John Gilman of Boston, Mass, last
Monday.
The smelter which has been in course of
construction a. the mouth of Indian creek,
about q mile and a half north Of Haley, for
weeks past, is ready to run, and will be start
ed up next Monday or Tuesday.
A prospector who passed through Haley
last Tuesday claimed to have discovered a
foot of collaborating quartz at a point about
three miles south of Bellevue, on the west
side of the river.
There was something of a rush to Deer
creek last week, caused hy the discovery of a
big ledge of milling ore. The "rUshers'
have not yet returned, hence nothing further
is known of the matter.
Judge Lewis, of Haley, is h wing a lot of
ore hauled % the HALEY smelter. he re-
ports Ketchum improving rapidly, and is firm
in the faith that Ketchum will be the finan-
cial, social and political hub of this Territory
ere it is three years older.
j. B. Parker, of South Mountain, Owyhee
county, Idaho, is Oh Wood river, making a
thorough inspection of our mines, with the
view OF bringing his smelter here from South
Mountain. His ~slnelter has a daily capacity
of 20 to 70 tons.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
The Barker Quartz District.

We do not believe our people know how
great all impetus has been impaired to the
Barker camp by the smelter's ARRIVAL in Ben
ton. All late arrivals from the mines Int
in saying that eyer since the news of its COM
ing struck the camp the efforts Of the miners
have been redOubled. The fact is the Barker
men were sceptical about ''that smeltec'' up
to the day OF its arrival, but now that their
doubts are removed, the way the ore is accu.
mulatlng on the several dumps says they in
tend to give the smelter enough to do after it
gets into operation. About four hundred
tons are already out. The Barker, Wright 4
Edwards, and Vanderbilt are throwing it out
at the rate of from three to five tons a day
and The amounts being taken from the others
is smaller, only because the number of men
employed is smaller. -Benton Record.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28

LIVERPOOL, June lS.-Mckevitt and Nc
Grath, charged with attempting to blow up
the town hail. were examined by the govern
.ment to day. The prosecuting solicitor said
he did not intend to 90 into the question of
Fenianism, as the case of Fenianism stands
on its own merits. Mckevitt had denied any
connection with the Fenians, but the regular
delivery at his lodgings of the Irish WorId,
with his printed address, as though he was a
regular subscriber would be proven. An an
alytical chemist had asrertaiued that the bomb
used in the attempt was filed with nitro-gly.
cerine. McGrath's land!adv, he said. would
prove that he (McGrath) pos ,essed iron pip
ing similar to the bomb, and that he had been
secretly engaged in hammerIng something.
AT the close of the evidence the prisoners
were committed for trial. McGrath was then
charged alone with causing the late explosion
al the police barracks.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
The Beaverhead County Seat.

The County Seat question is not settled in
Beaverheal county. The legality of the law
calling for vote on the question will bn
duly brought before court, and the case will
finally rest in the Supreme Court of the
United States, where cases of a similar char
acter often repose for years. AT tie last term
OF District Court it would have been a pre-.
mature movement oil the part Of the citizens
of Bannack to the suit, but at the
next term they will be up and at their work.
SO says ali intelligent Bannack correspondent
of the MINER.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
Surveying Railroad Routes.

Several parties are in the field between
.3lackfoot and kelton and Wood River. sur
veying for routes for railroads. One of these
parties is in the employ of the Central Pacific
Company, and IS looking out a line from Kel-
ton the other parties are in the employ of
the Southern Pacific Company, and looking for
the most advantageous line for the Oregon
branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, which
is being pushed from Granger as
rapidly as men and money can do it.-Hood
River Times.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
Election of Trustees of Amy and
Silversm1th Con. Mining
Company

At a meeting of the Amy and Silversmith
Consolidated Mining Company, held at the
Office of the secretary, John F. Forbes, on
last evening. the following named gentlemen
were duly elected trustees for the ensuing
year:
Joseph A. Hyde,
Rolla Butcher,
}. r. Clark.
Marcus DAILY,
James Talbot,
K. S. Jones,
F. P. Carey.
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News.

The Gloster mine, owned i'll part by a 3os-
ton company, and located not far from
Wickes, is fast developing into a magnificent
property.-Inter Mountain, June 2l&t.
Our twilight cotem. is badly at fault in its
geography. The Gloster mine is about two
miles north of Belmont, and about twenty
five miles in the same direction from Helena
aud Wickes is about the same distance south
of the capital. The two mining camps are
only fifty miles apart. That's all.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
Grants Home.

New YORK, June1S. "A reporter interview
ed Grant. who is said to have returned to
New York now to remain permanently. He
said: 81 shall go to Long Branch for the
summer in a few days, but this city is to be
my future home" The General declined to
talk upon politics. or the 81 uation of the sena-
torial fight in this state, but to the question
whether he intended to go to Albany to take
part in it, he gave for answer a very emphatic
tENo.n
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
MARKIED

FRlDAI-ELMER-At the residence OF Mr..
Delaney. Butte. on Wednesday. June %,
1881, by Rev. j. j. Garvin, Mr.. Francis Fri
day and Mrs. c. Elmer, both of this city.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
FOR SALE,

Four large mules, wagon and harness which
can be seen at the livery and feed stable of Clark
d Fridley. on Broadway; for the next two or
three lay iuneIO1S w3t
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Local, News.
FIRE m Tuesdays Daily.

new coaches have been placed on
between BlackfOot and Bellevue,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-01
THE DISGUISED SERVANT.
ONE day in May, 1866, the detective
~ received the following note:

" received the following note:
"DEAR SIR. Could you make in con-
venient to call at No. 346 South st.,
any time after p. NJ, to-day? If not,
L shall call at your office tomorrow
afternoon at 3. Respectfully,
"MARGARET VALLEE."
The note was penned in a neat femin-
inc hand, but the name of the writer
was entirely unknown to the detective.
He called at the number mentioned in
the note, and was met at the door by
woman of apparently forty years of
age.
"Is your mistress in ?" he asked of
the servant.
/" No, sir she has gone out with her
husband, Mr.. Darnley," replied the
woman, eagerly regarding his features
while she spoke.
"Darnley !" said he, "is the lady of
the house named Darnleyp"
Yes, sir. Whom did you wish to
see, sir.
ga lady named Margaret Vallee."
"That is my name," rejoined she,
smiling, "and you are"
"Varnoe," said he, finishing the sem
tence for her.
"Walk in, please. I've been expect
ing you, but not having the pleasure of
an acquaintance with you, was not
aware it was you, SIR"
She conducted him to the parlor, and
after a brief pause, said:
"My master and mistress have gone
to the opera, and we are alone in the
house. 1 have something to tell you
which, if naught comes of it, you must
give me your word of honor as q gentle
man, to keep a secret for life. Will you
promise this when assure you that
there is nothing criminal in the mat
ter ?"
"On that condition, 1 promise, mad
am" said he, promptly.
"Do not address me by that title,
please,'' rejoined she. 81 am miss,
and am disguised to conceal my age.
See ?" added she, taking wig from her
head and removing her glasses, when
she presented the appearance of young
lady of about twenty-three.
"Now, listen to what have to say"
said she, and the detective became all
attention."
"One short year ago." began she, 81
was resident of Liverpool, England,
and had home with loved brother,
and as we were twins as well as orphans
we were all in all to each other.
:" He formed the acquaintance Of a
young lady of high connections, and
soon became warmly attached to her.
Her name was Aurelia Duchene, of
French extraction, and a beautiful bru-
nette.
"They were married, and as my BROTH
er stipulated that should remain with
him, became an inmate of the little
family in their new home. My brother,
as well as myself, was independent, but
held position in bank notwithstand-
ing. He was not gay man, hence he
preferred an active to an idle life.
Whether Aurelia loved my brother
or not / will not say; but there were
periods when doubted her affection for
her husband. She had winning ways,
like those of child, and they were the
charm that held my brother captive to
his bride.
Before they were welded six months
he startled me one day by telling me he
had made his will
"'A man just married, and not yet
twenty-five, making his will = exclaim-
ed I. Why, what put such ridiculous
idea into your head ?"
SO 1t was Aurelia who put it there,
laughingly answered he.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-01

"DEAR SIR: Could you make in con-
venient to call at No. 346 South st.,
any time after 8 p. NJ, to-day Il? If not,
L shall call at your office tomorrow
afternoon at 3. Respectfully,
NMARG ARET NAIIEEO ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-08

his horrible eyes fixed on my face, sand
Pm going To-
"That minute the door-bell ranp. Il
was startling Delivery sharp and
loud.
"sStop minute said he. Don't
trouble yourself. I'll go to the door
He hurriedly shut the razor and put il
on the table, and left the dining-room.
81 had just strength enough to stretch
my hand for the razor, and close my
fingers on it, when l heard a scuf1ing
and loud voices, and down l went in a
dead faint.
When I came to, my old father was
standing over me, looking pale enough.
well, Marthy, you've had nice Wis
itor,' says he, as soon as l could sit up,
zone of the worst patients in the lunatic
asylum. It's the greatest mercy that
you're alivei'"
81 amt doubt the old lady came near
Citing killed." said grandpa. "They
had hard tussle before they captured
him. But the oldest thing is that his
name was Van Dorm, and that DR.. Van
Dorm was dead"
"And did he leave you ten thousand
dollarsp"
"Not cent?" said grandma, indig
nantly.-Youth'S Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-08
Shut the Door.

THE education of our youth is sadly
neglected in one direction, and that is in
closing and fastening doors after them.
Careful observation has satisfied us that
there is no use trying to teach some
people that accomplishment. 1t ap-
pears to be natural, and probably an
inherited inability, just as with some
people there is no such thing as know
ing one tune from another, as with
others it is impossible to acquire facility
and hardness in the use of tools. Mod
ern ingenuity has tasked itself to make
up to a suffering world for the incapaci-
ty or negligence of people who never
close door, by the application of
weights or springs that win automatic
ally do what every man, woman and
child ought to do instinctively. But
these appliances themselves shirk their
duties, and they are not susceptible of
universal application.
There ought to be thorough course
of instruction in our schools in the art of
shutting doors. The first lesson would
inculcate the elemental and simple duty
itself. Boys and girls should be kept
passing doorway, each one opening
and closing the door for themselves, till
not a mothers son or daughter of them
could leave door ajar. Then the finer
features of the accomplishment might
be introduced. There are people who
always slam door; there are others
who hold it open and close it so slowly
that whole procession of diseases, in
Guiding colds in the head, catarrh, sore
throat, diphtheria, inflammation of the
lungs, and the epizootic can march
through, and the mercury of the ther-
mometer has time to get down into his
boots.
But without becoming too fastidious, it
is important that every one should be
taught to close the door and fasten it in
some way. The amount of time pro-
fessional man spends and the distance
he travels in his office in jumping up
and closing the door after people who
neglect that duty, would astonish one
who had never given the matter thought.
Rochester Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

ROME, Ca, has two of the largest
cotton congresses ever built.
New ORLEANS has organized com.
pany with 100000 to manufacture iute
bagging, which has hitherto been mostly
imported.
DETROIT is forming a company to
build the Fontaine locomotive, which
some railroad men think will revolu-
tionize the construction of locomotives.
The Fontaine engine differs from the
standard engine in having the power
applied by a single rod on each side
running from the cylinder to large
drive-wheel Immediately above the front
driver on the ordinary locomotive. The
upper drive-wheel is of the same diam.
eter as the lower, but it bears upon
f1ange several inches smaller than the
lower driver, and thus brings into plav
the principle of large and small pullevs
in the driving of ordinary machinery.
The Fontaine locomotive also has no
dead centers, for the lower driver acts
as huge balance-wheel, carrying the
upper wheel past the point where power
is lost.
A GERMAN chemist furnishes q sim.
pie process for testing the amount Of
water in milk, which can be applied by
anyone. All that is required is small
quantity of plaster of Paris, say one
ounce. This is mixed with the milk to
a stiff paste, and then allowed to stand.
With milk of 1,030 specific gravity, a9a,
temperature of 600 Fahr., it will hard
en- in ten hours; if 25 per cent. of water
is present, in two hours; if 80 per cent,
in one and a half hours; and with 70
per cent, in thirty minutes. SKINNED
milk which has been standing for twen-
ty-four hours and is of 1903 specific
gravity sets in four hours; with so per
cent of water, in one hour, and with rs
per cent, in thirty minutes. Heat
should not be applied, for then the use
of the thermometer would be required.
This test is certainly simple and not
costly.