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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
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The funeral Of j. Stewart Champion, the
unfortunate teamster who died from the in
jnries he received atthe explosion of the boil
er at Thompson's saw mill on last Saturday,
took place from the Miners Hospital, at three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. He was buried
under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity
of this city, of which order, in New York,
he was a worthy member. The Masonic
brethren, headed by the Centreville brass
band playing a dead march, and command
ed by their Marshal, conducted the remains
to a resting place in the silent city south of
Butte. At the grave the distress of a loving
wife and the solGmn ceremonies of the Ma
sonic burial service brought the tear of SYM
pathy to the eye of many a strong man. De-
ceased was we'll known in Madison County,
where he has resided for years, and where he
has enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who
knew him. He was a hard working, upright
and honorable man, and leaves a devoted
wife and many friends to mourn his untime,
ly end.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
A New Telegraph and Telephone
Company.

Articles of incorporation have been filed in
the Probate Court of this county for a new
association to be known as "The Montana
Telegraph and Telephone Company" The
officers of this company are J. ]. Dickey, of
Omaha, President A. J. Pattison, of Ogden,
Vice President; l.. h. Korty, of Omaha,
Secretary and Treasurer; Jasper n. Keller,
of Texas, and William B. Hubbard, OF Oma-
ha, Directors. The object Of this corpora
ton is the construction and operation of tele-
graph and telephone lines and exchanges in
the Territory of Montana. The capital stock
is named at $4,000. A telephone exchange
is to be put in operation a. Butte at a very
early date, and the plans of the company
contemplate similar exchanges in Helena and
Deer Lodge, and the connecting of the three
with each other. All the members of this
new company are familiar with all the re-
quirements and wants in both the Geographic
and telephone business, and they possess
snch enterprise as to give good promise tina,
the work of erecting these exchanges will be
rapidly pushed to completion. Al. Pattison
will, most probably, have the management OF
the company in Montana.-Ogden Pilot.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
NOTHING TO FEAR.
What a Catholic Priest Says Of the
Nothern Indians.

The last Benton Record says that Father
Scollan has lately had the best OF opportuni-
ties for knowing the true attitude OF the
Northern Indians towards our people on his
side of the line. He regards the fears so gen.
orally shared by our stockmen and
others as entirely groundless. He believes,
after having conveIsed with many leading
Indians, that the Northern tribes have no in
tenti.n of crossing the line to hunt in Mon
tana this fall and winter; that the Buffalo
north of the line are plentiful enough
this season to satisfy tho wants
of the indiana to the fullest extent.
The Buffalo for Two months or more have
been crossing the Missouri near the Round
Butte and entering the North West Territory
near Wood mountains. By this time they
have poured into the northern country by
thousands, and have spread ont to the Cy-
press Hill. A half-breed lately told Father
Scollan that Buffalo had been killed two hun
dred miles north Of Fort Macleod this sum-
mer.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
Police Court.

Yesterday morning James Lawless was
brought before Judge Wilcox charged with
exposing bis person in an indecent manner.
For Lawless' lawless proceeding the Judge
inflicted a fine of $40 and costs. AT this
stage Of the case the defendant INDUCED in
contemplate language, directed at the court,
for which the Judge imposed an additional
fine of SO. Failing to settle, the Chief of
Police took the defendant in charge, and
placing the iron balls and chains on him, he
is now assisting in cleaning up and improv-
ing the streets of Butte. Another man was
before the Court. lie was charged with using
filthy language and plead guilty to the gisL Of
the complaint. Five dollars was the as
sessment, but as h. was short he now hugs
the soft side of a bunk in the city calaboose
until the amount is wiped out.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
A R HOTEL.
The Want Of q Big Hotel Plainly
Felt.

One of the most pressing necessities OF
Butte City is a large, first-class hotel. WeA
have a goodly humber o. small hotels, with
wide range of prices and quite a va lie,y OF &C
commodation and style, but a city like Butte,
with al increasing torrent of comer an goers
needs a larger house for Their entett ainment,
and needs it b ably. Butte will sustain a no.
tel as large as some Of the famed hotels Of the
Eastern cities. Surely with this fact before
the eyes OF our moneyed men, if they would
consult their own and Butte's best interests,
should promptly inaugurate a scheme by
which this want can be supplied. Next to
newspapers there is nothing in a city which,
SO completely establishes its grade in the eyes
of strangers as its hotels. Let us have a large
hotel, and that at the shortest waste Of time,
for one is greatly needed.
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Railro ad Officials.

Sidney Dillon, President of the Union Pa
cific Railway, Col. Thos. l.. kimball, Assist
ant Manager U. P. Railway,J. T. Clark, Gen
eral Superintendent U. P. Railway, j. Blick'
ensderfer, Chief Engineer U. P. R'y., Rob't.
Blickensderfer, Engineer U. and n. Railway,
Washington Dunn, Superintendent of Con-
struction OF U. and N, Edward Garfield, of
of New York, nm. Jennings and Bishop
Sharpe, of Salt Lake City, arrived in the city
last night about 8 O'Clock, and will remain in
Butte until noon to-day, when they will leave
for tie end of The track near Feeley's, where
their special car is waiting, and from thence
they return to Ogden. During their stay in
the city the railroad officials will be found at
the Centennial hotel or the law office of
Samuel Word Oh West Granite street.
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Tough--But True.

A very tough story comes from Butte City,
Montana, ola miner named Patrick Mulligan,
whose body was pierced through by a falling
drill of II inch steel, over three feet in
length, which struck Mulligan in the back,
passing diagonally through his body, Multi
gan, so the story goes, took the protruding
steel in his hands, and by a powerful effort
pulled the remainder of the steel through his
own body. We have seen a man pull the
best part of the contents of a bar through his
carcass, but he got it through his mouth, and
he didn't do much walking about own after
wards.-San Francisco Daily Stock Report,
Aug. %.
The story of Pa. MuIligan is true. He is
alive and kicking, and called at the MINER
Office a few days ago for a copy of the paper
containing the account of the accident and
which intimated that Mulligan would not,
probably, live but a few hours. Mulligan
desired a copy of the paper to mail to the old
people in Ireland, and though not entirely
recovered from the wound produced by the
drill running through him, he is in a fair way
to recover and enjoy life for years to come,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
BASE BALL.
The Butte Nine Challenges the Hell
ena Nine.

The Butte Nine were defeated OF Helena,
but our Nine and their hackers are not salts
fed with the result, and have telegraphed a
challenge to the Helena Nine. The slurring
paragraph in an obscure newspaper that the
playing was not first-class does the members
of both clubs injustice. Everything copsid
cred, the playing of both Mines at Helena
last Thursday, was excellent. The following
is the challenge of the Butte Base Ball Club
telegramed to Helena:
BUTTE, Montana, Aug. 20, 1881.
To DEWITT G.. OLIVER,
Sec. Of Helena B. B. G.:
DEAR SIR:-We hereby challenge the
Helena Base Ball Club to play a game of
base ball for 500 a side, to be played on the
Butte ball grounds, on the 18th of September
1881. The Butte Club to pay fare for ten
men from Helena to Butte and return, and
to board the men while here.
S. D. MARTIN,
Secretary of Butte B. B. Club.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
INVESTIGATION WANTED.
A Subscriber Wants to Know If
Whisky is the Cause ?

We have received many complaints, lately,
from the patrons and subscribers of the MINER
living on the line Of the Southern mail route
OF the manner in which the mails are negiec-
ted and the abuse seems to be growing daily.
Mails are run and post routes are established
for the use and convenience of the People, and
when incompetent or negligent officials are
found in positions, it is clearly the duty of the
Government, in the interests Of the people, to
remove the incompetents and fill their places
with competent and reliable officers. From
all accounts the people of Glendale are sore
ly afflicted, and are crying loud for a change.
A subscriber at Glendale writes the following
note, from which it is evident a drunken Of
fetal somewhere is to blame in the matter:
GLENDALE, Montana, Aug. 20, 81.
Editor Butte Miner:
l would like to be informed of the reason
why the DAILY MINER does not come regu-
larly to its Glendale subscribers. l only
average about three copies a week. Part of
the time the MINER is a day later than the
Inter Mountain, when it should reach the Glen
dale postofice at the same time, thus giving
subscribers about twelve hours later news as
the MINER is printed in the morning and the
Inter Mountain the evening before. l take
both papers, and hear much complaint in re-
gard to the matter. If this is not remedied
it will be injurious to the MINER. 1t must
be the fault of the Postofice Department,
and if the postofice officials at that end of
the line are as llabitually drunk as they are
at this end, the neglect can be easily account
ed for.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Butte postofiice is all right in
this matter, and the trouble must be at the
Glendale end.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
CHILD OF THE SlERRAS.'
The Benefit of Miss Ella Viol,

The Hasenwinkle management has select
ed this evening, at Owsley Hall, as the occa-
sion for rendering a benefit to the talented
and popular young actress, Miss Ella Viola,
of the Ideal Dramatic Company. The play
chosen for tonight is one that has never be-
fore been played in Butte, and is one Of Bret
Harte's masterpieces called "M'Lisse, or the
Child of the Sierras," in the leading charac-
ter of which Miss Ella has, elsewhere, won
universal plaudits. The hall will be crowded
tonight, for the young ~a1tiste's friends and
admirers are many, and it is safe to assume
that no one who attends will be disappointed
with the play, or with the actors and a~rtistes
who will appear this evening.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06
Our School Teachers.

The following efficient corps of competent
teachers has been engaged to teach the public
schools of the Butte district /:
Principal-R. B. Hassell.
High School-Vacant, as Prof. Howell has
resigned.
Buste-Aisses Crossman, Festly, Hutchins,
EInel son, Cox, Warie.d, Hickson and Mrs.
Gibbs.
Walkerville-Miss Shot.
Trayona-Miss WyIia.
The WalkervilIe and Travona schools are
to b. opened September 18th. The city
schools wiz open as soon as the building is
completed,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06

The police did not pull ia any victims yes
terday. Last night a couple of chronic
drunks, whose wan and emaciated features
were lit up with carmine blotchss, were lay
ing loose on the streets, but il would be i'm
position a decent policeman to ask him 10
lug one of the old sots to the jug.
Our silver miners cannot help but be bene-
fitted by the increase in the value Of silver,
experienced during the past sixty days, as
noticed by the New York quotations. This
should help the prosperity of the Butte dis
trict to ssne extent, and cannot fail to leave
= gratifying impression on the aggregate val
ne Of the bullion product Of this district for
the year.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Books will be
opened at the ofice of Thomas L. Kimball. az
Omaha, in Nebraska on the 9th day OF Septem
Der, 1881, for subscriptions to the Capital stock
of the Utah & Northern Railway In Montans
under the direction of Thomas L.. Aimball, ESQ. ,
who is authorized to received subscription 10
the same.
THOS. L. KIMBALL,
f. P. NINING,
A. J. P~0PPLETON,
LEAVITT BURNHAM.
NJ WORD,
I. s. HAMILTON.
GEO. W.IRVIN.
BUTTE, August !. 1881. (aug5tf
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06

The Bland lode, located near the Alice, and
adjoining the Snow Drift, was leased yester-
day to a company. The company will COM
m2ncs opening and developing the mine at
once, Mr.. Joseph Venabls is to be the super
~iutendent Of the new company.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06

Alice UulllOI, ~ -
$26,32d.
As may be noticed by all ad. in another
column Parchen & D'Acheul have on hand
a full line of the school books alone author
lied to be used in the public schools OF the
territory for the ensuing four years.
The stockholders of the Butte Water Com
pany elected the following officers: freSl-
dent, John Noyes; Vice-President, E. W..
Real =: Secretary, H. A. D'Acheul Treasurer,
j. Ross Clark Superintendent, o. +. Blaih.
"Steamer day" in Butte is always lively
and the way coil ectors present bills and go
for the almighty dollar astonishss those who
are not acclimated. Money is wanted OH all
sides to-day, and jaw-bone will be at a heavy
discount.
The rich costumes worn by Miss stepaany
in the play, "Canille,' were carefully eject
ed and prepared for her, during her late hu-
ropean engagement, and are, without excep-
tion. the richest and .uost magnificent ever
seen in Butte.
The advertisement Of Messrs. Curtis q
Arnieux appears in this mornings MINER
The gentlemen are now thoroughly III the
business lately conducted by Barrett & war
rem. Mr.. Curtis has been long and faVorapiE
known TO the people Of Montana, and Mr.
Arnieux has had large experience IN the
business in which the firm is now ereaged'
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07

Berlin, June Ga Russian cores
pondent sends striking picture of the
state of imprisonment into which re-
cent events have thrown the Gar. The
place at Gatchina is filled with soldiery
and police. Every one having business
at the palace is subject to rigorous
search whenever they have occasion to
60 there. The court will soon remove
to Peterhoff, which is small port at
the mouth Of the Neva. Four ships
will be anchored there, and no other
vessels will be allowed to approach.
Two yachts will always be ready to
convey the Gar to and from st. Peters.
burg, accompanied on either side by q
gunboat.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07

Chicago, June 6.-The Jefferson Park
Congregational church has called Rev.
John Woolner, of San Francisco, to
supply the pulpit now filled by Prof.
Francis L. Patton, who goes to Will
Jams college.
John Griscom says he has passed the
crisis in his fast, and henceforth he ex-
poets to lose very little weight. and
perhaps to gain. His pulse is pretty
stady at 62; temperature, 9s4; respira-
ton. 90. At noon to-day he entered
upon the tenth day of his abstinence
from food, and yet looks comfortable
and natural, with no signs Of famine
about him. He has abandoned the idea
Of taking exercise, and drinks less wa
ter than at the start.
The sealed verdict in the case of Jas,
B. Doyle, tried for passing counterfeit
bonds, was opened in the United States
court this morning, and it has beer
surmised that the finding was guilty
with recommendation for mercy tt
the court.
The first peaches of the season ar
rived from Texas to-day.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07

was purely family a family squabble.
Mr.. Goddard, of the Property defense
association, said that he would not al
low his bailiffs to assist another such
eviction, the object of the society being
to fight the land league, and not to take
part in domestic quarrels.
The next case was also a family af-
fair, namely: a father-in-law trying to
eyict his son -in-law, who, a year ago,
had evicted him.
Mr.. Goddard refused to interfere, ac-
cusing the sheriff Of trying to use him
and his association for purposes foreign
to their object.
The next case was in the town OF
Necker. 1t was not agrarian, the case
being simply a matter of inability on
the part of shopkeeper to pay rent.
The eviction was quickly carried out.
The guards marched back to camp dis
gusted with their ignoble work, wet
and hungry. Very few people gathered
to witness the eyictions; there never
more than fifty present. No priests ap-
peared on the scene, and there was no
excitement whatever, the nature of the
eyictions being SO entirely different
from that of previous days.
People gathered in the village streets,
and on several occasions women and
children hooted, and on each occasion
about twenty police of the rear guard
charged them with batons, and beat
every one who happened to be in the
way. All who hooted ran away, while
many quiet and peaceful men who were
talking in the streets were badly beaten.
Thus ended the last campaign Of the
Coldstream guards to "Waterloo and
the Crimea.' Upon their battle flags
must be added "Jim Kennedy's hold
ing'' and Widow Mulcahy's acre. :"
But when it comes to this, that 400
of her majesty's troops and 300 police
spend two days in evicting Irish ten
ants, the situation in Ireland is indeed
extraordinary.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07
Terrific storm In Deaawood.

Deadwood, June Ga terrific hail
and wind storm passed over this city
this afternoons doing great damage.
Hail stones the size of hens eggs fell
for over two hours. One stone meas
ured twenty-five inches in circumfer-
ence. The whirlwind struck in Dead
wood gulch, near the confluence Of
Whitewood and Deadwood gulches,
completely destroying four houses and
killing one woman, the wife Of John A.
Walcott, of st. Louis, and seriously in
juring Mrs. Thomas and her two child
ren. Hundreds of trees on the hillside
were uprooted, and hurled in some in
stances distance of over 500 feet.
Telegraph poles were torn up for a dis
tance of nearly mile. The whirlwind
separated before reaching the thickly
settled part Of the town, otherwise, the
damage would have been simply fear
f,,l
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07
Going for Garfield.

New York, June 6.-The Herold's
Washington dispatch says: The Cap
ital, the organ of the star route ring,
bitterly assails the president in its lead
ing editorial to-day, and in conclusion,
the article, in discussing the appoint
ment of A. NJ. Gibson, one of the spe-
cial agents whose employment the
president approved, says: ''Surely, Mr..
president, there must be some mistake
about this; but if there is a mistake, it
is dreadful one; mistake that will
haunt you to your dying day and dawn
your memory long after you are dead,
as the only president of the United
States who ever voluntarily certified to
the honor, integrity and trustworthiness
of man who for nine years had
had already branded him bribe taker,
thief, liar, perjurer, suborner of per-
jury, and forger."
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brief TELEGRAMs.

San Francisco: Lieut.. Berry and
officers of the Rodgers were received by
the Academy of Science this evening
A paper giving the details of previous
voyages and discoveries in the vicinity
of Wrangel land and dwelling upon the
evidence regarding the reported landing
there of Capt. Dallman in 1866 was
read by G. w. Brooks, and other gen.
tlemen presented their views ON the
subject.
Council Bluffs, Iowa: The third an
nual state firemens' tournament meets
here tomorrow. The city.is profusely
decorated. The.hos company of Den
yer arrived this evening. They will
contest for the free for all pure of $500.
New York: The employing brewers
have resolved to hold out against the
strikers. They are willing to reduce
the hours to twelve day, but insist on
working Sunday, and declare their in
tention of closing the breweries sooner
than putting stop to Sunday work.
About seventy-six firms are repre-
sented.
Omaha: A special train conveying
Jay Gould, general manager Clark,
Union Pacific railway, general mana
ger Talmage, Missouri Pacific, vice.
president Hopkins, Wabash, and presi-
dent Hayes Of the international and
Great Northern, arrived to-day and
leave on the Wabash tomorrow.
Chattanooga: Ex-confederate soldiers
have formed an organization to tender
a reception to the army of the Cum
berland next September. They intend
to have the most prominent confederate
generals present. and several thousand
ex-confederate soldiers, representing
every southern state.
London: The ship Victoria, from
/ Amsterdam January 10th for San Fran
cisco, has been totally lost on thu
Pacific. The crew has been landed al
Montevideo.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07
AIbany's Budget

Petitions against and for re election
were presented.
Forster said he was paired with Astor
when either was absent, on all senator
ial votes.
Lord asked which had left the re-
publican party.
Session said he would move a call of
the senate whenever he found both
senators absent without leave from the
senate.
First vote:
Jacobs 25, Conkling 26, Wheeler IA,
Cornell Is, Rogers 13, Bradley /, Lap
ham 3, Foler l, Trenaine /.
Five pairs were announced in the
senate and nine in the assembly.
Neither Conkling or Platt is here,
nor is Vice President Arthur, and no
rooms have been engaged for them at
the Delevan.
All talk now is as to how an adjourn
ment can be effected, no hope being
entertained of breaking the deadlock
and effecting an election.
Following is the vote for successor
to Plat: Herman 20, Platt %, Depew
Cornell 9, Miller 0. The rest was scat
tering.
In the senate Woodin said the petit
tion was simply copy of the poll list,
and all the names written in red ink by
one man. He said he had discovered
the petition was fraud.
In joint convention Woodin offered
the following rules to govern the pro-
ceedings:
Flrst-That they meet daily at noon
until two senators are elected or the
united legislature adiourns.
Second-The joint assembly shall ad-
journ daily till the next noon, except
Saturday, when it adjourns until Mon
day.
Third-Only two-third vote shall
rescind these rules.
Ordered printed.
The Posts Albany special says: Pot
ter says he has failed to secure call
for q democratic caucus, but hopes to
secure one Tuesday evening. to see
where the democrats stand, they not
knowing whether to adjourn or not.
Many democrats object to pairs, as
they absent themselves, and the repub-
licans may combine and elect candi-
date with fifty-seven votes. The cau-
Gus is wanted to prohibit pairs.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07

Little Rock, Ark, June CA fright
full explosion took place at Arkansas
city at seven O'Clock this evening. The
elevator boiler which is new, as is the
whole building, exploded at that hour,
killing engineer John Mccullough,
badly wounding Patrick Bolan, fire.
man, Amos Ramsey, carpenter and
Jacob Wallace, carpenter Considera-
BILE damage was done to the roof of the
elevator, but nothing more except the
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-07
I,aiIroad Accident.

Denver, June 6.-At Buena Vista, a
freight train onlthe Denver, South
Park 81 Pacific railroad jumped the
track near here this morning. II.
Black, engineer, J. Lee, fireman, and
William Arnold, were instantly killed.
J. L. Kissick, conductor, had his ankle
dislocated. The engine and number
of cars are a total wreck.