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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24
The convention then adiourned.

The Bribery Investigating Committee to-
day examined James Tillighast, of the New
York Central Railroad, as to the disposition
made OF certain large sums Of money which
have recently passed through his hands,
and G. P. Ingersoll, of Chautauqua county,
as to remarks made to him by Bradley to
the effect that he Bradley had got tired of
voting for Conkling and Platt, and would
vote thereafter for DepeW. Nothing OF
Importance was elected.
Jno. l. Davenport was then called and
testified as follows: | went to Washing
ton In May to see about q case where had
been retained. At the breakfast table in
Wizards Hotel, Washington, the question
OF the Marshalship was brought up and the
names of Hugh Gardner and Col Erhardt
were mentioned in connection Herewith.
After breakfast l went to the Presidents
house, the Postmaster General being
present with me. The President
asked me who would be good
man for the office of Marshal
in New York. replied could not say.
He asked how about Mr.. KnoY. l said his
appointment would be an excellent one.
The President asked me to see Mr. Knox at
Arlington. did so, and talked an hour
with him, but Mr.. Knox insisted that he
did not want it; had no acquaint-
ance with politicians, and feared 1t
would interfere with his professional
business. Finding him unwilling to accept
1t, Judge Gardner's and Colonel Erhardt's
names were again brought up, and at my
suggestion Senator Strahan's name also.
Invent back to the White House and found
the President busily engaged, but he came
out in the library, and after telling him
about the refusal of Mr.. Knox mentioned
Mr.. Strahan's name, but the President did
not know him. | went back
TO Mr.. Knox, and after talking
awhile sent that telegram to Strahan and
clme on to New York. | met Mr.. Strahan
at the Union League Club that night and
asked him If / could use his name for the
office of the Marshalship. Mr. .Strahsn said,
"Do you know whether Conkling and Platt
are to be candidates?" l answered that
did not He then asked me, "Where are
you In this 1ght?" answered, in this issue
| am with the President. He said, 81 don't
know whether either gentlemen will be
candidate, but / don't desire to be
embarrassed" He asked If this offer could
be held over till after the settlement of the
United States Senatorship. l replied no,
and that | must have an answer immediate
ly. told him that, of course, he would be
expected to vote against Conkling aud
Platt. He wanted to consult with Judge
Gardner that night and give me an answer
In the morning. | agreed to this, and in
the morning he telegraphed that he would
not accept the place. | received tele-
gram about two O'Clock that afternoon from
Henry E. Knox, at Washington, asking nae
to suggest some name IL Senator Ssrahan
would not accept the place. Here the COM
mittee took q recess.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24

A subscriber asks if we can recon-
mend q cheap and popular watering
place. Certainly; the town pump.
Nor. Herald.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24

Rats, pise, ants, flies, veruin. raosqui-
toes, insects, etc, cleared out by though
on Rata" lkc. boxes at druggists.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24
caoroia Affairs,

-,.,ered at the Post Oface in Sa-
-. second GLASS Matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24
THE ALBANY CESSPOOL.
JOHNNY" DAVENPORT ON THE
STAND.
What He Knows of the Strahan
Bribe-Garfleld Wanted a Good
Man and "JOhnny'' Suggested One
The Dreary Ballots Resumed.

ALBANY, June 23.-The following is the
vote for United States Senator in place of
Roscoe Conklinp:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24

ITO those interested in the STOCKS AND
BONDS OF THE COAST LINE RAILROAD
COMPANY wishing to change their investment.
After CONSULTING WITH MEsSRs. F. J.
RUCKERT AND M. J. DEsvERGERs, cali ON
me, as am prepared to pay the highest mark
ct value for a limited amount of such securi-
ties. GEO. w. LAMAR,
5e23-tf Broker, No. ia Bryan street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24

The vote for Senator to succeed Thomas
Q. Platt was as follows (combinedl:
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
CITY COUNCIL.
Proceedings Of Last Nights Meet
ing.

The City Council met last night at the
City Hall, Oh West Park street. Present.
Mayor Beal, Aldermen Lowry, French,
Gamer aud Frey schlag, and City Clerk Tai
ent. Acknowledgement Houser, Reins,
Fisher and Foster.
The Council allowed bills to the amount
of about $50.
Mayor Beal nominated Joseph NJ. Venable
for CITY Marshal. Council confirmed the
nomination and adjourned.
Half of the membe of the Council were
absent. The question of what is a quorum
will have to be settled by the proper tribunal,
which will also be called on to decide wheth-
er the Mayor is a member of a Council for
the purpose of making up.a quorum. The
Mayor presides and votes, when deciding a
tie, but whether it is admissible to count the
Mayor in to make up a quorum is another
question.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
Accident at the Original Mine.

Yesterday an accident occurred at the
Original mine, to the west of Upper Mon
tana street, but fortunately did not prove
fatal. A miner named Richard Temby was
at work on the shift in the east stope from the
one hundred foot level taking out
first class ore and leaving tie ~second-class ore
standing next to the hanging wall. The body
of second-class ore had, it was thought, been
securely propped and timbered up, but while
Temby was cutting out first class a lar &C
mass of second class ore broke loose from the
hanging wall whichs struck him, knocking him
down instantly and burying him partially up.
Assistance was at hand, and he was extrica-
ted and hoisted to the top Immediately and
conveyed to the Miners Hospital. where Drs.
Whittord and Cornwall examined his inju-
ries. No bones were found to be broken, but
he sustained severe injuries and bruises in
the back, in the right breast, and in his left
leg. Temby is a miner of twenty years ex-
p~erience in California and Nevada, and does
not regard the accident as one arising from
ignorance Of mining or from carelessness.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
From Wednesdays DARYL
FREIGHTS.
A Prospect that Freight Rates will
be Lowered.


The war between the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railroads goes on vigorously,
The merchants aud business men of Butte
get the worst of the battle between the rail-
roads at the start in the way of heavy ad-
vances on freight rates, but as the fight pro.
crosses our business men are liable to reap
some of the benefits and in the end come out
damaged to a less extent than was at first an
ticipated. The Central Pacific, it is reported,
have perfected arrangements for delivering
Montana freights, shipped from California
that may have the effect of bringing railroad
rates from Ogden to Melrose back to their
old rates. The Central Pacific proposes to
stop all freight for Montana at Corinle and
ship from Corinne to Butte and all points in
Montana by wagon, and to carry all fre1ghts
through from San Francisco and points Oh
the Coast to the places OF their destination at
the rate of So 70 per 100 pounds. If the
Central Pacific carries the proposition into
practice California freights will come through
at low rates, but it will take a longer time to
deliver goods. Let the railroads fight. There
is DO power in Montana to stop the war be.
tween the roads. As a rule, when railroads
are at war, the people are benefited, and
this is likely to be the case before the struggle
etween the U. P. and G. p. is terminated,
and we may expect to see freights laid down
in Butte before the strife is ended at lower
rates than formerly.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
HELD TO ANSWER.
Grayson. the "Stocker' Of the Gar
field Mine, Arrested,

Following the expose by the Independent
Of the Garfield mine swindle is the arrest, in
Helena, of Col. John T. Grayson, the "msn-
ager" of the exposed fraud. On the com
plant of Matt. NJ. Black, of Bozeman, a son
Of the late Col. L. NJ. Black, Grayson was ar
rested in Helena OH the 9Th OH a charge of
larceny. The substance Of the charge is that
Grayson, who was attending Col. Black at
the time of his deatr, took possession of the
Colonel's effects, among which was a long
pocket-book that contained Instruments of
writing valued at Sl5, 1000. That when Gray
son delivered the effects over to young Black
these valuable papers, which were binding in
their terms on Grayson, were missing. Col.
Grayson denies all knowledge of any such
instruments. Grayson waived a preliminary
examination, and was held by Judge Davis
in the sum o. s. 1000 bail for his appearance
at the next term of District Court for Lewis
and Clarke county.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
MANDAMUS.
The Beaverhead County Seat
Matter.

From a gentleman who has just arrived in
Butte from Bannack we learn that it is ex-
pected that Judge Blake, attorney for the tow
Of Dillon, will to-day apply for a writ of man
dauus from the Supreme Court, now in ses-
sion in Helena, directing the county officers of
Beaverhead county to remove the money, rec.
ords, and other county property to Dillon.
Some of the sblest lawyers in Montana are of
the opinion that the Supreme Cour: has 10
original jurisdiction in the matter, while 9th
ers express the opinion that the Supreme
Court will follow the precedent established
in the capital case and that the court, on a
proper showing of law and facts will grant
the writ. The action Of the court is looked
for with great interest by the people of Bea-
verhead county. 1t the mandamus should be
issued and disobeyed, We may look for a
bloody Bannack war, with the Bannack d.
vide, from Argenta to Spring Gulcl, literally
glittering with needle guns, eau on, muskets,
swords, star spangled banners, and all The ter
rible weapons of war used by American free
men in vindirating their rights.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
THE
The Inaugural Festivities of the
Singing Society.

A little after ~mid-morning on last Sunday
forenoon the melodious music of the Silver
City Cornet Band proclaimed to the citizens
OF Butte that the Liederkrantz festivities had
commenced. The members of the society to
the number Of about fifty formed in process
sion at their hall and headed by the band
marched with we'll observed semi-military
tread through the principal streets of Butte.
1beir appearance in column, as they marched
along, drew comments of praise from the
crowds of lockers on. When the street
parade was finished the members of the So
ciety were driven in carriages to Poplar
Grove. A heavy rainfall put a temporary
dmper on the proceedings, but did not
deluge the enthusiasm, and as the skies
cleared off a large and eager crowd went
out to the grove. At the grove the pleasures
of the dav consisted of refreshments we'll
served, and the hours were enlived by excel
lent music, both vocal and instrumental. In
the evening dancing was INDUCED in, in the
intervals of which the society sang some fine
pieces of music, and when the hour of part
ing arrived all those participating pronounced
the occasion one of the most pleasant they
had ever enjoyed.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
CUSTER CUTTINGS.

From Il e Yellowstone Journal, July 80.
Over five hundred loaded freight cars arr
on the side tracks at Glendive, wailng for
boats to re-ship the goods TO Miles City.
The oats crop on the Mcneil ranch, on the
Yellowstone, are over four feet in height, and
will run fifty bushels to the acre. This is
not a bad showing for the Yellowstone valley.
An Indian came into own this week with
a large gold nugget which lie sal, he found
in the hills. He pro badly found it in the
vicinity of the Big Horn mountains, and
there is every reason to believe there is con-
siderable of il there.
Horse thieves are plentier than rope TO
hang them with. The only person Who had
a fun supply for sale wanted to make a cor
ner in it, and went over to Smiths to look at
the question dispassionately through a glass.
He had his horse stolen while gone.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
THE e ALE CAMP.
Operations of the Hecla Consolida-
ted Company.

The present condition of the Hecla Con.
solidated Mining Company, compared with
its condition for the past two years and up to
the first of last January, is another evidence
show ng that mining properties may yield
millions without the stockholders deriving
any benefit therefrom. The Hecla Com
pany's property is, unquestIouabIy, to-day
among the best paying in the country. In
the first six months of the present manage
ment a debt, contracted under the old man
ager, Of S75,O 200 was paid of, and on July 1st
and Aug. lst, dividends to the amount of
capital stock Of 5 1,500,O00. The one per
cent. dividend, monthly, will be kept up,
which is $4,000 per month, and we learn
from Mr.. knippenberg that he expects to pay,
after the LIST of September, two per cent. or
$4,000 per month, on the capital stock.
Such a financial state of affairs certainly re-
fleets credit on the present management of
Hecla affairs.
The mines of the Hecla Company, at Lion
City, last January looked bad. AT that time
the ore in sight had mostly all been taken
out and no force had been kept on the mines
developing other bodies of ore. Under
Superintendent Partets' direction the mines
have all been placed in excellent shape and
in condition to yield ore for the ensuing
year.
Among the Company's mines that are now
looking well are the Cleopatra, Fissure, At
lantis, John Thomas, Silver Quartz, Cleye,
and Silver King. The Cleopatra shows an
immense body of ore. Thousand of tons of
ore are in sight in this mine, and the ore
grows richer as depth is attained. The At
lantis mine, reported as "petered out" last
year, is again daily yielding its quota of the
ore smelted by the company's furnaces.
When it is remembered that the Atlantis
mine is the one that produced all the none
to purchase the other mines of the company,
and is still a good producer, at a great depth,
it goes far to establish the permanency of the
mines of Lion Hill.
The John Thomas, named in honor of the
president of the Hecla Company, is showing
up handsomely. The daily yield is large for
a neWl y-opened mine, Tho Cleve mine,
which was abandoned for years, is again
worked and some fine ore is being delivered
AT the furnaces from this mine.
The Hecla Company IS now employing
some $50 men, and The company want to hire
100 more miners Immediately. The furnaces
under the faithful management of Mr.. G.. G.
Earle. are producing, daily, from 10 to ID tons
of base bullion, which is delivered at Melrose
for shipment t. The Stockholders of the Hecla
Company may well feel proud of their
property, which may be regarded as in COLI
dltion to pay regula" dividends for years to
come. This has been brought alb ut by good
management, common sense and bv the prac-
tice Of economy.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
A FOGGY TRADUCER.
How a Wood River Tramp Traduces
l. Butte.

Every once in a while some one visits Butte
and leaves this prosperous camp with a big
disgust. A Fogg-y sign-painter. of Haley,
i'll the Wood River country, visited Butte
last month, and on returning home he stuffed
the editor of the Wood River Netrs with
many big and little lies about Butte and this
mining district. The Ne,ps man NAV be an
innocent man and a Christian, but he never
theless condenses Fogg's lies and prints them
with a flourish of black head lines to attract
the attention of the readers of the News.
Fogg begins by telling that he, Fogs, came
very near starving toe death while in Butte
and stopping at our restaurants. Fogg must
be a high-playing gambler, for he next fluids
fault with the gambling, and intimates that
nlckels are the currency here and that he,
Fog, had to play faro with five cent chips.
Fcgg says the Wood River country beats the
Butte district 'all to rags" Fogg not only
%insinuates that this district is filled up with
skin flints from the East "who do business at
a slight profit" but proclaims that ~.close-
listed capitalists have this camp by the
''iodC, anu IL 10 10 pace 1Or a poor man,
To prove that Butte is no place for a poor
man, Fogg says that wages here are low
hat superintendent of 40-stamp mills only
get S. per day-tbat whisky is twenty-five
cents a drink-an board is SIS per week.
Fogg being unable to buy whisky at two bits
a drink pitches into the water of Butte and
s~ays-"the water is miserable and there is no
show for comfortable living.' Foeg, from
his own statements, must be a sort of Wood
River tramp as we'll as a handy liar, for he
says he "visited Butte, Bannack, Deer Lodge,
Glendale, Helena, and several other mining
camps more or less played out" The quota
ton is from the poor devil of a Fogg, who
winds up by saying that while in Butte he
met one McCauley and lots of Bellevue men,
who couldn't get anything to do at living
wages, and who were, to cite the fdgety
~Fogg-"to a man trying to get back to Belle
vue-or anywhere out of this id section.''
This, in the face of the fact that all kinds
of mechanics and laborers are now and have
been all summer in great demand in this
camp, shows that the itinerant Fogg is a con-
densed falsifier of the lowest order.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
fFrom Tuesdays Daily.
THE BUTTE DISTRICT.
It Does Not Need Lying to Bolster
It UP.

The stunning estimates made by the Hell
ena papers of the mineral resources of the
country claimed to be tributary to Last
Chance Gulch are simply ridiculous tremen-
d'losities. 1t seems to be the aim and game
OF the Helena sheets to magnify everything
fully one-thousand fold. Nothing of that
KIN is needed to bolster up the Butte Dis
trlct. This District is to-day producing all
that is claimed for it, and it is entirely I'm
necessary to parade a lying array of figures to
support what the whole world knows to be
the exact truth. Two hundred and fifty well
opened and developed m~iues-separate and
distinct mines-that are capable of producing
millions Of dollars worth of gold, silver aud
copper for years and years to come, are open
ed in the Butte District, and these mines are
ready any day to be subjected to the crucial
examination of mining experts of this and all
other countries. Candid statements, f unded
on facts that mine developments have abund-
antly proven, is what this District relies on.
Nothing more is needed. A few, a very few,
OF the base bullion mines Of the Butte Dis
tricJ are capable of producing double the rail-
road freight to he obtained from the entire
district adjacent to Helena. While the mines
OF the Butte District are making a grander
showing as they are worked and developed,
that much can not be truthfully said of the
gold mines near Helena which all mining
men know are to "a greater or less extent bot
toned and completely scooped out.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
i, From Thursdays Daily.l
KILLED IN THE e L
Bias Margood Win Mine No More.

We are again called on to chronicle another
fatal accident in one of the mines. Yester-
day afternoon, within a few minutes of the
hour of three O'Clock, q terrible accident oc-
Cured in the Bell mine, which is located to
the northeast of Butte, by which a miner
named Bias Margood met with a fearful
death. almost instantaneously. Margood was
on the shift working in the east level from
the 3OO-foot station, M had in five blasts,
and was engaged in what is termed in mining
phrase 'spittine" the fuse with a candle. He
had "sp't" four of the pieces Of fuse and was.
as IS supposed, in the act of firing the fifth
piece, when the first, second aud third blasts
went of, the flying rock from which caught
and killed him almost Instantly. The UNI
fortunate miner was horribly mutilated. His
face and forehead was smashed, his breast
terribly bruised and his left arm was torn to
pieces. The accident was caused by the fuse
being cut too short, which permitted the fire
to run down to the powder much sooner than
was expected. Margood was an Austrian by
birth and about twenty-four years old. His
funeral will take place from Miners Union
Hall at half-past two O'Clock this afternoon.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
MADISON MINES.
The Quartz interests OF Old Madison
Booming.
From the Madisonian, AUGUST 6.

From the Madisonian, August 6.
The prospect on the Prospect mine, located
west of Virginia City, is very inviting at
present.
If the business of shipping ore had been
commenced five years ago, Old Madison
would have had another million scored to her
credit by this time.
Quartz miners being scarce %hereahouts,
George Thexton is sending to Wisconsin for
a crew to work the Alameda mine next win
ter. They are expected to arrive in about a
month.
Mr.. o. B. Barber took two tons of ore from
his mine, near Summit to Glendale last week.
The returns were so satisfactory that lie will
continue to ship through the season,
A gentleman well posted in such matters,
expressed the opinion one day This week that
next year there will be 500 more miners
working in Madison county quartz than was
ever employed before.
On Monday morning Me>sr>. Deyornon
o'u oiiPtNh t"o lbilS u orr lIiiII Lille
Bedford mine, in Ramshorn district, to the
IIec!a Consolidated Co.'S smelters at Glen
dale. The shipment is made to test the value
Of the Bedford ore.
On Tuesday, Mr.. A. E. Walton, agent of
the company TO whom the Broadway mine
was bonded s. me ime ago, was in the city
drawing up the papers for the transfer of the
property, and the final arrangements will be
completed in q few days. The consideration
is 100000. The Broadway is a magnificent
property, and we are informed the BUYERS
expect to net more than the purchase money
from the ore in sight.
On Monday evening, VIM. Mckaskle
brought in another batch of bullion from the
Willow Creek lnd--2lS ounces this time
making over 100 ounces, worth over Sll 900,
he has cleaned up in the Mallory NIL,
this season. Earring accidents, he will
take out as much more before winter sets in,
AS he has 1870 ions Of ore on the dump aud is
extracting seven or eight tons per day from
the mine.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
TRUSTEES MEETING.
The Bid for Building the New
School House.

The Board Of School Trustees Of the Butte
district met at the store of Henry Jacobs last
Night. Pi-sent-Trustees Jacobs, Reimel
and McMurphey, aud CLERK Gilbert.
The opening Of bids to build the addition
ness before the board. The bid of Messrs.
Bowes II Buck for erecting the south wing to
the school house was accepted. The success
full bidders were notified of the &C .eptance of
their bid and that they were required to file
the necessary bonds for the faithful perform
ance ,,fthe work,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
Rich Placers Discovered.

The Yankee Fork Herald published at
Bonanza City, Idaho, Of Aug. 4th, says: Con,
the packer, informs us that a day or two be-
fore he left Boise City, a large pack-t1ain
loaded with quartz and placer tools, provis-
ions, ETC., passed through there on its way
to a point thirty miles north, or northwest of
Copeland diggings, about one hund-ed miles
from Bonanza City The gold discovered in
the placrrs is very coarse, and the g.ound is
said to be rich. The quartz located is rich.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-16
Grading by the U. & N. and N. p.
Roads.

The Herald says he cross section work of
Mr.. Chenowelh's Northern Pacific surveyors,
twenty-five miles east of Helena has been
followed by a graiiI g party transferred from
the He'll GAZE river force. The men with
teams ale at work now close to Bedford, from
Which point to Beaver creek, ten miles west,
the grade stakes are all in place. Ten miles
easrof Bedford the Utah & Northern, work
ing westward, "holds the fort at Grow
Creek, with assurances FROM Engineer Blick.
eI'sderfer that the force will shortly be largely
increased.