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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-20
Helena Herald Dec. u.

Helena Herald Dec. u.
The Spokane Indians arc suffering from q
disease resembling diphtheria. Fifty cases are
reported.
G. A. Small, under sheriff of Silver Bow
county, arrived here Saturday evening 10 con-
duct a prisoner, confined in the city Jail, to
Butte, where he is to be tried for larceny.
The sheriff left town yesterday morning with
the culprit.
Should the Gregory Reduction Works be
enlarged to the full capacity of their metive
power the daily bullion product would aver
age in the neighborhood of $4,000 pounds.
The Wickes Reduction Work are reported as
producing $4,000 pounds Of bullion daily,
which will presently be increased to $4,000
pounds every twenty-four hours.
Helena Independent Dec. 10.
We see by an Eastern papert that Montanas
Delegate, Hon. Martin M~asinnis, has located
at the Arlington, Washington, for the ses-
sion.
Tks best csnEasser I'll at ever visited Helena
was Miss Flsra Caldwell, agent for the Ency-
clopedis Britannica. She was in Helena less
than = month. and in that time took 80 or
ders. which amounted in money to over $10,-
| OOo.
A pe.ty burglar, who perhaps centemplates
going into The confectionery business, recent
ly broke into the room on Broadway former
ly occupied by the Montana Fruit Company,
end stole therefro'n several candy jars, a pair
of light scales, and other articles. Just when
the burglary was committed is not known,,.as
Mr., Kellogg, the manager of the establish
ment, had not been in the store fer several
days, having closed for the season and taken
a situation in Jockeys land aud insurance
Office.
Pueblo, Colo,, has \ sensation over a mar
der committed there. Last February Chris
topler ShutreN was found dead in his tent.
A physician and the coroner were called in,
but they deemed al inquest unnecessary, and
tue bsdy was buried in one of the cemeter.
les. \ few weeks ago the bedy was disin
TERED and sent to his friends in PenpSylva
mia. They, for some cause, had a post MGR
TEN examination, which showed the man ha
been murdered. He was shot in the back {
r the head and then the bullet hole was plugye
Or up with wood and the hair arranged TO col
A ceal the wound. They hope to detect u
mHrderers.
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Railway Notes.

During the past year the business of the
Union Pacific road has increased very largely.
! his increase amounts to fully 40 per cent. in
the freight deps' tmeut. One year age the
clerical force numbered thirteen persons.
Eighteen are now employed, and their time
is fully occupied. In 1880 the through bills
reached the number of $4,000, and up to the
present time the number has reached nearly
5000 more this year than during the proceed
ing year. The number Of through bills of
freight averages nearly two hundred per day,
SO that the number for the entire year will be
about 10000 mere than for the year 1880
Ogden Pilot, Dec. 10.
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From Tuesdays DAILY
TWO SIDES.
The Two Colors Of the Chop House
Affair.

As we are neither judge nor jurywe will
not pretend to say who was la the right or in
the wrong in the affair which took place on
the 9th of September last Ia the Virginia
Chop House, in this city. The facts, as lear-
y as we could learn them last Aight, are as
follows: A party consisting of Colonel Alex
andsr Botkin, his brother, Mr.. 3otkin, of the
well-known firm of ~Ssackpole d Botkln, of
this city, and one William Woodcock, the
mulatto servant of Coz. Botkin, entered the
an invalid, went in TO dine with his brother,
and Wsodcock accompanied tte Colonel to
assist him in his mcyemea ats. As the Colonel
sat down with his brother at the table Just to
the right of the entrance, Nil sterrett Hig-
gins, of Deer Lodge, entered and sat down
with his friends at the same table, leaving no
room by the Colonel's side fol his body ser
want, who, we are informed, frequently sat
by him to hep him at his meals.
Now just at this poiut the two sides
Of the shield assume different colo:s,
and the narratives Of fact as
given on either side differ widely.
Wsodcock's side of the story is, that seeing
ne room for him at his masters table he quiz
city moved over to the one just next it on the
left, and immediately in front Of the dcoi,
There was a young nan ting there who
Immediately left the table with expressions
of disgust. Woodcock says that Mr.. Fiske
then told the walter to Inform him, Wood,
cock, that he must leave the table snd that he
could not get a meal in the house. At thi!
j~uncturs Col. Botkin spoke NJ and asked i
Mr.. Fiske had any objection to Woedcocl
eating at his table, but Woodcock then fel
too much aggrieved to eat, and sat Eear b,
waiting till Col. Botkin and party had fiji
ished. This is Woodcock's side Of the shield
Mr.. Fiske's side of the story presents quit
a different picture. 1t is in substance tina
when Woodceck sat down at the table just
/ the left of Col. Botkin's table, the gentlema
} who was already there arose and left in dis
gust. Seeing this Mr.. Fiske told a waiter t
ask Woodcock if he would not be kind enoug
to sit at some other table, there heing sewers
unoccupied elsewhere1n the restaurant. Ths
s the colored man then got angry, and SO, al
tracted the attention of Col. Boskin, VIII
asked Mr. Fiske if Woodcock could sit at hi
Botkiu's table, to which MIR. F. replied ee
tainly; that the colored man then said 81
4 would not eat in the id house il !
y could not eat where he pleased, and that 1
would get even, or something of that sort.
A summons lssued from the United Stat
Court at Deer Lodge was served ye
" terdsy by an officer Oh Mr.. Fisl
in a~naction brought in pursuan
q to a section of the 18th amendment, askil
A. $500 damages because the plaintiff Woodcoc
had been denied equal privileges at the Oh
=, House with white persons. We have exc
lent Authority for each Of the statements, a
dc not pretend to be able to say which is
correct one, as to their points OF difference
This action can not probably be tried un
y March, as the Deer Lodge session is abo
- over.
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BUTTE FIRE BRIGADE.
Called Meeting Last Night at Ger,
mama Hall.

A called meeting of Butte Fire Brigade
No. l was held last night at Germania Hall.
There was a good attendance, and after the
trasaction of several matters of miscellaneous
business, it was resolved that Il grand calico
| all be given the night of February IA, 1882.
The place at which the ball is 10 be held, and
tie various committees will be announced
hereafter. In the meantime the following
general committee of arrangements was Sc
lected: Aessrs. II. AcMurphy, Simon
Hauswirth, Fred. Gilbert, Gee. G. Fitschen
and John n. Stewart.
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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
Successfully Established in the
Moulton Works.
The Electric Light for Butte.

Last evening the new Hochhausen electric
light was tested at the MouIton works, and
found in every way satisfactory.
Mr.. w. q. Clark has procured burners for
seven lights for the Moulton, and they will be
at once properly arranged for the iIlumina-
ton ofthe interior of the mill and hosting
works. The power is furnished by The 800
horsepower pumping engine, which will, of
course, be kept constantly in operation,
and will thus supply fierce largely in excess
Of what will be for some time req fred for the
pumps and the Mculton light. This SUPER
fuoas power can he admirably utilized for 4
series of electric lights at prominent points
throughout the city Of Butte, and mall burn
ers in addition in store-rooms and houses.
The proposition is perfectly feasible, and if.
taken up and promoted by the citize ns, will
doubtless DO prsmptly put into execution by
Mr.. Clark. The very fact that there is an
excess of power-over what is Immediately
needed at the Moulton works, will enable the
company to illuminate Butte by electricity
at an expense far less than that now in
Cured. .n.m .-n
The arc light would be utilized for out
side illumination, and the incandescent burr
ers, by which the light may he subdivided,
and be reduced to any desired size and degree
of intensity, for interior use. w ~
Negotiations ara now pending between Mr.,
Clark and the Eastern electric companies
with a view to the Introduction of the cleo
trio light into Butte. Nothing that could
happen to this city would give it as great an
impetus towards its destined career of bus;-
ness and mining prosperity as The speedy per-
lection of his admirable plan. We hope
that our citizens will at once see the advan-
tngs of entering heartily into this plan, and
siSnifying their appreciation of the idea. MA.
Five lights were suspended last evening in
the hosting works, and in a short time lights
will be arranged and suspended in the mill.
Fires will be lighted to-day ia the mill, and
preparations made for starting it in full oper-
alton very shortly.
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The General School Fund.

We are informed by Professor r. B. Has
sell, the Superintendent of Common Schools
for Silver Bow county, that the following is
a correct statement Of the amount of money
in the General School Fund Of Silver Bow
~'ounty, and the apportionmentto the several
school districts. The greater the amount the
better, in view of the lamentable wreck bear
ing The name and occupying the grounds Of
School District Number One:
Am2unt of moEey in the General
School Fund of Silver Bow Co. SIG, sos, 63
No. of children drawing school money 1857
Amount per capita .S13.21
Apportioaed to the several districts of Sill
yer Bsw Co. as follows, to-wit:
Butte, Dist. No. l, 1,119 children $l4, 1879
Rocker, Dist No. 2, 46 children... GOT e6
Silver Bow, Dist. No. 8, AZ chila'n 554s2
Divide, Dist. No. 4, II children. 224.t7
Melrose, Dist. No. 3, So children. 1858
Balance IN hand ............. $3.50
SIG, 6OS.63
Butte, N. T., Dec. IA, 1881.
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Benton Record, Dec, ..

Paris Gibson returned from Barker last
night. He says good work is being done on
the road to the mines with the money con-
tribuIed BY the citizens of Benton. \ good
many nesdfui bridges have been put in, and
the road where it leaves the bench to 60 down
into the Otter creek bottom has been short
ened and the descent rendered more gradual
A force of men will commence wSlk inme
diately on the Highwood aud Little Willow
| creek hills.
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From Thursdays Daily.
BXTRADITED
Tried and Acquitted in the Police
Court,

Last Monday Under Sheriff Small brought
over from Helena a young man named Char
les Cabanski, on a warrant sworn out by Mr..
g. II. Fiske, efthis city, Of which the follow
ing is a copy:
In the Justice Court of Silver Bow Town
ship, Silver Bow County, Montana Territory,
before J. B.. Wilcox:
Tertiary of Montana }
Charles Cabanski. sa
Territory of Montana, County of Silver
Bow, $751;
G. II. Fiske being duly sworn, says the
crime of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses has been committed in Butte City
Silver Bow Township, Silver Bow County,
Montana Territory, and that said defendant,
Charles Cabanski, did commit said crime at
said place GA or about The 26lh day of NO
vember, A. d. 1881, by knowingly, designed
ly and falsely pretending to afiant that he,
the said defendant, was the owner of a GER
tain account due and owing by afisnt and
partner to the firm Of Eustis & Co., Of Butte
City, and relying on said representations,
which were false, atilsnt paid TO said de-
fendant the sum of $l4 S., the AMOUNT Of
said account, and said defendant received
said sum of $l4.S5, with intent to cheat and
defraud affiant and partner of the said sum
aforesaid. Wherefore aft Ant asks that a war
rant be issued fer said defendant, and shat he
be dealt with as the law directs. .
.... CHAs. Fl. FIsKE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2Sth of November, A. D. 1881.
PATRICK TALENT,
H 1884, Notary Public.
This charge was filed November 2S,, Is ]
Yesterday afternoon Cabanski, appeared in
tue Police Court with his attorney, W.. O
Speer, Esq, and was easily acquitted, no syi'
dence being produced to substantiate any
charge against the prisoner. The facts, as fsl
as we could learn them, show that Cabansti
had been for some time prior to his arrest o.
Grating a sausage machine for Eustis Il Co.
III Lower Main street. The firm had
bought the machine through Caban
ski and for him, and becoming suretie
for the payment Of the purchase money
were Obliged to pay it when it became due
They had subsequently sold the machine, a
we are informed, at a loss of $50, and claime'
that Cabanski was consequently indebted t
them in that mount. On November &c
5 Cabanski presented to Mr.. c. II. Fiske, at tn
4 Chop House, and collected from him a bill G
SASS for sausage, meat, etc. furnished b,
Cabanski. This Eustis & Co. claimed he ha
no right 10 do, and hence the arrest. Caban
ski laid in Jail from Monday, when he arrive
here from Helena, until yesterday. The cost
of ssizing the accused in Helena bringing hr
t here and keeping him in Jail will doubles
) amount to about ten times the amount Of tn
i claim made against him, which was onl
Sl4.S5,. Who will have these costs to pa!
a the county or the prosecution.
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The Disappearance Of the Small
POx.

There have been no new cases of small peX
in Butte since Sunday, December 4, and we
are enabled now to make the gratifying an
nouncement that what few cases there now
are in the city limits, three or four altogether,
and in the pest house, are all convalescent.
We were informed by the city physician last
night that these were the facts, and that Mrs
Drake could be safely pronounced well,
and she is now conined simply on account of
her desire to remain with her children. The
lottsr will themselves soon be discharged
from treatment.
There is another patient, a man at the pest
house, who is entirely well, and ready to be
discharged at any time. This will be done
under proper conditions as soon as the CouR-
Gil will have a meeting.
The city physician visits all of his patients
regularly twice a day. On Saturday last a
large additional supply Of clothing, bedding
and medicine was sent out to the pest house
Yesterday DR.. Stron was called to see an
alleged small pox patient in Dublin sulch,
but Oh inspection it was discovered hat the
man had no SYMPTOM of small pox what
ever.
In this happy state of affairs, after SO mucl
exaggeration, the city OF. Butte is to be con
graduated.
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LETTER.
Serious Accident to a Teamster.
PIPRsTONE, Dec. II, 1881.

Serious Accident to a TeamSter.
PIPEsTONE, Dec. II, 1881.
tdit0rLiReT:
DEAR SIR "A tesmster in the employment
of John Morrison as seriously injured last
Thursday morning while engaged i'll hauling
stone from tie quarry. He happened TO drop
his lines aud in order 10 get them, had 10 step
between the mules and tie sled the mules
walked on and sir. T. was tripped by the
sled and tlen dragged ny the mules till Dan
iel Ferris came to assist him. We are happy
to learn that his wounds are net fatal asd the
sufferer is now dong we'll. TiHes are quite
lively here. MacLyn's whisky is good to
keep off tbs small poS.
Yours truly,
canon"
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From Wednesdays Daily.
OWS ITEMS


OtA Iiolt Z %
II would rather be butted in Miles City
than Mayor of st. Paul" said a tenderfoot
tramp to another as he sat on our Office steps
and counted up his pennies, to see if he had
the price of a drink. $50 would J." re-
marked the other, and they tramped of To a
convenient saloon.
The railroad reached town last Monday. A
number of our BUSH e>s houses celebrated IL e
event by Illuminating their buildings but no
other demonstratlsn was made, as Judge
Bowen stated that when the first passengf r
car arrived there would be a number of dis
tinguished railroad officials and others on it,
and that the general reception ct the advent
Of the iron horse DC delayed until then.
Commenting ell the duty, as well as the
interest of business men to pstronize theil
local paper, the Ricer Press Of a recent date
| pertinently remarks: "The man or firm that
has not the enterprise to patronise his loca
paper may well be regarded with suspicion
by the people. 1t is safe to set him DOWN a.
a 'skintiint' who IS wrapped up solely i'll self
and wins has not the least interest in the pro
gross or prosperity ofthe community in which
he il doing business"
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Liederkr&nZ.
Yours truly,
"ANOS.

humber Of ladies and gentlemen belong
ing to this popular organization, with a few
invited visitors, Asssabled in Speck's Hall,
in the Caplice Building, last Sunday night,
and spent a most enjoyable evening, with
is.t and song and social converse. The Lie
derkranz is making itself felt as q power IN
Butte.
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THE BUTTE WATER COMPANY.
Successful Compile ton of Their
Labo.s.

Capt. John Mccormick informed us last
evening that the Butte Water Company have
their reservoirs full of water, ready to be
turned at once into the main pipe down Main
street. III S morning the water will be turned
on, and tested with hose at the four fire plugs
which have already been put in On Main
street.
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The sheriff ia in receipt Of letters from Mrs.
E. r. Gage, of Tailstin county, describing 4
number of horses which were stolen last DC
tooer by Indians, supposed to be bloeds, and
Of the same party who stole Al. Harrison;
horses from the Yellowstone.
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TelegRaphiC Transfer.
Butte.

BY a talegrsphic transfer the balance of'he
purchase money OF the Broadway iuihe was
paid on yesterday in New York City, to the
credit of Donnell, CLARK & Larnbie. The
amount we are Informed was 100000.
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The Utah u Northern brought in yester-
day from Melrese, four cars of bullion fer
A. d. Lynch, Omaha; from Silver Bow, foul
ears OF m%atte..for Pope, Cole & Co., Balti
more. .-
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Two new locomotives, Nos. IL and AZ,
arrived yesterday for the Utah q Noftnerh
Railway. .... $50.
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TERRITORI LINE WIS.

Butte, M. T., Dac. IA, 1881.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-22
lScientifc Americana
Give the Baby o Drink Of Water.

A city physician attributes large
part of the excessive mortality of chill
dren in hot weather to the failure of
nurses and mothers to give them
water; indeed more children are said
to die directly and Indirectly from
deprivation of water than from any
other cause Infants, he says, are al
ways too much wrapped up, and in
any case would perspire very freely.
The water lost by perspiration must
be supplied. As DR.. Murdoch stated
in his paper on cholera infantum, "The
child is thirsty, not hungry; but not
getting the water, which it does want,
it drinks the milk, which it does not
want" The consequence is that the
stomach is overloaded with food which
it cannot digest, and which soon fer
ments and becomes source Of severe
irritation. Then follow vomiting.
purging, and cholera infantum."
Toprevent this, the princip al scourss Q
Of infancy, the doctor says: Have
water-without ice-always accessible
to the child, who will then refuse sour
milk and will eat only when hungry.
Water is the great Indispensable article
for the preventive treatment Of chill
dren in hot weather. It is important
enough to nursing children, but is life
itself to those reared on the BOTTLE"
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ATTHE PASTURE BARS.
BY j. p. IRVINE,

By j. p. IRVINE.
Returning lonely from the field
She met me at the pasture bars:
The moon was like golden shield,
The armament was lit with stars.
Asmorning dawn, her face was mild;
As evening, SO her limpid eyes;
God never gave sweeter child
For weary man to idolize.
Sowinsome seemed her artless mirth,
Her soft caress and ardent kiss;
/ thonght, of all delights of earth,
The angels surely covet this.
know they mean to do no Ill,
But whom they love they lure away,
Good angels love her MS you Will,
But leave her with me while l stay.
just as she is; for would set
The hand Of time behind an hour
Iftkat would stay little yet
The bud from blooming to the flower.
And when at length we'homeward went
The fragrant azure shone so clear
The great familiar armament.
Thought, had never seemed so near
So near, the moon above the trees
An airy globe of silver swung,
And In the dewy tops of these
The stars In mellow clusters hung
So near that could scarce forego
The thought that one who longing waits
Might hear whisper sweet and low,
Across the golden-portaled gates.
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as the teams would approach.

| DIS GHe teitulS WOiilu al'pT'h'n.
The summer Of 1884 Was dry, and
late in the summer the season was
similar to the present. My father
and went after salt to Fletcher's salt
works, on Chickamauga Creek, near
Gallipolis. We staid over night at
Mrs. Fletcher's, and our horses were
turned into a large meadow, and | re-
member that the grass was dried up
and as brown as if it had been scorch-
ed by fire.
The summer of 1885 was exceeding
ly wet My father had two or three
fields in oats, and they grew as high
as mans head, and then fell down,
and lay on the ground like log had
been rolled over them. We had to
cut them with a sickle.
The summer Of 1886 was again dry.
We had moved our house to piece
Of land my father had bought, and we
dug a well. I remember that the
ground was dry to a great depth where
we dug the we'll.
The summer of 1874 was exceeding
ly wet. | started to Indiana on the
last day Of June, and it rained nearly
every night during the first week in
July, and the waters were so high
that it was dangerous to ford the
creeks, as there were no bridges in
many places.
ZIP Passing on to 1854, we had the dry
est summer Of any. The railroad had
recently been finished from Ports
mouth to Jackson. No boats carried
freight above Portsmouth, and all the
goods used at Gallipolis, Point Pleas
ant, Pomerov, &c., were brought up to
Portland, and taken across the coun-
try in wagons. That was the sum-
mer when Monroe and Jefferson Fur
naces were built, and teams suffered
greatly from dust and lack of water.
The summer of 1856 was as wet as
the preceding one had been dry. l
then lived in Jackson, but I went to
Portland every day. Many and many
evenings there would be rains so heavy
that the roaring Of the train could
not be heard, and before sundown it
would be SO dark in the car that the
lights had to be got out.
There were dry seasons during the
war. 1862 and 1868 were dry, but
1865 was again wet, and vegetation
was on large scale. That was the
fall myself and family had the ty-
phoid fever, and there was much sick
ness, as think, caused by decaying
vegetation.
There has not been any very re-
markably wet or dry season since 1865.