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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-15
(E BROADWAY GOLD BONANZA.
flatierinG Prospect ia the silver
Star District.

NddjSOnidn, in noticing the mining
xts in Madison county, has this to say
Noted Broadway gold mine and of the
Star district, the gold quartz Of which
ways paid well. ave have the most ELI
Fng reports of the mining outlook for
ason at Silver Star. In the west level
Broadway an immense body of ore
en struck, which is us rich as any that
een taken out of The niue. Besides
Mother large body has beeu struck So
Flow the old workings, the lowest as
pm which gives 800 per ton in gold, and
Pc from that amount to away up fig
There is an abundance of rock in these
pdies-sufficient to keep the two mills
% tor an indefinite length of time.
pulls are in order to commence work as
sthe season permits, which, however, will
ply not be much before May l, that be-
soon as the weather generally admits
Interrupted work. The mine is under
Rnagement of Mr.. S. ". Hurst, and to
Unknown experience and skill is due
cellent condition of the works. We
4 ad to note the prosperous outlook of the
way, as it is the most extensive and
Pile developed nine in the county, a
lon brought about by. judicious man.
mt as we'll as the intrinsic value Of the
The other mines in the district are
lowing well, and we have no doubt that
Ad for 1881 will largely exceed that of
Primer year, with good prospects for a
annual Increase"
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From Wednesdays Dally.)
CHARTER ELECTION.
Especial to the MINER

l'pHt'iel - Vi Az
HELENA, March s.
| charter election held yesterday re-
in tie adoptlon Of the charter by the
ing vote:
To- the charter
against the charter. :. .........2G2
Majority for the charter.
| Independent of this morning says:
interest was ttken in the charter cleo
leS,er1ay. Many reasons combined TO
Tie business me ailQ men Of families
Earnest support Of the charter, and for
\ days preceding the election it was al
forcCOnc conclusion that the city
be incorporated. A few who opposed
deportation worked with right good will
day, and for a short time during the
|oon it seemed that t'rey might possibly
flue the majority which had been rolled
| the charter in the forenoon. Wagons
fg legends both for and against the i'll
|ation gave voters free Tides to the polls.
|Oc was the largest ever p0lled in Hell
pom any purely local matter, but yet it
|ot nearly a full vote, and is much less
5 ordinarily cast al a political election.
Ftal vote was $50.
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A regular meeting Of the board of trustees
OF the Butte School District No. 8, was held
on Tuesday evening, the Sth instant.
Present-Trustees McMurphy and RiemeI,
and F. G.. Gilbert, Clerk.
The following bills were allowed and
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SUPREME COURT ORDER.
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BAL SUFFERS

Prepared on short notice and served in the
most attractive manner.
Meal. got up to ORDER fol individuals and
families.
The choicest vianis are kept constantly on
hand. and | deiN any establishment in Montana
10 cook and serve meals IN better manner than
TIE ORIGINAL VIRGINIA CHOP HOUSE.
| issue C~oMMUTATION TICKETS at $500 each,
which entitle the holder to board to the value of
five dollars and fifty cents.
Come and see my tempting''Lay Out"
jan 21-d GEO. r. SMITH.
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silver Bow County Placed In the Second
judicial Dist riot.

In SUPREME COURT MONTANA
TERRITORY.
In Vacation March 7, 1881.
ORDER.
The undersigned justices of the supreme
court OF Montana territory, being assembled
at the seat of government of said territory,
hereby order that the county of Silver Bow
be and form a part of the second judicial dis
trict of said territory, and that terms Of the
district court be held at Butte City, in said
county, on the first Monday in May and the
fourth Monday in September, 1881.
D. S. WADE, Chief Justice,
E. j. CoNGER, Associate Justice.
Attest: ISAAC R. ALDEN, Clerk.
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& Lefever are bringing, by railroad,
shipment of mules to work in grading
line of the Utah and Northern rail
sthe terminus approaches Butte.
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O RENT.

Two furnished rooms in second story of brick
house on North Washington street. Gentlemen
tenants preferred, For further information APP
ply at the MINER office. new 2l-tf
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LEXINGTON.
MOUNTAIN BOY.

Work at the Mountain Boy mine is now
confined to extracting ore from the east level
From this level ten to twelve tons of ore are
taken out daily. The ore is high grade. Adj
ditional machinery will be ordered for the
Mountain Boy mine as soon as satisfactory
railroad freight rates can be obtained, which
it is expected will be IN the near future.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-01
"Love in a Cottage. T"

"Ihere was never worse Tune,
says Clara Bell, "to marry q girl of
luxurious desires. The girls who would
be content with calico love in cottage
are growing scarcer year by year, and
there isn't much use in looking for
them among the ranks of the tenderly
nurtured darlings There are still
plenty, no doubt. if you are willing to
accept along with them rough hands,
ungrateful manners and ungrammati-
cal lips. There is no use in letting
your love blink you to the undeniable
fact that every girl of cultured tastes
wishes to crafty them, so, if you take
one of these delicate, refined, sensitive
creatures for wife, you must couch
her on brocade or your marriage bed
will not be downy with her happiness.
Not only are these exquisite birds de.
sirous of fine plumage, but some OF
them are hindered from flying away by
nothing else. l know worshipfu
husband whose beautiful young wife
wouldn't roost in his cage year if ht
didn't provide her with just the kline
of feathers her high-held head de
mands. He knows it, too, and scratches
gravel right lively to satisfy her dress
exactions. He is miserable now. bu'
thinks he would be more so if sh'
should fit. He reminds me OF the
man who, having inadvertently sal
down on the only outlet of hornets
nest, resolutely stayed there for hours
preferring to endure the stings IN
circumscribed area rather than be stune
all over"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-01
Barbed Wire for Eencinp.

Prof s. A. Knapp, in American Agrculturlst for No
vember.
Experience has demonstrated the
practical value Of the following sug-
gestions for constructing barbed-wire
fence: Set substantial posts one rod
apart; the post should be braced by
cutting a notch in it two and a half
feet from the ground, and running a
strong pole from the notch to the
second post, where it is fitted to rest
firmly, and is supported about three
inches above the ground by means of a
short block driven down beside the
fence post. This method of bracing
should be repeated once in forty rods.
A faulty construction would be to cut
the notch in the starting post four feet
from the ground; for the moment the
wire is frightened upon the fence, the
short brace acts as fulcrum to lift
the initial post. When the posts are
set wire is wrapped firmly around
the first post, four feet and two inches
from the ground then the coil is un-
rolled forty rods and the wire drawn
tight by means of set of small pull
leys with grapples. After this wire
has been securely stapled, a second is
similarly fastened one foot below it,
and a third and fourth below this,
leaving a foot space between the re-
spective wires; the ground space is
fourteen inches. -Four wires thus ar
ranged make a perfect cattle fence.
For horses the lower wire should be
without barbs to prevent cutting the
knee, and fifth wire should be placed
upon the posts five feet from the
ground
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a conversation wide of the mark, but

conversation wide of the mark, but
tending to explain that extraordinary
phenomenon, the earth-hunger of the
Irish peasantry. In the opinion of the
archbishop, the present difficulty had
been brought about by the eagerness to
purchase land in Ireland some ten
years since. Land had been bought at
price far beyond its real value. 1t
had been let at rents which the tenants
could not afford to pay, ard hence
both landlord and tenants were put to
straits to make both ends meet. And
in support of his contention he noted
several illustrations which had come
under his personal observation. With
out pretending to be exhaustively ac-
quainted with the provisions of the
land act, DIR. Croke could not help feel
ing that it was in some respects an i'm.
perfect measure. Not to have includ-
ed lease-holders was a mistake of the
first Importance; these persons were
as much entitled to relief, and required
it quite as much as non-leaseholders.
The people would pay fair rent, tut
no more, and he was decidedly in favor
of giving the land commission court an
impartial trial.
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NJ nagsment of Stock.

Livestock JOurnai.
Do not scrimp your feed to your
stock because it Is high this winter.
If making fat hogs or steers, remember
that good fat article will bring more
per hundred, and find a reader sale
than a half fat one. If you but half
feed, the animal is just kept along,
without much gain, so that you are
apt to waste your time. feed and inter-
est on your money; while if you make
them just the best you possibly can,
but not wasting anything, you get the
full benefit of your feed and capital.
In feeding steers one need not be afraid,
if they have the right sort to feed, ani
then make them first-class, but what
they will get the full return for the
grain invested in them.
We have a notion that all the mud,
rain, and cold snow-storms and buster
ing winds which stock that are being
fed for the butcher encounter, cost the
man who owns them considerable ad-
ditional in feed and time of ripening
them, to what it would if they were
sheltered in some comfortable nook
with good, dry straw bedding under
them. 1t takes more shed-room to let
them run loose than if tied up; and al
though some more work, which means
expense, we think it more profitable to
tie up our fat steers and pen our fat
hogs.
There are some common sense rules
in fattening stock which everybody
must acknowledge of value. The ami
NAL must be comfortable and content
to do its best. To be this they must
have plenty of good, clean water to
drink, easily accessible; plenty of good,
palatable food which they can eat in
quietness and undisturbed; and quiet.
pleasant companions, that do not hook
or bite them at unexpected times.
In talking with farmer the other
day, he told us that he had lost, two
years ago, eighty fine young pigs, that
weighed from 80 to 125 pounds, of the
cholera We said to him, There must
have been something wrong in your
management of them. Either they
were kept in the mud, had bad water,
or something that was detrimental to
their health" "Well," said he, 81 had
them in a muddy yard, and they drank
from a creek into which all the drainage
of the field run. Last winter put my
hogs on plank floor, covered them
from the storms, fed them well, gave
them good water, cleaned out their pens
daily, gave them only sparse bedding
at night, and / have not had a sick hog
] at my place.S
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q Race for Life.

A man had curious race for life
near Meriden, Conn. He swallowed a
large dose of morphine, intending sui
eide. but quickly changed his mind,
and started for the nearest physician.
who was two miles away. He felt the
dangerous drowsiness stealing over him.
and ran with all his might. The exer.
else kept him awake, but his mouth
became parched. his eyes filmy and his
strength less. He stopped to pray, but
an instant of delay warned him that.
unless he depended on miraculous help,
there was no time to be lost on his
knees. He at length stumbled into the
doctors Office, and fell senseless on the
floor, but was saved by energetic treat
ment.
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Manners at Table.

III breeding, my dear young friends,
never shows itself more plainly than
when it evidences itself in bad man.
ners ut the table. Restlessness, shown
by fidgeting in your seat, moving the
feet unnecessarily, playing with the
table utensils, or drumming the bread.
is very annoying to those who have
been trained correctly in youth. To
open the mouth while chewing the
food, instead of keeping the lips closed
to talk when the mouth is full; to suck
up soup from the spoon; to put knife
in the mouth; to bend the head low
down over the plate; eating rapidly.
or to make any noise in eating, are
breaches of good manners. If one of
the guests ut a dinner party, as soon
rs you arc seated, remove your gloves !;
half unfold your table-napkiu, and
place it across your lap, putting your
roll on the left of your plate. AS soon
as you are helped, begin to eat. The
custom of waiting is obsolete. Soup
and fish are not taken a second time.
You can refuse any dish that is passed.
AAANNA NdsAhEs Aht luouln SuOulu De
wiped with the napkin, and before
drinking. Fruit is eaten with n silver
knife and fork, after which you dip
your fingers in the fnger-glass, wiping
them on the table-napkin, not on the
dOyley. If a finger-glass and doyley
aie placed on yoW dessert plate. you
should at once remove the glass and
dOyley, placing them on your left hand !;
the glass on the d'Oyley. Also, if a
plate is placed before you with a fork
and knife on it, Immediately remove
fork and knife, or spoon. to your right
hand. The latter article must never
be used for anything but liquids, ice
cream, cheese, lish (where silver fish
knives are not used). Everything that
can be eaten without knife or spoon.
should be eaten with a fork; such as
sweet-breaj rissoles, pies, etc. Bread
is always broken when not buttered /:
not bitten or cut with a knife. With
the observance of these rules cultivate
a quiet ease of manner, and you can
safely challenge criticism.
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lady the while; it won't be but a
minute or two"

lady the while; it won't be but a
minute or two"
But l am troubling you So"
Not bit; just take the warm seat,
please, you'll not likely to have any
customers" And seating her beside
the desk, he took the check and hurried
out.
Pansie Fontenay threw back her veil
and leaned her head upon her hands, a
puzzled, reflective look upon her sweet,
sad face.
"When have 1 seen this face?" she
asked herself over and over again. at
is so familiar; who in the world can it
beY"
His return broke in upon her medita-
tion, and after receiving the money she
hurried away to her humble lodgings.
The following afternoon was even
more clustering and stormy; the wind
rOared and sleet tinkled against the
windows of the little room in which
Pansie and her father sat. Severe mis-
fortunes and reverses had reduced them
to poverty. and the old man being an
invalid all the care fell upon Pansie's
shoulders. She sat down with her
father, reading aloud from a new book
which she had bought for him with
some of the money received for her
jewels. Her sweet face was wan and
sad, and her future stretched before
her. sad, hopeless and gloomy. There
is a ring at the door, and a servant
brought up package for Miss Fonte-
nay. An exquisite bunch of pansies,
fragrant and golden hearted, done up
in tissue paper, and attached to them a
card, bearing the simple words: "Ross
Dunbar has not forgotten little Pansie." "
Pansie sat amazed for a moment, and
then rich bloom darted into her white
cheeks.
"Oh, father" she said, "I know him
| know him! Oh, we have found Ross
at last"
An instant later Ross was in the
room clasping her 1uttering hands in
his, and into her blue eyes looked with
a glance that brought the rosy bloom
into her face.
And a few weeks later, when the
clustering winds were over, and the
golden hearted pansies blOOmed on the
garden borders, little Pansie became
Ross Dunbar's bride, and for her bridal
gift he gave her back her string of
emeralds.
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A Letter.Carrier's Secrets

can Ex.Letter Carrier" contributes
the following to the Post Office Bulle-
tin:
Yes, I've had scores of episodes if 1
could think of them, and been the re-
cipient of secrets, time and again, that
no other person would be entrusted
with.
The amount of clandestine CORES
pondence that is carried on would as
tonish even the actors themselves, and
it is about equally divided between the
sexes. have never violated conf
dence by giving name or anything
that would lead to suspicion, but if
so minded l could give the names of
persons prominent in business and so
cial circles that would astonish the
uninitiated.
One man used to beg me every day,
"FOr Gods sake don't let my wife get
hold of any of my letters" at the same
time the wife was equally solicitous
that her husband should not get hold
of her correspondence. They are play
ing the same game yet, perhaps.
Another married woman, who was
engaged in clandestine correspondence,
suspected that her husband was en-
gagged in the same business, and used
to work all kinds of devices to get pos
session of his letters. She would in
struct me if any letters came for him
from Philadelphia to quietly give them
to her. The letters came regularly,
but sheneve got hold of them, through
me, at least.
Another lady who was living apart
from her husband, and corresponding
with man, in the old country, used
to keep supply of stamped envelopes
in my hands. When l received a
letter for her bearing a foreign post
mark / would enclose it in one of the
envelopes and have it postmarked
Cincinnati. By this means her friends
were completely misled. After getting
a divorce, for which she was then
playing, she married her correspond
ent, and is now doubtless living a hap
py, contented life.
ODe young lady used to meet me
every Friday evening, at certain
street corner, and receive letter from
a forbidden correspondent, and at the
same time hand me letter to be
mailed to him. Her family were un-
der the impression that they had her
movements completely under watch
full eye. AS the young lady was of
age / did not consider it part of my
sworn duty to expose her. Every let
ter carrier could relate just such ex-
perience if he would.
What part of his duties does a car
rier like most?
Walking half a mile out OF his way
to deliver circulars of no earthly use,
and which will be thrown into the fire,
in all probability without being orened.
The next thing is walking the same
distance to deliver letter. If he has
handful of letters to deliver all along
the route he does not mind the extra
tramp. These are some of the "tricks
of the trade" and if you can make
any use of them you are at liberty to
do so.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-01
He Wanted Grand Funeral.

The sun was sinking behind tn,
snowy peaks Of the Rockies. pildins
their glistening tops with rosy light a,
poor Dave York was borne by the bow,
to his cabin. He had been terribl,
hurt by blast in the mine. They car
ried him into the rude hut and laid
him on pile of soft bearskins before
the fire. He was suffering intensely
but he bore it like hero. There they
left him with his partner, Dan Ham.
lin. Dan sat beside the injured man
and held his hand, while the tears 81.
lently flowed down his sun.burned
cheek. The sun went down. The room
grew dark and the dancing flames in
the fireplace made the shadow, lear
up ana down on the wall. For a lono
time the two parties were sent. A.
last the injured man spoke:
"Dan, Pm going over the range. y
said he.
mo, no; old pard, don't say that
you'll scoop the pile yet"
"No, Dan, no. Old death holds tour
aces to my two pairs. 1 must pass in
my checks. Old pard, we've worked
together, gambled together, got drunk
together, an fought together for four
years. It's hard to part.
"You bet it is pardner."
"But it's got to come, old man. Dan,
you've stood by me always. We've ac.
cumulated, quite little pile. There's
no one on earth has so good a right to
my share as you. It's yours, Dan,
when I'm gone. But, Dan, promise
me one thing"
Anything, old pardner."
Gimme bang-up funeral?"
81 will, old pard"
"See that there's good pair O. FLYERS
on the hearse. OF course you'll race
goin' to the cemetery. l never was
beat in race while livin'; don't lei
'em get ahead O me at my funeral"
"They shan't Dave"
"An, Dan, see that there's plenty O
liquor on hand at the grave"
"Ill have barrel, Dave"
"And in the fight at the cemetery
see that thar's at least three men killed
l don't want any halfway funeral"
"Fll kill that many myself"
"And, Dan, don't you think it might
give tone to the thing to lynch the un-
dertaker?"
at might"
"And you'll do it"
"We will, pardner. And after we've
got the ceremonies at the graveyard
attended to, We'll come back to town
and have a dance and the biggest drunk
ever seen in Leadville. You shall have
the best funeral ever seen in these
parts"
"Dan, yer true friend. Goodbye,
old pard. I'm goin'! Goodbye, good"
Dave York had gone over the range.
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THAT CLOCK

have listened Co the clock
That hangs above my head
10 licked away the livelOng day,
And curious words it said
10 whispered first, "YOu love him.
Then softly sighed, take care
10 called his name out clear aud loud,
Then murmured low, Beware"
10 said. ole thinks not Of you;"
Aud then 10 sad. "iIe d0tes:
Then came "a merry interlude
OF CROW ng, Chuckling notes.
% wicked, wicked clock.
To tell my secrets so:
! still my heart for very shame
That you these things should know
III take you from the wall.
III tie your naughty hands:
III tie n veil across your face.
Doom you % garrett lands.
Unless you quick repent.
And tick back every word,
lOu never more shall see The light
Where you such scandals heard.
Minnie q. Ballard.