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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-05
4 MOST IMPORTANT MINING nFs~
TBICT.
ENORMOUS ASA vs..
A Big Town Springs Into lzfe 1n 1--WE
Months.

Ben. Dexter, Of the firm Of Meadow &
Dexter, the postmaster at Andersonvilt,
in the Judith Basin, and well known IT,
everybody, also, III this section Of Mon
'ana as one OF the most rustling and sue
crssful owners and managers Of saw mills
IN the country, after a few days stay III
Benton, has departed for a visit to his OH
nome in California. He brought most in
eresting tidings of the three mining dis
rcts IN the Judith Mountains, the Warn
spring, Cone Butte and Moccaain, and Iii,
'ccount of the building up of Maidenvillt.
he chief town of these camps, situated a
he head OF Warm Spring creek, is simply
wonderful 'sSince the first of May up /.
December Of this year." saws Mr. Dexter.
my mill at Antttrsonviie, some three
niles from Maidenvlle, has turned ou
,rer 1.000, 600 feet ct lumber and we have
odd every foot OF ii. Most of it went IL,
Mauenyille.' This town has literal,
.plHng into existence within the last two
months. 1t now has three hotels and
tvery stable, and new con1ers arrive daily.
Comfortable cabins aud frame buildings
saEe been erected. and even at this season
{ The yearits general appearance indicates
permanent little city
The Warm Spring District and it's ont |
lying camps have not received the atte.l-
ton they deserved III the columns of tile
RECORD heretofore, but we promise thai
this shall not be true Of the future.
The locations in the Warm Spring Dis
grict, winch lies about six or seven miles |
20 the west Of Fort Maginnis on Warm
spring creek, from which 1t gets It's name,
ire both placer and qtlartz-slle latter gold /
and silver-bearing and the assays there
from running from $125 even to rs high as
$4,000. Mr. Dexter tells =us that the placer
claims, owing toa scarcity OF water, can be
worked with advantage only in the spring.
Dut that the profits, even under these adj
verse conditions, ;afa bound 60 be enor-
nous. The qttartz leads0f the camp are
Is main dependence, however. The re-
aoWn OF these has already created grear
.tir I'LL the Black Hills ard elsewhere. The
great Homestake Mining Company which
operates 30 extensively ii the Black Hills.
With headquarters in San 3 francisco, (which
headquarters, if We are not mistaken, Mr..
Dexter will visit ere his return next
'prlag1s now haa an szpeE1 IL the slissrdee;
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W hat "a Thoroughbred IL.

AL our American thoroughbreds are in,-
ported from England, Or are descendants
Of animals. so imported. A recent cross
with az inlp ported Arab or Barb, whlIef it does
noe ysttate che blood so aa 70 render a7 4nf-
NAL ineligible rs thoroughbred, is not
usually regarded as desirable, from the
| fact that The course Of selection which has
been practiced by the breeders Of thor
oughbred horses III England aud Anleri-
ca for the last hundred years has given US
race thatts generally considered TO be far
superior to the Oriental horse of to~5xv. il
speed, size and stoucness. The -compilers
OF stud books for thoroughbre horses in
this country have relaxed the English rule
solueWhat, and admit to registry animals
that show an llnmiXed descent for five
generations OF pure blood, and while under
this rule many animals may be admitted
that are not, in the strict sense of the word
thoroughbred, the animal SO bred in this
country ranks rs thoroughbred, II our aqri-
cultural societies would bear ia minel that
none Of cur American trotters. no matter
how long the pedigree, and none of our
imported or native draught horses are eli
glbIe to compete for premiums offered for
tEoroughbreds, they would spare them
selves much trouble, and nine-tenths OF
the money spent for postage stamps in |
writing lls tor information upon this SUBJ
tect would be saved. No pedigree that
has Rysdyk's Hambletonian, Hiatoga,
Mambrino Chief, Royal George, Patchen,
Clay, or any other Of our prominent trot-
tlng -sires IN il can belong 10 = thorough
bred. 1t may appear strange to some that
lt Is necessary for us TO make this state
ment, yet We have seen premiums awarded
IN the thoroughbred class TO trotting stall
lions at both State and county fairs quite
often, and we have known some cases
where imported draught horses have been
In this class and were supposed to
be eligible. Itis time chat everybody should
understand thia question, .Nasto4ag Lire
Stock Journal.
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Electric Motors Possible

gs
sielnens, the German inventor, who has
constructed q railway In Berlin upon which
the propellfng power is an electric motor,
has been staying for some time past in this
city, making his Headquarters at the
Windsor Hotel. he became intimate with
Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and Cyrus w.
Field sool after his arrival in this country,
and is reported to have Interested them in
the idea Of adopting the electric motor uD-
ON the elevated railroads here. A few
days ago, In company with the three gem
llemen named, he made trip Of inRpec-
tion over the different lines. Gen. Eckert,
OF the Western Union Telegram Com
prry, and President Galloway and Gem
e'al Manager Hala, OF the Manhattan Ele-
waited Railway, were also of the party.
Mr.. Russell Sage said last night that ii
was possible-he declined to say that II
was probable--tFat the result of that con-
ference would bring about complete rev.
olutlon in the elevated railroad manage~
ment SO far as relates to a propelliug force.
"Mr. siemens,'' according to Mr.. Sage,
"seemed to talk In a thoroughly practical
manner; bis plans appeared 10 be feasible,
and we were disposed 70 consider favor
ably most Of bis propositions. He etieclared
himself confident that the electric motor
could readily be placed upon our roads,
aad save us every year hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars In expenses. His roads |
are not Of the same style as ours in the.
way of construction; in fac {, they are ma
terially different; but this he was not dis |
posed to rate as an insurmountable diff |
rulty. Mr.. siemens has now gone t.
but ho will return soon to this |
.ty, and there will probably be a further
conference, and some decision may be
or, ao least, q series Of expert
ments may be undertaken.''- Neu York
Times.
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GgRfeGaue

WASHINGTON, December 29.-The wit.
ness, Dr. KempIer was asked If the belize
Of the prisoners father, T.. w. Gureau
that disease could be- cured by prayer
should be takenas evidence of insanity
and replied: by no means. We ali
know that thousands and thousands. OF
sane people prayed daily for The preserva-
tion OF President GarfleId's life. They
would hardly have done SO it they had moi
entertained some belief in the efficacy OF
prayer
Guiteau.-'sIt shows that the Lord and
the pople don't agree on this business
they are beginning 70 come over 10 ~,
>ide and the Lords, though. =
Corkhll then read the Hypothetical
questions Of the prosecution. anti the u IT.
,lcss replied 10 eacll: Taking he facts {,
be as set forth, in my opinion he was
sane.
Recess.
After recess Guiteau opened the proceed
ngs with a request: sPens and ink il
your Honor please He remarked: 81
have Il good many letters here that require
70 be answered. II had paper, pens arlo
ink, Icould put il i great deal deal d
time CO advantage
The crowd at the doors Of the courl
room this afternoon vas greater than upon
any other occasion. aud hundreds Wer,
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This ticident was evidently not without
effect upon the prisoner who seems to re-
ailze now that he has boldly asserted that
he is perfectly sane and that he will be
hetd amenablc to the same rules Of beha~
vior as sane man.
WASHINGTON, December 25.-Gulte2u
spent christmas very quietly. Few per-
sons are permitted to enter the jail Sun
days, and only his brother aud alster,are
allowed to visit the prisoner unless by au-
thorttv from Judge Cox or ScoviEIe.
j. W. Guiteau, accompanied by a few
acquaintances, called during the day and
had all interview with his brother. Late
in the afternoon after these visitors had
lett, Guiteau partooE OF hearty Christ
mas dinner. The prisoner has prepared
another statement for publication which
he in1in'ates as containing important and
revelations bearing Oh bis case.
For it he wants $100.
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BlNaaa ed blaine.

New Y0RE, December 25.-The TIT
5uae's London articles continue to a appeal
III the daily and weekly press, indicating
ttGaC the sentiment produced by Mr..
Bajue's Panama dispatch is deep and last
ing. The Spectator, issued before the dis
pacI1 was published, was disposed to JUS
tify the American claim and still urges that
lite substance Of the demand is less un-
reasonable than its contemp poraries assume,
but it trusts that Lord Granville, in re-
plying, will notice the quite extraordinary
di>courte&y of Mr.. Blaine's tone and
aftirnis that it is nearly impossible to do
business with 4 government which ad
nliS an,} repudiates in the same breath
treaty rights amt addresses vaunting para
graphs about its linitless, irresistible
strength toa power whose rights on the
American continent are older than the
Uuited States.
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Oriental

San FRANCISCO, December 25.-The
Steamer City Of Toxic arrived from Hong
Kong and Yokohama, with dates 20 De
cenber 10Th, Tue government is about te
establish 4 bank with a capital Of SIC, 900
600.
Our last dispatches announced the firing
upon The schooner Diana carrying the
American flag, when landing on au island
the Aleutian group. The Diana has since
arrived at Yokohama. Three of the Jana-
nese crew were killed, and the captain and
smother foreign officer severely wounded.
The Z. S. COnsuI~GeneraI reports the mat
ter to the United States by this mail.
The British bark Forward, honeward
bound vta Portland, Oregon, has been
wrecked Oh the northeastern coast Of ia
pan. No lives lost.
iEoSG KONG, n ,vember 29.-Serious
cIistu5Huces are reported from Canton
where a mob has burned the monastery in
South China. The riots originated in the
alleged immortality Of the Cenobites.
Two German residents of good position
IL Hong Kong, while on a shooting excur-
sfon in a boat on the Canton liver, were
fired o" by a junk, which they took to b.
pirate. but il WAS Il revenue cutter. Two
ot the Chinese crew were killed. The for-
eigner< returned the fire, but their boat
was taken, tildthey were imprisoned, the
charge being that they were smuggling
opilin. When they established their
identity they Were released.
KtInapprg of female childreH for pur-
poses t'f ,;;le. still prevalent in spite of
the efforts OF the authorities to suppress it, |
and government prosecutions are fre-
quent.
Piracy ol, the junks is much complained
of. Tile pirates have made raid ON the
island and shot a policeman.
The British flying squadron with the
sons Of tie Prince Of Wales on board the
BaccLaute, has arrived At Shanghai.
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atsez 1t looks very much as If under its 10
tent auspices q smelter will be on hand
next sumner. Whether this smelter comes
SO soon OF not, however, it is certain chat
Mr. Hauser, OF Helena, and Mr.. Gardner,
Of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, respec-
lively representing plenty Of capital, will
each be there with quartz mill.
The sSCoLIar, . Florence and ssMaetn-
miss lodes are cited by Mr.. Dexter as the
best showings at present. It will be re-
menfbered that month or two ago that
Messrs. Hauser, Hotter and several other
capitalists Of Helena paid $15, 900 for che
Barney Hill mine, The 'FBlack Bull"
"War Eagle, y Alpine and the sWhale''
also should be mentioned. Altogether
there are some 500 quartz locations in u
belt Of some two miles wide by dfteeu long
which constitutes the District. This belt
ex@ends i'll ata easterty and westerly dtrec-
tiou. Much OF the ore Is free milling, no
gaiena MS get having been found. Some
of it contains copper.
Maidenvi!le, as We have said, lies In the
Warm Spring District. The Moccasfn
DstrtcJ lies about ten miles TO the west Of
the Warm Spring camp III the North Moe
raSn Mountains. It contains some quartz.
but is principally placer In character. Mr..
Dexter showed lis $l25 inzgold dust which
u miller had taken olt in one week from
Que OF she claims there. Il is Il most proen
lslng suburb OF the Warm Spring region.
) also, is the Cone Butte District which
s tour miles TO the north Of Fort Magiil-
MS. Here the locations are quartz veins. |
some OF them showing galena ore. The
most promising lodes are said to be the
Grey Etgle, Iron R1dn and s'Martiu." /"
4 question was raised last summer in ref
'reice to some Of these Judith mines tres
passing on the military reservation of Fort
daginnis. BY the published opinion Of
he Attorney-GeneraI, however, in favor
he trespassers, all perplexity on this score
Has been laid sac rests
Some five Or six hundred men are now
catered among these mines and the rush
hither next spring will be unprecedented.
IT. DExIer took with lInl for assay In San
francisco some thirty~fYe specimens of
re from his own mines.
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Biz Hood = 4sresa6 Strength.

Bill Ho}t, who formerly lived in this city
died at his home ia Jackson county, near
Seymour, recently, aged 70 years. Hood
was remarkable man III many particulars
and for strength was perhaps without an
equal III the State thirty years ago. He
was teanlster, and otten while engaged
in hauling rock would lift with perfect
ease and place on bis wagon flagstones that
would require the strength OF three ordi-
nary men. When his team would stall in
chock holes be would place his back under
The axle Of the wagon aud boost the load
out Of the hole. When in his cups he was
>oiueNhat quarreIsolne, and, conscious OF
his great strength, would defy the officers
of the law and their posses. Upon more
5han one occasion the officers had TO shoot
aud disable him before they could arrest
uim.--Na0ison Courier.
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Horrible Accident

LONDON, December 26.-During the ceI-
ebration Of high mass in the church Of the
Holy Cross, a man was seized while pick
ing pockets. In order to effect his ESCAPE,
the culprit cried ''fre!' Immediately IL
great panic seized the. congregation, who
rushed for the doors. During the confu-
sion twelve women were crushed to death
and forty others seriously injured The
plcktocket was soundIy beaten by the
crowd. The cuprit is a Jew. The lower
classes Of the people are much excited
against his sco-religionists, several OF whom
have been nlaltreated, and had the win
doWs of their dwellings broken.
A later dispatch says: So far, thirty
persons have died of their injuries received
during the panic in the church Four
shops kept by Jews were completely gut
ted. and several policemen were Injured
by the rioters. The authorities DISPLAYED
promptness in repressing disorder. The
military are patrolling the disturbed quar-
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g. gsfGe e3U.

WASHINGTON, December 25.-WheI
Porter aSaln protested that Scoville should
not he permitted to rehuke witnesses, SEQ.
willie said: ~ can see no occasion for youi
speech. have neither rebuked witnesses
nor had amy occasion to do so"
This sort of play lasted long time,
Gaiteau taking part.
As the witness was about to retire Gtsi-
teau said: ALLOW me TO ask if you hold
l4e opinion that a mad man can't be insane
IN Specific act without having diseased
brain2"
Scoyille assented to the question and the
witness said thar insanity meant 4 disease
OF the brain. Gtiteau asked another ques-
tlol', bus Ju}ge Porter suggested to the
Witness that he WAS holding colIoqu5
with criminal.
00tSeau (angrily)-~'sL am no criminal
alv more than you are! I'm here as my
own counsel and / have as much right to
SPEAK as YOU have. Wait till am con-
Y'cted before you call me criminal.
aano good deal better outside than you
w. Plenty people say 4 an bigger man
'hah olI porter."
5olkhlll suggested that il this abuse be
permitted hepfosecution would Insist that
s''F prisoner be- removed to the dock.
'aage oox-"The court has already con-
@'.eied Cne adyisability of such course. y
e'slteau-ssTke court has no discretion
~ Inc lnatter. / appear here as my own
soG'ls'l, IN accordance with law anl usage
: s'sfy State 10 ths coanuy.'s
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Washington News

WASHINGTON, December 27.-A warn
political contest is in progress over the po
sition Of chief naval constructor Of the
navy. Naval Constructor 7. D. Wilson
has the support Of New England; Nava
| Constructor Geo. A. Mech, has the infIll-
ence Of the Pacific Coast. The latter is
also understood to have the support of the
Secretary Of the Navy. The appointment
will be made after the holidays.
| The distribution Of standard silver dol
lars for the week ending December oath,
was $$4ll,489 against $500 ,497 for fhe cor
Responding week last year.
Arrangements are being made for the
presentation Of the new Chinese Miuister
to President Arthur next Saturday, by
which time it is expected that both the
Pre3ident and Secretary Frelinghuysen
will have returned.
The Navajo Agency, New Mexico, asks
for the immediate shipment of vaccine
matter-enough to vaccinate 800 peraous-
as smallpox is spreading there.
Representative Calkins, chairman Of the
House Committee on Election has been en-
gagged the past few days in the preliminary
work Of preparing the printed testimony
in the contested cases referred TO that com
nittee. Thus far testimony in the three fol-
lowing cases has been prepared; Anderson
vs. Reed, Maine; Buchanan VS.. Manning,
Miss; Bisbee vs.. Finley Fla. 1t is expected
the testimony in several othercases will be
ready for the printer before the re-sssseu1-
bling OF Congress. The testimony III most
OF the cases is very volunlinous. CaIlkins
has divided the full committee into three
and has arranged the fol-
lowing assignment Of cases: Lowe vs.
Wheeler, Ala; Bisbee VI. Finley, Fla.
Sanderson vs. Reed, Maine; Cook VS. CUTS,
La; Gillette vs. Hernendon, Ala, Strobaek
vs. Herbert, Ala; Smith VS.. Shelley, Ala,
TO the subcommittee composed of Hazel
ton, Thompson, Ramsey, Paul and Beltz.
hoover. Mackey VS.. O'Connor, s. c.;
l4amer VS.. King, La; Sessinghaus vs..
Frost, No.; Lee VS.. Richardson, S. c.;
Small vs. Iillman, s c.; Bailey VS.. Bar
oour, Va; Smith VS. Robertson, Louisiana
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'FIae Wildcat OF Sxo5aaa6 Washing.
aOm~

In the fall Of 1880 q wildcat was caught
at the base OF Mount Washington and taken
TO the sunlmits where it made it's home
with the observers at the signal station
during the winter Of ls8o-81. Inthe fol-
lowing spring Tom Gas the cat was called
BY the o5aesv@ls1 isf1 tls# aun2aait, and
nothing was seen Of him until the other
day, when he returned TO his last winters
quarters, making himself quite at home,
apparently ready TO spend another winter
OH the sumu1it.-B08tou T7auscrfyt.
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Washington Gossip

| WASHINGTON, December 29.-The 9taf
says the general sentiments Of the MEM
bers Of the House Committee on Elections,
in regard TO the Eaunoss-C Campbell case,
from Utah, is that neither OF: them il en-
titled to = seat In the House. The rcor-
nlittee first inquire inte the subject of
whether Cannon is or is NOT an alien; the
final decision, hoUevet', will in all prob
ability be made that the whole matter be
restored back 70 the people Of Utat. for a
uew election.
New YORK, December 29s-The Com-
4aefciaJ Adoeretser's Washington special
says the best Informed politicians here no
longer entertain any doubt us to the ap-
potntment Of Sargent 20 the Interior De-
partmett. 4 gentleman who eujoys the
Presidents confidence says be knows the
matter is practically settled and that Sar-
gent will succeed KirkWood next month.
Chatfee is considered Of che list for 4 Cab
met position.
Th7 Southern Republicans are making
strong fight for the Navy Department. and
they do not credit thereporC that this place
is to be given to New England and tha,
VIM. E. Chandler has been soliciting fo,
it. Page has not yet suspended his Efforts
TO get the director Of the Mint, Bul-
chard ousted, and he has enlisted the
support Of other Congressnlen in the fight.
EI'ose opposed to Bureharl profess to be-
Iieve that u change will be made before
many months have passed, aud that a tna,l
will be appointed Wtry~ia more In sym.
9athy with The eastern silver question.
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Foreign HeyVae

BERLIN, December 229.-Since the anti.
Socialist law was promulgated III 1873
2z5 Socialist societies have dissolved anu
seven hundred and litGV-eight Socialist
publications have been suppressed.
LONDON, December g. - The pigeon
shooting tot 9l00 a side, one hundred
pigeons each, came of to-day between Dr..
Carver and Graham, resulting in the de-
tu7t 0tt the latter. Carver sHOC &C thirty
yards rise and Graham 1T CWentv-eight
yards. DR., Carver hit76 birds; Graham,
III birds.
LONDON, December 29.-The Whelan
Brothers and Ryan, who are committed
for trial at Dublin, are charged with trea-
son and felony.
LONDON, December 29.-rI4e Govern
meat opened negotiations with France,
Germany and America, with q view Of es-
an international court 20 deal
with outrages ss 81 - kidnapping
natives of the so2.tIl Pacific.
o11t4AANs 1PetSHtuCI 2as~- lEsE SIIge1tlft
says the French citizen, named Hollander,
who was arrested in Berlin at the instance
)f Russia after the assassination Of the
Gar Oh suspicion Of being the person who
hrew the fatal bomb, is TO be surrendered
o Russia In pursuance Of al understand
ng with France.
ST. PETERSBURG, December 2a.-The
'iotng at Warsaw lasted three days, dur
ng which time many Jews were killed
md injured, their houses and shops wreck
q aud the Jewish quarter given ever to
ack. The attitude OF the authorities to
estrain the mob was doubtful.
MOST EHED0RTaNT NInNHNGz aaKS
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Gu1peau,s LAST publication.

WASHINGTON, December 27.-The fol-
lowing document was prepared by Gt1itea.
on Monday and furnished for publication
tonight:
CHRISTMAS GREETING, 1881, BY CHARLES
GUITEAU.
"To-day is Christmas, and greet the
American people with a Merry Christ
mas Last Christmas | was in New
York. was boarding in a frst-class
house aud was finely dressed. attended
church and had quite u pleasant day. Two
years ago was in Boston, but was not 50
we'll fed or clothed. was snn Theology
there's money iii Theology. | lett 4
SOC. 900 law business in Chicago in ST. for
Theology. Iwent into Theology 70 serve.
the Lord and preach the Gospel. { had
about as much trouble to get my work in
on Theology as Paul did. He hungered
and thifsted and was naked and had no
certain dwelling place, but he preached
The GOSPEL ag he understood it, although
he had a hard time. Since he left the
earth his work and name have come down
from ages. Christ and Paul did their
work and left the result with the Aln1igh-
u Father, and I 10 The same. On Christ
mas, 1873, / was itl St. Louis. ! Was.
ii very reduced circumstances. had
been il Theology one year. had spent.
i gear travelling. laostly intlle East trying
co preach the Gospel BY occurring and
selling my lectures in Washington, New
York, Bostor, Chicago and other cities.
felt that the Lord had put this work On
me. and / did the beat could. ! had no
friends and Little money. Christmas,
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eVeaa5ng ohe Baby elephant.

Barnum's s baby elephant, now nineteen
months old, is being weaned from its
mother Hebes at BRIDGEPORT, Conn. 1t was
not 5aksa from the elephant room, but is
chained to stake opposite its mother. Its
diet Is crackers and mlt'y, which the infant
seems to like. Hebe didn't make much
trouble, but is melancholy and groans q
good deaI.-B0ston Trqn8crjp5.