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Cure tor Frost Bite.

Among tx" numerous W.eHl camps
around Butte ..~.S uf tlu-, hlte have
been less freq: III than u,,,;,! this viii
ter, hut still. il; n:,g. rr two ii,s;:,li,,..
:>n:tnc-> !:"s followed. :>cr;;,;,. results
cam ger. rally he i,rty.nt:.! j: Proper
rraR".i". arap!!i;.d ut "r:". and ,or tn;
t"n,:;, "a, ell -S;",-.r! v,. :"',ii>h the
'"!i"wi::" receipt, taken ir'ln the De--
r:,t y. H.:
slack some fr.-l. lime, anil rendering.
it about til" consistency Of ordinary
w!'iltwa.i,. in.ntr;v the frozen ,.,rt..
h"lsli::-: them in the solution from
three I" Ave minutes. .\itsr this. wash
the parts clean. lut on !air oi STOKE
in"$ and 20 20 !n,l. Ih. first a:,p.;<.,-
ton 81 this treatment l. said to give re-
lief almost Invariably. Wl,ru i; docs
MOI prove effective, repeat. /, is said :"
y, :, sure cure for cllilh,;;,<.
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OVER THE BANK.
By The Editor o. the Poets Corner

By The Editor O: the Poets Corner.
\ merry PARTY If tw" I,'!ic. AMI an
equal number "f gentlemen, all lrlNng-
ing to the inner,n"st circle Of Butte SD
cicty. went >lcighimg Sunday afternoon
in Il handsome .lOlii,lc-s<:,tc,l gutter be-
hind u pair of frolis'sonlc stec'ls. A.
they sped lightly over the SNOW. and up
past Mca.l>rvill., the timklc Of the sill
very bells in front was not les. musical
than the >ilvcry laughter Of the bellies
h.'llih.i. The S.ttin" sun >ilOne rcd and
fiery over the hills "m the West, the ris-
ing nm",,, ditto over the mountains on
tho East the cold, clear !iy:,; "f the stars
came down iron, alsvt. tl:c horses eyes:
g!.a,n..l like headlights, anil the l.llc>'
eyes like i;rc-Gir>, In. even with ali
this. light. ia the n,i'l>, vi the joyous
ill~i, -; youth and happiness. the sleigh,
Went over Il i.,l,k. .cl:!,: and its Nc.,l-
pa: l. sat down on the cold. cold ground
and lnu,tlrrtri On the vanity Of human
wishes.
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Railway Intelligence.

The Helena L"i.1" "f'' III ri the II:
inst. Saws that the \ri;i.c!h la.i..
c"utcnil,Iut'~ p'an,ins tie,s a."ns il.
line a.,: rai>ili. it, own lie timber. Ii.
trees also acting III lieu 81 s,:"H ienr>.
The experiment; will first lr :!i'd 'g
the Missouri and Dakota Dlvi>;o"-. i,
now located the line vi the N"r;i,'n
Pacific and Utah and Northern ',ctNc4r
Bedford! and Helena ram la,al,': viii
t:,cl. other, and ut l"!, lew i.I''> A.
more than $40 feet apart.
Mr.. H.. II. IO,,n. >t:..,s;,.: >;:;t lake
paper that his men engage! il -sl'ih.
out ties for the Oregon S!,rr. l,":.rh l..
Il. have considerable .!iI!ic.:i..y i: ;r'.'-
cutting their work in the ;'i!H.'. Nom
tai,s. The snow il very ''rcp a:9 i.ii.'.
and the choppers have - ;:psH";'h 'r
trees on SHOW shoes. a:,! Is"::s; he ":''
tifl,l down ali around the Ii.n'"r. !.'
present mild spell may. h"',rvr". "'i>
the snow to settle soI,u"ilH; f.!''l"r!A.
the work ts.in,ME,:ivrly ;.,~,.
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THE WRESTLING No.
Coming Athletic Sports in =,

Mr.: v. b. sa"in called last D;,..
the MINER office, and We L,r.e't s
him that he and Mr.. P.scc,. ,.:,, '''a
tainly wrestle next SATURDAY. n; :" e.:
Renshaw's Opera House, and th. ''s
hall has been definitely e,,u.,.', Ill.,
that purpose. ~
The victor viii! ~" entitled
purse of one hundred and t;,v ., )" liz
aud to one half the l:,,. money '''>
As it has been ru'nor,.l tina, .
would Ike theatrical re,r., "''
ton in the hall that night '
Mr.. Pascoe and Mr.. >abin ,i,~;,'
state that they are wrestling n,,,,,. !"
the intercets Of science and thu, n:
traneOus attraction will l~ l,ro,,uh.S
bear to attract large audience p, ="
will welcome all who rl,,m>,. ,o 'F
from n genuine love "f s,nr ~ "'
match will take plac" in the .,a ="
hall.
The contest brtwcc:, N,s,r. S.,
and Anderson, in throwing: the h..
mcr, will take place in IL few w...
The slcdgt> have already arrived in u,
city. Full particulars will h. p,M.,
hereafter.
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Obituary

MIR. E"ila Butcher. whose sudden
death in Santa C'ur,. California, was
announced in Yesterdays MINER, was
one "f The l'"lnvr> 81: This mining dis
t:ic', ANIL one -; t;,r most !.u,,o,,,l ant,
substantial "i!=. ~; Of Butte.
He H.ay 10 SAID I" have been the dis
c"v"rr OF the ai,;low lode. anil VII, ~,
one iiinr;; large OWNER in the .>!;,,,
mine. \, The tim" q; his s,..a:i, hr w.:
mr*>l' interested. Ia The .\n,iy johnson,
NM,h'Hin Cons .ii,!:,tc.l an,; either VAL
liable mines in this district.
~ County Commissioner. Mr.. r;tc,,-
or 'iii'd III "t;i'1' viii, :.i,e:ni .:;t;:;..-
!n';': ai"i indc'%! ia all lh. relations, {. :
ne ''e VA: loved. h",or,,i and ,.,,".r,-
~. Ii: kav.> II family in >;,u;:, Clara
!ali!nrhia, and I. ::rir:s:r:rk y ,iaurI,::.r
Miss t.n'm:: butcher, TEACHER in iE,.
'u'hir :c:''"'i+ oi this city.
Mr. Butcher died az :, disease. az ,h..
k"hr;> from which in' has Ions. suffer-
e,' ana was ut the time Of his .is::th
about NIFTY years 0r age.
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Another Step.

Butte has rC<rlitiv taken Il number ~
steps toward it, l"siti"n ~ the n,ctruls,-
lis III this portion "i' the Northwest. To-
day vii! witness the Incorporation of
the Electric Light Company. and with
in IL" past few days. arrangements have
been made by Which the business houses
a'.d residences on r.: rrincilu. streets
" i'll H. numbered.
Mr.. r. X. (;runni> Las undertaken to
put street guides ri The corners ot the
street,, on - scale of fifty numbers to the
block. Our citizens will doubles, le
glad t" aid him ~ far rs possible ia his
work. which will a'l'l,,cr so u,,ci. To
their convenience.
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forts Of his busy olIlcial ana po''''c.,
career, and great expectations are 'or"eu
oft"
W. would ask . certain young
gentleman at Junction City TO ln'oE"
ma whether or not his girl can make u
ple dumplings. If she can' We 'ninH
we can say without further cont'aolc-
ton, that she can consider her'e'' q e''''-
didate for u,atrinony.
Mr.. and Mr.. Mark f.. Bray are mere
ON visit.
Health permitting. the Rev. L.. u
Aley. of Junction City. will he Win us
next Sunday, to I'LL - regular appo'"'-
ment.
We have had warm and beautiful
weather this week, the snow melting a
little here and here.
Next Friday evening we will he favor
Ell with a "Miniature Congress, IN
stead Of the regular literary entertain
ment. This is something new t" the
most If Us, and We hope for a grand
turnout, Us successful and accomplished
speakers will be present. / shall further
speak of the details in next weeks
edition. Accordingly. the Mormon
question: " Resolved; That Mormonisn'.
~ pracricetl in the United States, should
be abolished" was discussed ut the usual
hour and place last session. with much
egotisnn. In carrying on the work the
negative secured for their defense an ex'
rerienced and we'll learned negro, Mr.
Walters, of Georgetown, Idaho. who
completely outraged the affirmative
speakers in the first round, and compeli
ed them to fall back, but meanwhile thu
able affirmative orators were securing
strong argument for their defense, and
the tide Of batt!..-you can tell the rest
IBMHI.
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Judge Galblnith arrived from Deer
Lodge sunday evening.
Mr.. ]. J. DOnavan, a prominent con-
tractor and builder of Wickcs, Is IN
Butte with Il view OflOcating here.
Hon. Alex. f.. Mayhem and Th"s. J..
Napton, Esq, of Deer Lodge, are in at
tendance on the District Court now in
session here.
Mrs. w. Wallace and her daughter
Miss Lena arrived last night from Hele-
ma on their way East. They are at the
st. Nicholas Hotel.
The Ldrpc"tl'M of the 18th ins.*
says: Clias. \. Carson, the editor and
proprietor Of the1wi,lc-awake and spicy
Gallatin .Nfu*. is in Helena on business.
Among the latest arrivals at the st.
Nicholas Hotel are: J. H. Robertson,
Deer Lodge; I. =. Spitz, San Francis
co, W. w. Benton, silver bow; Arthur
l.. Cox, Santa Rosa, C:i.
Among the latest arrivals ut the Gem
tennial Hotel are: Ed. Gleason, Silver
Star; George Rice. Park; F. Il. Gilmore,
Omaha; Jas. L. (;alusfa. Glendale;
William I,owe and wife, Melrosc, l.. A.
Brown, Dillon.
Mrs. Major Wallace ami Miss Lena
are spending few days in the Capital,
and are guests IT Mrs. 4. W. Cannon.
They vii! leave this week for the cas-.
stopping at Butte for short visit with
friends thcr.-L.f,D:m, ut, 13th t"<f.
Mrs. J. Il. Boycc. .lr., and fan'ily, az
rived last night from her home in NJ is
souri,, with Mrs. Sophie FAINT, mother Of
Mrs. Jno II. Curtis and Mrs. Buycc.
Mrs. FAINT comics to the Territory for the
first tim" t" .isit her daughters. We
hop" her wi: will prove agreeable.
Mr.. Rot. Hatcher, II wei: known and
highly esteemed citizen Of Butte, died ut
his residence in Santa Clara, California.
Mr.. Butcher wis largely i'll. ntiti~l with
tn" mining ant! business Interest. "i
! thi. district. TIc >vn,i.:,:,;cs of the
community arc with hjs daughter here,
and his i"rrav'd family. now in santa,
Clara.
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LEMHI VALLEY LOCALS.
From q Regular Correspondent.

FrOmn Regular Correspondent.
JCN.TIuN CRY, Feb. IL. l>>I.
Our people were rather surprised to
find that the duration Of our public
school, um'lerth" charge If Miss L:.~sima
Williamson, in school district No. :;
would expire 50 soon. 1t CLOSED tins
week with great s"lr'nnitv. ami he put
pills are sadly disappointed t" think that
the school, when progressing so finely.
could not continue amy longer. hal:
dwell on this point further next week.
Mr.. L. y. Burgess, f"rnIalIyof Mulkcy
Town. Illinois and Mr.. Ilcrl.cr; Hayes.
ln'th now "f Junction City, gave our
Smicly a r:ll last Friday evening and
ais" remained in our vicinity, for few
days visiting frien,:> Of long ac.;ua;nt-
ancc~his.
Mr. Burgess came cut for his hca;.l,
hu' e >!lCrt time .:r". and is ilnprovin..
finely 'v retiring from, service an,!
ridin" out occasionally, yc:ting a prr-
ton "f"ur fresh air etc. Hc also gave.
our barber Il call while here. and had
his hair clipped Very nicely.
Only one more month nf winter and
then comes ''Springtinlc. gentle .Annie.''
We would whisper in Annic'- ear. Letter
come.
is"l"rt>. Ui the Pulaski H,,r;,,'. is il,
Washington to see what cam i,c done to-
ward getting an appropriation OF sl,M,-
Es| from the government to n,;.cada-
nliZe street from Mound City and the
Junction to the national cemetery
grounds, near that place. The appro,>-
ration asked !Or j. so small e., that il -
altogether likely the government will
sts' it.
A Washington letter to a citizen of
this place says: ''Mr. Blaine just now
finds his time closely taken IN in pre-
pairing the eulogy which he isto deliver
next month before all the dignitaries Of
the land on the late President Garfield.
1t will be one Of the most important ef.
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DIR. WOOLE'CLx
To Lecture Thursday E@en.no

Through the kindnr>. Of Nayor H.
We are enabled to ruhIi>l, the :n,,w;,
letter from DR.. l.. i. Wmi.o!E r.
reverend gentleman will lecture j, T.,
shaw'S Opera House nrN, Thur.,l,
evening. on "Tle Fu.uy.."t .in,r,.
DEER J.nW:E. i.,l.. II. l>>.
G. u. Beat. f. L.. L'|ht. .I:u.rr.
CD., Gto. ". (ni'"", "",I.'t.n:
GENTLEMEN: Your invitation to h.,
ture in Butte ha, Just been received. !.
affords me pleasure I" "'"..;'; TIE iuw;
ton, and ii deenle'! cNln,.i,n; | vii; e..
turc on the evenings -; ':l,,r>,.sy, f.
day and saturday, ,h' VIA. III. sp
18th Of February. VI; >uN,::,i> Will.
lst, 1.-THE future g.; .in.rr;:a:" m
"Crntiu: q: the Weather." ;y.!. n
futatinn Of Ingcr>Ollis,ii.
ioa:< rrsl'c;i','j..:
l.. Is. Nun!.."Lk
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TONIGHT!
The Fireman's Annual. Ball

Tonight Rcnshaw'- new Opera Ho,,>.
will tx ablaze with light and gl,,l.le,.d
by the laughter Of many happy he:rt<.
The annual hall given by the Butte Fire
Brigade will prove doubtless one Of the
most enjoyable public entertainments of
the season. The various committees
have used every cxertion to make it u
tremendous success, and the event will
ahundlantly reward their efforts.
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A Good Sale.

'iOraN. writing from Salmon City
to ;!sr Blacki"i E'y'~t.' says: 1.-THE
Freeman mine has been sold t" Il syn.!i-
cate "; Chica=" capitalists. I'll. price
paid WAS $l::'.:fS' The lucky Owners
were Geo. l.. Shoup, !. &. Pond, VIA.
Wallace, +. i. Singistr. anil Jas. Glen.
DINING. This is the largest sale ever
mad" in I.cnll,i county,"
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Police News.

Saturday and sunday We're q.:ctcr
than usual in police circles.
John Hopkins was tried yesterday lp-
fore Judge Wilcox OH the charge OF u.s.
sa,llting Tom Gallagher with a knife
Sunday morning. He was acquitted.
The hearing of the Chinese opiam
cases was again deferred.
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The 3 ALL.
Hensr&W's Hall pedic.tad nv +,,<,
Butte Fire Brigade.

As announced iii the column, .: ,,,..
"'*E"' nc H''t'> tire Brigade gave. :,
S'''''' tail las, night in !,,n>i.,w'> c,,-
era House,
.nc peculiar merits ~. this ,:,u,;. am,
INC we'i-kn"wn cha ractcr of TIM. .,:., ,. w.
n'e'' ~ c''"rgc, guaranteed to - ,.r.>c
aIH enthusiastic nee the n!e:,s,,r.
Mn"n was amply realized. Alrssr'
H!"cS; D'!sscau, f'itchcn am, MI.
p'ayet with their usual skill. aud H.
~. was indeed an emioya;,''. o''',
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Ii.l.r..;Ei%. .:tt."!!. a..
ES1,RAY NOTICE.

Taken up BY the sEhscr:,-r. Oi' >"I; :. .;,,:,~
about ~ years Oli. Sable nark< ~" rratt.
on one Of his hips will, Il heart >,.Si"M ,r.ru..
The owner can have horse by piv,',s WHY.
feb,.msv l,eer l. slse VALLEY
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ne>trrl;.y being the twentieth, l,;r,,,-
~. gay II Louis Sh0<iair, Of Sholair g. u'.,'
."1 y"ung man gave an entertainment,
w,! ms 1rlcndS ut his Oyster pnrI"r 'e ~.
the e"s 1'r,s"'w: WY, where they cn;ove,i
ments. """ rcfrcsll-
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A number Of criminal cases, In which
indictments were found by the Grand
Jury 1t fxmer term of court, will be
ut once disposed Of by Judge GalbFaith.
In the mean time the Grand Jury for
the current term Of court was duly
sworn and charged yesterday morning.
Their names are as follows:
stephen 4. Estes, FOREMAN :. b.
Rice. r. G. Knox, G. S. Lewis, W. W.
Prowse, O. p. Blain, Henry Jacobs. }.
r. Argyle, H. :. Clark, William Bowe,
william Forrest, William H. Archer,
William Thompson, f. D. Aiken, Geo.
Noyes, Thomas p. Newton.
They retired totheir comfortable quar-
tiers in the third story az the Caplice
building, and at once began the hearing
Of testimony in the cases Of persons
bound over by examining Courts since
the last term of the District Court.
The criminal cases remaining undfs-
posed of since the last term, were yester'
,lay called, as follows:
The case OF Vim. Dunbar, No. Isl, for
exhibiting u deadly weapon, was passed
until this morning at 8 O'Clock.
Joseph ami Maxine Virnoche, acc''s-
I'd Of nuisance, were allowed until this
morning ut 8 o'clock to plead.
In tine case Of Warfield, Foster and
Others. the defendants were allowed the
same time to plead
r. The cases Of George l.. Hart and Jas.
A. Bradford will l,c called this morning
ut nine O'clock.
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Tun CIVIL OALmeDA
Normal Opening Of the District court
In Oaplice Hall.

Formal Opening Of the D'ssr'os eo'''
In Oaplioe Hall.
yesterlay morning the February term
If the District Court was formally open
~, IN the new court room in Capi'ce
Ham. perhaps the finest in the west
AMER the charge to the grand jury tne
,.r,,,.r calendar was called and civil
cas.. disposed Of rs below given. Among
the attorneys present were Messrs. Nap
ton, I.aspeyre, Dixon, staP'etc"' ~
witt. Randolph, Savage, Forbis, NC
Bride, DeWolfe speer and Pemoerton'
Civil cases were called as follows:
No. ~, Kuhworth VI. Fitsehen, sup
Elemental complaint was ordered n'etI'
and the defendant allowed untilth the 3Oth
to answer the same.
No. 81. Leary W. Hauswirth, was set
for hearie e tomorrow morning. the l''th'
at . o'clock.
No. -, George Uftel W. Fred {. An
denson was get for hearing ut . O'Clock
this morning.
No. liz, Lee Mantle W.. John N"yes
was get for hearing this morning Mt
o'clock.
No. l34. Cornwall VI. Fisher; was
submitted ON the papers and taken UNI
der advisement.
No. las. Cakes W.. Jaeger; was set tor
hearing this morning ut nine O'Clock.
No. IL. Murray W.. Gwin; set for hear
ing ut o'clock tomorrow.
No. III. Rooney VI. Tong: act for
hearing at the same time.
No. 15:;. Taylor W. Bowes; set for
hearing this morning at . O'Clock.
No. ~. Donovan W.. Steele; set for
hearing tomorrow morning.
No. 16!2. Jones vs.. Jones; default O.:
defendant entered.
No. ia. Thompson W. Hcadly; set
for hearing tomorrow ut " o'clock.
No. IL. Inter .Mountui" Publishing
Company vs.. Leigh X. Freeman; in this
case leave was granted the defendant to
file an amended answer hy "Wednesday:
the 18th inst.
No. ls'l. McMinn W. Carey; set for
hearing tomorrow ut ? O'Clock.
No. Isl. Foster W.. Lowry; demurrer
withdrawn and defendant granted until
Monday, the 10Th. to file an answer.
No. 1S4. Headly W. Murray; submit
ted and taken under advisenlent.
No. 1872. Murray W.. Baxter; 81, for
hearing tomorrow ut : p. III.
No. 1870. Seward ~. Smelling: set for
hearing ut the same time.
No. Isl, Territory "f Montana against
Lee W. Foster 1t Ill. This day came
the District Attorney on the part Of the
prosecution. and the defendants by their
counsel, and 10y consent and agreement
! of parties this cn.,Sc il continued for
court aud course.
No. 1'i... Elizabeth Jones against Will
liam Jones .livcrce. This day came
counsel for plaintiff, and this ..,,,..' l'av-
ing I~rn heard on application for Il de-
cree, and the court being fully advised
in the premises. Il decree for plaintiff
herein is hereby ordered.
No. l5;. Taylor against E"wc- dam
ages. Defendant granted ill SATURDAY
/ to answer.
No. Isl. Territory of Mon,al:, a:ei!,S;
George l.. Hart; malicious mischief.
Defendant to plead to-day 1t O'Clock.
No. lie. Territory against James \.
Bra'if"r,i: assault and battery. Case
sci f"r trial Friday, February 18th, Il,
, ten o'clock.
No. ia. JOAN Downs 1t al. against J.
| Y. >"''r.nam 1t al ;tni,r!.~,;r. e. mort.
gage. fiction t" quasi, >crvir,. With.
drawn nm! defendants ar:".r,:l,. c.,.
tered.
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RENsHAW's OPERA HUCsE.
Opened Sunday Night By the Fire
Brigade and Liederkranz.

Under the auspices Of the Butte Fire
Brigade and of the Lieslerkralz s'micty
the new opera house on West Park
street was formally opened Sunday
night. Messrs. LSpeck, Dusseau, Fit
>chcn. and Marsh played with their
usual skill, and between four and five
hundred persons assembled, and en-
loved themselves in u hilarious but or
derby way.
some half dozen kegs Of tie beverage
Of (;an,brinus were supplied free to the
thirsty multitude. which seemed to al'-
prcciate the liberality 81 the two SO
cictie, l.y .ii~ln,sing Of all the beer ut the
earliest possible time.
\ grand march was organized, and
several hundred men tramw'l around
the hail, thoroughly testing the springi-
ness Of the floor and the >oli'lity, Of the
walls.
This hall has now in !. measure taken
place a. one Of the institutions Of
Butte and when the stage and galleries
arr erected will doubtless l't.cOM,e one Of
the popular places If am,'sc'ncnt in the
city. Last night it WAS Mrupied by
Professor I.efor.l's dancing class. To-
night comes the firrn,rns' hall to which
~ many look forward and next week
the grand carnival hall.
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0aa0GR ADGooY4.
From To esday's Daily
MY VALENTINE.

She II neither dsTk h0r fair
Hens nor black nor eyes OF blue.
Neither gold nor jet her hair
Toougl, am her lover true
All know Of her-in dine
IL that I've . Valentine
SOlneW ere:
40 greet her fair to-day
when esch lover greets hts love:
Re che near or far away,
Der her may good angels hover.
I've ne'ei seen my Valentine
But I know she will Be mine
Eomeday:
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-02
[Hatter's Gazett.l
The Discovery of Silk.

The discovery of silk attributed to one of the
wives of the emperor of China, Hoang-ti, who
reigned about two thousand years before the
Christian era; and since that time special
spot has been allotted in the gardens of the
Chinese royal palace to the cultivation of the
mulberry tree-called in Chinese the golden
tree"-and to the keeping of the silk worms.
The first silk dress in history was made, no.
for sovereign nor for pretty woman, but for
the monster in human shape, Heliogabalus.
Persian monks, who came to Constantinople,
revealed to the Emperor Justinian the secret
of the prod uction of silk, and gave him some
silkworms. From Greece the art passed into
Italy at the end of the thirteenth century
When the popes left Rome to settle at Avin-
ton, France, they introduced into that country
the secret which had been kept by the Italians;
and Louis XI established at Tours manufac-
tory of silk fabrics. Francis L. founded the
Lyons silk works, which TO this LAY have kept
the first rank. Henry H. of France wore the
first pair of silk hose ever made, at the we'd
ding of his sister. The word "satin,'' which in
the original was applied to all silk stuffs in gen.
eral, has since the last century been used to
designate only tissues which present lustred
surface. The discovery of this particularly
brilliant stuff was accidental. Octavio Mat, 8
silk weaver, finding business very dull and not
knowing what to invent to give a new impulse
to the trade, was one day passing to and fro
before his loom. Every time he passed the ma
chine, with no definite object in view, he
pulled little threads from the warp and put
them to his mouth, which soon after he spat
out. Later on, he found the little ball of silk
upon the floor of his workshop, and was attract
ed by the brilliant appearance of the threads.
He repeated the experiment, and by using cer-
tain mucilaginous preparations succeeded in
giving satin TO the world
The Portland daily press., 1882-02-02
WASHINGTON.


The per cent Funding Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator Saunders has
consented to move reconsideration of the vote
by which Plumb's amendment to the per
cent funding bill was adopted. Senator Sher-
man declares that if the Plumb amendmentsis
measure or surrenders it to Plumb as in
his opinion it is better to defeat the entire bill
than to have it thus amended.
The Star Route Cases.
No material progress was made in straw
bound Star route trial to-day, and the court
adjourned until tomorrow.
Interest on the Public Debt.
The treasury to-day commenced the payment
of the quarterly interest on continued ives and
semi annual interest on 365 District of Column
bia bonds Interest on the former amounts to
about So, sos 900.
Democratic Senatorial Caucus.
Democratic Senators held brief caucus this
afternoon to consider the resolution submitted
by Harris. proposing the electionfof Neil Brown
of Tennessee formerly reading clerk of the
House) to be acting chief clerk of the Senate,
of the Senate. The resolution received the
caucus endorsement, and the Republican half
of the Senate will be requested to permit its
adoption by that body.
Loyal Legion of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA meeting of the
members of the military order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States, followed by a
banquet, was held at the Arlington Hotel to-
night. The occasion of the meeting was a
visit of the commander-in-ehief to grant a
charter and organize a commandery in the
District of Columbia at Washington. Among
those present were President Arthur Secre-
taries Hunt and Lincoln Gen. Hartrauf., ex-
Gov Curtin and Gov. Hoyt of Pennsylvania,
Speaker Keifer, Senators Miller, Hawley, Low
ell and Harisron, Justice Matthews and Rear
Admiral Jenkins.