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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
4 SAN JUANUR's LUCE.
How q Poor Miner Onme into Poo-
session Of Immense Riches.
Worthless Mining Stock Now at the
Gaming Tables Proves Of
Great Value.

''This il great fortune making c.,un.
try Of the world" positively remarked
one gentleman tOanOtler In the rOtunda
Ut tine st. James last evening.
A Republican reporter WAS in such u
position Us to hear the conversation.
The first speaker continued: IF q man
can't get rich in one way, he can in an-
other. There is always An opening Tor
the industrious and pushing man, and
l believe Colorado is the lucky man.
I:l.loradO. know Of perhaps; a hum
dre.l cusys where Men az my own ac-
quain,ance have become suddenly rich
by the sllecrtst luck. Some Of them
have got their money by lucky finds or
strikes in the mines, some on stocks,
others ON property sl'eculatiOns->nlla
one way and som. anOthcr-but think
the case have in point lays all other
stories; in the shade. You know Capt.
Walker, Of the san Juan country"
The companion nodded assent.
"Weli, hc went ilitO the country less
than two years AGO 80 poor that he had
tn rustic for his meals. met him a few
days ago OH his WY to Europe. His
pockets were overlooking with money.
and he talked Of stocks and bonds and
mines in nlAllller surprising. The
fact is, he las more money than he
knows what to do with, and he is going
to Europe to get away with some of his
surplus cash."
"H"w came he Ivy it:' inquirinsly
asked the listener.
1.-The story is almost too absurd to he
real. You know Judge Bowen's gold
mine, near DBL N0rte. The mine is
worth millions now, but when it was
stocked the value Of the paper didn't
amount to much. Now the Judge, rs
everybody knows, has great pretlilec-
ton for playing poker. During the
long winter months, when eight feet Of
snow was the average depth around Del
Norte and the country was practically
snow-bound, the Judge and his friends
passed the lonesome evenings In their
1svorite game. There was very little
money in the country then, and - .
substitute for It the stock Of Bowen's
the Judges friends could purchase
the pot was sized up and
fervency and with the knowledge that
IL it WAS 'raked in by an opponent, the
loss would not he very great. In this
way Cartain Walker accumulated n
grea at amount of the stock. Luck favored
him, and night after night he walked
away with what was then considered
worthless par r. No one had the faint
est idea that in the short space Of one
year the same worthless stuff would liz
worth over SO per share in the stock
market. But such proved to liz the case.
and before Captain Walker was aware Ut
the fact lie was worth hundreds Of tllO,ls-
ands Of dollars. The amusement Of his
long winter evenings had turned out to
I've very profitable lsastinle, and now he
has nothing to 10 but to make his exist
ence continual round III pleasure"
The reporter walked away with anoth-
er chapter Of the ups and downs of life
heavily upon his nind.-Dc's-
Ger Republican.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
About Stage Favorites.

Now, there Is Lotta. She is just as
great u fav0rite behind the scenes ~ in
front. She comes in with smile and q
nod for every one. She isn't assuming
in the least, and returns kind ''thank
you" ,or everv little service. OF course
all this is quite irristeble to the boys,
who are only too happy to serve her, and
some soft but cunning fellows get in Der
wav lust to be asked to move aside. The
''supes" Of the Walnut used to be head
over heels in love witt her. They pre-
scented her with that elegant banjo
rosewood inlafd with pearl, and said to
have cost over $l00-that he uses in her
plays. She was the recip ent also Of
MANY beautiful devices In flowers ut
their hands. All these marks Of devO-
ton Lolita, Of course, reciprocated. All
the old fellows are gone from the Wal
nut now, 60 she doesn't receive such
tokens any more. She Is accompanied
ever. where by her mother, and she
does not require any further protection.
Her mamma Ii quite . match for the
average man. Petite, even more 90
than Lolita hen.elf- eyed, gray
haired and quick in her movements, she
looks like IN older edition Of the Pop
ular little cO,nmeClienne. She II me-
thodical and business-like. and has
decided opinions upon certain subjects,
Dmrticu!arIy upon the irreprOacbalDilty
for her daughters character. Lolita
Dent some time in a French con vent,
perfectiug her education, and she speaks
French fiuently, though with an fmper-
feet accent. Raymond's q jolly good fel-
low. No airs not . bit. They say his
real name is O'Brien. He was quite
moor till he met with the ''Gilded Age"
golden age to him. He is great f.
vorite in the West. The supers like him
because he has not forgotten that ne
was not always 80 prosperous. IL
makea \ great difference whether ones
memory be good In that respect ar not
not only with supernumeraries hut
with everybody. Booth, Edwin Booth,
nenrinr fffty years old, stopped, with
thoughtful face and deep black eyes ana
hair dark ~ night, and touched with
siiver. His distinguishisg characteris-
tic ia uuist dignity. There have been
",.nv sorrows i'm his life and many
tri,,mnhs. He looks much like ones
ideal clergyman. He doesn't nave re-, n'u .'a;
He. TOO, has little bit of temper way
down somewhere, but he IL t''o LOFTY 70
talk much. There Is always htt'e
gossip floating about In the suPes
room. and the fellows who 70 10 MAKE
nm crowds and armies and Roman sen
ators ut twenty-five cents each PEI
f;,rmance, with first nights salary OH
for the Captain, SNOW gooa 0ealI MOI
nln,llt the real elements OF dran.alN
stars then the folks who see theh
through theater telescopes ever Ie"'"'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
Important Action Of the Lime-Kiln
Club.

The committee on Astronomy sub
mitted their. regular monthly report as
follows:
Number Of dark nights since last re-
port, twenty-five.
Number Of comets discovered, three,
but too fur off to cause any run on the
bank.
Lime-KilM Club estimate of the. dis
lance to the sun, about five miles; to
the moon about the same.
The committee further announced
that they had changed the name of
Venus to ''Sarah;" Of Jupiter to ''Char-
les Henry" of Mars to "Andrew Jack
son." and of Saturn to ''Sam johnson. "
Astronomers throughout the country
will please take notice aud govern them
selves accordingly. Further changes
will be made as spring opens and the
roads improve.
~ motifs, t said Brother Gardner, as he
looked carefully around him with one
eve half closed, II motifs dat sartin Guild
men of Detroit demand representative
on de purleece fO'ce, an dat . meetin'
eas been called to take axshun in de
case. 7 d0an' want mentors of dis
club to mix up il de matter nOhOw. II
de time has arrOve to put 'cm in dry
good stores, city offices and all Older
places, lie attempt to bulld0ze de white
neople will be failure. As black men
we have our field Of Operashuns. II de
white f0lke doan' interfere wild us, who
should we interfere WIDEN? NO1lOne-t
industrious cull'd man has any lack Of
work or # ends. Bewar' how you lit De
half dozen black political shysters Of
Michigan use your paws to pull! DER
eOmnambulate to our homes. Let de
band plsy Twins in de CRADLE as we
90 out. and de pusson who takes my
umbrella by mistake will feel dreffhl
Uneasy befO de week am out. "-Letr0H
Pre- Hrexs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
Gone Down to the Deep

RosroS. March l9.-The ship scream
-! n *,o,,, Phiiadelphia for New Orleans
with cx.l went down in :o gale on the
, M inst INST in latitude 80 40, longitude .tie
. -. The remainder vt the crew, II
s".'' +r'' mate, and the captain were
,,ic IN by . brig lying by; shorty ny
! P,Sns the Screa,ner went down the
c csS. lowered boat with three e.: men men;
s. ' ;",mcdiatciy fell and two jumped
aboard.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
Heavy Shows in the Sierras.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 19.-Dis-
patches from Dutch Flat Summit.
Truckcc, and other points along the
railroad, state a heavy snow storm pre-
vailiny and the blockade continues.
TIE heaviest snowfall on the head wa
tiers of the mountain tributaries Of the
Sacramento river for ten years. The
latene,ss Of the season makes warm rains
and u rapid spow melt probable and
damage by foods in the Sacramento
valley is almost inevitable.
ST.. PETERSBURG, March 20.-Seven
Nihilists escaped from Siberia.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

Another Oonfdenco 0omo Practioed
BY Gay Wilson and Gal
oomer8.
They Put Oh q Job on EDGAR Leon.
ard. the Denver Halter, and
Scoop in q, 900.

The arrest Of Clay Wilson and Ca
Somers. the noted confidence men, yes
terdsy by Sheriff Becker, of Leadville
serves to bring to mind a great number
of schemes in which these men were en-
gagged. The exploits of Wilson and
SOmers would fill gOOd-sized bound
volume, but since their apprehension
the most prominent OF their schemes
have been discussed by their associate.
and acqliaintances around the sporting
resorts, and Of course the reporters have
caught On to some of the talk and the
runlOrs.
In this connection one of their conf
dence games played in Denver will prove
of interest. The victim of their scheme
is y well-knOwn halter named Edgar
Leonard, now doing business in the
Tabor block, Leonard came to Denver
some time ago, with credentials of the
highest character, and established hirl-
self In business OH Curtis street, near the
old Wentworth house. He became ac-
quaintcd with Cal So,ners, Clay Wilson,
Charley Lunalin, and other sporting
men, though lie was not in anyway an
intimate associate. One night SoMers
remarked to Leonard that he knew
where lie could win some money, and
he expressed the intention of going
down to the place and making a good
stake. Leonard had no desire to engage
in the game, but he accompanied Som
ers to see how the thing was worked.
SOmers went up in q r,0m in the Skin
ner block, near the Brunswick hotel,
and set down to ''buck" faro game, of
which Clay Wilson and Charley Lun-
din were the engineers. Leonard took
no part, but watched the game. Somers
was playing in big luck, and it was not
great while before he drew out $50
and quit the game. He and Leonard
went down stains again, aud then Leon
ard made the proposition that both Of
them put in $1O0 each and 20 back and
play again, SOmers to do the playing.
The proportion was accepted, and they
went hack aud SOmers ''bucked the
tiger" again With the partnership money
The $3OO was sOen absorbed by the DEAL
er, and Somers and Leonard kept put
ting in another go, or SO, or 500 until
Leonard found himself out of pocket
81 500. Then it began to dawn upon
him that he had been victinlized, and
he concluded that It was time to quit.
He did 81, but never squealed because Of
his loss, and e0mers, Lundin and VIII
son divided the spells and had a celeb
ration all by themselves. Leonard
doubtless derives peculiar satisfaction
because Of the fact that justice has at
last Overtaken the two men who dOwned
him for such q large sum Of money
Lcnrcr Republican, Attrch IA.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

,,,x March 9O.-POstmaster Cen
Bns ICSs m S.serrins to his intention to
e 'a.t ta"r :hc mail service between New
s S"t .r as San Francisco . day and .
; Y9rk s sa~. he viii make connections
!n, a.o, the country wheFeSves psse
ticablo.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

Liet. Harb0r has reached KrasnO JAR
ska anu awaits the arrival of Lieutenant
Danenh0wer. A Russian expedition
will be organized this summer To ex-
plore the Angars district, Siberia.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

Indians and hiyhwaymen on the Stage
nne I" COulsOn piled In upon their I'M
sspiciOus ears thick and fast. The tau
a'"lis accounts Of business. merchandise
Ing. stock-raising. etc which went In
as An offset, only served to convince
,'e'n If the truth Of what they were
nearing. Suffice it to say they tarr'eo
nut one night. The coaches not making
rn'"c connection. n private convey"ncS
va Procured bright and early Sunday
lh"r"in" anil the Journey hon'ewart!
"ht'nG"a in haste. 1t Is probable that
nc President will have another candl'
'ate for the gnvernorship.
Montana is 4 wonderful land, an en-
chanting region. an, charmed with
us beauty aud amazed ut the wealth
'h'r', God has stored up here for com.
ing gtncrat;uns. First the silver ana
I"M: ! put the silXer first. although
, .nS Is the riches: GOLD Producing co!!n'
~ "n III" continent. surp::s.'i W ta',!"r-
~ I!' "r Colorado. The annual yield IS
M .' S'iMm,W1. From one E!v'ie
we've miles in length. Alder creek, on
",h'h Virginia City is located, more
n t.I $40 :mA|.NM worth If gold has oce.l
, Eh. E',t the mineral wealth o. the
i;atHrr j. in its silver mines, which nave
" .a' hcn Touched, more than t!an
. ~" th"''>;.nd quartz veins c"ntain'nS:
.''tr favr !tpn discovered and placer
W. Record. Some Of these yield Or that
: ";s SAs per ton. But the pasture
%'uS Imagine all If New England;
NV York, Ohio and a good Tart o.
,;"mlS,y'vania t. he a pasture furnishing
Ut grass in mid-winter, AMI you
I've 1--WE IN" capacity Of Montana.-Bosso"
.""yreyatiOnulist.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

ST.. PETERSBURG, March 19.-The
Winter Ladivia theater was destroyed
by fire last night. No loss OF lite.
The Evening critic., 1882-06-07
EAST WASHINGTON,

The Feast Of Corpus Christi VIII be cele.
brnted at st. Peters Church tomorrow. Mass
Will be sung at . 80, and 1o.3oa. M, with
conducted by the pnetor and his assistants.
drunken individual created considerable
merriment In street-car last night by dcpos-
iting his fare in the lamp.box.
Mr.. J. Il. Bruce, the funny man" on the
washington be, is n resident OF East Wash.
iDgton.
The Government Printing Ofllce and signal
Omce baseball mines Will play match game
THIS evening at 80 o'clock on tho National
grounds.
The open.air concert by the Marine Band will
take place this evening In the East Capitol
PARK, unless the elements conspire against ft
or the proper authorities forget TO "trot out"
INC music stand. These concerts are public
pressure, being provided for that purpose by
INC proper authorities, and IL Is therefore
hoped they Will occur regularly every wednes-
day evening
The North Carolina-avenue Mission was tho
scono OF n large union prayer-meeting last
night. Tho assemblage was variously made
up Of Methodist Protcstants and Congrega-
tonalfsts. DR.. Rankin presided.
Mr.. Hughes addressed the meeting at Bud
Ehglcston's temperance tent last night, while
Messrs. Eagleston and A. r. Hilton worked the
machinery. number signed the pledge.
Mr.. George E. Winters, one OF Capitol HilI's
most promising and energetic young men, Is
member OF the ''Guiteau death watch"
Adam Roth's Summer Garden still holds
forth as n comfortable and pleasant resort in
which TO spend n summer evening.
Since Jumbo's exit, the boys now say "Come
or, you're q whale"
Mr.. r. A. Bennett, popular East Washing.
ton1an, VIII sail for England on the 27th of
this month.
There will be another of those famous turtle.
soup "setouts' at Joe Platz's popular resort
this evening. 1t is expected number of his
uoWn-town friends Will be on hand.
The Evening critic., 1882-06-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

The opening night of the festival at Armory
Han had wonderful effect as an advertise.
ment. Many who went there on Monday night
remembered the unsurpassed pleasure thew
enjoyed, and returned again at an early hour
last night, most of them bringing friends so
that the hall was filled to It's utmost capacity
A larger number OF ladies attended than on
Monday night. The crowd remained at the
hall until IL o'clock and then seemed
festival was uncommonly excellent, and
was furnished by the following per-
formers, SI,as Mall al r, residents Of Alexandrla;
Aitehison, violinist; Mr.. Albert Aitchlson, cor.
netist; Mr.. G. N. Shuman, cornetist; Mr.
Henry Aitchison, clarionetist Mr.. P. Nc
Baldwlii, clarionetist Mr.. J. Sidney Douglass,
trombone; Mr.. W. r. Whittlesey, pfcola. Mrs
smfthers, as announced, was called upon to
sing, and delivered himself in very credit
able manner Miss Nichols, by special re.
guest, recited pathetic selection and called
forth much applause from the audience. Dr.
assnls9n saEs of Of the IL N. E Church, reSited the
The humorous selection, "Farewell, Father
Watkins" which caused roars of laughter. A
good many strangers attended the festival and
seemed much pleased. One OF them remarked
TO THE CRITIC that Alexandria well sustains
her national reputation for pretty girls.
A baseball club called the Rosedales was
Sorganized Tuesday afternoon, by the smaller
boys, who declare that they Will make clean
sweep OF any boys Of their size In the country.
The excursion to Marshall Hall, under the
auspices of tho Rechabites, takes place to-
ihOitoh oh tie bplcuulu blcdulef Mary wash
1ngton. Active preparations have been made
by the Order, and doubtless the excursion
VIII be one of the most enjoyable of the sea-
son. Baseball will be played at Marshall Hall
and silver cup given to the winning crew.
The case of Captain Conway, of the schooner
Robert p. King, was not called in the United
states Court yesterday on account OF the nom
appearance OF Judge Hughes. Tuesday was
the day appointed for the hearing of the case
Miss Domey Fry, we'll known young belle
OF Prince George County, Nd, was buried to-
cay at o'clock by MIR. b. Wheatley, of Alex
andria. The young lady died very suddenly
In the absence Of her father, who went away
on business.
special agent of the Treasury Department
came TO Alexandria yesterday and demanded
the stock held by the city in the Alexandria
canal. meeting was held in the Mayors
fused Tic Government claims that In pur-
suance OF an act OF Congress passed 40 years
ngo the stock held by Alexandria should be
turned over to the Government. Our official
claims that the city has already complied with
before the United States Courts.
Eddie Curtis, colored boy, was the only
occupant OF the station-house this morning.
Eddie vas arrested for beating another boy
some time ago but escaped at the time.
The Free Methodists conducted services last
night on the corner OF Patrick and Queen
streets. The gratuitous preaching and sing.
Ing was continued for a long time, and many
seem to have caught religion enough for the
summer months.
The Evening critic., 1882-06-07
Evening session of the House.

At the evening session Of the House yester
day, on motion OF Mr.. Muldrow, Senate bill
was passed dividing the State of Mississippi
into two Judicial districts. On motion of Mr.
Holman bill was passed providing that every
person who was duly mustered into the army
during the late war, and who afterward was
legally appointed or promotedto any office In
the military service during said war, and who
without neglect, failed to be mustered into the
service as such officer, shall be deemed mus
tered into the service under such appointment
from the date thereof, for such time as he actu
ally performed the duties of such Office. The
House then resumed, in Committee OF the
Whole, the consideration Of the General Def
cheney Appropriation bill.
On point of order raised by Mr.. Holman
items aggregatlng S11, 500, for the payment
OF clerks in the offices of the Secretary OF tn @
Treasury, the Register OF the Treasury, the
Comptroller of the Currency and the First
Comptroller Of the Treasury, were struck from
the bill. Mr.. White moved to strike out the
clause appropriating 500, 900 for deficiencies
In the Internal Revenue Bureau. Rejected
After some further consideration OF the bill
the committee rose, and the House, at 10: :O5
adjourned,
The Evening critic., 1882-06-07
Iuarc ,Tcsvcorov pou.,

He said tho people OF Washington have
heard Of Mr.. Dorsey before, when his cnnnons
Numbered ON the Seventh-street road.
The prosecution charge my client with being
"shylock." "Now want TO sec that 'shylocli'
witness whom he is produced, for certainly he
VIII be produced In substantlativo Of the pros.
ocutions charge
These contractors did meet together for the
purpose Of competition I'm bidding Off con.
tracts, ns they were invited to do by the Gov.
ernment. Is competition an element OF con-
spiracy?
Alter reciting Senator Dorsey's early days in
vermont hc said, when he arrived at his ma
lority he emigrated TO Ohio, and, added Judge
Mcsweeney, "ff you, unfortunately, were not
born In Ohio, the next best thing is to await
until you arrive at the years OF indiscretion
and then emigrate there at once"
Senator Dorsey was then followed into Ar
kansas by the remarks OF his counsel, and his
election 10 tho Senate by the respectable Gle.
ments OF the combined Republican and Demo.
cratic parties illustrated.
The manner In whioh Mr. Dorsey became
Interested In mall routes was wildly reclted
by Judge NcSweeney.
At o'clock he pulled forth his watch, and
turning to the Court he said; "There, with
my Few, feeble and scattered remarks 1 have
n)led out the time. Let me get out of this"
don't think, " said the Judge, "that I
have made anything by keeping you hero.
lLaughter.] Adjourn the court until to-mor-
low."
The Evening critic., 1882-06-07
The Labor Troubles.

The horseshoers employed by the surface
railroad companies OF New York Will strike
unless paid 50 per day.
Only 300 men were at work at the iron
mills at Newburgh, o., yesterday. The COM
pany is determined to continue running even
at n large loss.
The Chicago brickmakers have accepted
the offers CT compromise made by the em-
ployers, and resumed work yesterday at wages
ranging from S2.62% to $3.12k. The work
men agree not to strike again this year, and to
work with non.union men: The advance is
Ia cents, or lust half the rate which the
strikers demanded.
At a meeting of the Ship Laborers' So
ciety at st. Johns, N. b., Monday, It was de-
cided TO increase their rate for labor on sail
Ing vessels from 50 so to SO per day The ar
rangement went into effect yesterday. The
rate for labor on steamers now is 80 cents an
hour during the nine working hours and 81
an hour for extra time.
SEVERAL of the leading boiler-makers of
Pittsburg, pa have applied TO Secretary Fol
ger for hearing In regard to the formula
for strength Of fiues adopted at the last meet
ing OF the Board of Supervising Inspectors of
Steam Vessels. The rule In question Will go
into effect on July l next, and the object OF
the petitioners is to procure Its suspension.
dispatch from Frostburg, Nd to the
Baltimore nn,dated yesterday says; 'The.out-
put OF coal at Eckhart to-day was 223 tons, all
or which was dumped In the shipping cars,
ana l17 tens shipped 10 Cumberland. This
Is Looked upon as unusually good work for
green miners, and those interested are corre-
spondingly pleased. An experienced colored
driver, who worked In the mines before the
stoppagc has gone in with the new labor, and
man from Mount Savage has done the same
miner from Cumberland has also gone ia 10
instruct the nOvices. one or two others
from Cumberland are helping on the
work, n school teacher from that section
being conspicuous among those who handle
The empty cars. Mattresses came to Eckhart
this afternoon from Cumberland ana were
Put In one OF The buildings Just completed.
The second lnatallment Of new minors,
numbering over ono hundred, Is expected to-
morrow There has been no sickness at lamp
mayer, ana all seem In good spirits. The hoal
engineer as he goes home at night Is ieered az
py The women as lie passes through Eckhart,
but he lakes IL good naturedly and says Il Will
all come right after awhile The Georges
creek ana New Central Companies at Lonaeon-
Ing, IL is eaid, have staked on grounds FOR the
purpose Of making barracks prior 10 bringing
on now labor 10 work their mines, and have
notified tenants occupying houses OF those
companies 10 yacate them. The probable ac.
tion Of the companies on July 1, when the no.
tice 20 yaca.e houses expires, Is very gener-
ally discussed. IL Is said there was decision
some years ago which declared tenanthouso
part OF the plans necessary TO the carrying ON
OF the companies work, ana that miner was
put out OF his house on this decision.
NObby spring Pants 20 order, $3.50.
Uamburgcr.8 GI5 lOnpsvlyanla ayenua