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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
A Moment Of Danger When to
Keep Still Was Safety.
Heroines in Obscurity.

The power to keep still is very often
a valuable one in critical moments.
The lady school teacher in New York
who quietly and safely led all her
pupils out of a burning school house
before they knew that it was on fire
might have put them into a panic
and imperiled many lives if she had
not possessed the power of controll-
ing herself. The following little in
cident on board of an English man
of-war flag ship is no less creditable
70 the girl miss Susie Prior who APP
pears prominently in it, because she
tells the story herself in a private let
ter: "After tea I went on deck for
the air with Mr.. Billy, the Conlmo-
dore's 0 n AS we leaned over the
rails enjoying the orange sunset, sud-
dely 1 had a notion that I smelt
a singed, smoky odor. I turned
to MI. Billy, without thinking
anything serious had occurred. IF
I were on shore, I should say that
some careless person allowed the
chimney to get on fire." and at the
same time I pointed to a particular
spot In the ship. He cried "Non-
sense" but stopped short and raised
his head as he, too, smelt the odOr of
something burning. In an instant
his face became stern and a hard,
logged look came into his eyes.
"Don't stir, Miss Prior, till I come
back" he said, ''if I can I'll be here
again in a moment" and he hurried
off in the direction / had indicated.
Then it flashed upon me that yonder,
whence the smell of the burning
came, lay the powder magazine. I
did not stir from the spot where Mr..
Billy had hidden me stay. It was
not many seconds, though it seemed
an hour, but the wind was kind and
felt like a cool hand, lifting the damp
hair from my temples and keeping
from falling down in a swoen.
Mr.. Billy came back very quietly
and spoke very cOmposedly, but his
voice was low and his lips quivered.
ut is all right now, and SAFE" he
assured me "What was wrong?" l
asked. "Only a stupid fellow who
assisting in moving the stores
(the powder)-and had no business
to have a light there-dropped a
spark among some baggage and it
was getting ablaze. But I got there
in time to stamp it out, and the cap
tain of the gunners finished the bu-
siness with a wet blanket" But
how well you behaved, Miss Prior"
he said, forgetting his own conduct
and appreciation Of danger. IF you
had made a row and detained me,
nothing short of a miracle could have
saved all OH board the Conqueror
from being whirled into eternity.
Even if the accident had got wind
and thrown us into a state confusion,
there is no saying how the matter
have ended. I, who am in
the secret, shall always thank you
for all our lives, and for my dear old
mothers twice over. Had 4 whisper
Of the terrific danger reached her, |
with my father absent, I am certain
it would have cos: her life on the
!
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Haverly Company.

The manner in which the play,
Black Diamond, was rendered by the
Haverly Company at Renshaw's OPP
era House last night, fully sustained
the reputation this company brought
with them upon their advent to the
Territory. The opening play was
not well chosen for the d%elineation of
sentiment or character of any kind,
and many who were present went
away disappointed, and as a conse-
quence the house on the second
night was not a large one. Those
who were not present at last nights
performance missed q treat. The
character of Mark O'Dare, the plucky
engineer, was happily conceived and
faithfully rendered by Mr.. Rutiedge.
Banty Bob, a game niger, was as
good a part of African d%elineation by
Mr.. Curran al we ever witnessed.
Barnard McTurk, a tricky po]iti-
clan, was as faithful a portraiture of
the "Solid Muldoon" character as
has ever been given in Butte. Josie
Croker and Ruby Lafayette sus-
tanned the leading female characters
In a manner true to nature. The
leading characters were well sup
ported, and the play was thoroughly
enjoyed by the audience, as was
somewhat b%oisterously testified dur
ing the entire performance.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Personal.

Fred. Baldwin, Of Dillon, is taking
in the city.
U. S. Attorney Dewitt Is attend
ing court in Miles City.
Dan Chapman came up from Dill
lon Yesterday.
A. Bessette, the old timer and solid
stock nan Of Bannack, is in the
city.
N. E. Wood, one of the leading
ranchmen of Beaverhead. came in
yesterday.
James Dooley, a mining man of
Leadville, is looking at the Bonan-
Zas.
S. Z. Larabie, accompanied by his
son, spent yesterday in the city and
returned to Deer Lodge this morn
ing.
J. H. Baker, one of Virginia City's
prosperous merchants, and brother
Of our fellow townsman, r. T. Ba-
ker, is spending a few days in the
city.
S. Rosenblatt, Cincinnati; A. +.
Brown, San Francisco; Henry Har-
rison, Minneapolis; X. l.. Miller,
Mazeppa, Mimi, and c. S. Carter,
Ogdensburg, n. Y, are among the
arrivals.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Keystone Pilgrims.

The Democratic Waterman, pub
lished at B%ellefonte, Pa, in its issue
of the 9th iust., gives a colony of
about three hundred emigrants, who
will seek homes in the fertile valleys
of Montana, the following send off:
"The Pennsylvania Colony which
had been organizing in this county
for the past six months for the pur-
pose of going to Montana, left Ty-
rome on Tuesday evening last. It is
the purpose of this colony, we be-
lieve, to locate where the climate and
soil will prove the most healthful
and profitable for agricultural pur-
poses. They will traverse a large
portion of our frontier wilderness
and its open plains before definitely
settling down and commencing the
natural avocation of turning the
soil, sewing the grain and in good
time reaping their harvest. We, the
of Pennsylvania, think no
place so rich and healthful as it is,
but we cannot all live here. Our
people are a growing, prosperous peo-
pie, rapidly increasing in numbers,
and thereby overcrowding the coun-
try, which makes an exodus to the
far West a necessity. We wish the
prosperity in every sense of
the word" Then follows a list of
the colonists names and their former
places of residence. They are the
class of immigrants that Montana
wants. Honest, toiling, producing
men and women, whose labor will
make our plains and valleys blossom
rs the rose, and our mines pour their
mineral wealth into the lap of the
of the nation. They are the kind
of people that will make Montana
the great State of the future.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
THE GAGNON.
A Nine that Is Likely to Prove
the Reliability Of Our
True Fissure Veins.

Among the few mines in this OF
any other district which have been
operated at a profit, almost from the
grass roots down, is the Gagnon, and
the remark has not infrequently been
made regarding this mine that when
the ore bodies on the surface were
worked out there would be no mine
left, but Col. J. G.. G. Thornton, the
efficient Superintendent, thought
different. and his confidence in the
true assure veins which had been de-
veloped under his own supervision in
the mine was so great that he became
the principal if not the sole owner of
the property and Immediately there
after began to sink for lower levels.
In the west drift from the 4OO-foot
station a fine vein of high grade ore
was struck which has proved some
thing of a bonanza for the Colonel.
Recently a 50O.foot station, which is
really SIS feet below the surface, has
been opened and south and west
drifts been run. The latter has tap
ped the vein which was developed in
the 400 and ore is being extracted
which runs $500 to $500 per ton. A
winze has been started on the vein
from the 400 to the 500, and develop
ments from day to day confirm the
of one OF the greatest ore
bodies, ever uncovered in the district,
which improves in size and grade
with depth. The mine will be thor
oughly developed below the 500, and
is likely to be the first in the camp to
demonstrate by deep mining the fact
that our true fissure veins may be
relied upon at a lower depth than has
vet been explored.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
TWO ARRESTS.
ROVER Of Matter Over Mind Prac.
tically Demonstrated.

John Donahue is a plain mai and
ne don't believe in any of the new
tangled notions that are foisted unon
the public by latter day scientists.
MI. Belmore is a firm believer in
scientific truths, and a great student
and expounder of scientific theories.
ane two gentlemen met last night at
the Washington brewery, and en-
gagged in a highly edifying discussion
OF various obstruse subjects. They
had just disposed of the subject of
the power of mind over matter.
rather to the discontinue of Dono-
hue, when Belmore proceeded to ad-
vance various intricate theories re-
garding the possibilities of compress
ing air and water, and in illustration
made the statement that after filling
a 81 gallon barrel as full as possible
with water, the contents could be so
compressed as to admit another pint
Into the barrel. This was more than
Donahue could stand. Belmont was
unfortunate in his illustration. Had
he said a man instead of q barrel and
whiskey instead Of water he would
have found in Donohue a sympathet.
ic listener, but as it was he felt tnat
the illustration affronted his common
sense, and selling a heavy beer glass
he said: Ye've stuffed yer
mind over matther down me
throat aud now We want to
me behave a bar'l will hould |
more than We kin git into it, an I'll
jist give. We a little taste ov matther
over mind, dod blast vel" and he
hurled the beer glass at Belmore,
knocking him down and cutting a
fearful cash in his head. Officer
happened to be near and took
The scoffer at science into custody.
will have a chance to cipher out
he compression theory in the cooler.
Patsy O'Brien mistook the side
walk for his downy couch last night
nd was run in. He has been there
'efore and takes to the cooler kindly.
When he gets sober he will probably
lead guilty to a drunk without frills
nd consent to do a five stretch"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
. Scene Between Two Statesmen.

Referring to the Historical tenn
PERI of the Adams family, the Dial
relates that some years ago Charles
Francis Adams met at the dinner
table Of a mutual friend, then a
Member of Congress and a we'll
known business man of Massachu-
sets. They had not been seated
long before they were engaged in the
discussion of a political question.
The conversation, which at first was
animated, soon became so violent as
to move the host to interpose in the
interest of peace. MI. Sumner with
drew from the table and house, while
Mr.. Adams, with head bent and
figure indicating detection, sat some
moments in silence; then, looking at
his host, said, in a tone of regret: ut
is ever thus-when [ should most
thoroughly command my temper, I
lose control; but however bad it Is
with me, it is better than with my
father, and infinitely better than
with my grandfather"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Malogassv Enjoys.

LONDON, April 17.-Several mem
bers of Parliament and others con-
graduated the Malegassay ENJOYS
on the satisfactory result of their Wis
it to the United States, expressing
the hope that it would lead to a good
understanding. The deputation also
wished the ENJOYS success in their
negotiation with France. Four of
the chief Enjoys spoke in warm
praise of the kindness received in
America and cited the intention OF
the United States to promote its agent
in Madagascar to the rank of Consul.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
has notified the Grand Trunk Co. It
will not be able to carry out their
agreement because of the objections
raised in America.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Drum LummOn Sale.

Saturdays Helena Independent
refers to two we'll known gentlemen
in connection with the sale of the
Drum Lummon mine, as follows:
Hon. Samuel Word leaves this MORN
ing for Bate. This gentleman orig
mated the plan of making a sale OF
the Drum Lummon mine to capital
lists in England and he first enlisted
Mr.. A. H. Mallory in the project and
shared with that gentleman in the
expenses of the trip to London, and
of making the sale. The sale itself
was due to the address, the untiring
energy and interchangeable persever-
ance of Mr.. Mallory himself.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
LADY DIXIE.
Something Of the Adventures of a
CONSPICUOUS Woman.

Lady Florence Caroline Douglas
Dixie is the second daughter of the
seventh Marquis Of Queensberry.
who was killed in 1858 by the explo-
sion OF his gun. She and her young
est brother, Lord James Edward
Sholto Douglas, were born May Is,
1855. In 1875 Lady Florence married
Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill
Dixie, baronet, of Bosworth Park,
Liecestershire. She has become we'll
known to the reading public by her
writings, and is known among her
friends as an accomplished horse
woman, q good sailor and traveller.
In 1878 this active and adventurous
Scotch woman went to Patagonia
because it was an outlandish place
and so far away" and because she
was tired of civilization and wanted
to escape somewhere. She made up
a party consisting of her husband,
the Marquis of Queensberry and an
other brother, MI. Julius BeerbOhm
(who had published a book on Pata-
gonia) and a single servant.
Lady Florence told the story
of these travels in a book called
~AOAOoS ataSOAlld, WulCu WAS IL
Illustrated by Mr.. Beerbohm. Her
next journey was to Zululand, where
she went a the correspondent OF the
London Morning Post. While there
she attracted attention by an earnest
appeal in behalf of Cetewayo. After
her return to England she published
I'm the Land of MISFORTUNE" Lady
Florence has taken an active part in
Irish affairs for a long time, express
ing her views in the English reviews,
the newspapers and pamphlets. She
devoted herself at one time to reiiev-
ing the distress in the western part of
Ireland. Last year, in a pamphlet
called San Address to the Tenant
Farmers and People of Ireland, with
Advice and Warning" she urged the
ACCESSIBILITY of calling upon the trus-
tees of the local Land League fund
for a statement of the manner in
which the money had been expend-
ed. Lady Florence again attacked
the Land League, charging, in a let
ter to the London Times, that Messrs.
Biggar and Parnell, trustees OF the
Land League fund, had not accounted
for fl52 900 of their MONEY!.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18

Hon. Jos. K. Toole, is acting AS
District Attorney in the Benton term
of court in the absence of District
Attorney Johnson.
The Helena stage got in at $50 last
night. The roads are reported much
improved. Runners are still used
over the divide.
The County Commissioners adver-
tise in this issue for bids for excavat-
ing the new Court House and jail
foundation.
The workingmen's hospital is to be
Immediately repaired, and fitted up
for a hospital, which will be conduct
ed under q new management.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
DIN Demoorats-We Ffxee EN-.

The law authorizing the wardens of
California prisons to cut the hair of
criminals "for the purpose of protec-
ton Of the public health" went into
effect last week in the San Francisco
House of Correction, and an exami-
nation of the records showed that
there were nineteen pigtailed offend
ers, who under the provisions of the
new law, were liable to the loss of
their back hair. The Asiatic crimi-
mails could not at first be made to
believe that q serious assault on their
braids was contemplated. When the
prison barber showed his trenchant
shears towards the first ri seal on the
list of the clippable, the smiling petty
larcenist showed his teeth in a broad
grin. "You heep toolee," said the
amazed chicken stealer; but when
the barber raj the cleaning blades
of his shears across the braid of hair
and chopped it off within an inch of
the thief's scalp, the denuded heather
gave ayell of rage and CONSERVATION.
Half u dozen of the gang of Mongo-
liam malefactors showed a disposition
to move with hostile intentions on
the official hair-clipper, and the 9TH
ers filed the room with threats of the
vengeance of the Chinese Consul.
It was some time before the guards
could convince the Is unshorn rascals
that the operation was a legal one
authorized by the highest legislative
and executive authority, and which
even the mandate of His Celestial
Majesty's Consul could not delay or
avert. When the awful realization
of the fate in store for them filled the
eighteen offenders, their defiance
gave place to detection, and they
submitted to the shears with the
stolidity characteristic of their race.
After the last queue had fallen with
a "dull thud" on the cold unsympa-
thetic pavement of the prison the
nineteen disgraced thieves were per-
mitted to view themselves in the
small mirror which decorated the
shearing-room. Their comments
were nearly all in the Celestial
tongue, and nc translation, however
free, could do the spirit of them JUS
tice. One petty larcenist who could
speak English turned round to the
guards, after viewing his denuded
aud asked:
"Who make him law-cut him
"The Legislature"
mo sabee-Democlats make him
"Yes-of course"
The disguised ~sneak-thief cast a
look at his shorn pigtail on the pave
ment, gave the guards a malevolent
glance out OF the corners of his little
eyes and trotted towards his cell.
As the gate was about to close he
turned round and, with a world of
meaning in his look, exclaimed:
Din Democlats-we fixee 'em.0
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
CHICAGO Matters.

CHICAGO, April 17.-In obedience
to the order of the mayor the
telegraph companies in this city
have been gathering their wires into
cables and carry them on short poles,
and so arranged that they can be
thrown to the ground in a of fire.
Tonight the council passed all order
directing the mayor to cause these
cables to be removed at once.
It is announced that the Union and
Street company resume work June
LIST; that q settlement has been made
with the creditors on a basis OF 40 per
cent. cash, the remainder in preferred
stock,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18

A successful thief on New England
railroads manages to- sit near a tray
eler whose trunk he knows to be
valuable. Then he tries to turn over
the back of the seat, pretends to find
some difficulty with the lock, and
asks the victim for the loan of his
check to slip down upon the catch,
and so throw it out of place. While
thus using the article he exchanges
it for another, which lie hands back
without the trick being detected. At
the end of the journey he looses no
time in presenting the stolen check
and getting away with the stolen
baggage to which it is attached.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
NEWS.
Quilted From the Columns Of Our
Exchanges.

Montana is pasturing 300, 900 heat
of cattle.
The rails for q street Railroad arr
being laid in Benton.
Opium smoking is INDUCED in tt
an alarming extent in Bozeman.
Miles City is proud of her new
Court House, but she don't brag or
its shabby furnishings.
Enthusiasts say that Clarke's Fork
will be a second Leadville when the
mines are developed.
Jos. Allen, of Sand Coulee, sold his
band of sheep, numbering abou,
1900 head, a few days ago, for $3.50
per head.
The residue of the lots belonging tc
the reservation addition to the Ben.
ton townsite will be sold on the Oath
instant.
Frank Deletraz has offered the
county a whole block in his addition
to the Benton TOWNSHIP, wherein to
build a court house.
Several thick and extensive veins
of soft ceal have been found in the
bluffs on the east side of Gardner
river, National Park.
Every available spot for ranches is
being taken up along the Yellowstone
river from Livingston to the northern
line of the National Park.
For the first time in twenty years
Col. Wheeler, of Helena, last week
acted as an attorney in a court Of
law. He assisted in the prosecution
of Lamb for the murder of Brooke.
The Custer county peoples con-
vention at Miles City, was largely
attended and harmonious. T. j.
Bryan, w. H., Billiard and c: w.
Anderson were nominated for county
commissioners.
Henry Il. Brooks, of Custer county,
was the first justice appointed in the
Territory of Montana. and he held
the first court and tried the first case
in the spring Of 1862. The case was
''Tln Cup Joe" VS.. O'Keefe.
While John Goldfinch was har-
rowing OH his farm near Sheridan
last week, a stay chain broke and
the bar swung back, striking his leg
with such force as to fracture the
bone between the knee and ankle.
James Mccormick recently dis
covered an exceedingly rich mine
about a mile above Basin. The ore
is SO rich in free gold that the rock is
speckled with the g~littering metal.
There is also a good deal of silver
in if |
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Latest From Deer Lodge.

DEER LODGE, NJ. r., April Is, 'SS.
Editor Miner.
GENTLEMEN: I see by your daily
of the 14th INST. that the Marquis of
L,orne will leave for Halifax to meet
his partner. and will give a grand
ball. The Marquis of Todd will
leave here on or about the 25th inst.
for Rocker via Silver Bow river to
meet his nephew Louis, but will give
no ball. The little boy who throwed
his bomb (shell) at me has gone to
the terminus. Many thanks for the
information as TO the whereabouts OF
T.orpe. TODDIBUS.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Fire on the Teton.

A disastrous fire occurred yester-
day on the ranch belonging to Frank
Paul, situated on the Teton, a few
miles from town. Franks house,
and all it contained, including fur
niture and agricultural implements,
was destroyed. The origin of the
fire is not known, but is believed to
have been caused by a stove pipe.
The house was large and well fur
nished, and was worth probably if-
teen hundred dollars. There was no
insurance on the building, and its
contents, and the property il conse-
quently a total loss Record,
18th.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18

New York, April 1.-THE car
penters have generally secured all
advance OF wages to 49, so a day. The
painters are seeking a similar adj
vance. Seven gambling houses were
raided tonight, and property valued
at SIS 900 was taken. The gamblers
had evidently been warned and re-
manned away. Among the places
raided were No. II West Twenty
fifth street and Is West Twenty
eighth street.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Ex-Post-
master General James was called to
the stand in the star route trial to-
day.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
Death by Drowning.

Frank Bund was found dead last
Wednesday in Dupuyer creek, a few
miles from Fort Benton. He went
out fishing from a neighboring ranch
on the day before, and not returning
an unsuccessful search was made
that night. On Wednesday morn
ing the search was resumed, resulting
in finding the dead body. He was
subject to apoplectic fits, and the
situation In which The body was
found indicates that the unfortunate
man fell into the water while in a fit.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-18
The Press.

CINCINNATI, April u. - The
Dramatic Festival Association il
finding great difficulty in providing
for the Press. They say they have
already over twenty-five hundred
applications for Press tickets from all
parts of the country. The sale Of
single seats, now progressing shows a
preference for Julius Caesar and
Hamlet performances.