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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
Drawing Lots for Alderman Of
the Fourth Ward.

The city fathers met in regular ses-
sion last night. After the disposition
of routine business, including a mum
her Of unimportant bills, which were
allowed, the votes cast at the city
elect n last Saturday were can
vassed. For City Attorney the can.
vass showed that James w. FOrhis
had received 176 votes, and H b.
Smith All. Mr.. Smith was therefore
declared ell ,cted, sworn in and imme-
lately medput into harness as clerk
OF the city council. For alderman
in the fourth ward there were
tailed SO votes for w. Pinkham, Re
publican candidate, and the same
humber for John Jolley, Democratic
candidate. The councils as a can vass"
ing board, were called upon to
decide as to the validity Of
one ballot, which bore the name
of VIM. Pinkham printed across its
face, while written upon the margin
N pencil, was the name JOlley. Had
the printed name been erased, the in
ten'ion of the voter to cast his ballot
for Jul ey would have been evident,
but in the absence of any erasure,
the council decided 10 cast the vote
out which left a tie between the two
and under a city or"
diDance which provides that in case
of a tie vote for Mayor or Alderman,
the election shall tie decided by lot,
the James of the candidates were
written upon two slips of paper
aud placed in q hat with a number of
blank %slips-one of the aldermen
drew from the hat and the first slip
pr We'd to he the one bearing
Pinkham's name. He was there
fore declared duly elected Alderman
for the Fourth Ward.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
D1s" T1NGU1sHED VISITORS.
A Large Party of Journalists to
Visit Butte To-day.

Among the large number of excur-
sion parties which have visited Mon
tana during the past season none
have been more important in the
matter of the weignt of influence
which they exert abroad than that of
the journalists who are now on their
return trip across the continent from
Portland, Oregon, and who will d.
verge from their route, at Garrison.
in order to Inspect the great mines of
Butte to-day. A telegram was re-
ceived yesterday announcing that
the excursion would arrive IN this
city to-day, but giving no particulars
as to the hour Of their arrival, or the
length Of their stay. Steps
were taken last night tn
OBTAIN some Information upon
these important points, and arrange.
ments will be made to receive and
entertain the distingu!s led gentle
men with proverbial Butte hospital
ity. 1t is known that MI. Graham,
of Harper's Weekly; Frank Rich
ardssn, of the Baltimore Sun; H. F:
Sherry, Of the Hartford Post aud
John l.. Thomas, of tie Baltimore
american, are among the gentlemen
composing the excursion, but it is
understood that the party consists of
fifty or sixty representatives of East
ern and European journals which
exert a practically world wide infiu'
ence. The results of the visit Of such
a party and their inspection of our
great mineral resources cannot fail tn
be O incalculabie benefit to Butte
and Montana, and they should be
received cordially, entertained roy
ally and afforded every opportunity
to examine our mines, mills and
smelterS.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
The Colusa Output.

In response to a request for infor-
nation regarding the output of the
Montana Copper company's works,
General Manager Sally Raunh-im
makes the following statement:
pretty near daily the office of the
Montana Copper company is in re-
ceipt OF inquiries as to the amount of
the production of its smelling works.
1t would require all additional clerk
to answe the same, therefore the
Office wishes to state the following
through the Butte newspapers:
"Owing to the recent depression of
the copper market in t.lis county, it
was formerly not thought advisable
to publish figures, the copper pro-
duced by the Montana Copper COM
pany being consumed by home brass
manufactures. Since September:
1882, all the matte produced by this
company was exported to England,
and contracts were made in Europe
lately for a long time to come, hence
no reason to withhold figures from
the put lie.
During the last twelve months
ending September 1st, 1883, the Co.
lusa smelling works shipped for ex-
port 8. loo tons, averaging IS per cent.
copper and So ounces silver per ton.
Should a proper reduction Of freight
rates and fuel be granted blythe rival
ing railroads, the Montana Copper
company intends to erect an addi-
tional blast furnace, having a daily
capacity of 100 tons, thus doubling
the present production"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
Personal.

Simon Friedman, a prominent mel
Chant, of HALEY, Idaho, is visiting
the city, the guest # H. Bsrnett.
J. D. Hathaway, advance agent OF
the Leonard Grover Comedy Com
pany, came over from the West Side
last night.
w. A. CLARK left for Idaho yester-
terday, where he will inspect his re-
cent purchase, that wonder Of nature,
Shoshone Falls.
DR.. O. B. Whitford and family, left
Yesterday for a three weeks trip
through the Territory, in the hope
that travel may improve the health
of his little son Dill. Dr.. C.S. Whit
ford will have charge of the hospital
and practice during the seniors alb
sence.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26

and instructive. The party returned
to the city at a late hour, all uniting
IN declaring that the half has not vet
been told about Butte and her mag
nificent mines and mills. In the
evening the gentlemen were enter
tanned by the Silver Bow Club,
where evidence was given that gen.
erous hearts and hospitable hands
are found under the shadow Of the
grand old Rockies as we'll as fabulous
wealth beneath the swelling noun
tain sides. This morning the party
will visit some of the smelters below
the city, and then take the forenoon
train for the east by the way of Deer
Lodge and Garrison. The MINER
joins our citizens in wishing them a
safe and pleasant journey
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
Hartz7l's Rheuma attic Cure.

Situated one-half mile north of
Butte, One-quarter mile east of Cen
terville.
No cure, no pay for medicine and
attention.
Satisfaction given in one to two
weeks.
Good hotsl accommodation So per
week.
Certificate of n of many hard
cases curei:
1 have been badly afflicted with
Rheumatism for over one year. Tried
the Boulder hot springs and the best
medical attendance that I could pro-
cure through 1882. The first o april,
1883, 1 tried Hartzel's treatment and
was cured in one month. Both my
hips were drawn out, my left hip be-
tween three and four inches. l was
drawn over so that my hips and ribs
rubbed together. HENRY RYAN.
Boulder Valley, jefferson County,
NJ. T..
Those wishing medicine can get
the external and internal remedy
with directions. Sent by express,
prepaid, upon the receipt of $40.
Refer you to a few OF the many who
have tried the cure: James Mathews,
Butte; John Jolley, Butte; Chas.
Mcguire, Butte. Robert Foster, Butte;
Hugh O'Donneil, Walkervllle, Mrs.
P. Foley, C~entrevilIe; Mrs. Phil
Smith, Boulder.
Inquire at Dolman's store, West
Park street. Address HARTZEL & Coz
Box 33333, Butte, NJ. T.
24dksW If
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain of
cutting teeth? If {" send at once
and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teething.
Its value is incalculable. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer imme III
ately Depend upon it mothers, there
is no mistake about it. 1t cures dys-
entary and diarrhoea, regulates the
stomach and bowels. redu 'es iDfam-
nation, and gives tone and energy to
the whole system. Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teetbing
is pleasant to the taste, and is the pre-
scription of one of the oldest female
physicians and nurses in the United
States, and il for sale by AL druggists
throughout the world. Price 25 cents
per bottle. 6l6-swly
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
The Special School Tax.

On next Tuesday, October 2, 1888,
from 8 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock p.
n,., the Trustees of School District
No. /, of Silver Bow county, NJ. T.,
will sit as a Board of Equalization for
the purpose Of correcting the assess
ment roll for the collection of the
special school tax of S., 600. voted on
August 3, 1883, for purchasing lots
ana building school houses.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
BENTON'S
President Willard Has Under en-
sideratlOn q Brarch Line
to Northern Montana.

A railroad project which will at.
ford transportation facilities tor the
productive agricultural section, the
Vast stock ranges. and the rich min
eral belts of Northern Montana, is
an enterprise which materially in
terests the entire Territory; aud the
following letter from President VIII
lard in response to an address from a
committee of Benton business men,
in its hopeful view of the speedy con-
struction of such a road, affords ma
terial for generalization to Montana
at large:
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Co..
PRESIDENTS OFF CE,
PORTLAND, Or, Sept. Is, 1888.
7. T. Collins. Esq. {. E. Conrad, Esq, Paris
Gil son, Esq; Committee, Fort Benton, Mon
tana:
GenNemen.-I beg to acknowledge
receipt of your very interesting COIN
municatiOu of August 3Oth, last. l
have read it with a great interest,
and have given it such consideration
as the pressure upon me of Other du
ties has permitted. My attention
was called to the project of connect
ing the Fort Benton country with
the main line of the Northern Pa
clhc by rail soon after my accession
to the presidency of the company,
and l have kept it steadily in view
ever since. We have had several ex-
p1Orations made to ascertain the nat
ural r. sources of the country, it's pres
ent development. the promise of
traffic and the feasibil ty of a branch
line, and it gives ME satisfaction to
be able to say that the results OF
these explorations have been very
encouraging. AS you we'll know,
it was absolutely necessary, up to
this time, to devote all our efforts to
the completion of the main line.
Now that this great work has been
accomplished, We shall be able to
give mOr attention to feeding lines.
The first link of a direct railroad
from our main line to the Upper Mis-
souri,, to-wit: the road to- the Bull
mountain coal fields will be con-
structed Immediately, and l trust
that further Investigate, II into the
subject which v 'ur communication
presents ST. forcibiy will justify us in
continuing it northward next year.
Yours truly.
II. WILLARD, Pres't.
In commenting upon Mr.. Wizards
response, the Benton Record says:
LAS will be seen, Mr.. Willard makes
no direct promises, but holds out
every hope that a road will be COM
to Fort Benton next year.
The Northern Pacific certainly sees
the advantage of building to Benton
at once, and there can be nc doubt a
branch will connect this city with
the main line within a few months.
The resources of this country are
such as to warrant it, and the line
will certainly he built. MI. Wizards
statements are probably as definite as
can make, and there is lots of hope
them.
Merchants throughout the city are
generally pleased with the statements
made il tho letter from Mr.. Willard,
md the majority express the hope
hat he may do far better than his
etter would lead us to hope. Fort
must have a railroad next
rear and the Northern Pacific is the
company to build it," /
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
Public School Attendance.

Up to last evening there had been
658 scholars enrolled in the public
schools of this district, divided as
follows: Central school building,
room l, 81; room 2, So: room 3, 3d.:
room $50; room S, SO; o 6, S.:
room z, 81. room 8, Is, room 8, 60
total 54. VAUDEVILLE school: No.
l, So; school No. 2. u; Travonia. %;
Meaderville, q; East Park stree1, q.
This attendance Is not up to the av'
erage of last winter, and the numb r
of scholars will be largely augmented
durinp the winter months.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26

IF the author of "Peck's Bad Boy
is among the distinguished j"urnal'
lists now visiting the city. he may
find a good subject for a sketch in
Missoula Gulch. Our bad boy yes
terday tied himself to a cows tai
and proceeded to prod her launches
with a lath. The COW struck a Gee
line across the reseI yoir, went
through two or three fences, and
finally landed the boy on a dump
nile. When he recovered conscious
ness he was still in possession OF the
tail, but the COW, like the ship in
Tom Moore's song, twas gomez"
probably to the shady side OF tne
Big Butte. congratuIating herself
that fly time is about over.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
KEEFE'6 STORY.
Inc Anaconda Tragedy Account
ed For by the Prisoner as
an Accidental Shot.

A representative of the New North
west interviewed VIM. O'Keefe, VIII,
Is confined in the Deer Lodge COUNT
jail iorths murder of Johnny O'Neal
and publishes the following as hi
version of the killing:
my name is William Keefe. ]
ana twenty years old. My home ha.
been in st. Louis, Missouri. 1 cam,
asout two monts ago to Anaconda
where my father is keeping a heteI
In St. Louis I worked in a candy
and a pickle factory. In Anaconds
l worked in the dining room. The
boy, O'Neal, came there a few days
ago and was hired to work in the
dining room. I never had any quar-.
rel with him. The morning of the
affair I had got him out of the dining
room to keep people from making
fun of him, and Drought him back
after they were gone.
ION Tuesday last began drinking
at about 3 p. m. Some time later 1
had a quarrel with my father, and
asked him for money enough to go to
Butte. He put me of. I suppose he
thought after the drink wore off me
I would think no more of it. But I
quit work and went to the saloons. 1
walked around town about an hour
in the early evening. Met O'Neal
and took him across the street and
treated him to two glasses Of beer.
He then gave me . pocket knife.
Told him I was going over to the
house to get a couple of pistols I had
there and then 1 was going to the
woods and have some fun. O'Neal
said he would 20 along. I told him
he could if he wished to, and that 1
would let him have one of the pis-
tolls. We then went to the hotel and
sat opposite each other, alt ough at
different tables. I said, Il am going
to Butte tomorrow O'Neal replied,
"Ill 60 along, and will 60
from there to Helena 1 then
went and got the pistols-one a self
cooking British Bulldog and the 9TH
er q five-shootsr, and put them in
pockets. I had both pistols
cooked. I do not know why. was
out of my head with liquor. 1 walked
out in the hall way and saw O'Neal
there; told him I had the guns and
them out of my pocket to
show him, and in doing so one was
discharged. / saw him fall; ran up
to him and asked him if he was hurt.
Then ran aud put the pistols back |
under the bed and ran off. After |
running some distance met a man
and woman; told tlem what I had
done and to come and see They
,aid they didn't want anything to do
it. I then ran back to the drug |
store and asked for the doctor, and
about that time I was arrested by the
,tficers.
I zee other ru:mors published, but
;hese are the facts. About that watch
business mentioned in the MINER
account, I am the Ole who took the
watch from the Chinaman. O'Neai
not with me, had nothing to do
With it, and I Eve said anything to
lim about the watch. 1 Was drink
ny and my recollection is not very
clear, but I did as I tell you; had no
I~uarrel with the boy, and the pistol
was accidentally discharged"
Young O'Neal died in ten minutes
Lfter he was shot. The officers can.
irm Keefe's statement about his re-
urning to the drug store for a doctor
md being then arrested.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26

An Eastern journal says that Hen
nv Wizards true name is Heinrich
Hiigard. He assumed "Villard" as
a nom de plume when he was writing
Western letters to . New York
paper.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
BORN.

CAIRNS.-In Butte. Sept. 2sd, 1883. to Mr.. n
Mrs. w. N. Cairns, manager W, I. Telegraph,
son.
MORROW.-At BASIN City, Jefferson County,
September 9th, 1883, to MIR. and Mn. W.
Aorlo W . daughter.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26

The Choteau term of court will
con vene at Benton to-day.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
THE I T

:3FI2, 1874: 1904, Z:34H.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26

VI osAAQAS"AA1 SnoV q Az LIZ DSS0
taken up by quit ksilver used in
the pans and settlers. From the set
tiers the ama'gam is taken to the
retort furnace; from thence to tie
strong box,s which MI. Medhurst
kindly opened for the inspection Of
his visitors. and which, by the way,
contained $25 900 in silver and
gold: from thence it is
taken to the bullion furnace
and melted and run into bricks or
bars, each weighing about 12O lbs.
These bars are shipped east, where
they are refined and the silver put
o O the market. Some of the Wis.,
itors at the mine yesterday may
possibly soon carry in the form of a
standard dollar some of the silver
they saw in the ''strong box" A
great deal of salt is USED in the ore
while undergoing the process OF
roasting. The process here briefly
described is used with little varia-
lion in all 81 yer mills.
From the Lexington quite a mum.
Der of the gentlemen went up to the
Alice and Moulton mills and mines.
A few remained and went
down the niue with MI. Medhurst.
Among them were Messrs H. L.
Sperry, Richard Bartholdt, j. r.
Brigham, P. V. Duester, Wilmot L..
Warren and Henry P. Robinson.
the latter an English journalist, the
others representatives of the Eastern
press. Those who went up to the
Alice were kindly received by Super
Hall, who did all in his
power to make their visit pleasant
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-14
He Came Back.

Independence is good quality In q rnzn
character IL common sense governs it, bEA
self-suticient and touchy people are apt u.
show their Independence and seifsuffcienzr
in an offensive way-and suffer more thzx
they gain. They are the most uncomfmfx-
bic people in the world, and the clRss is
smusingly caricatured below by the u Iroit
Free Press:
Everybody who will stop to think masf
admit that the gates at the railroad depots
are wise provision. One must show his
ticket before he can pass to the train, and u
is not once In a thousand times that a pas
senger can so astray. And yet il annOys
lots Of people to be rallied IF and penned mp
and be obliged to exhibit a ticket.
Yesterday morning a very dignifisd 11a7-
with e grip-Sack in his hand. tried TO walk
through the gates at the Central Depot and
when asked for his ticket, he haughtily re-
piled:
ut is in my pocket"
Let me see il. D"
Il will not Ny word should be PROOF
that | have il"
Have 70 show your ticket sir"
Il won't submit to any such indignitys'
exclaimed the stern man, and he didn't
he entered the freight sheds, passed through
a flour car, climbed over lot of hides and
crept under q baggsge-car, and finally
thought he had reached the train he was
after. A brakeman stood at the steps and
asked:
Going West, sir?''
mo; going East"
Then your train won't leave for TIRES
hours and half yet This train goes West -
And the worst OF it all was The man at the
gate and a dozen others saw him, and raised
such laugh that the stern man went down
into the freight house and hid behind q box
Car.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-14
Wood Stains.
furniture Gazette. I

Herr Leo, pharmacist of Benshein, Ger
many, recommends the following stains for
oak, pine, beach, poplar, etc.:
1. Yellow Stain-Wash over with hot
concentrated solution OF picric scid, and
when dry polish the wood.
2. Ebony Black-Wash with concen-
trated aqueous solution of extract of log
wood several times, then with solution Of
acetate OF iron of fourteen degrees Baume,
which is-repeated until deep black is pro-
duced.
8. Gray-0ne part OF nitrate of silver
dissolved in fifty parts Of distilled water;
wash over twice; then with hydrocaloric
acid, and afterward with water of ammonia.
The wood is allowed TO dry in the dark, and
then finished in oil and polished.
4. Light Walnut-Dissolve one part of
permanganate of potassium in thirty parts
of pure water, and apply twice in succession,
and after an interval of five minutes. wash
with clean water, and when dry, oil and
polish.
5. Dark Walnut-Same as for light wal
nut; but, after washing with water, the
darker veins are made more prominent by
solution of acetate of iron.
g. Dark Mahogany - Introduce into
bottle fifteen grains alkanet root, thirty
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-14

Some time ago young lady entered n
Philad eIphia street-car which was very
crowded. She was unable 20 obtain 2 seea
or strap b hold. and after riding foFsOmP
distance she was thrown backwards and sns-
tanned twist of the spine, by reason 81 n
sudden Jerking of the ear. Suit was brought
against the Company and q verdict of sl0s-
600, which was obtsined, has just been sus-
tanned by The Supreme Court of PenRsyl-
vsnia This Court in its opinion said: 1t
may be conceded as a general rule th&t tina
Company would not be liable for injuries 10
a passenger caused by starting its car IN
the usual or ordinary manner. Due
regard, however, must De had to whether
sufficient provision has been made for the
protection, and to the position of the pas
sengers aC the time. If the Company has
taken SO many that it does net pro-issz
either place for them to sit or a sc.aa'ta
hold on to, the car must be started VIVID
some reference to the helpless condition
the passengers standing therein"