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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-30
A Lucky Somersault.

Frank Lang, while at work yester-
day on the roof of the new theatre
on upper Main street, stepped back
ward off the roof and fell. The dis
lance to the ground was about thirty
feet, and his companions expected
that if not killed he would at least
be badly hurt. Judge OF their sur
prise on looking over the edge of the
roof in a horror struck manner, to
e him quietly making for the lad
der to come up again. He had turned
a complete somersault backwards and
lit upon his feet without receiving a
bruise.-hdependent, 10Th.
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TACKLED THE WRONG MAN
K. Beidler Has a Skirmish With
Horse Thieves and Stands
Them OF.

Information reaches us from Rocky
Point that X. Reidler, while on his
vav from the Point to Maginnis, was
attacked by a party of horse thieves,
VINO for q long time have had a
or,,dpe against him. He was travel
ing in a buck beard drawn by Two
mules, to serve a warrant under q
special d~eputlsation from Sheriff NC
Dewitt. At the first fire n OF his
mules was shot and his team rolled
over into a coulee. X. got upon bis
feet and opened fire upon the rasca!s,
whereupon they turned and an. his
last shot tumbled one Of the crew
from his saddle, but he got up again,
aud with some difficulty reg:lned
his seat. The party tackled the
wrong man.-Bent0n Record, Is.
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THE JULY RACES.
A Better Attendance and Faster
Time than Ever Before Made
on the Track Anticipated.
Some Of the Flyers.

Every indication points to the
most successful meet on July Sd, 4th
and 5th, which has ever been held
by the West Side Racing Associa-
ton. twenty-five horses are now
on the track and kilograms have been
received ordering stable room for
eleven more. The stalls are all eceu-
pied and additional stables are being
constructed. The horses already en-
tered are nearly all thoroughbreds,
and many OF them have first-class
records. The track is in splendid
condition, and faster time is expected
to be made than has ever before been
witnessed on the track. Much in
terest will be taken in the maiden
efforts of several thoroughbred colts
which will be made at this meeting;
among them the two-year-old, Basil,
a full brother of Jocko, and a very
promising colt. The three-year-old,
Bonnie Australian. entered by Lara
bie..& Palmer. of Deer Lodge, and as
fine a colt as ever started at the tap,
was sired by Regent out of Christine.
The four-year-o d, Australight, is
looking fine, and will be heard from
before the races n over Lady
Pruit, Pee Dee, Ben Anderson, Mar
row Guage and Headlight are all in
excellent form, and are expected to
improve their records at this meeting.
w. III. Raymond, of Virginia City,
has entered tive trotting colts. Sam
Scott is expected to arrive from Deer
Lodge to-day with three trotters,
among them the well-known horse
Ranchero.
Ed. Larabie also sends three trotters
from the valley, including Diamond
King, a year old progeny of Black
Diamond. The 3 year old flyers
Thaby and Gilt will be here from
Salt Lake. Noah Armstrong enters
a running mare from his stock farm
on the Jefferson. The interest taken
in the horses representing this mag
nificent stud, at their respective
homes, is sufficient guaranty of the
large number OF spectators who will
avail themselves Of the cheap xcu
sion rates during race week, to wit.
ness the exploits of their favorite
horses.
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Sherif'S Sale.

James Touhy. plaintiff, against Peter Me
Mahan, James Mathews and John Oltourke, dc
PENDANTS. ~
t. be sold at sheritf7s Sale, on the 10Th day of
July, A. D. 1883, at 2 O'Clock p. M. at the front
door of the Court House, in the City OF Butte,
County of Silver Bow, Territory OF Montana, the
following described real property, situate in
Summit Valley Mining District, Silver Bow
County, Montana Territory, to-wft; ~ the
McMahan. in and to the undivided one-half Us>
interest Of the Pilot quartz mining claim, con,
sisting of fifteen hundred $500 linear feet IN ana
along and upon said lode, with surface ground
four hundred 400 feet more or less in width,
and situated east and adjoining the Poser quart
mining claim. For the better description OF
said "Pilot" lode claim reference is hereby made
to the record of the notice of location IN the
office of the Recorder OF Deer Lodge County,
Montana Territory
Dated this 23d OF June, A. D. 1857.
so7-s-w-4w GEORGE W. IRWIN,
Sheriff of Silver Bow County, NJ. 7.
RoR1SsoS + STAPLDTON, Attorneys for plaintiff.
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The Helena base ball club VIII
meet at its grounds this evening roa
practice. Geo. Hill and Wlll onaiHS
have been added to the nine, Wn.cn
makes it complete. Come on. bu.'e'
The Rutte boys are a little bit tired
Of newspaper games, and would hSe
tn hear what proposition the Helene
rns has to make. 4 match no
can CAM be made if ordinary inducements
are offered.
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The Copper Market.

Business has been very quiet, as it
naturally is after the large consumers
are we'll supplied. Although nomi-
nally held at Isle. Lake copper is
offering as low as 155c. in moderate
sized lots, and better bids than l5c.
are not obtainable. Other brands are
dull, l4!c. being asked for Arizona,
but there is no buying, and outside
brands do not range better than 140
14sc., with the market in buyers ia
vor so far as less well-known brands
are concerned. It is not probable
that the struggle for placing these
brands will be SO severe at such prices
as it has been, because the figures
which car be realized by shipment to
England are relatively much better
than they wers.-N. Y, Engineering
and Mining Journal, June %.
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JACK.
Additional Light Thrown Upon
the Manner Of His Death.

To the Editor Of the 7i1aes'
AL. Theriot, one Of the party in
the capture of Six-Shooter Jack, has
been circulating a report around that
Jack and his companions were not
awakened in the camp at all until
after the shooting was done. Major
Mensch and all the other members
of the party pronounce the report an
unmitigated lie; that the men were
awakened and jumped from the bee,
and that Jack raised and then fell
back, grabbed his revolver and threw
his gun up and fired.
Furthermore, the credit, if there is
any, in the killing of Six-shooter
Jack, belongs to a man in Haley,
Warfeld would have shared the
same fate with Jack had he not
thrown himself fiat upon his bed, as
the ball from a Winchester struck
the ground about six feet beyond
him. ONE OF H PARTY.
- Wood River Times, June 26.
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A Captured Horse Thief.

Monday night two horses were
stolen from Mr.. Sabolsky, of this
city, and another from some person
whose name is unknown. Letters
were sent out on all the coaches yes
terday morning, and Con. Becker, OF
Jefferson, who received one of the let
tiers, recognized in the description of
the animals some which were taken
through Jefferson yesterday morning
toward Boulder. He Immediately
started on the trail, overtaking the
thieves about five miles beyond JET
ferson. After q lively skirmish he
captured the horses and one OF the
thieves, the other man there were
two) making his escape. The horses
and prisoner were taken to Jefferson,
and were brought in by Deputy Sher-
if Stelle last night.-Ladependent,
9th
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Change of Time.

In order to bring the trains into
position for commencing to run on
the new schedule which goes into eff
feet tomorrow trains on the Utah &
Northern will be run as follows to-
day:
Passenger trains for Deer Lodge
will leave the depot at 6 a. m. and 8
D.. m. The passenger train for Og-
den at $3.50 p. m. Two trains will ar
rive, n at 4:25 p. m. and the other
al 9 D. m. These arrivals and de-
partures apply only to to-day.
Tomorrow the new schedule goes
into effect by which the Ogden pas
senger leaves at $3.50 p. M, and the
through train arrives here at HES
8. m.
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h Wrong Man.

A remarkable case of mistaken
identity occurred in This city recent
". A photograph Of a Texas muir
ierer and rayisher was sent to Sher-
if Irwin by the Texas authorities.
Harry White, who has been in the
civ for some time past, bears a won
derful resemblance to the photograph
and was arrested last Friday. A
telegram from Texas, received yes
terdav. proved it a case Of mistaken
identity and White was released.
Dnring his imprisonment White
confessed to be a very crooked trans
in Utah, and it was discovered
that he has used the name of the man
wanted in Texas, showing = strange
coincidence or that he has some
knowledge of the man.
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AN OLD TIME
. Stage Robbery Eighteen Years
Ago in Which the Passen-
gers Showed Fight.
Four Passengers Shot aud
Killed.

Tuesday afternoons attempted
stage robbery on the main range is
the first affair in Montana since 1865
where any passenger has had enough
SIND to attempt to stand off road
agents. Fortunately, the encounter
Of Tuesday terminated more happily
for the ends of justice than that Of
1855.
One day.in July, 1865, che treasure
coach for the south left Virginia City
with seven passengers-A. s. Parker,
A. J. McCausland, David Oman, w.
L.. Mers, L. F. Carpenter, Charles
Parks and James Brown. There
was q large amount OF treasure on
board. The passeDgers-all hardy
mOuntaineers-were well armed,
principally with double barreled shot
guns loaded with buck shot. They
expected an attempt to rob the coach
and determined to fight.
The second day out from Virginia,
while driving through Port Neuf
canyon, the man on the box with the
driver sang out: "Boys, here they
are!" following his warning with q
hasty shot. almost simultaneous with
which the inside passengers turned
loose on the robbers, which was an
swered instantly by a volley from
amongst the bushes. Parker, Nc
Causland, Oman and Aers were shot
dead. Carpenter was hurt in three
places and only avoided death by
feigRirg to be dying when
one Of the robbers came up
for the purpose of shooting him a
second time. Parks was also ap-
parently MORALLY wounded and was
not further molested. Brown, who
was not hurt, jumped into the bush
es and escaped. The driver will
iams) who had purposely driven the
coach into the ambush, was of course
untouched. His Fart in the robbery
was afterward traced home to him
and although he had left the Terri
tory he did not escape retribution, he
having been hung by the Vigilance
Committee at Cherry Greek some
months later.
The road agents who took part in
this butchery were eight in number.
They secured $685. 900 in gold. and so
far as known in Montana were never
detected. -Zndependent.
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Mining Law.

A recent department decision lays
down the principle that, "The fact
that large expenditures have been at
some prior period made upon a min
ing claim does not excuse the claim
ant from the necessity of complying
with the law in making annual inn
provements or performing annual
labor"
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THE LAST SPIKE.
The Northern Pacific to be Com
pleted With q Golden Spike
Driven Home by q
Silver Slod9e.

A few weeks hence will be wit
messed the completion of the great
Trans. Continental Railway, which
will unite the occident and the orient
by the northern route, and the event
is to be celebrated in a manner befit-
ting the accomplishment of SO inn
portant an event.
Information has been received
from New York by the st. Paul
Pi0neer-Press that active prepara-
tons were making for the driving
of the last spike of the Northern Pa
cific, thus linking the Pacific with
the Atlantic, and opening up to this
section of the country another world.
The spike will be Of gold, and its
driving will be made an occasion
never to be forgotten by. the peo-
pie of the Northern Pacific cOun-
try. The spike has already been
made, and is now in the pe-
session of President Willard. It has
engraved uponit an inscription suit
able to the occasion. The place Sc
lected for its reception is about ten
miles west from Helena. 1t was at
first tho intention of the company to
restrict the number of invited guests
to one hundred, but the interest
manifested in the event has been 50
great that arrangements have now
been made for 400 people. Quite a
number of these will be from Europe,
all of whom will come to this coun-
try simply for this purpose. The
invitations will be issued from New
York, and by President Willard him.
self. A special train will be made
up at the metropolis and run from
their direct to the spot selected, stop
ping only at Chicago and st. Paul to
take on invited guests. President
Willard himself will give the spike
the first whack, but If it then should
not be driven home several other
equally as prominent men will be
permitted to try their hand at spike
driving. The spike itself
will not be the only thing
made of a precious metal. The
sledge with which it will be driven is
now being made. It is of solid silver
with an ebony handle. Both the
spike and the sledge will be retained
by President Willard. as souvenirs IF
the browning effort of his life. From
the site selected for the driving of the
golden spike, the special train will
20 on to the Pacific coast, repeating
the inspection trip recently made by
MI. Willard. The exact date has not
yet been fixed upon, but it will prob
ably be in the latter part of the last
week of August.
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Administrators Sale.

In the matter of the estate of Charles l. Johnson,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance Of
an order issued out of the Probate Court of Silver
Bow County, NJ. T., made on the DIST day Of
June, A. D. lSS3, the undersigned, Administrator
of the estate of Charles T. Johnson, deceased,
will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder;
for and on the terms hereinafter mentioned and
subject to confirmation by said Probate Court, on
Wednesday, the c5th Of July, 1881, between the
hours of 9 O'Clock a. m. and the setting Oh the
sun Of the said day, to-wit: At 2 O'Clock P. m. in
front of the Probate Court room, in the City OF
Butte, all the right, title and interest OF the Is SAD
death. and all the right, title and interest that
the said estate has by operation OF law OR other
wise acquired other than or in addition to that
the said Charles T. Johnson had at the time OF
his death in and to the following. described
property, to-wit: One % house and lot on East
Park street, in Butte City, Silver Bow County,
Montana Territory.
THOMAS c. PORTER,
Administrator of the estate Of Charles T. john
aon deceased. 6-27-sw-5w
Dated June I'D, 1885,.
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Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night ana
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain OF
cutting teeth: If 80 sena at once
and get a bottle of Mrs. WinsloW's
Soothing Syrup for Children teeth
ing. It's value is incalculable: 1t
viii relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Depend upon itmoth-
ers, there is no mistake about II. IL
cures disintery and diarrhoea' regu-
lates the stomach and bowels' cures
wind collie, seftends the gums, reduce
energy en- r to the whole system. Mr.; Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Child
rem teething is pleasant to the taste,
and is the prescription OF n OF the
oldest and best female physicians anu
nurses in the United States, and Is
for sale by all druggists throughout
the world. Price Is cents per bottle.
6 10-sW1y
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Senator Edmunds Invited to
Butte.

Vice President Edmunds, with a
party of distinguished tourists, being
now upon a tour across the continent,
to the eminent gentleman Mayor
Whitford yesterday extended the
courtesy of an invitation to visit
Butte, in the following telegram:
BUTTE, June %.
To Vce-President Edmunds, Mis-
soula, N. Z.
The people of the Silver City Of the
North send kindly greeting to your
self and distinguished eompanionable
tourists, and welcome you to Mon
tana. If time is not too valuable
may we anticipate q visit from you:
Be kind enough to advise us in the
matter. O. 3. WHITFORD,
MavOr.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

Patrick A. Largely, plaintiff, against Jonn H.
Waite, defendant. law ~
July. A, D, 1883, at 2 o'clock P. NJ, at the front
door of the Court House, in the City OF Butte,
County of Silver Bow, Territory OF Montana the
following described real property, OWL;
All the right, title and interest that the ue-
PENDANT, John K. Waite, had, and since has, on
the Goth day Of March, A. D. 1883, IN ana 10 1 ne
Leopard Fire Clay Claim, recorded on page s1I lr
Row County, M. r. Also, the Polar Star Fire Clay
Claim, recorded on Page 1888 in Book B Of Mis-
cellaneous Records Of Silver Bow County, MI.
Also, Big Hole Fire Clay Claim, recorded on
Page 100 in Book B Of Miscellaneous Records OF
Silver Bow County, NJ. T.. Also, Albertson Fire
Clay Claim, recorded on Page lol IN BOOK
Miscellaneous Records Silver Bow County
Dated this 18th day of June. A. D. 1888:
GEORGE w. IRWIN, H..
Sheriff of Silver Bow County, NJ. 1.
FIT. MCBRIDE, Attorney for plaintiff.
6-l6-S-M4W
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On and after October first next let
tor hostage will be uniform at two
cenTs for letters to any part of the
limited States. The design for the
lew two cent stamp has not yet been
devised and it is possible that the red
stamp, with Hamilton's vignette, now
in use. will be made to answer all re-
uuirements.
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A. O. U. w.

At the regular meeting of Summit
Valley Lodge No. Is, A. O.. U. W.,
held Thursday night, at Ridgley
Hall, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
George Pascoe, Master Workman.
Dennis Curran, Foreman.
A. NJ. Forbes, Overseer.
L.. E. DaDjen, Recorder.
A.. A. Mcmillan, Financier.
G. G Stanly, Receiver.
Louis Lickles, Guide.
T. ]. Jeffries, Inside Waterman.
J. c.. Baker, Outside Waterman.
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Frem the Daily Of Friday.
Custody Of the Militia Guns.

During the recent excitement con-
siderable comment has been made
UPON the distribution Of tho guns in
use by the Union Guards, and . re-
port was circulated that on Saturday
night fifteen stand Of arms were sent
to Centerville for the protection Of
Gundry. This report was denied by
Sheriff IRWIN. after . thorough inves-
tigation of the matter. The guns
were issued by Governor Crosby's or
der to Sheriff Irwin, and are still in
his constructive custody. The fol-
lowing telegram, which was proba-
bly, inspired by the report referred
to, was received yesterday:
HELENA, N. T. June %.
Geo. W. Irwin, Sheriff SLIDER Bow
County, Butte:
Telegraph Immediately the partic-
Hlars concerning issue to citizens Of
arms sent Won for Butte militia.
H. B. WILKINS, JR.,
Major and Chief of Ordnance.
Inquiry at the Union Guards ARM
DRY yesterday ELECTED the infnrma-
ton from Captain Sam Reynolds,
that no guns had been issued for the
protection of Gundry. and that no
arms had been permitted to leave the
armory since the inception of the re-
cent excitement; but that in the first
guns and requirements had
been issued to each member of the
who kept them at their
homes and were held personally re-
sponsible for their safe custody.
Captain Reynolds further said, that
with the members 50 scattered.
reeiding in Butte, VAUDEVILLE and
Centerville, it was impossible for
men to keep their guns at a common
.rmory and take good care of them.
The members residing in each place
are formed into squads for practice
and drill, which is done in the i'm
mediate vicinity of their homes, and
having custody of their own gus
after drill or practice they can clean
and. FURNISH their arms at home,
which would be impracticable if
they were obliged to come to Butte
they required the arms for
practice or drill.
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P. P. Shelby, General freight agent
of the Union Pacific Railway, is x
pected in this city the first of next
week. F.4s
Postmaster Purdum having re-
signed, the postoffice at Salisbury
has, by order Of the department, been
discontinued. Mail for that commu-
nifty now goes to Twin Bridges,
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Sale.

James A. Murray, plaintiff, against Charles +
Reed, defendant. u.
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale. on the 10Th day of
July, A. D. 1888, at 2 o'clock p. M, at the front
County of Silver Bow, Territory of Montana, the
following described real property, situate i'll
Silver Bow County, Montana Territory, to-wit
the right, title and interest of defendant i'll
and to lot number two () in block number ten
IO) of Moves & Upton's railroad addition to the
Of Butte, according to the official plat and
survey thereof, now on file in the office OF the
Recorder of Silver Bow County, Montana
Territory.
s-o7-sw1w GEO w. IRWIN, H.,
Sheriff of Silver Bow County, Mt.
". o. SpEkE, ESQ, Attorney for plaintiff.
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SheriH's Sale.

Miles Mahan, plaintiff, against John Powers
and Nsrah Powers, defendants.
To be sold at Sheritfs Sale, on the 10th day of
July. A, D. 1883, at the front door Of the Court
House. in the City Of Butte, County of Silver
Bow, Territory of Montana, the following de-
scribed real property, situated in Silver Bow
County, Montana Territory, to-Wlt: All the
right. title and interest of defendants in and to
that certain dwelling house, located about three
hundred yards east of the road leading from
Butte to Walkcrville and about five hundred
feet west of the Mountain mine, and being the
house occupied by said John Powers and Norah
Powers when the mortgage herein was made
and in the vicinity Of Centerville.
Dated this 23d day of June, A.. d. 1889.
6-27-s-W4w GEO. W. IRWIN, H..
Sheriff Of Silver Bow County, NJ. IL
PATRICK TALENT, ESQ, Attorney for plaintiff.
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That pick, shovel and revolver story
don't seem to pan out as well as Up
ton & Noyes placers, where they
were suppositionsly found. A num-
Der of disappointed curiosity seekers
visited Chris. Houser's place yester-
day.
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CHICAGO, June 29.-It ia given
out as a result of the conference Of the
manufacturers of barbed wire with
the Washburne Company that the
ROYALTY be decided at about one-half,
which proposition will be accepted,
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For Sale Cheap

A Ranch with the best stock range in the Ter
ritnry, and never fails Of a goo crop OF hay
grain and vegetables. Apply to Benton Hoover
New Chicago, Montana. 20une-s"1''
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Mining Dividends.

The incorporated mining compa-
Mes paying dividends. distributed
to stockholders during the month Of
May, 81, 292, s25, making the aggre-
gate paid in dividends, from January
l to May 81, $4,sS5,375, which shows
that those owning mining stock in
these incorporated mining companies
are receiving, on an average, about
one million dollars per month, in
dividends, and these dividends were
paid by fifty companies.
The estimate OF the value Of q min
ing district by the amount or number
of dividends paids, is a popular error.
The dividend-paying properties rep
resent a very small proportion of the
properties which are worked to a
profit. Hundreds of mines in this
and other districts are worked by
owners who divide large profits with
out the announcement of a dividend.
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NEW YORK, June @:-Aorrls
Greenwall, of Melbourne, Australia
has concluded arrangements win
Mrs. Langtry for a sixteen weeks
engagement.