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The Penn's Grove record., 1883-04-21

Contains a large supply of Family and
other medicines, Dyes, pure Paris
Green, Headlight Oil and lamp Chin
neys, Fancy ard Toilet articles, Per-
fumery, fine Soaps, Brushes, Dolls,
Cabinet Photo frames, Vases, Easter
and Birthday cards and sundry other
notions. disc Seelys Hard Rublsr
Trusses and Landreths Garden and
Flower seeds.
Use our Liver Searcher, the Great
Blood Purifier and cure for Diseases
of The Liver and Kidneys, by pepsia,
Sc. Try our Cough Mixtures. Our
Soothing Carminative makesth babies
laugh.
xss~ PRIVATE CONSULTATION AT TUE
OFFICE.
a. Chronic Disorders and Diseases of
Females and Children Il Speciality.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-04-21

Headquarters.
-tot-
MUSLINS
In all the leading makes, Utica, VAN
sutta, Fruit of the Loom Forestdale.
UNBLEACIIAD MUSLINS.
1t would take Il column to tell u
makes, prices and bargains.
CALICOES,
Some extra bargains,
TABLE LINEN
in great variety.
LADIES STRIPED HOSE,
regular made at surpi isingly low prices
JOB LOT CORSETS,
greatest bargains We I'VE offered.
HAMBURG EDGING.
We have some i've or six thousand
yards OF chQicopaLserns cheap
CASSIMERES.
We have a lovely line of COttouades,
Jeans, Cassimores, Cloths etc.
CARPETS,
No fancy prices, and a beautiful DIS
sortment.
FURNITURE.
Our second floor is flied with every
thing necessary for housekeeping.
QUEENSWARE
a full and complete assortment.
GOSSAMERS,
NOTIONS,
OIL CLOTHS,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL PAPER, &c.
READY MADE CLOTHING,
HATS AND CAPS,
GENTS + FINISHING GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NECK WEAR AND HOSIERY.
Not forgetting otr
GROCERY DEPARTMENT,
which is always supplied with Fresh
Gond at low prices.
Thankful for past ~fayors, We trust
we may receive "a liberal share ofpatron
age.
GLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED
constantly on hand.
s. II. Leap & Bro.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-04-21

Penn's advent to this country
two hundred years ago may be
regarded as that Of Clothier.
We continue in the same line
upon similar principles of
equity and prudence, but with
enlarged facilities and superior
advantages to the customer who
has not only a large stock from
which to select, but the priyi-
lege Of returning goods and get
ting back the money on all pur
chases that cannot otherwise be.
made satisfactory.
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-04-21
respectfully

Pedricktown, April 10th.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Diamonds.

Finding that the off colored $500
diamond story failed to produce the
expected stampede in the directie n of
Last Chance gulch, the Last Chanc-
ers now propose to scoop up the
gems by the shovel full. The
chances are that they will scoop"
more pebbles than stampeders. The
Independent says: zone of our citi-
zens, in speaking about the big dia-
mond which has caused so much ex-
element in this locality recently, has
been heard to say that he knows a
place where the gems of fairest ray
serene can be scooped up by the SHOW
elful. Ofcourse, he is not positive
that they are as pure stones as the
$500 diamond, but they appeared to
him the same in all respects. Snow
is at present six feet deep in the To-
cality he refers to. but so soon as the
snow goes off he will bring in a sack
full of the gems"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12

Yesterdays Inter Mountain berates
the "PiIgrlm" correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune for suggesting a
neck tie sociable in connection with
the Montana street robbery, and in
the same issue that consistent ~
journal winds up an article on "Re-
ported robberies' in the following
bloodthirsty manner: IA judicious
administration of cold lead will 60 a
long way toward remedying the evil
now assuming unhealthy proportion.
Let there be two or three funerals
among the robber craft, and their
following will speedily become beau
tifully less"
All Suer didn't look so sour yester
day as he did the day before. A
child-like and bland Mongolian coun'
tenance, jury of six good men and
true, aud the failure of the prosecu'
ton to identify the money which he
was charged with stealing, resulted
in his acquittal before Judge French
Look out for the great comet o
1872 tonight.
Eye and Ear, Dr. Rockman.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
The Reform Club.

The g~enuineness of the public in
terest in the temperance movement
Is shown by the large attendance at
the Reform Club rooms opened by
Ben Hogan on Sunday. Botn meet
ings on that day were enthusiastic,
and the assembly room was crowded.
In the evening thirteen men signed
the pledge. Mr.. Hogan understands
the efficacy of short, pithy meetings,
and he limits the speech-making to
one hour, from 7:3O TO $50 p. M, af-
ter which a song service Is held, and
he is verv DESTROYS that ladies who
sing shall attend the evening meet
ings and lend him a helping hand by
adding to the interest of the song
service. He also desires men that
can speak to come and help the
movement by five minute speeches
during the first hour of the service.
The diversified character of the
meetings, through these short
speeches, followed by a season of
spirited song. make the new club
room a place where any person,
whether a convert to the doctrine of
total abstinence or not, can spend a
half hour pleasantly and profitably.
Meetings are held every night, and
all are cordially invited.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Personal.

E. C. Paxton, eff Philipsburg, is in
the city.
J. w. Brown is registered from
Carson, Nevada.
E. r. Burk, of Helena, came over
the range yesterday.
F. T, Mcbride returned from a
trip to the States yesterday.
David c. Irvine, of Deer Lodge, is
spending a few days in the city.
J. G. Slavery, of the Cable mine,
came in on a business trip yesterday.
J. II. Pynchon, Travelling Auditor,
U. P. Ry., came up the road yester-
day.
John Mckay arrived in the city
yesterday direct from the Cnur
d'Alenes.
Nick Beilenberg came up from the
Valley town yesterday, and Is look
ing after business at this end of the
line.
Mrs. n. J. Toowey, wife of the
popular butcher OF the Eureka
market, arrived from Nevada yes
terday.
Harry Doble, of Ogden, a brother
of Budd Doble, the celebrated driver
of Goldsmith Maid, Dexter and
other noted horses, Is registered at
the Centennial.
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tro1uceMarxaJ Report.

BUTTE, M. IT,, Dec. 8, 1888.
The following are the wholesale
prices paid by merchants and hotel
keepers for the commodities enumer-
ated, delivered from the wagons
Price list carefully corrected every
Saturday:
s.aFlour Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
per cWt.
Mill Creek, XXXX. $500
percWt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Creek, New Process, $500.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, new process) 4.CO.
Union Mills xxx Snow fake,
$3.50.
Utah Common, 1921
Utah Choice, $780,.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per TO-, 2 cts.
Oats, $1.75@1.S0.
Butter, per lb., 5000 cts.
Eggs, per case, $l2.50@ll.00
Corn Meal, sc.
Beef, carcass, &c.
Hay per ton. S24,GS26
BalIed Hay, per ton, S222.'924.W
Cheese, 2O@2 cts
Barley, $2.35@2.5 per cwt..
Dried beans, Montana, 7 Cts.
Mutton, 8 cts.
Pork, dressed, $s@lOcts. per Id.
Veal, l23cts. per 10.
Sausage, Is cts. per ID.
VeHison carcass 6c@10o
Chickens, live, 80 at $40 per dozen.
Wood, S6.Oo@$7.
Potatoes, $l.5O 7cwt.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12

BUFFALO. Dec. 1O,-Some months
since a small son of Thos. PretZel
was bitten by a small dog. No atten-
ton was given to the matter. The
son lately exhibited hydrophobia in a
violent form, and yesterday another
small brother who had been sleeping
with him, although not bitten by the
former, was slightly attacked by the
maIady, while another whom he
bit in his rawlings is almost as bad.
The lives Of the two are despaired OF.
LONDON, Dec. 1O.-Owing to the
growing excitement in Irish cifcles
relative to the sentence OF ODonnel],
extra guards have been stationed at
all prisons and government 9th les.
WASH NGToN. Dec. 1.-THE case
of ex-senator Kellogg, indicted in
connection with Star Route frauds,
goes over to next term Of court.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12

Two soiled doves were before the
Police Court charged with telling too
much truth about each other, IN Ian
guage contrary to the statutes in such
cases made and provided. One was
acquitted, and the other pleaded
guilty and paid her little fine of five
and costs with the nonchalance Pc
culiar to her class under similar cir
cumstances.
Cdr. c. S. Whitford returned from
Deer Lodge yesterday with the re-
mains Of his mother, which were re-
inferred in the Butte cemetery. The
body had laid in the grave for thir-
teen years, during which time the
crude and perisbable tombstone,
which was the best TO be obtained in
early days, had crumbled under the
ravages Of time, aud the engraving
was so effaced as to make it difficult
to identify the grave, but a plain
gold ring upon the finger of the re-
mains marked 20. B. w." made the
Identification complete. The ring
will be retained by DR.. Whitford
and cherished as a precious souvenir
of his departed mother.
The alley between Park and Broad
way, west of Main street, is u of
the most used thoroughfares in the
city, and is d great convenience for
those passing between the two streets.
The garbage and debris from half a
dozen restaurants make the alley al
most impossible at times, and the
Council would do we'll to legislate for
its improvement and give such in
structions to the Road Supervisor as
will result in its being kept clean.
Daniel Schroll. recently murdered
at Maren;'s trestle, in Montana. was
a former resident of Walla Walla,
where he has a wife and daughter.
Mrs. D. Mcdonnell, now living. He
had accumulated about $1,000, for
which sum it is supposed he was
murdered.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Fire at Anaconda.

Quite an excitement was created
in Anaconda yesterday morning by
a fire which broke out in the Ana
conda blacksmith shop. The shop
was a large wooden structure in close
proximity t, the immense smelling
works in course of construction, and
- the rapidly spreading flames lesped
high in the air, the destruction OF the
shelter seemed more than probable.
Fortunately no wind was blowing g.
and the lightly built shop burned to
the ground without further damage
than the loss of the building, with a
+. w tools and a lot Of building paper.
The express driver, Mr.. Putnam,
was intrusted with a dispatch to Mar
Gus DAILY, informing him OF the nre,
and made the drive to the telegraph
station at Stuart, about nine miles,
in the remarkably short time, consid.
ering the condition of the roads, OF
one hour and three minutes.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Railroad Racket.

The Canadian Pacific Railroad was
completed to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains on the 10Th No.
vember.
The last iron on the Wickes branch
was laid on Saturday. The road will
be opened about the 18TH of this
month.
The Northern Pacific Is building a
hotel and eating house at Heron
Siding.
The report is again afioat that the
Northern Pacific dining cars are to
be taken off and eating stations esta-
blished in their stead.
President Willard has issued an
order prohibiting the sale of the
Police Gazette and kindred literature
On the trains of the Northern Pacl-
fic Railway.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
SELLIN9A MINE.
The Old Method Of Selling by
Representations and Fine
Specimens Supplanted
by Common Sense
Examinations.

It Ia not many years since the long
haired individual, bearded like q
pard, with his glib tongue and sack
of specimens disappeared from Wall
street. He was the aboriginal Min
ing operator and many stories are
told OF the fabulous sales made by
this queer species of the western
genus homo. But he was short lived
and o superseded by the we'll
dressed, brokerish looking dealer in
mining properties, who exhibited his
specimens and dilated upon assay re-
turns and prospective dividends, In
palatial offices IN the Boreel building
on Broadway. Those were the days
when shares in the town pump could
be "bedrocked" at q dol
lar a share, and wildcat
could be "foated" in large
blocks on a confiding eastern public,
who soon learned that all is not gold
that glitters, and that assessments
were easier to get than dividends.
Then came the era of showing up
mining property by the exhibition
of huge blocks of quartz and pieces of
rock were transported to the metro
polls which could only be loaded on
the cars by the aid of a derrick, as
the size of the specimen was believed
to indicate the extent of the ledge.
This method was, for a time, very
popular, but the difficulty of ascer-
tanning beyond a doubt what par
ticllar mine the specimen was taken
from began to be understood and con-
fidence in the big chunks Of quartz
as an evidence of value ceased.
Then came the era Of rigid exami-
nation, and properties were sold
upon the reports OF experts who
undertook to measure up the ore
bodies and report to q dollar the
amount of money that could be
taken out of the mine in a given
length of time. The fallacy of these
calculations vas proven in many in
stances by bitter experience, and
then came the era of common sense
which to-day governs or should gov
ern all sales of mining property. To.
day after finding a capitalist who is
willing to invest in mining property,
as a rule the vendor is obliged to pay
the expenses of a practical miner to
be selected by the prospective pur
chaser, who visits the mine, sizes up
all the levels, dips, veins and spurs,
calculates the cost of develop
ment, improvements, reduction,
etc., which together with an
estimate of the probable production
is forwarded to his principal. and up
on which he forms his conclusions
as to the value of the property. The
entire transaction is strongly impreg-
mated with the element of COM
mon and the result de-
ponds solely upon the application Of
strict business principles. 1t is bet
ter for both buyer and seller that the
time has passed when worthless
property can be worked off by the
articles of the shrewd to entrap the
unwary, and mining property Is
purchased upon its merits by men
who buy with their eyes wide open.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
LUIS LUcR.
Sixteen Hundred Dollars Gone Up
In Smoke and Nothing
but Ashes to Tell
the Tale.

SIM &c the sale of bel u on the
corner of Park and Wyoming streets,
Lu Moore has occupied ore Of Mrs.
Buffers tenements in the rear of the
West Broadway lodging house. Dur
ing most Of the time since the sale
she has been confined to her room by
illness. and that In connection with
her intention to depart for the east as
soon as able to travel, prevented her
from depositing the proceeds OF the
sale, some 81 800, in a bank, for safe
keeping, and she has kept it securely
pinned in her stocking, which she
wore during the day and at night
placed under her pillow. Yesterday
morning having occasion to use some
of the money she took from a roll of
500, in small bills, a S. bill, leaving
the balance loosely in the top of
the stocking, which she carelessly
tucked between the sheets of the bed.
Shortly after, the Chinaman called
for the washing, and forgetting all
about the money, she rolled the
sheets up, stocking and all, and gave
them to him. Two hours subse-
quently, having occasion to again
tap the novel bank, the whole thing
flashed across her mind and rushing
into Mrs. Buffers kitchen where
the washing is done, a frantic search
for the money was made. The
search proved fruitless with the ex-
ception of finding or the floor a bit
of lace which was also between the
sheets, showing that they had been
| opened out and the money must have
| been seen, and the hunt was about
to be abandoned when some one
! thought of looking into the kitchen
| stove. and there in white and un-
ruff ed ashes lay the folds of the
burned stocking, upon disturbing
which, the ashes of the money, n
tirely destroyed but plainly show
ing in shadowy outline the en-
craving of the bank notes
was revealed; all that was left of LUIS
! 81. 900. The stocking was Of fine tex
ture, but little worn and Of cardinal
hue, and it seems impossible that the
| Chinaman would throw such an ar
| ticle in the fire, and the fact that Lu
Moore says the small bills projected
from the top of the stocking adds to
the mystery of how stocking and
money got into the stove. The ashes
have been carefully preserved, and it
is believed that their scientific ex-
animation under a powerful glass
will settle the question as to whether
or not they contain the remains OF
the entire $1,000.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
The Critic.

Messrs. Simpson & Mcintyre. the
enterprising publishers OF ~
and Drama" which has become SO
familiar to Butte theatre goers, nave
mad a handsome title page designed
bv e. s. Paxson, which will lie Tor
warded to Chicago to be engraved,
in time to appear in their holiday
will be changed to The Critic, which
in the design, surrounding a half
view of a theatre proscenium, IN
which the stage is hidden by folds OF
graceful drapery, and two private
900 afs,rd y view Of the elite at the
The entire design reflects
great credit upon the artistic author
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Destructive Fire.
Special Correspondence of the MINER.

spec;al Correspondence of the MINER.
VIRGINIA CITY, Mont, Dec. s.
This morning, at half-past five
o'clock, a fire broke ont in the brew
ery owned by H. T. Gilbert, aud
though most of our citizens were
there in a few minutes, it soon be-
came evident that the building was
beyond any hope, and their atten-
ton was directed to saving the sta-
bles, residence, etc., which were IN
close proximity to the fire, but Were
saved, Mr.. GiIbert's loss Will reach
$6, 900 or $1,000. A.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
Notice.

The regular annual meeting Of the
Stockholders OF the First National
Bank Of Butte will be held at the
Banking House of said Bank on
Tuesday, January Sth, 1884, between
the hours of 10 O'Clock, a. H., and 4
o'clock, p. NJ. JOSEPH A. HYDE,
swim. Cashier.
Butte, NJ. T., Dec. 9th, 1888.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-12
THE RAILROAD ERA.
The Denver & Rio qrande Rail-
road Pointing Toward
Montana.

In the opinion of we'll posted men
the next two years will see Montans
in railroad communication with the
east by at least four different lines,
with branches connecting every sec
ton of the Territory with the main
lines. The Chicago l. Northwestern
road has already declared its inten.
ton of reaching Montana with its
main line within two years, and the
indications are that the Denver 4
Rio Grande is pointing in this direc.
ton. The following from the Wood
River Times marks out the plan OF
the Little Giant" road to reach that
section during the coming season. II
they build to Wood River their ulti.
mate objective point would undoubt.
eddy be to tap the rich mineral bear
ing regions of Montana. The Times
says:
IA gentleman who has studied
the railroad question thoroughly,
during the past summer, expresses 1t
as his opinion that the Denver and
Rio Grande will surely extend its
line to Wood River, next spring and
summer. This gentleman, who has
intimate business relations with the
president and other officials of the
Denver and Rio Grande road, says
that for months past the directors of
the company have discussed the feas-
ibfl,ty of following their great rival
the Union Pacitic-along the route
OF the Oregon Short Line, and re-
Gently they decided to begin build
ing operations as early as practicable
in the spring. In the meantime an
agreement already outlined, by
which tho Central Pacific Railroad
company agrees, under certain cou.
ditlons, to permit the Denver and
Rio Grande to lay a third rail be-
tween Ogden and Corinne, will be
signed. This will, in effect, bring
the temporary terminus of the d.
and r. g. to Corinne, instead of o.
den, Utah, where it nok is. From
Corinne the road can be tuilt to
Wood River in time for next falls
trade.
This is not a new departure or
change of policy On the part of the
managers Of the D. & r. G.. road.
Years back, before the U. P. compa-
ny owned any road besides its main
line, the struggle between the D. &
G. and the U. P. companies be.
gan. But the U P. did not feel the
competition very much then, be-
cause Of the great volume of its
through business. Since then, how
ever, other transcontinental lines
have been constructed and the U. P.
has been forced to adopt the policy of
building feeders or branch lines more
extensively. 1t was this that led to
the construction of the Oregon Short
Line. But, as other companies con-
tested the through company trade
with the U. P, so the D. & r. G.. is
low contesting with ii for its local
and to do this successfully it
must lengthen its reach in proportion
as the U. P. extends its lines.
The building of a competing line to
Wood River and Camas Prairie is
determined upon, and an
other year will see the second road
in here"
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CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-A Times New
York special says: Morrison, Jay
Gould's private secretary is in danger
of being committed to Jail in New
York by Judge Van Brunt. He claims
that he is unable to produce certain
books of the firm of Conner Il Co.,
which are needed in the elevated rail-
way case.
A Times Toronto special says: A
sail boat containing seven decOnlposed
bodies has drifted ashore at Helee
Island. They are believed to be the
remains of Captain Quick and several
O n who left two weeks ago for q
trip around the Island.
LONDON, Dec. 11.-Parliament will
be further pr0rogued until February.
The government inspector of explo-
sions says of the explosions on the
Metropolitan Underground railway.
that dynamite charges We're dropped
from the train in Praed street. The
case containing the charge exploded
prematurely. The outrages have a
distinct connection with the outrages
at Glasgow and elsewhere.
LONDON, Dec 1O.-A dispatch from
Khartoum, dated the 9Th says: An
Arab states that Hicks Pasha was
last seen with a sword in n hand
and a revolver in the other charging
with his staff in the midst of the enc
my. They were soon overpoWered.
The arabs are sick Of the war, having
lost heavily and obtained no plumber
and are returning to their villages.
LONDON, Dec. 10.-At a meeting OF
Liberal workmen at TOurquay to-
night for the purpose of getting up a
petition to the Home secretary to
commute O'Donnell's sentence, a
letter was read from SamuelsOn Glib.
eraD member of parliament, denying
the object of the meeting and a mo
ton in favor of a petition in O'DOn-
nell's behalf was defeated by a Large
majority.
New ORLEANS. Dec. 10.-The
Times Democrat Greenville, Miss,
| special says: A difficulty occurred on
Saturday night at a political meeting
| between a colored man named Homer
| and Frank Montgomery. As usual
on such occasions, pistols were drawn
and shooting commenced. Sam Fin
Law (white) was seriously injured
Three negroes were shot. one Is
dead, one is expected to die. the othel
was slightly wounded. The coroner'
iury found that Homer was killed By
Montgomery and Finlay, local politi
clans.
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Sudden Death.

River Press: Alexander Camp
bell, who has been in the
employ of the Collar Company
during the past summer, but recently
engaged at Samples ranch, on the
Judith, met a sudden death Tuesday
evening. He wa coming to town to
secure the services of a physician and
when within a few blocks of the
doctors office fell out of the buggy to
the ground bleeding profusely at the
mouth. He was carried. into the
nearest house and a physician sum-
moned, but to no avail, as he expired
in a few minutes after. Cause of
death, hemorrhage of lungs and
bowels. He is a single man, about
SO years of age.