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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Mining News.

A rich lead is said to have hoo, s4,.,,o,.
IN the Magnolia Mine near Salisbury rba
VEN IS reported to be eighteen inches wide
ana solid galena. A sample ASSAY gives
% ounces OF silver, 1334 ounces of gold and
% per cent lead. The mine is in SO feet
The Shonbar, one of the new mines y,
summit Valley, Silver Bow County ;s PC
ported to be a real bonanza. Avaraao o.
says o. the ore yield 230 ounces and ,.sr
week streak of ore six inches u.ide ,r.s
struck which samples 1924. IS oupcas of
SILVER, and 1922 ounces of gold. On, raos
ers can believe this if kthey want to- We
oon {, out we give the story as the Ujnsr
gives it.
ootte miners are taking considerable in
'efest IN the new smelter at Barker,
The annual report of thesHecla Com
solldated Mining Co. recently published
SHOWS the value of the total outnnt of tbn
lieeia ior last year, to be $500, 900. Tbs
farfot IS reported by the Hniuo pe,ord
70 nave produced matte yalned " a. 5nn
ooo last year. Jefferson county, which I'M
ciudes the Gregory and Alta Montan. 20
uaetion works, was credited with q TOTO,
proouet OF the precious metals for the veav
iool' OF $40, 700, which includes the ra-
.oi'S from placers and lodes, while there
is no doubt that during the past wear the
aggregate yield was not less than 5000 600
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Prof. Beal's Experiments.

Prof. w. J. Beal has recently reported
the result of some experiments in cross
breeding made with Indian corn and with
beans. The advantage shown by the eros
sing of corn with corn which had grown
some miles away, over that not SO crossed,
was as Isl exceeds loo, and In the case Of
black beans it was as 236 exceeds 100.
Prof. Beal's latest experiments were made
with the best white flint corn from Oak
land county, Mich, which had been raised
on one farm for ten years. On good. even
sell this was planted in three rows alternat-
ing with three rows of crossed seed y
The pure seed in the cob nearly dried,
yielded fifty-seyen and one-half pounds
the crossed seed yielded sixty-nine and
one-half pounds. In other words, the
crossed stock exceeded the pure stock of
the best parent nearly as III exceeds 100.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
MOB OF LYNCHERS DE-
FEATED.
Attempting to Hang a Negro
Who was Guilty of Fiend-
ish Crime.

| PAoLA, KANSAS, Feb. 9.-On Wetlnes-
| day night last, about ii o'clock, Maud Ben
nings, colored girl, 8 years old, was
found lying upon the ground in the sub
urbs ofthis city, insensible, stripped of hel
clothing, bruised and mangled in terri
Die manner, and evidently the victim of .
fiendish crime. The child's arms and legs
were frozen stiff. At II O'Clock on Thurs
day morning she became conscious, and
told her story Of the treatment she had re-
ceived. She had been sent on an errand
early in the evening, and on her return
she was seized by Henry Smith, notorious
negro, carried to stable, ehoked. and out
ragged, and then carried some distance and
thrown into the street, apparently dead.
Smith was arrested and taken to jail. The
chlld's father, procuring a shotgun, fol-
lowed and tried to shoot the fiend, but was
prevented by the bystanders.
AT II O'Clock on Thursday night an ex-
cited crowd, chiefly of colored men, some
IN masks, gathered at the jail and demand
ed the prisoner. The Sheriff had prepared
for the emergency, and warned them
away, but the clamorous throne pushed
forward and forced open the door of the
building. The Sheriff struck the foremost
man over the head then the mob opened
fire, to which the Sheriff and his deputies
replied, and general fusilade ensued.
The front windows and doors of the build
ing were perforated with shot. Ed. Long,
the Sheriff's son, received a buckshot
wound III the arm. James McGraW, col
ored, was shot through the head and in
stantly killed. Two other colored men le-
ceiyed serious wounds. Several others
were slightly injured. The mob then re-
treated, and without further effort to OBJ
tain possession of the prisoner, dispersed.
The Sheriff was supported by three or four
deputies in the fight.
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SAVED FROM A PAUPER'S
GRAVE.
A Veteran of San Jacinto, ex-
Judge, Author, and Politician
Dying ID Poverty.

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. I2.-EN-Judge
William Lewis, a noted and eccentric man,
OF State celebrity as an author, lecturer,
and politician. died to-day in the most ab-
ject poverty i'll The city hospital, to which
he was transferred yesterday from a mis-
cradle howell in Camp street. He was !,
bosom friend and companion Of Gen. Sam
Houston in the days of the Texas revoiu-
tion, and participated in the battle Of San
Jacinto. Or late years he had been aZeal-
Gus advocate of Greenback and Anti
Monopoly principles, and Il few months
ago wrote a life Of Sam Houston, hoping
by the sales to nuke a competency for his
declining years. Soon after the first edi-
tion was issued, however, he was taken
sick, and only realized small retutn from
the work. Judge Lewis career was close
ly Identified with the history OF Texas.
This evening, when it was made known
that he was dead and that the city authorl-
ties were about to consign his remains to
pauper'S grave in Potter's Field, several
leading Democrats determined that II vet
eran of San Jacinto and friend OF Sam
Houston should not be so inferred. They
accordingly started subscription, and
raised sufficient money with which to give
him Il decent burial
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A SINGERS LOST FOOT.
Mr.. TanderbiIt's Railroad Sued
for $25, 600 for Cutting it off.

Judge O'Gorman and Il jury in the SUI
Derior Court were engaged yesterday in
trying the case Of Mrs. Matilda Paulitsch
against the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company, in which
Mrs. Paultsch seeks to recover $25, ,00C
damages for the loss of Il foot. Mrs. Paul
itsch is professional singer, and resides
at SO East 110lh street. On Dec. 81, 1881
she entered the station of the railroad
named at 10th street to ride down town.
Tn attempting to board a train she missed
her footing, d board being misplaced, and
fell under lie cars, which moved forward
and crushed her left foot. Seventeen days
afterward it was amputated. Models OF
the railroad, with trains on il, at the point
where the accident occurred, were eXhi-
bited to the jury.
Two surgeons testified to the nature of
the injuries and the amputation. The
lady was asked to bare the injured limb,
which was done, the limb being rested on
a chair, and slowly divested Of its stock
ing, bandages, and appliances. The jury
viewed it, after which it was wrapped up
again. A torn shoe was then held up to
the jury, being the one she wore at the
time of the accident. An architect was ex-
amined as to the construction Of the sta
ton and its approaches. He said the hy-
pothenuse of the steps to it measured fif-
teen feet.
Mrs. Paulitsch, handsomely dressed,
limped to the witness chair, and testified
that she is profes sional vocalist, singing
nIezzo-soprano. AT the time of the accf-
dent she had two regular engagements,
one at the Church Of the Sacred Heart,
Catholic, in Fifty-tirst street, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues, and the other
in the Jewish temple, at Forty-third
street and Fifth avenue She received $400
from the Catholic church and $400 from
the Jewish temple. In consequence of
losing her foot, she said she lost the
Catholic church engagement, and has now
only the temple engagement, her income
being thus reduced one-half.
The plaintiffs lawyer here wanted her
to exhibit the remains Of her foot again to
the jury, but there was protest from the
jury box, several jurors exclaiming, eve
have all seen it." An appeal was made
to the court to spare the lady, who looked
distressed. Her lawyer submitted that
there was no other way of putting the
foot in evidence than by showing it again.
as the first exhibition could only be strict
ly construed as having been made to the
doctor. Judge O'Gorman ruled that 1t
was not necessary to see the foot again,
and that it could be taken as already be-
fore the jury.
The lady, in continuation, said she
could not fulfil her duties in the.Catholic
church because they required her each
Sunday to stand during most Of the SER
vice. She was able to get along in the
temple because the songs were not SO long
and because there was only one service
each Saturday. ''.rhey acted very nicely
to me in the temple" she said, land al
lowed me to sit down. ~. Y. Herald.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Polsoned by Colored Stockings.

Minnie Bell, the tllree-year-old daush-
ter OF Hector Conkling, who lives on
Smith street, Middleton, n. Y, died Sun
Gay from blood poisoning, caused by wear
ing stockings colored with a poisonous dye.
lhe stockings were colored red and yellow.
and when the child first wore them her
mother noticed that the coloring rubbed
OIL On her legs. Soon after an eruption
appeared, first upon her feet and the<part
OF the legs covered by the stockings, and
gradually spreading over the remainder of
her legs and the lower part of her BODY.
Ihere was also very marked tendency. to
bioating. She was sick five or six days
and although everything possible was done
Tor her, it was of no avail. DR.. d. r.
Smiley, tile physician in attendance. saws
that all the symptoms are those Of arseni-
cal poisoning, and he has no doubt that the
cause of death was the absorption into the
circulation of the poison of the dye used in
the stockings.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
THE PRIZE BEA UTY'S SUITS
One of Her Lawyers Sued by Fore
paugh for Slander-No End
of Litigation.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.-The lawyers
here are discussing the suit brought by
Adam Forepaugh, the circus manager,
against James II. Heverin, lawyer. In
one of the suits brought by Louisa Monta-
que, the $40, 900 beauty of the Forepaugh
show, Mr.. Heyerin, as counsel for the
beauty, made a ferocious attack on Fore
paugh's character, and Forepangh has
brought suit for SANDER. The question
to be determined is, how far lawyer can
60 in an address to the jury. Mr.. Heyerin
announces his intentions of bringing a
counter suit of some sort against Fore
paugh.
AS for the prize beauty suits, they have
but just begun. One has been tried, in
which she claims $4,000 damages fol-
breach Of contract, and got verdict fol
damages sustained by falling from the
back of an elephant. The elephant
reared, and the beauty took an undignified
tumble. After this is disposed of comes a
suit for several weeks salary, which the
beauty claims was not paid. Then there
is another one for $4,000, the prize Of
fered for the handsomest woman. The
prize was never paid, and the beauty wants
it. It is proposed to delay these suits il
possible, SO as to have them tried while
Forepaugh Is on the road with his circus
and witnesses.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Fools for Fame,

/ New York Special: When the Presi~
dent visited Mount Vernon the other day
there must have been considerable dis
he walked through the old Washington
mansion. Why people should travel from
all State of the Union ~ write themselves
! down rs very asinine persons at Mount
/ Vernon passes comprehension. They do,
! however, and succeed in exhibiting their
mental lnsutficiency 10 splendid advantage
ami in rejecting a locomotive headlight of
| luster upon their names by scribbling their
addresses ia full, upon the walls, doors
and wainscotings of all the rooms in the
house except, in the few apartments that
they are kept ont of by the locked and lat
ticed doors. One Of the attendants told the
Times correspondent recently that in spite
of all precautions it was impossible to pre-
vent some acts Of vandalism about the
place AT one time the visitors developed
alarming impulses to carry the building
away in WRITINGS, but number of ar
rests were made, and that sort of outrage
| has been stopped. No penalty is inflicted
| upon tile idiots who are given to scrawl
ing their names upon the walls. If they
are caught in the act they are simply told
that they are violating the rules. The up-
per part OF the mansion is especially dis
| figured, and the inclosed stairway leading
TO tile room in which Martha Washington
| died is as Ihickly covered with names as
| the upper part Of the North side water
tower in Chicago used to be. Between
10000 and III, ,00G people visit Mount Vern-
| on every year, and among the crowds
| there are, OF course, some people who are
sure to commit some depreciation, or at
least some offense agai.st good taste and
/ decency. If they have Il chance. The most
tlagrant breach OF propriety was that of
the enterprising Pennsylvania who, a
| few years ago, climbed over the iron gate
OF the tomb and broke off two or three of
the claws Of the sculptured eagle upon the
marble sarcophagns of Washington. A
double iron gate now protects the entrance
to the tomb. A a further precaution, a
! burglar-alarm has been placed under the
| floor OF the tomb, and the pressure of
| few pounds weight on the floor rings the
alarm in the room occupied by two of the
attendants. The keepers Of the estate say
that foreigners rarely stand before the
tomb of Washington without uncoyering.
| Our people, rs a rule, do not show that
mark Of respect. The occasion seems to
awaken IN most minds no other sentiment
! than that of curiosity. Pleasure parties
exchange Jokes at the tomb, anu tear
| through the rooms of the old mansion as If
they We're visiting Il barn. They do
Mount Vernon as they might do" the
patent Office in Washington. Vessels on
the Potomac never tolled their bells as
they passed Mount Washington until the
fashion was set by our English enemies.
Ross, the express agent. who made SO
gallant Il defense OF his earIagainst train
robbers, Is said to have formerly been
driver Oh the Benton and Helena Stage
I.ne. People Who knew aim then say he
WAS fipf noted for bravery, bur rather for
itmiuiiy.
Oecar Wilde will return to America next
summer. Oh, Lord
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Bishop Chase's Stroy.

Bishop Chase, the pioneer bishop OF
Ohio, used to tell the following good story
at the expense of the Episcopal church
During his yisitations through the State,
the bishop fell in with an old eomrade who
had recently been made chief justice of the
State. The bishop reminded his friend of
old times.and congratulated him upon their
success in life, and the honorable position
in which they found each other after their
long separation, concluding, '9And better
than all, judge, find you member Of our
church. "Well," said the judge, 'tthat's
more Il matter of chance than ANYTHING
else. Yoa see, when was getting estab-
lished in'my profession, wife and I thought
we ought to join some church; twas more
respectable. So after mature de1tberation
we settled down with the Baptists and got
on very we'll for a time, but they kept
harping On faith, faith, till we pretty soon
discovered that they required more faith
than we had, SO it became necessary to
make change. We turned the matter
ever considerably, and at last, from var
ious reasons, made up our minds to join
the Methodists. Here we found the de-
mand was work, work, incessantly, and it
was presently apparent that they demand
ed more work than we were able to per-
form. lt was with great reluctance that
we concluded that we must change again,
aud cast about with great caution that this
move might be final. At last we decided
to connect ourselves with your church,
bishop, and have got along famously ever
since without either faith or work.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
THOU KNOWEST.
Written for ths RrcnRn. !


Thou knowest. Only Thou canst know
The burning wrongs, the insults keen,
The pangs Of self reproach, the woe
Which follows the st might have been,a
I daily suffer. Though my cap and bells
And suit Of motley, cause smile,
Ny constant prayer, which upward sTells
And day and night, the dTeary while,
To thee. Dear Lord, is, give me rest.
! cannot struggle with the strong and great
The surging flood I cannot breast.
Trusting in Thee humbly wait
The happy hour when gently pressed
In Natures arms. / shall repose;
And, though in&nimate, at rest,
Yet shall the perfume the rose,
Sweet ngs OF birds from overhead,
Soft airs of spring, babbling Of streams,
Be not all lost to me, though dead;
AS in our happiest heavenly dreams
The low sweet voice Of Nature seems
70 so)the us like mothers song.
x
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

have arrived in large numbers but at un-
certain hours, and there is danger of glut
in the market. Shippers would gladly buy
but the icy embargo on transportation
renders it impossible. The quality OF
shipping cattle has been very good
Butcher steers and good mixed stock sold
readily al good prices, and fair trade was
done in stockers and feeders at steady
prices.
The offerings of sheep have been very
large-doRble those oflast week-but the
quality has been poor, and butchers had
The market to themselves, as there was no
competition. Prices ranged from Is to 25
cents lower than last week.
Prospects for the spring months are
satisfactory. Adyices from most of the
western states reports favorable winter
for stock, and in few weeks supplies will
begin TO come in.
The receipts for last week were III ,691
hogs and 27, l40 cattle, as against l2S, 926
hogs aud "a ,2l7 cattle for the correspond
ing week last year This week the receipts
will exceed those Of the previous week.
The number of hogs slaughtered and sold
by Chicago packers since Nov. |, to date
is about 2,28l 900, a slight excess over the
correspc nding period last year.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
The Elastic Costume.

A ball supper is agony to many women,
because t; Int laciDg makes it unadvi sable
to eat hoarlily; but there was one matron,
on a recent occasion in New York, who
overcar?e MI sltch difficulty. She ate buikily
and still remained comfortable. | do nor
know, says correspondent of the Clncin-
natl Enquirer, whether she holds patent
on the device, bub am going to describe
it anyhow, and whoever copies it must
take her own chances of a suit for infring
ment. 1t was what may be called du
plex, front-aetion, adjustable basque. 1t
had the material cut away from the front
up each side and around the neck with a
revers collar Of the trimming. The lin
ing was provided with eyelet holes and q
lacing string, 50 that it might be drawn as
loosely or as closely Us the wearer chose
To conceal this lining Il shirred vest OF
SILK or satin was set OH just inside the re-
verse collar, and each shirring was mere
ly tape facing on the wrong side, in
Whlcn was inserted al eiasClc flDDOn-
which permitted it to expand or contract.
There were five of these crossWay shfr~
rings, the upper one being at the top Of
the front darts, and above this the vest
was arranged III -four easy plaits that We're
sewed OH file neck double at the top to
form standing frilI. A hook and loop
on each shirred place fastened the vest be-
low, and there were similar ones above.
saw the wearer let out a few lines of lac
ing of her eorsets in tie dressing room be-
fore supper, and adjusted the basque 70
the enlargement, but she ate more than
she intended to evidently, for afterward
she retired to case her oorsage once more.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
LIVE STOCK IN CHICAGO.
Snow BIockades Interfere With
Animals-ReyieW OF the Week.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.--The cold weather
still continues to exercise an important in
tluence Oh the live stock market. While
the receipts of all kinds of stock have been
fairly good, the trains on all lines have
been so delayed and have arrived at such
untimely hours that the markets all around
have been very unsettled, aud prices have
fluctnated considerably, but over all have
shown downward tendency.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

The French ministry has resigned and
jules Ferry has been entrusted with the
formation Of new ministry. Ferry al
ways comes to the front when ministeri-
al crisis is impending, bnt he cannot
form ministry that will laaE six incaths.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

Herr Most says declare emphatieally
there is no such being as Cod" The best
proof of his assertion is. that such reptiles
as lie are allowed to csawl across the face
of nature. We Incline TO the belief that
Herr Most will eventually become tho
roughly and eyerlastingly convinced OF
the existence Of the Devil, whether he ever
believes ia God, or not.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Isn't this a Dainty Dish to. Set
Before a King?
From the Memphis Weekly.

From the Memphis Weekly.
THE Fontaine german" in this city was
the biggest affair of the season. The sup
per was very elaborate. The most nniaue
and striking feature of the repast was pro-
duced on the cutting of the six grand cen
tre cakes. In each of the cakes had been
placed six live birds, doves in some, in
others quails, and, opening the cakes,
these feathered guests fluttered their
wings, and, rising in the air, perched on
the doors and heavy window sills, from
which elevated and lofty positions they
gazed down upon the brilliant asselnblaee.
The Naval Board Of Inquiry upon the
loss Of the Jeanette exculpate the officers
Of that ship from az blame, and praise the
foresight and ability Of belongs manage
ment.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

All Europe is shivering with cold, and
Madrid has been enjoying the unpreced-
ented pleasure Of sleighing in six inches
OF snow. The fact In which everyone
finds consolation is, that .'it can't last
always Exchange.
Wonder if this will make Uncle Hanna
bal Hanlin, minister to Spain, wear an
oVercoat. He never wore one in Wash
ington even in the .coldest weather.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

A Washington surgeon is blessed with
considerable sang froid. The other day he
was performing 4 clincat hospital be-
fore large class.
This, gentlemen" he remarked, ''is an
exceedingly dangerous experiment, re-
curing the utmost nicity of touch: if the
Aiilie were to swerve hairs breadth it
would be fatal" continuing in the same
tone as spurt from an artery showed the
knife had sweryed ''This patient, gentle
men, will never know what killed him. ,,
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

Wagner, the great musical composer, is
dead.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

Ross, the express agent. who made so
gallant Il defense OF his car against train
robbers, Is said to have formerly been a
driver on the Benton and Helena Stage
Lne. People who knew him then say he
WAS iol noted for bravery, bur rather for
timitliiy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-09

Ex-Treasurer Polkswho embezzled
1866, $40 Of the State of Tennessee's
money, vas sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment and flied the
exact sum. that he stole. Folks case
should serve as a very:4oud warning
to men who are subjected to the
temptations to which 'ae.Yielded.-
Few criminals have had :a.worse ex
perience than hrs. He first tried run
ming away, and thought@his stolen
money would help him out of the
clutches of the law, but he was final
ly captured in a very sorry plight in
a Texas thicket. His exposures
brought on rheumatism from which
he suffered acutely during bis subse-
quent imprisonment. He then sought
to escape further punishment by Civ
ing up all lis property to the State
he had robbed, but that scheme fail
ed. Nothing seemed ableSto keep
him ont of the penitentiary. He
found the way of the transgressor
lined with thorns at every step.