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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04
BUTLER AND THE SOLDIERS
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The mamie of General Butler has
been somewhat freely used recently
in connection with an alleged dis
crepancyi in the accounts of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home. The circum-
stances of the 8 seem to be as fol-
lows: The Home is a corporation and
settles its own accounts through its
own executive officers with its treas
urer. who is the custodian of its
funds.The Home is, however, re-
uuired to render a statement to the
| Government of all its receipts and
ex expenditures, and this statement of
account is examined and settled by
the proper accounting officers. In a
settlement of this account made
some time since the Home was cred
tied with two different items,
amounting to $4,000. as having been
paid over to and disbursed by the
Eastern Branch Of the Home; but
the treasurer of the Eastern Branch
subsequently showed that he had re-
turned the $l5, O0o, and in >the recent
settlement of accounts between the
United States and the Home
the Second Auditor and
the Second Comptroller charged
the Home with the amount thus
returned to it by the treasurer OF the
Eastern Branch. 1t is supposed that
in the settlement made between the
officers of the Home and General
Butler at the expiration of his term
as Treasurer this $4,000 was not
charged back as having been returned
by the treasury of the Eastern
Branch. General Butler turned over
to his successor the balance on hand,
az shown by that settlement, but if
The above supposition shall prove to
be correct it will be necessary for
him to turn the $l5, 900 in addition to
what was then understood to be the
balance. Whether the correct bal
ance was transferred by him to his
OR not can be ascertained
~ examining the books and vouch-
rs in the offices of the Treasurer and
Secretary of the Home. General
Butler has expressed his readiness to
Jay over whatever balance is found
o be due.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04

New York. April 2.-t': I; h iar
num-, j. l.. Hutchinson, ). l.. Da'i 81
and James Elliott. father OF tue ~
lott children, whose pertornlaTtssv
unlcycles and bicycles have iI1 w.
the attention Of the society 10.
prevention OF cruelty to c!iiIl:"it
have been arrested and held 1u tH"
In $500 bonds each,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Davis Heard From.

ST.. LOUIS. April 3.-Senator and
Mrs. David Davis, Miss Alice DAVIS,
and Senator Davis brother-ln-iaw,
M. Williams, left this morning 1er
the west.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04

There are 4O, 900 women in Nou,
'otA city who support themselves.
illinois, it is said, has a create,
nomoer OF judges than Great Britain
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04
Washouts Mormon Converts by
D. g. X. G. Road.

SALT LAKE, April S.-This morn
ing's Herald has advices that floods
in Bear Lake Valley washed out six
bridges of the Oregon Short Line
temporarily impeding the running
of trains. They 500 will be repair
ed. The first through train Of the
Rio Grande brings two hundred
Mormon converts. They are expect
Ell to-day.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04

A peg inside the boot is described
as a soie-stirring article.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04

Here we see an increase of deposits
Of nearly half a million dollars with
in fourteen and a half months, an
increase of loans and discounts of
about the same amount, and a de-
crease Of overdrafts or unsecured
debts of nearly 1900. The whole
showing is an extremely credit
able one for the bank, evidences
its careful management, and
the confidence Of the public in the
same, but above all and what is Of
quite as much moment TO all con-
celned is the irrefutable proof it af-
fords of the unbounded faith of
citizens in the stability of Butte, the
rapid development of its resources,
the soundness of its financial condi-
ton and the marvellous strides it has
taken in it's prosperity. Aside from
this the report has q value which
will be felt in the creator concentra-
ton 0. capital in our great industries
and in the inflow of a desirable class
of immigrants to our doors. With a
lower rate of taxation than any other
county in the Territory-only Is
mills on the dollar-and the multi
tude of remunerative paying proper
ties upon every hand the prospects
for an immense increase in the years
business is indeed f1attering. We an
ticipate the report of the condition of
the First National Bank of Butte q
year hence will verify the prediction
that this city and vicinity are just
entering another era of great pros
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04
LESSON IN A BANK STATE
MENT.

The report Of the condition Of the
First National Bank of this city n
the close of business March 18th
inst, is quite as flattering to the bus
mess prosperity of this placeas it is to
the careful and successful manage.
nlent Of the Institution itself. There
are three banks in this city-the
First National, q bank of issue, the
other two private corporations. Each
of the private banks do q large busi-
ness, that Of Donnell, Clark & Lara
bic being the oldest established insti-
tuition of the kind on the West Side,
has a very large circle of customers
and 1t must be taken for granted is
handling immense sums of money.
A assuming that each of the
private banks has increased its
business in q corresponding
ratio with that of the First National,
and that the financial status and
prosperity of q city may be accurate
ly measured by the business OF its
banks the distant reader may gather
an approximately correct idea of the
growing importance of this almost
phenomenal city by glance at the
data.
The First National bank succeeded |
the firm Of 8. n. Hauser 4 Co., and
commenced business Dec. 2l, 1881. |
The first report to the Comptroller of
the Currency was made Dec. 81, 1881.
The last, under date Of the 18th inst,
appears in this mornings issue of
The MINER. We invite a careful
comparison of the two reports.
Loans ard discounts. Dec. 81, 49,. 4o,9l4.9 9
" March Is, 49,. 529 947.74
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Is the point of intersection of
the Greg Short Line with
the Utah & Northern, and is rapidly
assuming important proportions.
The former road is reaching into and
developing one of the richest mineral
bearing sections of the country, and
Pocatello will grow with.its growth
and prosper with its prosperity. 1t
is long stride from the latter named
place to the f%lourlshing city Of
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
APPLE GATHERING.

just such another hlowy day,
With grand capTiciOus sky,
And IN the orchard, glad and gay,
We're Cousin Joan and !;
Both mounted on a ladder long, the applos all
among
My scat the top, her dainty feet upon lower
rung.
And oh, how sweet the hazel eyes
That there look up at mel
Tho truest, softcst, deepest eyes
That ever shall see.
Then what a perfect mouth! / thought II
would be simple bliss
II from those rosy lips might but steal one
little kiss.
For was not her cousin, too?
And half bent my head;
But not the dreadful thing to do
No, no! I've ever said.
But she, perchancc, had fancted so, and,
sudden stewards bent
And from the movement, to the ground the
ladder staggering went.
My graceful darling, lovely Joan
Fell lightly, without harm;
And |. as she arose alone,
Scarce felt my broken arm.
But when, without IA glance, and looking
scornful. cold and proud,
She turned away. then, with the twofold pain,
groaned aloud.
She started, and her face grew white;
But then fell to my share
Such gentle ministries that light
Seemed all the pain to bear.
q fingers deft and tender, once in mine held
you fast,
And, humbly craving, got the kiss longed so
for at last.
And with it. too, my sweetheart Joan,
Whose pity grew to love:
Still who had never been my own
But for that day above
Then, at the apple-gathering in the dear old
apple tree,
When not a single fruit was plucked by my
fair wife or me.
London Society.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

taking his anxious ewes from the pre-
cious burden he carried.
When they reached the house, Mr..
Spencer explained the situation in as
few words as possible to his wife who,
as good fortune would have it, was ex-
peTienced in sickness and all sorts of ac-
cidents and emergencies, and she lost
no time in using the proper restoratives.
81 am afraid she is dead said Mr..
Spencer, holding the little wrist a mo-
ment, while his wife rubbed il vigorous
ly.
mo, l think, am quite sure she
breathes, though family"
And Carlo, as il he understood every
word, barked gladly.
They forced a little brandy between
the stiff lips, and it was not long before
she opened her eyes.
Then Mr.. Spencer harnessed his horse
and drove like mad to BeSsie's grand
fathers, soon returning with both
grandma and Abby, for Abby forgot
her sore throat the moment she heard
that Bessie was in danger. They had
only just missed her at home, and the
house was in perfect panic when Mr..
Spencer arrived there. Joe had gone
down to Aunt Mary's, being quite sure
that he should find her there safe and
sound, but when he came back with the
information that they had seen nothing
of her there, he did not know what to
think.
But said Joe at length, "she may
have gone out with the intention of GO
ing there, and then, seeing Jack o.
Lantern which some of the boys had
stuck up on the gate-post, may have
and in her bewilderment, instead of go
ing up the hill toward home have turned
in the other direction and gone toward
the village"
But Bessie had kept on into the
woods instead of going to the village
where Joe was seeking her at that mo-
ment, and if it had not been for Carlo
she would have frozen to death before
any aid would have reached her.
Bessie wasn't able to tell them how
it was that night, she was too weak,
she could not remember, but the next
morning everything came back to her,
and she shuddered when she told of the
horrible face that looked over the gate
at her.
Il knew that it was naughty to run
away so, and thought he was an aw
full giant, or something, that was going
to eat me up" she said, sobbing.
But no one even suggested that it
was naughty to run away, for grandma
felt little conscience-stlickcn herself
on the subject. 1t had been dreadfully
dull ut the farmhouse in the evening,
and after that she took care that she
always had something to amuse her.
Bessie did not 90 out again for some
time. She was weak and feverish, and
escaped long, serious illness only by
the greatest care being exercised.
As for Carlo, he became the hero OF
the town. Bessie's papa brought him
beautiful silver collar when he re-
turned from Europe, and he wears it
proudly to this day, learning to under
stand that it is badge of honor. He is
a very old dog now, and Bessie is grow
ing to be a young lady, but the strongest
friendship exists between them.-LOutsG
Dupee, in Ballou'S Monthly.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
The Slim Mans Fire.Escape.

"You will observe remarked the
man who is in charge of the tire-escape
at the Exposition, chow utterly impos
sible for a man to lose his life in fire
if one of these escapes is on the build
ing?'
You think its pretty good, do YEP"
asked slim individual in the crowd.
That's what | remarked
Il know of a better thing than that"
replied the slim man.
"W hats thatP'
"Well, don't know as | ought to
give it away" replied the slim man,
las it isn't patented yet, and one or
two more safety-valves have got to be
put on it. was the first man to try it.,
and my wife is the man who invented
it."
Your wife?" asked half dozen who
had become interested.
Eyes, my wife. You see it was
like this. We was in the Kimball House
fire at Atlanta. We were given rooms
up in the twelfth story of the hotel,
and"
Hold on, old man; that hotel WASH t
twelve stories high" protested a min
isteral-looking man.
"Were you ever therep" asked the
slim man.
"NO."
"Well. how in thunder do you know
the hotel wasn't twelve stories high,
then? You don't know, and as | was
there, don't want you to interrupt me
again. Well, our room was on the
twelfth floor My wife scooted down
and | followed, but when half way down
the first flight of stairs thought of my
watch, and went ack to get it, and be-
fore | could get onto the stairs again
the fire headed me off. l rushed to the
window. l looked down and saw my
wife below. | called to her that l was
going to Jump. l jumped, and when l
had reached the fourth story she threw
up an umbrella, which 1 grabbed and
spread it over my head, and began to
settle the rest of the distance in slow
and gentle manner, when gust of
wind came round the corner, got under
the umbrella, and carried me up again,
beyond the flames, and l landed about
half mile out in the country. Had
an esnape-valve to let out the air I'd
have landed all right, and not had to
ride so far in the night air, only half
dressed. This machine may be good
one, but when /"
The speaker was alone.-Pech's SIN.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
A Remarkable Shirt.

Undergoing general circulation is a
story that Edison, the inventor, has pro-
duced an electrical toy baby that can
arrange the letters of any name from
among spelling blocks; that can say:
Come in," Mamma, Use sleepy"
and two or three other sentences, and
that can cry, laugh, sing and play the
piano.
lis that fact? l hadn't heard of
that story YETI said MIR. Edison S
private secretary; that must be the
latest out about Mr.. Edison. Is that a
European or an American tale?'
That's of Waterbury Conn. man.
ufacture-that is if it is manufactured. "
"Well, it certainly has no truth in it.
Most of the clever stories about MI.
Edison, however, are European. The
latest was published in the Vienna
Tdgebtatt. That was about the three
hundred and sixty-five shirt-a garment
that Mr.. Edison was said to have sue
ceeded in manufacturing out of three
hundred and sixty-five delicately thin
sheets of paper in layers, one layer fol
every day in the year. You tore off the
outer sheet every morning, and started
each day with spick and span clean
shirt. For leap years you bought
three hundred and sixty-six shirt. A
man in Paris went to an exchange
Office, bought five-dollar bill. and
mailed it to Mr.. Edison for a sample Of
the garment, and a chap in Berlin tried
to buy the agency for It. in Prussia. "
~ y SIN.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

This most remarkable statement was made by Mr.
Frank Il. Lee clerk in the Office of n. Y G. & II. Il
r. T., Little Falls n. Y, the sth Of june 1888.
Mr.. Lee says: MY father has been troubled for
twenty years with kidney and bladder dis
ease, suffering the most acute pain when urnatng H.
became bad that he obliged to give up all busl-
ness. His condition such that his urine would
drop constantly, and he obliged to use rubber
bag, the weakness was great. He used many kinds
OF medicine without deriving any benefit until he was
urged by otour druggists in Little Falls Mr Skin
ner) to use Hunts Remedy, as he had known OF t.
being used in many with great success. pur-
chased bottle, and nc commcnccd using IT, and he
so improved that he got along without the rubber
bag He used in all twelve bottles and It has entirely
cured him. Father is sixty two years Old and we con
slider I: most wonderful cure, and chccrfuy recon-
mend Hunts Remedy to oil afflicted with kidney, llyei
or urinary troubles"
All the evidence published in regard to Hunts Rene
dy can be relied upon; 1t is true In every particular
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
A .CharcOaI.peddlcr's Snake story.

A charcoal-peddler who was selling
coal this morning, after long drive of
about ten miles from Eastbury, was re-
lating an adventure he had last week
over at Diamond Pond, where he burns
his coal. 1t may be a charcoal-man'
story. but here it is: He saw very
large black snake, and had nothing
handy with which to kill him, so he
sprang forward and jumped upon him,
trying to trample him to death. But
the snake showed great muscular power,
and twisted himself about his assailant'
legs, and, in spite of all efforts to pre-
vent il, had actually encircled the man
about the hips, and was bringing his for
midabe constructive power into play
before the coal-peddler (who is n young
and powerful MANI could tear him OIL
He succeeded, after hard struggle, in
killing the snake, and the unusual size
of the reptile led him to take n careful
measurement of his length. He meas
ured, tho coal-peddler says, seven feet
and one and half inches! If that is
true story, the serpent must have been
as formidable as a half-grown boa con-
strictor. These black snakes (Which
kill off all the rattlesnakes in their
neighborhood) do sometimes attain even
a greater size than this. One that cx-
ceeded it was killed several years ago
in the bayfield, of Timothy f. Williams,
in Hartland; and the late Lewis b. Hart,
of this city, averrcd that he saw one
measured in 1880 that was killed by an
Indian woman in Pennington, on the
lower slope of Talcott Mountain, and
that the measurement showed it to DO
actually eleven feet long No charcoal
peddler would dare emulate that story.
-HarJord Times.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

Mn. II. L. soPxR, Principal OF the High School at
Poquonoek Conn.,, says In relation to matter when
has given him much anxiety and pain: MY wife and
Ihavc both used Hunts Remedy, and End It really
superior article. A year ago my kidneys became
weak and sluggish, owing to severe strain, and find
ing relief in Hunts Remedy continuedits use until
had used four bottles. when became wei. since my
cure have suggested ITS to great number of PEG
pie who know have been benefited by using II.
And to substantiate this statement, Mr. H. s. Clark
Assistant Superintendent OF the High School, says: u
can certify to the value of Hints Remedy having re-
cciycd great benefit from It's use. My troubles com
mcnccd twelve years ago. when my kidneys became
afflicted with Inflammation of the passages, but the
timely use Of so valuable medicine arrested the dis
ese can now cheerfuly recommend It to all suffer
ing as was"
MAY 81. 1881
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
On board the Pacific Mail steamer

On board the Pacific Mail steamer
Australia is rather venerable China
man called John Tuck, who is nearly
blind and does only light work. Many
years ago one of the company's ships
was taking a cargo of gold from Cali
tornia to Hong Kong. a fire broke out
The Chinese sailors were demoralized,
and this man controlled them. 1t was
owing to him that the crew did not
seize everything for a piratical expedi-
ton. The company would not part
with John Tuck after that.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

"HERE's a conundrum," exclaimed Fogg
the other morning at breakfast, after toy
ing with the commiuuted food on his plate.
"Why is the lady who come over with
Henry Irving like our daily fare" No
body succeeding in guessing, Fogg gave
the answer: because she is Miss Terry"
Boston transcript.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

FROM Col. c. II. Mackey, 32nd Iowa In.
fantry: have derived more benefit from
Ely's Cream Balm than anything else I
have ever tried. have now been using 1t
for three months and am experiencing no
trouble from Catarrh whatever. / have
been sufferer for twenty years. c. H.
MACKEY, Sisourney, Iowa, Feb. %, 1882.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
A Fortune

may be made by hard work, but can neither
be made nor enjoyed without health. To
these leading sedentary lives DIR. r. v.
Pi .rce's " Golden Medical Discovery" is
real friend. 1t stimulates the liver, purifies
the blood, and is the best remedy for con.
stump ion, which is scrSfulous disease Of
the lungs. By I'LL druggists.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

BEING entirely vegetable, no particular
care is required while using DIR. Pierce's
" Pleasant Purgative Pellets" They ope-
rate without disturbance to the constitu-
ton, diet, or occupation. For sick head
ache, constipation, impure blood, dizziness,
sour eructations from the stomach, bad
taste in mouth, bilious attacks, pain in
region of kidney, internal fever, bloated
feeling about stomach, rush of blood to head,
take DR.. Pierce's "pellets." By druggists
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

TO get the reputation among his
,wn people of being bad Indian" it
8 necessary for an Apache to kill his
mother, his squaw, several of his
opposes, and any other relatives who
nay happen to be handy Chicago
Inter- Ocean,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

THE ex-Speaker of the Alabama Assem-
bly, has been robbed. AS he was passing
through a lonely piece of woods near War
ren's Forks highwayman, who was con-
cea' ed In ditch, rose to a purse and all
explanation.-NOTristO Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

NEVER judge by Appearances; but, in
case of a heavy defalcation, it is generally
safe to judge by disappearances.-Ch Chicago
Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

ONE of the Indian pupils at Carlisle, Pa,
is said to be almost Incredibly clever at
performing arithmetical calculat' ons-a
sort of Indian summer, as itwere.-Indtdn-
dD0is Journal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

HAVE been entirely cured of a terrible
case of Blood Poisoning by the use of
Swift's Specific IS. S. S. after trying ev-
ervthing known to the medical people
without relief. JNo. S. TAGGART,
Salamanca, n. Y.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08
One of the Elect.

CLEVELAND, O.-The Plain Dealer re-
ports that Hon. Martin A. Foran, Congress
man-elect FROM the Cleveland, o., district,
has used s.. Jacobs Oil in his family and
has always found it safe and reliable, and
it afforded him great relief to a lame knee.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

THE man who tried to put 'this" and
"that" together had some difficulty in
working the words into anything like
satisfactory anagram.-DetrOH Free Press.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

TIE difference between a besotted man
and pi5 is a slight one at best. Ones a
hunting grog and the. others a Grunting
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

Sw1Fr's SPECIFIC Is. $50 has cured me
entirely of bad Blood Poison. l went one
hundred miles to get it, and it made me as
sound as new dollar.
J. w. WEYLEs, Meadville, Pa.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

WHEN Ismail Pasha looks at his bills for
fall bopnets, that's the time, of course, be
finds his harem scare 'im.-N. y. Graphic.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

In REGARD TO Ely's Cream Balm for Ca
tarrh, my answer is, can recommend it as
the best remedy l ever used. DIR. J. s.
VAUGHAN, Dentist, Muskegon, Mich.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

A GOOD many of the young bloods wear
diamond studs that stick. Paste always
does,-Chicd1O Inter Ocean.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

A STITCH in Time must make the old
chap feel sew-sew.-BHrlingtO Hu,okeye.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

FoR aged men, women, weak and sickly
children, without rival. VIII not cause
headache. Browns Iron Bitters.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

SUFFERERS FROM COUGHS, SORE THROAT,
etc, should try "BrOtsn's Bronchial
Troches," a sure remedy. 25 cents a boz.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

A DENTISTS appearance is apt to deceive
one. The mere he looks down in the mouth
the better he feels.-BuGdl0 Express.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

THERE is not always honor among
thieves. A society reporter is something
of pirate himself; yet he frequently at
tacks private ears.-N Y. Netos.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

SOME people can get along without
much work, but the butter-makers certainly
belong to one of the classes which churn a
living.-Ihe Judge.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

1T is certain that no river can run dry
N. o. Picdyune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

sity' is believed to have been a particular
ly Intelligent compositor.-N. y. Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

ONE HUNDRED per cent. is a profit that
always predicts fortune.-N I. Jour-
nal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

A CHILD that wakes with Group should
have q dose of Piso's Cure.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

SALTMARsH, ALA.-Dr. Jas. B. Mills says:
"Several of my patients have used Browns
Iron Bitters for chronic indigestion with
benefit"
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-11-08

REMARKABLY fine board-Sawdust.-
Herald.