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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
A Penitentiary Escape Heard
From.

While in Chicago Sheriff Irwin
met Robert Lowrey, who was for
merly a Deputy Sheriff in Butte
and had charge of the county Jail
during the time John Murphy was
in Jail awaiting trial for stealing a
box of cartridges from in front of a
Main street store. In curse Of the
conversation Lowrey mentioned as a
case OF remarkable resemblance,
having seen a man or the street s
of Chicago that looked very much
like Murphy, and said: eff I hadn't
known that Murphy was safe be-
hind the bars of Deer Lodge peni-
Tertiary. I would have sworn it was
him." The Sherlfrs smile was Sc
reneiy bland as he informed IIowrey
that Murphy escaped from the Pen
two months ago. Lowrey had Muir
ply under his eye nearly every day
for six months. He was a man of
strongly marked features who would
be readily recognized, and there Is
very little doubt but Lowrey's faith
in the penitentiary bars prevented
him from recognizing and return
ing to Montana one of our escapes.
The Sheriff made every effort to
discover the fugitive. but some time
had elapsed since he had been
seen, and he was unable to gain
any clue to the direction Of his
fitting.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28

-Four new stars will appear at the
Comique tonight. Among them Is
Miss Lottie Allen, who is regarded
as the most refined lady song and
dance artistic in the profession. Miss
Lille Darlington, who has played
in SEINE of the best theatres in the
country, and Messrs. Kennedy and
Mcbride, the Irish Kings, complete
the new acquisition to the Comique
troupe.
Tom Irvine of Deer Lodge is said
to be one of the best shots with a re-
volver in the Territory. The Miles
City Press says: A few days ago
Tom Irvine was out practicing with
a revolver, and four successive times
shot a chip out of Louis Kings hand
at a distance of twenty yards. A
stranger watching the performance
of this feat of nerve and skill said
that he wanted Tom to always think
of him as a friend
Patrick E. White, of Walkerville,
died of pneumonia on Monday. He
was a well-known miner, aud a
member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. His funeral will
take place at three O'Clock this after
noon, under the auspices of the A. o.
u. W., from their hall at Walker
Vile.
The recent importation of carp Ii
to be placed in J. B. Orr's fish pond
and Irvine lake.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Railroad Racket.

Three Pullman sleepers left Omaha
Saturday for the Oregon Short Line
division of the Union Pacific.
The Idaho Enterprise says it is re-
ported that the Union Pacific Com
pany are now employing Cinnamon
to ''spOt" conductors on the Oregon
SHIRT Line.
The Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany is experimenting with an in
vention designed to throw obstacles
from the car tracks. It consists OF
two %truncated cones, which are made
to revolve by connection with the
front wheels.
We have it from good authority,
says the Ogden Pilot, that the Union
Pacific directors have in view, in
making the inspection just completed
of tie Oregon Short Line. the idea of
constructing feeders to 1t at various
points. After constructing about 50
miles more of the main line, 1t Is in
tended to commence the building of
three feeders, and run them to all
important places in the adjacent
country.
We are informed that a scheme is
on foot to build a narrow guage rail.
road into the gold mines from Rath-
drum. 1t is limited that the Northern
Pacific road is interested in the enter
prise, which, if true, insures its con-
~struction. No DOUBT there will be a
road built to the mines FROM some
mint IN tho Markham Pacific hofnro
thi- date next year. The travel and
traffic will demand this highway
Spokane Chronicle.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Youthful Travel; re-.

Ogden Pilot, Nov. "a: Yesterday
there arrived here from Butte City,
Montana, two boys aged respectively
10 and Ii years, whoare on their way
TO St. Ann, Illinois,. The little fel-
lows being. of course, too young to
handle tickets, they are tagged with
the name Of their destination, and
their tickets are passed along from
,oad to road and conductor to con-
ductor, a system which guarantees
their safe arrival at st. Ann. One
If the smallest travellers that has
passed through the country oy rail,
was a little mite of three years, which
the Union Pacific road sent to FL
mira, New York, early this week.
At first it was a perplexing question
how to get the child there, but provi-
deutially. a bronzed and grizzled
miner, bound direct to Elmira, was
found. When requested to take
charge of the tiny traveller, the mans
face lit up with a kindly smile, and
he assented with q willingness that
evinced the beating Of y warm heart
beneath his rough exterior.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Local News
SANDS Il BOYCE

Bar silver was quoted on the New
York market yesterday at $l.10.
Tomorrow being legal holiday
| the tanks will be closed and Sunday
hours will be observed at the post Of
flee.
The MINER Office is indebted to
Mr.. Dodson, Of the County Treas
urer's Office for c%ourtesies extended
to its news gatherer.
The music for the bal masque car
nival at the Granite street Pavilion
tonight will be furnished by the
Miners Union band.
A union Thanksgiving service will
be held at the Congregational chapel
to morrow at ii q. m. Preaching by
Rev. T.. ". Clark.
There is a family in Butte named
Limburger. The old folks stand it
very we'll but the young Limhurgers
are talking Of applying to the next
Legislature for relief.
Plnkham's art sale was Well at
tended yesterday and the elegant
paintings and handsome parlor orna-
ments were knocked off at ruination
prices. Special sale for the ladies at
o'clock this afternoon.
Yesterdays thaw, succeeded by
freezing weather, made the board
sidewalks decidedly difficult to navl-
gate and the unlucky pedestrians
who suddenly found themselves paw
ing the air with their feet were nu-
merOus.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Railroad Racket.

The erection of a passenger depot
at Garrison has been commenced
and work Is being pushed along rap
idly. Large quantities of material
lumber, rails, etc.-are being for
warded over the u. & n. daily.
The Northern Pacific road-bed be-
tween Minneapolis and Saux Rapids
has been completed and rail laying
begun. AS the Manitoba road can
be utilized all the way, rails can be
put down practically as fast as the
material can be furnished--six to ten
miles a day, if required.
The contractors laying track on
the jefferson & Wickes railroad got
to Jefferson City Friday night.
Only four miles more and the road
will be completed.
Parties from the Park inform US
| that a corps of engineers are at work
near the boundary line. They are
supposed to be q party sent out by
| the Union Pacific railroad company,
to survey a route for q branch road
| up the Madison river to the Park
} Bozeman Chronicle.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28

The list Of heavy taxpayers pub
lished in another column is an elo-
quent commentary upon the prosper
ity of Silver Bow county and the
large amounts assessed against the
principal mining companies show the
healthy condition of that industry.
E ght companies pay taxes amount
ing to $l9, 694.62, the Lexington lead
ing off with $5,594.19. followed by
the Alice, So. $50. q, the Anaconda,
$2,O55 s., Colorado Montana Smelt-
ing Company, s2,oeO.64, Moulton.
S 1905. 70 down to the Silver Bow
company which pays $1,l43.e2.
Frederick Krankr, who came to
Butte some weeks since as the repre-
sentative of the Helena German pa
per, submitted to the amputation of
his left leg above the knee at the
county hospital yesterday. The OPP
Grafton became necessary on account
oferysipelas resulting from a sprained
ankle.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
The Vicissitudes of Life.
from Il Washington Letter

from Il Washington Letter.
Rose Eytinge was here palying al
one of the theatres last week. One
evening l was standing in the rotun,ia
when an old cdbline told me the
following, which l have never seen
in print: When Rose was young she
appeared here one winter. She was
very hndsome then. Henry J. Ray
mond, editor of the New York Times
was a member of Congress and he
became much fascinated with the
beauty. One night a call of the
house was ordered. Raymond was
one of the delinquents whom the
Sergeant-at-aruls produced after mid
night. The correspondent of the
Times was in the gallery. Not to
lose q good sentiment he included in
his description of the scene the fol-
loving: "Then appeared Mr.. Ray
mond, flushed with the rosy tinge Of
the morning." 1t was an excellent
hit. and made no end of fun. A
week later he was discharged. Ray
mond was not the man to be tritied
with by a subordinate. That winter
RAYMOND and George Butler were
admirers of this actress. Raymond
is dead and George Butler is locked
up in the work house down back of
the Capitol. Do you suppose she
thought of either of them when she
! was here?..
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Produce Market Report.

BUTTE, M. r., Nov. "a, 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:
saFlour Ruby Valley, XXXX, $4.W
per cwt.
Mill Greek, xxx. $500
percwt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Greek, New Process, $500.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, new process) %.N.
Union Mills xxx Snow fake,
$3.50.
Utah Common, $s.25i
Utah Choice, $500.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per TO-, 2 cts.
Oats, 81. 5@1.80.
Butter, per h., 5000 cts:
Eggs, per case, $12.5O@11.0o
Corn Meal, SC.
Beef, carcass, Sc.
Hay per ton, $24@$26
Bailed Hay, per ton, $222 @24.M
Cheese, 2O@2 cts6
Barley, s.. per cwt..
Dried beans, Montana, Z cts.
Mutton, 8 cts.
Pork, dressed, $8@10cts. per Id.
Veal, 123cts. per ID.
sausage, Is cts. per Id.
Venison carcass Sc@10e
Chickens, live, So at $40 per dozen
Wood, $6.00@$7.
Potatoes, $3.50 Govt
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Evacuation Day.

Yesterday was a gala day in New
York. One hundred years ago the
last British soldier and the last Brit
ish officer left New York for their
home across the Atlantic. The occa-
sion was commemorated by the un-
yelling of a statue of Washington on
the steps of the treasury building in
the presence of one of the most bril-
liant assemblages that ever congre-
gated in the United States. The statue
is erected on the spot where he took
the oath of Office as the first President
of the United States. 1t was unveiled
by Governor Cleveland with the most
imposing and impressive ceremonies.
After which G orge William Curtis
delivered an address, which the
MINER presents in full this morning.
1t is a scholarly production and will
pay careful reading.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Police Pickings.

Henry Brown, a belligerent indi
vidual who while under the influence
of Park street tanglefoot thought
he could clean out the town, an.
peared before Judge French yes
terday in a very amiable frame Of
mind, and pleading guilty to the i'm.
parchment was assessed SIS and costs.
John Jenkins pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault, and pungled S.
and costs.
John Brophy was arrested on a
charge of drunkenness and using
abusive language. He will have a
hearing to-day.
A kid was ruiz In yesterday for
coasting on the sidewalk, much to the
CONSERVATION of pedestrians, who
did some lively jumping to keep the
sled from knocking their feet from
under them. The urchin pleaded
piteously to be released, and promis-
ing not to repeat the offence vas re-
leased on a bond which was drawn
up with great solemnity and signed
by himself and "Billy the Bootblack"
as surety. 1t is we'll enough Tor the
boys to know that a city ordinance
exists making it a misdemeanor to
coast on the travelled streets, and Of
tenders may not get off 40 lightly in
the future.
Dan Agoa, of Walkerville, missed
his overcoat on Sunday and suspected
q man named Sullivan of cribbing it.
Tracing the mans movements up,
the "top benny" was found "in
at the New York pawn shop
morning. The proprietor
restored the coat to Agoa, on demand
of the officers, and now he is looking
for a man named Sullivan.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Personal.

+. P. Jackson and J. T. Thomas
are up from Deer Lodge.
L. v. Clark, ct st. Louis, arrived
on yesterday evenings train.
Arthur Clements, of Quincy, ILL.,,
is among yesterdays arrivals.
Billy and Johnny Sloan, of Bould-
er valley, are spending a few days in
the city.
w. H. Mcbride and wife arrived
from Portland, Oregon, yesterday,
and will spend a few days in the
city.
Salton Cameron, the well.known
mining man Of Cable, will return to
the camp this morning after a ten
days. sojonrn in the mining metrop-
oils. He mas everything in good
shape for running the mill and mine
night and day during the winter,
and will work the Pyrenees for all
it's worth this winter.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
A Sharp Trick.

Independent. 25th: Last night a
man who had no money and less
honesty got away with the eek
change" in a novel mannsr. It is
customary with the faro games in
that establishment when a player
"draws out" and there is not enough
money in the drawer to pay him, to
send. him to the bar for his money.
The individual above mentioned
stood around, and seeing how it was
done, walked boldly up to the bar
and called for 500. The bar
keerer asked which table he
had played at, and one was point
ed out. The money was handed
e and tho fellow skipped. He
was no more than out of sight when
the trick was discovered, but at
present writing he has not oeen
caught.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
Resolutions of Coincidence.

The following preamble and reso'
lutions were presented to the An.
cient order of Hibernians by John
Cadigan, chairman of the committee:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the AL.
mighty to take from our midst our
friend and brother, John f. Boyle;
and
WHEREAS, In his departure we
have lost an honorable citizen and q
true and faithful member of our so
ciety; therefore. be it
RESOLVED, That we deeply mourn
with the friends and relatives of our
deceased brotherand sympathize with
the parents in this their hour Of be-
reavement.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in the Butte MINER, and
a copy be sent to the parents Of the
deceased in Ireland.
JOHN CADIGAN,
DENNIS DRIsCOLI.,
JOHN MOORE,
PATRICK O'NEIL,
JOHN KELLY,
MAURICE FULLERTON,
Committee.
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Ben Hogan.

The meeting at Thomas Amphi-
theatre Sunday night was attended
by the largest audience Of the series.
A number of interesting addresses
were made and score OF converts to
the doctrine of sObriety signed the
pledge. In the course of his remarks
Mr.. Hogan expressed his thanks to
J. D. Thomas who had generously
given the use Of his hall for the meet
ing.
The Reform Club will be addressed
by Mr.. Hogan tonight at the Baptist
chapel under Coed Templar hall.
Mr.. Hogan says the work in Butte
"has just commenced" and exhorts
sll co-workers to come to the Reform
Club meeting tonight. especially
those singers who are familiar with
the gospel songs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
THE RICHMOND OF TO-DAY.
Brisk, Clean, aud Orderly, With
out a Vestige Of the Late War
DiscernabIe.
Joaquin Hiller.l

Joaquin Miler.l
A wide-bailt city of brick on even
little hills, lowering above the plung-
ing James river, with many little is-
lands, orisk streets, very clean, wide
and orderly, and so densely wooded
as to almost conceal the three-story
houses; healthy, ave down in the
low and miserable huts of marsh and
mud, where uncleanliness invites dis
| ease; q busy commercial aud mann
featuring city beyond the river, and
| several bridges, q rolling, English
down looking country of vast reach
and fertility still beyond; factories
on the intervening islands and rlver-
banks, roaring with progress, send
ing up a smoke that hOveIs over the
tawny rushing river like smoke Of u
mighty battle-and that Is Richmond
to-day, only one generation after she
was the proud and war-like capital
of the Confederacy.
One is surprised at the order and
the industry here. Now and then
you come upon knots of colored peO-
pie loatlng about in a dazed, lazy and
helpless fashion, but they do not seem
vicious or loud-only indolent and
helpless; black Micawbers.
Churches are notably numerous:
school houses which the res
idence of Jefferson Davis is conspicu-
Gus, both from its modest elegance
and old assOciation-are also TO be
seen on every hand throughout this
woody and industrious town. / am
infOrmed-I have no immediate
means of testing the exact truth
that there are more church members
comparatively, in the city of Rich
mond than almost any other in our
republic. From the order. the clean
illness, the quiet righteousness of tho
people Of all classes, l am inclined to
believe the statement, whether of inn
pOrtance or not, to be true.
A vestige of the war, material,
moral, OF otherwise, is not discOvera-
BILE to the stranger. Old Libby pris-
OH, down by the dirty river bank.
looks no more like a prison than the
dozen other big tobacco-houses, all
with iron grated windows 1t is No
longer a tobacco warehouse, but q
monstrOus, groaning, roaring mill.
where bark, bones, stones and ali
sorts of things are ground up for fer
tilizing the soil. But it brings up
strange fancies this grooming, grind
ing and crashing in there, and then
the dense, black, Vesuvlan smoke
that pours necessarily out OF the top.
and hangs forever over it.
The city is building up fast build
ings are booming ahead, just like
New York, Boston. London, Paris.
improving in sill respects just like
these and other great cities. You art
liable to get mortar OF you almost
any where, but the march Of improv-
ment is mainly toward the west and
upon the banks of the river.
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The number of miles of land grant
railroads constructed TO June 30,
1889, foots up to 17,4+9 miles. The
question of declaring a forfeiture Of
some of these grants especially Of a
number of Southern roads will
doubtless come before the next Con-
Urpaa.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
GATH" TELLS THE STORY
OF the Fatal Duel Which Took
Place Between Burr and
Hamilton.

OF the Fatal Duel Which Took
Place Between Burr and
Hamilton.
George Alfred Townsend ia the
Enquirer.
Aaron Burr had already fought
one duel there four years previously
and Gen. Hamilton's son had been
killed there in the autumn OF 1901
through a quarrel that took place in
a theatre. The young man was shot
In the right side above the hip.
through the body and the ball lodged
in the left arm. Like his father, he
was boated over to the city, and died
in a few hours after.
The eminent Dewitt Clinton
also fought a duel on this spot about
two years before Hamilton fell with
one of Col. Burr's adherents and
twice wounded his antagonist. The
cause Of Burr's challenge, as is We'll
known, was the opposition the latter
made to his party, the Federalists.
assisting Burr to defeat the regular
Republican candidate for governor
of New York, as he had previously
opposed the Federalists electing Bur;
President in place Of Jefferson,
Burr spent the night before the
duel writing letters, to his child
rem in South Carolina, and in
the morning a few u his friends
came together at his house in what
is now Fulton street, and carried him
to the river shore and crossed with
him, arriving on the fatal field at
half-past 6 o'clock. Burr himself.
with his second, took off their coats
and began to remove the u%nderbrush
and while they were doing so Hamil-
tons party arrived, and principals
and seconds bowed TO each other.
The distance was measured, ten full
PAGES. Hamilton chose the best posi-
ton. and had "'the word" and he
faced the city Of New york, which
be had seen to grow, partly under
his wise providence, to be already
the emporium of the new world.
Burr faced the rocks, hard as his des
tiny was henceforward to be. The
grandfather Of Gearge Fl Pendleton.
Cl VuIO, HdNC AAaiA1AAloA AAo po6AoAOh
saying: twill you have the hair
spring set?"
"Not this time," said Hamilton.
The word was merely''present." Atter
the first shot from either, the opposite
second began to count, zone, two,
three-fire!" and during this recital
the fire had to be returned. The two
eminent men fired almost together,
and Hamilton's pistol seemed to have
gone off involuntary. Hamilton
sank down, and Burr advancing q
step, as if to help him, suddenly turn-
ed around, and a friend raised an
umbrella on him aud hurried him to
his boat, when he Immediately went
to New York-and to breakfast.
The ball had struck Hamilton in one
of the ribs and fractured it, passing
through the liver and diaphragm
and lodged in one Of the vertebrate.
His countenance assumed a lived
expression, and he uttered the words.
''This is a mortal wound, doctor" and
swooned. He was carried to his
boat and rowed over the river, and
died the following day in the after
noon, at the early'age of As.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28
SOLID
Taxpayers Who Pay Over 800
on the Assessment Of 1888.

The following list Of taxpayers
whose taxes amount to more than
500 on the current assessment roll
will be interesting as showing the
solid men and institutions Of Silver
Bow county, and who furnish the
sinews of war for maintaining our
county government and building the
finest court house on the Pacific
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-28

A disease known as "swellhead"
has attacked the cattle in the Chicago
stock yards. The dis, ase attacks
Youthful editors in Montana. It Is
claimed to be the result Of the lodge
ment of microscopic notifies of brain
in the Uranium.