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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
THE FOURTH
To be Celebrated in Good Old
Fashioned Style.

The various committees appointed
by the recent c~itizens' meeting are
making active preparations for =
good old fashioned celebration of the
national holiday. The programme
is not yet fully arranged, but sum-
Gent progress has been made
to assure a rousing celebration.
The proprietors of the
Pavilion have rendered the use of
that spacious building in which to
hold the exercises. One of our finest
elocutionists has been selected to
read the Declaration of Indepen.
dence, and an eloquent speaker has
been invited to deliver the grafton,
but neither has yet responded to the
invitation. The various secret orders
and civic societies, brass bands, both
Fire Departments, Union Guards
and other organizations have signi-
fed their willingness to take part in
the celebration, and the indications
are that the American eagle will 6Op
its wings and scream the national
anthem until the rock-bound noun
tains r~everberate with the song of
liberty.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Cattle Kings OF Texas.

Henry r. Harris, Jr., lately came
back. from . trip to Texas, where he
has some extensive landed interests.
He told me how he found things in
the Lone Star State. He said II
saw in Fort Worth an old fellow
who didn't look as if he had a dollar,
that was one Of the cattle kings of
Texas. He had lately sold his herds
to a company of capitalists for ST.
6OO, 600. They had not yet made the
payment and were already offered
100000 for the same herds by. q
London company. He did not own
an acre of land, but simply sold bis
cattle-mark: The tendency is for
outside capital to control the bust
ness. I rode over with q Mobile
capitalist who was carrying $500, 900,
with which he was going to set his
son up in cattle. He estimated that
the money-that is, the herds-would
double every three years, and that is
about the estimate of the best cattle
men OF Texas.--AHonta Constitution.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
A Solution of a Great Mystery.

People often wonder what becomes
Of the old tomato cans. Wagons can
he e in the street almost every
day, filled with old tin cans of every
description, picked from vacant lots
on the streets. They are taken to
Newark and sold for Is cents a hun
dred. The price is small, but cans
r numerous, and the gathering of
them pays handsomely, If our infor-
mant tells the truth. The Newark
purchaser sorts them out and puts
them ia a large furnace, which soft
ems them SO that they can be rolled
by machinery into plates. These
plates are %artificially blackened, and
present q smooth polished surface.
The trunkmahers buy them to bind
the edges and bottoms of trunks, and
often to cover up defects of woodwork.
In this manner old tomato cans be-
come a most useful as we'll as orna-
mental material. The process of
heating the cans also has its profita-
BILE result, for the solder, running
through a CRATE into a receptacle, is
sold for twelve cents apound, it alone
paying, 1t is claimed, all the price
paid for the cans.-Central New Jer-
seq Herald.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
The Snake River Gold Field.

Mace Chapman, who has lately re-
turned from a tour of Inspection in
the Snake River country, says that
Snake River is the most extensive
mining region known. A strip of
country several miles wide and three
or four hundred miles long will pay
from S. to Sis per day to the man by
the new process which is being
adopted. The machinery is simple
and cheap and requires but one man
to attend to it. 1t is estimated that
this vast area will pay $1,000 per
acle, say two miles wide and 500
miles long, 8S4, 600 acres, at 81, 800 per
acre, this would yield $6l4. 40O, 600.
Two miles may be too large an esti-
mate for the width, but we are sat;s-
fled that the workable ground ex-
tends from the lower canyon to the
head waters of the river, a distance Of
nearly 500 miles. The gold is there
and only requires capital and energy
to obtain it. Where there are springs
or small streams putting in, the water
is easily obtained, but in many III
stances long bitches have to be con-
structed, which will require consider
able capital, but it will pay the
biggest" kind for mining purposes
alone, besides such bitches could be
maize 80 as to cover large areas. of
excellent agricultural lands, and thus
be made permanent and profitable
investments. Boise Republican.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
A Common Kind of Vulgarity.
Chicago Weekly Magazine.

chicago weekly magazine.
A gentleman of wealth, culture
and refinement rented his elegantly
furnished country residence and
beautiful grounds for a short season
TO a family of high social standing,
and wealth equal to his own. Before
the term for which it was rented had
expired, he expressed privately to a
friend his chagrin and disappoint-
ment at finding that his tenants, in
stead of being people of refinement
and culture, as he had supposed,
were a set of vulgarians.
In reply to a surprised inquiry as
to what had caused him to 50 alter
his opinion, he replied "They have
no sense whatever of the value of
beauty; they are as destructive as
vandals. The gentleman Of the
house bitches his horses to my beau
tiful ornamental and fruit trees, and
pastures them on the front lawn.
The mistress permits her laundress
to fasten the clothes-line on branches
of fine shrubbery, and to throw
scalding suds on the grass. Every
article of furniture about the house
bears marks of abuse; the waste
pipes are permitted to become clog
ged, and the water overf1Ows and
leaks over my beautiful and delicate
paper. The windows are left open
and rain is permitted to blow in on
my carpets ; window screens are left
out and the flies ineffaceably injure
my picture-frames, chandeliers and
other delicate and beautiful things.
There is no excuse, no palliation
the whole secret is, that they are in
herently vulgar"
The ~gentlsman's language was
emphatic, but probably just. There
is an element of inherent vulgarity
in the abuse or destruction of beauti-
full things.
This 7ulgarity exhibits itself in
some people in their lack of care of
everything they touch. Such a per-
son borr0ws or reads q book, and
ever after the book carries the marks
of soiled fingers. Very likely the
pages are turned with moistened
thumb or finger, and the place is
probably marked by the turning
down of the corner of q leaf. Indeed,
comparatively few people know how
to read and care for q beautiful book.
1t is a pleasure occasionally to &C.
commodate q friend with the loan Of
some article which we have and
which he has not. If the article is
returned to US u%ninjured and with
every sign of are in its use, the
pleasure 10 unalloyed; but who has
not experienced the chagrin of re-
ceiving back from persons to whom
they have been loaned, articles with
their value destroyed forever by the
careless touch and handling of vul-
gar fingers.
This is u real test of refinement
this disposition and habit in the use
Of beautiful things, or in the use of
not our own. 1
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Personal.

DR.. A. H. Mitchell, of Deer Lodge,
is in the city.
J. X. Pardee, of the Alta-Montana
Company, came in from Wickes last
night.
C. B. Miller, the mining expert,
returned yesterday from a short trip
to Pipestone.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. g. Slavery, of Ca
BILE, were in the city yesterday en-
route to the States.
Ike Hyman, the San Francisco
clothing man, is interviewing his
Butte customers.
VIM. F. Stanley, who now makes
his home in Deer Lodge, is shaking
hands to-day with his host of Butte
friends.
Geo. w Brown and Con Bray, of
Bannack, have been in the city dur
ing the past few days and will re-
turn home to-day.
Henry Conant came in from KEEL
ton, Utah, yesterday with a freight
ing outfit, loaded with giant powder
for Lee w. Foster & Co.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Produce Market Report.

BUTTE, M. T., June Is, 1883.
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
Flour. Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
per cWt.
Mill Creek, XXXX, $3.50
percwt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, 3d. 80.
Mill Creek, New Process, $500.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, NEW process) $500.
Union Mills xxx Snow flake,
Utah Common, 1925
Utah Choice, $500.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per H., q cts.
Oats, $3.50.
Butter, per h., 32@35 cts.
Eggs, per case, $500.
Corn Meal, SC.
Beef, carcass, ~! cts.
Hay per ton, $23@$25
Bailed Hay, per ton, $22@2s.
Cheese, 20(222 cts.
Barley, $2.25@2.5O per cwt.
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 10 cts.
Pork, dressed, Is cts. per III.
Veal, 15cts. per Id.
Chickens, live, SIP per dozen.
Wood, $5.25 60 $500
Potatoes, 81 .SO@1 so y cwt.
Sausage, Is cts. per lb.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and
broken Of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain of
cutting teeth? If so, send at once
and get a bottle of Mrs. WINsLOw's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN
TEETH1NG. Its value is incalcul-
able. 1t will relieve the poor little
sufferer Immediately. Depend upon
it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. 1t cures dysentery and diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind collie, softens the gums,
reduces Inflammation, and gives
tone and energy to the whole system.
MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP
FOB CHILDREN TEETHINa is pleas
ant to the taste, and is the prescrip-
ton of one of the oldest and best fe-
male physicians and nurses in tho
United States, and is for sale by all
throughout the world.
Price rs cents a bottle. 6-1G-ly.
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Some little warmth seems to have
| been engendered on account of a dis
| cussion in regard to the relative
| speed of some of Jul local skateists,
and now they have commenced max
| ing their money talk, and somebody
| will probably have q lighter wallet
! next Saturday night.
The Independent, speaking of the
great falls of the Missuri, says that
most of the land on either side Of the
river embracing the seven falls, and
most il not all of the water power,
had been scripted by J.. J. Hill, of
St, Paul, the railroad king of Mime
sofa. and q man who knows its value
and will not be slow to utilize this
vast power for manufacturing pur-
poses.
"our people have too few holt
DAYS." This remark was made yes
terday by one who is entitled to take
high rank in the walks of social
science. The human being whose
life is passed in. the treadmiil Of labor
ar enprossed in the cares of business,
has iiberality, thought and agree.
able qualities squeezed out of
his nature. BY friction the
mind ia frightened; by contact with
adverse opinion ideas are liberalized;
and hv necessary rest and recreation
the faculties are strengthened. Hol-
idavs are for the common and gen.
eral GOOD, if they are not made the
occasions for dissipation and de-
bauchery.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Business Enterprise.

Our enterprising dry goods house,
Sands & Boyce, are reaching out for
busipe.s in every direction, and
while they are extending the scope
of their own operations the influence
of their wide awake representatives
abroad cannot fail to prove beneficia!
to Butte as the future trade centre OF
Montana. The last Livingston En-
terprise contains the following:
ID. r. Beck, travelling for SANDS
t = Boy yes;e of Butte sSd IS G. dy|:p Gs%n 'h his
!. goods in the parlors of the Livingston
House. HIS goods are principally
fine ladies' wear and carpets, and he
has been doing = good trade all day.
His arm is among the heaviest deal
ers in Montana, and without excep-
ton the biggest advertisers in the
west"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
NEWS.
Culled From tho Columns Of Our
Exchanges.

At their meeting last week the new
Commissioners of Custer County al
lowed bills amounting to $43, 375. %.
Glendive has an entire dearth of
secret orders, not a single society of
that character having yet been or
ganized there.
General Nelson A. Miles is one of
the contesting parties in a will case
soon to be tried in the Boston courts
involving 81, 500, 600.
The herds of cattle in the Yellow
stone valley are SC numerous that
trains can make but slow time on &C
count of 90 many animals being on
the track.
Jacob Severance, of Okla, while on
a visit to his horse ranch in Smith
river valley, last Wednesday, had his
right arm broken by a kick from one
of his stations.
The French company which re-
Gently purchased some of the Roch-
ester mines are preparing to erect a
mill there. Encouraging reports
continue to come from that camp.
Reports of returning labor seekers
from the Canadian Pacific terminus,
continue to indicate that it is a good
country to stay away from. Work
is hard to get and poorly paid.
The remains of a young man, wke
was apparently about twenty-five
years of age, were found in the Vel
loWst0ne river near Coulson last Sat-
urday. The body vas not identified.
q. w. Stevens became enraged at
his horse on Ten Mile last week and
beat the animal in an inhuman man
ner. He was arrested and taken to
Helena. where it cost him $3.50 to
settle with the court.
The Montana Gold Mining and
Milling Company is about to add
concentrating works to its mill on
Wisconsin creek, Madison county.
The machinery has arrived at Sheri-
dan, and will be removed to the COM
pany's mill site and erected forth
with.
The little five year old daughter of
Mr.. J. w. Carter, of Wolf creek,
while crossing Little Prickly Pear
creek Wednesday morning, fell from
a foot-log owe which she was walk
ing and drowned. The body was
the same afternoon about a
mile and q half down stream.
The body of drowned man was
found caught in the rocks in the
rapids opposite Coulson last week.
Preparations were made for a coro- |
ner's inquest, but while the jury
were being summoned the body be-
came dislodged and f1oated down
the river. The coroner's jury are
still hunting for their corpus deficit.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
From the Daily of Friday.
INFNL.IOITY.
A Wife and Mother Driven from
Homo and Children, Seeks
Relief in tho Courts.

The family jars and domestic heart
aches which too frequently mar the
happiness Of the hearthside should
be sacred from public gaze, so long
a. they are kept safely closeted in the
secret receptacle of silence allotted to
the family skeleton; but when under
the ~vivifying influence of uncurbed
passion the skeleton bursts its bonds
and stalks into the courts for an air
ing, the long hidden domestic infe.
LEFTY becomes. public property, and
in the interest of morality may be
blaz0ned on the outer walls rs q
warning finger to point out the reefs
and breakers in the matrimonial sea,
that their dangers may be avoided by
other craft which. sWArms its some-
times storm tossed waters. Thomas
and Nellie jackson plighted their
faith and were married midst the
sterile surroundings Of North Wales
many yeals ago; and it was thought
their love was as uncomfortable as
the legendary Cymries, who orig
inally ruled the little principally
from which tho Jacksens sprang;
but, like the Cymries, their matri-
monial empire was destined to final
overthrow, through internecine
brolls. A few years since they emil
grated to Utah and from there mi.
grated to Montana; the husband
becoming q section boss on the Utah
4 Northern railroad, located ut the
section house fourteen miles south of
Butte. Last Tuesday evening Mrs.
jackson came into Butte and imme-
diateiy proceeded to an officer of the
law to whom she narrated = pitiful
story Of wrong and violence suffered
at her husbands hands, eliminating
on the day before in her being driven
from her home, with kicks and blows,
and forced to leave behind her .
child only two years old and an
infant of three months. She was
taken before the probate court, where
she made a complaint against Jack
sen in the usual form, charging him
with assault and battery. A warrant
for Jacksen's arrest vas issued and
placed in the hands Of officer Lytle,
who accompanied by Mrs. jackson
proceeded to the fourteen mile sec
ton house, the lady stopping at a
neighbours house while the officer
went on to serve the warrant.
jackson was found in the
section house, and on being con-
fronted with the warrant told the
officer that it was impossible for him
to go to Butte, as he had two babies
to take care Of" "All right" said
the officer, I'VE will take the babies
down to this house and leave them
with the lady there" jackson was
considerably surprised to find that
1.-THE lady there" was the wife SO re-
Gently driven from her home and
children. Leaving the children in
charge of the mother, jackson was
brought to Butte, where he was yes
terday arraigned for trial; but the
not being ready he was placed
under $500 bonds to appear at l p. m.
when he will have a hearing.
jackson is said by those who know
him to have sustained q good general
reputation, and it is to be hoped that
the evidence presented to-day may
in some degree palliate his alleged
offence as set forth in his wife's COM
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Patrick A. Largely, plaintiff, against John K.
Waite, defendant.
To be sold at Sherif's sale, on the eth day of
July, A. D.. 1883, at . o'clock P. NJ, at the front
door OF the Court House, in the City OF Butte,
County OF Silver Bow, Territory of Montana, the
following described real property, to-wit:
All the right, title and interest that the de.
fendant, John K. Waite, had, and since has, on
the 18th day Of March, A. d.. 1883, in and to the
in Book B of Miscellaneous Records Of Silver
Bow County, N. 7. Also. the Polar Star Fire
Claim, recorded on Page l3s in Book B Of Mis-
cellaneous Records of Silver Bow County, N. T.
Also, Big Hole Fire Clay Claim, recorded on
Page 100 in Book B Of Miscellaneous Records Of
Silver Bow County, NJ. T. Also, Albertson Fire
Clay Claim, recorded on Page 1Ol in Book
Miscellaneous Records Silver Bow County,
Montana Territory.
Dated this 18th day of June. A. D. 1855.
GEORGE w. IRWIN, H.,
Sheriff of Silver Bow County. MT.
F.. MCBRIDE, Attorney for plaintiff.
616a-W4w
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Railroad Racket.

Trains will begin running to Hele-
ia regularly next week.
An eleven stall addition is being
built to the Northern Pacific round
house at Glendive.
Work is progressing on the switch
back or overhead track at the summit
around the Mullan tunnel noun
tains.
The Benton branch of the North.
ern Pacific, is to be built as far as the
Bull mountain coal fields this season.
The graders now employed on the
National Park road are expected to
complete their labors next week and
will be transferred to the Benton
line.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16

The Police Court was occupied yes
terday afternoon in the hearing of
the case of Edward Joyce, who was
charged with kicking down Hector
GOdchaux' back door while under
the influence of Galena street tangle-
foot. He demanded a jury trial. and
the six men good and true brought
in . verdict Of guilty, and fixed the
penalty at SIS and costs. At last &C.
counts Joyce was rustling for ar ap-
peal bond.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Kosure and Lamond's Benefit.

Tonight Messrs. Kosure aud La
mond take a benefit at the Theater
Comique, when a grand bill will be
presented. Each one of the perform
ers will appear in their very best spe-
cilaties, and an additional attraction
will be presented in a grand sparring
match between Messrs. Cusick, Nor
gan, Ben Arthur, Alfred James and
others who have kindly volunteered.
No doubt the boys will have a rous-
ing benefit, as they have many
friends in Butte. They deserve a
bumper.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
Death of James Farnsworth.

The sad death of James Farms
worth. an employee of E.. L. Bonner
l. Co. in Deer Lodge, and which for
a time was believed to be the result
of an overdose of morphine acciden-
tally administered, has proven to
have been the result Of natural causes.
A post-mortem examination was held
upon the remains last Tuesday by
Drs. Johnston and Laurin who
agreed upon the conclusion that death
had resulted from congestion of the
lungs. The investigation of the mat
ter developed the fact that the
amount Of. morphine contained in the
five powders, supposed to have been
taken by the deceased, was not sufh-
Gent to produce death.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
A MINERS FATE.
Samuel Bond Fatally Wounded
by q Powder Explosion
At the Magma Charta.

Shortly after midnight yesterday
morning q miner named Samuel
Bond was killed by a powder
explosion in the south tunnel of the
Magma Charta mine. He had just
fred q double shot and putting =
charge in athird hole, already drilled;
he lit the fuse and retired to a safe
distance. The shot exploded all
right and with good effect, as shown
by the displacement OF rock, and he
Immediately set about removing the
debris; but almost the first blow he
struck into the fragments of
rock produced a terrific explosion the
flying fragments striking him in the
right groin and the force of the con-
cussion hurting him about twenty
feet through the tunnel. Several
miners were working in the vicinity,
who picked the wounded man up
and carried him to the surface. His
right side was terribly lacerated and
the hip bone carried away as if
struck by a cannon ball. 1t was evil
dent that the unfortunate ran could
not live, but Dr. Bishop was hastily
summoned, and reached the side of
the dying man a few moments after
he had breathed his last. He lived
about thirty minutes after the acct
dent. The theory is. that the hole
was charged with a detective stick of
powder, and that only a por-
ton of the charge was burned in the
first explosion, and that the remain
der of the stick was exploded by con-
cussion when the deceased struck
his pick into it. Mr.. Bond had been
in the employ of the Alice
Company for about two years,
and was a steady industrious man.
He was well known in Butte and
VAUDEVILLE, and was generally
respected as an intelligent miner,
who made friends of all who knew
him by his kindly disposition and
sterling character. He was thirty
two years of age and leaves a wife
and child to mourn his untimely
death. The deceased will be buried
this afternoon under the auspices of
the Miners' Union, Of which he was
ali Influential member.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16

The Boulder Hot Springs are now
open to the public; distance from
Boulder City two miles. Patients
coming to Boulder City transported
to and from the springs free. These
springs have been known to the pub
lie for years. The medicinal proper
ties of the waters, both for drinking
and bathing, are unequalled. Hot,
cold and plunge baths at all hours.
First-class accommodations for lads Is
and families. A good physician per-
manently located at the springs.
WILLIAM T. SWEET,
6-2-s-W-tf Proprietor.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-16
RiChelieu.

John S. Lindsay will make his
first appearance in Butte at the Opera
House on Monday evening next. In
dications are that the gentleman will
be greeted by a large and cultured
audience. During this star engage
ment we will have for the first time
in this city some Shakespearian rep
reservations also, as MI. Lindsay is a
thorough Shakespearian actor. The
repertory also embraces Sheridan
Knowles great play of the Hunch-
back.
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DIED.

3OND.-At Centervills, Friday morning. at As
O'Clock, Mr.. Samuel Bond, aged 333 years.
The funeral OF deceased will take place from
Masonic Temple, in this city at 2 O'Clock p. H.,
to-day.
ABRAHAM.-In this city, Thursday, June IA,
1883, Annie. daughter of NJ. Ond Ida Abra.
ham, aged one year and II days.
the funeral will take place from the residence
Of the parents, West Park street, at ten O'Clock
TO-DAY: