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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-17

The grand jury have found true bills for
conspiracy to murder against Kingston,
Gibney and Healy, charged with conspiracy
10 murder Pool, and true bill for threaten
ing TO murder sgainst Matthias Brady, who
was charged with making threats against the
life Of the jury which convicted his brother,
Joe Brady
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05
The Episcopal Fair.

The ladies of the Episcopal church
opened their Fair at Caplice Hall last
evening. Owing to the appearance
of the Katie Putnam troupe in the
city, the attendance was not as large
a. may be expected during the rest of
the week. The ladies having the
Fair in charge deserve great credit
for the very neat and tasty manner
in which they have decorated the
spacious room, and for the attractive
display they make of the many
beautiful articles they offer to
purchasers. Oyster parlors have
been partitloned off at each end of
the room where the luscious bivalves
are served Gas you like them,'
while lemonade, cigar and candy
stands are conveniently located near
them. Their attractiveness is en-
HANGED by the presence of beautiful
young ladies and fair DANES, who are
ever ready to attend the wants OF
customers. A piano, at the farther
end Of the hall, is at the disposal of
the unsteady inclined, and skilful
performers are not wanting to en-
liven the Gene with enhancing
music. The fair promises, as it de-
serves, to be a financial success for
the church in whose interest it was
inaugurated.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05
Phantom Carnival.

At the request of ladies interested
in social events to occur on Christ
mas Eve, MI. Thomas has decided to
change the date of the grand formal
opening of the skating amphitheatre
to Thursday night, December Goth.
The occasion will be attended with
unusual interest and will present
something new under the sun to
Butte society in the shape of a
'phantom carnival" in which the
sheet and pillow case phantom may
meet upon terms Of perfect equality
and make merry in their ~grotesque
costumes, with kings, queens,
Knights, and ladies of we olden time,
robed in the gorgeous costumes of
the courts of France and Spain. No
restrictions will be placed upon at
tendants as to the costumes worn,
those desiring to appear en masqucr-
ade or a la phantom, acting their
own pleasure in the choice,
hut HI applicants for tickets will
pass the examination OF II committee,
and none but reputable characters
will be permitted to attend. Nego.
tiations are pending with San Fran
cisco costumers to bring for rental a
line of the NEST brilliant costumes,
and it isexrected the phantom carni-
val will eclipse any thing of the kind
ever given in Montana. The floor
managers and various committees
will be composed of prominent So
cietv gentlemen whose names will be
hereafter announced.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05
Renshaw Opera House.

The charming little actress Katie
Putnam and her peerless company of
artists made their bow to q crowded
house last night behind the opera
house footlights in the pathetic and
at the same time humorous play,
LENA, the Madcap." Thatthe little
favorite has in no wise lost her power
to please Montana audiences was
fully evinced by the applause with
which she was greeted, and the fire.
quent encores which followed were
fitting tributes to her h%istrionic pow
ers. There seems to be something
about her which captivates all who
see and hear her, and %prejudices
them in her favor forever after. This
can only find explanation in her tai
ent on the stage, the completeness
with which she loses herself in the
part she impersonates, her graceful
actions, slight girlish figure, and
naturally attractive ways, both on
and off the stage.
She is we'll supported by the COM
pany, the entire performance moving
with that smoothness which can only
be attained by genuine talent in every
cast of the play. The company will
play every evening this week, pro-
ducing q succession OF such brilliant
comedies as are calculated to please,
recreate aud entertain the audience
without the wearying strain upon
the attention produced by plays of a
heavier character.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05

An old mule train passed through
Missoula last week bound for the
Caur d'Alene mines.
A Methodist church has been Oh
ganized at Shalkaho, Missoula coun-
ty.
The forthcoming history of Mon
tana will CONSIST of two volumes of
about 1000 pageseach.
Montana dressed beef took a raise
in the St. Paul market this week.
It still brings the same figures that
are given for Iowa graded corn.fed
beef.
Choteau county's heaviest tax
payer this year is the Benton and St.
Louis Cattle Company, which pays
So, 1874. Is. D. A. G Floweree comes
next with taxes amounting to ST.
$50. 80.
The banking firm of htebbins,
Mund & Co. have made the necessary
arrangements for the establishment
of a National Bank which will
he known as the First National Bank
of Billings.
The Billings artesian we'll is not
striking it as rich as the Miles City
bore. The Alkali City hole is now
down 700 feet, at a cost of $1,000, and
nearly as dry as a powder house.
They propose going 1000 feet before
giving up the job.
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From the Daily Of Tuesday.
TERRIBLE
TWO Employees of the Wickes
Branch Crushed Under an
Engine.

Independent: D. J. Sullivan, fire.
man on a Wickes branch construc-
ton train, and George Riley, brake
man, met with a fearful accident
Thursday night at about 8 o'clock.
Sullivan was underneath the locomo-
tive (which was standing on the
track q short distance this side of
J%efferson) cleaning out the ashes,
and Riley was standing on the ten
der, when a fiat car loaded with
wood came dashing down the grade,
having broken loose from a TT lin at
Jefferson and struck the lomotive. It
was but an instant from the time the
a came in sight tillthe collision oc-
Cured, and there was no time for the
men to get out of the way of danger.
Sullivan only managed to get part
way out from underline engine when
the wheels struck him, cutting his
left foot off ut the ankle joint and
crushing his right leg below the
knee. Riley was hurled from the
tender and got his right foot caught
under the engine, and it was cut off
below the ankle joint. Both men
were brought to Helena yesterday
morning. and are now in the hospi-
tai.
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Obituary.

Thomas Reed Edwards, District
Attorney of this judicial district,
died this morning at $50 O'Clock; but
little hopes had been entertained Of
his recovery for several weeks. In
the discharge of his duty at the last
term of Court, which was all GRIM
inal business, he worked very hard,
discharging his duties with signal
ability, and when Court adjourned
he was about worn out, and took to
his bed with an attack of asthma.
Soon after erysiplas set in severely,
and that with other complications
bafled the skill of his physicians,
who were unremitting in their atten-
ton, and at no time can it be
said that he rallied from the strain
put upon his physical organization.
Mr.. Edwards was about thirty-eight
years old, and was born in Jefferson
City, Missouri. He has filed several
important public trusts, having been
a representative in both branches of
the Legislature, representing this
county ably and faithfully. Last
wear he was elected to the office of
Dr. trict Attorney for this Judicial
District, and has made an enduring
record in that capacity. He has been
for a number Of years a member OF
Gallatin Lodge, No. 6, A. F. Il A.
M, and was twice honored by being
elected Master. He will be buried by
the Masonic fraternity tomorrow af-
ternoon, unless it shall be determined
to send the remains east.-Bozeman
Chronicle, Dec. l.
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A Savage Reconciliation.

The conclusion of the treaty OF
peace between the Sioux and Grow
Indians recently effected at the
agency of the latter was signalized by
some remarkable rites of savagery.
The two tribes have Deer at war for
many years. The Crows have been
steadfast friends to the whites and
the immunity enjoyed by eastern
Montana from lncursions by the
slayers of Custer has been largely due
to the fierce enmity which existed
between the two tribes. The final
ceremony of the treaty is thus de-
scribed by a correspondent of the
Sioux City Journal A band of Sioux
warriors first advanced, knelt on
one knee on the ground, and cooked
their guns. An old Crow brave ad-
vanced, accused the Sioux of killing
bis son, and raised his gun as if to
fire. Other Crow warriors rushed In,
disarmed the old man, and coming
to the Sioux presented them with
bits of wood. Each twig presented
represented a pony, and these wood
en- promissory notes were redeemed
by giving the Sioux 1873 ponies. Thus
peace concluded between the
two nations.
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The Leaver trial before Justice
Nichols turned out to be considerable
of a fasco. All the defendants were
exonerated from the charge Of rob-
berry. and there being no evidence to
implicate McElroy and Kroach in
any manner they were honorably dis
charged from custody. Thomas Rice
was held in $500 bail en- q charge of
assault to do bodily injury.
Rapid progress is being made at
the new court house. The roof IS
now about ready for the timers, and
the framework of the belfry, which
will be ornamented by a colossal four
dial clock, towers aloft; the entire
building giving a good idea Of the
graceful proportions and substantial
" ornate architectural design of the
building which will be the future
pride of Western Montana.
The story has been circulated that
a Butte business man was made the
victim of a panel racket in first-class
metropolitan style, by two transient
women at an out-of-the-way hotel,
a few nights ago, by which he was
relieved of $500. Being a married
man, he readily put up the ducats
when caught, and considered he was
being let off light. AS the story
comes from the alleged victim him
self. the reporter received it with
liberal grains of allowance.
The Billings artesian well il SD
feet deep and still dry.
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Serving Uncle Sam.

Scene: Deer Lodge District Court
yesterday.-In the regular order OF
business the names of the jury venire
were called, among them that of J.
P. Brophy.
"Here,'' answered Brophy; "but
your Honor, I've not taken out my
second papers, and I suppose Pm
not eligible to serve"
Judge Galbraith.-'I think you
can serve the United States!"
The roll having been called, the
Court ordered all the names to be
placed in a hat, from which the six
cen names first drawn would serve
as Jurors. Fifteen were drawn, and
Brophy's face frightened with his
prospects of avoiding the duties OF a
plank in the bulwark of American
liberties, but the smile of satisfaction
was like a feeting shadow as the
clerk drew the last slip and read in
stentorian tones: "Numb r Is, John
P. Brophy."
It is understood that the mail
agents routes on the Northern Paci-
fic will be shortened up considerably.
A Chinaman working on the sec.
ton was killed by the Northern
Pacific cars on Saturday at Avon.
The man who robbed Power& Co.,
of Benton, of 500 last week, has not
vet been caught.
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Catholic Ladies Fair

The Catholic ladies of Butte,
Vaudeville and Ceuterville have
been working energetically during
the past month to provide articles
and entertainments for the annual
Catholic fair to be held in Caplice
hall, beginning On the 18th inst. and
continuing until the I'D. Rev. J. j.
Dolls and the building committee are
burdened by the Indebtedness on the
new Catholic church and it is hoped
that the success of this fair will re-
lieve the church of a large portion OF
the Indebtedness. The Catholic fairs
have always been SO thoroughly en-
ioyable and successful that the ladies
can scarcely fail to meet with a gen.
erons response to any appeal which
they may make to the liberality OF
the people of Butte.
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The O~hautauqua Society.

The Chautauqua Literary and Sci
entific society recently introduced in
this city, has become a popular edu-
cational institution of far reaching
influence and widespread ramifca-
lions. There is now scarcely a city
in the United States without a circle
of the magic society. The object of
the society, as its name indicates, is
literary and scientific attain
ment. A regular course of
study and reading is prescribed
by the central circle at Chautauqua,
n. Y, for the subordinate circles and
individual members. Annual re-
ports and examinations of members
are sent to the parent organization,
which, upon satisfactory evidence OF
progress, may issue diplomas to
members of four yearsI1 standing.
The Butte circle has already taken a
strong hold upon the affections of
our more thoughtful and scholar
ly society, and the weekly meet
ings are attended with great
interest. At the meeting OF last Mon
day evening the proceedings were
enllvened by an extremely interest
ing programme of literary exercises,
among which were an essay on the
battle of Marathon by Mrs. DR..
James Thompson, exercise in Greek
history conducted by T. T. Baker,
lessons in vegetable biology by r. H.
Paxson, and the biography of Benja-
min West, the eminent painter, by
2. J. Brophy.
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prO1uc9Market Report.

BUTTE, M. T., Dec. , 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
Saturday:
.sFIour Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
Mill Creek, xxx. $500
percwt.
Kansas xxx $3.50.
-" Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Greek, New Process, $4.W.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, NEW process) $500.
Union Mills xxx Snow flake,
$3.50. 60
Utah Common, $3.2o
Utah Choice, $780,.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per TO-, 2 cts.
Oats, $l.75@1.8O.
Butter, per H., 5000 cts.
Eggs, per case, $l2.5O@l1.W
Corn Meal, SC.
Beef, carcass, Sc.
Hay per ton, $24I6$26
Ba1led Hay, per ton, So. @24.W
Cheese, 2O@22 cts1 -
Barley, 5 .35@2.5O per cwt..
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 8 cts.
Pork, dressed, $s@1octs. per Id.
Veal, 124cts. per 10.
Sausage, Is cts. per lib.
Venison carcass 8c@1Oc
Chickens, live, SO at $40 per dozen.
Wood, $6.OO@$7.
Potatoes, $3.50 Bcwt.
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b Reform l u

The Reform Club met last night in
Mountain View NJ. E. church. The
meeting was we'll attended and an
unusually profitable one, a large
number signing the pledge. A SUBJ
scription list was opened for the read
ing room, lunch room and smoking
room to be established on West
Broadway and $3.50 was subscribed
on the spot. Promises OF aid were
also received from the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union ana
from members Of the Good Temp
lars order. Mr.. Hogan desires US to
say that those who desire to aid in
the laudible work of establishing a
place of resort, where men who have
left behind them the thraldom OF
drink, may form new associations
away from haunts of vice, may leave
their subscriptions at Mrs. shodair's
store on West Broadway.
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School Census Report.

At a meeting of the school trustees
held last night the clerk of the board
reported the following school census
for 1883:
Numbe. of youths over 4and under
21 years of age, not of African de-
scent, males, 9l9, females 811; of At
rican descent, males, Z; females Is.
Total, 1853.
Number of children under 4 years
of age, not of African descent, males
300; females, 317; of African descent,
males, 2; females 2. Total. $50.
Grand total under 81 years of age,
1888.
Last year the grand total was 1894
showing an increase during the past
year of 1911 per cent.
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ARI
-Four Unmasked Men Rob Ptoute'
Store While HI Turns His
Face from the Muzzle
Of q Revolver.

One of the boldest robberies ever
committed in this city was perpe-
trated last night at the store of T. s.
Hamilton & Co. on lower Montana
street. About eight o'clock Willsam
G.. Pfouts, the managing partner, and
Mr.. Shirley, the clerk, were alone in
the store, when four men entered
hurriedly as if on business. They
were unmarked, and there was moth
ing in their appearance to indicate
the mission of robbery upon which
they came. Mr.. Pfouts and the
clerk both rose to wait on them,
thinking they were customers. They
were speedily disabused OF
their misrepresentation as one of the
men, a big, burly fellow who seemed
to be the'leader of the gang, showed
a six shooter into MI. Pfouts' face,
and ordered him to open the safe,
while the others gathered around the
clerk and compelled him to turn his
face away from them. MI. Pfouts
looked his man and his revolver
steadily in the face for a moment
while he deliberated whether there
was a living show for resistance. The
robber settled the question by draw
ing back his left hand, without low
ering the revolver which he held I'M
der MI. Pfouts' nose with his right,
as if to strike him a blow in the face,
saying; "Here, you d. s. of a b,
you're too id inquisitive; look the
other way" and Mr. P. accordingly
turned his face away, and in re-
Spouse to a second command, un-
locked the safe, which the daring
highwayman rifed with one hand,
while he held his "drop" on Mr..
Pfouts with the other. Having Sc
cured the contents of the safe drawer,
amounting to about 1900 in coin
and bills, the robbers left the store
and struck out toward the railroad
track, and it is presumed they board
ed the evening south-bound freight
train. For bare-faced audacity no
parallel to this unmarked robbery
has ever occurred in Montana, and it
is greatly to be hoped that the perpe-
traitors may be speedily brought to
justice, though it is doubtful whether
either Mr.. Pfouts or MI. Shirley
could identify any of the robbers, as
they were forced to keep their faces
constantly turned from them, that,
apparently being the preconcerted
plan of the footpads to escape recog-
milton.
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SANDS & BOYCE.
As Beautiful as the Wings Of
the Butterfly.
A Desirable Undertaking for
Some Lady Friend.
What Will Happen ere the
Christmas Chimes are
Heard.

The trunks, travelling bags and the
rest of the baggage have been re-
moved from our corner show win
dow, and instead of these reminders
of long and fatiguing journeys We
now exhibit such a variety of gents
silk handkerchief as you haven't
seen for many day. The colors and
tints are as beautiful as the rainbow
or the wings of the butterfly.
We have a full line of gents fur
nishing goods that yer selected es-
pecially for the holiday season, and
that cannot fail to please those who
appreciate elaborate goods of this
character.
The holiday styles of neckwear are
very neat and pretty, and our assert
ment we believe to be the largest in
town. Many of the shapes were
made expressly for us, and hence
you'll not find them elsewhere.
We haye a new, patented, silk sus-
penoer, or rather shoulder braces,
that are simply elegant and will add
grace to the carriage which
nothing else car supply. Some
of them are designed for
manipulating or embroidery, which
in some cases might prove a desirable
undertaking for some lady friend.
The show cases in our dry goods
room are filled with holiday goods.
and now we are arranging the lover
flow" on tables and otherwise dis
tributing them where their presence
seems to be the most desired. We
haven't any holiday trash, but the
unique, the beautiful and the useful
We have in a variety that challenges
comparison and ELECTS universal adj
miration. Many of you have already
made your selections, to be paid for
and delivered at some future time,
and this is a wise policy, for you may
depend upon it that your better ma
ture will be stirred before the chimes
of Christmas are heard. There's none
OF US so penurious and selfish that we
don't feel like being a little generous
towards someone or more at least
once during the year. and there's no
time so appropriate for such an out
hurst as Christmas. This being true,
is there any sensible reason why we
should put off the time of making
our selections until there are no good
assortments from which to select?
None; so we INVITE you to call now.
Very respectfully,
SANDS l. BoYCE.
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A FATE.
A Eureka Butcher Hangs Him
self Because He Can't Win.

Gus Stoker, who worked for a
butcher firm in Eureka, Nevada, was
u faithful, diligent man and enjoyed
the reputation of being scrupulously
honest. but the infatuation of gam
bling had taken so firm a hold upon
him, that after having squandered at
the faro table a fortune left him by
his father, he continued to play his
meagre earnings, and beyond sufi-
cient money to pay his board bill,
his wages went to the knights of the
green cloth for a series of years. Last
Saturday night, with his usual ILL
luck, he left a prominent gambling
house of Eurkea penniless and de-
spondent. The next morning when
his employer opeLed the shop
he found Stoker's body, hang
ing stark and dead, suspended
by the neck from a meat hook. The
manner in which he had taken his
life indicated the most desperate and
determined purpose on the part of the
suicide. He had taken a well-worn
strap from his waist, and making q
moose of one end, in which he placed
his neck, he attached the other to the
meat hook which was 80 low that he
was obliged to lift his feet from the
floor in order to accomplish his pur-
pose, and the position of the body
indicated that the entire pressure of
the strap had come upon the back of
the neck instead of upon the throat.
Everv muscle must have been
strained to its utmost tension to keep
the body clear from the floor, and
the most desperate determination
was necessary to resist the instinct Of
self-preservation during that long
and terrible death by pressure upon
the back of the neck. Stoker was ~
years old and q native of Germany
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that State. It is safe to state that
stamp mills, reduction mills, and all
the necessary machinery for handling
quartz and extracting the precious
metals therefrom will be in operation
at or near Hayes City within a few
months. Besides gold, indications of
silver, copper, lead and other metals
have been found in the quartz. Time
alone can tell the real extent and
value of the Cour d'Alene mines.
and that time will be fastened by
the capitalists and practical miners
now interesting themselves in that
section.
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Capt. Wyman and Frank Carey re-
turned from the Coeur d'Alenes yes
terday.
J. M. Goodwin, of the Salt Lake
Tribune editorial staff, came from
Helena yesterday. The MINER Of
fee is indebted to him for a pleasant
call. He leaves for the Center Stake
this afterno IN.
J. II. Duffy left for Deer Lodge
this morning. He is retained for the
defence in the assault to kill case of
the Territory against R. H. Fuller,
which will be tried at the present
term of court.
Superintendent w. E. Hall, of the
Alice, has returned from a trip to
California taken in the interest OF
health and recreation, both of which
he has realized, judging by the glow
of health and renewed energy with
which he returns.
D. C. Dunbar, Manager of the Salt
Lake Herald, made the MINER office
q pleasant call yesterday. Mr.. Dun
bar has been making an extended
trip over the Northern Pacific, and
expresses himself as greatly pleased
with the country through which he
has travelled. He returns to Zion to-
day.
Hon. 1. I. Lewis, one of the sue
cessful miners of the Wood river
country, arrived in the city night be-
fore last. Mr.. Lewis formerly repre-
scented Jefferson county in the upper
branch of the Montana Legislature
and at one time was largely interest
ed in silver mining operations at
Clancy. He reports the Wood river
country iu a prosperous condition.