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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-14
AN AsTON1sHED OHINAMAN.
How Lightning Played Havoc
with q Heathen's Nerves.

The kitchen of the Metropolitan
restaurant was the scene, of what
was considered at the time, q most
singular incident, evening before last.
A Chinese helper had occasion to lift
an iron vessel containing hot potatoes
etc., from the stove. He had done
the same thing a thousand times be-
fore but not with the same expert
ence. With his usual alacrity John
grabbed the handles on either side
of the vessel, but with a yell that
would have made q Comanche In
dian turn green with envy, and a
bound that would shame Coles best
tumbler, he let them 60 again,
the potatoes in every
direction. After exhaust1ng all
the English ''cuss" words he
was master of, he switched off
to Chinese and ratified off a string
of heathenish jsrgon unknown to
Confucius and all other defunct ORR
entail saints.
This seemed to relieve him and
cautiously taking up the vessel he
placed it back upon the stove again.
But no sooner had it touched its
place when John again let it 60 and
with eyes protruding top.knot stand
ing erect and face an ashen hue, the
now thoroughly astonished and
heather made a rush for
the back door. Reaching the open
air John felt of himself all over to
see If he was together. Satisfying
himself on that point he peered
cautiously in the door, only to
witness another helper 60 throug b
the same oontortions and acrobatic
feats he had performed. Every iron
vessel touched upon the stove pro-
duced the same effect upon others
and they let them go with a howl.
An examination disclosed the
An electric wire running over
the building had sagged and touched
the iron brace which held the sign in
its place. The foot of this brace
rested upon the iron roof the res
taurant. The stove pipe OF q
Kitchen stove projected through
touched the roof, thus
ro,no the stove and every iron
vessel upon it with a healthy dose Oh
electricity. The floor of the kitchen
had just been scrubbed and was sun
Got which made the circuit COM
r,ate. The shaking up the heatnen
qot did him good, but he Gays no
doesn'r want any more "Me'''"A
liteling."
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Council Proceedings.

Roll call and quorum present.
The Mayor not being present AL
derman McNamara moved that
Alderman Dolman fill the chair.
Carried.
It being a special meeting the act
ing Mayor stated it's object.
Ordnance No. A was read and
discussed. The ordnance reads as
follows:
An ordnance relating to houses of
prostitution.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the city of Butte
SECTION l. That from and after
the passage of this ordnance it shall
be unlawful for any person o. persons
within the corporate limits of Butte
city, to lease OF rent to-, or to estab-
lish or to keep OF maintain any
house, room or apartment for the
purpose of prostitution; and all such
house, room or apartments are nere>
by declared to be nuisances; pro-
vided, however, that this section
shall not apply to that portion of
said city situate and lying south of
blocks Nos. q and % east of
Main of said city; provided further
that this section shall not apply to
that portion of said city in blocks
Nos. 81, AZ, 43, So and So, known as
Chinatown.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons
who shall violate any of the pro-
visions Of Section l Of this ordnance
shall lie deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and on conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not less than
$40 nor more than 500, and costs of
suits.
Alderman Anderson moved that
the ordnance be passed as read. Al
derman Branagan seconded the mo-
ton. The motion carried unani-
mously.
Ordnance As relating to horses and
teams standing united in the street
was read.
Alderman Lalande moved that the
ordnance be laid upon the table.
Carried.
The question of purchasing a safe
for the city was discussed by the
council. Mr.. Ellison, representing
an eastern safe manufacturing COM
pany, who was present, explained
the kind of safe he would lay down
in Butte for the use of the city. The
safe weighs $500 pounds anu Is As
inches high and will be sold to the
city for $500 the first cost.
On motion the council ordered the
purchase of the safe and then adj
iOurned.
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The Wrestling Nation.

The wrestling match at the Ann
phitheatre last evening between
James Pascoe, of Bodie, California,
and Edward Edwards, of this city,
drew a fair sized house. Captain
Reynolds was chosen referee and
Peter Carlieon stickler for Edwards,
and r. Dali stickler for Pascoe.
Time was called at $3.50. After II
bitches, consuming one hour and
twenty minutes, the first fall was
awarded to Pascoe. At this deci-
sion Edwards demurred and
left the ring. Not appearing
within the ten minutes he was al
lowed off the floor an additional ten
minutes was given him. In the
meantime Edwards appeared in the
ring with his wrestling clothes off
and in his every day suit, and refused
to continue the wrestle. The referee
gave the match and money to Pascoe.
The match was for 500 aside and the
championship of Montana, best two
falls in three.
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Election of Officers.

The Reform Club held their quar-
1erly meeting last evening.
The following officers were elected:
President-J. J. KenlstOn.
lce-Presidents-L. D. Woods and
b. Petit.
Treasurer-F. E. w. Patten.
Chsplain-Rev. J. r. Russell.
Secrataries-J. G. O'Brien and r..
Sewell.
Executive Committee.-B. Petit,
ID. Richardson, J. E. Bellmorea and
l.. D. Woods.
j. NJ. O'Neill, of Dillon, was pres
eht and addressed the Club and was
invited to address the Club next Sun
DAY at 4 p. m.
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me Oldest Resident of Montana.

Sun: James Duchamp. OF French.
'own, this Territory, passed through
Gun River on Monday, en- route to
oalgary, Northwest Territory. He
lo4 years old, and came to Mon
taas with Lewis and Clarke in 1905.
I ae nad been up as far as Fort Ben
me year previous trapping and
nlnnIlng. Lewis and Clarke em>
anu vye E him as guide and interpreter.
FO.,In e went with them to Clarke's
smon where the party wintered
lns.a:s The Nez Perces. Here he
inv .eo a squaw, and has been liv-
a vser since. Lewis also married
TIM out of the tribe at the same
him and the son which she bore
rem. Gaed a few years ago, and his
for intas were taken to Washington
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EMI-WEEKLY MINER, BUTTE, MONTANA, JUNE IA, 1884.

becomes established. To sum the
whole matter up, in the twenty-five
years that I have been on the Pacific
coast, I have never e q country
whose surface indications were any,
thing like as good or extensive as
this, nor one promising as high q de-
gree of certainty of a remunerative
return on the investment of either
capital or labor. Very truly yours.
WIN. H. CLAGETT.
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Bankers Indicted.

PITTsBURG, June IA hearing
was had this morning in the case of
Thos. j. Watson, oil broker, and
cashier Reiber, of the Pennsylvania
Bank, who are charged with q con>
spiracy to defraud. President Riddle
was also indicted, but waived a hear
ing and gave bail to appear. The
testimony tended to show that Rid
die, Watson and Reiber were asso-
ciated together in oil speculations
and overdrafts of fictitious firms
represented their transactions in oil.
One of the fictiti lus accounts was
opened with an overdraft of 1925 600.
Assignee Warner stated to-day that
he was getting the affairs of the bank
in shape and now thought that in
stead of paying % cents will be able
to pay > cents on the dollar.
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cope with the robbers successfully
the Territory should step in and offer
q sufficiently large reward to make
thief.hunting profitable to those
whose old-time experience has REM
dered them peculiarly capable for
such tasks. We understand that
Acting-G Governor ToOker was inter-
viewed last night with reference to
the case now in hand and that he
will take some prompt action to
bring the rascals to justice. 1t is to
be hoped he will.
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Positively Declines.


ST.. LOUIS, June l3.-The Repub-
licans of this city in referring to MIR.
Tilden's letter, have interpreted it
to mean that when Mr.. Tilden is
nominated he will not refuse to be
the candidate of the Democratic par
ty. The evening Chronicle te'e-
graphed Mr.. TiIden asking him if
that was the right construction to
be placed on the letter. The telegram
was referred by Mr.. Tilden to Dams
iel Manning, chairman of the Demo,
cratic State Central Committee, and
he to-day sent the following reply:
NEW YORK, June 13.-Mr. Tilden's
letter means what it says, and his
declination is absolute, and under no
circumstances will he be a candidate
for the Presidency.
(Signed.) DANIEL MANNING.
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WITH HOhSE THIEVES.
Nine Thieves Driving Fifty
Stolen Horses Toward Idaho
Successfully STAND Off,
Eight Pursuers.

Helena Independent, June IL.
1t lpears from later advlces That
the horse thieves who drove off John
Keating's herd are stronger in num-
bers than was at first supposed and
that since getting KeatiDg's horses
they have alsoStolen over thirty more
giving them a herd of about fifty.
They have also proven themselves
to be
ION THE SHOOT.V
Heating followed them over to the
Gallatin and there offered seven men
a reward of $500 if they would re-
capture his horses and bring them
back to him. The men accepted the
offer, and arming themselves,
mounted and took the trail.
They were Joined after
ward by another young man in
search of adventure. The eight men
TRAILED THE THIEVES
until they bad almost reached Henry
Lake (southeast of Virginia City,
and here overlook them. The band
were in camp. They numbered nine,
and there was q woman and two or
three children along. The stolen
horses were also there. Near the
camp they encountered a horseman.
q man named Redwood, and as they
drew near him he wheeled his horse
to face them. Every man of the
eight leveled his gun and called out :
Throw up your hands !"
Redwood raised his hands slowly,
and when they showed from behind
the horses head it was seen that each
hand held a revolver, full cooked and
ready for fight.
go to hi you s-----s!" he
shouted, and commenced firing.
A rapid exchange of shots ensued,
and Redwood retreated to the wagon
evidently badly wounded.
The morse thieves had by this time
seized their arms, aid standing be-
hind the wagons made q determined
fight.
The ammunition of the attacking
party soon gave out and they were
compelled to withdraw, leaving the
thieves still in possession of the
stolen animals, and they are now
doubtless continuing their peaceful
way to Idaho.
It really seems as if Montana is
retrogradlng in the management of
such cases as this. They did these
things better twenty years ago. The
remedy was perhaps q little vigorous
in those days, but 1t was sudden, eff
feclive and lasting.
1t is not a very good recommen-
dstion for Montana of the present to
have it said that nine men can steal
q band of fifty horses within twenty
miles of the Territorial capital and
drive them out of the country leis-
urely and with scarcely q protest.
Horse stealing, coach rubbing and
other kinds of deviltry are becoming
too common in Montana AMI it is
fully time to apply the brakes. If
our county officers are not able to
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-14

The first number of the MOntaDa
Stock aud Mining Journal Is re-
ceived. geographically and other
wise it is a credit to the publishers
and editor. It has the imprint of
Geo. E. Boos & Co., Helena, is pub
lished monthly and sent to subscrib-
ers for the small sum of $500 per
year in advance.
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THE MINERS UNION.
A Grand Parade Through the
Streets OF Butte.
Exercises at The Hall, and Watch
Presentation.
A Joyous Finding Of their Sixth
Anniversary
By q Grand Ball at the Pavilion.

yesterday was the sixth annlver
sary of the formation of the Miners
Union of Butte and its celebration
was one of the most successful events
of the season. Although the Streets
were somewhat muddy from the
rain of the day and night be-
fore the weather was all
that could be desired. At 10. 80 q. m.
the procession formed in double
files and started from Union Hall at
Walkerville. It numbered, by &C.
tual count, over 500 of as fine look
ing men as could be found in any
city in the world. Preceded by the
Alice Union band the imposing
army marched to Butte, hating GU
the way to cheer the superintend-
ents Of the Moulton, the Alice and
the Lexington. MI. Medhurst of the
latter mine acknowledged the COM
pliment by a few happy, well.
timed remraks in which he ex-
pressed the hope that the
cordial relations existing between the
Union and the mine owners and
superintendent would never be inn
paired. As the procession passed the
residence of the Hon. Marcus Daily
the men gave three more rousing
cheers for that gentleman, and then
proceeded ia their hall on East Gran
tie street.
Here the exercises were of a most
interesting character. Mr.. P. F.
Boland, President of the Union.
opened the exercises in a speech of
some length, in which he stated the
objects and aims of the Union,
its peaceable membership, and its
benefit to the business men of Butte.
At the conclusion of his address
MI. Madden, law partner of the Hon.
w. O. Speer. made a stirring speech
in which he highly commended the
Union for the good work it is accom-
plishing. The Rev. G. G. StulI, ora
tor of the day, then delivered an elo-
quent address, replete with sound
suggestions and encouragement to
the Union.
After the Reverend gentleman had
concluded his very able and interest
ing address, Mr.. Joseph McGugan,
in a neat speech, in the name of the
Union, presented a beautiful gold
watch and chain to President P. F.
Boland. To the chain was attached
an ar~tistically worked charm, the
gift of Messrs. Leyson & Turck.
Mr.. McGugan's presentation speech
was appropriately responded to by
the surprised d3nee. Remarks from
several other members followed,
when the meeting adjourned.
Last night the very interesting cere-
monies OF the day were appropriate
ly ended by the largest ball ever given
in Butte. The immense floor of the
was filled with dancers,
while the galleries were thronged
with pleased spectators. The music,
by Burt's string band,
was superb, the management pe-feo OF
and the occasion one long to be re-
membered by the beautiful bellies and
gay gallants present. Taken alto
pether it was the most successful an
niversary celebration ever held by
the Union.
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THE OGUR D'ALENES.
What an Old Placer Miner Thinks
Of the Country.

Mr.. John Noyes returned from the
Cosur d'Alene country evening before
last. Mr.. Moves is one of the oldest
placer miners in Montana. For over
thirty-two years he has been engaged
in placer mining in California, Idaho
and Montana. Fortune has smiled
upon him and to-day Mr.. Noyes is
one of the solid men of Butte. MI.
Noyes went to the Cnur d. Alene
country fully prepared by his expe-
rience to torn an intelligent opin>
ION of the mines and their prospects.
He was there several days and Wis
tied the principal mines in the camp.
His opinion is not a f1attering one for
the country. He says it is the
hardest mining country he ever
SAW. What he means by this is
that it will require an immense
amount Of labor to get the gold, even
If it Is there. But he holds there is
not much OF it to get. The mines
are very spotted, and what gold is
found is taken entirely from bed
rock. Upon many claims where
work had been done the owners were
preparing to open some where else
upon their ground, the "spot" having
been exhausted OF the precious metal.
He Is of the opinion the quartz will
amount to little or nothing, and that
no encouraging prospects have yet
been found in any of the lodes thus
far discovered. On the whole he does
not think it is a country worth tying
to and he left it with a huge dlsg ust
which he expresses in language as
forcible as it is plain. In another
column we publish the opinion of
Hon. w. H. Clagett upon the same
section. The reader pays nothing
and may take his choice, but MI.
Noyes' opinion so exactly comedies
with that expressed by the MINER
several months ago, that we are in
to bank on what the old
miner says.
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THE PRIZE RING
Lively Mill in Which a Butt.
Boy is Dowued.

"A correspondent from Tucson. Ar.
lzona, sends us the following accoun,
OF the prize fight between Eaean. for.
merry OF this city and Peterson. an
Arizona mauler:
TUCSON. A. T., June 1, 1884.
Ed. M1NER:-T The fight between
Daniel EsaQan, better known az the
Montana Kid, and Frank Peterson.
came of to-day and lasted four
rounds. Peterson stands 6 feet. IA
inches and weighs 1875 pounds, and
the Kid is but S feet, 81 inches and
kicks the beam at 14O pounds.
FIRST ROUND.
The kid forced the fighting from
the turn loose, leading off with his
left on Peterson's breadbasket, fol-
lowing it up with a right handler on
his neck and then landing both right
and left on his grub depository. This
was all done in good shape. Peterson
fought on the defensive this round
and looked pretty blue when be
went to Lis corner.
SECOND ROUND.
The Kid led off with his left on
Peterson's neck, staggering him
against the ropes, and following up
his advantage with his right on
P%eterson's stomach, and rafting
blows from right and left. In this
Peterson also acted on the
and looked pretty bad.
THIRD ROUND.
The Kid came up to the scratch
looking somewhat winded, but soon
led with a terrific right handler on
Peterson's bread basket which felled
the giant, doubling him up like a
jack knife. Time was called and
Peterson getting his Arizona blood
up by this time, sent out a terrible
right handler, catching the Kid on
the temple and cutting a fearful
cash, but it didn't knock the Kid
down. He rallied but the blood
running from the cut into his eyes
blinded him.
FOURTH ROTND.
The Kid led off with his right and
then with his left which shook up
Peterson, but the latter got in a ter
rible Highlander on the Kids
Staggering to the floor in
! faint and bleeding at the mouth
he Kid failed to respond when time
vas called. He tried hard to get up
,ut it was no 60 and the referee
awarded the fight and stakes to Pc
,erson.
James Egan, the Kids trainer,
topped to the front and threw up the
'ponge. The Kid finally got up. and
when he found that he had lost the
light he commenced crying and went
lfter Peterson. who WAS in the Dress
ng room. When he came up to him
,e let 20 his left, which caught Peter
on on his potato trap. cutting his
ips, sent his right on his eye, badly
lemoraIizlng that member. The
Kids friends surrounded him and
ried to paclfy him, but couldn't.
md it took five men to hold him
Iown till Peterson could get away.
They fought with small kid gloves,
or 500 a side. The gate receipts
we're $500. The winner got two
birds and the loser one-third. The
wo will fight again for $3.50 q side.
The fight will come off at Los
Angeles, California, in two weeks
Ifter signing articles. It will be the
,est fight that ever took place in
California. Yours. &c.
Il. f. GILLIGALLON.
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Tan BEST W M
The Largest Beer Brewing Work.
In the World,
Immense Capital, Immense Bn,,d.
in&s, Immense Sales.
The BottlfnR Establishment If M
81. l.. Frank.

N MIs H. IL. FRANK,
agent in Butte of the Phi. Best Brew.
ing Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.,, handed us
Souvenir" containing nearly TWEEN.
ty fine steel engravings of the large
and extensive buildings occupied by
this one company in the manufac-
ture and bottling of beer. The
grand and imposing presence of The
buildings, their varied and rich stvle
OF architecture, and the complete
and expensive machinery exhib-
lied all evidence the immense
amount of capital employed, and the
magnitude of the works.
The logical deductions drawn from
this "souviner'' are these: First, the
IN. Best Brewing Co. have the
largest and most expensive brewing
works in the world. Second: They
make the best beer in the market or
the people wouldn't buy and CON-
sumo it IN the face of the sharp COM
petition the company meets, and,
Third: Because it Is the best they
are able to make immense sales of
the article and to build and main
tain the most magnificent works of
the kind ever erected. These
propositions are self-evident facts.
To show the unprecedented in
crease in their sales we will state that
in 1912 they made only 800 barrels.
In 1888 their annual sales had in
creased to 400, 1000 barrels. The works
now have a capacity of COG, 900 bar
rels annually and are kept running
to their full extent.
Through the enterprise of Mr.. H.
L. Frank this beer is now furnished
10 the Montana market. This gen.
tleman commenced handling the
goods the LIST of last April and dur
ing that and the subsequent months
he shipped four car loads to Butte.
The demand is steadily increasing and
large shipments are being made
to meet it.
A bottling establishment has Leen
provided in the basement under the
Capital Billiard hall on Main street, !
with a steaming box and all the
latest machinery and improvements |
for steaming and bottling beer. The
beer is stored in the basement Of the |
same building and 500 pounds of ice
are daily issued which keeps the
temperature of the storage room at
40 degrees Farenheit. Mr.. Frank is
making preparations to ship a car
load each week and to make
Butte the distributing point for the
Territory for this superior
article. He also intends to
have storage capacity for
much larger shipments and
to build store houses, ice houses
and all the needed buildings to carry
on an extensive trade in this popular
beer.
The beer is made from the best Bo-
hemian hops, and the choicest malt.
Nothing inferior or impure enters in
to its composition. It is pleasant to
the taste, rich in nutritive properties,
and when used as it should be used, |
in moderate quantities, is invigorat-
ing and healthy. It is especially
recommended to families as q palat-
able. highly nourishing and invigor-
ating beverage. MI. Frank is bot
thing it in splendid shape and is pre-
pared to furnish it in any quantity
desired.
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Fatally Cut.

BEARDsTowN, KY, June 1S.-
Geo. Hughes, clerk of the Central
Hotel, was fatally cut by VIM.
DoOms, a worthless negro whom
Hughes was trying to drive away
from the front of the hotel, where he
was using vulgar language beneath
the window of the lady's parlor.
DoOms was arrested and probably
will be lynched if Hughes dies.
CAIRO, June 13.-Opinion here ia
vors the theory of the massacre of
Berber. He was surrounded by 1OO,-
600 men under the command of Gen.
Abull and after the fall of Berber
10000 Arabs were sent to invest DON
COLA.
The second largest source o. revenue
to the u. S. Government from any
one branch Of business, is derived
from the production and manufac-
ture of tobacco. Blackwell's Dur
ham Tobacco Co., of Durham, N. c.,
claims to be the largest manufacturer
Of smoking tobacco in the word.
The reputation of BlackWell's Genu>
inc Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco
is too firmly established to need any
commentator at our hands. III
another column our readers will
notice their new announcement
which is of interest to all lovers of
the weed. The company are per-
fectly responsible, and when they
announce that they will give away
$11 $50 in cash, it Is an assured fact
that they mean just what they say
Smokers will find all opportunity of
combining business with pleasure
by reading their announcement.
6.11-d & w 1t
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.,uo11NOEMENT5.

.,nounces himself . candidate
SIM IN the Democratic ticket for
70, nouln asc,erk and Recorder Of Silver Bow