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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-01
From the Daily OF Thursday.
A "Reminiscences.

The following which we find In
the Bozeman Chronicle of the 18th
inst, Is too good to be lost:
1.-THE jollie good-natured Major
Brooke will he remembered by all
the old-timers of Bismarck and Alder
gulch. The Major was fond Of the
good things Of this life, but when he
arrived at Bannack everythining In
the way Of eatables was scarce
and high and any one who man.
aged to get square meal WAS con-
sidered fortunate.
The Major Was bemoaning his fate
to a couple Of gentlemen (Dr. Click
and Wash Stapleton) who took pity
on his MisfOrtunes and invited him
to dine with them. The Major was
happy. visions Of well spread table
occupied his mind until the dinner,
which was set at four o'clock. Time,
however, hung heavy on his hands
and he was very impatient un-
til his two friends announced 1t
was time to go to dinner. They
started up Grasshopper creek, and af-
ter walking some distance COM
menced to climb the mountain. Up,
up they went, the Major being fat
and unwieldy, blowing like por-
poise, but lured on by hunger kept
up his pace, but wondered where. his
two friends had built their habitation.
All at once they stopped in a thicket
Of service berries and began to pluck
the ripe fruit. the Major looking on
IN disgust and wondering why they
did not proceed. DR.. Click noticing
this said. '"Pltch in Major and help
yourself to dinner, this is all we have
had for tive weeks.'
The army in Flanders never swore
worse than did the gallant Major, as
he strobe away down the mountain,
leaving our two worthless convulsed
in laughter
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There was more chin music and
mouth fighting yesterday among
Butte's aspirant's for pugulistic hon.
ors than was ever before heard in this
peaceful quiet city. It is not likely,
however, that all the noise made will
breed q single, square stand up and
knock down fight.
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Miners clothing, supplies, tools
and everything needed in the Ceur
d'Alene mines can be obtained at tho
stores OF Eddy, Hammond Il Co,
Missoula. at prices lower than any
other house in Montana can make
Save delays, transfers and freight
charges by Outfitting at Missoula.
500 II
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Law Breaking LaW.Makers.

albany, N. Y. Feb T.-This morn.
.ng There Is considerable excitement
SsM,ong the members of the Assem-
S,,y over q difficulty between Assem-
o'ymen Howe and Burns. Howe. at
s, banquet last evening. made q
iReech giving supposed humorous
illustration of Burns making q
Speech In the Assembly. Burns
hs,ing learned this m.sraing Of the
hsssque, left the Assembly cham.
va. .ueSssrtng Q purpose to proeure .
II FUn aod forthwith punoture
'"sw with Q bullet On aizhs. -
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Personal.

Mr.. T. w. Catlin, Of the Ne,o
North. West, and superintendent of
common schools of Deer Lodge,
came up from the valley city yester-
day.
Mrs. A Calvin, of Bison Station
Boulder road, Is In the city yisitin ng
friends.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-01
Jumping the National Park.

The independent Of the 9th inst.
says the publication Of the bill intro.
duced in Congress max ing the 18th
parallel the n orthern boundary OF the
Yellowstone National Park, has pre-
cipltated jumping certain lands In
the Montana portion Of the Park,
About the 18th to the 18th inst. AL.
Cofln, Geo. Welcome and Alex.
Moore erected q cabin on that por-
ton of the Park lying between the
Mccartney enclosure and be Gardi.
ner river. Messrs. Brown. Baronette
and McCastney have put man at
work developing ane vein of coal
now in ths PARK. On Mn lay. Feb
ruary 18th, he reported vein Of fine
btu minous c)al. SOM, intemperate
words have been passed between old-
timers and the jumpers. The old
timers claim that ina,maoh as they
have Inhabited this county for ages
that they ought to be satisfi ed before
tho pilgrims take their turn at the
wheel. But the pilg aims claim that
one man Is as good as another under
the laws Of Uncle 8 .m. T 10 trAsgres.
sing parties have been ordered of and
the end is not yet. All are anxious.
~ waiting for the news Of the pas
sage of tbs BILL" Nov II some one
will jump the Missouri river which
Tom Power has claimed by virtue of
being an 'old-timer" the jumping
business would be fully rounded out.
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A Kentucky Tragedy.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. N.-A Courier
Journal special tells of . tragedy
which took place in Marion county.
KY, by which Green Clayton and
Wash Burke were killed, Lawrence
Clayton fatally wounded, and Floyd
Burke shot in the arm. The tragedy
originated in Lawrence Clayton
making some improper remark to
Miss Burke, q daughter of the man
killed. The father and his sons heard
of the insult and tried to make Clay
ton apolokise but failed. Young
Clayton was sustained by his fatLer.
The two families armed themselves
with guns and pistols and when they
met the tragedy was the result. The
parties killed were the most respeeted
citizens In the county, and are heads
of large families. The tragedy; was
participated in by four members of
the Burke family and two Of the
Claytons. The shooting was general
and it is not known who did the kill
ing.
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Steamboat Oolllsisn.

New YORK, Feb. 27.-The steam
boat Glen Island was run into and
sunk early this morning off Robbins
reef by the COnard steamer Cepha.
lonla. The engineer, Charles Feitz,
and Henry Green, deck hand. were
drowned. The rest of the crew were
picked up by q tug. The body Of
Feltz was recovered. The Ceptlalo-
mia was not damaged.
LATER - Investigation discloses
the fact that the suuken yes ,el was
tug named Glendale, owned by
Capt. FOOte and valued at $4,000.
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Fort Benton Flooded.
Special dispatch to the Indc.'endent.

Special dispatch to the Inde!'endent
BENTON, Feb. p, 8 y. m.-The
fears entertained to-lay Of further
distress by floods are not likely to be
realized. The river is now rising
slowly aud the prospects are favor
able that the ice jam will move out
without doing any great damage. All
the families in Front street have left
their houses ana gone to those houses
on the hillside.
AT COAL BANKS.
COAL BANKS, Feb. rs, 8 y. m.-
The river at Coal Banks rose fifteen
feet this morning and to within two
inches of overfiowing. The river is
now running clear Of Ice and no
gorges are known to. have formed
near this place.
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Bridge Disaster.

MONTREAL, Feb. 27.-The bridge
on the Grand Trunk railway gave
way yeste rday while freight train
was passing over 1t, precipitatlng
eleven cars loaded with merchandise
into the bed Of the river. Seven Of
them were amaahed into splinteEA.
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English Gossip,

LONDON, Feb. 27.-The new speak
er of the House of Commons took
the chair at the opening of the House
to day, amid deafening chsers, mem.
bers rising and uncovering. E.
The steamer Thetis, purchased for
the Greeley relief expedition, has set
sail for America,
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Colonel A. H. Beattie, of Helena,
whom nearly everyone knows, and
Miss Maggie Carroll, sister Of the
Hoa. Matt. Carroll, were married at
the capital city the 26th inst. The
N1xEB extends congtatnfattons.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-01

The Sullivan r. ,binson contest at
San Fraucisc ! is to take place within
ten days. There will be no stakes.
sullivan 10 to have two-thir6s and
Robinsoa one-third Of the net re-
cetpts.
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Democratic Campaign Committee
WAauHNaTnN Eoh O7 -Tho Aaln.


WASHINGTON, Feb. b.27.-The Dem
ocratic members of the Senate and
Honse, Senator PendletOn presiding,
met in joint caucus after adjourn
ment to-day to appoint Democratic
Congress ional campaign committee
1t was decided that the caucus should
name as members of such committee
one person for every State and Terri
tory having Democratic represent
ative in Congress and that the com.
mittee should select one person as
member from every State and T er'
rltorv not having Democratic repre-.
sentative and from the District OF
Columbia. An executive committee
of three Senators and five Repre-.
sentatives 1.-THE executive commlttee
to choose its own chairman, who
shall be ex-oficio chairman of the
campaign committee) is to be chosen
by tho campaign COMMITTEES. Rep
resentatives of States that do not
name q member of the committee
are expected to appoint some person
within two days.
TIE committee as agreed upon Is as
follows: Arkansas. A. H. Garland;
Connecticut, w. w. Eaton; Della
ware, G. B Lore; Illinois, r. w.
Townshend; Indiana, s. NJ. Stocks
lager; Iowa, J. III. Murphy; La,
n. G Blanchard; Maryland, A. P.
German; Mass, III. B. Lowering;
Michigan, N. B. Eldridge; Miss, II.
L. Muldrow; Missouri. A. NJ. Dock
ery. n. Y, r. s. Stevens; North
Carolina, G. Dowd; Penn, VIM.
Mitchler; South Carolina, S. Dibble;
Tenn, I. G. Harris; Texas, R 0.
Mills; Virginia, J. s. Barbour; West
Virginia. J. E. Kenna; Fla, R. 81.
NJ. Davidson; Georgia, A. III. Col
quit; Oregon, J. II. Slater; Wiscon-
xin, p. " Deuster; Arizona, G. H.
Curry. Montana, Martin Maginnis;
Wyoming, NJ. E. Post; Utah, J. I.
Caine. @.
The States which will name a
member of the committee within
two days are Alabama, California,
Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New
Jersey, and Ohio. The States and
Territories from which the members
will be selected by. the committee are
Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska,
New HAMPSHIRE. Rhode Island, and
Vermont, and Washington, Idaho,
New Mexico, and Dakota Territories.
The committee will orga nize Tuesday
evening next.
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No Insult.

TORONTO, Feb. 27-There Is no
truth in the statement of several
American newspapers that an intult
was fRered the American flagX on
Washington's birthday by the pro-
prietOr Of the Nail. The American
dag has always blown from the office
of he consul in the Mail building
and on an occasion like that in qaes-
ton, has blown from the main tower
Of the building until the time for
which 1t was ordered up by the con-
sui expired.
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NIGHr DISPATCHES.
ALittle Tiff Between August
Senators.
Wages Again Going Down
In Pennsylvania.
Democratic Congressional
Campaign Com
mittee.
Evidence that Salmi Morse
Was Murdered.
Death Of United States Min
ister Hunt.
The Conservator Of Politeness
In Kentucky.
Evidence that Salmi Morse
Was Murdered.
Death Of United States Min
ister Hunt.
The C0nServator Of Politeness
In Kentucky.
The Lottery In Virginia.

The IOCCery IN Virginia.
PETERSBURG, Feb. 27.-In the case
Of the commonwealth against the
agent of the Dismal Swamp Lottery
company, the jury returned a verdict
of guilty, fixing the defendants pun.
lshment at five minutes In Jail and y
fine of S.. Defendants will appeal.
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sale Of wheat, corn, cotton, pr0vls-
ions, or other articles of prime neces-
stty unless an actual transfer Of arti-
cles or warehouse receipt accompa-
nies such action. Also bill author
izing such governmental interference
as will give stability to the price OF
these commodities.
Cox, of New York, and others OBJ
jected.
Bingham, from the committee on
postoffices and po,t roads, reported
adversely the bill to prevent the use
of the United States mails to adver-
tise nOxiOus medicines, food, and
compounds. Laid on the table.
The House went into committee OF
the whole. Cox; of New York, in the
chair, on the pleur0 pneumonia : i'll.
Gibson moved to strike out section
3, which provides that the States
shall pay one-half the cost of disin-
fecting. Lost.
Hatch moved to amend section 4
by adding the words Into any other
State or Territory or foreign c0un-
try" to the clause authorizing the
President to prohibit the transporta-
ton of cattle out Of quarantine in
any State or Territory or district.
Everhart offer ed an amendment
providing that no State o. Territory
or part thereof shall be declared IN
quarantine II the Governor of the
same shall officially certify to the
President that he is satisfied from
thorough investigation that no dis
ease dangerous to the animal indus
try of the nation exists therein.
Adopted, lis to "a.
Muldrow offered an amendment
confining the operations of the bill
to the disease Of pleur0-pneumonia.
Adopted, 100 to 73.
Hatch (Mo. said he was salts fed
the adoption of these two amend
ments would utterly destroy the effi-
cheney Of the bill. He therefore
moved to strike out the fourth section
as amended. Agreed to. This Sec
ton authorized the President to quar-
antine States in which contagious
diseases existed when such States
failed to make provisions for its ex-
tirpatiOn or to cooperate with the
plans of the commissioner of agricul-
ture.
Thr0ckm0rton moved to strike out
the enacting clause of the bill. Lost,
ia to 118.
The debate continued all the after
noon ana was rather dreary. The
of the bill being con-
the committee rose and re-
ported it to the House. The first
question was on the amendment
striking out the fourth section. Pend |
ing action the House adjourned, and
. Joint Democratic caucus was an
nOunced to take place immediat .ly. |
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CliQuot, Yellow Label, at the Elite,
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HOUSE.

The Ways and Mesns Committee
rooorted a resolution directing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to inform
the Ho,,se how much money Ia now
10 the treasury Of the United States.
~ under what provisions of the law it ie
there retained, and how much, In
view Of the current receipts and e.
nenditures and legal liabilities Of the
treasury, can be applied at this - tine me
to the liquidation Of that part OF the the
nnhIic " debt now payable without en-
bsrrassing this department.
Adopted. o,,,+,or racitinp
the speculation and camping M, d;g.c,. ~
a mericsn farm products anu dlrec.- 1:
inr. the Committee On S;i,
diciarya to prepare Tor sor
nrohibitps the purehass A
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
Gone to PHILADELPHIA.

The Mexico mandatory of the
Eagle Steam Washing Machine has
been removed to Philadelphia, Mr..
J.. C. Huff, the proprietor, having
shipped all his tools, &C., to that
city last Monday. All the employees
who were here have gone with
him to Philadelphia, where business
will at once be commenced. The
st. Louis mandatory will remain
where it is, one Of the Johnston
Brothers making that city his head
quarters, while the other will go
east with Mr.. Huff. We hate te
lose this enterprise, but suppose it il
to the interest of the manufacturer
to locate where material can be hae
the cheapest, and where freights cal
be saved. The manufacture of thi'
popular machine has developed from
almost nothing into n of the big
gest things in the United States
thus illustrating what printers mi
can do for q good invention whe'
the proper person has hold OF i
We wish our friend Huff success /
his new quarters, IS we do also th
Johnston Bros.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
THE SANE OLD STORY.
The Ledger Victorious-ssHuge Gang
ct. ala, Al Hunt Their Holes
ssWfl Never Descend any
MOre.n :

Our readers are oil aware Of the
manner in which wcsshandled the dirty
personal attack on the editor of this
paper, signed '.Hugo," and published
IN the Intelligeacer. The Inteliigencer
closes the arguments and crawls into
ITS hole leaving the following trail
which clearly gives our readers an.
idea Of who Hugo" is and the kind
of shape he is now left IN The LEDG-
ER is satisfied:
1--WE are in receipt, just as we 60
to press, Of an article from the pen
of "Hugo'' in. reply to something he
read in what he terms "The Western
| Echo of the Poliee Gazette,' pub
Eshed in this city. The article is toe
caustic and too lengthy. Our space
is far too valuable to be prostituted
to bandying epithets If the editor
of the paper to which hugo refers
chooses to give up a large part Of hi.
paper to abillingsgate," as "Hugo'
terms it, he has a perfect right to d.
so. He knows, Or at least shoult
know, the likes and dislikes of hi
readers better than any one else. Th.
Intelligencer will not descend int,
the cess-pools to throw dirt, nor viii
it permit its correspondents so to dc
!, "Hugo' must s'boil down. his arti
cles, even though he makes 18th
} CALLED jade VINCE in his every sen
tenee, as our space ID limited"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
Inst What We Need.

Salt River, IA miles from Mexico,
on the Northeast, is to have a new
combination bridge, commissioner
Rodgers having let the contract for
the same to a st. Louis firm, which
agrees to build for $1,000 a struc-
ton with a 15-foot roadway and 115
feet long. Youngs Creek, 10 miles
north, is to be similarly favored, and
a combination bridge with a 65-foot'
span and - foot roadway will be
built, to cost 500. A 4O-foot-spar
bridge has just been completed ovel
Youngs Creek, Is miles on tn
Northwest, which, we are told, is o
great convenience to travellers IL
| that part Of the county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
ACard.

To the People Of Audrain County:
1t having been stated by some person
or persons interested in having the IN
dersigned defeated in the race for the cir
cult clerkship that I am making the an
vas for no other purpose thar to defeat
one particular candidate and secure the
reelection of Mr.. Steele, I take this OPP
portunity to state that such statement Is
absolutely and ridiculousiy false. l am
a candidate for the sfice simply because
I desire the position. I am persuaded
that those with whom I am acquainted
will readily give me credit for having 9
higher ambition than to be merely useo
as a cats paw to pull another's chestnut'
out of the fire. This statement is madt
only for the benefit of the voters in tn
county whom it is not my pleasure t D
acquainted with. To those who know M
a denial of such an absurdity is not nee
essarv. Jos. E. MOORE.
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The School Girls Vacation.

Somnolent lies the pickle in its
briny bath. and in dreamy idleness the
wad of chew1ng-gum lies on the win
dow-sill. Athwart the glinting sun
beams, in their lonely search, the
shiyered e~orset-steel intrudes its
sinuous length, while in the far-off
delly dells of the besky woodland
copse the curl-paper iutters in sad
eyed idleness for the bangs it never
more will clasp. A broken garter
here, an undarned stocking there,
q few bent and scattered hairpins,
perchance q dismantled bustle-they
are little things, but oh, how mutely,
yet pathetically, they tell the hungry
heart that the sweet girl graduate
, has fed and is now engaged in catch
8 ing beaus and freckes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
BASE BALI
Compton. 5. Mexico 8.

Comptons 5, Mexico 4.
The large crowd that assembled at the
park last Friday were treated toihe finest
exhibition Of ball playing ever witnessed
In this city. The weather was delightful.
The game opened up with the Browns
at the bat and they were blanked in the
first inning. The Comptons secured two
runs in their first inning, Which the
Browns tied in the second inning. Both
sides then drew goose-eggs Until the
fourth inning, Iwhen the ComItons Sc
cured M run. The Browns made two
runs in the It'll inning and from this
time until the end of the game they drew
blanks, although men were on bases sew.
eral times, but IN opportune hit was moi
forthcoming. The Comptons made the
last and winning runs in the stil inning
The feature of the game was b batter.
work of the Baldwins, they playing o,
almost faultless game. Forby and Hun
also did some excellent work. The fol
lowing is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
TEE EAGLE STEAM WASHED

Scientists say it is . wonderful nven-
ton.
The best washer ever invented.-Cen-
tralia Guard.
Ladies governed by reason, not preju-
dice, will use it.-Baird.
Steam is the most powerful cleansing
agent known to man Watts.
It will be used universally as soon as
its merits are discovered by the people,
Jas. Bennett.
One hundred dollars would not buy
| mine if 1 could not get another.-Mrs
Kate Ferris, Mexico, Mo.
have one of the Eagle Machines 'ant
| it will do all the inventor claims for it,
S. w. Hemp, Hemp Tinware Co., Sam
Louis.
1t does all you claim for it. The long.
er we use it the better we are pleased
with it.-Mrs. j. +. Wagner, Martins
burg, Mo.
Have used one twelve months and re
gard the invention as a domestic institu'
ton not second to the sewing machine
Columbia Herald.
After using one twelve months I Al
convinced that it will a more than
cost every year by not wearing out tn
clothes.-Mrs. T. w. Stewart, Mexico.
Has done all the washing in my laundr
for the past twelve months, washing froI
500 to 500 pieces a day, doing the work Z
from three to five wash-women.-Lew1
Hord, Proprietor Central-R ingo Hote
Mexico, Nc.
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7
Fannie Taft Takes the Cake-Remar'
ries Hank.

We do not know whether the fol-
lowing, from the Hannibal Journal, is
correct or not. Our contemporary
republished it and Of course that
stamps it as true, as they avoid any
thing sensational as a snake would
"Hugo." The Journal says:
"A travelling salesman who did not
give his name, but who knows Chas.
Martin by sight, informed him that
he was we'll acquainted with n. Z.
Taft, and with his wife, Mrs. Fannie
Taft, who it will be remembered made
such a stir in social circles at this
place last fall by getting a divorce
from her husband and marrying DIR.
Matthes. He further stated that Mr.
and Mrs. Taft have been remarked
and are now living in New Yori
state"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
What the PEOPLE Say Of Il,

J. Worth, proprietor of the Peoples
Tea Store. TIA Franklin Avenue, Saint
Louis, says: "The Eagle Steam Washer
Is an immense success, as it will wash o
shirt clean without the sweat Of a wash
board.n
have been using the Eagle Washing
Machine for five months, and my little
girl, IA years old, can do a large washing
In a few hours without firing her In the
least.--Mrs. johnson, Bill Thomas ST.,
| St. Louis.
use the Eagle Steam Washing Ma
chine in my Laundry, and it is the only
machine I have v found, after trying
many, that would do the work satisfacto-
ry.--W. Grifis, Gents Laundry, 1915
Market Street, St. Louis.
It is a treasure and no housekeepel
should be without It. The wife of thu
editor of this paper has been using ont
of them for more than q year, and wouit
not sell 1t for $50 and do without.-Co'
lumbia Boone Co.. Sentinel.
The Eagle Washing machine viii wasl
shirts or any kind of clothing clean with
out leaving q streak and no wear on thu
clothes; and I would not sell my machin'
for $50 II I could not replace it with an
other.--Mrs. Ross, 2s03 Gamble Street
st. LOUIS.
PARLoR LAUNDRY COL have trie,
many washing machines In my Laundry
but have never found one that would Civ
the satisfaction the Eagle does. Il wi
do all that is claimed for It, and no famil
can afford to be without one.-L. Cline
Proprietor, Sl6 Olive Street, st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-10
Un,ntentionaIs

We are sorry that we led the fog
horn into an error Saturday. We
take. read and pay for the daily, and
sometime, maybe, will get done up on
an item, but how in the world
"Hugo's'' paper, the proprietors and
editors of which dos not read the
LEDGER, can go wrong On our &C
count, we fail to ee. Last week we
wrote the ~postofice would be open on
the morning of the 4th (the printers
made us say on Sunday mornings.
Lo and behold, the daily comes out and
says the ~postofice will be open on
Sunday morning. We are sorry ev'
erybody, even our contemporary, de.
ponds On US for reliable news, ane
hope our printers will try to be more
careful.