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The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26
The ARRASTRE CLEANUP.
Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Dollars from
Twenty Three Tons of Ore.


The result of the experiment inaugu
rated by David Jones, of running g
number of tons Of the Spotted Horse
ore through fine Davis arrastre, princi
pally to demonstrate the milling value
of the ore, has proved a greater success
than was anticipated by the most san.
guine, and as IL result, the reduction
will be continued, q second arrastre
constructed at one and both operated
as long as water can be had.
That the result of this experimen
considering the imperfection of the
machinery, the, unavoidable waste, and
the great cost of taking out and reduc-
ing the ore, should leave DE handsome
margin it does, can only be accounted
for by the ore being much richer than
was expected, and if reduced by mod
ern methods the cleanup wopld have
been much greater and the expense
less.
Twenty-three tons Of ore w&e mined
and run through the arrastre; p]ecessi-
tating the labor of two miners and two
men at the arrastre and Il team to haul
the ore from mine to mill, involving an
of S337.5Q. From this ore forty
three and one-half ounces of bullion
was cleaned up, which, at the value
upon it by Mr.. Jones, of SIS per
ounce, gives Il total valuation of $787;
leaving $4,000 over cost of mining and
reducing.
BY these figures it will be seen the
ore averaged \ little over $500. With
this result from an old time Mexican
.lrrastre, it is but reasonable to estimate
that with modern machinery, the ore
would run, on an average $1,000 to the
ton.
The capacity of the arrastre is one
ard one-half tons per day, which, tax
.ng the ore run as a criterion, would
amount, in gold, to $51.30. With ma
,hinery of q ten-ton capacity, the
cleanup daily would amount to 1912,
while the expense would be but a triAe
than the cost of running the
method now used.
These figures ought to be encourag-
ng to the Smelter Company, and dem
onstrates, beyond a doubt, the success
If that enterprise.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26

The Yankee says GLOW de do ?" the
Frenchman, "How do you carry your
self" the Italian "How do you stand "a
the Dutchman "How do you fare ?"
the Swede "How can your" the Pole
cart thou gayr' the Turk MAY Allah
prosper thee?" and the Quaker "How
is thee?" In aesthetic Montana the
usual %salutation is: Hello, Gully, how's
yer conduct? Come in and give the
internal revenue a boostH'
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26
Horse Thieves Shot.

Tuesday evening last, two horse thieves attempted
TO run on the stage horses at Lavina. at the crossing
OF the Musselshell, Of the Billings and Benton
stage Line. The thieves had a drove of stolen
stock but proposing to make a general cleanup of
the Musselshell valley, lassoed the stage conpany's
horses, which act gave them away to two COW BOYS.
who attempted a rescue of the stolen animals but
were stood off by one of the thieves, with a rife.
while the other drove off the band. The COWBOYS
Whose names we are unable to Learnt rode to the
stage station, secured a fresh pair OF horses, md
trusty rifles and started in hot pursuit Of the crimi-
nals, overlook them within a few miles, and without
Z thought of the "code of honor" presented arms
and blazed away The first shot struck one of the
thieying gentry in the right arm, breaking the
bone, the second pierced his spinal-column, where
upon he passed in his checks" The other seoun-
drel was. as near as we can learn, shot through the
head, Causing instant death.
The stock and horse raisers, Of the territory, owe
a card Of thanks to these unknown cowboys. If
there is no legal method that win suppress horse
stealing, shooting is too good for the rascals.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26

!. X. Wilson, generally known AS
%rwo-dot Wilson" arrived in Maiden.
last evening.
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26
LOCAL NEWS.

dangerously i'll.
Z. L. Weatherwax. son Of j. d., o
Utica. visited Maiden this week.
L. Belanger received n large con
sipnment Of bottled beer this week
from Benton.
The trustees of Maiden school district
have decided to close the school next
Friday until the fall term.
Blaine and Logan-That is the name
Of q new lead discovered on Monday
last By Peter Bowman.
Thompson & Higley are pulling down
their winter root house. The residents
on Water street will now have "a means
Of egress.
The hail storm last Monday, was the
hardest of the season. Vegetable crops
were considerably damaged for several
miles around.
Hamilton & Witherell, have rented
Vincent GIGS building formerly ARGUS
o%fice) and yiu'put in Il line of liquors
and cigars,
Frank. Aeger and Rosaline Rigle, of
Beaver Creek, we're united in the bonds
Of matrimony, by Judge Toombs, of
Lcwistown, last Sunday.
Lewistown is to have a frst-class
blacksmith and wagon shop, combined,
in Il short time A building for this
purpose is to be built Immediately.
Jersey Moran has been prevailed
upon by McNanara & Co.. TO take
charge of their wood teams. He left
for Maginnis Wednesday morning.
Where was Moses when the lights
went out2" And where was Joseph M.
from Sunday to Tuesday night? Pos
sibly fishing. If we are correctly
informed, Joe never liked fish until
lately, when he acquired a taste for
herring.
The sale of several more shares in
the Maiden Reduction Company is
necessary to meet the second payment
ON machinery when completed, and
pay freight. Now is the time to sub
for the interest of both purchaser
and enterprise.
Through provoking yet unavoidable
ielay, the plans for the Maginnis Min
ng Company's new mill have not
arrived. For the present, work has
oeen suspended, but when the plans
arrive respected every MALL a full force
IF mechanics and miners will be put
o work, and the mill rushed to com
While at L~ewistown, last Sabbath,
Ne dropped into the store Of T. C.
& Bro. to see Mr.. Erickson, and
,ound him overwhelmed with custom
From morning until night this
store was crowded with men, women
md children, all wanting something in
heir line and waiting patiently the call
If 'nextl' This firm in their new
tore, with a fine line of new goods,
lnder the able infringement OF Mr..
Erickson, Is rapidly working into an
enormous trade, despite the prevailing
lard times. What will be their trade
When flush times oveFtake us again, we
;now not.
Capt MacAdams was released from
rrest last week and the charges pre-
erred against him dismissed. On his
the Capt started for the Pacific
cast to join his regiment. The friends
Il Capt MacAdams are pleased to i
of his vindication, or the inability I
o sustain the charges made against ;
i'm. Whether true or false, we have
10 knowledge or opinion, but for his
many acts of kindness towards citizens
nd miners On the reservation it is quite
Natural that his acquittal and restora.
ION to rank in the ~severice, would meet 5
With their hearty congratulated
Cattle Country. {
III E
The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26
Taken Up.

One gray mare and colt. branded 'WB" on right
shoulder. One bay mare and colt, branded IL
an 1a0 shoulder. ID. W. BOWEN,
,:l r;! below q 1pe Ra3gc. Neagher Co.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

usual that tbs. judgement day is at
hand. The5Whites, also, are at a
loss to explain the phenomenon.
On last Tuesday aparty assembled
at this threatening volcano with
spades, shovels, &C., prepared to
dig tor the mystery. We we're in
formed by two Of the participant ts
in the affair that depth Of eight
feet was reached, when by the
smoke, heat and threatening explo-
sion, as they thought, it was found
Impractical to dig further. SO the
mystery remains still unsolved.
Some think that it is indeed a vol
cano and others that it is a geyser
from the vapor which arise and the
moistened state of the earth sur
rounding it. The country is hiIly
and rolling.-some Of the hills
reaching almost the proportions of
a mountain. The soil is of igneous
formation. We have as our infor-
mants our former Representative
in the State Legislature, Mr.. John
B. Cornwcll, and Mr.. Sam Nc A fee
both reliable and respectable men.
chester Bulletin.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

VOLCANO OR GEYsER. On Mr..
Nicholas Colvin's place: at Halsell-
vile county, has been heard for
sometime roaring noise, and it
was not till the last few days that
the place from whence this sound
came was found. A short distance
from his residence is the main road,
and following the fence for about
quarter Of mile, parallel with
the road, you arrive at the place
where this noise issues forth from
the ground. Smoke arises in dense
columns and for o distance of TWEEN
ty yards Of this apparent hole the
ground is in a heated condition.
The people around about there, es-
pecially the negroes, are in the
widest state Of terror, thinking as
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Wedding Days.

There are favored days in the
week for marriages, as we'll as IA
vorcd months in the year. Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday are the
most in csteem-Sunday in the ru-
raj districts and Saturday in the
towns, 1t appears, however, that
Sunday weddings are generally
less numerous than they were,
while Saturday weddings are on
the increase. Friday is deemed an
unlucly day for marriage, as for
most other undertakings. In the
county Of Gloucester there were
but 20 Friday marriages in 1881,
to 2l3 on Saturday, 2ll on Mon
day and 203 on Sunday. In the
city of Manchester much the same
proportion holds out. The Friday
weddings were but "a to 2S7 on
Saturday, 221 on Sunday, and l78
on Monday. In Scotland, on the
other hand, Friday is the great
day for marrying; nearly half the
weddings for a given year %re eel
ebrated on that day. Sunday in
Scotland is practically a dies non
for matrim onial purposes; and the
Saturday weddings are exceeding
ly few. The English prejudice a
gainst Friday marriages in gener-
al does not extend to Good Friday
at least in certain town districts :;
for whereas the average Of Friday
marriages in Manchester was in
1881 but 218, on Good Friday there
were celebrated as many as SO.
There are no figures, however, to
show that this is a common state
Of things. The one day in the year
on which more marriages are cele-
brated in Scotland than on any 9TH
er is December 81 which is doubt
less explained by the fact. that
New Years day is observed there
as general holiday. In England
not one day is in the same position;
but the favorltc wedding days are
Christmas day, Easter Monday,
Whitsun Monday, and the days
preceding and following them, and
then the August bank-holiday.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

Rev. j. A. Register, pastor
Of Central M. +. Church South
Baltimore, arose in conference on
Monday, and after prcsnting the
report of the operations of his con-
grcgation during the year, brief
ly proceeded to announce his
change to the Protestant Fpisco-
pal Church. His remarks created
most intense excitement, and his
fellow -clergymen came pressing a.
round him, eagerly urging him to
be not hasty. With tears in his
eyes the reverend gentleman, whose
congregation is one Of the wea ltE-
lest in the city, stated that he had
thought we'll over the subject, al
though he had never given an in
timation ofhis intention to living
being until he had informed the
conference. At the conclusion of
his remarks there was a solemn
quietness in the conference. Then
Mr.. Register again rose, and TAX
ing up his hat, walked down the
aisle with bowed head and sorrow
ful mien. AS he passed along sew
eral hands were Outst. etched to
take q farewell.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28


"A nourishishing and pleasant
drink for sick person is made OF
parched rice. Brown the rice the
same as you do coffee, then pour
boiling water with little salt in it
over the rice. Let it boil until it is
tender, then add sugar or cream to
it. 1t may be strained or not, &C.
cording to taste.
Young man, never marry the
girl who will elope with YOU. The
woman who has sufficient will to e.
lope generally has the dctermina~
tion that will make her head Of the
family.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

SQUASH PIEs.-Peel and slice yellow
squash weighing four pounds, stew it
with just enough water to prevent burn
ing for about three hours, or place it in
a steamer over saucepan containing
boiling water, and steam it until it is
tender enough to rub through a sieve
with potato masher; after rubbing it
through the sieve add to it quarter of
pound of butter, level teaspoonful
each of salt and powdered cinnamon
and a quart of milk; beat six eggs to
cream with pound of sugar, and mix
them up with the squash; line some
deep pie-plates with good pastry, fill
them with the cooked squash, and put
them to bake in a moderate oven for
half an hour, taking care not to burn
the crust.
HARRISON PUDDING. .-Sift three tea
spoonfuls of any good baking powder
with one quart of flour; clean and
chop one cup of currants and one OF
raisins; chop half pound of suet; use
one cupful of molasses and one tea
spoonful of mixed ground spice for
sweetening and fiavoring; put all these
ingredients into bowl, add a teaspoon
full of salt, and quickly mix them into a
stiff batter with about one cupful Of
milk; put the pudding into a tin pud-
ding mould thickly buttered, and boil
or steam the pudding for five hours.
Use with the pudding hot caramel
sauce.
CARAMEL SAUoE.-Put four table
spoonfuls of white sugar in saucepan
upon the fire. with one tablespoonful of
water; stir it gently with wooden
spoon for three or four minutes until all
the water evaporates; watch it carefully
until it assumes delicate brown color;
in the meantime put into another sauce
pan six ounces of sugar, half the yellow
rind of lemon cut thin, one inch of
stick cinnamon and one pint of cold
water; bring these to boil gradually;
simmer for ten minutes; mix them
thoroughly and serve the sauce with the
pudding.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
Grant at Fort DOnelsOn.

From an illustrated article on "The
Battle of Fort Donelson," by General
Lew Wallace, in the December Century,
we take the following: "There were in
attendance on the occasion some officers
of great subsequent notability. OF these
Ulysses S. Grant was first. The world
knows him now; then his fame was all
before him. A singularity of the volun-
teer service in that day was that nobody
took account of even first-rate record
in the Mexican War. The battle of Bel
mont, though indecisive, was much
better reference. A story was abroad
that Grant had been the last man to
take boat at the end of that affair, and
the addendum that he had fingered in
face of the enemy until he was hauled
aboard with the last gang plank, did
him great good. From the first his ST.
lence was remarkable. He knew how to
keep his temper. In battle, as in CAMP,
he went about quietly, speaking in a
conversational tone, yet he appeared to
see everything that went on, and was al
ways intent on business. He had faith
full assistant, adjutant-general, and ap-
preciated him; he preferred, however,
his own eyes, word, and hand. His
aides were little more than messengers.
In dress he was plain, even negligent;
in partial amendment of that his horse
was always a good one and well kept.
At the council-calling it such by grace
he smoked, but never said word. ii
all probability he was framing the orders
of march which were issued that night. :"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
Kidiculing an Inventor.

George Stephenson used to speak with
Indignation of how the "Parliament
men" badgered and baffled him with
their book-Iearning when he proposed
to build railroad from Liverpool to
Manchester.
The smoke from the engine, said these
book learned men. will kill all the birds
and the sparks will set fire to fields and
houses. The passengers will be made
seasick; the noise will frighten away
the game, and thousands of coachmen
md innkeepers will be thrown out of
employment.
The fast mail coaches were driven at
about ten miles an hour. When Stephen
son asserted that his steam coaches
would attain to much more rapid rate
of speed he was laughed at and hooted
as q crack-brained enthusiast.
"You must not claim speed of over
fifteen miles an hour, said the nervous
counsel of the promoters of the railroad
to Stephenson just as he was about to
appear before a parliamentary commit
tee.
A member of the committee, opposed
to the proposed railroad, thought he
could make the simple-hearted engineer
assert an absurdity that would kill the
project.
"WeI, Mr.. Stephenson" he asked,
perhaps you could go seventeen miles
an hour ?"
eyes"
"Perhaps twenty miles an hour p
Certainly"
twenty-five, dare say, You do not
think it impossible?
"Not at all impossible"
Dangerous, though p
"Certainly not"
"Now tell me, Mr.. Stephenson, will
you say that you can go thirty miles an
hour?"
Certainly"
The fish was hooked to an absurdity,
so every member of the committee
thought. and they all leaned back in
their seats and roared with laughter.
Their sons now ride sixty miles in six
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
After the Election.

"Gem'Ien, - said brother Gardner of
the Lime-Kiln club, as he smiled be-
ningly down upon the shining pates of
the first row, "de Presumdenshul 'leck-
shun am thing of de past. 1t am gone
foreber. 1t am gathered into de archives
of de forgotten, dar' to be kivered wild
de cobwebs of decay. 1t am well. Dar'
am some things we doan' want too much
of.
"Let us now turn ober new leaf. Ii
political bigotry has fur de pas three
months prevented US from borryin'
coffee of Democratic naybur, it need
no longer stan in de way. If de bias OF
our feelings has made us hesitate to
lend our fiat-irons to Republican, we
mus' now offer him our wheelbarrer as
we'll. 1t has been a long, dark night.
We hev called each other liars, horse
thieves, cheats, swindlers, robbers, ma
bobs, tyrants an corrupshunists. We
has sot each odder's houses on flah, an
burned each odder's dogs an shot each
odder's cats. We has stood an glared
at each odder wild murder in our hearts,
an we has skulked along de alleys wild
clubs an brick-bat in our hands.
"De long night am ober, an daylight
has broken. Let us forgive an forgit.
De kentry am all heah yit, an sich OF
Ms as hev survived de struggle mus
purge our hearts of ranoor an bank up
de house agin cold weather. Detroit
Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
Hard Experiences OF WhaIers.

The crew of the whaling bark Eliza
had peculiar experience north. Aug.
Is, the vessel was hemmed in by the ice,
aud for five days she did not move. The
captain then concluded to abandon his ves-
sci, placing all of his lifeboats, provisions,
and the valuables of the crew on the ice,
and with them the entire crew started
for the mainland, but after proceeding
about ten miles they found an opening.
which prevented them from continuing
their journey. They ascertained that
they were near Point Barrow. No rem
edy was left but for them to retrace their
steps. In the meantime the suffering OF
the men was intense. Many of the poor
fellows were almost frozen to death, and
became useless as seamen. The vessel
was again boarded, and day after day
they waited patiently for an opportun-
ity to get out The captain, at one
time thought they would never again see
land, but fortunately the ice broke and
they made their way safely out, after
remaining hemmed in for over a month.
Two days after they sighted the bark
Mabel, at the mercy of the sea, the crew
having deserted the vessel when she
was blocked by ice. Captain GiIley sent
nineteen men from his craft to sail the
Mabel TO San Francisco, and she is now
ON her way there. The Eliza arrived a
few days ago, and those on board are
still suffering from the hardships they
experienced
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18

markable. The only exceptions to the
rule as to evening dress on the part of
the ladies were the few who had been
present at the wedding as relatives or
| intimate friends of the bride. The
gentlemen present, except the ushers,
who had on Prince Albert coats, gener-
ally wore cutaway coats
The presents the young people re-
ceived from their relatives were, natu
rally enough, both handsome and valu-
able. Among them were a house from
the brides father, and from the father
| of the groom all those one thousand and
one things necessary to make it habit
able. Mrs. Astor gave her daughter
diamonds and iewelry. Mr. Wilson
presented his bride with q diamond
necklace, on which ut the throat there
were a ruby, pearl and sapphire, each
surrounded with large diamonds. The
wedding presents were exhibited in the
front drawing room. They were dis
played upon long tables covered with
crimson plush, and the gifts were so
numerous that the whole of one side of
the room was filled with silverware,
old ornaments, jewels and objects of
art.
There were two bands, one in the hall
besides that in the ballroom, and during
the afternoon they played selections
from "Giaconda, Faust" "Mignon,"
the "Beggar Student" and other we'll
known operas. Mr.. Lander had pre-.
viously arranged and dedicated a waltz
in honor Of the bridegroom, and it was
played for the first time upon this occa-
sion and copy was presented to each
of the bridesmaids and to the grooms-
man. After the ceremony, and before
the guests invited to the reception ar
rived, quadrille was danced by the
ushers and bridesmaids. After the re-
ception the bridesmaids stationed them
selves upon the staircase and awaited
the arrival of the bride and bridegroom,
who had arranged to leave the house at
about six o'clock. AS the bride passed
her bridesmaids she kissed each of them.
The happy couple, amid a shower of
rice, entered their carriage and drove off.
The JOY which filed the home of the
brides parents found an echo in the
wards at Bellevue Hospital. Instead Of
the ordinary fare there were served to
the invalids well Drowned turkeys and
carefully broiled chickens, with all the
recognized Accomplishments. This feast
was the product of Mrs. Astor's gener-
osity. The sick who were too i'll to sit
at the heavily laden tables were served
at their cots by the nurses and attend
ants. Over five hundred men, women
and children partook of the repast, and
it may safely be said that of all the good
wishes that were uttered for the welfare
of the young couple none were more
heartfelt than those of the unfortunates
who were bountifully made partakers in
the festivities of their bridal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18
A Story About the Old Debt.

Recently an old man from a New
England State went into the Treasury
Department in Washington and said that
about 20 years ago he had found some
old bonds among the papers of an uncle.
a man of national reputation for abi,i!r
and wealth from 1920 to 1886, whose
name he bore and whose estate he in
herited many years ago. They seemed
to be United States bonds, he said, but
he could not find banker who knew
anything of them or their value, and as
he was coming here he thought he would
bring them along and see if they real
Id any value. They were indeed n,.-
riosities, old and yellow as they were
from age, for they were part of ''the OIL!
debt" and ceased to bear interest in
1886. The amount of the principal was
$4,000, and there was 10 years interest,"
due on them. He said he would gladly
have taken SIS, 600 for them, and that LIE
had once offered them to Massachu-
setts bank for that, but his offer was
contemptuously declined. The old man
walked out of the Treasury with check
in his pocket on the New York Sub
Treasury for $40, 600.
A LIGHT fee--the retainer from a gas
company.