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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-05
"Lost in The Snow

The imaginative scribe of the inter
Mountain regales the half dozen
readers of that entertaining. witty
and valuable illustrated and illus
trious journal, with the story OF "a
merry party embracing four young
men and the same number OF young
iadiesV VINO are pictured as suffering
untold perils from frost and snow IN
a sleigh ride from Woodville to
VAUDEVILLE and return on New
YEARS. evening. The basis of the
story is evidently the MINERS
Woodvllle letter published yesterday
morning. and while the MINER re-
erets being the cause of leading the
Inter Mountain into so egregious a
blunder, the devotion to veracity for
which it has ever been distinguished
cOmpels the admission that
its Woodville letter was
complete josh and that as
q matter of fact the Inter Noun.
tain's flour young me and an equal
number of young ladies' suffered no
greater danger or peril than that to
which the Inter Mountain represents
them as being subjected by the en-
braces of the "merry party" The
fact is that q party of five-not eight,
or nine-went from Woodyille on
New Years eve to Yankee Doodle,
five miles heyoEd Walkerville, and
they found it an extremely cold ride
A smart Aleck at WoOdville thought
it would be a good joke to write the
MINER that the party came neal
freezing, and the driver would lose
his feet or a portion of them, which
he did. The note was published un-
der the belief that the Information
was reliable, but the MINER reporter
Yesterday saw the driver referred to,
and learned that there was no truth
whatever IN the story o. the freezing
or suffering from cold of the New
Years W party.
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ing that prosperity which can only
be secured by q large production OF
ore. SO long a. men will stand in
their own light by not placing them
selves in the proper position to con-
summate a sale to capitalists, just go
long will they fail to realize anything
from their properties; just 80 long
will we have unproductive properties
which a little outside aid would make
productive. We do not wish to be
understood as advising a reckless
bonding of claims to any man that
presents himself, but if the right man
does, not. hesitate to give him a chance
thereby adding to your own chances
of wealth as we'll as to the prosperity
of the camp.
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Bonding Mining Properties.

Among many owners Of properties
there exists a certain antipathy to
bonding the claims. As against q
certain class this antipathy is well
founded. In every camp are men
who seek to obtain the control of
properties, by bond or otherwise,
who have nc money themselves,
neither can they command any.
This class should be left severely
alone. On the other hand, We have
men who desire to purchase property
for themselves or to find q pur-
chaser, and who, under favorable cir
c~umstances, will cOnsummate what
they undertake. These men, when
they do undertake an enterprise of
this kind, wish to be
In q position whereby If they
accomplish anything that they may
have the benefit of their efforts. Such
men should be encouraged. Owners
should deal literally with them.
They will find it to their interest to
do so. A reasonable length of time
should be given them in which to
take the property themselves or fluid
purchaser. No exOrbitant ''bunus,n
as it Is termed, or even none at all,
should be demanded. Most owners
of mining property expect to realize
on the sale Of o property, not from its
production, many of them being too
poor to place it on q productive basis.
When the right kind of a man ia
found, who is willing to spend bis
time and money in COMMUNICATING a
sale, that should be sufficient bonus
him to risk, while the owner
should regard the chances of a sale
consideration for giving
q man c~Ontrolof the property. 1t is
to the interest of all to enlist in any
mining camp the aid of outside CAPT.
tai. 1t is the only way whereby a
large number of properties can be
upon a paying basis. thus CIV.
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SHERIFF SALE.
Peter Walton, plaintiff,

VIZ.
Peter Hartz and Henrietta HART, defendants.
Saturday, January 18th, A.. D. 1884, in front Of
the Court House door, II the town and county
Of Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, under and
by virtue of an order of sale in the above ent.
tied cause issued Fl on out the District Court OF
the Second Judicial District of the Territory of
Montana in and for Deer Lodge County, the
following property described in said order Of
sale as follows, to wit:
That certain tract and parcel of land situated
and being in Deer Lodge County, M. r., and be.
ing the southeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter the south halt of the southeast quarter
and the northwest quarter of the southeas
quarter Of section number thirty-two (32), in
township 8 north of range nine () west OF the
principal meridian. containing one hundred
and sixty acres. Also that portion of the south
west quarter OF the southwest quarter of Sec
ton thirty three (3S) in township eight (8) north
Of range nine () west which lieswest of the
middle OF Deer Lodge river containing about
thirteen acres. Said land above described lies
opposite the town of Deer Lodge in said county
and Territory.
Also lots number one two three, four, i've and
six in Block number tWenty-eiRht, and lots
numbers eleven. twelve. thirteen and fourteen
III, 12, IL and 14) in block number twenty seven
Of and In the town of Deer Lodge. Der Lodge
County, Montana Territory. according to the
Official survey and plat Of said town, together
with all the Improvements, and rights and priv.
i'eEes, belonging 70 SAID property, above de;
scribed, or pertaining thereto, and all water
rights and privileges. bitches and water belouK.
Ing thereto or needed in connection Herewith.
Dated this 10th day OF December, 1883
NAME b. McMASTER, sheriff.
By THos. McTAGUE, Under Sheriff.
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BOLD BEATS.
How Two Dead Broke Prospect
Ors Got Over the Road,
Taking With Them
Their BurrO.
Special correspondence of the MINER.

Special correspondence of the MINER.
MARKET LAKE, I. T., Dec. "a.
Beating the road" is not an UNI
common occurrence, and in late years
the devices eff broken men to travel
without the aid of "filthy lucre." are
worthy of a place among the fine
arts. but one of the most daring feats
in ''beating the road" recently
occurred at this station. Dan Fin
nerty and John Conlan are
natives of the Emerald Isle,
and pr ospectors from away
back, and like many Of their cl .ss
have experienced times when grass
was short and they were reduced to,
the necessity of relying on their wits
for immediate necessities. They re-
Gently came in here from an
extended prospecting tour, and upon
taking an inventory of their resources
they found that beyond diminutive
piece of salt pork, half a pound of to-
bacco and a sore-backed burro, they
were financially busted. Their OBJ
jective point was Sheshore, and the
discovery of an empty box car on
the side track, destined for that sta-
ton, struck them as a
windfall. Watching their OPP
portunity they loaded the burre
in one end of the car, and ensconced
themselves in the other. The mid
night freight came along, and with
the usual humping and rattling of
brake chains, picked the car up, aud
speeded over the road without an In
cident to mar the uccess of their
plans until, while standing at To-
ponis station, the burro broke the
stiffness of the frosty morning by an
unearthly bray. Conductor and
brakemen instituted a search, which
was rewarded by discovering the
load of live stock viii n occupied
the supposed empty" BILLY, we
will fire His Knobs" said the con-
ductor. "There are three of us to
fire." said a voice from within. 1.-THE
dickens, you say. Who are you, and
where are you goipg?" asked the
"Prospectors, by -,
and bound for Shoshone. Do you
you think we will make it?" came
the answer. It is needless to say
that the "empty" was pulled
through, and the enterprising pros
reached their destination in
Yours truly, K. /
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Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering aud crying with pain of
cutting teeth? If SO send at once and
get a bottle of Mrs. Winslows' Sooth-
ing syrup for children teething. Its
value is incalculable. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon it mothers, there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures dysantary
and diarrh9a, regulates the stomach
and bowels, reduces Inflammation
and gives tone and energy to the
whole sytem. Mrs. Winslows.
Soothing Syrup for children teeth
ing is pleasant to the taste and is the
prescription of one of the Oldest fe-
male physicians in the United States
and is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price Is cents
per bottle GIG sw1y
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Inter Mountain Church History.

Communicated.
A little canvass of the question
proves thefact that the Inter- Mountain
Is greatly at fault in some of its state.
ments In regard to church history in
Butte. particularly in regard to the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
succession and work Of Its pastors.
Rev. Hugh Duncan was sent as the
first pastor of that church in 1875,
and not Rev. F. A. Riggen as stated
in the Inter Mountain. Mr.. Duncan,
in cooperation with Rev. Shipper as
presiding elder, held his 6rst quar-
terly meeting in a hewed log house
belonging to the Porter brothers, in
the east part of the city, at which
meeting the names of members were
reported and organized into q Meth
odist class. During >Ghe year of
1866 Nj. Duncan organized the
first Methodist Sunday-school in
Butte, which was the first Sunday
school ever organized in this city.
In the fall of 1875, this school be-
came a union Sunday school, the
officers and teachers being about
equally of Methodists and Presby.
teria1s. It continued thus till the
Presbyterians were able to organize
a school in their new church. In the
fall of 1876 Rev. w. G. Shipper was
sent to Butte as pastor of the NJ. E.
church and as presiding elder of the
district lying west of the Rocky
mountains in Montana. In 1877
Rev. F. A. Riggin succeeded MI.
Shipper as pastor and presiding
elder in Butte and on the west side.
So it will be seen that Mr.. Riggin
was not pastor in Butte till two years
later than is stated N the Inter-
Wisdom Daily. During the
winter of 1878, Rev. w. w. Van
Orsdale and Rev. F. A. Riggin
jointly lnaugurated the enterprise OF
erecting the Mountain View church
edifce. Rev. Tiff, now of Salt Lake
City, never was pastor of the NJ. E.
church in Butte, and so far as we
can learn never visited the city in
connection with any church work.
The NJ. E. Church South, under the
pastorate of Rev. E. J. Stanley, who
holds preaching services two Sab
baths in each month, in Miners
Union Hall, is worthy of mention as
ono of the churches of Butte. We
would not discourage the Inter Noun
tain in its erring efforts OF
religious subjects, but urge
It to try again, as it was
only likely an incident of the blind
the blind that caused this
tumble into the ditch of error
together. Xxx
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Froduoem arker Report.

~ A0V Oo0SAV
BUTTE, M. T., Jan 5. 1884,
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:
Flour Ruby Valley, xxx, $500
per cwt.
Mill Greek. xxx. 81. 90
percwt.
Kansas xxxx$4.5O.
Bakers, $3.50. -
Mill Creek, New Process, $4.OO.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, new grecess) 500.
$3.50. -
Utah Common, 1925
Utah Choice, $780,:
Graham, $500. :
Wheat per lb., 2 cts.
Oats, 5 1.75@1.8O.
Butter, per H., 5000 cts.
Eggs, per case, $12.5O@l1.W
Corn Meal, sc.
Beef, carcass, Sc.
Hay per ton, $24G$26
Balled Hay, per ton, $22.@A.W
Cheese, 20@22 cts1
Barley, $2.35@2.5O per cwt."
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 8 cts.
Pork, dressed, $8@1Octs.p per ID.
Veal, 124cts. per 10.
Sausage, Is cts. per lb.
Venison carcass 8c@10c'
Chickens, live, 50 at $40 per dozen.
Wood, $6.OO@$7.
Potatoes, $1.5O %cwt.J
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Naw Route to the Mines.

Missoula Times I'd: A new and
still shorter route to the mines is re-
pOrted to have been found. The
starting point is at Prospect Greek,
some twenty miles east of Trout
Creek on the Northern Pacific. An
old Indian trail extends up the di-
vide and into the mining region.
The summit is reported to be lower
than via. Trout Creek, and the dis
lance some shorter. Sheriff Berry,
who knows much about the country,
behaves this route will be the shortest
If any that can be made.
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DEER LODGE.
A Well-KnOWn Buttelte Frozen
While on an Errand Of
Mercy.
Diphther1a at Willow Glen.

Special Correspondence of the MINER
DEER LODGE, Jan. 3, 1854.
The Valley town has not been par
ticularly lively of late, and items Of
general interest are as scarce as hens
teeth. Our fellow townsman and
former citizen Of Butte, G. w. Garlic
ton, met with a painful experience
on New Years day. Just as the New
Year was dawning, at IL o'clock at
night he started with a liv.
cry team and cutter, &C
co,npanied by a driver, for the
Willow Glen store, kept by Eardley
& Son. The night was bitter cold
and stormy; the snow being driven
in binding sheets by a freezing nor
west wind, which at times became
almost a hurricane. Drifts were
piled high on the travelled road and
they had gone but a few miles, when
they had lost the road and became
confused as to their bearings. They
beat about the valley until 4 o'clock
in the morning, when q ranchman's
house was reached, where
it was found that Mr..
Carleton's right hand was badly
frozen, his feet and lower limbs bad
ly frosted and his face, ears and left
hand touched by the frost, though
not seriously. Some simple remedies
were applied and he came back to
Deer Lodge, reaching here at 8 a. m.
when medical attendance was OBJ
tanned. The patient Is suffering a
good deal, but will probably escape
with the loss of his finger nails from
the right hand. The object of Mr..
Carleton's hazardous ride to the
was to visit Bedson
who is reported lying
dangerously i'll of dipbtheria at Will
low Glen. Intelligence of MI. card
ley's prostration by the dreaded
scourge reached here at a late hour
Monday night, and as an old friend.
knowing that the sufferers father
and mother were in Europe, and
hat the young man vas alone in the
house with the smaller children, he
it his duty to go at once to the
scene of distress. In the absence of
my direct information from Willow
3len, your correspondent is unable
o say anything definite as to the ill
less of Mr.. Eardley, but it is hoped
" his many Deer Lodge friends that
he first report may have been some
What exaggerated.
Yours truly,
JOE BUSH.
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9REAT BARGAIN.

And 9 GOOD chance to educate YOUR children.
4 1iue farm for sale within q ten minutes walk
Of the best school in the territory. The pur-
chaser can have four hundred and sixty acres Of
land with water right and ditch. Good soil, we'll
watered Dwelling house with six age rooms
and a good well. Good stables and o%nt-houses
= very desirable locality, with splendid town.
sites for building on It, lying partly in the town
OF West Deer Lodge, and within five minutes
walk Of the McBurney house. Will be sold cheap
for cash down. Part or all of the above prop
efty can be purchased ON the 18th of January.
See Sheriff Sale. Possession given on the day
Of sale.
Also six fine town lots very desirable locality,
for private residence with large shade trees,
and stable.
For further information inclose pastaee
ID Deer Lodge.
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l.
As Found in Our Cleau-Up of the
Territorial Exchanges.

Good cord wood Is only 81 50 IL
Nissoula.
u. Hill is booming the Grea
Falls TOWNSHIP in st. Paul.
A Miles City man has sued hi,
neighbor for $40 900 for the seduction
of his wife.
Doc Rich, the venerable and vet
eran sporting man, died at Billings 6
few days ago.
John Slack, of Bitter root valley
q we'll known farmer. died on Satur.
day evening.
Billings and Glendale have been
made Presidential postoffices with
salaries OF 81, 800 and 5 1000.
A contest is pending in the Miles
City. land office, in which a man
named Murder is concerned.
According to the River Press the
"colored society" people of Benton,
gave a grand masquerade ball on
New Years eve.
Marquis de Mores says q newspaper
is to be started at Little Missouri by
a Chicago man.
The Big Muddy is frozen solid at
Benton, and the heaviest teams now
cross the ice bridge in perfect safety.
The arrears of taxes for the past
two years in Madison county as pub
lished by the Madisonian do not ex-
coed $500.
G. w. Savage & Sons, of Miles
City, have made an assignment to II.
~ Mind hnrl1pn Nh1 Oon1ko c,,I
Liabilities are not stated.
MI. Heffelbower, the painter who
fell from the depot at MissOula. some
days ago, and fractured a leg, was
obliged to have the limb amputated.
Wakefield & Hoffman, of Boze-
man, have secured the contract for
carrying tourists through the Park
for a term of ten years at a uniform
rate of $25 each.
The school trustees of Miles will
make another trial to have a new
school house built. They have adj
vertised for new tenders for the pur-
pose.
The Wickes branch passenger
trains are said to be paying well, al
though at first it was hardly thought
they would pay expenses. They car
~ about twenty passengers each way
every day.
A hard glove fight took place at
Livingston a few evenings ago be-
tween Patsy Train n and a hard hit
ter named Stewart. Trainor won the
battle in two rounds, lasting only
four minutes.
G. M. Gilbert, of St. Paul, agent Of
an association Of capitalists who are !
looking toward western Investments,
is looking over Montana towns for |
the purpose Of rep )rting their condi>
ton and prospects from q financial
point of view.
A petition has been numerously |
in Missou'a asking an extern
sion of the mail route, via the Null
Ian road, to Cour d'Alene. The dis
lance from the Mullan road to the
mines is said to be only some twenty |
miles, and e a feasible route.
River Press: Major J. w. Patrick
that in his last trip to the
Bears Paw country he discovered
The famous gulch where Steele and
his companions wer murdered by
Indians. He says the diggings
ire good for $50 a day to the man,
is not very bad in these degen-
crate days.
A snow shed at the east end of
Muir tunnel has been completed, 6l5
eet in length. Another is being put
Up at the other end, and when trains
'un through the tunnel in a few days
rom now, the snow sheds and the
through the mountain will make
nearly a full mile of covered track.
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Notice.

The regular annual meeting OF the
Stockholders of the First National
Bank bf Butte will be held at the
Banking house of said Bank on
Tuesday, Janua~y 8th, 1884, between
the hours Of 10 o'clock a. m , and 4
o'clock, p. N. JOSEPH A. HYDE,
swim. Cashier.
Butte, NJ. T., Dec, 9Th, 1883.
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Prevent sickness by taking, occa-
sionally, one of EmOry's Little Ca
thartic Pills, a wonderful appetizer,
an absolute cure of hilliousness.-l5
cents.
For lame Back, Side or Chest use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price Is
cents. Sold by Newton Bros.
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A Qrinnin9 Deaths Head

is scarcely more abhOrrent to = re.
fined observer than a row of discOl-
ored teeth made visible by a smile.
Correct the hideouI blemish with
delightful and healthful SozodOnt,
which whiteps yellow teeth, imparts
ruddiness and hardness to c0lorless,
unhealthy gums. and a floral balmi-
ness to the breath. The feminine
mouth becomes w~ondrOasly attrac-
tive In consequences of its use. Lead
ing actresses and ~cantatrices regard
1t As Incompatible.
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time sent her off with his blessing
and an Injunction not to rant. He
used to scold her pretty thoroughly,
Is ne was wont to do with his good
pupils, but he burnt the check. -Nev
York Nous,
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DR.. d. J.. Mcmillan, President of
the Montana Collegiate Institute,
will hereafter write ID. D.. to his
name. the faculty of the Washington
and Jefferson college having con-
ferIed the degree upon him.
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BORN.

KERN.-Near the Bell smelter, January l, 1884,
to the wife Of Mr.. George Kern, twins
Sons.
ABRAHAM.-In this city, Tuesday, January /.
1884, to Mr.. and Mrs. N. IS. Abraham, 1
daughter.
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CATARRH CURED, health and
sweet breath secured by Shilohs'
Catarrh Remedy. Price so cents.
Nasal Injector free. Sold by Newton
Bros.
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SHILOH'S VITALIZER is what
you need for Constipation, Loss Of
Appetite, Dizziness and all symptoms
of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and Is cents
per bottle. Sold by Newton Bros.
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81 EEPLESS NIGHTS, made
miserable by that terrible cough.
5hiloh's Cure is the remedy for you.
Sold by Newton Bros.
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SHILOH'S COUGH and Con-
sumption Cure is sold by us on a
guarantee. It cures consumption.
sold by Newton Bros.
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DIED.

KANE,-At Butte. on Wednesday, January. 2,
1884, Louie, son of MI. and Mrs. VIM. Z.
Kane, aged 8 years.
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THAT HACKING COUGH can
be SO quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure.
W. guarantee it. Sold by Newton
Bros.
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WILL YOU SUFFER with Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint? Shi-
loh's Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure
you. Sold by Newton Bros.
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ARE YOU MADE miserable by
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness,
Loss Of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shi-
lOh's Vitalizer is q positive cure. sold
by Newton Bros.