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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-24

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 2O.-I'he court
of inquiry appointed to investigate
the circumstances of the collision be-
tween the Tallapoosa and the Balti-
more schooner, inds that the Talla-
poosa did all in her power to avoid
the collision and complied with the
law in all respects and that the blame
for the col ision rests with the
schooner.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Sylvester
Nichols is appointed melter at the
mint in Denver. The announcement
that Wilcox received this appoint
ment is incorrect. The large new
silver vau under the cash room of
the treasury department is finished
and the transfer of silver to it well
begin Monday. It has a storage
capacity of 5O'OCO.OOO silver dollars.
The silver now stored in the treasury
amounting to S5OO,OOO will be trans
ferred to the new vault where it will
also be stored. Surplus coinage at
the different mints Is accumulatlng
every month.
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Fire Protection.

Another successful test of the pow.
ers of The Challenge Fire Extin-
gulsher," was given last evening.
Its work is truly wonderful and one
can hardly credit so much being &C.
complished by so small All agency,
without having been all eye witness
to it. Its value is more than doubled
by its facility in use. There is moth
ing to be out of repair end it is III
stantly brought into action with no
danger whatever to person or prop
erty. 1t is equally well adapted to
mills, factors, business houses or res
idents, and it is found to meet with
a liberal patronage in Butte, as it is
doing throughout the country.
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Something Handsome.

Yesterday afternoon while walking
up Main street q reporter noticed al
admiring throng in front of Sands &
Boyce's dry goods emporium. Ell
bowling his way through he found
the cause of the commotion. It was
a dress, and such a one that beggars
description. Many feminine heart
yearned for one like it. The material
in the aforesaid dress was composed
of white cashmere and white silk
velvet, ornamented with hand en-
brolde1ed flowers. The dress will be
worn at a reception to be given
Wednesday evening, and is the
handiwolk of Mrs. l.. P. Thibault,
who resides opposite the court house.
The dress will be on exhibition till
Wednesday.
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avis and Clarke County Demo
cratic Ticket.

The Democratic Convention helo
at Helena on Thursday, Sept. lo'h'
made the following nomination.:
Sheritf-Jas. NJ. Halford.
Clerk and Observation-Disclosures Car
roll.
Treasurer-W. X. Roberts.
Assessor-Otto Peterson.
Probate Judge-O. B. Totten.
Countv Commissioner - E. M.
Hoyt. 11.;,s
supt County Schools e o. Halls
beck.
Public Administrator. r. La
Croix.
County surveyor-W. w. DE Lacy.
Coroner-N. Salvaille, NJ. D.,
The delegates to the district con-
vention were Instructed to recon-
mend the name of Harry r. Comfy
to the district convention for the
office of district attorney.
The following is the Legislative
ticket.
For Counciiman-John T. Muir
ply. y
For Members of the House-E'
Beach and S. F. Ralston.
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The Hadley Examination.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 2O.-The exam
ination before the trial of Henry
H. Hadley. Judgment IN the suit OF
Frank P. Marsh, was entered to-day
before the referee. Plaintiffs desire
to know VIII, ther the Democratic
National committee owed Hadiey
ANYTHING for his investigation OF the
Morey letter, counsel for plaintiff
asked witness if he had any business
relations with Wesley Lyons or Mar,
Gus Il. Sacia, and witness created
some commotion by charging counsel
with being counsel for John /. Dav-
export and asking him questions so
as to associate the name OF wltness
with notorious characters. Later on
the witness said he had been assocl-
ated with Davenport at election time,
and expected to be so connected win
that gentleman again. He denied he
was anybody's tool.
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FOREIGN.

PARIS, Sept. 2O.-The Panama
Canal company signed CONTRACT
with New York dredging company
for the cutting of the last section OF
the canal. The contract PROVIDES
that the work shall be hnlshed III
1857.
ROME, Sept. 2O.-The Pope, in
token nf his affection for the Romans
has granted 500, 900 for the establish t!h n
the Vatican in the event of the out
break of cholera in Rome; M MS
Holiness promises to visit the nos
pltal personally.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 2O.-The Frenei
have added to their previous coh.p;, IN
e1T Min river, which acted for the : sup, J.,
nression NJ Of piracy. Neutral fleets .s
are now compelled to suppress
pirates.
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The Railroad Managers' Conference.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-The general
managers of the Western and South
western lines at theiI adjourned ses-
sion this morning resumtd d negotla-
tions with the view to forming a
pool On the Colorado and Utah busi-
ness. No progress, however, was
made and an adjournment was taken
to 2 O'Clock this afternoon. The i'm
preston last night was that no fur
ther attempt will be made at this
time toward the settlement Of the
question of the Colorado and Utah
traflic beyond, possibly, an attempt to
maintain rates similar to the ninety
days agreement entered into yester-
day with respect to the Nebraska
business. Freight agents of all the
Omaha lines have been in session to-
day in an endeavor to arrange tariff
to Nebraska points in conformity
with the action taken by the mana
gers yesterday. A number of Off
cials intend leaving the city this
evening and in case of failure to
agree upon some basis of settlement
this afternoon, it is deemed doubtful
if negotiations will be resumed again
next week,
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The Fire Last Night.

Last night, soon after IL o'clock, a
cabin between Park and Galena
streets, belonging to Hector Cod
cheaux, was discovered to be on hre.
For two or three hours before the
flames appeared persons in the
neighborhood were smelling SOME
thing burning, but supposed it was
something thrown into stove to be
destroyed. When the fire was dis
covered the entire inside OF the
house was ablaze. The flames seemed
to appear all over the roof at once.
In less than four minutes after the
boys put the hose to playing upon
the fire the fire was all out. The
origin of the fire is unknown. There
was no insurance.
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The Campaign i'm Oh,o

h;E;ooNGsTowN, Sept. 2O.-The Re.
van VALLEY rrest campaign i in the Mahoning
nh;ey ny great iron and coal district nf e
snno Unao was opened to-day by the nres W.
GoGe OF Gen: Logan, Hon VIM e r.
ie,.ey. ineny Gen. Noyes and other nrom. M
,ment ,,1a speakers. The demonstration
s.as was tne largest ever witnessed in
%ste steLn Ohlo: The crowd is esti.
mated from $4,000 to IS, GOO. marchinv
ciuos uniformed, being present from
Glrard. Mineral Ridge. CanfieId'
Eeetonla, Alliance. Beaver Falls
r.aa'ston; West Mlddlesex, Sharon
ufeenville, Hubbard, and several
o!her small towns. The industrial
ulsplay Of iron manufacturers IVES
leiharkably fine Oh the fair ground.
zen. Logan and other speakers ad-
dressed the people. Tc-night there
IS a monster torch light procession.
Judge Kelley and Noyes are speak.
ing, Kelley in the opera house and
Noyes two Thousand at an overflow
ing meeting. Logan's tour from
Rochester, New York, to Youngs-
town was continuous ovation. He
remains here over Sunday the guest
OF Z. II. Andrews, and goes to ALI
ance, Missillion and Canton Monday
on special train. On Tuesday he
speaks at Akron, and September 18th
he speaks in Wheeling.
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NINE the richer the ore. Her sixty
stamp mill is kept busy day and
night crushing the precious metal
and reducing it. The famods Alice
mine keeps her dry mills of eighty
stamps constantly pounding away.
The Moult,,n, with forty stamps, is
none the less active, but in the ex-
citing race in the argentiferous sphere
she shines as one of the most brilliant
in the galaxy of the gods. Having
feasted our vision on these rich
things for two days, the next to meet
our gaze was the world-renowned
copper mines, chiefly the Anaconda,
to-day not in full operation, owing to
the fact that vast quantities of ore are
already on the dump awaiting ship
ment to their reduction works at
Anaconda. The famous Parrot
mines are unceasing in their efforts,
making the earth resound with the
magnetic click Of pick and bar.
Their twenty-four furnaces are kept
constantly filled. The calclners ale
fed day and night with ores from the
concentratOrs, while the hot blasts
are every four or six hours being
tapped, which relieve them of their
matte. In addition to their already
immense reduction works, new con-
centrators and new furnaces have
been constructed; two of the fur
naces already being in operation,
the remainder are to receive the fin
ishing touches by October 1st. For
the knowledge gained and the facts
set forth regarding the Parrot reduc-
ton works I feel very grateful to
Superintendent Gaylord and the gen.
tlemanly foreman, Mr.. Lathrop. To
an outside observer, Butte, With her
hundreds of mines, scores of smelters
and reduction works, presents one of
the most interesting sights that it is
possible to conceive, one indeed that
the gods might justly crave. Not
only is she possessed with mines of
wealth, but her commerce is not to
be lightly spoken of. In social mat
ters she cannot be excelled, in fact,
Butte stands par excellence in the
estimation of one who has taken
some little pains to inquire into and
note her many points of interest.
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Railroad Collision

DENVER. Sept. 2o.-At 13lt 4:so th,s tnd
rnnnsr m ,rnnns q train occurred eleven
pas,sensol p!,ss ssonth Of Albuquerque. Ne% "
Mexico. on the Atchlso1n'' s'o1f'na aoi in the
santa Fe railroad, resulting !nain engineer, .i
Is dsath of the passenger tram eng Kaxter
n K. Fisher, fireman kooo. n,me n not
snd -, i> a freight brakeman ,,ara nare we'll veil
haIsn hn mn. but escaped unhui''
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IL Is q IdCV, CSldO1ISCO Wy uAAu1pS1CA
able authority, that the use of
tobacco, in any form, is not only an
obnoxious and expensive habit, but
creates an unnatural thirst, and is a
stepping stone down to intemperance-
In evidence of this statement we
point to the fact that the revenue tax
on tobacco in the State of Maine last
year was seventeen cents per capita,
while the general average of the
whole country was 81 per capita.
Maine is q prohibitory State whose
aveIage whlskey tax was four cents
per capita while the average tax for
each inhabitant Of the whole country
was $l.40. One of the States New
Jersey has already made it a penal
offence to sell cigarettes to boys, thus
greasest of all evils.
s. We also call your thoughtful
consideration to the kindred evil of
using opium, a poison which: though
it curses the home Of its victim 1t So,
Gegrades and cursts the victim him
self ever more, if possible, than alco-
hol.
Since the Orient and the Occident
are uDitihg in cur great temperance
work, which already belts the globe,
We appeal TO you in behalf Of the
man victims to this degrading.
opium evil among the Chinese and
other Asiatics in our Territory.
8. Since literature is the most
fertile source of information and edU-
cation among intelligent people,
we appeal for your pecuniary assist
ance in flooding our Territory with
interesting and attractive temperance
literatue, which, while it instructs
our youth In the principles of sobriety
and good citizenship, will also help
to supplant the vast amount of
corrupt reading which Is so alarm
ingly violating the facile minds of cur
rising generation.
Temperance literature of the kind
we have indicated is so marvelously
cheap that q person actuated by q
missionary spirit could supply
small neighborhood for year with
the money ordinarily expended by a
tobacco -nser in a single month.
Any one wishing for such kind of
temperance ammunition can be'sul-
piled, direct, by writing to Julia
Coleman, Superintendent of Literary
Department, Y Bible House, New
York City.
10. Since the strength of the liquor
traffic is in the law which licenses
and protects it, and since law is the
result of sentiment expressed by
the ballot, we therefore, appeal to
you finally, to aid us in securing the
right to that ballot, on an equality
with man, on all matters affecting
temperance and school legisl ton,
that we may protect our homes from
our direst foe. And we ask you not
to reverse the devine order by put
ing the question of expediency be-
fore that of principle by asking lis it
best?" instead Of "is it light?"
If we have the moral right to pro-
tect our own homes, as the rum trat-
fic has the legal right to assail them
then we modestly ask you assist Us
in securing our rights, leaving any
and all questions of expediency to
the solution of an all wise and over
ruling Providence.
MRS. r. H. HOWEY, Charm an.
MRS. JAS. KIRKPATRICK,
Secretary.
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No Assessments.

In the Nevada jurisdiction OF the
40. U. w., which en- braces ldaho,
Montana, Utah and Wyoming Terri
tories, there was only one assessment
in August and none this month.
The Order pays $1,000 to the heirs OF
y deceased member, and when there
are no deaths there are 10 assess
meutS.
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tight pants and hair parted in the
middle, stepped into her buggy and
started for Horse Prairie. Many
comical. ludicrous and laughable in
cidents have occurred but the ladies
are most particular in carrying out
the programme and paying the very
minutest attentions to the delicately
reared old-timers.
18TH, 9 A. NJ.
Flom Mr.. E. F. Sawyer of Horse
Shoe bend, Gallatin county, I have
just gathered an item worth publish
ing. His stock ranch is located near
he new town of Three Forks. OF
this latter place Mr.. S. says: The
English company are making very
long strides. The manner in which
this wealthy stock company have
gone to work argues. favorsbly for
the rapid advancement of the town:
They have purchased and are still
buying what land can be had at
good figures and are holding out in
ducements to actual settlers and bus
iness men. A banking house. hotel,
three stores, livery stable, three sa-
looms and other business houses of a
substantial character are in full blast.
The company has sent to England
for fifty or one hundred head of thor
ough bred racing stock and will use
their every endeavor to improve the
stock of Montana. They will also
import several head of thorough
bred cattle with the same object in
view. In establishing this new city
at Three Forks they give the farm
ers ready market for all farm pro-
ducts.
The crops in Gallatin valley are all
harvested and the yield is far in ex-
cess of any previous year. They
have been troubled with no frost,
heavystorms, smut or other damag-
ing drawbacks. The acreage is
larger than ever, and the yield per
acre of every variety of cereal and
vegetables so flattering that the
grangers are the happiest people in
this section of Montana.
A few days since Mr.. VIM. Deascey,
formerly sheriff of this county, and
now deputy, took to the insane asy-
lum one Michael Macrie. He was
in shackles and handouts but upon
arrival at his future home had the
irons removed before the doctor came
in. The latter soon arrived, looked
at both parties and invited Mr. Deas-
cey to "step this way" first promis-
ing the prisoner he would take care
of Mr.. D. The joke was grabbed by
Mike who informed the doctor that
.'Bilp' was a hard 'un and might
need straight jacket at times. The
papers were produced by the deputy
and a bottle of wine at the doctors
expense, cheerfully drank.
CHANCE.
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The WhippiMS.POsts

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 2o'-oev-
ell conv,cto were whipped at New.
csS,le "a Ills morning, in the presencs
u 4oD people. Among them were
M.a,ward Redden, white, VINO Wa 90
pf'iiiofled for an hour in addition 10 ~
,asAes; ,1 Isaac Anderson, q negro ooy,
,nh! VINO swoIe Justify while belng
Sh'pped, and Il cOiored thief nameu
Ilusar Awful, VINO took ~ heavy
'"sues without murmur.
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CA1so, Sept. 2o.-Austria, franeG i.'n4 Cd
and Germany have lns.rucerT raeen :
their M representatives. here to P5esehn' pe sen
. en on,lective note to Nubar Pacna,
Egyptian prime minister, p 2roi9Is,ng s;nk,ns
agai s%nds which was ordered day te1oIe IRE
Iunus, ntnrd"v W." M. Barriere,, French
yyiniemstic yieietii. agent, protested person !r'
aliv to-day against the s"spen
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Rosh HaehOno.

A very numerous and devout con-
gregation assembled yesterday morn
ing to participate in the religious
worship of Rosh Hashono. The SER
vice was conducted by Messrs. Oct
finger and Jonas in Hebrew, and a
short discourse on CHARITY, the cor
ner stone of Judaism" was delivered
by Mr.. Oettinger in English.
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cor,iou's SITUATION

CAIRO, Sept. 2o.1Con1a,ee,ps ,Ss nrosress of Of
Sess %9,s n soudan. AeeofdDfD To D"ngc TO 'ps
o1asn i 1s msFahSS whs he h|Rsts, ;% AND d1Xs x:
has ga'nWe%%a e%artcum been raised
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MISCELLANEOUS.

dn,RRovlDENcE, R. l., Sept. 2o.-This
nx1oIhlng ~ Commodore J. 2. eIewatt
Vi .the United States marine No.
cee0ed with the flagship Tennes@see @
10 Newport Harbor and tharo 20
neVed Admiral Luce of the command
9I the North Atlantic souadrnn
ssIntod n new commanders flag was
sa,uted by! all. the ships Of the
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Not many weeks since I had the
extreme pleasure of listening to the
renowned vlolinist, John Kelly.
During the coulse Of the evenings
entertainment the vene rable and ac-
complished musician had occasion to
refer to the grand possibilities and
resources OF Montana. With no
small degree of pride did he refer to
the early days of our Territory the
amusing incidents of pioneer life;
the pleasing acquaintances formed
and the striking contrast between
days gone and the present. In the
delightful reminiscence he very
feiicitously and forcibly impressed
his audience with the opportunities
offered, of which a few had availed
themselves and others had lost.
Most kindly was mention made of
Butte. The city from which only
eight years ago he had been the
means of assisting numerous friends
to make their exodus. Those who
had left were the poorer, and the few
who were compelled to remain had
become the happy possessors of I'M
mense fortunes. His only regret was
that circumstances permitted him to
assist any in leaving the Silver City.
AS we were driven from the Utah &
Northern depot to the St. Nicholas
Wednesday morning last cursory
glance of the configuration of the
place, the many indentations made
By mining engineers to acquire the
shining shekles, the uneven foot
hills, the more lofty buttes, and
above all the towering serrated
ranges of mountains that glrdied the
entire city at greater or less distances
were not conducive to in connection
with numerous smelters, furnaces and
reduction works. the most favor
able impressions. These: however,
were merely surfacing in character.
A few days spent with some of the
city's wholesale business men, in
quiring into their different branches,
becoming more familiar with their
happy and contented mein, their
generous manners, my mind Was
peremptorily disabused of the
rather hasty conclusion at first
drawn. How could it be otherwise
when an array of solid facts like the
above are produced as argument. In
addition to these three days spent in
visiting the wonderful silver mines
like the Lexington. Only few
years since Its present owners paid
the princely sum of $2,5OO,000 for
apparently a "hole in the ground. "
Nevertheless, to-day it has a three
compartment shaft sunk 900 feet, en-
ploys in the mine $50 men, running
two shifts of IS men each, and will
! soon sink the shaft another 100 feet,
noting the fact that the deeper the
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Blaine In New York

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Blaine will
visit the Republican National head
quarters and at nine o'clock he will.
We Ihe recipient of a serenade, He
VIII address the assemblage. A grand
parade of different organizations is
expected. Pre- sident Arthur will
call upon Mr.. Blaineduripg the after
noon.
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The children in the depot addition
are wrestling with the whooping
cough. Some of the older ones are
also taking hand in the game.
Chasteen Humphrey, who does all
the heavy work around the MINER
office, is Off this morning for two
weeks outing in the mountains.
Chasteen IS dead shot-when it
comes to making ''pie"-and when
he returns he will bring with HIM
buffalo for each member of the typo.
graphical fraternity. We wish him
q pleasant trip and hope he will
get around right side up with care.
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Last night about one o'clock, be-
hind Hart's stable, q man whose
name we were unable to learn, was
knocked down by some unknown
partv and his skull fractured.
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C1,0lera Notes.

sr,11Es, Sept. W;mNU W-1ay ue hut
s;:: ;;,::;: ::
Unique.
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IHG REPUBLICAN, CONVEN.
TON.
a stormy Sesslon-A Weak
Ticket ard Disgusted
Republicans.

wrangling over the admission of
delegates, application Of 1ules, etc.
In the general squabble for nomi-
nations which followed the conven-
tion seemed to lose its head and let
n the weaker caLdidates, Judge
Knowles presided with marked
dignity and ability and was rewarded
by the thanks Ct The convention and
by that body instructing its delegates
to the Territorial Republican Con-
vention to vote for him as It's candi-
date for Congress-.
The following is the list of candi-
dates befoi the convention and the
vote each received.
Sheriff - H. c. Kessler, SO; G.
Small, 80.
ASSESSOR. E. Manning, As; Geo.
Odell, 40.
Teasurer-Freyschlag by acclama-
ton.
Clerk and Recorder-J. M. Knight,
So; Joseph Daft, 81.
Probate Judge-John Madden by
acclamatlon.
County Commissioner-three bal
lots taken. Third ballot, Amos
Purdam, of Melrose, 81; Muller, %.
Public dministrator-R.C. Knox.
A; H. McMurphy, Is.
Superintendent Of Schools-T. T.
Baker, 80; F. Lockey, "a; F. Gil
bert, 5.
RoadSupervisor-W. .Hanscomb,5O;
A. C. Thoms, 7; G. G. Lomas, 3;
Alex RalstoA, 3.
For road district No. 2, T. O.Miles,
County surveyor-G. F. Ma, sh NOM
mated by acclamation.
For Justice of the Peace-Dr. f. e.
Gleason and w. I. Lippincott, nom
mated by acclamation.
Constabies-The two receiving the
highe st. number of votes to be the
nominees: Thos. H. Judge, 80; Gil
bert Engle, 81; Jerry Griffith, 80; J..
NJ. Fish, Is.
Council. Thos. Couch, nominated
by acclamation.
House, The three receiving the
highest number of votes to be the
nominees: E. Hel bert, 80; Lee Man
tie, 81; w. O. Speer, 36; Fl. B. Smith,
81; J. B-lmore, 22.
DELEGATES TO TIE TERRITORIAL CON
VENTION.
DELEGATES: ALTERNATES:
Hiram Knowles, John Lloyd,
w Dewitt, Lee Mantle,
p r Dolman, DIR Bishop,
T, r Holmes. AT Mcbride,
G w Irwin, ii Y Bodley,
W O Speer. Couch,
rs Warren. E Gleason,
J E Belmore, ii Z hessler,
l. F Wyman, Z w Hanscomo'
w Stoner, w M JACK.
| CENTRAL COMMITTEE:
PR Dolman, DR. A G Bishop, Milo
French, Butte; w E Hall, Walker
vile: John Anderson, Centerville;
John NJ Lyons, MeaderviIle; E M
Trask, Depot; T 0 Miles, Silver Bow
and J Maddox, Melrose.