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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
The Anderson Concentrator.

This new concentrator has been
working for some time on the tail>
ings ct the Dexter mill, and has been
proving itself the best machine of
the kind ever set to work in Butte.
The mill has been at work on ore
from the Orphan Girl and has now
several hundred tons of taillngs from
that mine. The mill saves between
seventy and eighty per cent. of the
assay value of the ore. The concen-
traitor now works the tailings so
nicely that in every ton of concen-
trates is found sixty-five per cent. of
carbonate of lead end forty-five
ounces of silver. Also in every ten
hours work the concentration saves
from the tailings from ten to twenty
dollars worth of amalgam. Three
tons of concentrates are turned out
In ten hours work. About fifty tons
of tailings are worked in the ten
hours. In other words, from
fifteen to eighteen tons Of tailings
are used to every ton of concentrates.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
Miscellaneous,

A new geological curiosity in Ba,-
timore is an Australian fish called
the goby. It is said to climb or jump
out of its aquarium and to crawl with
great ease for several hours upon
terra firma.
Thomas Jefferson's tomb, on which
the United States Government re-
Gently spent $40, 900, suffers again at
the hands of relic hunters. The
breaking of the lock and the defacing
of the railing of the enclosure, as we'll
as the chipping of the tomb, are
mentioned in q Charlottesville pa
per.
Men of science do not hold the pop
ular view that there has been a suf-
ficiency of Arctic exploration. 1t
does not matter whether we 60 a few
miles further moth or not, but it ia
important to obtain exact knowledge
about the winds, tides and other phys
ical phenomena of the Northern
Hemisphere.
BY the roadside near Clyde, N. Y,
is a stone five feet long, two and q
half feet wide, and s, nix deep in the
earth. On its surface = concavity or
basin has been cut. It is said to have
been used by the Indians two hun
dred years ago for pulverizing corn.
A gentleman of Clyde has q stone
pestle used in pounding the kernels.
According TO California law q man
is a vagrant, no matter what his IN
come. ifhe cOnsOrts with criminals
and spends his time in idleness
AL. Migueron, whose income is $40
monthly, was lately committed as
vagrant for q hearing at q higher
court, and $500 bail, which he was
willing to put up was refused.-S. F.
Cal.
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Hot Weather.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-The wealth
IS Intensely hot. Street car lines
A almost suspended. A. number OF
ople has been prostrated, but 1t is
apcssible to learn how many. Nine
Slhs occurred at bellevue Hospital
aou the heat. Street car officials
Asle should the hot weather cOntln-
sone more day their lines will have
woe nt entirely suspended. n
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10. - Inc
sas here is intense. Five men died
sOn no sunstroke at the hospitals dur
us The night and two more cases are
M.Ipofled this morning. Animals al
Ss Se state tair are suffering terribly;
.peelmens of poultry are dying ana
~ ~ being carried off by the basket
..l' BlOoded horses are being con-
Mltly washed in ice water and are
,st1estly 81 distressed. some 500 dogs in
Me ,as Dench show and cattle are In q
'e,r,ble condition.
t,..tEw new YORK, Sept. 10 3p. m:-Five
na4 nssa cases of sunstroke are just re-
''''ed at police headquarters.
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The Morey Letter.

g, NEW YORK, Sept. lO.-Ex-united
States Senator VIM. H. Rarnnm
Cnalrman of the Democratic National
1M1mmittee, was examined to-dav.
ne sald about two weeks before the
opening of the Democratic head
quarters in 1880, Hadley, who had
oeen previously introduced t., him
came TO him for money to start a
reform Hancock club. Hadlev was
to'd he might be spared $3.50. Altar
Che publication of the Morev letter
Word cane from New Hampshire
that Morey could he found out about
Lynn, Mass. Hadley said he would
go for his expenses only He
was given $500 or $3.50 for expenses.
Before going the committe was in
formed that Hadley had gotten into
some trouble and the committee gave
him 81 GOO as a simple donation. This
must have been before Hadley's let
ter was received asking for pay for
his services. Witness had no recol-
Lection of promising Hadley any
thing for bis services and said it had
not been the subject Of conversat on
among the members of the COM
mittee and that Hadley had a claim
for compensation.
Barnum, in reply to questions,
said that the circumstances in COZ :.
nection with the Morey letter made
a firm impression on his mind, but
Hadley's name was not identified
with them.
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Photographlng the Anaocnd
Smelter.

MI. Thomas Rutter has been
photographing for the Union Pa
cific company the large smelter
works at Anaconda. The pictures are
seventeen by twenty-four inches in
size. Yesterday he finished and sent
to headquarters thirty-two Of these
pictures, which just about fills half
the order. He has also received q
large order from the company for
photographs Of the trestle at the
smelter at Anaconda. Mr.. Bar
clough, the superintendent of bridge
building on the U. P. road, says it Is
the largest piece of trestle work on
the road. It is 70 feet high and $50
feet long.
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Amos Coyote.

Many persons living in Butte re-
member him as an old timer in the
Territory. His death took place last
Sunday evening at his brothers
house in Helena. He was q miner
in Montana from a very early day,
and when the Coeur d'Alene stam>
pede took place last year he was
among the first to enter the gold
fields Of Prltchard creek. There he
was taken SICK, and after being i'll
for some time he was brought to
Helena. He was q bachelor, about
AZ years of age and was buried this
morning ut 10 O'Clock from the Ca
thedral. His remains were followed
to the Catholic cemetery by q large
concourse Of friends in carriages
Helena Herald.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
Tho Entertainment at Meader-
vile.

On Tuesday night the citizens of
Meaderville had been promised q
first rate and thoroughly classical
entertainment. Murphy and Ford
were advertised as principals and
there were to be several side shows
bv q number of amateurs. The show
was to consist of one sure enough
Lard glove contest, but whether the
affair would prove to be classical or
not would depend. A reporter was
sent for to write up the matter, but
he evidently died on the way back,
for he has not been heard of since.
The reports that can be gathered are
meagre. Hundreds of men who in
tended to 60, many of whom left
Butte for that purpose, have been
ssen but not one of them was at the
fight. One man. q resident of
Meaderville, says he heard that there
were only eleven spectators and that
Murphy and Ford sat down and
talked the matter over and did not
fight. Others say that Murphy
overfed Ford at supper and Ford
could not come to time. Others say
that they did have set-to, but that
nobody saw it. Only two men con-
fessed to having been there and these
would not have owned to it but they
forgot and got drunk and then told
on themselves. They now deny
having seen it. Their report is
Murphy got away with one fellow,
and q fellow named Burke got away
with somebody else, and another
fellow got away with another fellow,
and the cook had q row with the
landlady and she got away with him,
aud everybody sorted of and We
had . big row and left.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13

On motion ton the street commits
sioner was ordered to put In cross :
ings on the following corn ners. Work
to begin at once:
Broadway and Main, Park and
Main, Granite and Main, Quartz and
Main, Park and Montana, from
Coleman's to Caplice building, and
one from Academy street across Park
to Renshaw Hall.
The street commissioner was Or
dered to allow no more grading or
filing this fall on Park street from
the Masonic hall east to Main.
The street commissioner called the
attention of the Council to the cav
ing of the Morning Star mine where
it runs under Montana street near
Sttoner's stable. Fe said re had
called the attention of the owners of
the property to the dangerous con-
dition in which they were leaving
the street and the owners did not
take any action in the matter.
On motion the committee on
streets and alleys was ordered to buy
such lumber as might be necessary to
complete the crossings and to dispose
Of such lumber as they may have on
hand that is net suitable for the pur-
pose,
The subject of the new city hall
was taken up and considerably dis.
cussed. All were agreed that it is the
part of economy to build the hall at
once. The discussion was as to the
propriety Of uniting walls with Rem
shaw Hall or having an independent
wall. The matter was left with the
special committee to whom it had
been referred some time ago.
On motion the council adjourned.
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Prohibition Convention

BOSTON, Sept 1O.-At the prohibi-
ton state convention letter from
President J. H. Seele, of Amhurst
college, declining the nomination
was read. Notwithstanding his de-
clinatiOn the convention nominated
him for governor and Henry H. Fax
son, Of Quincy, for lieutenant gov
ernor. 1t is stated President Seele
will accept the nomination..
After recess a State ticket was
nominated as follows: Secretary Of
State, Geo. Kempton; Treasurer
and Receiver, Gen, G. B. Knight
Attorney General, Samuel NJ. Fair
child; Auditor, VIM. w. Sherman.
In it's declaration of principles the
belief was expressed that in the
present campaign the paramount
issue was the temperance issue. No
mere party questions are in order
until Intemperance is put down and
stamped out. The election OF James
G. Blaine, in view of the failing vote
of the Prohibition amendment in
Maine as proving him to be an emf
nently fit exponent of the cowardly
position of his party on the question
of prohibition. A telegram was sent
congratulating the Prohibitionlsts OF
Maine upon their victory Tuesday.
An unsuccessful attempt was MADE
to secure the adoption OF a resolution
favoring woman suffrage.
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
d Matter of Interest to Mon
tara Cattle Dealers.
ncsssive Heat in New York
and Philadelphia.
te]i(utrlal Department Re-
port Of Crops.
Another Destructive Cyclone
in Minnesota.
And a Cyclone Of Conventions
in the East.


.,,,.rest to Montana Cattle Dealers.
OTTAWA. Ont, SEPT. 10. - The
Governor General yesterday signed q
usC @ quarantine regulation affecti 0g
.bs u transI OrtatiOn Of Montana cattle
" bond through Canadian territory,
md il will 90 into effect Immediately.
rbpy M do not interfere with the for
NOR NOR order, allowing the transporta-
inn M OF cattle In bond from any Cana
isn point to another, but provides
%r stricter inspection and collec-
Nh lon of quarantine fees at FITS. Walsh
and and Emerson. The duration of de-
sution will be subject to the order of
tbe veterinary surgeons at these
nOipts, and they have been officially
rti6ed to that effect. The Canadian
psiic railway will not be allowed to
tnnsportC Canadian cattle on the same
train and they will be required to fu-
nitrate cars used for transportation of
American cattle. The application
made by a representative of Montana
Nttle dealers to the English govern.
n.ut has been transmitted to the
canadian authorities and sustained.
thew refuse to allow American cattle
10 be shipped through to Montreal,
dsiming it would operate to the
jptriment of Canadian cattle inter-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
Butler In Kansas,

ATcHIsoN, KS, SEPT. O.-General
3. F. Butler arrived in this city at
four o'clock this morning from Lin
coin, Nebraska. A committee of
Greenbackers, headed by ex-Gov-
ernor Robinson, met him at the
depot and escorted him to a hotel
and afterwards escorted him to
Topeka. After the distinguished
anti-monopolist had breakfasted a re-
ception was rendered HIM in the par
lors of the hotel at which Senator
IngalS acted as master in the cere-
monies. At the depot previous to
his departure for Topeka a great
crowd OF people assembled and
begged for speech but he declined,
promising, however, to return this
way tomorrow (Thursday) and de-
liver an address at the Union depot.
The citizens appointed committee
and made other arrangements for
the event.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MITCHELL, Dakota, Sept. lO.-A
fire here early this morning destroyed
large portion of the business dis
trict; loss, fully $125,0OO.
BINGHAM, N. Y, Sept. 1O.-Gov.
cleveland stopped here this morning
while on his way to Albany and held
a public reception. He was visited
by all the city officers. His Lotel
was jammed and the steps were
crowded.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-At the
quarterly meeting of the Western
Union telegraph company to-day
George J. Gould was elected vice
president in place of Augustus
Schell, deceased. Sam Sloan was
elected member OF the executive
committee in place of Schell.
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Crop Report.

WASHINGTON. Sent nm,
Sral Ss,cultural departments renort az e,
september gives the prodnct ~, %,
winter wheat about the aversae ~ =,
Is generally of a GOOD G'"s1: Gn:,,t. -
except where injured hv u",Sy snrn,,;
nnf nx -. "a snock. The rate Of yield is
h,,' hvt lar ,a1 rom an average of thirteen
th 1us nels to the acre. The results Of
.nt .at narvests OF spring wheat are MOI
Set complete and the product cannot
90 precisely indicated. It is prob.
aole from the reported condition ~
crops already harvested and threshed
enat tne aggregate will varv little
rom oOO 900, 600 bushels. ReDort. nj
much higher figures are sensationai
and misleading and utterly un.
worty of credence. The general av.
erage condition when harvested ia 9s
against 8S for last year. The condi.
ton is almost identical with thai re-.
ported in September, 1879, census OF
crops which yielded thirteen bushels
10 the acre. The wheat states in the
highest condition are California, Wis
consin. Minnesota, Pennsy lvania,
kentucky, Tennessee and Oregon.
Inese with some of minor produc-
ton show figures higher than the
general average. Iowa. Nebraska
and Kansas standing at SO. Oregon
and Michigan 96. Indiana "a, I'LL
nois SO, eastern and southern states
range from 81 in Mississippi to
LOB in Maine. The corn crop Is in
better condition than in any Sep
tember since 1880. The general aver
age Is 81, it was "a last September, 80
in 1882. and 81 in 1881. 1t promises
to produce an average yield of 26
bushels for the entire breadth, or not
less than 1,8OO. .OOO, 600 bushels. It
will make the largest average guam
tity ever reported in the history Of
the crop.
The oat crop, on an average
yield per acre, is about the same as
corn and makes an aggregate ex-
ceeding 500, ,OO0, 900 bushels. Its con-
ditiOn when harvested was 95, which
is lower than for two previous years,
but higher than for prior years since
1878.
Barley averages 81 against 100 last
year and IS in 1882. 1t will average
about % bushels per acre. The
general average for rye is So, and for
buckwheat 80, which indicates a
medium crop, about IL bushels per
acre.
The condition of potatoes average
81 against IS last year. IT will be an
crop, but not SO large as
the last. There is some complaint of
rot in New England and a little in
New York, its condition running
down to 81 in Ohia, VIII lie 1t is 81 i'll
Michigan, the same In Pennsylv lvania
and 86 in New York. There is a
fine crop west of the Mississippi.
London agents of the department
cables to-day as the result of statis-
tical Investigations, that the year
will not be one of superabundance
that European wheat. though above
the average in product, will be less
than the aggregate of 1882. Euro
pean impoltin countries need 26O,-
OOO, 5000 bushels above their prOduc-
ton. European countries exporting
can supply $4,000, 900, leaving l8O,-
OOO, 600 bush els to be obtained from
other continents. There is an in
creased consumption of wheat and
it is the general opinion that the
lowest prices have been reached.
Potatoes and rye are less abundant
han last year.
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Nevada Items,

The Kentuck mine at Sweetwater,
Is aoain coming to the front as .
bullion producer.
Since they began to reduce ore at
the Belmont mine, Nye county. the
other day, total of 4,04O, ,O9 in bull
lion has been shipped. The last
shipment amounts to $3.50, AZ.
The Pyramid smelling works are
expe cted to be ready soon to COM
mence the smelting of ore. The
smelter, q small one, has capacity
for twelve tons a day, but should it
prove success, q much larger one
will be erected.
At Eureka, on the 1st, twelve
mule team was backed into en- the
railroad track by q train of ten cars.
The mules were badly bruised.
The Bodie Free Press says: The
Piute mahalas continue to bring in
valuable wads of gold dust almost
every day. They have the advantage
of the poor white rustlers, as they are
allowed to pick around the old waste
dumps. A squaw will assort good
from the poor rock as readily as a
Yankee housewife picks over beans
for the Monday dinner.
The Carson Tribune says: Sunday,
the 3Oth ult., the day before the game
law went out of force, M. Coleman, Of
Virginia City, was arrested at
Washoe Lake, for violating the game
law. Two ducks were found in his
possession. The Carson City Sports
mems Club will see that he is fully
prosecuted. The statutes provide SIS
as the least fine that can be imposed
for violating the game law.
The Phoebe Record of August 23d
says: On Thursday last. Mr.. Web
ster, engineer at the Day furnace,
was down in the well at the corner
of the engine room repairing the
pump. When the job was nearly
completed Mr.. Webster heard, or
imagined that he heard, an explosion
from the bottom of the well. A
white vapor instantly arose from the
water, accompanied by The pungent
fumes of ammonia, which nearly
strangled Mr.. Webster before he
could regain the surface. The white
ammoniacal vapor is still rising from
the we'll. and is as pungent as an
old-fashioned hartshOrn smelling bot
tie.
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C@ur d'Alene.

The Murray Sun says: The cloud
that has hung over Coeur d'Alene is
gradually disappearing. The spirit
Of exaggeration and over-excitement
always present at new mining camps,
is giving way t, solid. sober reason
ing. Men of means and experience
are coming in to look at the situation.
One enterprise after another is being
projected, and perhaps by the
time the snow flies there will be more
work done in the Coeur d'Alene than
there has been going on during the
summer.
The country is now resting on its
merits. It may push forward too
slowly for some, but it is far better
to have quiet growth than to rush
into another feverish state and in
vite ruinous reaction.
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Walker Blaine DISPATCHES.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. l0.-The
Glowing dispatch was forwarded
from here to-day:
| To John A. Logan, Chicago:
Returns from remote sections of
he State increase our majority be-
yond all exps ctations. In 1858 towns
The Republican majority over Red
uond exceeds lS, 900, and the prospect
hcompltte returns will make it reach
1900 1t may possibly be the
largest ever gwen the history of the
Republican party in Maine, with
two exceptions, one at the close of
the war. The latest returns show
that the Republicans carried every
county in tue State-have elected
every member of the State Senate.
The magnitude of the Republican
vote is surprise to both parties. 1t
shows that large number of Demo-
ests joined our ranks.
(Slgned) WALKER BLAINE.
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Local News.

The Odd Fellows have found quite
q number of their order in Anaconda
and propose to organize q lodge there
as soon as they can find a suitable
room for holding their meetings..
The city council of Salt Lake and
the gamblers are having game. 1t
has not yet progressed far enough to
now enable one to tell how it is
going to end. At last accounts the
council had the deal.
"Gen. Butler wears badge-a red,
red rose on very green leaf."-Ex.
There was q man on the streets in
Butte yesterday who is not can
didate for the presidency and he
wears a badge too-it was a red, a
very red strawberry on his nose.
Riyer Press: We understand that
lots in Great Falls are selling quite
rapidly. AS soon as the surveys of the
projected railroad begin we may
look for q building boom at Great
Falls and Fort Benton which will
eclipse all the booms ever known in
the Territory.
A good idea is suggested by one of
our territorial exchanges With regard
to naming new towns in the west. 1t
says if new towns spring up, and
there is likely to be many, don't dub
them with Butte, Portland. Helena,
Virginia City, Belknap or the like.
Find a new, short name.
Mr.. B. M. Anderson yesterday
bought the balance of the carload of
apples and plums that were shipped
from Idaho the other day. The fruit
is fresh and cheap and ripe and
cheap. Parties who wish to buy
either in large or small quantities
can be suited. Give him q call.
There are eight Territories in the
United States. They have q total of
As newspapers, Dakota has 2O2 of
them-almost as many as the other
Territories. The increase in Dakota
in the last year was eighty-three.-
Bismarck Tribune. Where news
papers are as thick as they are in
Dakota do they manage to clear ex-
penses?
Through the enterprise Of q few of
Butte's enterprising citizens the
regular fall races at this place will
come of. Three thousand dollars in
purses will be hung up which will
insure the attendance of the best
horses in the country. Butte has
the fastest and best track in the
Territory, and with good weather
q large attendance will be on the
grounds. The races will come off On
the 25th, 26th, 9th and 18th Of this
month. The grand stand will be
htted up and every arrangement
made to insure the accommodation
Of hofses and the comfort of visitors.
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L =
CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-Dr. Salmon,
Chief of the Bureau Of Animal In
dustry, returned yesterday to the
cty. He said he had been tracing
the source from which the cattle dis
ease had spread over the West. Ho
bad located it in a herd at Troy,
Ohio, The herd was owned by q
man named Bye, who had been
|andling large quantity Of cattle:
De had shipped four lots West, and
lone of them had brought the epi-
atmic in Illinois. He could not
tnce the other three. There were
sIll chronic cases of the disease
snong Bye's cattle. DR.. Salmon
gld he should continue to trace up
he disease. He would make a report
sthe Bureau in Washington, and q
MI MI would probably be presented
als winter in Congress to meet the
algencies of the occasion.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, Sept. ]O-A Foo Chow
correspondent ofthe Times telegraphs
NC follows: Admiral Ccurbett Is
coalipg at Nation. His supplies
come from Hong Kong.
ODESSA, Sept. 1O.-The military
.,;hnnal before which Maria KalJus-
hina was tried for attempting to
murder Colonel Katensky, chief of
oendarmes, found her guilty and
Sentenced her to 20 years penal ser
vitude.