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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

COLORADO las always prided herself
upon being free from the blighting influences
OF fools. If she had any reason to boast
OF such an indemnity she must now
acknowledge the vanity Of such a delusion.
On Sunday last a little girl made a confess
sion, or rather a startling revelation, which,
if true, ought to put our neighbors to
shame, for by her narrative,it appears that
her father, who came from Missouri,
being a religious enthusiast, passed his
spare moments in reading the Bible. It
appears, however. that he managed to
steal away, occasionally, from his spiritual
devotions. Upon n OF these occasions,
having armed himself with a butcher knife,
he took his little son with him. After
having murdered the little fellow and
his body, he returned home and
told his wife that her dear son, in conse-
quence OF his being too good for this wicked
world, had been translated. A few days
afterward he made a coffin and placed it
in a grave, dug by him, and persuaded his
wife to accompany him 10 the grave. He
then bound her securely and laid her in the
coffin, after which he took the little girl,
his daughter, who made the revelation, to
the scene, bound her also. and in her pres
ence shovelled dirt into the grave, where
the wife and mother a laying, and actu-
ally buried her alive. Can such things be?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
BoYcorrlNG has become a much more

BoYCOTTING has become a much more
favorable weapon of the wage workers
than striking. Bradstreet's New York
Office is now engaged in investigating the
subject, and it's causes, history and results,
since its recently not wholly welcome ap.
p~earance on our business stage. Brad.
streets agents are directed to hear labor
leaders and employers, and insert in
their reports against whom and for what
reason undertaken. by what body or or
organization, the duration of the boycott.
ing and the result" These reports will be
looked Tor with great interest. The mem
bers Of the Labor Federation, on the other
hand, at a recent meeting at Washington,
condemned boycotting rs a remedy for
labor troubles. The theory on which this
action was taken was that the laboring
men are sure to be the worst sufferers in
the long run from any system of vengeance
toward employers that they may adopt.
It was agreed that boycotting is both
short-sighted and cowardly, a sort of bust
ness assassination that a never find
among thinking men. There is a
growing feeling among the more thought
full men enlisted in the labor cause that
.boycotting is TOO readily and generally re-
to, In trivial cases, to make it ef.
in those In which It might be profit.
ably employed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
THIS WE OWE TO SPARKS.

1t g~rieves The MINER to this;
morning, US an impartial chronicler OF
.news-giying the bad with the good-that
the great Montana company, the Montana
Improvement Company, has concluded to
suspend all operations for the present.
This is the direct result of Commissioner
Sparks idiotic action against the interests
OF Montana. The Company has decided to
take the complaints that have been filed
against them into the courts, in the
feeling that any settlement they might
arrive at before the departments at
Washington would at best be only
temporary. This will be sad news
to many Of the readers OF THE MINER. The
are completely settled. All the mills are
already shut down, save the one at Bonita,
which is now finishing q contract for the
Anaconda. after which it will also be
closed.
This company operate over $50 miles
OF railway, have been cutting 3,OOO,O 900
feet OF lumber per month and been paying
out monthly $4,000 in wages and ex-
penses. Its suspension throws nearly 800
men out Of employment and is a calamity
the Territory.
The effect of the operations OF this COM
pany has been to reduce the price of lum-
Der S. per 1000 feet in the rough and from
50 to $11 in seasoned lumber. 1t is to be
hoped that their withdrawal from the mar
ket will not advance the prices.
The men who are thrown out of employ
ment are the victims Of Commissioner
The MINER hopes that the troubles
between the company and the Government
will be speedily adjusted, to the end that
this company may soon resume it's opera
lions.
The freight rates have also operated
the company. It has paid the I'm
ion Pacific $50, 1000 in freights during the
past summer. While the management oil
The road is considering the rate on salt, it |
also give the rate on lumber a pass
ng thought.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
THE WAR ON THE VAGRANTS

The city is filled with IL large number OF
idle and lawless men. 1t is estimated tina
there are at least 200 men in Butte who
have no visible means OF subsistence and
who have no desire to earn a decent living.
About one-half of these persons have lived
in Butte for a year or more past. These are
in the main check fiends, thieves and buns.
The cry that their chief crime is poverty is
buncombe. They are men who would not
work if they had the opportunity, and many
OF them would not be tolerated in any COM
munity, being bad men. The balance have
been driven out of Eastern Montana and
have found shelter here. The authorities
are making a brave effort to rid the COM
munity of this element. 1t is a movement
that merits the cooperation OF the people
generally. This is a dangerous element to
harbor here, and it cannot be o speedily
driven out. Every honest, law-abiding
citizen will give the officers every aid and
encouragement in this crusade.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

COMMENTING upon the price OF copper,
Mathews & Webb, in their circular under
date of December 1G, say: Cooper has
shown considerable strength and prices are
a trife higher. The cause has been a lack
of furnace material, which has shortened
up the supply OF such brands as Oxford
and Baltimore, and thereby caused greater
firmness on the part OF Lake holders.
Sales reached half a million pounds at
$1O.1O and $1O.15 for Baltimore, and
$11.15 to $1l.25 for Lake. The chief fell
ture OF the situation is the negotiation
under way for a large contract with the
Calumet and Hecla. Good authority
states that the company does not care to
beyond January, and that manufac-
turers want to purchase for three, five or
six months, being fully satisfied that the
price is abuormally low. At London there
il still marked weakness, and the price de-
clined from f42 TO f4O IFS Cd. 1t may |
be that another grab OF Lake is anticipated, |
and that the ground is being prepared, but
it is not likely that the Calumet and Hecla
will be bamboozled again this year on any
Chilli .bar basis"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

THIS country is not only a land OF milk
and honey to those in the eastern part of
Asia (Chinese), but the contagion seems to
have spread all over that continent, for
Asiatics are now coming here from the
eastern portion. Week before last at New
York On the wharf the smiling faces of five
Arabs peered over the bulwarks of the
steamship Assyrian Monarch as she ar
rived at her wharf that morning.
They appeared as happy rs m~illionaires,
and on arriving at Castle Garden frankly
acknowledged that they couldn't raise a
cent among them. They were professional
beggars. These %yagabond, having been
discovered, will be sent across the Atlantic
again by the vessel which brought them.
As We have more tramps, ~loafers, bummers,
pimps, thieves, vags and sure thing men
than we have jails to accommodate, it is
to be hoped the Government officers will be
more vigilant in future in their efforts TO
prevent any achievements coming from
abroad,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The ounty Commissioners to-day should
be careful not to authorize the appoint
ment OF a larger number OF Deputies than
the business of the Sheriff's office actually
requires. Under the present system a large
number OF Deputies have been appointed,
many OF whom have passed their time at
tending to business in Justices Courts,
which properly belongs to Constables.
There are Constables elected for this
township. and they are amply able to at
tend to all the business of Justices Courts.
1t is to be hoped, therefore, thatin author
izlng the Sheriff to appoint Deputies, care
will be taken to limit the number to the
actual wants of his office without any re-
gard to Justices OF the Peace. If this il
done there will be much less petty liti-
CATION, because there will not be so many
to canvass for it, for the fees legal, and
often illegal, made out OF such trifling
Suits.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
rpur co,raoe ia disnlaved in as we'll

TRUE courage il displayed in peacea as well
az in war, yet historians and noveIists take
great pains to ascribe it only to those who
aspire to fame in mortal combats or otner
deeds OF valor. Woman, upon the other
hand, has rarely been noticed. and hence
her acts or works have seldom received con-
s~ideration. 1t often happens. however, that
they display a heroism which puts hester
ner sex to shame. This has been exempll'
fed recently in New York City, whereby a
number OF human beings owe the preserve
ton OF their lives to a woman's courage
and presence of mind. In that city
last week a fire occurred at NOS.
30 and 32 East Tenth street. The rouse is
four-story structure, e University place.
A hair establishment occupies the first
floor, and on each side OF it is an entrance
to the apartments above. From the Sec
ond floor upward u wall divides the build
ing, making it two houses to all intents
and purposes. Mrs. j. Farnham occupies
the east side, No. 80, and let's furnished
rooms, while Mrs. Celia Kelly, ~dressmaker,
has the western hall. Mrs. Kelly was
awakened Dy Cne suIcI VI oHAon0' ""N
aroused Celia Lynagh, her maid. 1.-The
house is on fire." said Mrs. Kelly. land
don't believe that Mrs. Farnham's people
know it. Call everybody at once" Miss
Lynagh dressed herself quickly and dashed
down stairs. She pulled Mrs. Farnham's
bell vigorously and waited for a response.
None came, and Celia tried thedoor. Luck
ily it was not locked. An inner door, sep
arating a narrow vestibule from the little
hall at the foot of the stairs, was also
ajar. Hall and staircase were clouded with
smoke. MISS Lynagh shouted : Fire! Wake
upln but she heard no one stirring. Then
she ran up stairs, hamme1ing with her fist
on every door she came to. Mrs. Farm
ham, her four children and two dodgers
were in the house. The girl ran to the top
of the house, in order to alarm everybody.
When she returned the stairs between the
third and fourth floors we're ablaze in ses
eral places, and she barely escaped being
burned. She reached the street, where the
Farnhams were huddled in q shivering
group, Just as the fremen dashed up to the
house. This young woman displayed cour-
age to a degree seldom, if ever, excelled by
the male sex.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
The Northern Pacific recently landed in

The Northern Pacific recently landed in
st. Paul, says the Minneapolis Tribune,
an experimental shipment OF Montana
Irish potatoes. 1t was for q long time
thought that the distance, and effect of
competition from nearer points, would rem.
der it impossible to market the splendid
lis or St. Paul. This idea has been happily
dispelled, and dealers in Minneapolis or
st. Paul unite in saying that they can find
a ready market at remunerative figures.
Montana potatoes command a higher price
in the market than any others, and should
readily find q market to the East of us.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

SALARIES, instead OF fees, are to reward
County officers for their services in future.
This wouli be an advantage to the people
~transacting bushes with such officers, if thg
Legislature had given them the benefit OF a
reduction in fees corresponding with the
reduced emoluments OF officials. The fees
paid for all public service are greatly in
excess OF a fair compensation for the serv-
ices rendered, and our citizens must make
a determined effort to have them reduced
by the next Legislature.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The attachment fiend, and other fee
liends still ply their vocations with impun-
ity. Only think Of a suit brought, at the
solicitation of some one whose only inter-
est in the matter is the fees he expects to
make out OF it, to recover a paltry sun of
Sc, upon which an attachment issues and
a workingman's months wages are tied up
six weeks and then he is compelled to pay
from SIS to $50 costs. During all that
time he has no money to buy provisions
for his family. Out on such acts.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

TURKISH BATHS are now in large cities
greatly %patronized by fast young men who
have been on protracted sprees. It is said
that the sweating process to which they
are subjected extracts all the alcohol from
their systems. This process is not new in
the West; all the hot springs are full OF
gentlemen who occasionally let their foot
Slip" The better plan would be to dis
pense with the hot baths too frequently
taken inwardly. There is no pleasure with
ont its Mains.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The crusade against the undesirable ele-
ment in this community has just begun.
There is a whole lot Of :'high-toned' pimps,
who live off the earnings OF prostitutes; tin
horns, sure thing men and thieves of a
higher grade, who should receive notice to
leave, and be made to leave before the work
is finished. The crusade should not be con.
fined to the poor devils who wear canvas
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The MINER having set them the example,
its evening contemporaries are now all
issuing supplements. All we ask is that
our issue Of to-day be compared with the
abortions into which our contemporaries
beguiled the advertisers. THE MINER is
just now somewhat crowding it's mechani-
cal facilities, but it never does anything by
halves.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

A PENNSYLVANIA Dutch ghost a seen
at Bethlehem a short time ago. On one
evening the ghost is said to have been
seen to climb a lightning rod to the roof of
the church, run along the ridge and appear
Il few minutes later on the street, in the rear
of the edifice. This exploit is described by
at least a dozen persons. A few nights
later it frightened Miss Lizzie Sickle. She
said the ghost pursued her with out
stretched arms until she reached the door
OF q friends house. There she tainted as
she rang the bell, and the ghost instantly
disappeared. The excitement increases
nightly, and well-armed parties scour the
streets, hoping to lay the ghost with cold
lead. Many practical citizens think the
ghost is an ~ingenius young German whom
a milkman once caught playing ghostIy
pranks. They account for his wonderful
leaps and flights by vague illusions to
springs and wires which they cannot ex-
PLAIN in detail. On another night Miss
Amanda Miller and Miss Victoria Rhein-
hardt were returning from a surprise party
and discovered the ghost creeping up be-
hind them. They screamed and ran, and
the ghost bounded after them. Mr.. Miller
ran to the door with his watch dog. The
dog gave chase to the ghost, but returned
to the house in abject terror a moment
later and crept under a lounge. Meanwhile
the ghost nimbly leaped over a fence, and
was lost to view. Miss Miller said that the
specter had fiery eyes and horns, and was
wrapped in a robe of white. She said it
waved it's long bony arms. The women
and children OF the section visited by the
specter are afraid to venture out Of doors
after dark, as it is rumored that several
young women have been kissed by the
naughty ghost. Unless this is an unusually
coy ghost it might be caught in a trap
baited with limburger, or hand kase and
lager beer.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The full diplomatic correspondence in
the matter OF the appointment of Mr..
Kelley as Minister to Vienna has been made
public, and the perusal OF it has raised
Secretary Bayard in the estimation OF all
men in this country and elsewhere, who be
lieve in the principles Of religious liberation
which he so admirably sets forth. 1t is an
excellent letter from the American stand
point, but in a diplomatic sense his posi-
tions are scarcely tenable.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The REPUBLICAN evening journal, pub
lished at the Capital, has awakened from a
protracted nap. and is trying to be witty.
1t says there is no Democrat in Silver Bow
County half SO well qualified to conduct
the Butte postoffice as the present incum-
bent. Very funny. Try again and then
tickle yourself with a straw, and, after a
hearty laugh, relapse into your natural
sOmnOlent state.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

DYNAMITE as a remedy for prohibition is
a new thing. Whether it will prove an ef-
fectual cure or not remains to be seen.
Some dynamite fiend in St. Clair, Schuyl-
kill county, Pennsylvania, attempted to
blow up a Mr.. Lewis. his family and prop
erty, because he was active in a crusade
against the liquor men. He and his fam
lily escaped serious injury, but his store,
stock and dwelling were injured to the ex-
tent OF 81, 900.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

VAGs are being taught that Butte is not
u city of refuge for them. Forty were
gathered in early Saturday morning who
were found sleeping in chairs in various a
looms. Saloon keepers ought not permit
their places to be used by this class OF
profitless bummers. They beg or steal
enough to buy food dulingt the day time and
sponge lodging in public saloons.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

GOLD and silver coins have been in con-
slant circulation for money in all countries
where they could be obtained, and in all
ages, from the very beginning. Why then
should there be so much controversy o
as regards their relative value?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

O'DoNNvAN EossA's would-be assassin
Mrs. Yseult Dudley, is now confined in a
lunatic asylum at Middletown, New York.
She is regarded az being hopelessly insane.
1t is proposed to send her back to England
where she belongs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The gold bugs have hit upon a new
scheme to injure silver. They o propose
to ship gold out of the country in large
quantities, to make it a thing Of specula-
ton, like wheat, lard and mining stocks.
Such q ruse should not have any influence
with Congress. .
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The MINER, aspiring to a wider than a
local character, is building up a news-serv-
ice that will eventually cover the entire
Territory. The people of Montana who
want all the Territorial news will have to
buy The MINER.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The DOLPHIN is again a1oat. She is to
make another trial trip, lastingsixty days.
1t is be hoped, as the Government was
compelled to accept her from Mr.. Roach,
the insolvent builder, that she will be able
to make more than three miles an hour.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
SCROFULA

can only be cured by a thorough puriAcs,
ton OF the blood. If this is neglected,
the disease perpetuates its faint through
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions. Tu.
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas.
turulent Ulcers, Nervous and Phy.
sacaA collapse, etc. II allowed to con-
unue, Rheumatism, S%crofulous Ca.
tsrrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases.
1~oDercular Consumption, and yari.
. other dangerous or fatal mxladies. az
produced by It. ~e
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

BoDY-sNArcHERs must lave their eyes on
the corpse of the late William II. Wander.
bilt, for Pinkerton's detectives stand guard
around his tomb at New Dorp, Staten
Island, day and night.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
~Regenerative Medicine

= composed Of the genuine Hondurn,
HGssaparMa, with 1eHou Dock. XII.
1sNgsd, the Iodides of P0toss;mya and
ttron, n other ingredients Of great 1a
n .sSEyi carefully and scientifically ON
II Ro1 tha It's formula Is generally known
~ .1e medical profession, and the hest
.ys,s,ans constantly prescribe AYER's
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The people resident south OF Butte should
keep a sharp lookout on the tramps and
thieves who are on the move out OF this
camp. The exodus will be kept up for
some days to come.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

LOOK at the large assortment Of holiday
goods displayed in store windows. in the
business portions Of the city. There can
be found everything you want yourself or
for presents to others.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The silver controversy having been con-
fined heretofore to those who insist
upon unlimited coinage and the gold
bugs who want to dispense with silver
coin entirely, it is a matter OF con.
siderable interest to both sides to
know what moderate men have to ga.
upon the subject. One of this class, Gen.
eral Barnum, ex-senator from Connecticut,
whose opinions upon any subject are al
ways entitled to respect and consideration,
says: II do not think the silver coinage
will be stopped completely. My idea is
that a certain volume OF silver should be
carried annually; in other words, it should
be limited, say to 5000, OOO, 900. To give
a prize Yankee illustration: The volume
of silver should be like a miIl-dam, and
such a volume allowed to 60 through the
dam gate that will keep things running.
Whenever the volume overfows, several
sluice-gates should be opened and the wa
ter, or silver, reduced again. If a limit be
fixed, why, whenever it is reached, even if
it be the second month in the year, then
let the volume be Immediately stopped.
This would keep things regulated, prevent
a surplus and give satisfaction all around.
Let silver bullion certificates be issued for
50 many ounces of bullion, redeemable
when presented to the Treasury. These
bullion certificates calling for SO many
ounces OF silver would answer the purpose
and be far more advantageous in every
way to coinage. 1t would make no differ
ence how the bullion silver fuctuated in
prices the certificates would still call for so
many ounces. My idea is that Congress
will endeavor to adopt some such efficient
and practicable plan. The opponents OF
the measure tor stopping the coinage no
doubt will favora compromise OF this kind"
These views arc eminently sound, for they
resolve themselves into a practical plan for
settling the controversy, and preventing a
plethora of Bland dollars, as well as pro-
tecting the great silver-producing industry.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

The MINERS New Year number will be
out on New Years morning. 1t will be ~
handsome volume and will be furnished free
to every subscriber OF the daily and semi
weekly MINER.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

THE MINER has a larger cirrul alton than
any other newspaper published in Mon
tana. We are ready to meet any of our
contemporaries upon this proposition, ON
any reasonable test,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
Sarsapanzd

= Ms onty poue.JM and azways reliable
ot9o0.pHr!tying medicine. It Is so e6ect-
Inl az Alternative that 1t eradicates from
~ sys!em Hereditary S~crofula. anal
sns Kindred poisons Of contagious diseases
.I1 mercury: At the same time it EN-
f hsaie ana y1talizes the blood, restoring
~fe1uvenating the entire system. Fiji erast
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23

To further depreciate silver the gold bugs
now propose to ship large quantities of sill
yer to England.