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The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
BOB FOSTERS HEN.
A Decidedly Remarkable Phenomenon.

There are very many black things
in this world. The blackest black
thing lastly on record is Bob Fosters
black Spanish hen. Bob has in his
employ black man, who is still
blacker than the fowl. The proba-
bility is that the black hen be came
jealous of her col,r and kicked
against the introduction into Bob's
household of another black object.
The hen may be to blame, but an
egg from Mr.. Fosters chicken coop
was produced yesterday which was
blacker than the hen, the man, or
even the character of any Butte poll
tician. If Montana produces black
hens whose eggs are black, the Terri
tory will assuredly become distin-
guished a. . phenomiDal country.
In the meantime what is to become
of Mr.. Foster? The egg laid by his
hen is on exhibition in the cabinet of
City Treasurer Newkirk. II there IL
any doubt on this subject, Mr.. Sulli-
van, Sheriff, will produce the hen, or
Mr.. Foster, or the City Treasurer,
or the egg. or the author of this item.
Thus endeth the first chapter.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Hurdle Race on Wheels.

The attraction for this evening at
the Pavilion will be q hurdle race on
rollers between Frank Hitler and
James Smith, Butte's acrobatic
skaters. This Will be an entirely
new feature. The difficulty of the
performance will make it interesting.
There will be four hurdles, each 20
inches high, over which the racers
will be compelled to jump.
This evening and every evening
hereafter. at 9 o'clock, there will be a
grand march in which all skaters are
requested to participate. This feature
is proving quite an attraction in the
Eastern rinks, and tends to relieve
the monotony so noticeable in plain
skating.
The prices of admission and skat-
ing tonight will be as usual, and
music and skating will continue
until 1880 p. m.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Teachers Institute.

The Court House last night was
crowded, and all present were more
than repaid by the admirable lecture
given by DR.. Mcmillan, of Deer
Lodge, whose effort perhaps was the
most cultured and classical ever de-
livered to q Butte audience. The
gentleman showed how much Amer
lea does for the Greek and Roman
systems of education. He pointed
out where we had corrected their
systems and where the ancients held
up to us excellent examples to imi-
tate. His words were devoured with
great interest and on motion of A.
q. Newill vote of thanks was ten
dered to him by the institute, and a
request for permission to publish his
lecture in the daily papers, in which
DR.. Mcmillan complied. His re-
marks will be published in full in to-
morrow's issue.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Personal.

Mrs. Fl. s. Clark, who has been
confined to her room for several
weeks. is Improving very fast.
Miss Ellen Meiklejohn, one of
Butte's society ladies, is visiting
Deer Lodge, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. T. Kennon.
E. G. Richards. Route Agent of
Wells, Fargo 4 Co., arrived yester
day and will depart tomorrow. He
is q guest at the Centennial.
Mr.. Joseph simonds, the genial
gentleman who represents the Wiz
ard Bosco. is painting the town for
the latter's appearance next Monday
evening at Renshaw Opera house.
The friends of John Mccormick
will be rejoiced to learn that he is
again able to meet his friends upon
the street. His opthalmic trouble is
nearly over. For three weeks Mr..
Mccormick has been confined to his
room.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Amphitheatre.

The Ball at the Fountain Rink
last night was well attended, and
was kept up until early this morning.
The management had made arrange
ments for the perfect enjoyment OF
patrons, and succeeded il their en-
deavors. In the early part of the
evening nearly 800 skaters were on
the floor at one time. Nearly all OF
them remained to take part in the
later festivities.
Tonight the race between Miss
Alice McAndrews and Riah Nc
Auliff will take place. This will be
recognized as the ladies' night. The
race is for one mile distance, and no
purse. It will be purely pleasure
able affair.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
OUR HELENA LETTER.
Routine Proceedings of Council and
House.
HELENA, March IL, 1885.

HELENA, March IL, 1885.
The famous gambling bill came up
again in the shape of another subst!-
tute reported by the judiciary COM
mittee of the council. It was con-
sidered in committee of the whole
and its passage recommended. It is
the mildest of any bill proposed yet
against gambling. It merely re-
quires gambling rooms be at least
nine feet above the street. 1t does
not prohibit percentage games and if
passed does not take place until Oc-
tober.
Forbis' bill creating the office of
county attorney passed the council
to day, having previously passed the
house.
DeWolfe introduced bill to en-
courage the propagation Of quail and
to punish the killing of them. The
bill was placed on its final passage
and passed unanimously.
The following bills which had pre-
viously passed in the house passed in
the council:
A b | V Forbis, 10 confirm the
tit.e of The College of Montana to
certain real estate in the town of
Deer Lodge.
A bill to enable school district No.
l, MissOula county, to build q school
house at Corvallis.
A bill by Potts concerning the en-
actment and repeating of statutes.
Forbis' bill limiting the compensa-
ton Of q justice of the peace or con-
stable for which the county shall be
chargeable or responsible to 5000 per
annum, was passed by the Council
unanimously. 1t relates only to
criminal matters, and does not inter-
fere with the fees in civil cases.
The House resolution appropriating
$1,000 to the law library was lost.
The House resolution relating to
official maps of Montana. was
The bill by DeWelfe to create a
school text book commission, passed
in the Council.
THE HOUSE.
The vote by which the bill provid-
ing for the deposit of public funds in
the banks passed was reconsidered,
and the bill indefinitely postponed.
There was considerable discussion
over the Butte and Bozeman rail-
road bill. The substitute, which
provides for an exemption from
local and county taxation if the con.
ditions are complied with, but for no
other aid from the counties, was
passed. The members from Madison
and Jefferson counties opposed the
bill. Another railroad bill similar
to this exempts from county taxation
for ten years railroad to be built in
Yellowstone county from Billings to
Rock Creek.
The three road bills by DeWoIfe
passed the House and had previously
passed the Council. They relate to
road supervisors, road taxes, and to
the working Of the roads. They alter
completely the present road law and
place the public roads directly in
charge of the County Commissioners.
The House ways and means COM
mittee reported a bill authorizing the
levy of an additional mill for Terri
toIial and the bill passed this even
ing.
The session tonight lasted until
long after midnight. It was taken
up in discussion of the license bill,
but there seems to be no chance now
of the bills passing. Like several
others that have occupied much of
the time of the session 1t will 60 over
to another session.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
THE sEM1-wEEKLY MINER. MONTANA MARCH Il 1885

The breakage Of the cylinder press
upon which the MINER is printed,
night before last, caused delay ol
several hours in its issue yesterday
morning. Our out Of town subscrib-
en will please accept our apologies.
Accidents will sometimes happen,
you know.
There will be no services in the
Central School building the coming
Sunday, as Rev. Mr.. Whitfor6 leaves
this morning for Boulder City, where
he expects to stay several days in the
interest of the church. The Sunday
school will DE held at the usual hour.
The mission, as announced to take
place in st. Patrick'e Catholic church
of this city, will be opened tomorrow
Sunday morning at 1880 O'Clock.
The morning sermon will be deliver
ed by Father Cushuchan, of Ogden.
Subject, 1.-The Importance of Saliva
tion." At the evening service, 1880
o'clock, Father Scanlon, of Salt
Lake, will preach; subject, "Away
With Religion"
Carlos .Warfield has engaged q
clipper. We refer to the artist en-
gagged by him to clip his entire stock
Of livery horses. Yesterday every
head IN the stable, numbering about
fifty, excepting ''Lightfoot" and
"DOc," had oeen manipulated by the
clipping machine. This process of
dressing livery stock adds materially
to their appearance and gives tone 10
the establishment.
The Golden Future, q newspaper
venture, devoted to the mines, work.
shop, counting room and household,
has been launched on the sea of jour-
nalism at Portland. Its editor, n.
N. Mcguire, was a journalist in Port
land nearly quarter OF a century
ago, since which time he welded q
facile pen in regions along the Rocky
mountains. His right land has not
forgot its cunning, nor his pen its
vigOr.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Signor Bosco.

Upwards of one thousand people
witnessed the first appearance Of the
renowned magician last evening.
The audience was undoubtedly the
largest ever assembled in the opera
house. Signor Bosco gave entire sat-
isfac ion in operating his various
feats, which were cleverly executed.
The audience seemed to enjoy them
selves and were more than pleased at
the many presents given away. Sig
nor B0sco will appear again to-mor-
rev evening when he will give away
150 elegant presents, including a
lady's handsome gold watch.-Inde-
pendent.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
By WIRE FROM HELENA.
W. w. Wylie Of Bozeman Confirmed
For Superintendent Of Public In
struction.
Some Of the Bills Passed During the
Last Hours Of the Session.
All Of the Gambling Bills Defeated.

Special dispatch to the MINER.
HELENA, NJ. T., Mar. II, 1880 am.
w. Egbert Smith was rejected and
w. w. Wylie of Bozeman confirmed
by the council as Superintendent OF
Public instruction The following are
among the bills passed by both
houses: Forbls' bill limiting the COM
pensation of justices and constables;
= substitute for the Blu to and Boze-
man railroad bill; Potts bill for pay
ing county officers by salary instead
of fees /; the Bancroft school book
bill; Forbis' county attorney bill /;
the Anaconda fire department bill.
The license bill was lost. The gam
bling bill and substitute was lost.
This kills all gambling bills. The
house refused to concur in the coun-
Gil amendments and the council re-
fused to recede from its amendments,
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Ordinance No. 81.

An ordinance to prevent the assem-
bling Of teams and s0agoas on Main
street.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of Butte:
Section l. That from and after
the passage of this ordinance 1t shall
be unlawful, and is hereby declared
q nuisance for the owner or driver of
any wagon, dray, truck, sleigh, ex-
press, passenger wagon or sleigh or
other convey ance used for the purpose
of doing general passenger OF job
work, to stop and allow the same to
remain standing unemployed on
Main street of said Butte City, or
within fifty (5O) feet of sald Main
street. Provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall apply to
the owner or driver of any convey
ance standing unemployed in front
uf the premises occupied by said
owner or driver.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons vio-
lating any of the provisions of sec.
ton No. one ~ of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of q misde-
meanOr, and on conviction Thereon
shall be fined in q sum not less than
one ~ dollar nor more than twenty
five (25) dollars. together with costs
of suit. =.
Sec. 3. That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Approved March I4th, 1885.
ii. McMURPAEY, Acting Mayor.
OF Butte, Montana Territory:
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing ordinance was regularly
put upon its final passage, and was
duly passed by the City Council OF
said Butte City, on the 1lth day OF
March, A. D 1885.
In witness whereof 1 have here
unto affixed the corporate seal of the
city of Butte.
III. B. SMITH.
Ex-cfticio City Clerk.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Card.

That there may be no misunder-
standing in the future, as in the past,
regarding the Masonic socials, given
under the auspices of Eastern Star
Lodge, we wish to announce that the
entertainments are strictly for Master
Masons in good standing, their wives,
daughters, mothers. widows and Sis
tiers. We would gladly include their
friends, but have not the accommo-
datious. On Wednesday evening,
18th inst, we give our second social,
a nektie party. Each lady attending
please bring two nekties.
COMMITTEE.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
High School Building.

The importance Of having q new
high school building for next year is
urged on the fol lowing groundo:
Rent IL being paid for two outside
rooms and there will be at least four
classes IN the high school next year.
The building Of q high shool with at
least four rooms would prove a dignity
to Butte. 1t would show that the
educational standard is being raised,
and in this new building should be a
laboratory. It was, moreover, ,forcibly
ueged that next year an experienced
ataral science sho hould b. hired. W no
understood science, not from q text
book, but from practical experience.
Mr.. Newill could attend to the other
work of the high school.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
WALKERVILLE.
Our Reporter From the Mountain
Camp Finds Out Lots of
Things.

The Walkerville mud is quite as
thick as that in Butte.
The streets are being improved and
evidence Of the towns prosperity is
seen on every hand.
Thursday night six set of harness
was stolen from the mules belonging
to the Lexington mine.
A commiC.ee of Walkerville mer-
chants came down yesterday 10 NETT
Father ScanlOn and tender him q
welcome.
DR.. w. III. Sarigat and his brother
leave to-day tor New Orleans. From
thence the party will go to the
French Provides and from there to
South America.
Prof. Waisman will soon begin his
work in q new field. Walkerville
and other points of the county will
be visited. and taxed according to
the valuation of property. Mr.. Wais-
man will open his AS essor's bool
on the first of the month.
Frank Golden, a miner at work in
the Argonaut mine, was injured
rather badly on Thursday while
working in the face of the east level.
A piece of rock fell from above him
and struck his head, cutting a severe
cash across the right side of the
scalp.
Improvements in the way of build
ing are rapidly going on in the CEN
tire of the city, 1t was but a short
time ago when Walkerville presented
q fOrlOrn aspect. At present every
lot has been taken up by the corpo-
ration or individuals and substantial
buildings erected thereon.
Johnny O'Leary, who handles the
delivery team of Lee w. Foster &
Co., at Walkerville, met with SER
ious accident On Thursday last.
While hauling a load of hay and
grain, a bale Ct the former fell from
the load, between the horses. The
latter became frightened and started
to run; Johnny was thrown upon
the pole, and from thence precipitated
to the ground. The hoofs Of the ami
mails came in such severe contact
with his head and body that he inn
aglned lightning-geared threshlng
had turned loose and was
suddenly converted into a sausage
chOpper with O'Leary for a subject.
Johnny was taken to the office of
DR.. Seariy hit in an insens,ble condl-
ton. His wounds were properly
dressed, and he was convey ed 10 his
room where he now lies,
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Struck it Rich.

A Chicago school ma'am has fallen
heir to $4,000 in POrtls nd. She
taught school in Butte for nearly one
year, invested her money in one Of
the prominent mines here. after
wards left for Chicago, loaned her
extra funds to 6 brother-in-law who
invested the full amount in stock
interests and having died, willed the
entire estate to the lady.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
Teachers Institute.

The last session of the Institute
closed yesterday forenoon. Those
teachers who were present appre-
ciated the fact that their time had
been profitably and pleasantly spent
during the week of attendance.
After having gwen expressions of
this nature, the teachers took up the
regular order of business. Professor
BOoher gave very able discussion
on the subject of geography.
Professor Davis dis cussed the sub
ject of grammar, and introduced
some new ideas concerning this i'm
portant matter. His remarks were
listened to with close attention, and
elected many favorable comments.
Af.er the close of all discussions,
the following resolutions were pre-
sented and unanimously adopted
I'm the Teachers Institute OF Sill
yer Bow county, March 18th, 1885.
Reso 'ved, That the thanks of this
institute be- rendered to those friends
of our schools who have contributed
papers, or have taken part in the dis
cussions OF the same, thereby adding
much to the interest of the proceed
ings.
Resolved, That our thanks are due
to the young ladies of the school who
sang at the various sessions Of the in
stitute.
Resolved, That the institute CRATE
fully acknowledges the kindness of
the Congregational church in allow
ing the free use Of their organ during
the past week.
Resolved, That the thanks Of the
institute be rendered to the Daily
MINER and the D..ily Inter Noun
tain for the valuable space in their
columns which has been devoted to
the proceedings OF this institute.
FLORA f.. RICHARDSON,
L0U. LOCKLEY,
MAGGIE B. SULLIVAN,
Committee on Resolutions.
The session closed with music and
pray er.
F. X. WILSON,
Secretary.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
SUN SPOTS
From the Ceur d'Alene Region.

! The gold receipts are again H.
creasing at the bank.
The Cmur d'Alene mines have pro-
| duced some wealth this summer. A
banker there purchased $500, 200 in
gold dust during the summer.
The road between Murray and
Myrtle is now termed the "Sky
Trail" Phil O'Rourke swears that
the last time he travelled over it
he heard the angels singing a lul-
laby.
The Coeur d'Alene Brewery has
2O,O ,OOO pounds of malt at the Noun
tain House, which it expects to get
in before the road goes to pieces.
The route to Murray from Ceur
d'Alene City has been declared the
postal route. This settles the ques-
tion of the permanency of roads into
the mines.
The Cove and Crane purchase on
Potosi Gulch is showing up hand
somely. On Friday two men cleaned
up about two ounces for less than a
days work.
Fifteen ounces were rocked out of
the Yankee Boy last week. The claim
is on the old channel wash, and Ia
owned by Messrs Dahler and Ryor-
son.
An ounce and a half nugget was
found on the Ives and Silverthorn
claim on Saturday. It is a pretty
piece, polished on one side and stud
ded with q chunk of white quartz on
the other.
A two ounce and half nugget was
picked up by the Tiptop folks yester-
day morning. It Is q rusty looking
slug and contains considerable quartz.
Sluicing is carried on on the claim,
and yellow waters are coming down
First street like cataract.
The Palmer House was discovered
to be on fire st o'clock last night
and in a moment apparently the vast
building was ablaze from one end to
the other, the flames lighting up the
entire town and gulch. So rapidly
did the fire spread that when it was
discovered by the inmates there was
no time to save anything. Mr.. Pal
mer, after whom the house was
named, states that he did not even
have time to save the money in the
till. Tommy, the waiter, was forced
out without his coat and hat. Mr..
Palmer believes the origin of the fire
was due to the explosion of lamp,
as every precaution had been taken
otherwise. The house is q total
wreck, and the entire contents were
destroyed. The loss was $500.
Frank Reed, who has been pros
pecting at the head of Dream gulch
for nearly year past. exhibited some
marvelously rich gold quartz to the
Sun reporter on Sunday, which were
taken from location he has named
the Buckeye Boy, The specimens
were six In number about the size of
silver dollar, and were literally
speckled with the glittering metal.
One dark and rusty-l00king piece
was fairly alive with fine gold. In
reply to q question of the reporter,
MI. Reed said: ''Thlnk have vein
about three feet in width. I have
taken out two large chunks which
will give you an idea what there is
in my lind, These will be placed on
exhibition at the Bank of Murray.
Mr.. Hussey promised me to-day to
send two men to the mine and bring
them down. During the week I
pounded out about two pounds of
quartz and got little over an ounce
Of pure gold. 1t is the biggest thing
in the country"
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
The Closing Labors Of the Fourteenth
Legislative Assembly.
HELENA. NJ, r. Mar

HELENA, M. T., March IL.
At midnight the Legislative AS
sembly adjourned sine die.
The gambling bill created an ex-
element again. and for a short time
the original Forbis bill was believed d
| to be about to become q law. The
Council substitute was received in
the House. and the House refused to
concur In the amendments to the
bill, and respectfully requested the
Council to recede from its amend
ments.
Shortly afterwards message was
received from the Council ANNOUNCE
ing that the vote had been recon-
sidered, and the Council had receded
from its amendments. The effect of
such vote was understood in the
House to be the passage Of the orig
inal bill.
There was great excitement and
rush to see what had coma over the
council.
AS soon as the effect of this vote
was discovered in the council q mo-
ton was made to reconsider
and to refuse to recede from
the amendments, but the
motion was lost and it looked as if
the bill was to become law.
The joke of it was that some of the
bitte:est opponents of the bill had
voted to recede from the amendment
without thinking of the effect of
such q vote. Finally a mo-
tion was made to re-
consider and refuse to recede from
the amendments. As the house
would not concur, that ended the
matter.
The bill amending the Butte char
ter was not reached in the council.
The license bill, that the House
has spent weeks in preparing and
amending, was lost in the Council.
Also Potts. bill f0r pay ing county
officers by salary and turning the
fees of the office into the county
treasury.
The Bancroft book till was bitterly
fought, and every means used for de-
lay, but it passed just in time and
was signed. DeWolfe's school text
book commission bill also passed.
Also the bill for providing schools
with Webster's dictionaries, which
was signed just before IL o'clock.
The three road bills by DeWolfe
were signed.
Other bills signed were: Memorial
concerning the U. s. penitentiary in
Montana. House bill to enable the
county of Lewis and Clarke to build
a court house. The substitute for
the Butte ard Bozeman railroad bill.
Bill to suppress hurdy houses.
The printing bill did not get out of
the hands of the House ways and
means committee.
Taylor gave notice of bill for the
relief of the Fisk, Swallow and
Mantle printing committee to be in
troduced at 8 me future day.
Tingle introduced bill for the re-
mOval of the Capital to Glendive. 1t
was laid OH the table.
Appropriate resolutions of thanks
to the various officers of both houses
were passed and at IL o'clock the
Fourteenth Legislative Assembly
adjourned.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
p. C. and Other Courts.

Judge Wilcox had up one poor,
miserable d. and d. yesterday and
for lack of evidence which could have
cleared the man, he was placed In
the city Jail, with the privilege Of
eating at a Chinese restaurant ut the
rate of two bits meal or going hum
cry while waiting for a square meal
at some high toned hotel.
The wood stealing case before Judge
Nichols was continued until ten
o'clock this morning, when it will be
decided whether the accused was
freezing to death while stealing the
wood, or whether the fuel was taken
out of pure cussedness.
Judge Lippincott was working
nearly the entire day, yesterday, on
business of civil nature.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-03-14
COrks.

AIessrs. Schmidt & Gamer and A.
Speckart are about to open in Butte
an establishment for bottling St.
Louis, Milwaukee, and Butte beer ];
also cider, soda water and cham
pagne. The store house will be at
Schlessinger's present stand, under
Masonic Hall. One of the firm will
leave for the East in q few days to
procure the necessary machinery.