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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-28
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
county Attorneys to Take the Place Of
the District Officials.
Hygiene In the Public Schools Is q
Temperance influence.

Special to the MINER.
HELENA, Jan. "a, 1885.
In the council, Chessman intro
dnced a bill relative to the bonds o.
clerks Of court, fixing the distric,
court clerks bond at SIS, 900, probate
cout clerks bond, $500.
Introduced by Cotant, a bill crea-
ting the office of county attorney,
and abolishing the Office of district
attorney on the expiration OF the
terms of present lncumbents. The
compensation, entirely by salary, is
fixed at $500 per annum in Custer,
Gallatin. Lewis and Clark and Silver
Bow counties. In all other counties
$1,000. Cotant also introduced a bill
regulating assignments for the benefit
of creditors.
In the house: Potts presented q
petition of the citizens of Helena, for
the passage of a bill providing for
teaching in the public schools of
Hygiene, with special reference to the
effect of alcoholic drinks and mar.
cotics.
Norton presented q similar petition
for the citizens Of Billings. Norton
also gave notice of bill for the pro.
lection of county t%reasurers.
Potts introduced a bill for paying
sll county officers by salary. reduc-
ing present fees and paying them
into the county treasury.
An act, amending the Helena city
charter and giving the mayor the
veto and pardoning power, passed
the house unanimously.
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Suppress Him.

The unframed giraffe, often seen
preceding the cutter of Curtis s. Ma
jors should be suppressed. His VIC
lent assertions of superiority over
master minds have ended sadly on
twelve occasions. On Sunday last,
he took the bit IN his tech, while de-
ing the rounds of the mines at
Burlington, tipped over the
sleigh and both occupants. ran up
against a manganese dump and
stopped short, looking for a more val
liable prospect. Yesterday the -un-
civilized brute started up Main street
while Mr.. Curtis Sat behind him,
reached a point just opposite
D'Acheul's drug store, was suddenly
sliced with symptoms of vertigo or
some other 60, turned his heels ::heav-
onward, broke the shafts Of the cut
ter, lay down in the street.and made
himself liable to arrest for disturbing
the peace.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-28
hi LAST SAD RITES.
The Imposing Pageant Of the Odd
Fellows Yesterday.

The sad and softening strains Of
the funeral dirge played by the Foun
tain rink baud yesterday afternoon
attracted a large crowd to witness
the imposing pageant attendant up
on the burial of one of their numbers
by the Odd Fellows Of Butte. The
occasion was the last sad rites PER
formed over all that remained of
their brother Flank Schevallla, a
quiet, honest, unob:rusive man, who
has been q good citizen, u kind
brother aud y faithful member Of the
order. Mr.. achevallia was q stranger
in a strange land and away here at
the northern confines of our country
he is buried by tender and loving
hands, actuated. as all good Odd
Fellows are, by the humane princi-
pie of visiting the sick, burying the
dead and educating the Orphan"
"A part of the display that deserves
special mention was the attendance
in procession Of many ladie,-the
Uaughh re- of Re coca who kept
step to the doleful music and cast
their sprig of evergreen upon the
casket at the grave with an earnest
ness that attracted attention. The
procession was not as long as some
that have dragged their slow length
through the streets of Butte, but
what was lacking In numbers was
made up In the warmth of true
hearts and the sincerity of attending
brothers and sisters.
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Wife's Honor Co.

A private despatch states that the
Wife's Honor Co. are en- route to Mon-
tana, and will shortly appear at Rem
shaw Opera House.
The play and company are spoken
of in the very highest terms Of COM
mendation by the Eastern press. The
New York Herald says:
A new play by Mr.. Lawrence
Marston, with the title, "A Wife's
Honor" was produced at the Wind
sor Theatre last night. 1t consists
of four acts and q prologue, and is
decidedly French in its tendencies
and construction. The scenes and
situations were good, and to Judge of
the success ofthe piece by the APP
plause it received last evening 1t Is
destined to prove an attraction.
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Police Court.

Two DRINKS and y bad Ia nguage
maj we've tlned yesterday. The prin-
cipal portion of Judge Wilcox's time
was occupied in hearing the Nc
Nally case. The latter named indi-
vidual was arrested and tiaed for as
saulting Ell 'Thorp. Subsequently
Mentally was arrested for making an
ass ault upon Thorp with a deadly
weapon, and was bound over to ap-
pear before the court at 10 q. M to-
morrow. McNalIy had Thorp ar
rested for threatening his, (McNa'-
ly'sl life. The evidence was not suf-
ticient to act upon and Thorp is now
under bonds to appear.
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McNALLY.
He Makes 4 Gun Play ON ThOrp and
gets Left.
The Officers r Onto the little game.

Yesterday was an excltable II not q
profitable day. The MINER report Of
the Murphy-Thorp fraud created an
apparent sensation.
The public demand at the hands OF
q true journalist, q plain and faithful
report of the days transactions.
There are no ''rumors" published
in these c ,lumns.
Truth, being mighty, must prevail
in all matters OF import which occur
IN the city.
There is not In Butte to day an
honorable minded citizen who does
not endorse the exposure Of such
shameful and palpable frauds as was
perpetrated Oh Sunday night last, at
thei Amph'heatre, wherein nearly
one thousand people had assembled
to witness an up and upcontest be-
tween two men.
The q thousand were first
deceiv ed, then gulled, and finally
realized that their dollars had been
thrown away, or in other words,
taken from thea under false pre-
lenses.
The statement OF these facts pub
lished yesterday, without fear and
with nc desire for favor, led Miles
Mentally into the commission OF
several i~ndicressions.
At about IL q. m. he sought and
found Thorp, one of the principals IN
the afore me ationed fight, grabbed
him by the clothing and drawing a
gun placed 1t against Thorp's stom-
ach and said that he should 60 at
once to the MINER office and make
r%etracti0n.
Throp replied, "You have got the
drop on me and can kill me right
here but 1 have nothing to take back"
Both men went up. Main street as
far as the corner Of Broadway when
McNally insisted upon Thorp going
to the MINER Office and there stating
that he (Thorp) had done wrong, or
compelling the local editor to ac-
knowledge his report not founded
upon reliable information.
Thorp manfully refused, and
turned down the street, when Nc
Nally struck him in the neck.
McNally was arrested on q charge
Of assault and battery, and gave
bonds.
He was subsequently arrested on
the gun-play charge. and again gave
The trial will take place to-
morrow. Until such time as the
court decides the matter the public
must rest easy as to the result.
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FRAUD.
A Put Up Job to Blk the Public.
The Murphy.T horp Hasco Universally
Condemned.

The Murphy-Thorp fight" which
took place at the Amphitheatre Sun,
day night last, proved to b. as big
fraud a. was ever perpetrated upon
an uDsuspecting western public.
A MINER reporter has gathered
facts concerning the matter. which,
a. will be told, should prove a warn.
ing to all. The people have been
heretofore gulled. On Sunday right
last they were doubly bilked out Of
their money.
McNally, Jack Dowd, Thorp and
others entered into the scheme to
make a I" money play on the people.
Murphy was cognizant Of the affair.
Mentally is a speculative man but
made 80 palpable a failure in cover
ing bis tracks upon this occasion
that universal condemnation follows
in his wake.
He promised Thorp IS per cent. of
the gate receipts ii he lost and 40 ~.
csnt. If he won.
Before the fight came of MI. Dowd
advised Thorp to sign articles with
Mentally to this effect and in case
Mentally refused, Thorp was to 60
into the ring and "show up the
fraud" Mentally did not sign the
article as Thorp was troubled with
too much confidence.
Jack Dowd was to have been chosen
referee but at the last turn In the box
refused to act In that capacity.
Time rolled on and the fight ~
began. Thorp, in the first round
went down (after a little by play }
Thorp remained down, contrary to
rules, and while In this position was
approached and struck by Murphy.
Either or both these plays were foul.
jumped over the ropes and
lifted Thorp to his feet advising him
to fight.
At about this juucture, time' was
ThOrp's trainer and second had
left the ring before the fight began.
McNally acted as second for Thorp
and made the remark: "Get up and
make q showing for the benefit of the
crowd"
Thorp replied II see how thing
are going, you 90 --
Thorp and other parties test fed
that they had been badly misused.
informed q MINER reporter
hat he would not consent to be
by Murphy who is a
far superior man In every particular
sense of physical abb ty
The fight WIS to have lasted four
five rounds hut for some unknown
r. ason was forced on the start by
Murphy.
The MINER, although never en-
brutal affairs of this nature
to give the truth a. far rs it
IAN be learned.
One of the MINER staff was, last
threatened with violence pro
he dared publish these facts as
from he headquarters. Very
veil +; the facts are published and wo
'eiterate The people who attended
he .Murphy-Thorp fight (?) were
and defrauded Of the money
hey paid to see something solid and
legitimate"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-28
Sedent AIRY Habits
Consumpulcn Cured.

tice. having a placed in his hands by an Exist
India Visionary the formula of a simple 7ege-
table remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure of, CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis, CatarTh.
asthma and all Throat and Lung affections,
also o positive and radical cure for general Dc
bility and allnervous complaints, alter having
thoroughly te>ted its " ,nderful curative pow
ers in thousands of cases, feels 1t his duty 70
recipe viii be sent free of charge to all who de.
sire Il. with full directions for preparing and
neceeastully using. Address. with stamp, nam-
Ing this paper, D1. J. I. Raymond, 164 Washing
on street, BROOKLYN. N. Y. 2-io-Wlv.
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The Knife.

On Sunday last, Sam Martin, one
Of the dealers at the Crystal, was as
saulted ty John Williams with q
knife. Martin was cut in the right
shoulder, and twice below near the
the siort ribs. The cause Of the row
was an alteration about the game.
The result Of the wounds will not
prove serious. VII iaps was placed
under 81 1000 bonds to appear before
Judge Nichols to-day.
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NoIice TO Creditors.

Estate of william Frazer. deceased. Notice
is hereby given by the undersigned, admins
traitor of the estate of William FIazer, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publication of this
notice, to the said admins TRAITOR. at the town
of Centrevilie. III the County Of Silver Bow.
Dated December goth, 1884.
JAMES STIRLING.
Administrator Of the estate of William Frazer.
deceased. -7-SW-W
IL eO1tf
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-28

Fort Shaw Is to be provided with
water works, to cost $4,000. Water
will he pumped from Sun river up
into a tank sixty feet above the riv-
er's surface, and having q capacity Of
about 10000 gallons. whence 1t will
be distributed through LOO feet Of
pipes.
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Local News.
From the Daily of Tuesday.

From the Daily OF Tuesday.
Twenty-Five men were laid OF q
the Parrot mine on Saturday nigh
last.
A red hot chinook from the south
west has been taking In Butte City
for the p ,st IL hours.
Harry Roberts and his 20 "Knlghts
of the Buckskin" took in the Muir
phy-Thorp.fiasco last evening. They
bet heavily. and generally ON the
winning man.
A B attic Mountain dispatch to the
Sacramento Bee announces the fact
that John Noyes, Maggie Taylor and
Rod. D. Leggat. Of Butte, Montana,
would arrive in Sacramento the 22nd
inst.
Wanted-A bright, active boy, to
deliver the Daily MINER on the
Meaderville route. Apply to A. v.
Corey, at residence, OF Washington
street, about one hundred yards north
of Cameron & Aiken's Foundry.
Mrs. Rice celebrated her third
wedding anniversary at her residence
Just east of the court house last even
Ing. Tho affair was pleasant. and
every pleasure INDUCED In by tie as
sembIed guests would bear repetition.
Butte outdid itself in the way of
70 W. and ructlons during the past 38
hours. No less than twenty fights
occurred, nearly all Of them growing
out of arguments brought up by the
Murphy Thorp attempt at q prize
fight.
Rev. Father Dolls christened, on
Sunday morning last, Cora Emile
Bussiere, the daughter of Joseph and
Georgiana Russiere. Emile La
Narche acted as godmother, while
MI. Joseph L. Perron oficiated rs
godfather.
The members of Morning Star
Lodge No. l8. I. o. q. T., will give a
party tonight at the Reform Club
rooms on West Broadway. Our COL
orad population are perfectly willing
to do the stylish a'.d enjoyable act
vi b as good grace as the whilea-
The Gunnison team doing express
work between Butte and Meaderville
made matters interesting for bali an
hour yesterd ~. Some portions of
the horses and sleigh were rec 1vered
and yet we are credib!y informed
neither of the animals has been fed
on giant powder for over week.
The Montana copper company
opened the doors of the smelter yes
terday Ia rning, ready for the hands
to resume work. The men were on
hand and ready to assume the duties OF
their several positions, but were in
formed they would have to accept
lower wages than these formerly
paid. Suffice 1t to say they all r.
fused to acc 'pt work at reduced sala-
ries. Comment is unnocass ary.
The funeral of John Harvey, one
of the old residents OF VAUDEVILLE,
was conducted yesterday under the
auspices of the Miners Union. The
procession was large, and the remains
escorted to the grave by many Union
members and a large concourse of
friends In. sleighs. Mr.. Harvey wa
u man highly respected, and leaves q
wife and a number Of children to .
mourn his lOss.
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BOzeman has within the limits of
its school district 655 children of
school age, being Is per cent of the
total In the county. Livingston
comes next, with 222 children, ap-
proximately 10 per cent of the total.
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Furnace Work.

The undersigned would respectfully call at
tention to the following specime rs OF his hot
air furnace work, as recommendations of the
son Residence of Col. j. G.. G.. Thornton: res.
idence of Hon. Stephen De Wolfe; Cry goods
store Of Sands & Boyce; Mint salo0I.; Kruger's
Hotel ann the City Hall. ;. H. BLuME,
Park street, opposite Mas ,nic Temple.
Telephone No. IS l-i4-Sw-lm
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The officers while making an arrest
at a brothel last week, were surprised
to find the apartments supplied with
three ''pa1s" of printed letter heads,
bearing these words "Y. NJ. G. A,
Free Reading Rooms. Bvzeman, M.
II 100 ~
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ST. NICHOLA9.
Sauer Kraut

At Fred 5cheuer's, l4e East Park st.
A large supply Of home made Sauer
Kraut constantly on hand. dim
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Want0d.

An experienced solicitor to handle q spec
ialty on which there Is no competit. On. Ex.
A. L. HBASScaoFf Co, III Market Street
Sam Fl ncisco. ca. SwI1
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DIED.

FITZGERALD.-On Saturday, Jan. "a. 1855,
Mary, wife of Thomas E. Fitzgerald.
W~ORMELL.-At Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 70, 1885.
Ida May, daughter of MIR. and Mrs. +. A.
Wormeli, aged 5 years and 1 months.
Sedent airy Habits
Undoubtedly have q tendency 10 beget dyspep.
STA, but We not %uErarefy meet pe.sons who feHf.
outdoor active lives VINO are badly troubled
with 1t. 1t is common to men and women OF
all o~catiOns, and of the most diverse physi-
cal constitution. Bad food and water may cause
it, To persous who are casually or constantly
its victims, Hostett'lis Stomach B't~rs Is q boon
Of value, slua it relieves and prevents it, neu-
ITALICS bad qualities in 70 ID and drink, and is
a genial as we'll as effective medicine Pallic
clerks and Indoor operatives in esome
factories, mariners aud railway travellers, COM
peeled 10 bolt food hastily, will do we'll to pro
vide themselves with a supply Of this pleasant
tonic. 1t is a reliable defence against fever and
ague and b~ilousness, relieves rheumatism, is
. good appetizer. and exer.s q tranquilizlng and
inyigorating influence upon the De,yous SYSTEM.
Il ia q fue thug, 700. in l1drm old a51. "
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Acc ,rding to al exchange. Spotted
Tail says there will be trouble be-
tween the Indians and whites 1t the
Crow reservation lease Is made. He
Is opposed to the lease.
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accord

prove the buildings accord
ing to the original plans,
On motion of TiDgle the memorial
was referred to a special committee
to be composed of five members of
the house and three of the council,
with instructions to visit the peniten-
tiary and investigate its condition.
HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Forbis-A bill relating to A.
| sessment life insurance companies
In Montana.
By NOrtOn--An act to protect
county treasurers.
The bill provides that county COM
m%issioners, whenever they allow &C.
counts against the county, shall
cause q list of such accounts, with
the names of the parties to whom al
lowed. and nature of service rendered,
to be published in the paper having
the largest circulation in the county,
and that no warrant shall be paid
until 30 days after such publication.
Tingle offered q resolution that the
committee on ways and means be
instructed to visit the general and
mis- cellaneous territorial library and
make such recommendations as In
their judgment seem best; also, that
the judiciary committee inquire into
the condition of the territorial law
library and the care of the same, and
make such recommendations as they
may deem best to protect the interests
of the Territory. Both resolutions
were adopted.
BILLS PASSED.
An act to provide for the Billings
fire department, already passed by
the council, was passed by the house
unanimously.
House joint resolution for the relief
of Chas H. Smell, was passed by q
unanimous vote.
Potts, from the committee on ways
and means, recommended that the
petition of the photographers of Butte.
asking that the present license tax Of
$$32. so per annum be removed.
FORBIs' GAMBLING BILL.
1t is said tonight that Forbis' DILL
to suppress gambling will not pass
either house. Many of the members
for some reason are not so favorably
disposed towards anti-gambling legis.
lation, as they were a few days ago.
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LYNCHED.
Con Murphy Captured by two Helena
Officers,
And Lynched by the Yigilantes Of the
City.
HELENA, M. T., Jan. q, 1885.

HELENA, M. T., Jan. ~, 1855.
Special to the MINER:
The city was thrown into a tremor
of excitement to-day on news being
received Of the capture Of the notori-
Gus Montana desperate and horse
thief Con Murphy. The particulars
are these. About midnight last
night j. H. Mcfarland and George
Bashaw surprised and captured
Murphy and his brother at O'Neil's
ranch, 16 miles east Of this city on
the Bczeman road. They were
guarded there until this morning.
when Con drew a small pistol, con-
cealed in his stocking, and shot
Bashaw through the hand. He.and his
brother then made a break to escape,
A lively fight. followed and several
shots were exchanged before they
were captured. This noon when On
their way to Helena a party of Vigi-
lantes took possession of the prisoners
and tonight hung Con to a railroad
bridge, two miles from the city and
lodged his brother in Jail.
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Hotel Arrivals.
n

SAml. Cook and wife, Kansas; Mrs.
Geo. Hathaway, Ogden; j. T. Con-
ner. Atlantic; T. L. Fifer, Warm
Springs; Thos. T. Mulho.land, Ma
rysville; Pat Arpin, Helena; J. w.
Jones, Race Track; J. F. Lee, Ogden;
J. 8 Kerr. Jno. Langtry, w. l..
Mathenson, l. w. Fraser. Anaconda;
J. L. Good win, Valley; Frank Tallie.
Geo. Hemmeyer. Sheridan; J. Z.
Cullen, Helena.
ST. N1CHOLA7.e:s
w. s. JACOBS, Helena; Ley. Ber-
gerson and family, Montreal; DR..
Gernon, Frenchto WI; F. R Kirk
ham, Chicago; E. B, Holbrook,
Helene; C. T. Gooda4es St. Paul; c.
A. siegfrled, San Francisco; Addi.
son Smith, Mrs. Stone, Deer Lodge;
DR.. R.. F. Clark, Helena.
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Legislative Proceedings

Special dispatch to the MINER.
HELENA. Jan. 26, 1885.
In the Council Buck gave notice
Of q bill to amend the charter of Ben.
ton ; also a bill to amend the law
concerning chattel mortgages.
Kennedy gave notice of another
county attorney bill differing from
Forbis' and Cotant's, in abolishiug
the Office Of District Attorney imme-
diately, the district attorneys to be
county attorneys in the counties
where they reside, Ii they so elect.
County Commissioners to appoint
district attorneys In other counties,
to hold Office until the next general
election. Salary, $500 a year, one
half to be paid by the Territory and
one-half by the counties also, to re-
ceiye fees on convictions and 10 per
cent. On collections.
Council bill No. Is. requiring mag
istrates to examine a complainant
under oath before issuing a warrant,
passed the Council unanimously.
In the House, Seligman introduced
a joint memorial to Congress relating
to the insuf1ciency of peDitentiary
room. Referred to a committee Of
five members of the House, and
three of the Council, with instruc-
tions to visit and investigate the pen
itentiary.
The Committee on Ways and Means
reported favorably on the petition Of
Butte photographers for the removal
OF the present license tax.
A runaway occurred on Friday p.
%. last at VAUDEVILLE wherein MI.
Miles McNally and a lady who ac-
companied him very nearly became
severely injured. He was driving a
team belonging to Warfield & Gwln,
when, in turning the corner of Main
and Broadway, the enter over
turned, precipitating the occupants
to the ground. The lady was in
jured, and Mr.. Mentally barely es-
capped serious injury, having hung
onto the lines until compelled to re-
linquish his hold. The team is gem
g.,
tie and kind but high spirited, and
had no idea they would make a news
paper item when they turned the
corner. Cutter badly damaged.
Team returned to stable at 4 p. m.
McNally and lady returned to Butte
by VAUDEVILLE express.
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MARRIED..

MUNTZER.-ZEHNDER.-At Silver Bow, NJ. r..
saturday. Jan. "a, 1855, by Caleb ". Irvine,
Probate Judge. Mi. Henry Muntzer and Miss
Mary NJ. Zehnder.