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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07
SILVER IN THE MARKET.

The very excellent trade circular OF
Mathews & Webb, OF Denver, calls attention
to the fact that the general condition OF
trade throughout the country during the
week under review, has fairly justified the
expectation of a better business through
out the autumn. The surplus reserve III
the New York banks has been reduced to
S47,17s,O 900, while in 1883, at the same
time it was only $4,000 900 and in 1884
it was $2S, 145, 900. The present amount
still shows an enormous sum OF money
lying idle, but we must not forget that its
volume has been reduced 25 per cent. within
two months. The various clearing houses
show a net average increase, compared with
last year, of 13 per cent. and the CONNER
cial agencies show failures't to have been IL
per cent. less than during any OF the past
five years. In staple articles there has
been much steadiness, but varied by an in
clination to force prices higher, which has
caused exporters, especially OF wheat, to
protest no little, since there are 2O,oOo,ooo
bushels more than last years supply. The
railroad stock market has been irregular
and unsatisfactory, owing to the frelght
war, which has been very general over east
bound goods, although w~est-bound rates
have materially improved. In reference to
silver, the circular says that the metal is
beginning to assume that saliency III public
discussion it has so often referred to, ana
that the decision of the incoming Congress
will do much toward ~steadying or unset
ting business at large. Prominent bankers
have lately published a statement OF the
prices in London since 1885 as follows:
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

SENATOR J.. P. JONES, OF Nevada, has
been investing insome gold mines in Alaska,
and the last steamer that arrived in San
Francisco from that frozen territory,
brought in $4,000 worth OF gold, which
will go to r~eplenish the Senator's exchequer.
When MIR. Jones ran for Senator from
Nevada, in 1872, ,he was worth several
million dollars. In 1878, when he was re-
elected he was also very rich. Last year,
however, when he ran for the third time,
he was comparatively poor. The "boys,"
however, stood in with "the grand old
Senator" and for the third time he was
sent to the United States Senate from the
"Rotten Borough" and this time, without
"money and without price" The many
friends in Butte Of Senator Jones will be
pleased to hear of his successful invest
ments in the Alaska mines, and il those
mines "keep up their lick we expect to
see a large number of old Nevadans go
back to the SILVER State in time to vote for
Mr.. Jones in 1888. He'll have plenty OF
gold then, and when he has it is always at
the command OF his true friends.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

The st. Louis GIObe-Democrat, has the
following in reference to the Granite Noun
tain Company, at Phillipsburg: "From
the mine near Phillipsburg, NJ. T., belong,
ing to the Granite Mountain Company, OF
this city, the shipments OF silver for the
past week amount to $50, 700, making
about Il ton of silver per week as the pro-
duet OF the twenty stamp mill for the last
two weeks. The director of that company
yesterday declared a dividend OF $50, 600,
IL Is cents per share upon the stock. Six
months ago the mill, then recently erected.
had about paid for it's construction and
began working for the stockholders; since
that time it has made cash dividends
amounting to $500, 900, besides adding
largely to it's reserve fund, while SO vast are
the ore bodies that little impression is APP
parently made upon the mine and the
mineral taken out seems hardly missed.
Work is progressing upon several valuable
mines zeal the Granite, and the region
about Phillipsburg promises to be very
productive"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07
CARAVAN CRUSHED.
Fatal Accident Which Befel Robin
sons Circus in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, October "a terrible accident
happened on the Fergus Falls branch OF the
Northern Pacific railroad seven miles west
of here this morning, by which five men
lost their lives and thirty or forty more
were more or less injured. John Roblisons
left Warpleton, OAK, for this place In
two sections. When within seven miles OF
Fergus Falls, near a small place named
French, the head Of the baggage section
broke in two while going up a heavy grade,
and ten or twelve cars went flying back at
Il terrific rate. On the rear train were
three sleeping cars occupied by workmei.
over 200 in number, all OF whom were sound
asleep and not aware Of the impending dan
ger. The cars which had broken loose in
creased their speed as they approached the
second or cage section, and probably had
run a mile before they struck it. The engi-
neer OF the rear section saw the cars APP
preaching, but only had time to stop his
train before they struck him. The brakes
man on the loose ears tried to put on the
brakes, but they had difficulty in running
from car to car on account OF the wagons
which impeded their progress. Had the
engineer of the rear section only an
other moment OF time he could nave
backed his train and avoided the calamity,
but it was too late and the cars struck his
engine with tremendous force, throwing the
SttCpC1S ItOiIl lIlG L L dih dLlI StAS-oiiIl5
beyond recognition. The result was soon
apparent. More than a hundred men were
buried in the debris. The scene can hardly
be described. The night was f%earfully dark
and the groans Of the men were appalling.
The people in the rear Sc .tion at once began
the work Of rescuing the unfortunates five
OF whom were found lead aud many Others
wounded and bleeding. Word was at once
dispatched to this city and Il train In
charge OF Superintendent Vining at once
FASTENED to the scene and the dead and
wounded were brought to this place. The
work OF removing the men from the debris
was a sorry task. A man alive and unin-
iured was taken from under two lead ones
and it was simply IA miracle that he escaped.
Following is a list of the dead: George
Krouse, Cincinnati; Roberts-tirst name
unknown, Dakota; Charles Wallace, Joined
at Portland. Oregon, antecedents unknown;
James Wilson, CINCINNATI: Samuel Blair,
Colfax, Washington Territory; antecedents
unknown. AGAR is expected from Brainard
to remove the wounded to that place. The
coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow
morning, but it is evident that no one is to
blame, and that it was simply an unavoid-
able accident,
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AN INDIAN VIEW.

Down at Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, is To-
Gated the best Indian schoolin the country
From it is issued an amateur
called The Indian Helper, which is edited
by a young Pawnee boy, named Samuel
Townsend, who is being educated at the
school. Here is his editorial comment on
the Rock Springs massacre:
One hundred years ago, in Pennsylvania,
100 miles northeast Of Carlisle, the
Indians in one day killed man white peo-
pie. 1t was called the Wyoming massacre.
Everybody called the Indians Savage
brutes."
Last week, in Wyoming Territory, a party
OF men killed many Chinese workmen.
Now, boys and girls, it is time for you to
call those white people savage brutes."
Not all Indians are savage.
Not all white people are civilized.
This is pretty severe, but very logical. and
shows that the Indian is capable OF think
ing for himself.
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MuTINOUs CONVICTS.
They Make a Break for Liberty and
are Moved Down.

GALVESTON, October "a dispatch from
Rusk. Texas, to the News says: Yesterday,
at the terminus of the Kansas and Gulf
Shore line, near Leifkin, Texas, sixty con-
victs working on the road made d desperate
break for liberty. just as they had fin
ished their supper, with deafening wells they
started up in a body and rushed for a
neishboring woods. The guards opened
fire upon the fleeing convicts with deadly
effects. The latest report says that TWEEN
ty-five OF them were killed OF wounded.
The prisoners ran in one large body, and
the guards simply emptied their repeating
rifles and small arms into the moving mass.
Rumors OF the intended mutiny in this
camp have been rife for some weeks past.
These rumors were strengthened by the
Tact that many eonvicts were serving life
sentences and were known to be desperate
characters, and extra precautions..were be-
ing taken. Every means possible is being
used to recapture the thirty-five who sue
ceeded in eluding the rifles of the guards.
All the avenues OF escape are being guarded
and posses are being organized to scour
the country. The scene OF the outbreak
Is some miles from a telegraph office.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

Poor old John Robinson is faring badly
this year. He started out at the beginning
Of the season with a big show, in the belief
that, in consequence of an exclusive con-
tract with the Union Pacific and Northern
Pacific railroads, h would have a monopoly
OF the Pacific coast. He struck two or
three bad storms and was nearly wrecked
at Denver When he got up this way, he
found that Barrett had scooped him, find
ing IA way West over that plucky little rail-
way, the Denver q Rio Grande, and was
playing the California towns while old John
was poking about Oregon. Robinson at
once abandoned the coast, doubled on his
trail and anne East over the Northern
Pacific. That's how his caravan came to
be smashed up on the Fergus Falls Branch
on Sunday night. The terrible accident
| seems to have been unavoidable and be
| yond the power OF man to avert.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

UPON a computation recently made at
the War Department, it is asserted that the
whole number of men enlisted for three
years in the Union army during the war of
the Rebellion was 2,32O,272. The losses,
including those who died OF disease or in
prison, were 279,376 on the Union side,
and 133,S21 on the Confederate side. The
Confederate loss, it will be observed, was
less than so per cent. OF that OF the Union
forces. This is accounted for by the fact
that the Union forces operated in an un-
healthy country and on the offensive
against a foe to the manor born, holding
natural positions OF vantage. The deaths
in prison OF Union soldiers were very large,
while the Confederate prisoners OF war were
well cared for and returned in fighting con
ditiOn.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

DIpHTHERIA is sending death far and wide
in Salt Lake. The rapidity with which the
disease isspreading has thoroughly alarmed
the authorities and the cause OF its origin
is being looked into. The physicians all
agree that the disease may be comlnuni-
Gated without direct contact with the pa
tent, and there is no dissent from the be-
lief that it is contagious. The Heraldsays:
Sin the light Of what the physicians say,
two things should be lone at once. One is
the enforcement of strict quarantine, a
quarantine that will not permit OF the
germ OF the disease being spread i'll the com
munity through the negligence or wilfulncss
OF the afflicted or their friends and atten-
dants: the other is the compulsory clean
ing and disinfecting of private houses and
premises. Both these things may be done,
and without imposing greater hardship on
any one than all should be willing to en-
dure for their own benefit and protection,
as we'll as for the good OF the community.
AS before stated in these columns, the
quarantine has been no quarantine what
ever. The yellow flag is OF no more avail
Ill Keeping people away iioih the u'oedoe
and the disease away from the people than
would be an ad advertisement Of warning in a
country newspaper. We want the flag to
mean that the disease cannot pass it, and
the public will not be safe until that mean
ing is attached to the rag. The municipal
authorities should understand that theirs
will be an important duty untilthe scourge
has been stamped out. The public looks to
them for protection, and will expect them
to do all that can be lone to free the city
from the scourge." The experience of Salt
Lake should be OF some value to other
cities and towns. The enforcement OF
proper sanitary aasures will prevent the
appearance OF the disease, and prevention
is better than cure.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07
MORMON FANATIC.
Apostle Grant Defies the Law and
Abuses the Court.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Oct. 5.-In the ia her.
nacle yesterday, Apostle Heber j. Grant
sad: Woe be to the Judge VINO sits on
the bench OF the Third District Court, W.,
Will not stand his abuse much longer. He
cannot insult honest men and revi]e v;r.
tuous women with impunity by calling
them ~concubines and bastards." A few
Sundays ago this Apostle loudly nro.
CANNED himself a bastard and gloried in
!1. me Apostle warmly lauded those Of
,he brethren who refused to submit to the
aaw, ana nld the court do it's worst. He
continued: Judge Zane has taI,, e
course that has made him a coward ard
uhft to be called a man, and cor jen,na
non VIII fall upon him and the heads of hi,
ch1idren. Remember, there is a limit anS s
th's lmlt must soon be reached" His Wv
Amen" ~ " shout OF
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07
DESPITE the fact that Pennsylvania ha

DESPITE the fact that Pennsylvania has
the most rigorous laws upon the subject OF
steam boilers, and that all boilers are
periodically subjected to the most thorough
examination, there are more fatal boiler
explosions in that State than all the rest
combined. That is Il very sad story which
comes by wire from Pittsburg to-day.
The explosion OF the boilers at the Solar
Iron Works killed and INJURED many per-
sons and the scene was 81 sad and heart
rending one. The boilers had been in
spected a few months before and were then
pronounced safe, yet it has been shown
that the mud-drum had corroded so that
in parts it was not more than the thirty
second part Of an inch in thickness. This
would seem to indicate carelessness that
should be closely looked into.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

The Helena Independent makes the fol-
lowing comment on the appointment OF Mr..
Braden: Another appointment comes for
Montana. On yesterday the President APP
pointed Mr.. Spruille Braden Assayer in
charge OF the Assay Office in Helena. This,
we believe, is the first time the President has
wholly disregarded the wishes OF Delegate
Toole and the Democracy OF Montana in
making appointments for our Territory.
Mr.. Braden is from Indiana, now in Idaho.
and we are assured he is a first-rate man
for the place, thathe is eminent]y fitted to
discharge the duties OF the Office by schol-
arly and scientific attainments and by good
business qualifications"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

LoGAN's speech on Grant was a noble
effort, the tribute OF a brave sol lier TO the
ability and courage OF his comrade. 1t is
hefashion tospeak disparagingly Of General
Logan, but it is a very duh or a very preiu-
diced man who denies that he is a man OF
ability, OF character, Of fixed convictions
and the courage to express them and one
who is possessed of all the elements OF pop
ularity. His grammar may occasionally
be out OF joint, but his ideas are usually
found all right and his argument and logic
sound. General Logan is a dangerous man
in politics. He has to-day as large a per-
sonal following as any la in the country
in his party, and it is bad policy to pre-
tend to ignore him or attempt to belittle
him by newspaper paragraphs. Logan Is a
MAJ to be watched.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

SAYS the Philadelphia News: "The
North and South are crying for a stoppage
of the stream OF silver dollars that pour
out from the United States Treasury every
month until it threatens to submerge bust
ness under a food whose disastrous effects
will be almost overwhelming" Oh, are
they? You wait until the vote is taken up
on the question in Congress next winter and
then vel see who is crying against silver.
The West and the South are "sulid' upon
this subject, as they may be forced to be
upon Some other political issues, il the cap
~italists OF the East win persist in the at
tempt to force their selfish financial policy
upon the whole country. The News is too
good a newspaper to lend itself to the
schemes OF the goldbugs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

A SHALLoW-PATED creature in New York,
popularity spoken Of as king OF the
Dudes" is receiving, just now, an uncalled
for amount Of notoriety. All there is to
the thing is that a few years ago, by the
death OF it's parents, it came into a legacy
OF $500, 900. 1t consumed it's substance
and is now q bankrupt, 800 pair OF trou-
sers being its principal assets. This crea-
ture posed as a dude and has come to
grief. He will have to hang himself, sponge
on his friends or 60 to work. 1t will make
little difference to the world which he will
do and the papers should give him a rest.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

SCnEgfilSG worse than opium Or cliioral
is reported 10 the New York Medical Soei-
ETY.. Several New York practitioners found
out that d few persons were using hyosrine
to produce q sort OF intoAication that re-
suited in profound siumber. The drug is a
hydrobromate, and has to a limited extent
been used in medicine in lieu Of %atrophine
for relief in epilepsy and other diseases OF
the nerves. 1t is obtained from a German
plant, and is usually on Sale by German
apothacarics. The supply has been small,
and the price about rs cents a grain; but a
suddenly increased demand nearly ex-
hausted the stocks and sent the
price to 81. The doses must be in
finitessimalin order not to be dangerous,
and the peril OF selfdrsing lies in the
liability t. kill by carelessl.y swallowing
or hypodernically injecting too much.
The experimenters with it proved chiefly
to be medical students, drug clerks and
Others acquainted with it's soporifc quail
ties. Hard drinkers employed it to force
sleep, and very nervous persons drove Off
Insomnia with it. In order to test its
effects it has been systematically admin
istered to thirty-six insane patients in the
State Hospital for the Insane, by Drs.
I.angdon and Peterson. who say that the
effects prove the very great danger OF
hyoscine eating. They found that it would
indeed compel Sleep in most cases, but that
its habitlal Use would surely bring muscu-
lar paralysis and delirium OF a particularly
violent sort. The society vii! ask the
Legislature to forbid it's sale except on
prescription. What with opium, %cocoaine
and hyoscine, wliskey and other paralyz-
ing liquors threaten to 60 out OF fashion.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

SOME very interesting statements have
been published in the Medical World rela-
tive to cholera, among which is one in re-
gard to tobacco workers. When the cpl
demic visited the city Of Amsterdam many
years since, it was observed that none OF
those who worked in tobacco fell victims to
cholera, and during the late fearful scourge
in Spain, where hundreds died daily, the
tobacco workers escaped. la Valencia, one
OF the principal cities visited by the epidemic,
there is a national tobacco factory which
employed 1000 women, not one OF whom
was attacked by the disease, though the
factory is located in the very midst OF the
infected district.
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aa hr1kan out afreSh down

Tai. rebellion has broken out a'resh
!. Inuis where j. Il. McCul'agh' Oh
4a,a Globe Democrat, and General Sherman
: 6obting it over again. Sherman had an
;atarviev in the Missouri R~epubhcan' III
~, ~ made some severe structures on
..ao,rrosnondents,a force to which MI.
Mac,,,.ab did honor during the progress
Of the war. Speaking OF the m'ers"
McCullash says: "There Is ho.n'"s W
saw. Yes. it's a lie. That's all lts a ne.
sherman is privileged to say "h"' II.
nleases. He is a garrulous old ioo'' AN"
goes about making assertions c"neefn'.s
things he knows nothing about There IS
onnaidcrab BILE truth in what MIR. McCui]gh
s,vs. Sherman is a chronic fauit-flnaef'
and frequently ''puts his foot into !" }"
his off-hand assertions.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07
ruE ordinary newspaper c-ontraversv

TIE ordinary newspaper controversy
is, as q rule, stale, flat and Improbable,
OF no interest whateverssto the public. and
calculated only TO degrade those who en-
gage in it ia the eyes Of the public. Ii this
be true OF ordinary controversies, what
shall be said Of controversies that lead into
the exposition in rival sheets OF their
respective business affairs? What possible
interest ran it be to the public that one
paper carries heavy mortgages at aa eiior-
nous rate Of interest, Or that the pro-
prietor OF the other was enabled to 90 into
business by robbing Indians OF their
just dues? These things might be true,
yet why should they be sisci,
to the public? Why should rival editors
tion. social standing and material pros
perity Of earh other: Rivals in no other
business would be guilty OF such isiiuttc
con,iticr, aud ii they should be they would
instantly lose cast among their associates
and bankruptcy would ensue. There
should De a reform in this direction among
the newspapers. The true and honest
newspaper man makes many enemies in
the ordinary course Of his calling. h
abuse hinl quite sufficiently; why, then,
should they abuse one another? Sctler
OF tu-sc peculiar things about newspaper
writer's which admits OF no rational ex-
~pIanation, is the readiness with which
they take up the tights OF Others without
sense or reason This is particularly notice
able in political contests, where the
fight is too often lifted from the
candidates to the editors who. to save the
candidates, will abuse and vilIiiy one an
Other. Why they should sacrifice them
selves III This manner for men who expect
to recaiyaenuluments from the Offices which
they seek. and who rarely appreciate
(aftar elactior) any efforts made for thcan,
passes human understanding. Lei the
newspane gang stand by one another; tie
rest Of the world will give them quite enough
OF abuse.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

TIE Omaha Republican says Senator
VanWyck must be defeated because he
oes not fully represent Nebraska Republi-
canism." That is, he opposes land steals
and railway monopolics. The people lave
no ADLER nor more honest representative in
Congress-. lie has taken q bold stand
against land steals OF all sorts and has
manfully stood between the people and the
grasping corporations. All Republican
newspa pcrs and all Democratic newspapers
wearing the railroad and corporation collar
will oppose the reelection OF Senator Van
Nyck. Ii the Democrats Of Nebraska find
that they viii have no chance OF e%lecting a
Democrat to succeed Mr.. EanW,yck, they
throw their votes and their inf1u-
ence to him. He comes more nearly to
representing Democratic principles than
any other Republican who could be elected.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-07

The new strike in the Chrysolite mine at
Leadville has caused d connection III the
FRYER Hill and the Leadville stocks gener-
ally. A special dispatch say the strike in
the new territory OF the Chrysolite more
drift there is now thirteen feet OF solid ore
that will run about forty-eight ounces to
the ton, and carrying twelve per cent. OF
cad. The width OF the chute has not been
determined but drifting has begun. This
strike will cause renewed activity in Lead
vile and will materially help the camp.