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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03

You have at least six weeks before the
influx of capital will commence and any
four men owning claim that is good
prospect to-day can have ffty-foot
shaft down on il i'm that time. DO this
and be able to secure mine instead of
Il prospect price for the claim.
BUFFALO GAP.
Some Of our home readers may ask
themselves. "why SO much space de-
voted to the mines Of Custer?" Our
first reply would be that it merits all
the mention it receives and more too.
Next that we are part and parcel Of
Custer county and that any interest
developed therein helps Buffalo Gap, and
especially is this .rue of the mining in
terests which surround Custer City. Buf.
falo Gap is and always will be the point
Of entrance to the above mentioned dis
trict, the place where the capitalist will
change from the Palace car to the living
team, and where operators of the mines
will secure their supplies. The district
as outlined above is within two hours
ride Of Buffalo Gap and no town here
after established on the line Of the +. f..
4 NJ. V. can dispute the fact or divide
tie trade with us. Then, too, anyone
acquainted with the rock formation i'm
which the tin ore is found will tell yon
that it can he traced southwest of Gus
ter to point within six miles OF Buffalo
Gap, where it dips under and is capped
by the gypsum belt, and in fact. loca-
tions have already been made Of tin ore
only ten miles to the northwest Of us.
For these reasons nsprospecting i'm Clusters
tin districts should he encouraged and
efforts made to bring the properties Of
value to the notice Of investors.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03
There are large quantities Of mica found

There are large quantities Of mica found
with the tin and the Dolphin's mica is
as reliable find as the tin, it being Of
great value. Buffalo Gap only COM
menced to exist i'm December. 1t was
then the miners began to hear Of the
tin find, and turned their attention to
fruitless search for gold. The townsite
was chosen. land purchased. and laid
ont in town lots. The first days sales
Of these lots aggregated $4,000. There
are now about 500 people there, and
some 400 buildings. Inhabitants say it
will he another Denver. Preparations
for the development ofthe mines, which
are all drifts, are being made.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
LYNDONXILLE.

d. NJ. Silsby and HI. E. Hovey have
each recently lost a good horse by dis
ease, and Henry Watson had two val
liable colts killed by lightning.
Be sure and attend the prohibition
meeting at Music hall next Monday
evening, and hear what Mr.. Stafford
has to say.
w. B. Best has left the Passumpsic
road and goes to the Sioux City and
Pacific road, where he has position
as engineer. "Will" will be much
missed here. He is fine cornet play
er and has been leader of the band
here several years.
The check list now contains 670
names. This number may be changed
by future revisiOns.
An effort is being made to get Mrs.
Foster to return here and deliver an
address in opposition to the new pro-
hibition party. Members of both the
old parties are evidently getting
frightened as each will lose some votes
in this town.
1t is expected that the anti-Edmunds
republicans will nominate a candidate
for town representative, and with foul
candidates in the field lively time
may be expected on election day.
The village has new street sprink-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
The Grand Old Man.

Mr.. Gladstone evidently has no no
ton of withdrawing from his position.
A man who always had the courage of
his convictions he seems stronger than
ever in his position to-day. In the
course of an address at Chiselhurst,
Saturday, he said:
"The enthusiasm of the British
friends of the Home Rule idea is an in
centive to me to never be beaten in it,,
but to continue the struggle for the
happiness of Ireland. Although there
may have been prejudices between
Great Britain and Ireland, the fact
that in the recent electoral contest L.
100000 Englishmen and Scotchmen
polled votes in behalf of Ireland shows
that that prejudice is fast disappearing.
Let men consult any book or nation in
the world and they will not find one
which does not say that the relations
between England and Ireland under
the union have been miserable for Ire
land and dishOnOrable to England. If
the country desires to redeem her hon
or and enable her Parliament to attend
to its pressing business of imperial leg
islatiOn, the Irish question must be set
tied"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
THE SATANIC PRESS.

The murder of Rev. George G. Had
dock, a Methodist minister, in the
streets of Sioux City, Iowa, is about as
complete an illustration of the harm a
pernicious newspaper can do as any
thing of late occurrence in this cOun-
try. Mr.. Haddock had espoused the
temperance cause in his city, and as
many a good man has had to do before
him, took up the fight in behalf of law
aud against the rumsellers. The viO-
Eaters of law were under arrest and be-
ing tried in the district court of the
city, Mr.. Haddock appearing as swift
witness against them
The leading democratic paper of the
city is the Tribune. 1t has always
pandered to the saloon interest, and
when Mr.. Haddock became active in
his efforts to sustain the law against
the rumsellers, the Tribune made it
self the bloodhound of the saloon to
try and tear him down, to make him
appear contemplate before the people
and in every way to abuse him and
prepare the way for his murder that
followed. 1t also sought to bulldoze
and intimidate the court and did not
scruple even to assault the temper
ance women who attended upon the
trial, descending so far even as to in
innate that honest and virtuous wo-
men would not be seen in such places.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26

Four hours after the Tribune was
printed in which was one of the most
violent TRADES against Mr.. Haddock
and the court which was then in ses-
sion, the clergyman was shot down in
the streets by some man in ambush.
The city and indeed the whole state is
greatly excited over the event, and
there will be "short shift" for the muir
derer if found. A more diabOlical and
cold blooded assassination has not Oc-
Cured anywhere, and if the good peO-
pie of Sioux City do their duty they
will hold the Tribune as an accOmplice
if not the instigator of this dreadful
crime.
The Des Moines State Register, from
which these facts are CLEANED, asserts
that "three- fourths of the democratic
papers in Iowa are encouraging the
lawlessness and defiance of the saloons.
They are advising them to resist the
law and the officers of the law. They
are encouraging them to use violence,
and to ignorant and inflamed men such
encouragement is easily taken as war
rant for murder" And this murder of
Mr.. HaddOck is the logical result of
their teachings.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
STILL AT 1T.

The anti -Edmunds people have had
a busy week of it. Luther Baker has
been labOring for the most part in 9th
er counties, but one or two men here
abOuts have been reused up to realiz =
ing sense of the danger that threatens
the state and nation in the proposed
return of Mr.. Edmunds to the senate,
and they have set about with the
avowed purpose of making such an
event impossible with an ardOr that
would do credit to a wOrtbier cause.
The village air has been full of rumors
that somebody's barrel has been open
ed and that a certain sum was ready
to be expended in this connty to in
sure the election of representatives,
etc., that could be counted upon to go
against Edmunds every time. The
fact that some men, who are not in the
habit of contributing largely to cam
paign funds, are suddenly out with
open declarations of their determine
ton to defeat Mr.. Edmunds and their
willingness to contribute literally TO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26

accomplish this end, rather gives color
to the barrel theory. One thousand
dollars is said to be considered suffi-
cient to carry this town and county.
The ants are said to be feeling a
little uneasy about the republican state
senatorial nominees. OF one of them
they claim to feel reasonably sure for
their side in case the current sets that
way when voting time comes. If there
is any doubt about the other they talk
of putting up new man for the place
that can be counted upon" and Judge
Parks name has been mentioned in
this connection, while others of these
"goOd" republicans, who boast so much
of fealty to party, propose, in such an
event, turning in and voting for Mr..
Peck, the democratic nominee.
Just how much credence can be put
in all these rumOrs and in all this talk
it is simply impossible to tell. 1t may,
perhaps, be reasonably doubted if
money is sent in here for the deliber
ate purpose of buying votes, for it is
generally supposed that Vermonters
hold the right of suffrage above price.
But of one thing there need be no
question. Somebody's money is pay
ing for the "workers" that are so busy
hereabouts and the same fund, presum-
ably. is supplying the three or four
hundred copies of the Rutland Telegram
that are distributed at the pOstoffice in
st. JOhnsbury every week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
CONGRESSMAN CIRCUIT.

The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Journal has compiled his
tory of the work of the Vermont dele
CATION in the last congress, and as our
readers in this district will be called
upon to vote for congressman within
two weeks, the work of Gen. Circuit,
the present member and the nominee
for reelection, is especially timely,
and we give it below:
Mr.. circuit was appointed a member
of the committees on the District of
Columbia and on the levees and i'm
provements of the Mississippi river, in
both of which capacities he rendered a
great deal of important service which
did not come before the House. The
District of Columbia has become the
ward of the United States in great
measure, but congress did not permit
most of the measures which had been
perfected to come before the House.
Among the bills which Mr.. Grout in
troduced are the following: To pro-
vide for commission to investigate
the alcoholic liquor traffic to tax man
ufacturers of OleOmargarine and to reg
ulate the expectation of oleomargarine;
to repeal the limitation of the time of
arrears of pensions. Mr.. Circuit made
three important speeches and num-
Der of minor ones. His principal
speeches were on the oleomargarine
bill, on the Fitz John Porter case, and
on the bill to provide a pension for the
widow of Gen. Stannard of Vermont,
the old hero who died here at his post
of duty this winter. Mr.. Circuit, in the
discussion of the OleOmargarine ques-
ton, took the most advanced ground
upon behalf of the dairy interest, and
his speech was one of the most notable
on that subject. His speech on the
Fitz John Porter case, besides cover
ing the customary ground, contained a
new and novel presentation of the le
gal points involved in that cOntrover
sy. His argument in behalf of pen
sion for the widow of Gen. Stannard
the most eloquent sketch of
this Vermont hero which was made in
congress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Good Advice to Both Parties.

If the republican party should pur-
sue the course indicated by Mr.. Ed
munds in his World interview, and Sc
lect an upright and fitting candidate
who should represent the old republi-
can spirit and purpose, instead of the
mere party name and organization, the
party would be on its best fighting
terms, and tolerably certain of success
should the democrats abandon Mr..
Cleveland. The democratic leaders
are singularly blind who do not see
that their party is strong only so far as
it identifies itself with the president,
and that every democratic district con-
ventiOn which fails to support his re-
form policy helps to make democratic
success in 1888 improbable. Indeed,
except for the president, the course of
the democratic majority of the house of
representatives would have gone far
to demonstrate that imprObability al
ready Harper's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
SUED FOR LIBEL.

Henry M. Burt, an experienced news
paper man of Massachusetts, has print
ed for several years during the sum-
mer season a daily paper at the top of
Mount Washington called "AmOng the
Clouds" The Glen house, one of the
named Milliken. One day last week
Burt's newspaper charged Milliken
with fraudulent and extOrtiOnate
charges for services rendered at the
time of the accident at Tuckerman's
ravine July "a, in which young Sewall
Faunce of Boston was killed, and Miss
Maggie Pierce of New Bedford serious
ly injured. That night Mr.. Burt was
sued for libel in the sum of $4,000
and his Office attached and put in
charge of sheriff, who it is said was
instructed not to take bail. 1t is also
reported that Mr.. Burt broke into his
own Office and was. put under $500
ever this may be, the attachment be-
ing put upon the Office in the night
time when the proprietor could not OBJ
tain bOndsmen, there was suspension
of the paper for one. day, after which
Burt's friends came to his relief and
the paper was published daily as usual.
AS might have been expected, Mr..
Burt now knifes the proprietor of the
Glen house without mercy. He gives
items of the bill against the afflicted
parties among which are such as the
following: For services at the ravine,
$25. For taking body to Glen house,
$25. For sending two men back to
summit who brought in body, $40.
For keeping Mr.. Faunce and wife over
night, $l8, ETC., ETC., to the amount in
all of $40. He further intimates that
he shall most gladly respond to the
invitation to the little entertainment
to which he is invited at the county
court and shall substantiate all his
charges and more.
Mr.. Burt was struck by lightning a
few years ago while at work in his Of
flee at the top of the mountain. AL
though seriously injured he recovered
That electric stroke seems to have
"set his hair" as it were. From a
quiet, gentle newspaper man he has
suddenly shown an amount of "sand'
that BODIES music for the Milliken
dance. Whatever the outcome may
be, public opinion about the noun
tains is nearly all with the newspaper
man, and every one who ever stopped
at the Glen has his little story about
extortionate charges. 1t looks at this
distance as though Mr.. Milliken's ava
rice had overleaped all reasonable
bounds when he takes the occasion of
such a calamity to coin money.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
The ssWaro Over.

Cutting, the offensive American cit
izen who has come near getting this
country into serious difficulty with
Mexico, has been released by the Mex
lean court because the man whom he
libelled and grossly abused refused to
appear against him. Thus does the
semi-barbarOus people of our sister re-
public read the boosted civilization OF
the United States a needed lesson.
Emigdio Medina, the abused, stands
out in favorable contrast with A. X.
Cutting, the offensive American rOwdy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
LYNDON CENTRE.

The "Little Mission Workers" gave
very interesting concert at the
church last Sunday evening. They
are trying to raise money to assist in
purchasing an outfit for Miss Butts of
New Hampton, N. H., who starts for
India as missionary this fall.
There is a greater demand by stu
dents for rooms than usual and large
attendance at the Institute is indicated.
The fall term opens Aug. 81.
The school will begin next Monday
with Miss Hattie Fyler of Burke as
teacher.
Mrs. John Hopkins has gone to West
SOmerville, Mass, to reside with her
daughter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Anarchists Must Die.

Seven of the Chicago anarchists
have been sentenced to death for muir
der, verdict that has been greeted
with approval by all law abiding citi-
zens in the country. They committed
murder under the most aggravated cir
cumstances and if the death penalty
should be visited upon anybody these
men should die. But this does not
seem to be the end of the business.
Captain Michael Setback, who is cred
tied with having obtained the chief ev-
idence against the condemned anarch-
lists, when asked if the police were not
through with their labOrs answered
"the anarchist business in Chicago has
only commenced, and before it is
through with we will have them all in
Jail, hanged or driven out of the city"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
BARNET.

The Busy Bees held fair Thursday
evening. Varieties of pretty things
were sold which were made by the lit
tie girls. There was also choice dia-
lOgue with genuine heather costumes,
music and various good things to eat.
The result is $50 for missionary pur-
poses.
The concert by the New England
Conservatory troupe, was very fine
entertainment. The house was we'll
filled and there was such satisfaction
with the program that they were urged
to repeat it on Wednesday evening and
they readily complied.
Mrs. Henry Gilfillan and youngest
son started Tuesday morning for a
western trip. She will meet her hus-
band on his return from California, at
Michigan.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
CABOT.

Several of our young people will at
tend school in other towns the coming
term. Walter Smith and Misses Lii
liam Wells and Julia Harrington will
attend st. Johnsbury academy, Walter
OsgOOd and Myrtle Boyles at Montpe-
lier Seminary and Fred Walbridge at
Peacham academy.
The fall term of the village school
will open Sept. 8, with Miss Janet Pat
terson in the higher and Alice Morse in
the primary department.. Miss Matte
Haines is to teach in the Webster dis
trict, Miss Josie Beedle at Lower Cabot
and Miss Josie Laird on the plain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
KEEPING THE POOR MAN POOR.

There are two modern devices which
are admirably adapted to keep the la
boring class always poor. We refer
to the forcing of silver money upon the
people instead of paper currency and
the weekly payment system. Every
one knows that five dollars in silver
disappears much quicker from ones
pocket than a five dollar bill. Some
men will think twice before they will
break a bill to buy things not absO-
lutely necessary, or even to buy to-
baccO or treat friend or go to the
show, who will not hesitate to do any
of these things if they have several
quarters and halves in their pocket, or
even a Is cent "dollar."
And so with weekly payments. A
laborer who receives nine, ten or
twelve dollars every Saturday night,
after paying necessary expenses may
have two or three dollars left but this
is so small a sum that he thinks it will
hardly pay to put it in the savings
bank, and it all goes before the next
-day-and perhaps he can't tell
where it has gone to save himself; but
it has gone, generally needlessly il not
for things absolutely harmful, and so
it goes every week, and when an ex-
ira large bill for coal, or clothing, or
sickness comes in-as come it surely
will-the weekly paid man has moth
ing to pay with, and he finds himself
in debt-a sort of bondage which saps
all the oman" out of a man in a short
time.
On the other hand the man who re-
ceives $40 or $50 at the end of a
month can easily lay aside some of it
for a rainy day, and as matter of
fact is much more likely to do so than
he would be if he received the same
amount in weekly installments.
One of the greatest curses of poor
men is the habit of ''living from hand
to mouth" When they learn not to
get in debt and to lay by little of
their income every week, whatever
that income is, then they will grow in
dependent and have satisfaction that
many never know.
The remedy for the two evils touch
ed upon may not be easily applied. A
majority of Congress seems to be sold
out to the owners of silver mines, and
until there is revolution, and ma
jority of honest men sent to make the
laws, the people will be obliged to take
Is cents worth of silver stamped with
lie and call it a dollar, although four
fifths of them prefer paper money. AS
regards weekly payments, corporations
generally prefer longer time-as it
gives them much less trouble, and the
weekly payment system has been
adopted largely because of the clamor
of lahOrarS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Fools at Niagara.

Graham successfully navigated the
whirlpool rapids Thursday afternoon
with his head protruding from a bar
rel. James Scott, a fisherman of Lew
iston, attempted to swim the rapids
the same afternoon in cork suit. His
dead body was picked up at Lewiston
one hour later. William j. Kendall of
Boston went through the Niagara
whirlpool, Sunday, in a cork vest and
came ashore alive though exhausted.
He says there is not money enough in
the world TO induce him to repeat the
experiment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
WELLS RIVER.

Schools open Monday next with the
old board of teachers.
There is to be a Union S. S. cOnven-
ton at Summit park in GrOton, to
which all Sunday schools along the
road are invited. r. r. fare from
Wells River is thirty cents.
Wells River S. S. had a picnic at
Haverhill Tuesday of this week.
Mr.. Cox and family are visiting rela-
tives in Springfield.
Mr.. Adams the artist returns to his
home this week. He has made a num-
Der of sketches and is charmed with
the scenery of the place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Vote as You Intend To.

The political tickets are so mixed
this year that the voter will need scan
his ballot closely or he may not cast
the one he intends to. All three tick
cts are at the head of these columns
to-day and they will bear study, for in
addition to the badly "mixed" condi-
ton in which the conventions left
them the "workers" are issuing "split"
tickets in order to deceive if possible
the very elect.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
WEST CONCORD.

The Sons of Veterans will give an
entertainment at the grand army hall
in West Concord on Saturday evening,
Aug. %, consisting of songs, glees, and
male quartets, etc. After which the
audience will be served with ice cream,
cake, etc. The public are cordially in
vited.
VIM. Rocheleau's little daughter is
quite sick with typhoid fever.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Follans-
by of North Concord was burned last
Monday morning with nearly all its
contents. Insured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26
Who Furnishes the Money?

1t is still one of those things that no
fellow can find out just who furnishes
the money to send workers through
Caledonia and Essex counties to en-
thuse men into the belief that George
F. Edmunds is not fit man to repre-
sent Vermont in the U. S. senate. But
the money is here all the same and
the -Edmunds men admit it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-26

The sea serpent has again been seen,
this time off Gloucester, last Sunday.
His serpentship seems to be making
the tour Of all the leading watering
places. When business Stacks up over
in the mountains we shall expect to
hear that the old fellow has been
crawling down through the fume.