The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-17
THE BUTTE DAILY MINER
PUBLISHED BY THE
Miner Publishing Co:
TERMS-BY MAIL.
THE SCRIP FIENDS.
The Surprise Party Which They Re.
ceived Yesterday Morning.

Yesterday morning the scrip Gends who
infest the Court House went about their
Sunday haunts as usual, but it was not
long until they were made painfully aware
that their unwelcome presence in more
than one portion of the city was the talk
Of the town, and their friends continued to
| make all manner OF sport of them. As
was to have been expected their manner
was not particularly docile, and some OF
| their remarks would not by any means
grace the columns OF family newspaper,
but nevertheless their conduct was severely
| criticised on all sides, and many new cases
| were developed during the day in which
parties had unknowingly disposed OF their
scrip at small fractions of it's face. The
| stories were, OF course all similar to the
few cases mentioned in yesterdays paper,
and they are not worth relating.
One gentleman, who has every opportu-
nifty to know whereof he speaks, asserts
that not only do they assist in finding
immateriai witnesses for others, but that
great deal
ABOUT CRIMINAL MATTERS
themselves, and it is not an infrequent
occurrence to see them subpenaed as wit
nesses, petty jurors in civil cases and on
coroner juries. One of them was on the
Oman jury recently and by coincidence
OF some sort the same Individual was upon
the jury at the inquest over the remains of
the unfortunate Jerry Mullins, who was
killed at the Anaconda mine last week.
Another one OF the scrip buyers drew
several days fees as a witness before the
Grand Jury. Perhaps these circumstances
are all legitimate. but they are kind Of
numerous and look as though some very
hard work was being done by them in
posted upon the financial affairs of the
county and to further abet their scheme to
get the greatest possible gains by any
means short of liability to criminal prose-
cutiOn, for the least possible expenditure.
The present term OF the District Court
will end their schcming and Vaccinations
to great extent. The people have, by the
developments in yesterdays MINER found
them out, and will be prepared to look out
for them. There will be no more choice
pickings on the mileage account; there will
bo no more buying OF $40 pieces Of scrip
for $50, and the purchaser OF Silver Bow
County indebtedness will have to come
right down to some percentage basis within
the bounds OF reason and buy up the war
rant orders at such discount that one
ordinary individual might fairly expect
from another. In the course OF his squrm-
ings yesterday one OF them said that he dis
counted at
THE RATE OF FIVE PER CENT,
or he would be unable to purchase the
orders from business men. This may also
be true. He may do that when he strikes
a man who has u large.sized bill, and will
not stand his work, but the ''grecnhorn'
has no show at his hands, and his mercy is
as lacking us blood in turnip. When
court meets to-day the crew of ''fiends''
will be in attendance again, but in all prob
ability they will be somewhat subdued. II
not from any sense OF common decency,
absolute necessity will force them to step
down and out. Their occupation is gone,
except upon strictly legitimate basis, and
they will soon, If they do not now, ap-
preciate the fact. 1t is good, and nobody
but themselves will be the loser by the