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The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

WAsIsIxGTON, July l6.-The commit
tee Of conference on the bill prohibit
ing special legislation In the territories
has given hearing TO the territorial
delegates, who were desirous Of some
changes in the bill, and and have deter
mined upon their report. Messes.
Caine Of Utah, HALEY, Of Idaho, 0if.
ford Of Dakota and Carp Of Wyoming.
appeared, and the last two made ex.
tended arguments upon the points in
controversy. AZ has already been
stated, the nOs,.concurrence 0f the
house WAS simply TO give these gentle
men chance 70 be heard, and their
arguments were 10 effective and con
elusive that the cOnferees Of the house
and senate made the following changes;
II was agreed to report an amendment
70 the clause restricting the percentage
Of county indebtedness to 9 per cent
Of the assessed valuation Of property
by which the limit u increased TO pei
cent. The territorial delegates favored
5 per cent, hut the COMMITTEES consid
cred I liberal enough. An entirely new
amendment will he reported, allowing
the territories to bond themselves TO ~
amount not exceeding I per cent fOl
the erection Of public buildinGs. Ths
right will also be given tho Legislature
to leRalizc all contracts made ut thu
time the bill becomes y Law for ever!
purpose whatcves, 40 that the bill ma!
have no retroactive effect. The repor
OF tire com mittce will he made in fev
days.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

WIsSrrks, Man.. July l9.-About noon
last saturday six masked desperadOes
mounted on horseback and armed to
the teeth held up her mxjestys mail
4OO miles northwest Of here. and de-
nnxnding the matter from the driver
ransacked it arid carried of co. ,W)O in
money, which the mail bugs contained.
The stage carrying the mail left Qu'Ap.
peile station last Friday and travelled
ali night. Tic following day, when
nearing brush, The dcspcradocs
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

Mr.. J. Pardee. an old miner who
was sent to Alaska on prospecting
expedition by two citisens n Missoola,
writes rs follows:
ADMIRALTY IsLAsn. June -. l0So.
Ny trip no far has been u pretty rough
one. IL has rained nearly every day. out
when the sun does come out Il y vesy bot.
and ~ to gnats. mosquitOss and hosse-
fiics, il II nearly HI. We have 1o1lowe6
along the island for more thas dxty 0Ssse.
II IL the worrt country to peOspsse -
ever saw. The Vegetation = % tAaek y =
almost impossible to eet throooA u. IT,
trces appear To have hut litels ho0 N ~
around, the roots being near ths sus1nee.
which leaves hie hole~. We saw pasusy q
deer and hear signs but did no huasano Iss
country NJ far ~ I have seen v vesy oooae'
simous aud the summits and otdee pese
way down are covered with saow. vss
on one glacier that was a6Out I've maSse
wide, running fpom the sca tO The summit
oi n mountain. How thick Tie ies wss J
cannot say, hut, judging from AppsasAaess.
hundreds os isst. We have "a lar wads Svs
locations Oi quarts. ltried so'ne psnao eae
some by burning; found a little eosd. bss
am afraid too little tO pay. We tnesnd -
follow up the Island as isr ~ Cros sooSd
before We return. The quarts N mosssy "
SLATE. don't like the iormatiou. We
have one claim sixty feet wide ssA ~
Others much wider; all in fact soo lesSe "a
be good. ! am afraid. They have p>soev a
pyrites III iron in the quarts. IT, pseo
pectine here ha~ to he all done with soAs
boats instead oi hOrss~. The heAee q
placr~ IL too rocky to land On Tor mase
even With ANAL boat.
There arr n great many ln6oisns travel
bstwern Juneau and SiekA and osee'
places. ! want to get bseh ~ Jauses b
the arst oi July then will write asaan
Yours Truly.
j. PAHDEE.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

lrsosn Beleas Herald
Some weeks ago, as our readers are
aware, the Elkhorn mine was flooded
with water. end the owners have bec,,
making strenuous efforts to expel il.
A gentleman, who has just returned
from the mine, says it is one Of the
most singular instances Of rnine flood
ing ever heard Of. One day wall Oi
rock in one Of the levels broke through,
with a loudreport and a large column OF
water shot through the aperture thus
made. filing the mine 700 feet from
the bottom. The work Of taking Out
ore from the submerged portion ceas
ed at once, and the upper levels not
reached by the water were at once
laid under contribution to furnish orc
for the mill. Machinery was at once
put in to pump out the water, and So
far has succeeded in lowering the
water IS feet. The singular part oi
the affair is that, though the pumps
gain on the food and reduce il ma
terially from noon until midnight. the
water gains on them greatly during
the other twelve hours. Every day As
regular Is clock work the same result
is noted: The pumps gain for twelve
hours and the food gains tic othe'
twelve-and this in the face oi 4 drain
Of 90 miners inches Of water, which
the steam parnps are constantly effect.
ing. Still the pumps are gaining OF
the whole. and in the long run vii
come out ahead.
People are puzzled to tell ~ha
causes the tidal operation OF this hoot
and the reason why the ao~ Of waite
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

Is greater during one part of the day
than another is . matter o( various
conjecture. The casse q ie 10 NOT
known. and there seems to be ~
way o( ascestainins Il. The curiosity
il has arovsed wi,l probably lead ="
investigation.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

Bent on u short on slDas1a.
Warulner. the new C.AWr Il Alone minla1
ca uap. hxs q 81. O0O hotel.
lprmocrstic Tsasiaosisl CoASention 70
called to naect on the 3teh prox.
Il IL estimated thss thc ,ainsssl 0UspsA
VI Butte. for the current year ~iu aops
gate SEQ. O.OOtD,OOO.
Rails Tor the Helena street railWsy sss
reported IN route from JDhnstown. Fs.
The spital city will have street cars run
ming by August 1st.
Col. Geo. q. Eaton. oi the Bees DUH
Mining o.. ALSO Of thu Kepublic Mining 4
smelling Co.. Of Cooke sisy. vac married
recently to Miss Emma Clar- Custer. II ~.
| Paul. MINI.
| Geo. Cassell. u COW boy in the employ "f
T.. $. Newman, was drowned while crossing
cattle over the Yellowstone - few Hil~s
ubov. ~. K-.rsi.. His hOrse dragged him
under.
H. n. Chileis, Of Carleton. hss c"v tbss
gave birth to tripl~ts last wssk, al Asssty
and VI good sise. AL Childs Assds = 1sv
more such cows aud brandinG iroa ~
. ma ke him "a cattle king in abort Ort9ee.
Chief Justice oi the U. 3. supreoe Cous,.
! N. r. Waite, WAS in the territory Sos the
second time last week, en- route to ths Pers'
Rc coast. He wus royalty eutertsins1 By
mcmlsers ul the bar in Hclcna and Bette
during his visit To those cities.
Walter Burl-ieh. Jr., ii Milss Uty. hes "a
Sr,esian wrll ON his premises that yts'ds
800 barrels ~ good, pure wstse ever.
twsnt y four hours. The we'll h ious toehes
in diameter. and a73 feet deep. Ths DO.
is stroug enough 60 force the water otsan
isst nbovc the surface.
Al Great Falls, last week jake 0asrs.
Helena gambler known ~ Jew JAbs. eoot
and killed stranger who thsssAsos9 &"
make minc- meat out Oi Jake With sssee.
Harris wis arrested and subsstiueatly re-
lea .ed as the shooting WAS clear eaoe a
aelf.d-icnce.
\. ". Residing. n Musselshrll sLssp oss.
? came down to Missoula last week. aa1 %
departing took along one Of ovr Satesss
young ladies', Mrs l.. q. rcan. Il = ssi1
the wedding ceremony will bs psgsosos6 -
day. at least all reports aOrss tAae b wtu
TAX. place immedia tely .-Aiaooulk Ttmse.
! ". ". Bssseley, Of Hathaway. 90 Oi
our most successful wool srowsss, hes tuss
disposed Of his clip Ut good price go y
feeling ut peace with all maekiad. He
average on about $500 head u Aseis0s
: was eight and one-haM pounds 70 ~ asses
and on u special bunch Of $500 vsthsss
that had been herdeh separate. ~ sveeaOs
went ~ high as nine and thrss-Quastsg0- -
stocksrowers Journal.
The Butte Grand o,rrs houas hsA . aAr.
row c~ca,H from iir- week ago last cuss
day night. large audience was pesssot
enjoying III. drama. A heavy thunder
storm came up and lightuing struck nsss
the opera house. the curr-us following ~
telephone ~i.r and eas pipes ,nto the baos
ment Of the buildins. setting ars 70 ~
woodwork. The flames. by hard as4
! prompt work. we're extinguishsd bslors IL
audience learned of tie danger. The lsh'
! ming got into piano on the !o~or toor ant
] AUD comr!.t.l. ,uined the inttcarien. ;.
! 'i.u,n'rr o':' ~. .ires.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29
The above summary is taken from
tbs, iahnlated atatoinen in the Record

the tabulated statement in the Record.
yet We think il is incomplete. The
Alice mine, which paid dividend last
month, ia not mentioned ut all, and
there are other dividend paying prop
critics in Montana which are not cred.
tied IN the above statement. 1t il II
good showing for Montana. however. A.
il stands. ls.-Herald.
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-29

The Financial and Mining iccDrl Of
July 10Th gives summary Of dividends
paid in the United States for the first
ak months Of 1886. The total amount
paid by mines in eight different States
and Territories during that period was
u, ,9S9,9 ,9i7. In this showing Montana
stands first with &99i, ,75O. paid in disi-
dcnds during the first half of this year
over One-fifth Of the total dividends
from eight different States and Terri
tories. Colorado comes next with
*795, li6, Michigan third with esq, ,O0O,
California $S35, ,7Sl, Utah $3.50, ON. Ne
vada $3.50, 800, aud Arizona $lJo.Mn.
The amount paid by Montana mine.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
Croton Oil in the Water.

Rev. Benjamin Deering, of st. Louis,
had been for some days past holding a
series of temperance revival meetings
which have been wonderfully success
full. Last night some one, as yet un-
known, placed in the pitcher of water
which the revivalist had placed upon the
desk from which he was speaking, a
large quantity of croton oil. Several
persons drank Of the water before the
service began and became deathly sick,
but not knowing the cause of their ill
ness, failed to warn Mr.. Deering not to
drink from the pitcher. The latter, du-
ring his discourse, drank glass Of water
ard was Immediately taken sick. All
who tasted the water are to-day in a
precariOus condition. Two saloOnkeep-
ers have been arrested on suspicion, and
it is thought they poisoned the water in
order to end the services which were
having such a depressing effect upon
their business.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15

one side but on both, so there never was
any other Lost Cause where the losers
were held free from all vengeful retallia-
ton after it was over, and the victory
determined.
We trust Mr.. Davis may live long and
enjoy the affection and respect Of his
fellow citizens. We hold that he and
they-and he not more than they-cOm-
mitted and enormous mistake; but we
nevertheless respect profoundly the pu-
rity of his character, the spOtless record
of his personal history, and the ability
and sincerity which he applied and still
applies, to his work.
Moreover, we congratulate the people
of the United States on the wisdom they
have exhibited in the question. 1t is in
our judgment an immense public benefit
that the topics of the civil war can still
be freely discussed by Mr.. Davis and
other participants in it, as they are now
discussed in the South as well as in the
North. Where free speech is held sa-
cred, discomfort cannot exist. Let the
safety valves be kept open, and let affec-
ton for the Union increase as a warm
and glowing love for the free country of
which we are all, in the North and in
the South alike members.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15

neighbor passed that way shortly after
II o'clock and found him wild with
frenzy. He rode rapidly to settlement
eight miles distant and told the terrible
tale. A party was organized and they
returned to the scene of the outrage and
found Freimuth weliering i'm his own
blood. He had killed himself with a
shotgun. A grave was dug and the re-
mains of the unfortunate people were
buried. The posse then set out to scOur
the country for the murderer. and found
him secreted i'm a ravine several miles
from the scene of his crime, near the Ci-
marron River. Some speculation was
indulged in as to the proper method of
ridding the world of him but not much
time was consumed in celebrating. A
fractions and spirited horse was secured
and saddled. One end of the long lariat
was then fastened around his neck and
the other extre nifty was attached to the
pOmmel of the saddle. The horse was
then started, and amid the shouting Of
the men and crack of re evOlvers and ri
fles the frightened animal tore madly
away. After a run of nearly five
miles the beast fell exh austed and the
lifeless body of the murderer was lOos-
ened as the men came up. The lariat
had drawn SO tight that his head was al
most severed from his body. The body
was left lying on the prairie.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
A Horrible Story.
A Fiendish Crime Speedily and Ade-
quately Punished in Kansas.

Last Saturday the wife Of Jacob Frei-
muth, hOmesteader in Seward county
Kan, was cruelty murdered by Fritz
Rupen, a half-witted German, who was
dragged to death later. Rupen had
been for some time enjoying the hospi-
tality of the Freimuths. He w"~ home
less and without friends and tney had
taken him in until he could find work.
On the day mentioned during the tenn
porary absence of Mr.. Freimuth, Rupen
Overpowered his benefactor's wife and
brutally assaulted.her. He then bound
the lady hand and foot and cut her throat
from ear to ear. The brute then secured
and old rusty hoe, and while the woman
was yet writhingin the death struggle
he disembOwled her with the blunt in
strument. Mrs. Freimuth was enceinte
and when discovered her babe lay few
feet from the body cut in two. Mr..
Freimuth returned on Sunday and when
he discovered the mutilated body of his
wife he became raving maniac. A
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
SATURDAY MAY 18th. 1886,
Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
New York Sun.

New YORK sun.
We with to enter our protest against
the manner in which the recent appear
ances and speeches of Mr.. Jefferson
Davis have been received by a large pOr-
ton of the Northern press.
Our esteemed contemporaries seem to
forget that this is IA free country, and
that Mr.. Davis is no longer subject to
arrest or trial, but enjoys the most per-
feet right to express freely and fully his
ideas and emotions on all public ques-
tions, both of the present and of the
past. Whatever he may say is open to
be criticised and contrOverted. Other
views may be advocated, and other SEN
timents may be preferred; but at the
same time he is entitled to hearing,
and all the more to patient, respect
full and attentive hearing, because of
defeat and the overthrow of his cause.
What he says is sure to be worthy of con-
sideration, and the proper answer to be
made to it is the answer of reasoning,
and not the answer of passion or pre-
judice.
For our own part, we hail with pro-
found satisfaction the fact that Mr.. Da-
Wis, the leader of the defeated in the
greatest of civil wars not only remains
in his native land and among his own
people. who followed him with unexam-
pied enthusiasm and devotion throughout
that mighty struggle, but that he
remains unharmed, enjoying his proper
ty and his friends, protected by the laws
free to go and come as he pleases and to
speak wherever men are willing to hear
him. 1t seems to us that if there is any,
thing sublime in recent history, it is this
fact that no vengeance has been taken by
the victorious people of the United States
upon the less fortunate people of the
South, nor any prohibitions imposed
upon them against debating the issues of
the great contest not only as matter of
history and philosophy, but also as
matter of sentiment and feeling. As
there was never any other civil contest
that equalled this one in its magnetude
its sacrifices and its heroism, not only on
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
1900
OFlAND FOR
SALE.

Land Of first quality, impro-
we'd and unimproved, in lots
to suit purchasers, situated on
the Hills adjoining Cade's Sta
ton, St. Martin Parish La.
Good water and easy commu-
nication. Terms easy.
For particulars address to
Robert Martin,
Lock Box Nos. st. Marrinsville, La.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15

A we'll known writer tell of seeing
thousands Of small fish migrating across
land from one lagoon to another in trO-
pical America. He says they moved as
deliberately and uncOncernedly as though
they had been accustomed to the over
land route all their lives.
--~-~~~~--~~~-~-------~~~~~~~~
In an elaborate editorial discussion of
the fisheries question Bradstreet reaches
the conclusion that "the course Of the
administration in advocating the appoint
ment Of commission to adjust the diff
Guilty once for all was much more patrio-
tic than the rejection Of this plan by the
Senate.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
He is Properly Named "Twaddle."
Dhiladnlphia In nnnixaH

TacOb Twsddle, of Steubenville. O.,
blind from his birth. claims to be able to
tell the color of horse by the sense Of
touch.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
FOUND ESTRAY.

| have in my possession
one gray mare branded thus
&C with her hlly 3 years old
~ unbranded. The owner
will plaese prove his property
and pay costs.
Clay Robertson.
st Martinsvilie, La May 9Th. 1885.
The weekly messenger., 1886-05-15
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DBrief communications upon subjects
of public interest solicited. No attention
will be given to anonymous letters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-20
The Author OF "Curfew shall No: Ring II
Night

There is perhaps not one person in a
hundred but is familiar with the poem
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight, and
yet there is not one Of the hundred who
can tell the name Of tie author. The
poem was written nineteen years ago by
Rose Hartwick, Michigan girl, but did
not find its way into print for three years
afterward. The author was not pleased
with her own production, and withheld
it from publication. It was her first
effort, and was laid away until one day,
in an extremity to fulfill an engagement
to furnish the Detroit Commensurate
vertiser with certain amount of copy
each week, and not having anything on
hand when the demand was made for it,
she took the manuscript down from its
dusty shelf and sent it to the publisher
with instructions to put it in the waste
basket if he didn't think it worth pub
fishing. 1t was published, however, and
in less than week was copied into al
the leading dailies in the country. Miss
Hartwick has since married Mr.. Thorp
AMI now lives at Grand Rapids. On a
recent visit to Chicago the Tribune said
of her: "She is bright and entertaining
in manner, and by no means shows her
five and thirty years. She has never
written anything of note except her
'Curfew, but derives quite an income
from her children's stories, which she is
writing with some success. st. Paul
Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-20
Half q Dollar More.

For four nights the people OF Bran
ford, Conn, enjoyed a real old fashioned
"caithumpio, something very rare in
those parts. Thomas Gear, a widower,
and an old resident of the town, last
Wednesday evening married widow
named McQueeny, and half an hour
after the ceremony a crowd Of men and
boys surrounded the house and made as
much of racket as possible. The newly
welded couple, armed with cord wood,
charged upon them and drove them of.
The next night the serenaders returned
again, with increased numbers and more
drums, horns and tin pans. Gear and
his bride charged them again, but were
driven back. Then the groom offered
his visitors 81 to 60 away. They re-
fused his offer, and then demanded half
a dollar more. The parties disagreed,
and for two hours night was made hide
Gus again. The Calithumpians returned
on the following night, and the racket
was worse than ever. Gear stuck to his
offer, and the crowd would not lower
their demand cent. Last night half
the town turned out to see the fun, and
the horn-blowers and drummers fairly
drove Gear wild, but he held out until
threats were made to add the town can
non to the orchestra. Then he yielded
and gave the crowd $3.50. They Kept
their bargain, got something to drink,
and Branford is once more at peace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-20
France "Foolin Nit Germany.

PARIS, October 12.-Therc is a vivid
growth Of va: feeling in France. NJ:
Lavedon, the military critic, writes to Fl.
gajv that Gen. Boulanger has prepared a
well conceived plan, in conjunction with a
staff officer Of high rank, for a continental
campaign.
Tic Nlita:rc says that Gen. Boulanger
desires war not for the purpose OF recover
ing Alsacc, nor to gratify personal ambi.
ton. but as a step leading to solution OF
social questions.
Tie strictest taboo Of everything Ger
man is being observed. VI. Lockeroy,
Minister of Commerce has ordered the
police to prosecute all persons selling boxes
Of toys imported from Germany and con-
ta:uing . map Of France without Alsace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-20
the sea Serpent Gone East.

\ vcritablc sea serpent was seen at the
mouIl! OF the Piscataqua river at 6 clock
Wednesday morning by Augustus Fernald
and Hiram Tobey, of Kittery, as they were
pulling up in their dory from Fernald's
weir, off Pocahontas Point. Their atten-
ton was first attracted be seeing what they
for 4 few moments supposed to be long
string Of floating seaweed, but upon short
inspection they ascertaincd the string Of
seaweed to by some kind of living crea-
,urc, which held its head about four feet
above water. When they first saw him
tor her or iu he was passing over Wood
Island bar and making his way rapidly sea-
ward He appeared to be about IS feet
long, and when they were nearest him
they were not over 300 feet away. They
were somewhat alarmed at the proximity
of the illustrious visitor, and piled their
oars Justify fof the hore.-Pvrtsn'ouh ".
I'D Chronicle.