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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

The Philadelphia News, which is to-
day one of the most phenomenal of the
newspaper ventures of the East, and
which has during the fifteen months OF
it's existence, under it's present manage
ment, deservedly sprung into the front
rank Olive journals, is still seeking fresh
worlds to conquer. 1t is bright, spicy,
able and progressive, and consequently
in patronage, both for advertisements
and circulation, it has rapidly outstripped
it's slow-paced contemporaries. The lat
est streak of enterprise of the News is
the publication of a handsome little
pamphlet, 'The stories of two business
men," in which arc sketched the per-
sonal characteristics, the business habits,
and some of the peculiarities of two of
Philadelphia's great advertisers, John
Wanamaker and Frank Siddall. There
is aslo an interesting story of the rise and
progress of newspaper advertising in
the latter portion of which the News
does not forget, with pardonable pride,
to refer to its own success. The book,
like the paper which publishes it, is just
what it purports to be, and is all that
cOuld be desired.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

A NUMBER OF the leading merchants oil
Chicago and other Western cities have
called the attention Of the proper author
tiles to one OF the many unnecessary leaks,
that for years has been permitted to waste
from the Treasury of the United States.
1t is chargeable to that most corrupt of
departments, the Indian Bureau, and can
readily be stopped without the interven-
ton of legislation. Under the law the bu.
reau purchases annually 50, OOO, 900 worth
OF supplies, and it has heretofore main
tanned in New York City a depot for the re.
ccipt, inspection and distribution of the
same. Fully nine-tenths of the contractors
for these articles belong in the West and
under the system the goods have to be
shipped to New York for delivery and then
reshipped to their final destination in the
far West, thus adding in the matter OF
freight largely to the cost of the supplies.
There is no earthly reason why this should
be continued. The depot could and should
be located at Chicago, st. Louis or even
further West and thus both time and
money would be saved. Previously it
would nave been useless to suggest any
such innovation, but 10Y thata purer and
more honest era has been ushered in under
the Democratic administration a change
for the better will probably be made. Thu
gang which has SO long as officials and con
tractors robbed the Government anl
the Indians, will be scattered and that
branch of the service administered lik'
the others on business principles.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

In both house of Congress yesterday
the bill for the admission of Montana as
a State wa introduced, and took the Or
binary course, and was referred. The
text of the bill is not given in the dis
patches, but it follows the form gener-
ally used. The claim of our people for
statehood, with its rights and re-
sponsibilities, is now fairly be-
fore Congress, and it will be
urged with all possible zeal by Dele
| gate Toole and others. The residents of
Montana are a unit for the measure, and
it is to be hoped that it will be dealt
with on its own inherent merits, and
not weighted or hampered with other
similar bills, from sections, in which
there are schisms and conflicting fac
tons. Montana is entitled to a State
Government, wants it, and should have
it,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

SENATOR EUsrIs will to-day address the
Senate upon his resolution instructing
the Secretary Of the Treasury to pay for
the bonds under the February call in
silver. MI. Eustis has evidently pre-
pared himself for the debate and his
speech will surely be a great one. He
will, of course, not confne himself to the
bare question of the legality of the prop
osition, for that is undisputed, but he
will argue from cause to effect, and prove
that none of the dire results that have
been predicted by the gold bugs can or
will follow this proper effort on the part
Of the Government to insist that it's coin
shall not be debased at the dictum of
any combination Of money sharks. Silver
is good enough for the poor man, it is
surely good enough for the bond-holder.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

MATHEWS & WEBB, in their circular under
date OF January Is, nave the following to
say OF copper: Copper has ruled with OK
IRENE steadiness, both here and in London,
but the deliveries have been almost exclu-
sively on contract sales. Lake has sold at
$11.5O to $11.65, while good Arizona
brands were worth lie, and others lOAc.
and 1Okc. The English market, as per
cable, stands steady at f4O, los. for Chill
Bars and f45, los. for Best Selected. The
demand for furnace material is met with
difficulty and the expectation OF the 10000
tons OF Anaconda matte is mainly the
cause of the shortage. The troubles of the
Old Dominion Company. which produced
nearly 6,0OO,OOO last year, proves how
difficult it is for even good mines to live at
these prices"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

In New York City, on the 10th OF the
month, a large party of INTERPRETATIONS
gentlemen, who compose what Is known
as the Thirteen Club, sat down to their
annual dinner. There were seven Ia
bles. at each of which sat thirteen guests,
all of whom intended by their presence
to defy the superstition that If thirteen
sit at a table at least one of the number
will die before the expiration OF the year.
There can be no reasonable objection to
such gatherings, or to the gentlemen en-
toying themselves after the bent OF thelr
own inclinations, yet there was an air OF
bravado about the toasts and speeches
that bears just the slightest suspicion OF
being favored with bluff, and reminds
one Of the boy whistling to keep up his
courage. The toasts were as follows:
"The Anti Superstitious Thirteen Club
"Superstitions of the Press" "The
Horseshoe" "Superstitions of our
Mothers" "Poor JONAH" "Wicked
Judas" "Good Friday" "Witches and
Night Fears" '"The Ladder of Thirteen
Rounds" "Superstitions concerning
Death" "The Opal" and ''The Black
Cat that was Killed" The sentiments
we're surely not cheerful ones, and not
withstanding the wine and wit, the din
ner must have been a kind of a Mark
Taplev affair.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

SOME of the ultra Republican p~artisans
in Congress are preparing to spring upon
the country an acrimonious debate on
account of the erasure Of certain tablets
that had been placed in the Norfolk
navy yard to commemorate war events,
and which we're distasteful to certain
officials who were ex-Confederates. The
action of the subordinates cannot be de-
Tended on any grounds, and the inscrip-
tons should be replaced by the proper
authorities and the matter dropped.
However, the spoiler had a distinguished
precedent. When the water works at
the National capital were built Jefferson
Davis was Secretary of War, and the
great aqueduct bridge, a triumph OF en-
cheering skill, which spans Gun-powder
Creek, bore an inscription showing that
it had been built under the direction OF
Mr.. Davis. Early in his term of office
Secretary Stanton had the structure de-
faced by ordering that the name of Mr.,
Davis be cut out which was done. The
act disfigured the bridge but did not
harm Mr.. Davis, and certainly did moi
alter the fact that it was built under his
direction and control.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

New YORK, January 19.-The release
from the penitentiary this morning OF the
notorious 'Jim" Irving, ex-member OF the
New York Legislature, who has been in his
time gambler, p%ugilist, d~ive-keeper and
general rough, recalls to mind the palmy
days OF the Tweed ring when he was q DO.
litical power in the Eighteenth Ward, and
divided with Capt. Rynders, the honors OF
being the greatest political bully in the city.
Irving was originally a Washington market
butcher, but his political influence growing
large, he became ambitious and secured
election to the assembly. In one OF the
discussions in that body he struck
Smith M. Weed in the face. Weed refused
to vote with the Democrats, who had only
one majority, unless Irving would resign
his Office. The latter was arraigned at the
bar of the house, pleaded guilty and then
resigned. Once seen, Irving could never be
forgotten, because of his extreme ugliness.
The crime for which he was imprisoned was
an atrocious assault upon Richard NJ.
Darling, whom he struck upon the head
with the butt of a pistol without any warn
ing or provocation. Darling was offered
thousands Of dollars not to prosecute, but
he insisted on Furnishing him, and Irving
was sentenced to two years imprisonment
in June, 1854.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

PHIL ADELPHIA, the home Of the ballot
box suffer and the synonym of all that
is corrupt in politics, is just now under
going a spasm of virtuous Indignation,
because of the alleged bribery Of a
couple of delegates to a nominating con-
vention. AS the plum in sight is the
control Of the gas trust fund, it is, from a
mercenary point of view, well worth
making a fuss about. If, however, the
truth were known it is reasonably GER
tain that it is a clear case of the "pot
calling the kettle black" When a big
stake like the one referred to is in sight
the average Philadelphia politician comes
up serenely talking honesty, but hides
in his club room and puts up jobs to
carry his point no matter what the cost.
1.-The can't buy he will bulldoze; if he
can't bulldoze he will steal either the
nomination or election or both.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

PORE LEO XII, although a voluntary
prisoner in the Vatican, is slowly but
surely asserting himself in the politics
of Europe. By his decision as arbitrator
in the Carolines quarrel, he has satisfied
both Spain and Germany. Prince Bis
marck has accepted with thanks the
decoration conferred by him, and now
he boldly reprimands the French envoy
for the conduct of his government
toward the church. The church is
surely spreading and growing in Eng
land, and if all these be signs of the
times, they point unerringly to the fact
that Rome may yet again be a factor in
the politics of Europe.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

CRATER LAKE is thus described in a
petition that is being signed in Oregon
to make a national reservation of it:
''The surface of the lake is $500 feet
above sea level, and it is about eight
miles long, and six miles wide. It con-
tains a circular island 600 feet high, on
which is found an extinct crater which is
ninety feet deep, and 4S5 feet in dame
ter. In another portion of the lake is
found a conical-shaped rock, which is
perpendicular, and rises to all altitude of
1900 feet above the waters surface.
Other rocks of remarkable form and ele-
walton tower high above the lake. The
lake walls are nearly perpendicular, and
vary in altitude from 1000 to 1900 feet"
A bill to set aside this lake and adjacent
territory as a national park was on Mon
day introduced in Congress.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

THE President has some consideration
for the officers OF the army and navy.
Congressman Morrow called on the Presi-
dent a few days ago to ask him to appoint
the son OF one of his constituents as a
candidate to West Point. The President
replied that he had decided to reserve his
appointments to the Naval School and
Military Academy for the sons OF the Of
ficers OF the army and navy. The Presi-
dent said that civilians had their Congress-
men to apply to for appointments, and he
considered that the object OF the law
inygiving the President the right OF ap-
pointment wal to provide for the sons OF
army and navy officers, who are sent for
duty to different parts Of the country and
who do not remain long at one station.
and thus fail to have the influence with
Congressman that civilians possess. The
President said that he could. therefore. not
appoint any one but the sons OF army or
navy officers to these places. A just and
sensible view.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

The Senators who are anxious to know
why their Republican friends have been
compelled to make place in the Execu-
tive Departments for good Democrats,
have determined to make another effort
to ascertain. They evidently realized
that the text of the letter addressed to
the Cabinet officers demanding to know
the causes for removals. was rather
dictatorial and unusual. They have now
decided to change the form, sugar coat
the pill, and request all the papers bear
ing upon the removal of incumbents and
the appointment of their successors.
Possibly the files may disclose some un-
palatable facts about their pets, but in
any event the men are out and will stav
out, as there is not power enough in Con
gress to re-instate them.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
THE mADERv11LE AFFAIR.

There is considerable mystery about
the affair at Meaderville on Sunday
night, but there is little doubt that q
great outrage was committed. The facts
appear to be simply these: The owners
Of the Montana Copper Company be,
came dissatisfied or suspicious OF the Ola
management. and sent a man named
Balm here to reform matters, under spe-
cifc instructions. This man Balm IS as
guiltless of the talents requisite to sucna
mission as a child unborn. Nature, too'
did not fit him with due modesty 1or
such a position. He is a man who can
not stand prosperity. He lacks Juog-
ment, and his tongue wags too freely.
Probably he is an egotistical ignoramus
and unmitigated ass; we are nchne TO
think that he is. He made himself OBJ
noxious to the people of Meadervilie,
not SO much by what he did as by what
he threatened to do. He had about as
much business in the position to which
he was assigned here as the average MIN
ing superintendent would have to at
tempt to conduct a Sunday School.
While these things are true, they are
in no wise a justification OF the
treatment accorded him. In the dead
of night, on Sunday, he was taken
from his residence, violently dragged to
the idle smelter. there threatened with
hanging, IF not actually hanged,) and
released only ON condition that he would
leave the camp. Yesterday morning he
did leave-taking the first train out OF
the camp. His ready acQuiescence to
the demand shows his lack of nerve and
incapacity for mine managing. While
we may have only contempt for such a
man, we cannot as a community excuse
such a crime. The camp of Butte has
been firmly founded upon law and order.
It has made many sacrifices to protect
the right and to punish the wrong. 1t
has an ensiable reputation throughout
the country for its freedom from broils
and disorderly acts and for the absence
of litigation and the protection afforded
persons and property. It cannot afford
to take a step backward, and therefore it
can only denounce such acts. The affair
of Sunday night can do no possible good
to Meaderville or to the former employees
of the Montana Copper Company. 1t
can only result in harm and probably n
an entire change about the mines and
works.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

The Leadville Herald Democrat, in a
recent issue, accuses THE MINER of ex-
aggerating the output of the Butte mines
and says that in our holiday number we
"claimed a larger output for Butte than
Wells, Fargo & Company give to the
entire Territory, while the latter's report
upon the several districts in Colorado
pretty nearly COMFORTS with local calcu-
lations. The authority quoted is con-
sidered very reliable, and Butte's exag-
gerated claims, in comparison with it,
will tend to do the camp more harm
than good" Our neighbor of the car
Donate camp has made a mistake, in not
reading close enough. The estimate of
Wells, Fargo & Co. is based upon the
bullion shipments which they handle,
while in the table of the output for the
year we specifically included the copper
product which was largely in excess of
the silver. Will the Herald Democrat
please look this up and make the neces-
sary explanation and apology?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
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The Virginia City Madisonian says; Inc
holiday edition of The Butte MINER IS the
most complete work OF it's class thae mas
ever been printed in Montana-or, lnoeeo'
in the West. II contains deliberately pre-
pared articles, descriptive, historical ana
statistical, on all parts OF the Territory
but, OF course, the main feature Is tne oe-
scription Of Butte and its ~urrouhoing
and resources. Virginia City and Madison
County come in for a five-column letter.
mainly referring to their mines, farms,
pasturage and future prospects, which Will
be interesting to people in this section. AS
a whole, the holiday MINER is a triumph OF
territorial journalism, rejecting high credit
upon the publishers and editors. and a val
liable advertisement OF Montana and her
capabilities"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
ONE of our contemporaries finds fault

One of our contemporaries finds fault
with Mr.. William M. Jack, the Chair
man of the Board of County Commits
sioners, for drawing $3.50 as salary. We
have no knowledge of the circumstance,
but we do have some knowledge of the
duties devolving upon Mr.. Jack, and
know that he has earned, four fold, any
sum that may be voted him as salary.
The salary allowed is in no wise a com
~pensation for the unpleasant and ardu-
GUS labors required of him. No man
who knows Mr.. Jack will believe that he
would allow the Board to vote to him, OF
that he would receive, any moneys to
which he was not justly entitled.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
A Wild Look tn the Dogs Eye.

RALEIGH, N. c., January 19.-As Joel
Matthews, a Young farmer OF Sampson
county, was in the woods with an axe on
his way to cut wood, he saw Il dog ap-
preaching him. Foam fell from the ami
mails mouth, and there was a wild look iii
it's eyes. 1t came straight at Matthews,
and when it was within a few feet of him
sprang at him. He aimed a blew
with his axe, but the dog caught him
by the hand and held on. The beast could
not be shaken off and Matthews had to
kill it with his axe, using the weapo at
great disadvantage. His hand was terribly
lacerated and he lost much blood before he
got home. 1t is said that this dog was un-
doubtedly mad. 1t is probable.that a mad
stone will be used in this case. There are
three madstones in the State, and peculiar
efficacy is claimed for each OF these.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
AYERS Sarsaparila.

S,.>- then Mr.. LELAND has
AYERS ARILLA in inaiJ similar
cases, and lie has rever yet heard OF It's iala-
ure to effect a cadical cure.
Some years ago one Of Mr.. farm
laborers bruised lis leg. Owing to the DAD
state of his blood, anuc}y sc;ofuious swelling
or lump appeared Oh IL; t.jnfch limb Hor-
rible itching of the sa:r. with burning and
darling pol.ls through .hc ininp. made life
almost into:,rab;c. Tho leg ,ecalne epor.
mously eEiafg.':, anA running ulcers formed.
discharging great ;:r:aatIties {! extremely
offensive matter. - treatment was of any
avail until the man, hy Mr.. LELAND's direc-
ton, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayel he pain and irritation.
healed the sores. Ien,o%ed the swelling, ana
completely restored the limb 70 use.
MIR. LELAND has personally used
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

SENATOR TELLER, OF Colorado, has sud-
denly become the champion OF Mormonism
in the Senate. In the Congressional Record
containing the debate and the vote ON the
Edmunds Utah bill, which Senator Teller,
of Colorado, opposed, we find the follow
ing:
Mr.. Teller when his name was calledl On
the passage of the bill 1 am paired with the
Senator from Arkansas [Mr. JONES' 1.-The were
present he would vote "yea,' and ] should vote
"nay."
Now Colorado's disgrace is complete.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20

liams one each. Singularly enough
neither of the Senators o yer
mont or New Hampshire. is a college graau
ate, and only one each Of those rom MAINE
and Connecticut have that distinction. Few
people are aware, we suspect, that Senator
Edmunds, the peer of:any other man IN the
nation as to political and legal wisdom AND
influence, never attended college day in his
life. The same is true Of Senator Beck, who
ia probably the most capable and iorceful
man on the Democratic side. New York,
the greatest of the States, has Mr.. Evarts'
a Yale graduate. to speak for her; but the
best representative Of college breeding, IN
n and effectiveness (Mr. Ingalls, halls
from the comparatively new and untutored
State OF Kansas, instead OF standing for
one of the old and well-schooled Eastern
States, as would seem to be most proper
and consistent-and it is equally curious
to note that one OF the ripest scholars IN
the Senate (Mr. Morgan) comes from Ala
bama, and never enjoyed any school ad-
vantages beyond those furnished by the
humble academies of his native State"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
The good people of the Congregational

The good people Of the Congregational
Church, Of Omaha, have leased and will
fit up for a place of worship the Casino
rink in that city. Naturally the edifice
will undergo a radical change in many
respects, yet it will not be strange if the
worshipers occasionally find their
minds wandering from the sacred lessons
to the scenes previously witnessed within
the walls. There were fights, and races,
and skates, and dances, and all other
kinds of amusement, rational and IRA
tional, about which they can think. If
some Of the old habitues of the place
can be induced to attend it in its new
dress, the change may be productive of
much good.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-20
PREPARED By
PREPARED By
DR.. &c. Ayers Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for y
There was no Dissection that Night.
From the Cincinnati Enouirer.

AAoAS VIZ" AO
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
doctor, does it not sicken the students,
or do they not lose all feeling and venera-
ton for the dead?" "Some ma sicken for
awhile, but they gradually grow accus-
toned to it, and then they give it as little
thought as you in your daily avocation.
l have seen things in a dissecting room that
have made me tremble, case-hardened as L
an. In my second year Of student life one
evening we were all in the dissecting room,
waiting for the demonstration to call our
number, apportion us in squads OF four or
five around the room. There were some
twenty bodies lying on the table; some
were covered and others were not;
there were white and black, male and
female, old and young. We were assigned
to one of the covered tables, and drew lots
for choice OF position. l chose the head
and then we uncovered the body; it was
that OF a girl not more than II, and she
could not nave been dead more than 81
week. Her long blonde hair was clean and
in two braids, tied with light-blue ribbon
She must have been handled very gently,
for the ghoul's hook had left no marks on
her fair white skin, and the ribbons in her
hair were another proof OF that. The boys
all paused. | saw Il silk band on her neck,
and on touching it found a lOcket, which |
opened. 1t was an old lady's sweet face,
which seemed to chide me y ith her kindly
eyes. On the other side was the transcription:
May God so deal with them as they deal
with you,m my child. Mother
"Well we did not dissect that night. Nor
was tina body dissected in our college"