Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-07
$1OO..Genuine Diamonds Found in Cans
of Tea and Coffee.

The Merchants Tea Company, of Chi.
cago, have opened a branch store on East
Broadway, opposite the st. Nicholas Ho.
tel. Their tea and coffee are packed in
paper cans, the tea, can and contents
Weighing about one and ons-half pounds;
the coflee, al and contents, weighing
about three pounds. Ev, ~ can contains
a souvenir, such as solid gold, silver and
nickel watches; also, genuine diamonds,
rubles sapphires. emaealda, nearls and other
Jewels. This companyahas adopted this
method OF advertising their choice brands
OF tea and coffee, but after twenty days
they will be sold only n their merits, at
the same price, same quality and same
quantity, but without the, souvenir, the
goods being worth the price asked at fair
valuation without any regard to the
souvenirs. This company has established
seventy.six branches in various parts OF
the United States, one OF, whom are now
giving the souvenirs in the cans OF tea and
coffee, as the time has expired, yet each agent
has q large and rapidly increasing trade,
ss the superior quality of their goods be-
comes known. We shall publish from day
to day apartial list OF those who find val
liable souvenirs il the cans OF tea and COT
purchasers yesterday:
Louis Lieneinam, California Beer Hall,
solitaire diamond ring. Judge Mediation,
solitaire diamond ring. James Wallace, at
Morehouse & Gwinn's. Waltham watch.
William Theme. restaurant. Broadway,
genuine diamond stud in a can OF tea:
ladies' gold watch in can of coffee, and a
gents stem winding, stem settinggold watch
in a can Of tea, SIS in goldsin a. canjof COT
fee. George P. Wall. Walkerville, FIVE silver
dollars in a can OF tea and a ladies' gold
watch. w. II. Hughes, West Park street,
gold watch. J. A. CAVITY, Sands & Boyces',
dry goods. fifteen silver dollars in a can OF
tea. c. II. Richardson, Mint Sample
Rooms. solitaire diamond, stud. Jessie
Forester, Gilroy Keg House, diamond col
lar button. Mrs. F. P. Wolter, Montana
street: diamond collar button. w. Ma
Iona, emPloye at Round House, genuine
diamond ring and ladies' gold watch! Mrs.
Gillroy, West Park street, diamond ring,
Miss Emma Miller, Galena street, diamond
ring. G. W. Marsh, 80 East lark street,
dealer in cigars and tobacco, five silver dol.
lars. Mrs. Sampson, Montana street,
genuine diamond collar button. John
Williams, miner, Main street, found five
silver dollars in q can of tea. Mamie
Sharp, Wyoming street, gold ring. Miss
Mamie Randall. Main street, solid gold
ring. John Stoden, W%alkerville, miner,
genuine diamond stud. Mrs. C. G. Furell,
OF Park Street Foundry, diamond ring.
Joseph Michean, A street. Deer Lodge,
watch. G. Bryen, saloonkeeper,
Main street, diamond stud and ladies' gold
watch. E.. G. Adams, miner, found $3.50 in
gold in q can oil tea. James Downs, team
ster, got 800 in gold in a can of coffee.
John Dixon, farmer, got 500 in a can of
tea. j. Hamlin, carpenter, genuine dia-
mond stud. N. Labonta, miner at the
inine, diamond stud and ladies'
COLO watch. j.. Chauvin, furniture dealer,
West Broadway, genuine diamond stud and.
ladies gold watch. Josiah Bennett, engi-
neer at the Alice mine. diamond stud and
gold watch. Mrs. William Walter