Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-17

offices. The contest was warm at
Helena where the republicans succeed
ed in electing their mayor. We have Il
large foreign element, principally min
ers, that vote as the wave of sentiment
happens to move them. We have but
two interests in the territory. Mining
and stockraising. Any other business
is subservient to these. The argonaut
rules and rrospers according to his
wealth. The rancheros know no other
place but the ranch, and many OF them
have become cO-Owners OF ranches in
u dozen years The gold hunters and
the cow boys are as uncertain i'll their
pursuit for wealth as a ticket in the
Louisiana lottery.
must not close without telling
something about our Independence
day. The city spent fully $1,000 for the
celebration. From Saturday till Mon
day night the city was filled with mer
riment. This is quite different from
in the states. Fully 10000 witnessed
the professions on Monday, anu about
5000 crowded into a pavilion where
the exercises were held. Hon. W. A.
Clark, a millionaire, and Il man spoken
of for the u. 5. senate when Montana
is admitted into statehood, was presl-
dent of the meeting. An eloquent ora
ton was delivered by Judge Galbreath
an appointee of ex-president Arthur.
The speech was an epitome of human
liberty. He stated that the ''bonny
blue' and the starry banner stand no
longer apart. mo north, no south,
but one Union, and that as perpetual as
the granite hills of Montana"
The procession was mile long, with
five bands, including military COM
panies, fire companies, civic societies,
state and territorial cars, and advertis-
ing wagons. The principal part OF
the celebration was the races. Butte
has an excellent race track and many
Jockeys. The grand stand at the race
track both Sunday and Monday was
crowded. 1t is estimated that about
5000 people found entrance. The ad-
mission being one dollar, the associa-
ton realized handsome sum of money
The selling of pools and betting kept
up till sunset. In the afternoon al
aeronaut made all ascension in hot
700 feet, the altitude not admitting hot
air balloons to ascend higher. He Went
up on trapeze.
1t rained and hailed here Oh Sunday
but binding snOwstOrm could no
check the hilarity of the people. A
hundred flags were floating over the
city, and ten thousand little flags Orna'
mented the building Bushels of fire
cracks were burned, and dozens of sky
rockets were thrown up. If there is al
cold timer" who has been among the
"rustlers" of Montana he will be inter
ested in this familiar sketch. To Mn
this is not new. Butte was "paintet
red'' on Saturday night. For mile
away it looked like a city OF fire. Sun
day morning all was quiet. Ignitet
whisky and hot lead had decreased tn
population only one. One buildin.
was burned. Monday after the salut
of the cannon, the people became will
in enthusiasm, and at night the cit
was "re- e-painted red" Whisky an
hot bullets were freely used. Th
cyprian dens became a bedlam of con
fusion. The police retired and Bacchu
reigned supreme. Only two building
perished valued at $4,000; and ther
were two funerals. One man was she
and it conld not be ascertained fror
what source the bullet came. Th
other did not find whisky shol
enough road so he tried his razor an
u dose of morphine.
must not forget to mention the Ii
dians, for they came in TO celebrate TO
Uncle Sam their father, as they Ca
him. We expected good crowd {
the braves but only a few came.
seems that the Indian is the hapDie
being | ever saw at Fourth of Jul
celebration. In beaded shirt, moccasil
and leggins, red silk handkerchi
around his neck, feather in the fanC
beaded band of COW boy hat, he lazi
l sits on boxes or saunters about in
dolce tu,'- niente sort of an air that taxi
no thought of anything but the presen
The few squaws and pappooses tn
came to the town on the 4th created I
) excitement, but were almost unnotice
1 Some of the Indians expected Il dance
One Old brave wore a large linen du
. ter over his buckskln jacket and bree'
clout and leggins, a straw hat Orn
mented with feathers. The poor ign'
e rant savage is to be pitied. The il
: roads that education and civilization
u making among the tribes will final
D make the Indian useful citizen
LAFAYETTE Boy.
Butte City, Montana, July 7, 1886.