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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

PERHAPS the most precarious, unsatisfy-
ing and foolish venture a young man can
make is to work in a Government office.
There are comparatively few positions the
salaries OF which are sufficient to more than
pay the ordinary expenses Of a household,
while the incumbents of a great majority
of them areso SHINY compensated that they
leave no margin for the rroverbial rainy
day. But the cost of living is not the only
drawback. 1t is a rare thingto find positions
not Influenced by the fluctuations in politi-
cal affairs. Generally four years ends the
tenure, and then the incumbent, with little,
if any, more capital in hand than when he
begun his official career, must begin to fight
the battle of the world almost anew. This
is the ordinary experience. OF course, there
are exceptions, but they are not numerous
enough to offer encouragement to any
young man seeking Government service
who a find employment Of other kinds,
Better a cowboy upon the plains of Mon
tana than a Government clerk.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16
ANOTHER BELLE BOYD.

Beautiful Belle Starr. the Horse
Outlaw of Canadian River.
Fort Smith Correspondence Chicago Herald.
For the past week the noted Belle otarr
has been quite an attraction on the streets
of this cilv. She came to answer Two III
dictments in the Federal Court, first, 1or
being implicated in the stealing OF a me
mare. the one ridden by the notorious Jonh
Middleton wnen he was drowned IN tne
Poteau River, twenty-five miles o thls
CITY, in May, 1885; and second, on charge
of robbery. in which it is claimed that Belle,
dressed in male attire, led a party OF three
men who robbed an old man named Ferrei'
and his three sons some forty miles nortn
OF here in the Choctaw Nation.
Court having adjourned, Belle swung her
| Winchester to her saddle. buckled her re-
yolyer around her, and, mounting her
horse, set out for her home on the Cana
dian. Before leaving she purchased a fine
pair of 45-calibre revOlvers, lates: pattern,
with black rubber handles and short bar
rel, for which she paid $29. She showed
them to your correspondent with the re-
mark: ''Next to a fine horse l admire a
fine pistol. Don't you think these are
beauties?"
Belle attracts considerable attention
wherever she goes. being h dashlng n rise
woman and exceedingly graceful in the sad
die. She dresses plainly, and wears a
broad-brimmed white mans hat, surmoun.
| ted by q wide black plush band with feath-
ers and ornaments, which is very becoming
to her. She is OF a Medium size, well
formed, a dark brunette with bright and
intelligent black eyes. She was born at
Carthage, Missouri, and was 32 years old
last February. In 1868 her father, being
a Confederate, removed with his family to
| Texas, where he continued to reside after
the close of the war. After the surrender
| Quantrell's men came to the locality, and
were at all times welcome guests at her
fathers home.
! When less than Is years OF age she fell III
love with one of the dashing auerillas,
whose name she said it was not necessary
for her to give. Her father objected to the
marriage and she ran away with her lover,
being married on horseback i'll the pres
| ence Of about twenty OF her husbands com
panions. John Fisher, one Of the most
noted outlaws in the State Of Texas, held hel
| horse while the ceremony was being per
formed, her wedding attire being d black
velvet riding habit.
When at home her companions are heI
daughter, Pearl (whom she calls canadian
Lily",) her horse and her two trusty revol
vers, which she calls her b abies." Thu
horse she rides she has owned for nearly
five years, and no one ever feeds or handles
him but herself. and it would be a risky
business for any one else to attempt te
ride him. She says she has been Offered
$500 for him Time and again, but thai
$500 would not get him. He is a small
sorreI horse and when in good condition ii
a beautiful animal, but looked rather thu
worse for hard riding when here last week
Belle is a crack shot and handles her pistol
with as much deterity as any frontiersman
No man enters Younger's Bend withou
giving a thorough account OF himself befor
he gets out.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

In sentencing a fortune teller in Philadel.
phia, the fellow having been arrested and
convicted for fraud and fleeing people,
Judge Gordon said: The business you
earned on is an exceedingly demoralizing
one. It gives false color to life and results
in the injury OF the weak minds of the COM
munity. 1t may pervert a whole life. The
young and the giddy may be deluded and
their lives ruined by such men as you. 1
can conceive OF no crime, except, possibly,
low forms of gambling, that is more iniuri-
GUS than the business that you were en-
gagged in. You and others should tetaught
that it is a danderous thing to carry on
such an ubiquitous and delusive business.
and I shall punish you severely" The
prisoner was sentenced to eighteen months"
The sentence was none too severe. There
are few species of fraud that bring upon
weak human beings SO much misery as do
the fortune-tellers in all their various types.
There creatures, now that they are being
driven out OF the Eastern cities, are crowd
ing the towns OF the West. They should
no more consideration here than
do in the East.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

MANAGER JOHN MAaU1RE will give the
people OF Butte his masterpiece tonight.
He has gone to great expense to present.
in perfect manner the great play OF 1.-THE
Lights O. London" which has been so sue
pains have been spared to make the scenery
perfect, and the play has been thoroughly
rshearsed, SO that a perfect production is
assured. Should 1.-The Lights O. London"
meet with the success that it will merit,
other spectacular plays, like 1.-The World"
YOUTH" ETC., will follow. The MINER sim
cerely hopes to see the Opera House
crowded to-niqht.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

THE LoUIsvILL Courier Journal has made
the curious discovery that all the Bi-Metal-
lie Association did was to send out speeches.
This is what it was established for. Its aim
was to educate the people on the silver
question and the results show that it sue
ceeded to an extraordinary extent. But it
did a little more han this. 1t made up
the memorial which was introduced into
Congress by Senator Jones and which con.
taips the basis OF all the arguments in
favor of silver. It was alert from thestart
in its work as a propagandist, and, as this
was all it had to do, it went no further.
5. i'll it is no ex~aggeration to say that the
b. Metallic Association made seventy-ive
votes for free and unlimited coinage, and
prevented the repeal OF the Bland law.
For an unobtrusive concern, this was
somethinp,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

The laws of the land provide a remedy
against the boycott, and this, together
with the p%rejudices Of the people against it,
has induced the labor organizations to
forego it. Three strikers have just been
arrested in Pittsburg for interfering with
the running OF cars on a street railway.
The charge is conspiracy, and the suits have
been brought in the United States Court,
under those sections of the Revised Statutes
which provide that in case of conviction of
conspiracy to deprive any citizen Of the
United States of the free exercise of all the
privileges secured him by the Constitution
the penalty is a fine of 50, 900 and imprison-
ment for not more than ten years.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16
RICH MINES.
Eight Million Dollars of Ore in Sight in "A
Strange j and.

A letter was received in Ell Paso, Texas, a
few days ago from Kingston, Sierra County,
New Mexico, giving an account OF the dis
covery of a remarkably rich deposit OF sill
yer bearing ore. The writer OF the letter,
James T. Foster, was for several years a
resident OF Houston, Texas, and is known
as a reliable man. Sierra County, the loca-
ton OF the new bonanza, is a small county
lying between Grant and Socorro counties.
in Southwestern New Mexico. The Rio
Grande River and the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad run north and south
through the eastern half of Sierra
County. Kingston lies at the foot of
the Pinos Altos range OF mountains, some
eighteen miles from the railroad, Foster
writes . that on Monday, the 18th ult,
while an Italian was working i'll prospect
ing the tunnel OF M ssrs. Rauchaner &
Campfeld his drill suddenly struck some
thing very soft. Campbell had promised
the Italian a couple OF weeks ago a new
suit of clothes if he struck it rich. From
the day Of Camptield's promise the italian
seemed beside himself Oh the subject OF
striking it rich,' and be quickly became
tie butt OF the camp. Hastily withdraw
ing the drill he loaded and blasted away
the rock, uncovering perhaps the richest
UOOS III OIc eSoI louIu Ill NC" McAlCO.
The rock is soft and contains an extraordi-
nary percentage Of black sulphide OF silver,
giving It the appearance OF shale or a poor
quality OF coal.
Picking up a lump Of the precious ore the
new frantic Italian rushed out OF the tunnel
to a Dor where Campfield a asleep.
Shaking him violently ne cried: You 10
more sleep; you very rich; but | must have
fine suit CLOSE He got his clothes. The
ore averages over s. 1000 per ton. A drift
has been run along the border OF the orefor
a distance of 100 feet, exposing the deposit
over twelve feet high and six feet thick the
entire length OF the drift. How much fur
Their it extends is not yet known. There is
something like S., DOC, 900 worth OF ore in
sight. Six carloads have already been
shipped to the smslter. This shipment
will net 500. 600. 1t costs 81 per ton to
hau! the ore to the railroad. The discovery
has caused tremendous excitement in the
vicinity OF Kingston. 1t is believed when
the extent OF the discovery becomes known
ia Colorado there will be IL grand rush for
the new silver mines, as it is comparatively
a virgin section, there being many claims
open to location.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

THE limit OF life in the embryo Of seeds
has long been a subject Of experiment and
discussion. In a late lecture, Prof. Bently,
an English botanist stated that Il g per.
fsctly true that oats and otf r cereals have
been raised from seeds found in a mummy's
coffin, but that it appears to be equally
certain that the grains were placed in the
ancient coffin by some means only a very
short time before the elimination of the
body. Not many seeds will terminate I'M
der ordinary circumstances after the third
year, and very few indeed after the fourth.
Peas and beans are very tenacious u life.
The lotus has been known to grow after a
100 years, but there is scarcely another in.
stance of such survival Of vitality.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

The Supreme Court Of Missouri has de-
cided a question in the case Of the State VS..
Anderson ct al, which is OF interest to law.
yers; and it may have the effect OF deter
ring many criminals from appealing their
cases. The defendants were tried for MUIR
der in the Circuit Court Of Carroll County
and convicted OF murder in the second de-
gree, and their punishment assessed at nine.
ty-nine years imprisonment in the Peniten.
tiary. They took the case to the Supreme
Court, and it was reversed on a technical
point. Upon the second trial they were
found guilty Of murder in the first degree.
They, OF course, were greatly disappointed
at this, and again appealed the case. But,
notwithstanding the verdict OF murder in
the second degree at the first trial would
look like an acquittalo OF murder in the first
degree, the Supreme Court has decided that
the second conviction wal right. The day
for their execution has already been fixed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

A New YORK sewing machine agent solved
to his W satisfaction the problem, us life
worth the ~living?" Because he could not
meet a $50 debt, he blew his brains out
with a pistol. 1t is simply astonishing to
find a man in the full possession Of his
vital forces who has not the courage to
battle manfully with this worlds obliga.
tions. 1t stamps such a being at once as
either an idiot or an arrant coward. What
sort of love has the man who will leave a
wife and children dependent on the worlds
cold charity under the subterfuge that he
could find no work to do and his family
was starving.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

PRESIDENT McANENY OF the Jersey City
for the Suppression Of Cruelty to
Animals caused the arrest last week OF
DR.. b. A. Watson, of New York, for ex-
periments upon dogs in the line OF spinal
fracture, made as an expert employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 1t
may be said in general, without prcjudging
this case, that every living creature has .
right to be exempted from needless pain.
The theory of the law is that man, as first
among animals, beinS a spiritual being as
well, has a right to use them in conducting
experiments which are necessary to estab-
lish important points in medical or surgl'
cal practice. The act prohibiting cruelty
to animals contains this section: "Nothlng
in this act contained shall be construfd TO
prohibit or interfere with any properly con
Quoted scientific experiment or investiga-
tions under the authority of some regularly
incorporated medical society OF the State"
In the case under consideration, however,
the Pennsylvania Railway company's ply
sician is employed as an expert in suits for
damages brought by persons who have
been injured on the road. He desired to
ascertain whether conclusion Of the spine
will cause a decrease OF vitality or loss OF
nervous power along any portion III the
spinal cord when two or three or six
months have elapsed after the accident
which caused the conclusion. He fitted up
a room in his Darn and set two or three
boys catching v~agrant dogs which he kept
in a pen and experimental with at his
leisure.
This then, in plain terms, means break
ing dogs backs to see whether they will re-
cover their former strength, with a view OF
saving the payment CT damages to persons
injured on the road under like circum-
stances. If the railway company has a
right to treat dumb animals in this fashion,
any other experimenter who could prove
that he had a practical object in view
would have the same right.
This certainly has nothing to do with the
healing art. It would be better to practice
on a dog than that a heavy fine should be
unjustly imposed, but it is only right that
needless torture should be prohibited.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

IT 10 we'll understood that Great Britain
and other parts OF Northern Europe owe
much to the warming influence of the Gull
Stream. The extent OF the effect has been
given in the calculations OF DR.. James Croll,
who has found that the amount of heat
conveyed is equivalent to n, 479, $50, 0OO,-
900, 0oO, 900 foot-pounds of energy perday
which is equal to all the heat received by
1850, 935 square miles at the equator. and
more heat than is conveyed by all the air
currents. The heat OF the Arctic Seas and
North Atlantic would be diminished that
much by the stoppage or diversion OF the
great ocean river.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

PosEY WILSON, recently rejected by the
Senate as Assayer Of the Mint at Denver,
was a mono-metallist OF the most rampant
type, who did not have the sense to keep
his thoughts to himself. He had a bad
habit OF shooting of his mouth" in the
newspapers. Never very popular, the ar
rogant advocacy OF his unpopular ideas
upon the currency killed all chances of his
confirmation. Posey should muzzle bis
mouth and destroy his pen.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

TaE 1.-THE Chinese must 20" idea has not
reached Alaska, as witnesseth the follow.
ing from the Sitka Alaskan: There is no
disposition in Sitka to get rid of our Chi
nese population. All Sow is a good citizen
and keeps a very good restaurant, as a
number of our bachelor residents, his regu.
What a restaurant NAME. Suggestive Of
hominy and pork. .
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

The Denver News properly notices the
fact that some Eastern papers which ought
to know better, assume hat the opposi.
ton to Commissioner Sparks in the West
is due to the prevalence OF land thieves in
this region. But il the land frauds are so
generalin the West as Mr.. sparks and his
Eastern a%pologists assert, why doesn't Mr..
Sparks and his legion OF special agents,
backed by the United States Marshals and
District Attorneys, uncover a few of them?
The West is denounced by Mr.. Spa, Ks as u
colony of land thieves, but he produces no
evidence to support that rash and false
statement. He has been in Office for nearly
fifteen months now. and in all that time
he has done nothing to prove that the
charges he makes SO freely against the
people of the West have any substantial
in fact. Surely if things are as
bad as be says, he should be removed from
the position he occupies because OF
the ineficiency he displays in not
protecting the public domain: if
he ISLANDERS the people OF this vast
section as we are certain that he does, he
should be turned out of an office which
should always he filed by an honest, intel.
Ggent, fair-minded man. As q matter OF
we believe that n%inety-nine per cent. of
the claims taken under the land acts of the
United States in the Great West are taken
in good faith and with an honest determin-
on the part of the claimants to live
up to the law. All the country west OF the
Missouri river was taken and settled under
the existing laws and according to the
methods 10Y in use. Are not the people
who live west of the Missouri river as hon
as intelligent and as law.abiding as the
people who live east OF that stream? Some
one should take Mr.. Sparks aside and tell
him that q pioneer is not necessarily a pub
lie pilferer. After that the President should
send Mr.. Sparks to Austria 10 q fearful
punishment for the rejection Of Mr.. Kelley. !
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

The Miners Union Of Butte, one of the
strongest labor organizations in the West,
will to-day celebrate the eighth anniversary
of it's organization. The programme
agreed upon is a sensible one. Should the
weather permit, there will be a parade, fol-
lowed by exercises of a literary character
in the handsome hall of the Union. In the
evening there will be a dance, in which not
only the sturdy miners and their wives and
daughters, but our people generally will
participate. This will be the first anniver-
sary meeting that the Union will hold in
the beautiful building which they have COM
pleted since their last anniversary.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

THAT beer is more dangerous than whisky
is the verdict OF the Scientific American,
which sets forth the use of beer is found to
produce a species Of degeneration Of all the
organs; profound and fatty deposits,
diminished circulation, condition OF con-
g~estion and perversion OF functional activi-
ties, local inflammation OF both the liver
and kidneys are constantly present. A
slight injury, a severe cold o. a shock OF
the body or mind will commonly provoke
acute disease ending fatally in a beer
drinkcr.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

MANAGER MAGUlRE makes a new depar.
ture tomorrow night in reducing the price
Of admission to the clover part Of the Grand
Opera House from $1.25 to $1.OO. W.
nave no doubt that the knocking off OF the
extra quarter will increase the business ol
the Opera House, as the odd figure has
probably kept many people who like ever
figures away from performances.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

Us. DIoKERsoN, Esq.,, the new editor OF
the Helena Independent, ran over yester-
day and spent the night in Butte. The
MINER feels like cosgratulating the people
Of Montana upon the accession to the
ranks Of journalism within her border OF
such thorough-going newspapermen as Mr..
Dickerson. A better and a stronger press
means much to the Territory, and the i'm
provement already wrought in the Inde-
pendent indicates that Mr.. Dickerson is all
that his reputation-earned by hard work
and well merited-led US to expect.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

THE gambling games Of the city have
been running in very hard luck, four or five
having zone to the wall within a short
time. This indicates that the games are
honestly conducted, that the percentage is
not SO great against the player as is popu-
larly supp Red or that Butte has very
skilful PLAYERS.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

MANAGER MAGU1RE will, on Thursday
evening, open at the Grand Opera House
with his splendid stock company in the
spectacular drama OF 1.-The Lights o. Lon
don" This is q strong play OF great
merit, and in its presentation Mr.. Mcguire
will spare neither money nor pains to
make it perfect in every respect. The
MINER trusts that this enterprise will meet
with the patronage it will deserve.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, by all
odds, the most genial and com~panionable
OF all New England's literary lights, is now
in London, where he is receiving many
hattering attentions from the cultivated
people OF the English metropolis.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

As WAS to be expected, Dixey, the com
eGian, who madeso great a hit in "Adonis,"
has scored an utter failure in London. His
burlesque on English traits, habits and GUS
toms is not appreciated. The press does
not seem to find in him a single redeeming
quality, and his company is denounced as
being utterly without merit.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

BLAINE is certainly an unfortunate man.
He rarely is credited with making a pub
lie statement which he does not feel called
upon to deny. From Mulligan to the
stenographer who reported the Portland
Home Rule meeting he is always found in
volved in some question OF veracity. It is
strange that any man should be compelled
to be forever explaining that he is not a
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

The colleges. universities and high schools
are just now engaged in sending forth an
army OF graduates. In what avenues OF
life will all these people-educated beyond
the point OF everyday toil-fnd livings?
All the professions seem to be overcrowded,
but the hopeful Masters and Bachelors Of
Arts and Sciences ma" find room at the
<opO
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

THE Episcopalians OF Colorado are hav-
ing "a monkey and u parrott" time. The
Bishop oft Diocese in his annual address
advised that the Dean OF the Diocese, H.
Martyr Hart, be deposed. The recon-
mendation was in the nature Of a bomb
shell and has caused much feeling and Bit
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

Two totally distinct streams jet from
Denver's great Court House artesian well
the one beng mineral in character, and
the other not. The mineral stream is de-
veloping a reputation for being beneficial
in kidney and kindred troubles.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-16

Our exchanges are unduly hostile toward
our inoffensive friend, Eli Perkins, because
of some utterances in reference to Butte,
Miles City and Montana generally. Eli
writes letters to the New York papers for
pay; his pay is in proportion to the length
OF his letters. The unfortunate thing with
Ellis humor is that it requires a diagram
and foot-notes in explanation.