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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27
Saturday. February q, 1886
Inspect

The Largest Assortment, and the BARGAINS
we are Offering In
CTOCkcry,
Glassware,
WOOdCuwaTc,
Brushes hrOOms, TinwRr1
Bird-Cagcs, Wi.lOwwurC,
Oil stoves.
Lamps, and
General HOuscfurnishing Goods. We still
continue to knock prices cold. If You need
anything TO furnish your table or decorate
your homes, come and see US. SEE THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL STORE IN TEXAS,
where you can buy Goods Cheaper than any
house in the State.
PAUL WAGNER,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27

Say"Bear in mind that Frank j. Beitel
keeps builders hardware and lumber, at
the International and Great Northern
depot. Silly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27
FUNERAL DIRECTORS,
A. and "A Alamo Plaza,
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
7. Il. GRAY.

sS"SpcCiul Attention gwen To Forwarding
bodies to all parts Of the United States TclC-
phone connection. Calls attended day ard
lght sally
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27

: The most popular cigarettes are the
Opera Puiis at popular prices. 4-7-ly-S5
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VALUE OF STOCK.
NO. OF SERIES.
Secretary.
Finance Committee.


the Times Office JOHN oCHsE secre
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.

EN0R SALE.-Cheap, new Groom house. good
L lot, one block from Avenue Q. Address
). Il. Van Worst, corner Avenue d and Fifth
street. 9-IG1n,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
Mathews e. WEBB, in their circular I

MATHEWS e. WEBB, in their circular for
the current week, have the following COM
ments on the copper trade: Cooper has
been fairly steady, but the demand is OK.
tremely light. Day by day it becomes
more apparent that the 10 cent Lake price
has fixed the market at or about that figure
for some time to come. The latest infor-
nation makes it probable that the amount
of the sale was nearly IL. 200 600 pounds,
consequently all the large Eastern manu-
featuring firms are literally supplied for
two months to come. Smaller Lake COM
panies have been fishing for orders pa
tiently, but their luck has been exceedingly
poor. The big fish are not hungry, and the
little ones are scarcely worth taking, SO
the result has been a drifting market, with
Lake available at 10 cents, and the other
brands ranging themselves according to their
merit from that price down to * cents.
Some Arizona pig.copper, running about IS
per cent, was sold at 81 cents. The English
operators seem in a ~quandary, and are
evidently as much n~on-plussed by the Calu-
met boom as our domestic operators have
been. They do not dare to be bulls and
they are afraid to sell short. The latest
cable quotes Chill lars at $50 12s., and
Best Selected at f44, and circulars say, we
cannot see much room for any farther de-
cline in price and feel confident that at the
present rates American production will be
seriously checked"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
THE VOICE OF LABOR.
An Enthusiastic Meeting Of Butte's
Wageworkers Last Night.

A large and enthusiastic meeting oil
wageworkers was held last evening at
Miners Union Hall. The meeting was
called by the Mechanics Assembly for the
purpose OF getting the carpenters and wood
workers OF Butte to join their organization.
President j. j. Mcleod, OF the Mechanics
| Assembly, called the meeting to order and
delivered some very sensible remarks. He
| denounced strikes and boycotts as poor
methods Of settling disputes between labor
and capital, and believed they should only
be resorted to when all other measures
have been tried and found wanting. Mr..
Mcleod advised his auditors to instruct
themselves in political economy, to save
their money and to avoid trouble with
their employers.
Mr.. Jenkins then addressed the audience.
advocating unity among workingmen in
tbeir common effort to obtain a fair days
wages for a fair days work. He believed
that it was to the interest OF the labor
army to encourage instead OF retarding the
enterprises launched and maintained by
capital, and concluded by advising his
hearers to live within their means, practice
temperance and economy, and to remem-
Der that times are not no longer flush"
for the workingmen of Butte.
Mr.. Kirby followed in a similar strain,
and then all desiring to join the Mechanics
Assembly we're invited to do so. In a few
moments 1O3 new names were added to the
roll Of membership, a majority Of whom
are carpenters and other workers Of wood.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Mechanics Assembly Of Butte is
a rapidly-growing organization. It was
Organized last February, and has already
secured a large membership. tits a branch
Of the Knights OF Labor. and believes in
the protection OF the employe rather than
in the oppression OF the employer. 1t is
performing an excellent work in Butte.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

Wul1AM L. Ecorr. Of Erie, enjoys the
distinction OF being the richest man in the
House of Representatives, If not in Con-
gress. He is estimated as worth $16,OOV,-
600. His career is an illustration OF tne
possibilities that await . man il TINS
country. He was born in Washington, DC,
July 2, 1928. He received q common
school education, and served as q page IN
the House of Representatives rom 1o4o
till 1916. He was taken to Erie BY den.
Reed and vas made clerk in the shipping
business. In 1850 he began business on
his Town hook" and o owned several
vess. Is on the lakes. Hebecamc largely IN
terested in the manufacture 0firon and min
ing coal, as well as in the construction and
operation oil various railroads. He now rep
resents over % 900 miles oirailroad. proba-
bly, t ,e greatest number OF miles OF railroad
that one man ever controlled. He was a
District Delegate to the National Demo-
cratic Convention, held in the city Of New
York in 1868, and delegate-at-large from
the State OF Pennsylvania to the Demo
cratic National Convention held in Cincin-
natiin 1880, and also represented the State
of Pennsylvania in the Democratic Ma
tional Committee from 1875 till 1884. He
was elected Mayor OF Erie in 1866, and
again in 1871. He was elected to the
Forty-n:nth Congress. While Mr.. Scott
was q page in the House, Arthur P. Cor
man, of Maryland, was q page at the other
end Of the Capitol. When the campaign
for the Forty-ninth Congress was at it's
height Mr.. Scott proposed to Mr.. German
that if successful they would celebrateit by
a dinner at Delmonico's. which was accord
ingly done, the dinner being a most lavish
one.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

LEAD shows a decided advance. Sales
have been at New York on a liberal scale at
advancing prices. At first 800 tons were
purchased at $4.65 up to $4.70, then
1000 tons were taken, spot and to arrive,
at $4.75, and lastly some sales were made
600 tons) at $3.50. simultaneously the
St. Louis price advanced from $4.4O to
$4.55, and Chicago to $500 under sales OF
nearly 1900 tons at the two points. The
movement has been largely inaugurated by
keen-scented operators who foresee Il con-
siderable advance later in the season, and
are willing to salt away lead and wait the
better demand of the autumn. The recent
advance, however, is being already seconded
by manufacturers. and there seems to be
every reas on also for anticipating an ad-
vance in Europe. It is confessed by their
best authorities there hat stocks are ex-
tremely light; that their market is in a very
sensitive condition, and chat any demand
of moment from America would advance
their rates easily from the present limit,
which is s12, los, to Ella, los. or even ELS.
This price would easily meanfive cents and
over at New York for the active autumn
month. 1t is, however, clear that for the
moment the domestic advance cannot con-
tinue, since foreign lead be laid down
at New York from $3.50 to $4.85.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

In his Boston speech Governor Hill. OF
New York, settled the much-talked-of rela-
ticns existing between tho President and
himself. The language he used, though
not fulsome, was manly and I'm
m~istakeable. When Mr.. Hill says
1.-THE hnnored Chief Magistrate OF tho coun-
try, who is now so ably and satisfactorily
discharging the duties OF his high trust" he
means it. The compliment need not have
been uttered under the circumstances, but
the occasion gave Mr.. Hill an opportunity
to silence the tongue OF SANDER regarding
his feelings towards Mr.. Cleveland, and he
naturally took advantage of it. The
political marplots will have to hunt up a
new bugbear. The Governor Of New York
is still the personal and political friend OF
President Cleveland.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
SAGEBRUSH SOCIETY.
How the Social Line Is Drawn In q
Mining Camp.

UA1uANS OOAAYs
"What I object to in San Francisco"
said a young gentlemen from the Comstock
whom a San Francisco Post man met in
the Office of the Palace Hotel, lis that So
ciety here is SO very mixed. II you're
invited out here, you know, you cawn't
possibly tell whom you're going to meet.
You're just as likely to get into conversa-
ton with q mar without a dollar as you
are with a millionaire. It's disgusting.
Now, in Virginia City we do things better.
Once it was Just as bad there as it is here.
WHY, dive know, when I arrived you sud-
denly encountered a shift boss, and even a
common miner! Fact. A few Of us got
together and drew the line. At first we
admitted engineers, who are paid 30 a day,
but some months ago we decided to exclude
them. Now nothing under a timekeeperc can
Get in. Timekecpers get a dollar a day
less than engineers, but their work is cleri-
cal, you know, and on that account we
overlook the wages. OF course we didn't
admit all timekeepers. Some OF the su-
perintendents do not like to meet their
own timekeepers socially, though they con-
sent to associate with timekeepers from
other mi:,es. The assayers kick a bit, but,
hang it, this is q republic you know, and
we cawn't be altogether strict. I'm sure if
we bank clerks don't object, the assayers
can stand it. What does eociety do to
amuse itself? Oh, we have a lawn-tennis
club and a kettledrum now and again. But
the principal fun is that we refuse to speak
to people not in society, except in the way
of business. It makes them furious, you
know"
.'You must live an enviable sort Of ex-
istence."
s.Enviable!" cried the sagebrush swell. II
should say so. Everybody envies us.
We're the most exclusive society on the
coast. Why, the feeling against us is so
high that we really have to 60 armed
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

The Senate has by the proper vote de-
cided to submit to the arbitration of the
legislatures Of the several States a con-
stitutional amendment providing for q
change in the date Of the terms OF Office OF
President OF the United States aud members
of Congress. Under the amendment, il
adopted, the terms will begin April 80 In.
stead OF March a.. The committee who
have had charge OF the matter have care
fully investigates it and have, presumably,
given good reasons for the change, yet it
will be hard to convince the average man
that it is necessary. One OF the causes is
the March weather in Washington, the
date OF the Inauguration, yet April is quite
as tickle and uncertain as it's predecessor.
Except that radical changes in long stand
ing customs and laws are distasteful, there
will hardly be any opposition to the pro-
iect. So long as the rulers and legislators
elected are duly installed, the date of their
installation can make but little difference.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

The funeral of Ludwig, the dead King OF
Bavaria, occurred at Munich, yesterday.
with all the pomp that usually attends
such events. The glittering array Of co.
called mourners, the alleged grief OF the
populace and the spectacular ceremonies OF
the funeral made a picture worthy OF a
descriptive pen. Yet not all these ON
comitants can relieve the event OF the fact
that the kingly deceased was a pronounced
mailman and a suicide. He was common
clay after all and the ann OF his taking
off proved that the brightest Of intellect
can fade and fail whether the crown or
the peasants cap surmounts the head.
The occurrence bears it's own lesson. Six
by four of earth is the common inheritance,
and Ludwig has come into his final human
inheritance.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

In a brief local notice The MINER of yes
terday called general attention to the i'm
p~rovements at the race track o being
made under the direction of Manager
Mantle, ON behalf of the West Side Racing
Association. They are an earnest of what
the liberal and public-spirited citizens of
Butte will do when occasion offers. When
the grounds and the improvements are
completed they will be second to none in
the West. That the opening races in July
will be literally patronized is sure, and that
the fall meeting will surpass any ever held
in the Territory can be stated with equal
certainty. These two events will prove
that the average citizen is willing to second
the enterprise ofits moneyed men, and that
they will cheerfully support all legitimate
Efforts to add to the weil.beine and pros.
psFity Of Butte.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
In a paper to the London Entomologi-

In a paper to the London ENTOMOLOGY
cal Society, Mr.. j. w. Slater showed that
all brightly-colored insects do not live upon
flowers, as Mr.. Grant Allen has asserted,
but that many species are ~carniverous.
II Grant Allen is not more accurate in
giving his scientific knowledge to scien-
eifc journals than he is in injecting
them into his novels he is scarcely to be re-
lied upon. In his novel OF FOR Maimie's
Sake story of love and dynamite, he
announces some OF the most astounding
scientific theories and ideas-wild enough
turn the coldest-mannered and coldest-
headed scientist crazy. Nj. Allen should
confine himself to things heknows something
about. He certainly knows nothing coz.
corning insects or d dynamite and other ex-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
Slightly Mixed.

On Saturday last Sheriff Belknap re-
ceived a dispatch from Butte asking what
he would give for the arrest OF the notoii.
GUS confidence operator. Frank Bean, SAYS
the Ogden correspondent Of the Salt Lake
Herald. He answered that he would give
$40 and go and get the A later tele-
gram announced that Bean was jailed and
that they held him. Accordingly the Sheriff
repaired to Butte to bring the man home,
but upon his arrival there found that Bean
was held on the charge OF working the gold
brick" dodge on an honest man for the
sum OF SIS and wal consequently unable
to get him. Bean was wanted here to serve
cut an unexpired term of a year in the
county Jail. 1t is said that the excitement
among the Butte miners vas very hill h.
Bean was held in 5000 bail to appear
before the Grand Jury. He had about 81
on his person when he a arrested, hav-
ing hid the remainder OF the $15. Our
Sheriff will claim Beans presence here when
the Butte officers get through with him.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
RumOred Railroad Changes.

Dame rumor-and in this instance she
seems to be resting on a solid foundation
says that some important changes in the
personnel of the Utah & Northern manage
ment will be made on or about the first OF
August.
It is said that Superintendent Choate. OF
the Denver & South Park Division of the
Union Pacific, will assume the general man.
agement of the Montana Central road be-
tween Butte and Garrison, and that his
place in Colorado will be filled by Superin.
tendcnt B~lickensderfer, OF the Idaho Divi-
sion, whose present position will be takea
by Observation-Disclosures L.. C.
Leslie, OF the Idaho Division. All
the gentlemen named are veterans in the
Union Pacific service, and no portion Of
the Company's system will suffer by their
transfer.
It is also currently reported that the dis
rectorship of the broad-guage line between
Butte and Garrison will be equally divided
between the Northern Pacific and the
Union Pacific, but everybody seems to be
at sea as to what changes, if any, will be
made in the working rank and file now EN-.
ployed between the points named.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
Some Hosting.

A MINER representative yesterday Wis.
tied the Parrot mine, and witnessed some
interesting hosting by Engineer Baldwin,
who was handling the lever on one Of
Frazer & Chalmers dnuble-action engines,
the cylinders Of which are only 1Ox12
inches. The reporter asked how long it
took the little giant to hoist a carload OF
ore from the 43O-foot level.
She hoists over 500 tons OF ore and from
so to 100 tons of gang rock every day"
sal l the engineer. fondly patting one Of the
cylinders, 'aud we usually hoist a Carload
from the 43O-foot level in % to 25 seconds
-or at the rate of 100 feet in s seconds.
We have hoisted 61O tons OF ore and 100
tons Of waste in one day with this little
pet"
In case OF an accident In the mine, how
long would it take you to hoist the 200
men employed below" queried the re-
porter.
"Just seven minutes" was the reply, and
a few moments later the engineer proved
the truth OF his assertion by hosting the
day shift to the surface in six minutes and
q few seconds.
The Parrot is equipped with all the mod
ern appliances for quick hosting without
endangering the lives OF the employees.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
The Tramps' Mecca.

THE Northern Pacific and Utah g.
Northern railroad tracks are fairly swarm
ing with tramps," said a gentleman who
arrived last evening from Helena, land a
majority OF the impecunious pedestrians
are bound for Butte. At Deer Lodge-t to.
day a young fellow boarded our train and
begged fifty cents from each passenger.
claiming that he wal a poor boy and could
not find work and was in destitute circum.
stances. He didn't get any money, and
left the train. Just as soon as the cars
began to move, however, he jumped
aboard. and three full grown tramps who
were with him concealed themselves on the
front platform OF the baggage-car. The
train was stopped, and the last l saw OF
the auartette they were lingering in the
fields, awaiting the arrival OF another
train. At every station, the conductor
told me, q crowd Of tramps is attempting
to steal q ride to Butte"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

TIE St. Louis Republican has a faculty
of putting things in q nutshell and here Is a
happy example: Hundred Of millions OF
pounds OF oleomargarine aresold annually,
vet no one ever saw it on sale in a grocery.
No private consumer ever buys it know
ingly. It is sold entirely as genuine butter.
No State law has been found effective to
prevent the fraud. A Federal tax law
would bring this gigantic fraudulent trade
under it's true colors. What objection is
there to this?"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

THERE is a growing disposition among
scientific men to discuss the 'sea serpent
improbable. The discovery within recent
years OF the giant squids Of the Atlantic
some of which may attain a length OF
fifty feet-is cited as a demonstration that
large marine animals may have escaped
the attention of science even to the pres
ent day. Only an ignorant or a thought
less individual, indeed, will dare assert
that there ma not be some descendant OF
the monsters of cretaceous days even nov
lurking in the ocean depths.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23

". A. O'DoNNELL, an old-time Colorado
journalist, formerly employed on various
Of the Denver newspapers, died a few days
ago, at Trinidad, Of consumption. He
was a quiet, unostentati"us worker, with a
special aptitude for the news department
and was q valuable man in an Office. With
his usual courtesy, w. F. White, Esq. the
General Passenger Agent of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, placed a
train at the disposal Of Mr.. O'Donnell's
friends to bring them and the remains from
Trinidad to Pueblo. Such an ct Yields the
press gang all the closer to the banana
line." It was a thoughtful and generous
art.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-23
DEEn LODGE DROPS.
Come News Notes from the Capital Of
Orr Great Valley.

..r s l
coFresDoudence of TIE MInER-
DrrR Lopez, Montana, June 1S.-In
weather. q ssettled and everythinsis lovely
the Valley City. Since the District Cour'
and tho Board OF County Commissioners
adiourned the the town has assumed its
vanted ouietness. The all-absorbing topic
aeitating. the public mind 10 the
Knights of Pythias picnic, which taxes
here on the twenty-second OF TINS
Tuesday. We expect about
1 900 of the brethren and their fr'ends
down from Butte on that day ana
fnliv realized. The citizens OF Deer
Lodge have been for the past
week preparing the picnic grounds, and
everything will be in readiness for the oio;
Young, gay and grave" The beautiful
shady grove, about q quarter Of g mile
cast of Main street has been selected, ana
long tables, seats, swings, etc.. innumerable,
have been, and are being erected Tor the &C.
casion. Through the grounds
one OF the most majestic streams OF gorg-
ling water that can befound in the country.
and as it's banks are fringed on either side
by tall tr es and the more delicate shrubs
known to this latitude, 1t has been
deemed advisable to have two clergy
men and justice Of the peace
in attendance to splice the enraptured
couples that will. In consequence OF thesur-
roundinss, desire to join jibbits on that ies-
tive occasion. Ample provision has been
made for all-except the provision, which is
supposed to be furnished by the partici-
pants. The smelter smoke and begrimmed
OF Butte can here nave an opportunity to
wash themselves white in the living waters
of Deer Lodge ValeS, thus cheating. at small
expense, DIR. Musigbrod and the Gregsons' out
OF the usual fee of q mud bath. But
here, ! may be overdrawin2 tn" picture.
Van, set up up a quart OF beer
and a thousand glasses. the subject is over
towering ma But being refreshed lin mem
ory) all credit is due to the members OF
Valley Lodge for the indefatiguable efforts
put forth BY its members to see that the
brethern OF Butte and other points who
attend, nave a grand gala day. So throw
open your valves and food us with a tor
rent OF kindly and fraternal sauler, and Joe
Bush's word for it, all strangers within our
gates will be Hospitality treated. Enough,
however, for this time, as Bill Edwards,
from the Upper Valley is present, and
the "O!d Sinbad of the Mountains"
is teasing me to take somethin'." Bills
"reminiscences are SO varied, prolific, am
biguous, and in full accord with 'con-
ditions precedent and conditions subse-
quent," that any old-timer feels forced to
lay aside the faber to heal him through:
He will leave town in q day OF two, and
then we will have a rest till Frank Helm
returns next month. JOE BUSH.