Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-14

accomplished lady have just come 70 ngn1
Tor the first time. A decade ago Miss
Edith G~wendoiene Curtis was the reignlng
belle Of what is now termed West Stratford.
She was well l~nownin this city, and had
many admirers aIaang the society element
that prevailed at that time. She was q
graduate OF the State normal school,
THE SOLE HEIR
| TO u sEug little fortune, which, fogetner
with her excellence Of anner and rare
beauty, gave her a rare prestige over her
female companions that often aroused the
green-eyed monster. Miss Curtis soon made
a choice from Ter many admirers and it
appeared that Emery I. Wooden was the
fortunate gentleman. Unlucky Tor Miss
turtis, however, WAS her selection, Tor 10
| proved to be anothercase OF the Montagues
and the Capulets in which o old folks
took a has.d. and finally succeeded in
BREAKING UP THE LOVE AFFAIR
by sending the son to Australia and inter-
cepting his letters. In the meantime Mr..
Wooden was informed that Miss Curtis
uItu aiC lI0m bIlC GIi0Cu = 0
When the news came to him over the sig
natures of reliable parties he concluded to
remain in Australia the remainder OF his
life. In the meantime Miss Curtis had DIS
appeared from the gaze OF the curious
world, and, as it now appears, locked her-
self in her room when told of her lovers
flight. For ten years and twenty-five days
she never stepped outside her apartment,
although tempting offers, together with the
prayers of her parents and glowing induce
ments of friends, were constantly urging her
from her
CONFINEMENT.
Last week, Friday, the 20tt4 Mrs.
Wooden was surprised to see u tall, we'll
developed man, with a full beard, walk up
the stoop, and without ringing the bell en-
ter the house. She was soon affectionately
greeted by her Australian vanderer, who
had returned to the home OF his birth with
the reputation OF being a rich man. When
the circumstances connected with Miss Cur
it's prolonged Incarceration were impaired
to the returned lover he refused to believe
the story, but when overwhelming proof
was given him he gave
A WILD CRY OF JOY,
and, dashing into the house of his sweet
heart, he rushed to her apartment, and
only a word was required to bring Miss
Curtis out from the place OF her long and
dreary confinement. The families have
withdrawn their ~antipathy and much DE-
sire that the unhappy past shall be forgot
ten as speedily as possible. Although no
announcement has been made for their
wedding, it is safe to state that Mr.. Wooden
a,,l Mss G,,rtio couiNu,clu o0ntnr 4 n fa nn.t
man and wife in the near and happy
a Place Where BuIlfregs are Grown for
Market.
st. Louis dispatch: There is a town in
Arkansas called Atlanta, at least there is
postofiee by that name, and some houses
miry vicinity. Atlanta nestles snugly in
the midst Of a charming swamp, where I
and toads are wont to congregate, I
and where such a thing as soil bears the
relation to reality that an algebraic
bears to a known quantity. The
doubt not but that there I
IS soil under Atlanta, but the trouble 1
% SOU DtuCdSA uuC pupcEuCldl
OF swamp and reach the |
great depth at which it is supposed soil :
night be fohnd. The Arkansas agent of the I
Ealy Mercantile Company was asked to |
send in a report on Atlanta. He has just 5
'ent it, and in 1t he brings to light a new ia :
lustry. The swamp being unsuited to the r
OF grain, the inhabitants have =
themselves to the circumstances, :
md :
NOW GROW BULLFRoGS r
or market. They have excellent seed, and '
,he sromths have been magnificent until I
asst year, when the whole crop hoped =
before it was ripe. This was very dis r
;ourasing, but when the time came another +
.rop was put in, and at last reports it was j
loing well, though there arc Indications a
the precedent set by the last crop may b
re followed this year, as several of the n
more maturefrogs have begun p~eregrinating {
bout the swamps already. When the p
rleld does not take unto-itself legs and hop 2
it is sold. Ealy's agent is endeavor- "
to make a contract for one thousand "
'ushels OF frogs to be delivered out Of the p
ret crop that can be detained until it i
thoroughly ripens. e
ANYTHING to Accommodate. Ii