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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
A German Complimentary Notice.

The fame of the Holiday MINER has
spread abroad to the German press OF the
East, AID a copy sent to the Rork Island
%(Iliinois) Volks Zeitung has elected this
complimentary notice OF it and the sub.
jects it illustrated, translated for the paper
by Mr.. w. c. PAIL, who forwarded a copy
of the holiday number to that paper:
I'VE must thank Mr.. W. G. PAIL for send
ing us the elegant work of the Butte Holt
day MINER. It gives a very interesting de-.
scription of Butte City and vicinity. The
mining interest, of course, occupies the
largest share, with their large reduction
and smelling works, etc. The illustrations
and description of Butte City and Ana
conda in Deer Lodge County show that
these places compare favorably with any
city Of their size in the East. There
they have hot springs with
sanisariums attached, splendid nos
pitfalls, a Grand Opera House, churches
Of all denominations, schools. fire depart
ment, and everything that goes to make up
a city. Under the business firms are to be
found a good many German names. The
Butte City Turn Verein, which was pro-
noted by Mr.. Richard Thierman, has now
1856 members, among whom are many
Americans. Last summer the society
bought a splendid property, devoted to the
user OF the society, and in which is con-
Quoted children's turning school OF thirty
pupils. taught by MIR. Thierman and
Mr.. Vogel. Any one desiring to inspect
this elegant work cal do so by calling at
O ur office"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
MINING

Active operations have been commenced
at the West Colusa.
Messrs. Robinson & Co.'S lease on the BIZ
bonanza mine, win expire March LIST, when
they will move all their machinery to the
Damarack, just north of Meaderville.
The Morning Star mine is now turning
out large quantities OF rich ore. A lot sent
to the Pueblo Works yesterday yielded 166
ounces OF silver, and $27 in gold per ton.
The small mill of the Alice COMPANY ia
kept in constant operation on ore from the
Alice mine. The fact that the railroad ia
being extended to the salt bins at the
large mill indicates an early resumption of
operations there.
Mr.. Hornbrook, of the Pueblo Works.
says the receipts of custom ores are grow
Ing larger day hy day, and there are new
mines opening up every day, since the
weather moderated. Mines :an be worked
neal the surface now that could not he
touched during the severe weather,
The new boilers atsthe Mountain View
have been placed in position, and the
smokestacks were raised yesterday.
A fve-inch cable, and double deck cages
Will be used. The air shaft is completed.
and drifting commenced yesterday.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
FLATHEADs

The Corvallis New Idea and Stevensville
Tribune refer to a petition at present be.
ing circulated among residents of the Bite,
Root Valley, with a view to being for.
warded to Delegate Toole for presentation
to Congress, praying for the removal OF
the Flathead Indians at present resident in
the valley to the Jocko Reservation. The
ndian now there were given the land they
occupy by the Government without the
right Of alienation, and they have not. it
would appear, been much OF a success "a
settlers. They are, it is claimed, simnlv
occupying the fertile lands on which thew
are placed to the exclusion of settlers who
stand ready to put the land to the uses for
which it is best adapted-the production Of
rich crops. Some time ago the Govern
ment made advances to Chief Char,ois.
which were described as princely, to
induce him and his tribe to consent
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
p. O. ). A.

The Patriotic Sons OF America have
rented the Odd Fellows Hall for six meet.
ing nights per month. They will meet four
nights in the month to work in the Red;
the first Tuesday to work in the White;
and the third Tuesday to work in the Blue
degree. The order is increasing very rapid
ly, and that it's growth is far beyond e1.
pectations is proved by the fact that the
treasurer now has in hand considerably
more money than is protec ed by his bond.
His word, however, is as good as a bond
at any time: The auxiliary order OF the
Daughters of America is about to be in.
augurated under most favorable auspices.
Over sixty OF the most beautiful and
patriotic young ladi, s in Butte have sigui
lied their intention of joining, and this cir.
cumstance alone is sufficient to more
rapidly swell the ranks of the Patriotic
Sons. They have decided to have a grand
literary entertainment IN February 21.tO
winch but lew except members of the order
will be admitted.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Filed for Record.

The following documents were filed il
the Recorders office yesterday:
Deed-John Noyes ct ux. to James w
Forbis, lot 9 OF sec. 13, T. 3, n. r. 8 w.;
consideration, 81.
Deed-Charles S. Warren ct TX. to VIM.
Wallace, portion of surface of Protector
lode claim; $11O.
Deed-Lee W. Foster to Henry c. Prov.
ince, portion of lot II. block Is, Walker.
vile; $165.
Deed-John Cadigan to Henry c.. Prov.
ince, 20 feet frontage or DAILY street, Walk.
~erville; $165.
Deeds. L. Whitford and husband to r.
a. Largey, all title to Wanderer lode
claim, Summit Valley district; $464.
Notices Of location-Good Title lode
claim. this district, Dennis Driscoll.
) I>.'ri he claim, this district; Michael
McAu.,y aud j. j. Mediation.
Agreement to lease the White Elephant
Restaurant for three months, at $50 per
month, with option of three months more,
by Schilling & Shea to j.. A. Carlisle and
Cleveland.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

to removal to the reservation on which
most Of their brethren are located. but he
then refused. It 10 stated by Agent Roman
that were these offers repeated the Chief
would not now allow them to pass I'M
needed. 1t is stated that most Of the In
dams arc willing to 60, and would offer no
opposition to any reasonable offer from
the Government. The petition to Congress
will ask for the passage OF a bill giving the
Indians the right OF alienation. The plan
proposed is to allow the land to revert to
the Government to be disposed Of by it for
the benefit OF the Indians, and to apply
the proceeds to the definite object
Of fixing comfortable homes for them in
the Jocko Reservation. In the meanwhile
a bill has been introduced by Delegate
Toole giving a Missoula road the right-of-
way through the Jocko Reservation to the
Flathead Valley. and the possibility exists
that strong pressure may at some time in
the future be brought to bear on Govern.
uent to open this reservation next. How
ever, it will likely remain undisturbed for
ten or fifteen years more at any rate, and
by that time some place else may suggest
itself as an eminently desirable place of
for this branch of the wards of the
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
HOW THE SIOUX INDIAN DIES.
The Strange Sight That . Traveller saw
In q Lonely Tepee.

Al AOA0Ay A0p00s
In 1881 I was hunting some lost horsel
in the broken country west OF the Big Horr
River, says a Washington Star correspond
ent. 1 had ridden all morning over a coun
try that was strange to me. About II
O'Clock l crossed a plateau and was sur.
prised to conn suddenly to the edge of q
canyon. the existence of which 1 had not
even expected. In the canyon wal q
stream with clumps of cottonwood timber
along it's banks, and in one of the open
spaces was an Indian lodge. The Indians
that hunted in that country were peacea-
BILE, but the war was just over and the
Sioux were feeling rather sore. II they
were Grows or Arapahoes I might get some
Information about my horses. I lay down
and watched. No smoke came from the
tspee; no one moved around; half a dozen
ponies grazed a few hundred yards distant.
There was pot even a dog, which looked
rather suspicious.
Alter waiting five minutes knew no more
than at first. Suddenly three whitehall
deer came from the timber and walked
ielsurely across the opening. Then l knew
that the camp was deserted, and the
strangeness OF it startled me-. l mounted
and rode to the creek and straight to the
tepee. threw back the flap, and 1 shall
remember what l saw till death. In the
center OF the tepee was spread q buffalo
robe, and on the robe were guns and scalps
and many arrows, and there was also food
done up as for a journey, and sitting cross
legged in a circle around the robe
were six braves of the Sioux
Nation. All were in their prime-al
decked out in war paint, and each one held
a bow and arrow in his hand. On every
lace was an expression OF calm Indifference. |
as OF one who neither suffers nor enjoys,
OF dead men. and the smallpox had |
marked them with it's awful marx. Thew
% their misery with their heads up, and
ever the horrors OF this disease could leave
upon their hearts no stain of fear, upon
their brows no mark of suffering. And this
That their god might judge them men, and
Ut them to pitch their camps forever in the
groves and green fields of Paradise.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
AN CITY.

The Helena Herald draws q shocking
picture Of the filthy condition which the
thaw has revealed the streets and alleys OF
the capital to be in. It is not merely the
natural accumulation Of filth and garbage
there, in which the average Helenaite de.
lights to wallow, and which he rolls az a
sweet morsel under his tongue, 80 to speak.
but the graphic, il not ornate, additions
to the ordinary muck that moves the soul
OF the Herald scribe to lift up his voice
more in sorrow than in anger. The ordi-
streets has been dive, sifed by the humor-
GUS addition of 'boxes. barrels, paper, tin
cans, pieces of furniture and every coDceiv.
able article Of household economy"
Everything goes in Helena, appar-
ently-into the street. With q
generous disregard for public
comfort and a republican simplicity beau
tiful to contemplate, they heave everything
they have no further use fori in their houses,
from a WORKOUT cooking range to a busted
teakettIe, into the public street, there to
get mixed up and entangled in the legs OF
the weary belated pedestrian. There is
nothing stuck up about the best OF them.
1t is the same in the best residence section
as in the poorest. The Herald man re-
ports seeing ION one of the principal resi-.
dence streets of the East Side and before q |
dwelling whose occupants should be
ashamed Of such a disclosure at their gate, !
a cast-of hustle, dead cat, the remains OF a |
dead chicken. sundry q n and other debris
soaking and looking unspeakably filthy in
the slush and mud of the gutter" This is
a state of affairs hard to parallel anywhere.
The visitor to Butte can walk an over the |
city and his sight be offended by no such
visions OF Indifference to appearances as
this indicates. The alleys here have re-
vealed since the thaw a good deal of debris,
which the city scavenger force removes to
The extent of it's ability. For an utter alb
'ence of municipal pride the Inhabitants of
The capital seem to be peculiar, and if the
Herald scribe is to be trusted implicitly an
epidemic of typhoid fever may be expected
% make it's appearance there in short or.
}or
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Mining Notes.

Rich ard Dove, foreman OF the Mountain
View, than whom there is no more efficient
miner in Montana, has the new hosting
works in perfect condition, in waiting for
the monster new engine that was shipped a
month ago. As soon as it is in position,
sinking will be commenced, and continued
until the 2OOO-foot level is reached.
About a week ago a knew Knowles pump
was purchased for the Buffalo mine, and
lowered down the shaft to be put into im.
mediate operation. Thu pipes OF the other
pumps were disconnected, and before they
water rose in the shaft. driving the men
out, and it is Dow 200 feet deep.
The Nile mine is to be opened up with a
force of men in about a month.
Tho small blast furnace at the Parrot,
which has not been in use for a year, was
started up yesterday. thus increasing the
capacity of the works fifty per cent
Missoulian: Amos Buck came back from
Helena OF Monday night, bringing an
assayer's certificate with him that showed
$237 to the ton for some Of the ore from
the WhippOrwlll mine. The sample be
took there was some that did not showa
particle OF ruby silver of which there was a
large quantity on the dump. but is aver.
age rock, such as they are taking out of
the mine every day. He is well pleased
with the return.
Philipsburg Mail: The lessees of the
Scratch All and Blackmail lave the cross.
cut tunnel in a distance of 600 feet,
cleaned up and timbered. This will be
pushed 200 feet further, making 800 feet
in all. When this tunnel is completed the
working of these properties may be et
fected with considerable less expense. In
the last two days at the shaft, with two
men on a shift, nine ions of ores were
raised, averaging 80 ounces. About ten
carloads of ore in all have been shipped
from this property since the beginning Of
the fall, with highly satisfactory returns.
Although a strike in the San Francisco
reported in some Of the outside papers, it
is believed here that nothing of the kind
exists, and while no one connected
with the mine is permitted
to say anything. it leaks out
through the many channels which it is i'm.
possible to stop that the indicationsin
the workings are less favorable thai they
been at any time since the important
strike OF last summer. Eugene Smith when
on the subject remarked with
much lees than his usual sauvity that all
such Information would have to be OBJ
tanned in st. Louis. 1t is well understood
that while sinking and not looking for ore
the management would feel very much
more cheerful if the indications were more
pro missing.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
TIE CASE.

Application for Alimony and Counsel.
Fees Argued in Charlottesville Applt.
cation ANTE Defendant DENIES
Charges in Complaint.
Ihe application of Mrs. Morehouse for
alimony pendente lite came up before Judge
McLeary yesterday, sitting as chancellor in
chambers. The points at issue were ar.
gued at length by Judge Cole and Colonel
Bradshaw for the plaintiff, and Colonel
Napton and Mr.. E. w. Toole for defendant.
decisions in the court of the United States
rom California to New Jersey were cited.
m Mr.. Toole even went,back to the eccles.
lastical laws of Great Britain, before the
days OF Cromwell, and the customs Of
those times in cases Of the violation of the
marriage vow. The following order, made
ny the court, grants all that was asked nv
the plaintiff: ~
That the defendant, Isaac Morehouse. ia
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

81. PAUL is congratulating itself on two
notable events that signalized it's history
last week. These were the operation OF
their cable road and the opening of the ice
carnival. The latter event has drawn to
the city thousands OF visitors, sight-seers
being present in great forceE from Illinois
and New York, and from all the inferior
and Eastern States. Butte has no aspira
lions in the ice-carnival direction, it's eli
mate being too mild to ever hope to make
one a success, but it's Turnverein has under
consideration a street parade on February
In which the business men of the COM
munity will be Invited to take part in the
way OF a Trades Procession, sach as is
gwen in st. Louis during Fair Week. As
TO a cableroad, that may be undertaken,
in the a future, by the Street Rail-
road Company, now that the tide of popu
lar favor has turned so p~ronorncedly in
the company's direction.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

Judge McLeary arrived in the city yes
terday, and will remain until this evening
having some cases in chambers to dispose
OF. Yesterday afternoon he took a run
down to Anaconda, accompanied by Mr.
George Haldern, and inspected the nam
moth reduction works, returning to Butte
In the evening. He is very favorably i'm
pressed with the glorious weather we are
having on this side of the range, and says
ne will probably take up his residencein
Butte If he a find a suitable house. The
question OF the United States Court was
decided in favor of Butte last SATURDAY
and the next term will begin on the first
Monday in May. with the District Court;
1t is to be hoped that Judge McLeary will
have no difficulty in securing a residence
here not only on account of having a resi-
dent Judge. but also because OF the rare
social qualities OF the Judge and his family
who were valued members OF society whers
ever they sojourned in Montana.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

:Justiee Newton w. Mcconnell be assigned
to the First Judicial District; Associate
Jus. ice James Fl. McLeary be assigned to
the Second Judicial District; Associate Jus.
t;ce Thomas C. Bach be assigned to the
Fourth Judicial District; Associate Justice
Stephen DeWolfe be assigned to the Third
Judicial District.
4. And it is further ordered that the
courts sitting to hear and determine causes
under the constit tuition and laws of
the United States shall be held in the sew.
eral districts as follows, to-wit:
In the First Judicial District, in the city
of Helena; on the second Monday in April
and the second Monday in October OF each
year.
In the Second Judicial District, at the
CITY oil Butte, on the first Monday in May
and the first Monday in November OF each
year.
In the Third Judicial District, at the city
of Miles, on the first Monday in March and
first Monday in September If each year.
In the Fourth Judicial District, at the
City of Great Falls, on the first Monday in
June and the fret Monday in December OF
each year.
s.. And it is further ordered that the ter.
ritorial courts shall be held in the several
counties as follows, to-wit:
IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL OlSInlCI.
In the County of Lewis and Clarke, on
the second Monday in April and the second
Monday in October.
In the County of Jefferson, on the first
Monday in March and the first Monday in
September.
In the County of Beaverhead, on the
third Monday in March and the third Mon.
day in September.
IN THE sEcoND JUDICIAL D1sTRIcT
In the County of Silver Bow, on the first
Monday in May and the first Monday in
November.
In the County OF Deer Lodge, on the first
Monday in April and the first Monday in
October.
In the County of Missoula, On the second
Monday in Ma -ch and the second Monday
in September.
IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT:
In the County OF Gallatin, on the first
Monday in April an6 he first Monday in
October.
In the County of Madison, on the third
Monday in May and the third Monday in
November.
In the County OF Park, on the first Mon.
la III NAOJ Ian OAV AA0OA Ao1N1y LII IONcW
Der.
IN the County of Custer, on the first Mon
day in March and the first Monday in
September.
In the County of Yellowstone, on the first
Monday in June and the first Monday in
December.
IN THE FoURrH JUDICIAL DISTRICT:
In the County of Cascade, on the first
Monday in June and the first Monday in
In the County of Fergus, on the first
Monday in May and the first Monday in
In the County Of Dawson, on the first
Monday in March and the first Monday in
In the County of Choteau, on the third
Monday in March and the third Monday in
In the County of Meagher, on the first
Monday in April and the first Monday in
October.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
The Butte Boz I'd of Trades TelegIan1
Answered by the Land Office.
Even Suspected Mineral Lands Would
Not Be Patented to the Road.
Inadequacy Of the Mail Service Discussed
in the Senate.
Text Of q Bill Defining POlygamy-
Other Legislation introduced.

WASHINGTON, January 81. Referrins
to a telegram referred to him from
the Butte City Board of Trade, ask
ing the cooperation of the Interior De-
partment in preventing the patenting oil
Montana mineral lands to the Northern
Pacific road. Acting Commissioner Stocks.
lager said to-day there is no occasion to
fear. The patents would have to be asked
by the railroads, and in the issue of such
patents all lands even suspected of being
mineral in character are excluded. Parties
in the matter are asked to fur.
nish the General Land Office with infor-
as to the mineral character of the
lands selecoed by the company.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
COURT MATTERS.
Don"An9 me judicial Observation-Disclosures
ment of Judges to the same-The
United States Courts.

Defining the Judicial Districts-a. s,o,.
ment of Judges to the same-Tbe
United States Courts.
Among the last of the proceedings OF the
supreme Court, which adjourned on Sat-
urday, was the districting of the Territory
and the assignment of Judges to the various
districts. 1t was announced that the
official oath had been administered to Hon.
Stephen De Wolfe, and that Horace R.
Buck would succeed, Cornelius Hedoes 90
court reporter. Resolutions of regret for
he retirement of Judge Galbraith, and the
esig alton of Cornelius Hedges were
passed, and the following order was made.
An order defining the Judicial Districts
OF the Territory OF Montana, and assigning
the judges OF the several districts, and fix.
Ing the times and places OF holding the
courts IN the said districts and the severa,
counties OF the said districts. in accordance
with section 1,914, title XIII. of the
Revised Statutes OF the United States.
L. 1t is hereby ordered by the Supreme
Court OF Montana Territory thatthe First
judicial District shall embrace the counties
OF Lewis and Clarke, Jefferson and Beaver.
head; that the Second Judicial District
shall embrace the counties OF Silver Row
Deer Lodge and Missoula; that the Third
J JUDICIAL District shall embrace the counties
Gallatin, Madison. Park, Yellowstone
and Custer; that the Fourth Judicial Dis.
trict shall embrace the counties of Cas-.
son. CYL" O0"
2. 1t is hereby further ordered that the
courts sitting to hear and determine causes
arising under the CO Astitution and laws of
The United States shall be held in the sew
IRA! districts as follows, to-wit:
For the First Judicial District, in the citv
Helena, the county seat of Lewis and
Clarke County. ""0
Fol the Second Judicial District. in the
5,ty OF Butte, the county seat OF Silver
FOR the Third Judicial District, in the
oo'o
For the Fourth Judicial District, in the
NY O Great Falls, the county seat Of Cas-.
.. AND 1t is further ordered that Chief
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

ACCORDING to the ~Stevensville Tribune,
emigrants and land hunters are already
making their appearance in the Bitter
Root Valley hunting locations. The
Tribune naturally takes this as an indica-
ton that with the advent of spring will
come a prosperity to the valley hat will
exceed all expectations. This prosperity
would be greatly enhanced by the passage
OF a Congressional enactment providing for
the removal Of the Flathead Indians from
the valley to the Jocko Reservation.