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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Work in Both Houses Of the Fiftieth Con
gross Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, January 31.-In the Senat,
to-day Mr.. Riddleberger offered q resolu
ton that the treaty between the Govern
ment and Great Britain now, before thu
Senate in executive session, be considered
in open session and asked for it's immediate
consideration.
Mr.. Edmunds objected and it was laid
over.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Plumb instructibg the Postofice Committee
Co make a thorough inquiry into INSULT
Gent mail service. especially in the West
and South, was taken Up.
Mr.. Henderson hoped the investigation
would be thorough.
Mr.. Stewart said the service in Nevada
was wholly inadequate.
MI. Teller thought the fault was larkely
in the i~nadequacy Of the appropriations
made for the Postofice Department al
though some reason for it might be found
IN the numerous removals of skilled and
competent men and the substitution OF
new and unskilled men.
Mr.. Beck thought Congress had not done
it's duty to the department in furnishing
appropriations.
Mr.. Chase, a member Of the Postof1ce
Committee, said the great cause OF the
difficulty was the great changes made in
the clerks.
The resolution went over until tomorrow
without action.
Among the bills passed we're: To au.
thorize i.alles City to construct a bridge
across the Columbia River, in Oregon and
Washington Territory; to grant the right
roads through public lands fo%rirrigation
purposes; joint resolutions proposing an
to the Constitutions providing
that the term OF Office OF President and
the F!ftieth Congress shall continue until
the Both of April, 1889, at noon; that the
Senators whose existing term wouli other.
wise expire on the 4th of March, 1883,
land thereafter) shall continue in office
until April 80. and succeeding such expira-
that the Both of April at noon shall
thereafter be substituted for the Sd OF
as the commencement and termi-
nation of the official term of President, |
Vice-President, Senators and Representa-
lives in Congress.
Mr.. Evarts spoke briefly in support OF 1
'he Blair educational bill. The Senate
hen adjourned.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
She Related Her Experience.

Boston Traveller: It was in a Boston
church, at an afternoon meeting during the
week OF prayer. One OF the regular attend
ants was a colored woman who could sing
a solo effectively, but was not always edify-
ing in speech. One afternoon, after singing
a ny mn. she rose to her feet to relate her
Experience" which she did in substance as
follows: Il thank the Lord for what he
has done for me. He is always good to
me. He has always blessed me. / am
thirty-seven years old and have buried
three husbands. They were all bad men,
and, bless the Lord, he took them all
away" Brief remarks we're the order Of
the day, and without further revelations
OF the blessings she had enjoyed she took
her seat.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
A Nice Little Christian

New York Sun; Fashionable Rector Ito
little elrIs)-so you love to go to church.
flossle' n be a good little girlr
flossle-Yes, indeed, Mr.. Whitechoker.
hector-Do you know many of the little
girls who belong to the church?
flossie-No, sir; not very many. I onlv
care to know those who sit in the middle
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
COnvictS Idle.

Sing SING, January 31.-To morrow
l'2oO men will become idle in the State
prison here and will be locked in their cells,
The same condition will be true of $50 con.
vlcts in Clinton prison. They will be con.
hned IN their cells for twenty-five hours
daily until the Senate passes a bill maxim
appropriations for manufacturing in
prisons: One million dollars has been
tarned into the State treasury since july /
from prison industries.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

about $50 O'Clock, the Clarkeon door bell
rang, and Mr.. Garrison answered it. and
wal confronted with q strange looking
man. who immediately asked him il he
would know Jim, the Climber" If he
should see him. Garrison replied that he
thought he would, and pulling q revolver
e THE
A colloquy ensued. during which the
stranger backed elowly toward The gate,
Uarkson following and calling upon him to
halt. Disreearding the command and keep
ing up the conversation in q tone that in
Dictated perfect composure the stranger con-
tinued to back away until he reached the
corner of an adjacent alley, into which he
disappeared in the darkness. The visit is
very much of a mystery, which Mr.. Clark
son wishes he had solved by winging the
stranger with a bullet.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Explained.

Boston Courier: Wife-What ia meant
by the phrase carrying Goals to Newca..
tle??"
dusband-1t is a metaphor, my dear,
showing the doing OF something that is IN.
necessary.
Wife, don't exactly understand. Give
me an illustration, a familiar one.
Husband-Well, if I was to bring Won
nome a book entitled "How to Talk
mat would be carrying Goals to Newcastle
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

As WILL be seen by reference to the teIe.
graphic columns, Acting Commissioner
Stockslager announces that the Butte
Board OF Trade need be under no appre-
tensions that any mineral or suspected
mineral lands will be conveyed tt the
Northern Pacific Railroad in the patents to
it's land grants. This will be comforting
for the Convention to meet at
Helena next week, and all that will be left
for the Convention to do will be to define
the limits OF the mineral land on the east,
for westward it extends beyond the
boundary of Montana,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

The fire in the Calumet and Hecla mine il
apparently unabated. Yesterdays dis
patches contained the announcement that
Professor Agassiz has decided to send
twenty-five tons Of concentrated ammonia
down the shafts in one supreme effort to
extinguish the tire-if it is in the power OF
ammonia to do SO. Should the experiment
on a scale Of such magnitude prove unsuc-
%cessful, it will prove beyond doubt that air
obtains access to the mine in some way
impossible to exclude.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
The Holiday Miner.

Eureka (Nevada) Sentinel: We have on
our table a copy of the Holiday edition OF
The BUTTE DAILY MINER, published at
Butte City, Montana, by the Miner Pub
fishing Company. 1t comes to US with the
compliments of W. j. Penrose, and is a
fine specimen of work in the cart Preserva-
tive" containing a number OF excellent
Illustrations and descriptions of the mines,
hosting and reduction works, mills, public
and private buildings, churches, schools
and residences in and around Butte City
and other places in Montana, together with
a great deal of descriptive reading.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
An Insane Book Agent.

An insane book agent is proving a great
nuisance in the Centerville nelghborhood.
Ii he visits a house when the masculine
head of the family is absent, he either
makes an immediate sale of his book, or
violently assaults the lady of the house. A
few days ago he slapped a Iady's face
brutally, and it is about time for him to be
captured and sent to Warm Springs.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Killed in q ColJision.

URBANA, Ill.,, January 31.-The limited
express westbound on the Panhandle Rail-
read ran into an open switch this after
noon and collided with a switch engine.
Frank Brown, engineer, and Charley ".
Alhand, OF the passenger locomotive, were
fatally injured and Frank Shade. roadmas.
ter, was killed. The passengers escaped.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

HELENA is nothing without an occasional
blow about ite rich men. The Independent
parades a column of names OF citizens there
possessed Of $50, 600. fortunes up to a mill
ion and over. 1t claims to have four OF
the latter--S. T. Hauser, c. A. Broadwater,
Thomas Cruise and C. W. Cannon,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

The real estate men of Helena compare
it's growth to that of a weed-wbich has
generally been regarded as a rank, un.
healthy kind Of growth, not to be envied
by modest, %virtuous, useful specimens OF
horticulture OF agriculture, rather indicat-
i've OF quick decay.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Drained His Mother.

BUFFALO. January 31.-John Cullen, a
drunken ship calker, hrained his mother
with an axe while she was getting his sup
per ready. After kissing the CORPSE he
went to a saloon, tod OF the crime. and
did not resist arrest, hut gave as an excuse
ne did not wanth his mother to 20 to the
poorhouse.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Wife Murder Suspectad.

ALMA, Mich, January 31.-A warrant
has been issued for the arrest of a horse
trainer named Palmer. whose wife mvs-
teriously disappeared last October. To.
day a deputy sheriff found Mrs. Palmer's
body buried under the barn.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Little Rhody's Suffrage Amendment.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. January 31.-The
State Senate to-day passed in concurrence
with the House amendments to a bill pro-
posing the submission of a suffrage amend
ment to the Constitution to the people on
the first Wednesday in April, State election
day. The amendment places foreign-bocn
citizens on the same footing as native-born
citizens. imposes a poll tax and does away
with the registry tax, and deprives other
than property holders for voting for city
councils and on money matters in Newport
and Pawtucket, as is the case in Provi.
dence. The bill to submit was passed
unanimously.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
The Maiden's Reason.

New York Sun: They are looking at the
moon.
why do you admire the new moon, Miss
Smith," he asked, more than the full
moon?"
Because it gives less light" Miss Smith
replied, with a luminous ray in her eyes.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
College Dons Outraged.

PHILADELPHIA, January 31.-A bowl
fight took place to-day in the University of
Pennsylvania. The faculty feel outraged
ana Will take summary action AZ they
have emphatically prohibited such dis.
plays.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

Boston Transcript: A man is very differ
ent from a gun. We never hear the report
OF a gun until it has accomplished it's exc
cution. With men the talk comes first and
the execution, when there is anv. comes q.
long time afterward,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Contrary Women.

Norrlstown Herald: A picture of the first
page OF Harper's Bazaar shows that the
newspaper raid on the high nuisance has
been so effective that the newest fashion :,
female headgear is only about six inches
higher han formerly. '
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

lid Bits: De Faggs-A fine audiences this
Why. a dog fight would draw a bigger
crowd.
Gaeiey (wearily)-Yaas; but a dog fight
only tiers the dogs, you know.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Loap.Year Note.

Epoch: Have you spoken to my dauehter
YETI" inquired the old man.
Oh, your daughter is alright, sir" re-.
sPonded the young man, 'sshe epoke to ma
about it last nisht." " mo
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Cavalry Horses Burned.

LEAvENwoRTH, January 31.-A fire in the
stables at Fort Leavenworth this evening
sutocated thirty-six horses belonging to
Company l, First Cavalry. Loss sill 600.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
NATURAL GAS.
A Com bination Formed to Supply Chicago
With 1t ona Big Scale.

CHICAGO, January 31.-A bold project to
supply Cbica 20 with unlimited quantities
OF natural gas for fuel and illuminating
purposes is being developed by a combina-
ton OF Chicago and Philadelphia capitalists
who will shortly incorporate a pipe line
company. One OF the projectors said to
day that pipe lines would be fed by wells
near to or remote from Chicago, wherever
they could find them. They rave already
located several wells within a reasonable
distance OF this city. They will use for
pipe lines seamless steel tubing, the inven-
ton OF one OF the denomination which is said
to be a marvellous success.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

Hazel Dillon, we'll known in Butte, died
at Marysville on January 27. The cause
OF her death is supposed to have beensr
overdose OF morphine. 1t is believed that
a sister OF the deceased resides in this city.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

~ When the subscriber 10 orders bis sub
scription, will be discontinued at the end of the
time paid for, otherwise 1t will be continued.
When the semi. Weekly IL 30 continued, it will
be charged for at the rate of $500 per annum.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

On tuesday night some drunken or spite
.ul person hung out a yellow flag at Mrs
Nadeau's house on East Park street. Mrs
Nadeau is just recovering from an attack
OF mountain fever, but has had nothing
worse in the house.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

The Pollock Company are working their
own mill to its full capacity, and ten
stamps Of the Lexington mill, on ores from
the Pollock and Glengarrv m;nea
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

A1tef tho An6fIcan
LONDON, January 31.-Itis reported that
the copper ring has captured the Gillian
producers. The price OF Chill bars has ad-
vanced "a. Negotiations with the Mason &
Barry Company are incomplete, the COM
pany holding out for better terms. The
ring is confident Of capturing the American
producers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
IN NO UNCERTAIN TONE.

Tho Mother County of Montana Utters an
Indignant demonstrated Against An
~uexation to Idaho.
DILLON, January 31.-[Special to the
Miner. 1.-The anti.annexation mass meet
ing held in Dillon tonight was largely at
tended. The courthouse was packed and
Beaverhead County was fully represented
by it's prominent citizens. The meeting
was solid and enthusiastic. A strong anti
annexation remonstrance was adopted
and anti.annexation resolutions were car
ried that have the true ring to them. The
Democratic and Republican Territorial
Central Committee Of Montana are called
on to take immediate action. Hon. Law
renee A. Brown, Judge Galbraith and Hon.
Robert B. Smith and others addressed the
meeting. The remonstrance is to be for
warded to Hon. J.. K. Toole, our delegate
to Congress. Old Beaverhead has spoken
in,unmistakabIe terms and the entire Ter
ritory OF Montana will be enlisted in be-
half of the protest against annexation to
Idaho Of the mother county of Montana.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
Ballot Girls.

Texas siftings: Women in WASHINGTON
Territory can vote. Those who taks ID
vantage OF tho privilege are called ballot
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
A Glove Contest In Which the Latter
Comes or Winner.
McCaffrey Forces the Fighting at Last,
Dempsey Retreating.
Dempsey Gets in Three Points to Nc
Caffrey's Single Point.
A Tame Affair ON the Whole Finished
in Ten Rounds.

JERSEY CITY, January 31.-In q glove
contest tonight between Dominick Mccall.
frey and Jack Dempsey, the latter won in
ten rounds. Dempsey did nearly all the
leading and scored three points to Mccall
frey's one. Jere Dunn was the referee.
The contest WAS given upder the auspices
OF the Warren Athletic Association. An
elevated stage twenty.six feet square had
been erected in the center OF the floor. At
11:3O Dempsey and Mccartney entered the
ring, the early part of the evening having
been m~onopolized by lesser lights. The
fight, taken as a whole, was q very lame
affair. There was much dissatisfaction
over the selection OF Referee Dunn, he being
considered a frierd of Dempsey. The
crowd called repeatedly for Harry Hill,
Charley Johnson and several others. Demp-
sey weighed 1853 pounds and Mccartney
1853. In the first round McCaffrey cut
Dempsey Oil the f,uhe4i. In sic seaond
round Dempsey struck McCaffrey in the
eye.
EMPSE WAS AGGRESSIVE
in the first part OF the battle, trying to
settle his opponent in short ORDER. In the
last five rounds he acted on the defensive,
and Mccartney had to follow him all over
the ring, several times begging him to stand
up and fight. Mccartney tried his best to
knock Dempsey out, but the Nonpareil
always cleverly avoided the punishment.
Several times Mccartney tried to swing his
right. but Dempsey cleverly lodged. In
the third round Dempsey struck Mccartney
in the right eye. In the fourth round he
caught Mccartney on the right temple, rails
ing an ugly mark. In the fifth round
Dempsey struck McCaffrey, but did not
draw blood. In the sixth round Mccartney
tried to put Dempsey over the ropes, but
Dempsey got away. The seventh round
all
DEMPSEY FAVOR,
he doing all the leading and planting blow
after blow on McCaffrey's ribs and
shoulders. In the closing round there were
four blows, all given by Dempsey. Three
ounce gloves were worn. Dempsey at the
Of the exhibition appeared very fresh
SAID he was ready to go ten more
rounds. Mccartney took his defeat very
He was also in good condition
with the exception Of his bruised eye and
forehead. There were nearly 100 police
during the contest, but there was
10 interference. There was no protest by
,he spectators against the decision. The
'onte-t ! stel II minutes T!irt v-fve
spectators attended.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
THE FOREIGN d
nr'ef Hoees Of Events Transpirinr Across
tho Water.

oHDoN January 30.-Jem Smith an.
ounces that he will accept the challenes
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
APPROPRIATIONS FOR suRvEys

The Secretary Of the Interior indorsed a.
request OF the Acting Commissioner of the
Land Office asking an additional apnro.
pr'ation OF $1,000 600 for surveys, or 5000.
0oo to be donated specially to surveying
!anos within the grant and indemnity linn.
ITS OF iand:erant railroads. $685. 600 for
general and 100000 for increased snr'
veys. u
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
JIM THE CLIMBER.
Cheeky Conduct of the Second stor,
Window Burglar,

Cheeky Conduct of the Second stor,
Window Burglar.
Des Moines special: During the pas
month a series of daring but novel bnr
glarles have been committed in Des Moines
The victims selected were generally anon,
VIVA 10 known as "our first families" Thu
time was usually the evening dinner hour
The thief or thieves would then climb ,nor
the veranda and enter the upper rooms
where plumber in the shape OF jewels and
sometimes cash was obtained. Amonp
the houses visited was that of R, P. Clark.
soa, OF the Register. That journal th;s
morning published an item stating that -
nad several days ago received a note
signed Jim. the Climber" which nrofessed
to be from the
FESTIVE BURGLAR.
In which he stated he was going to leave
the city and that people need watch tha;r
windows no longer. The letter
a a good deal of homely humor in Il. He
his thanks to the people who
down, and his compliments to the
ponce force OF Des Moines for kindly allow.
ing the work OF burglary to 20 unbindered.
Fresumlng it vas a jest or q Joke of some
practical humorist. the letter was throw
INTO the waste basket; but no burelaries
ave beer committed since the dav before
= was written, and now it seems prohahle
nat 1t was indeed written by the veritable
ourglar-as aucy
DAREDEVIL FELLOW,
*no ielt' on leaving the town, like ~tauntine
ne people and ieering the city authorities,
DE laid We should soon hear OF him in
cities, and if any of our neiehborinp
owns find their second-stories as.
'aalted they may know that "Jim. tn.
limoer," 10 with them. This evening.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
HoNoRINo AN AMERICAN.

LONDON, January 31.-The GEOLOGICAL
Society has conferred the Murchison medal
upon DR.. Newbury, of Columbia College,
New York.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

The Unfortunate Young Girl Now Being
Searched For in Cincinnati.


Searched For in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati special: Miss Harriet Coffin,
the Cincinnati girl who is crazy in love with
Kyrle Bellew, the actor, ia supposed to be
in Cincinnati. At any rate detectives are
looking for her high and low. Miss Coffin
is weIl-to-do, having inherited a large
fortune. She went to a New York board
ing school. There she became stage-struek
and attended the Lyceum Theatre School.
About this time she saw Kyrle Bellew. She
fell desperately in love with him, and at
tended every performance. Bellew was
greatly bothered with her DIGGING his foot
steps. He went to Boston and she fol-
lowed. At the latter place she imag-
ined he insultea her from the stage. The
result was she tried to kill him by shoot
ing. She returned to New York. Her
trustee, Cha rles Wildly, of this city, went
to New York and tried to have her sent to
an asylum. She vas kept in a hotel but
escaped, and has not been heard from
since. To-day a young woman entered a
large drygoods house. She tried on about
dresses and asked the saleslady
if che had read about Miss Coffin, in New
York, being in love with the actor, Kyrle
Bellew. The saleslady said she had.
the customer said her name was
Collins, not Coffin, and began to rave and
tear. It was supposed at once that she
was crazy Miss Coffin. The matter was re-
to her relatives, who are positive
she is the missing girl.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
A New Kind of Butcher.

Boston Transcript: SIS this meat ten
der?" asked a red-faced woman at the
butcher shop.
mo, ma'am," replied the proprietor:
"1'm sorry to say it is rather tough"
"But it is fresh, 1 suppose?"
ION the contrary, if my sense of smell
is an unerring guide, it is slightly
tainted"
HIN! Got any good sweet butter?"
Sorry to say our butter is pretty
rank"
"And your cheese??"
about as tasteless as chalk"
The woman looked at him with alarm,
rushed out and told the policeman that
there was a crazy man in there.
"So?" said the policeman; ''been telling
you his meat is tough and his butter is
and his cheese insipid, Ell? Thought
likely. He amt crazy. He began this
year with a low to tell the truth. He has
it one week, and says If he IAN keep
out OF the almshouse he'll try it a day or
two longer"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04
THE MILITARY LOAN,

BERLIN, January 31.-The Bundesrath to
day fixed the sum for carrying out the pro-
visions Of the new military bill at 2S1 $780,
900 marks, of which 27s. SOC, 900 is non
recurring expenditure and 5000, 900 marks
permanent. A loan bill was Immediately
afterwards introduced in the Reichstag.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

10 -OBLI0x DEN 6fUDIEN1D.
9f. PETERSBURG, January 81.-After
quiet has been restored at the university,
the Government will remove the chiefs OF
departments who proved obnoxious to
the students. Among those to be retired is
Delianoif the Minister of Public Instruc.
ton.