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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
Missoula's Forest Fires,

From the "Missoulian," July 80: The
fires in the hills are making progress, and
as there is no sign OF rain, NO definite idea
can be formed as to the final extent OF the
damage that will be done. The Lo Lo
stage has been stopped from it's trips to
the springs by numberle*s trees across the
road. The stage line from Thompson
Falls to Murray is also imperative, owing
to the fires. The last mail was brought to
Thompson by a Mr.. Black, who risked the
trip and tied the mail sack to his saddle.
The trip was a p~erilous one. His horse
was badly burned, and although he got
through he had several narrow escapes.
Aman was arrested at Tyler station on
a charge of setting out a fire. The facts. as
cleaned from q gentleman from that local
ity, are that one Alexander started a fire a
short distance above Victor, and allowed
it to get beyond control. 1t reached to
some property of Ike Alternately and did
about $500 damage. Alexander skipped
out, but was caught at Tyler by Constable
Charles Williams at train time. He evil
IDENTIFY intended to take his departure
northward, but was intercepted in time.
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pulled e s~ix-shooter from bis pocket. Be-
thune took one hasty look ct the weapon
and made for the door at q pace he prob
ably never before struck and vanishedfrom
sight, not even waiting Tor q receipt Tor the
money, 500, which he was sending to his
wife at Oakland, Oal Murray then also
left the Office and shortly aiterward was
arrested Tor carrying concealed weapons
and taken before Judge Newkirk, who fined
him $40 and costs. Murray swore that
the revolver" he drew was o glass whisky
bottle made in the shape Of q r~evolver,
while two OF the clerks in the express office
testified positively that 1t was q r~evolver,
and that when he walked out OF the Office
be still had it in his hands and was revolv.
ing the cylinder.
Murray gave notice OF appeal and filed
the necessary bonds.
Before the case was called Bethune had
left town, taking with him a roll Of green.
backs as large as O Dutch dumping and
ere now, no doubt is figuring on the next
lot of ''grays" whom he may take in.
Murray thinks that Bethune was paid to
throw the race, but in this he is mistaken.
The way sueh gentlemen work their game
is to travel in pairs and whenever they
manage to make q race they always ar.
range it so that the man on whom most
money is up loses. The next time Murray
backs a professional sprinter he should
take q double barrelled shot gun to the
track and give his man to understand that
the only chance he has of leaving the
ground alive is to win the RAGS, and then
he may win, but not otherwise.
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HE FELT SORE.
Murray, who Backed Bethune, Makes a
Gun Play and 10 Pulled.

Murray, who Backed Bethune. Makes a
Gun Play and 10 Pulled.
Thomas Murray, Of Boulder, who came
TO Butte Tuesday night with q small grip
filed with shskels, still has the grip. and
also a six-shooter, but the shekels which
the former contained are no longer his.
Murray vas one Of the gentlemen VINO
backed the English sprinter, Miller" in
his race with Mcdonald" imam work
ing at Woodville," which was run on the
race track, Wednesday afternoon. Muir
ray, as well as several other gentlemen re.
Gliding ia the little Jefferson county town.
which has great capital aspirations, raked
up dead coolies" Of money, and with the
pockets Of their linen busters bullying out
with hard earned lucre, gaily sailed forth
friends who were foolish, enough to bet on
him. For "Miller" had told Murray and
d few others that he was really Bethune,
the celebrated sprinter, and to prove it
ran one hundred yards in considerably less
than ten seconds. This wac enough, and
Murray put up $500 on his man. The
race was run, and, OF course, Mcdonald"
won, although the time was over eleven
seconds. Mcdonald" was none other
thananother professional runner, so it is
said, who, with Davis, McComb, Skinner
and Bethune, forms q party OF "slick"
ones now travelling through the west.
Murray and his friends lost heavily on
the lace and, as to be supposed, felt in any
thing but good humor as the fact began to
dawn upon them that they had been
played for suckers" by Bethune, and that
correctly, too. Although feeling sore, all
the Boulderites took their medicine and
concluded IL so much experience, excepting
Murray, who WI the heaviest loser, and
he began to figure on getting even.
Yesterday morning he was passing the
Pacific express Office and "a Bethune
standing inside sending away some money
and at once walked III and commenced to
accuse the runner OF t~reachery. and finally,
alter calling the iskir o very nspghty name
"- o.
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FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRESS AS ABOVE.
-N rHn n1srR1cr conpm on :,

i Second Judicial District of the Territorv Of
Montana in and for the County of Silver Bow.
John N. Sperry, Plaintiff, Nettie E. Sperry
Defendant. The people of the Territory Of
Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named Plaintiff
trict of the Territory of Montana, in and for The
County OF Silver Bow, and to answer the com
plant hled therein within ten DAYS (excInsive Of
the day OF s%ervlce) after the service on Won IF
this if served within this Comfy: or
II served out OF this county, but in this District
WI!nin twenty Gays; otherwise within forty days:
OF !uogment y defaultwill be taken against You
according to the prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain an order
and decree OF this Court dissolying the bonds Of
matrlmony, heretofore and now ~existino ho
tween plaintiff and defendant. on the eronnds
That on or about the 3rd day of july 1875 and
ever since defendant has absented herself from
tnis pialntiff, wilf9lly. and without reasonable
to return to him, and more than one vesr has
elapsed. during all of which time, defendant has
Ml1ifully absented herself, and for such other re-.
hef, as may seem equitable to the Conrt.
And you are hereby notified, That, IF Won fail
10 appear and answer said Complaint az ahova
occurred the said Plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
ro Gave q under nc my hand and Seal of the bistict
Montana, in and for the County Of Silver Row
Ems sth day Of July in the year Of our Lord Ons
1hoasand Eight Hundred and EShty Nine -
NAPTON, WILL L. CLARK.
MMNoWLEs 4 FoRRIs Atty,s for Plsfntfff.
Fsfs' Fapncenon Aug, 8 1885,,
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NEVADA NEWS NOTES.
Applications for State Land-Artesian
Wells-An Overdose of Morphine.

~ -
Applications for State Land-Artesian
Wells-An Overdose OF Morphine.
Application for state land a~ggregating
500 acres wers filed last week.
An artesian well-boring apparatus is at
work in Huntington valley, Eureka county.
An artssian well at Willow Point is down
800 feet and is being sunk at the rate OF 85
feet q day.
Ed. Vanderleith, of Eureka, has received
the appointment OF register Of deposits in
the Carson Mint, at a salary Of 81 800.
Walter Morton had one of his hands sc.
verely injured at Reno while extracting the
cap from q shotgun cartridge last Friday.
An overdose OF morphine caused the
death at Winnemucca, July Is OF Louis
Aldag. The drug was probably taken with
suicidal intent.
The "Central Nevadan" says there is not
enough water in the Humboldt river below
Golconda to water the stock 81. at range
along it's banks.
A fire at Lone Pine last week destroyed
q barn valued at $500 and q stallion
valued at 81, 900. A few days prior prop.
erty was destroyed by fire valued at $500
at the Keynot mine in the same locality.
The "Silver State" says: Reese Evans,
whose herds roam from McDermott to Bull
Run and from Little Humboldt to the
jumpers, reports cattle up north in prime
condition, in fact much latter than they
were a year ago at this time. Water is
scarcer and feed dryer than usual at this
season OF the year, but stock never looked
better.
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TO BUY A
The Northern Pacific Will Acquire the
Puget Sound Shore.

The northern racine Will Acquire the
Puget Sound Shore.
The apparently very innocent announce
ment that the Puget Sound Shore railroad
company had filed amended articles OF in
corporation, designed to increased it's power.
was made q day or two since. and excited
but little attention. 1t seems, however,
that there is more to the matter than ap-
pears on the ~surfacs. The Puget Sound
Shore would have but little reason for seek.
ing to enlarge it's powers unless it had some
special object in view, and that special oh.
iect is easily discerned.
The Puget Sound Shore desires to sell it's
twenty miles OF line and terminal facilities
to the Northern Pacific, and it is at the in.
stance Of the Northern Pacific that the &C.
ton is taken. As soon as the necessary
power is conferred upon the Puget Sound
Shore it will be discovered that in q iiffy
the entire property Of that company will
be transferred to the Northern Pacific.
The Northern has long desired to own it's
own line from Stuck Junction into the city
and thinks this an exceptionally good Cd
p~ortunity to secure valuable terminal ia
cilities in the city.
It is understood that it's first action A.
ter acquiring the ownership OF the Puget
Sound Shore will be toward the erection Of
a splendid union depot. The purchase
price OF the road is not made public
Seattle journal"
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h Debt Statement, and the Money Now
$751;. In the T~reasurer's Hands.

The Debt Statement, the Money Now
.-.. In the T~reasurer's Hands.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-The following ia
the debt statementis issued to-day: Interest.
bearing debt, principal 1888, 1868. 800, in.
terest 1923 ,5s5; total S95, 391, ss7.
Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, principal and interest $2,057..
TAO; debt bearing interest $749, 1927, 6S3;
total debt, principal, $1,641, 100, $40;
interest $5,677,O7O. Total 81, 646, IT,.
80; less oaeh items available for reduction
OF debt $4O3, 256, 2s7; less reserve held for
r~ememption Of United States note $780,
100000. Total $5O3, Use, 2S7.
Total debt, less available cash items,
81, 143. 521, 1923.
Net cash in treasury, $62, S57,O 900.
Debt, less cash in Treasury, August 1, l..
OF, 663, 933. Debt less cash in treasury
July l, 1889, 5 1,O76, GAG, 621.
Increase of debt during mouth, $1,O17,-
312; increase OF debt since June 80, 1889,
81, 017 ,312.
Total cash in the treasury, as shown
by the %treasurer's account, 1884. 723, 023.
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A PEcULIAR AcOIDENT.
James G. Staten Apparently Dying Fro
a Blow of q windIas Handle.

james g. Staten Apparently Dying From
a Blow of q windlas Handle.
In a room OF a small frame building
facing the alley below Galsna street and
between Main and Wyoming lies a man
whose condition Is a peculiar and pitiable
one. His name is James G.. Staten and he
is a miner who for SOM time has been in
the employ Of Parsons & Carter, who are
engaged in mining near Elliston.
A week ago last Tuesday he was wind.
lassing on q shaft twenty-five feet deep
with Charles Carter working in the bot.
tom. Towards evening Mr.. Carter heard
him groaning as If in pain, and climbing to
the surface found him sitting on the ground
q short distance from the shaft. Mr.. Car
ter asked him what the matter was and he
said that he had started to hoist q bucket
full OF rock and had turned the windlass
twice when mis- hands slipped and the han.
die had struck him on the forehead, but
thought that he would soon be all right,
and SO it appeared for he recovered in
a short time and ate upper that
evening as usual. The next morning he re-
sumed work and worked every day OF that
week and Monday Of this week without ap-
parently being otherwise than healthy and
strong. Monday evening he began to COM
plain Of pains in the head, and shortly
afterwards became unconscious and has
remained in that condition ever since. Tues
day he was brought to the city and is now
being taken care OF by Mr.. Parsons and his
partner.
Drs. Hammond and Leavitt are attend.
ing him and sayi that q quantity Of CO.
agulated blood has formed where the ham
die struck him and is pressing upon the
brain. This morning they intend to per.
form an OPERATION and win remove the
cause of the trouble.
At 2 o'clock this morning Staten was
still alive, but the gentlemen who were
taking care OF him thought that he would
not live until 8 O'Clock, the time set by the
doctors to operate upon him. He is 33
years old and unmarried, with no rela.
tiyes any nearer than Missouri. Efforts
have been made to reach them by telegraph,
but 80 far have failed.
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Northern and Southern Pacific Rat.

IT,. Northern and Southern Pacific Rates.
cvu AGO, July 31.-The T~ranscontinen.
toI as., ociation finally succeeded, to-day,
IN alto Win, off the disaster that has threat.
mod e. an d securing the extension OF it's
for three months at least. The
d;.n,,te betves u the Northern Pacific and
con.a;on poc;sc vas settled by a compro-
na;sa Tha latter though still refusing to
ahro.ate ;ts differ ential rates entirely,
agreed to reduce then, to the extent Of 25
nsr cent. which ia a greater concession
t th was offered last ", sk. The Southern
Pacific accepted the pr position on trial
for ninety days, agreeing \ TO suspend it's
notice OF withdrawal for t q m The
Northern Pacific will hold is withdrawal
notice in allegiance pending the 'nesotiations
now in progress with the Union racine. !
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Stone Turtle.

T. Fl. Kelley. a grocer on Broadway,
Lawrence, has a rare curiosity in the form
OF a petrifed turtle, which weighs forty
odd pounds. 1t was dug out OF q rock in
Canada, and is said to be the only petriied
specimen Of the tortoise species in exist
ence. Several scientific men have already
examined it, and a Harvard professor has
already offered the owner 5000 for it,
[Newburyport News.
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The Gallatin Valleys Strawberry Crop.

The Gallatin Valleys Strawberry Crop.
From the Bozeman Chronicle: Someo OF
the farmers OF this valley, especially those
upon the foothills, have come to the con-
~clusion that there is as much money in
raising Strawberries as there's in anything.
The plants require some attention and the
work OF picking the berry is tedious,
but the results both as to yield
and enumeration warrant all the care,
labor and work, and more too. 1t is
difficult to get at the exact number
of strawberries raised in this valley this
year, but it il safe to say that 10000
quarts were raised and disposed OF readily
at Is and 20 cents per quart, the latter
price being paid for over half the crop. OF
these the bulk were shipped to Butte,
where the demand vas greater than the
supply. Mr.. Hawkins raised about 5000
quarts. e. Morse 200 bushels and several
others raised 1 900 and more.
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Trouble Between Sheepmen and Cattle
men ON Sun River.

men on Sun River.
From the Sun River "Sun'': The sheep
men Of upper Sun river and the cattlemen
are having trouble over the range. The
feed on the range 10 very short. in fact
away from the base OF the mountains
there is none. So the cowmen, after the
roundup was over, drove a great many
OF their cattle up near the mountains
where there was a few more spears of
grass. To this the sheepmen, who
have been herding their sheep low
down in order to save the foothills for all
and winter pasture, object, and have re-
quested the cattlemen to remove their
cattle. As both claim an equal right to
run their stock on public land, it is hard to
decide to whom the grass belongs. The
matter is growing serious. as one or both
interests must suffer considerably thereby.
The question is, whose stock is entitled to
eat the grass and live, or whose shall keep
of and die.
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A Dish Fit Only for a canniba,.

A correspondent who dined in Japan de-
scribes wildly the sensations produced by
eating raw fish: 1.-THE whole fish was
there, his head and shining blue eyes, his
tail and fins, but at q touch the shape
came apart and lay in thin slices upon the
bones, Q miracle OF the carver's art. /
took o chop-stick full. The first taste OF
caviare and onions is an event in a life.
time; the unknown olive and punpent
garlic have made episodes In every career.
but to close the jaw on q sliceo of cold, raw
ash, end have the elsmmy, rubber.Ike
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
The American Patriot,

Eyes, gentlemen" he said eloquently and
with a patriotic thrill in his voice, II think
that when an American citizen is rendered
a nomination to Office by his fellow men, it
is his sacred duty to accept it. Let him
put aside all thoughts OF self. A man can
serve his country in times ofpeace asnobiy
as he can in times of war. Gentlemen.
friends, I thank you for the honor YOU
have conferred upon me, and even though
the salary may be small, I will"
ut is not a salaried office, colonel" ex-
claimed one OF his admirers.
"Wha-a-at no salaryf Then I'm dumbed
II accept It'll"
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He Knew that Before.

Husband-Well, my dear. what did the
magnetic physician say to you?
Wife-He says I am q sick woman, and
that my nervous system is not in equili.
brium. He says ] am too positive.
Husband-HumphI could have told
you that and saved a couple of dollars
New York Sun.
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rns senate Committee on Irrigation.

PAUL, July 31.-Ths United States
senate committee on irrigation will hold
it's first sess n here Thursday to hear del
egations from South Dakota. After a Wis.,
it to that section the committee will 60 to
Glendive. Mont, whore a session will be
held on August 5. The next session will
be held at Miles City OF the 9Th, Billings on
the 7th, Bozeman on the 8th, reaching
Helena on the afternoon OF the 9th. Sem
ators Plum and Jones OF Arkansas will join
the commission there.
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A DASTARDLY DEED.
Dynamite Cartridge Placed in . Thresh-
ing Machine In New Jersey

A Dynamite Cartridge Placed in . Thresh-
ing Machine In New Jersey
New YORK, July 31.-A special from
Anderson says q stick OF dynamite was fed
into a threshing machine in the western
part Of this county yesterday. The
machine was blown to pieces, and three
men and two teams were killed.
The latest advices indicate that an old
feud had recently been renewed and that
some OF the parties concealed the dyna.
mite in q sheaf OF wheat. 1t had been an.
nounced that there would be- q contest be.
tween rival machines. and q crowd
assembled. Fortunately at the time the
dynamite was put into the machine most
of the people were some distance away.
The report is not fully authenticated.
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Result of the Ohio Railroad Wreck.

CINCINNATI, August 1.-The rumor current
in Hamilton, last night, that many people
were killed in the accident neal Oxford,
was unfounded. Charles Lee, fireman OF
the wild engine, was the only one killed.
Several other train men were badly hurt.
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MOBILE, August la combination en-
bracing Mobile. Savannah, Charleston,
Birmingham and Brunswick has been form
ed, with q view to controlling the manufac.
ture and sale OF artificial ice in the entire
South. .. H.
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blood Diseases are cured oy
the persevering use OF Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
This medicine is an Alternative, ana
causes a radical change in the system.
The process, in some cases, may not %
cutie SO rapid as in others; butt Win
persistence, the result is certain
Read these testimonials -
"For two years I suffered from a Sc,
we're pain in my right side, and haa
other troubles caused by a torpid hVeT
and dyspepsia. After giving several
medicines a fair trial without a cure.
began to take Ayers Sarsapariila. l
was greatly benefited by the first BOTTLE
and after taking five bottles was col1 d
nletely cured."-John w. Benson, ~
Lawrence ST., Lowell, Mass.
Last May a large carbuncle broke out
on my arm. The usual remedies had no
effect and 1 was confined to my bed LOT
eight weeks. A friend induced me TO Try
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Less than three
bottles healed the sore. In all my expe-
r;onca with medicine, / lever saw more
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flesh culver and slip under the teeth has 9
horror peculiarly it's own. The sense OF
it's being something lately dead, something
corpsey, is sick ening. One slice filed me
almost to o~verfiowing, and confined my
self to the garnish.n
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Trouble In the Kitchen.

Irate Wife-John, this is the fourth time
I've caught you in the kitchen talking to
the cook.
"Well, my dear"
THE next time I find you here I'll-well,
I'll discharge her-and do the cooking my
self.".
He has never offended since.-[American
Glassworker.
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Murderers Hanged, Wednesday
Morning.

LOUISVILLE, July 31.-Chas. digger, the
murderer OF two policemen, last August,
and Harry Smart, the murderer OF Meisner
Green and wife, we're hanged at 6:o tnis
morning. S.nart's neck was broken: put
the rope slipped over DiJger's chin n IL
became necessary tc haul him up, ADJUST
the knot and drop him again.