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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
sAVED THEIR UsDsRoLorHRs.
Two Men Narrowly Escape Death in a
Burning Cabin.


Two Mem Narrowly Escape Death in .
Burning Cabin.
From Fridays Daily.
About 8 O'Clock last evening the Gagnor
whistle sounded an alarm OF fire and q
bright light showing up strongly in thu
vicinity Of Copper and Montana streets
was the focus for hundreds OF citizens VIII
rushed pell-mell for the scene. The light
proceeded from a burning cabin in the req
OF the north side of Copper street and
Immediately at the foot Of the Gagnon
dump, which belonged to Charley Smith
and wss occupied by old man Sam Travis,
the fruit peddlar.
At the time the fire broke ont be and
one Thomas Kenyon we're in the cabin
and asleep. The first intimation they had
OF the fire was when they were awakened
by the smoke and Hound the bed upon which
they were lying on fire. They managed to
escape with only their underclothing on,
the remainder OF their garments burning
up with the other contents OF the cabin.
Both also lost what money they had,
Kenyon claiming that he had $16O in the
pockets OF his trousers. Travis did not
state how much he had.
Travis told a MINER reporter that a
candle had been used during the early part
the evening but that it had been ex-
tinguished when they retired fer the night.
The fire department got to the scene
after the cabin was almost destroyed as
owing to the infiamable material Of which
II was constructed and the great distance
the department was compelled to 20 it
could not be avoided. When they did get
there, however, the fremen made quick
OF it and soon had the flames extin.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
WANT A
Driscoll and O'DonneII Sue for Insurance
on h Margaret Ann Mill, ..

Driscoll and O.DonneIl Sue for I~nsuranc,
ON h Margaret Ann Mill, ..
September 20, 1888, the Margaret An,
quartz mill, near Walkerville, owned b,
Dennis Driscoll and Patrick O'Donnell
was totally destroyed by fire. February
IA, OF b same year. the owners insured
the mill and the machinery it contained in
the National Fire. Phoenix, Providence
Washington. and Scottish Union insurance
companies for an aggregate of So, 900,
~, 900 in each company. For some rea.
the companies have refused to pay the
amounts OF their respective policies, al.
though proof OF loss was made within the
required time. Subsequently supplemental
proof was demanded by the companies,
and which wal also furnished. Since then
nothing has been done by the companiesi in
the way Of adjusting the loss.
All the sboye is set forth in complaints.
hled in the district court yesterday against
ehe companies named. by DriscolI and
.Donnell who have instituted suits ior
the foil amount mentioned in each policy.
w. scallon has been retained as counsel
or the plaintiffs.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
NOW FOR A SCRAMBLE
Postmaster Talent Has Be-
come Tired of Official Hon.
ors and Cares.
A Lively Fight Anticipated
Among Those Who Desire
to Succeed Him.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Postmaster Talent has become tired O
official honors, and win ask to be relieved
as soon as possible. Yesterday evening ht
informed a MINER reporter that he had
prepared his resignation and would for
ward it to-day, with a request that it be
acted upon at once.
This action on the part of Mr.. Talent,
which is entirely voluntary, has been con.
sidered by him for some time and has been
FASTENED by the constantly increasing work
in the office, and the meagre and insufficient
allowance made by the department for
clerical and other hire absolutely neces.
sary to MAINTAIN the office to that stand.
ard OF efficiency its Importance demands.
During his in%cumbency the duties Of TIE
office have become SO onerous and engross-
ing that Mr.. Talent regards the salary
attached as entirely inadequate compensa.
ton for the labors imposed.
When asked as to who his probable sue.
cessor would be, Mr.. Talent said that he
had no opinion to advance excepting that he
regarded Mr.. Bachelor. his present efficient
assistant, as the only man competent to
ill the position. He said that Mr.. Bache.
lor's great familiarity with the Office and
his thorough knowledge of it's every de.
tail rendered him in the present over
crowded condition of the office,
the fttest man to select from ali
of the many applicants for the position in
order that the confusion which would inev-
itably follow the appointment of an out
slider, would be avoided. No matter how
able a man might be, Mr.. Talent said, un.
less conversant with the details of routine
work OF the office, he would find himself
helpless and entirely dependent upon his
subordinates for the proper management
OF the Office and the transaction of all
business pertaining to it.
Mr.. Talent has still a year and a half to
serve to fill the term of his appointment,
his commission having been made out in
February, 1888.
The announcement OF Mr.. Talents resig-
nation will undoubtedly cause a lively
scramble among the faithful, as the mum.
Der who think themselves particularly well
qualified to fill the important position OF
postmaster OF Butte City is something as
tenishing. Among those most prominently |
in connection with the office |
ever since a change in the administration |
was made, are W. q. Speer, A: f. Bray, |
Pat Conlon, W. c. Bachelor and several
others. OF course petitions will now be in |
order and will be circulated thick and fast.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
He Didn,t,

EL
"Bnb," said Q stranger to a bootblack or
Larned street, didn't you black my shoes
yesterday"
az guess / did,"
fright over in that doorway"
"Oh, yes"
well, when / paid you didn't / give you
Eve S. gold pieces in mistake for penniesf'
"Not much you didn't"
"Be honest, now"
~ am honest. Dye suppose that il I'd
got my hands on $25 I'd be here now? Not
muchl I'd be luking for the plains in 9
palace car, with q revolver on each hip and
q lasso over my right shoulder, and by to,
morrow you'd see in the papers that I'd
run across old Sitting Bull and made him
SO tired that anybody could pull his nose
Made q mistakel You bet you didn't
Detroit Free Press.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
i Second Judicial District of the Terr;tornns
Montana in and for tie County of Silver Row ="
John NJ: Sperry, Plaintiff, Nettie E. Spsrrx
Defendant. The people Of the Territorv -
Defendant. ep'fr!'
You are hereby required to appear in an sct;o,
brought against you by the above named Plaintiff
IN the District Court OF the Second Judicial Dis-
County of Silver Bow, and to answer the com
plant hled therein within ten days (exclusiys NJ
the day OF s~ervice) after the service on Won ~
this summons, If served within this Countv. or
II served out of this county, but in this District
within twenty days; otherwise within forty davs.
or Judgment by default will be taken against ycn
according to the prayer of said complaint.
Jhe said action is brought to obtain an order
decree OF this Court dissolving the bonds of
heretofore and now existing be.
tween plaintiff and defendant. on the erounSs
that on or about the 3rd day of july 1888 and
ever since defendant has absented herself from
this plaintiff, willfully. and without REASONABLE
cause. that plaintiff has often requested defendant
70 return to him, and more than one year has
elapsed 1 during all of which time, defendant has
W1!lfuLy absented herself, and for such other n.
lle1, as may seem equitable to the Court.
And You are hereby notified, That, If Won fail
to appear and answer said complaint as above
required the said Plaintiff will apply to tba
Court for the relief demanded In the Complaint.
dlven under my hand and Seal of the Distict
Court OF the Second District of the Territory OF
Montana, in and for the County of Silver Bow.
Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine. oH'
YELLING NAPT0N. WILL I. CLARK,
KNOWLES & FoRBIs Atty's for Plaintiff.
flfsG FuDllcat1On Aug. 8 1889,
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Smith-"What are you ioaGng around
t'wn st this time of night for?"
Brown-"'Fraid to 90 home. Wife told
me to DC sure and remember something,
and I've forgotten what it was"
smith-"It wasn't drygoods or groceries.
was it?n
Brown-"No."
Smith.4Baby-food, tacks or theatre
Bro"n-"No; but I have just thought
Smith-"What \. az it?n
Brnwn-"She wanted me to remember to
come home earl0."7Chicago Journal.
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The Coming Comet.

Manager-"I've the greatest scheme yor
ever heard OF. There's millions in it. Al
| want ia q start"
Capitalist-"You're not going to import
the Eiffel towerP"
mot a bit of it. I'm going to make more
money than Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. Potter,
Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Blaine can make
combined"
Nonsense, man; they're the things that
draw now"
I've an attraction bigger than the whole
bunch rolled into one." /
"fWhat is it,"
I'm going to star Sarah Althea Hill
Town Topics.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
MIR. BOE,S POSITION.


For Refusing To Be a Tool He Is At
Tack By Enemies.
CENTERvILLE, September 10, 1889.
Editor Of The MMER.l-In yesterday
Inter Mountain I am told that I am tryirs
to split the Scandinavian vote in this
county. The "Many Scandinavians" and
some others who have helped them mt
forth the article must have entirely for.
gotten the hostile meeting and also some
OF the remarks that were exchanged be.
tween some OF the gentlemen present at the
organization OF the first Scandinavian Re.
publican club al the court house, and
which q few days afterwards led to the or.
ganization OF an independent Republican
club.
II such unity and good feeling existed
among the Scandinavians On political
questions and their leaders of old, why is it
now that They got an Independent Republi
can clubY 1t is simply because they do not
want to be handled in future as they have
been in the past.
The S~candinavians are among the most
loyal people on the globe to-day, and I
hope they will in the future each and ey. nv
one, be able to think for themselves in DO.
litical matters. By the way, the fact that
they are taking part in political matters
this year indicates that such is the case.
They are neither m~ortgaged nor bound and
do not want to be handled as something
transferable any longer.
The political consistency OF those "Mauy
S~candinavians" is shown by the fact they
did not dare to sign their names. Ihaye
got some doubts as to their sincerity in re-
gard to their voting the straight Republi.
ticket.
Last year the Republican central con.
mittee did not see ft to send the Scandina.
Wan Republicans any speakers. This wear
or fear OF losing their votes thew we're |
compelled to do so.
In regard to myself, I must say, as 1 have |
already stated before in this paper, that / |
I'm no aspirant for any Office, but 1 know
'ery well q countryman well known to the |
'arty and an old resident and a willing |
col In their service who is, and when he
ought Office he got completely ignored and
cit out. l must also state that I have
lever tried to be q leader OF the Scandinay.
ans. Ii my fellow countrymen have had a
Inherent opinion o mineI have simply
tated myEreason for beingdifferent minded
nd that is all. They cannot deny that the
Management OF them has not been as stated
4 The MINER a few days ago, and to escape
response simply attacked my position ia
his campaign, a position that I know
arge number Of themselves will maintain
. the coming election, and when that ia
yer, we WILL, presume, have q political !
,st for three years and get better posted |
D dicnss the political situation, when Mon.
sna's first popular presidential vote ia
,iDg to be cast and counted. Ii
Respectfully, HANS Boz.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
Bustles GOinp Out

Miss kuntriied ito dry goods clerk)-
Have you got any busiest"
Clerk-"A few. Bustles are going out,
you know"
They be? Gracious, if they 60 out much
further, We girls III have to stand up all the
time.-iThe Whistler.
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he GOT n JURY TRIAL.
Morat@ Newman, a Clothing Rejuvenat.
Convicted of Iarcenv as Ro,Io.

Morttz Newman, q Clothing Rejuvenator
Convicted Of Larceny as Bailee.
From Fridays Daily.
Moritz Newman, q gentleman OF portly
frame and imposing physique, was on trial
before Judge Hopkins yesterday, charged
with larceny as baiiee. Mr.. Newman ne.
msnded a jury trial and he got It, and
what's more the jury found him guilty and
taxed up a fins OF $50 and costs against
him.
.Moritz's way OF doing things was certainly
a novel and peculiar one: 'sJe would visit
the different miners boarding houses and
clothes from the men which he
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat
emit business conducted for MODERATE FEES.
Our Office is Opposite u. s. Patent Office
and we can secure patent in less time than those
remote from Washington.
Send model, drawing or photo, with descrip-
ton. We advise If patentable or not, free Of
charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A Pamphlet, How to Obtain Patents" with
names OF actual clients in your State, county, or
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

personal
beauty Is the daily
use Of Ayers Hair
Vigor. No matter
what the color of
the hair, this prepa-
ration gives it a lus-
ire and pliancy that
adds greatly to its
charm. Should the
hair be thin, harsh,
dry, or turning gray,
Ayers Hair Vigor
will restore the
color, bring out q
- AI -
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Bad for the Judges.

California life insurance agent lto appli.
can't Tor policy)-What is your professionP
Applicant-Iam a judge OF the court
Agent-Sorry judge; but we can't take
Weekly.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Louis Strauss, q banker at 10 William
street, New York, has individually assier cd
his affairs. He In senior partner oil Louis
Strauss d Co., New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. The amount OF his indi-
vidusl liabilities and assets can not be
stated. His counsel says he 10 worth
$500, 900.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
Glad He Was Not superstitious

FE "HS NUI 6upefsLlC1OuHs
Widow Glapjack-Are you superstitioua,
Mr.. Desmith7
Gus DeSmith-Not at all.
Then | don't mind telling you. That's
the thirteenth biscuit y ou' We eaten O -night.
Texas Siftings.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
The Boys Agreed with Him.

Old Blodgett-No, boys. there is not
near 80 much drunkenness in the club az
there was when I wss in it.
The Boys-That's so-[Rochester Bud
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ALI His Time Occupied Begging.

Jarrett Ito tramp)-IfI were you, I'd try
to find some employment.
Tramp-Why. sii. it takes up all nv
lime nov begging enough to eat.-IMun-
sey's Weekly.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

After the ElOpement.

He-"And now, dear, since w are safe
on the train. why do yop seem 80 sad
She (pettishly)-"We were not even,
chased. I don't think it was one bit 70.
mantle. "-GPuck.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

When Baby was sick, No gave her Castoria,
Wheri she was . Child, she cried for Castoria.
When rho became Min. she chung to Castoria,
Whsa shs had Chidren, she gave them Castoria
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21
Beauty

Is desired and admired by all. Among
the things which may best be done to
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

render the old soft and shiny. Fol-
keeping the scalp clean, cool, and
healthy, there is DO better preparation
in the market.
1T Am free to confess tina. a trial OF
Ayers Hair Vigor has convinced me
that it is q genuine article. Its use has
not only caused the hair Of my wife and
Daughter to be -
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

Children Cry tor Pitchers Castoria
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

az .Iso reousBted the major to grant MIN
ths savor asked. With an escort OF TWO OF
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

w. n. lzowsey, Pa.
Porter.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-21

traitor, as congress would depend on Mon it contained.
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eeed in mixing with the crowd, thus
Wing all Efforts to suppress their
Ding.
next briefly mentioned the navy and
sly showed that the Republican policy
aat direction had been one OF continu.
laundering. He said that during
YER Cleveland's four years he had built /
as fine vessels as were over made and
ordered seven more, which record had |
been equalled by the Republicans |
ng their whole twenty-eight years of
salso stated that Montana owed its
ssion to the Democratic, as it was a
scratic president who signed the bill
e admission. He theseiUfe claimed
Che Democrats wee entitled to the
y and not the Republicans.
le tariff NEXT occupied the speaker's
de wanted particularly to discusst
Inject as he said he claimed to know
hing about it. He thought all the
ade advocates Of this country could
In q soap box, and free trade was
lentioned in the platform OF either
What he proposed to demonstrate .
at the Democratic policy regarding
5iect was better calculated to serve J
u interests OF the people than the /,
h Sau F0LACys A6 AhE No tQ0 UArlu was II :
ed it was invented by the Demo !
'arty sixty years before the Repub. !
arty was heard oil. he said that : :
dwasf for the purpose OF maintaining !
~, navy and diplomatic corpse Of /.
nty which required an expeRditure : .
millions Of dollars per annum. I'll
iablicans collected more than that3 9
they taxed the ~workingman; il the +
sats collected less than that amount !,
20 taxed the workingmen. What the =
! ratio party proposed was NOT free !
! but the equalization OF tariff and it :
a to reduce the the tariff on the nee
J les OF life used by the Door people,
10 retain. the present high rate on thel 81
fIIe,s ned by the rich. He desired toll b
]essnt tariff system because of 81
les, and did rot desire to tax p
r~sspgmen's necessaries. wi
-ew several comparisons between ct
pn several articles OF wearing l 81
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College, Portland, Oregon, or at the Capital Bus
mess College. Salem, Oregon. Both schools are
under the management of A. p. Armstrong, have
Business, Shorthand,
Typewriting, Penmanship and English Depart
mitted at any time. For Joint Catalogue, address
Portland Business College, OR Capital Business College
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The Irish standard., 1889-01-05

COUNTY OF HEENEp1N, Probate Court
to sell the real estate Of Orpheus s. Gates. de-.
The Irish standard., 1889-01-05
A GREAT MANS LOVE.
A Letter from Daniel O'Oonnell to his
Spouse % Years after Marriage.

''lY Own AND ONLY LOVE: It was
Kate wrote the letter l had yesterday,
and l do most tenderly, tenderly love
Kate. Yet, sweetest Mary, I could
have wished to see one line also in that
handwriting which gives me reoollec-
tlons Of the happiest hours of my life,
and still blesses me with inexpressible
sweetness and comfort when we, dar-
ling, are separate. all the romance of
my life envelopes you. and I am as
romantic in my love this day as I was
three aud twenty years ago, when you
dropped your not unwilling hand into
mine. Darling, will you smile at the
love letters of your old husband? Oh,
Mary--my own Mary will re-
member that she has had the fond and
faithful affections of my youth, and that
if years have rolled over us they have
given us no cause to respect or love
each other less than we did in early life.
at least, darling, SO think = I" We
dine on Saturday at Lord Stourton's.
On Sunday at Brougham's, to meet the
Dukes OF Sussex and OF Devonshire, &c.
We are asked for Sunday. the 9Th of
March, by the Duke of Norfolk. There
is q better chance Of emancipation GER
tainly by our having come over.''
The Irish standard., 1889-01-05
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, default has been made in the
w conditions Of certain indentnre Of
quist and And:ew Blomquis,, her husband,
mortgagors, to Josiah Thompson, Jr.. mortga-
gee, dated on the 18th day OF August, 1887, and
IN n the ct deeds 6
25lh day Of August, 1857, at i O'Clock p, n. :, in
book 1D5 of mortgages On page 484. given to Sc
cure the payment Of the sum of four hundred
(Si00) dollars 500 thereof due and payable six
months from said date and $500 thereof one
year from said date, both sums with interest
thereon at the rate OF eight per cent per annum;
payment Of both principal and interest of said
sum of $4O0, and there il claimed to be due and
is due at the date OF this notice upon said mort
hundred and forty.one and 4o.loo es44i4o dol
lars and no proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing been had or instituted to recover tie debt
secured by said mortgage or any part Their Of
virtue of power of sale in SAID mortgage con-
tanned and herewith recorded aud pursuant to
the statute in such case made and provided. the
therein described lying and being in Hennepin
county. state of Minnesota. namely: the south
half of lot numbered one(D and block numbered
sgha Of he ba bs af9n tS
in the office of the register of deeds in and for
said Hennepin county, will be sold BY the sheriff
Of aennepin county aforesaid at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash at the front
oils, in said Hennepin county, Minnesota on
Monday the 14th day of January, 1889, at 10
which will be then due upon said mortgage and
the debt thereby secured including interest as
aforesaid and expenses of said sale, and includ-
ing the sum of twenty-five dollars as attorneys
fees stipulated in said mortgage.
Dated December 1, 1888.
JOSIAH THOMPSON, JR., Mortgagee.
ANKENY s. MERRILL,
Attorneys for said Mortgage.
404-5 Boston Block. Minneapolis Minnesota.
The Irish standard., 1889-01-05
Two Measures Of a Gentleman.

English gentlemen of four hundred
years ago considered the pursuit Of
literature, art and science unworthy Of
any Of their class, which was expected
to live solely for sport, American gen
tlemen land this includes all Amerlcans)
hold the same opinion with regard 10 all
mechanical pursuits. Are such notions
a whit less childish than those of four
hundred years ago? think they are
eyen more 80; for man may very we'll
be a gentleman without scholarship, but
he cannot be one without being able to
earn his living by his own labor. The
truth is, while we fatter our vanity
with the notion that we are enlightened
people, on the ground that we have a
form of government and certain me-
chanical contrivances which our fore
fathers had not, we are sunk in barbar
ism asregards all ideas of human worth.
For we'll nigh two thousand years
Christianity has taught that character,
and not position or possessions gives
value to men, We act and think, for
the most part, as if such teaching had
never existed.