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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06

Sheep are increasing more rapidly than
any other branch of the stock interests,
and are found very profitable to those en-
gagged in the business. The woolproduct OF
1889 is conservatively estimated at 49,
600, 900 pounds and the quality is unsur-
passed. At Fort Benton and Great Falls
this season several large clips were sold on
the ground at 20 to "a cents per pound
just as it came from the backs of the sheep,
and this, it must be remembered, at a
point nearly three thousand miles from
market.
Our sheep men are much interested in
the question OF tariff upon foreign wool; for
the long and expensive haul by railroad to
a market, together with the high rates
paid for labor and supplies, they feel that
with free wool they could not compete with
the prices of the foreign article and would,
OF necessity, be driven from the field Of
competition.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Stock Raising.

While our stock interests are, the present
season, seriously threatened by a droutn,
unprecedented in the history Of the terri
tory or of the West, they are and always
will remain one Of the leading and most
;mportant interests OF the territory.
The wonderful nutrition OIL u native
grasses. in connection with our salubrious
climate has given Montana a~reputatlonah
ovar the world as the leading stock growing
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
eight hundred snd eighty n'ne.
By WILL. l.. CLARK, YELLING NAPTON,
Deputy Clerk, Clerk,

TN THE DISTRICT. COURT OF THE
l. Second Judicial District of the Territory OF
Montana in and for the county of Silver Bow.
Jennie MayO'Rei!ly, plaintiff.
John O'Reilly, defendant.
The peopl, of the Territory of Montana SEND
| greeting to John O'Reilly, defendant:
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named plain
tiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the Territory of Montana, in and fG-
complaint filed therein, within ten days (exclu-
sive of the day of ~seryicel after the service on
you of this if served within this
County; or, if served out of this county, but in
this District, within twenty days; otherwise
within forty days; or judgment by default will
be taken againsE you, according to the prayer
of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a Judgment
of the Court, dissolVing the bonds of matrimony.
heretofore and now existing between plaintiff
and defendant. on the grounds of cruel and in
human treatment of plaintiff by defendant, and
failure of defendant to provide a living for
plaintiff and their two children, Francis Robert
aged 6 years. and Herbert Spencer aged 2 years.
That the custody of said minor children be
awarded to plaintiff, That defendant be re-
quired to pay & reasonable sum to plaintiff as
alimony for her support and that of their chill
And you are hereby notified that, if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
quired the said plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in tia complaint.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Dis
trict Court of the Second District of the Territory
of Montana, in and for tho County of
Esp,,l Silver Bow, this 18th day of October
l"l in the year of our Lori me Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine.
By WILL, l.. CLARK. YELLING NAPTON,
Deputy Clerk. Clerk.
MCBRIDE & HALDoRN. Attorneys for plaintiff.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
School Statistic

The following statistics are appended as
showing the growth Of u school system
during the past ten years:
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06

I'm THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
L Second Judicial District of the Territory
of Montana. IN and for tho County of Silver Bow
The First National Bank cf Butte, plaintiff.
Joseph 7. Perron. Thomas A. Wall and Alex
ander II. GAIA, defendants,
The people of the Territory Of Montana send
greeting to Joseph Il. Perren, Thomas A.
Wall and Alexander H. GAIA, defendants.
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against You by the above named plain
tiff in the district court of the second judicial
the county of Silver Bow, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days (exclus-
i've of the day of %serVicel after the service on
you Of this summons, if served within this
This district, within twenty days; otherwise forty
days; Or judgmeut by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer of said
The said action is brought to obtain a iudc-
ment against you for twenty-six hundred, lS-10u
dol ars. with le@alinterest thereon from Oct. Is,
Oct. 80, 1882; $500 Tune ID, 1888; $3.50 Oct, 20. 1883;
SI9.75 May 20, 1884; SS5 June q, 1884; $40 50 July
q, loSl: 81 Aug 2, 1884; S4s Sept. 20. 1884; $117.87
q, 1885; $35 March 4, 1855; S53 April IL. 1885;
S235 80 ept. 20. 1885; S11a.75 Dec. %, 1886; 81. As
april ID, 1856; .slO4 Is Sort: q, 1856; sal. 70 Sept.
H. Il ISL ISL s & ; a do.fsid q, 1883; said sum being z
tho. district court in which plaintiff was
plaintiff and yoa were. defendants, and
for costs of suit. All of which will more fully
| appear by reference to the complaint or file
herein to which special reference is made.
And you are hereby notified that, if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
CURED the said plaintiff will take default and
Judgment against you for 81. 900.00 and inter-
est and costs of suit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the dis
tr,ct court of the second district of the Territory
of Montana, in and for the county of
rsr,,7 Silver Bow, this 18th day of October
l'NAhI in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred snd eighty nine.
By WILL. L. CLARK, YELLING NAPTON.
Deputy Clerk, Clerk,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Our undeveloped Resources.

1t is just O becoming known that we
have inexhaustible fields of coal deposits
of iron ore. There is also an abundance
of fine building stone and pure limestone.
The coal mines of Rocky Fork in Park
county are pow producing 500 tons per
day. Those of Sand Coulee in Cascade the
same amount, and Timberline in Park
county 200 perday. The coalis OF irst-class
quality and is used on the Manitoba and
Northern Pacific railroads exclusively, as
we'll as through the territory for domestic
purposes. Near the new town OF Chinook in
Choteau county is a coal vein ~ feet wide;
this is entirely unds veloped. In Beaver
head county large coal deposits are known
to exist. In Gallatln county, near Bozeman,
fine coking coal is found in abundance and
the manufacture of coke for use in our
smelling furnaces is fast assuming large
proportions. The report of the United
States expert for Montana, made
to the bureau Of statistics OF
the treasury department at Wash
ington, gives the number OF tons
of coal mined for the year ending June 80,
1889, at $4,000 tons, with an assur-
ance frcu mine superintendents that the
increasing demand will cause this amount
to be doubled during the present fiscal
year.
Thousands of acres of available ~agricul-
tural lands yet await immigration and &C.
cupancy. Especially is this so along the
line of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railroad, recently constructed, run.
ming from st. Paul to Helena and Butte
city. The lands are included in the recently
opened Indian reservation north OF the
Missouri river and are destined to be the
most prosperous agricultural portion of
Montana. Grain and vegetables grow lux
uriantly without irrigation in the valleys
and the hills afford unsurpassed grazing
facilities. The entire amount of land sus-
ceptibie OF being converted into grain and
grass producing farms is estimated at 49,
000, 600 acres, covering an area equal
to one-half OF all the New England states,
and capable of supporting many thousand
prosperous and contented families. Already
immigration has commenced to pour in
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Commerce and Progress of Railroad En-

No accurate statistics are obtainable
showing total imports and exports for the
past fiscal year. The official reports OF the
Union Pacific and the Northern Pacific
railroads for the year 1885 give the tonnage
Rs follows for that year;
IMPORTS.
Received over N. P. h. R....."......1S 1872 6S6 tom
Received over U.P Il. R............. oo,sSS IONS
Total imports 1883 toni
EXPORTS.
Over N. P. r. LYLE, lSd tont
Over up. K. R.....,........"...''' 4t,soo oons
Total l4s.rl TOM
These figures do not include, the loca
business, such as the handling OF ores, coal,
lumber, merchandise, ETC., which in mum
Der OF tons far exceeds the through bust
ness to and from Eastern points. The St
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba and the
Montana Central railroads, running ron
St. Paul to Butte City were not completed
until late in the year u 1888 and no re
port OF the tonnage over those roads wal
made, but several Thousand tons were by
these roads transported into the territory
and q large number OF cattle and horses
carried out which should be added TO tne
tonnage gwen over the other roads
The tonnage via the Missouri river II
1888 amounted to 1000 tons, consisting
mainly OF supplies for government iorts
and Indian agencies, and the outgoing o.
wool, hides and iurs amounted to 2'ooo'
600 pounds. -
There are now three traDscontinenta
lines OF railroads within tie territory, al
apparently doing a large and profitable
business. Besides these there are numer
GUS short branches of feeders reaching out
to mining camps and agricultural valleys,
all doing q large local business, n which
add largely to the tonnage OF the main
lines.
Following is a complete list Of completed
railroads in the territory up to Dec. 81,
1883, with their mileage:
M;las
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Schools.

Since 1S72aa system of public free schools,
under a law briefly adopted from that OF
California has been in force, and unvaringly
sustained with increased liberality. The
county tax has beea the only source oil
revenue for support, and a direct district
tax to build school houses, yet u schools
have steadily grown in favor and useful.
ness. Attendance, conside ring the large
area Of some OF our districts, has always
been good; and, though we have a mildly
compulsory law, it's application has never
had to be invoked.
All OF u large cities and towns have
substantial, commodious and well FURNISHED
school houses: and considering that we
have no normal schools, we have always
had an excellent class OF teachers, mostly
trained in other states, but not a few
trained in our cwn high schools. .
a majority OF the teachers are ladies, but
it is difficult to meet the demand for them
they are SO rapidly transferred to the indie
pendent households OF their own after ar
irving here. With the increased means de-
rived from the magnificent dewry OF school
lands donated US by the general govern
ment, more compact settlements, and
training schools for our teachers, we may
reasonably expect to make much greater
advance in the future tina in the past.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06

TAKEN UP-CAME TO MY RANCH ABOUT
L a year ago, ono gray horse branded figure 8
on left shoulder d on the right shoulder. Also
one small horse branded combinative h. G. on
left soulder and thigh. C. a. SLOAN, Butte.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
school Lands.

II Montana is admitted as a state in the
union in NoveuJb Der next. as now seeing GER
tain, the school lands donated by the gen.
eral government will at once become avail
able for eehool purposes, and the incomet to
be derived therefrom will materially assist
in the support ard advancement of our
school system.
By the term OF our enabling act congress
has provided that none OF these lands shall
be sold for a price less than ten dollars per
acre, has further provided that they
saall not lie leased for a longer term than
FIVE years. It will be many years before
the greater portion Of our school lands will
be marketable at the price n med, and the
short term for which they car be leased
will largely preclude the possibility of any
extensive system Of leasing. as few will car
to go to the expense of permanent improve
ments, such as would be required to have
the exclusive benefit OF them during the
leasing period, for go short a time. would
recommend that the provision in relation
to the leasing OF these lands be so modified
az to leave the state free to act as it may
deem for the best interest OF the people in
this regard,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06

ers------... 10000
School teachers and principals
N per nth...--..-...-...... 75.00@ 1000
School teachers, females, per
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Agriculture.

The fame of Montana's mines and stock
ranges has thrown a shadow over it's
agricultural resources. To those unac.
quainted with the country, the name
Montana" calls up an image OF great
mountain ranges. seemed with veins OF
precious metals, and rough broken stock
ranges, dotted with droves OF cattle and
iocks OF sheep. But, while there is some
truth in such an idea, it is by no means all
the truth. Between these mountain
ranges lie many great and small valleys,
equalling in fertility the famous valley OF
the Nile; and a very large portion OF what
Is now an almost unbroken stock range con.
sists OF rolling table lands eminently
adapted to grain raising.
1t ia a low estimate to say that two
ffths OF the area OF Montana are fitted fol
cultivation. This makes SO, 900, 900
acres. OF this vast area only about
100000 acres are returned for taxation.
inclusive OF surveyed railroad lands,
showing that ~eight-nfnths OF the Gull
tivable area OF Montana are still unoc.
cupied lands.
Montana is still SO new that very &C.
curate statistics are not obtainable; but I
give a few figures from the best available
a0urcas.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-06
Mining.

The CHIEF source of territorial wealth is
mining. Montana has been a mining terri
tory since it's organization, and has pro-
duced upwards of 5000, 600, 900 since it's
settlement a quarter OF a century ago. The
entire mountainous portion of the terri.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
Give Thin Brains Fresh Air.

The fate of DR.. David Tilton Brown.
who recently committed suicide, is only
an exaggerated form OF an affection
which seems to be inseparable from a
certain branch of medical practice. DIR.
Brown had been for ten years at the head
Of Bloomingdale Asylum. and was con-
sidered an expert alienist. Eventually
he lost his reason and had to be placed
under restraint, when he took advan-
tage of the earliest opportunity to
commit suicide. 1t is a remarkable
but indubitable fact that the medical
attendants in lunatic asylums almost
Invariably become the victims of som Q
hallucination themselves. 1t has been
calculated that after five years resi-
dence in a hospital for the insane, the
physician, whether male or female,
begins to manifest irrational tenden-
.ies, and to regard every one as abso-
lutely insane and in a condition de-
masding restraint Chicago Journal
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
The Turning Point of the War.

Major Chasr Hilton, of the Palmer
House. Chicago. in the course of con-
versation with an old soldier related
this: 81 have often heard men ask what
was the tuaning point of the war. Ma
jor Thomas Newsham, who lives in this
State, told several of us once that he
had put the question to General Sher-
man one day, and that the old COM
mander gave him this reply: 1t was
short time after the battle of Corinth.
Sherman had reported to Halleck. who
was in command, and was there in
formed that Grant intended to resign.
Grant was under Halleck's command.
When Sherman heard of this he mount
ed his horse and rode to Grants head
quarters. Grant was sore about the
treatment he had received and told
Sherman that he would stand it no
longer. He handed Sherman piece of
paper on which was Grants resignation.
Sherman asked Grant if he would do
him a favor, and Grant replied in a
sorrowful way that he would if it lay
in his power. Sherman tore the resig-
nation into fragments and said he want
ed him to Withhold his resignation for
two weeks. Grant consented with hest
tation. When the two weeks were up
Halleck had been retired and Grant was
reinstated for Sherman had removed
him. That said Old Tecumseh, 4
consider was the turning point of the
war;
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30

Charles F. Griffin, the Tndianian who
has just been elected commander-in-
chief of the Sons of Veterans, is distin-
guished in his own state as the most pro-
minent representative of young men in
the Republican party. He was born in
Crown Point, Lake county, thirty-two
years ago. His father was major in
the late war, and was paralyzed from
the effects of army life. Young Griffin
educated himself and studied law. He
is self-made man, and, as James Whit
comb Riley would say, eau be proud of
the job" He was chairman of the Re-
publican county committee in Lake
county for several years, but his ability
as politician first attracted attention
when he went as delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention that NOM
mated James q. Blaine for President.
Four years ago he was nominated for
Secretary of State, and he is now serv-
ing his second term, with the distinction
of being the youngest man who has
ever filled the office in Indiana. When
he returned from the convention at
Paterson, N. j., there was q local de-
monstration in his honor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
An EnisOde of GettYshurg.

One of the happiest men that returned
from the Gettsburg memorial encamp-
ment is c. w. Bishing, Of Harvey's
Lake, this county, says dispatch from
Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was a private in
Captain Rice's company, Fifty-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was shot
twice at Gettysburg.
As soon as he received the wounds he
set to work to bury his musket. He fell
near big rock and though suffering
great pain and bleeding profusely, he
managed to scoop enough dirt at the
base Of the boulder to slip his musket
into it. Afterwards he carefully covered
it and wondered whether he would ever
see it again.
AT the recent reunion Bishing, accom-
panied by several old comrades, started
out to look for the musket he buried
over twenty-six years before. He quick
ly located the spot, and after little
work struck the old musket. 1t had the
appearance of Rip Van Wrinkles fowl
ing-piece. The stock had fallen apart,
but was still in good state of preserva-
ton.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
General she,man,s Trained Eve,

An interesting story Of General Sher-
man comes from Philadelphia. When
he was last in that city he was riding
thro' Fairmount Park when he saw the
Sergeant of the Guard riding toward
him. "That man is an old cavalryman,
said the General, and when he got OPP
posite to him he was saluted by the Ser
geant in military manner:
"Halt, Sergeant" said the General.
The latter stopped and again saluted.
you are an old soldier, cavalry
man, Sergeant" said Sherman.
Eyes, General, of the Seventh Cav
airy; l served twelve years after the
war;"
"Ah! then you know of Custer and
Major Reno:"
81 was one of the fortunate ones of
that command to escape and be rescued
by Terry.
Sherman smiled. Then the old SOL
der told again the story OF the massa-
ere. At the conclusion General Sher-
man said:
Sergeant, let me shake hands with
you: you are q brave man."
81 never make a mistake" added the
General, as he drove on. "a civilian
never rides like that, and the salute set.
tied all doubts"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
The True Alaskan Seal.

Early in May, when the last of the
winter ice is just disappearing from
the rocky shores, the first seal APP
pears. 1t is always an old male. His
appearance would be an intense dis
appointment to one whose ideas of
seals were formed upon the sleek and
gentle little creatures that perform in
Barnum's show. There are seals and
seals, and Mr.. Barnum's seal is as un-
like the seal of Alaskan waters as a
''raccoon is unlike grizzly BEAR" as
one writer puts it. Mr.. Barnum's
seals are the common hair seals found
all along the north Atlantic coast, and
pretty much everywhere else. Phoca
Uitulina is the name to apply to them,
If you wish to appear scientific. The.
Alaskan seal is the fur seal, or Cdllor-
binus ursinus. The first old male that
tumbles awkwardly ashore on st. Paul,
or st. George island will weigh proba-
bly, 500 pounds. 1t will have the muz-'
zle and jaws of full blooded New
foundland dog, except that its lips will
be firmly drawn. Its mustache will be
OF yellowish white and gray hairs and
long enough to sweep over its should
ers, If it hasn't been torn out in some
of its fights of previous years. A
great thick mantle of fat will envelop
its whole body, quivering like jelly
with every movement. It is upon this
fat that it will live for the next two
months, for until the breeding season
is over it will never leave the spot up
on which it settles, unless forced
away. It has forefeet which are like
fabby hands, eight or ten inches
broad, and hind feet that resemble in
construction human feet drawn out to
a length of twenty inches, with the in
step fiattened down and the toes run
out into thin membranes. Standing
up, resting on its forefeet, its head is
three feet above the ground, and it is
an impressive and ferocious looking.
animal, especially If SCARED all over.
as is frequently the case, with marks
OF battle. 1t will never leave its place
to attack anyone, however, and may
be approached with safety.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-30
TAFT's STATUE OF GRANT,

The bronze monument of General
Grant, unveiled in Leavenworth, Kan,
last week. was cast year ago in South
Chicago after Mr.. Taft's design. It is a
bronze figure nine feet high on a
polished granite pedestal Of equal
height, and depicts Grant us he would
appear in winter on the field. The figure
is in Grants well remembered attitude,
standing with the left foot slightly ad
vanced, the left hand holding paper to
which the right forefinger points; his
heavy SLOUGH hat droops slightly over
his face and the cape Of his overcoat is
thrown back far enough to reveal his
BROAD shoulders. The expression on his
face is grave and thoughtful, as if the
general was studying his military
problem. The base of the monument is
in three pieces. the bottom being seven
feet square and two feet thick. Upon
this rests the sub-pedestal, five feet
square and two feet thick, with carved
chapiet of bay leaves in relief around
the top. On the front is q bronze tablet
two feet square bearing the inscription: