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THE ARMY OF wAGE-nARNERs.

The Thousands of Men Whom tho Mines
Profit Directly and Indirectly.
To operate such extensive plants as out
lined above, the work of thousands Of men
is required. It is estimated that 100000 is
paid out each month in the shape Of wages
in Butte to those directly connected with
the mining interest-the miners, mill and
smelter men, ore haulers, wood choppers,
machinists and mechanics and carpenters.
Then these employees necessitate the en-
ployment of others by the mon with whom
they Geal, SO that each thirty days, when
the mines, mills and smelters of Butte are
form of wages. Tho miners receive $500
a day, and other wage-earners in like pro
portion. There are n large number Of for
eigners employed in the mines near Butte,
but the number of Americans is also
large. There is nowhere in tho world a
finer appearing lot of miners than in the
Butte district. They earn good wages, the
large majority of them are thrifty. have
one of the strongest miners' unions in the
country, with a good surplus fund, and ara
not engaged in II continuous quarrel! with
the capital which gives them employment.
All the trades and labor unions ara rep
resented in Butte, their membership. out
sido of the miners union, ~aggregating
about 1900. Formerly it was the excep-
ton for wage-earners in Butte to be men of
family. In recent years, however, this has
changed, and while the unmarried element
is yet probably in the majority, during the
past two years there has been q large in
crease in tina number who havs established
for themselves homes in Butte, with a wife
to preside over the household.
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A STRONG COMBINATION.
Leading Dentist of Butte and a Prominent
Helena Dental Surgeon.

Leading Dentist of Butte and a Prominent
Helena Dental Surgeon.
DIR. Bishop, one of the most prominent
dentists of this city. has formed a co-part-
rership with DR.. G. W. Averill, the leader
of the dental profession in Butte. They
have secured handsome apartments in the
Bailey block, and their patrons will find
them up in all the latest things in their
profession. DR.. Averill has long been the
leader in his profession in Butte, and still
retains his Office there. where he has four
or more assistants constantly employed.
He has attended amous dental colleges in
Europe, and specimens of his work show
large experience and great ingenuity.
Among the latest things ia that of
setting Il diamond in II tooth. DR..
Averill makes n specially of gold
crown and bridge work, and has
quite q reputation in Butte for the extrac-
ton of teeth by the use of yitalized mir. DR..
Bishop is TOO we'll known in Helena TO need
II introduction. AS for DR.. Ayerill. he
counts among those who recommend him
in Butte such people as T.. ID. Leayitt, M.
D., president of tho state medical board; J.
IL. Boyce, Jr,; Alex j. Johnston, cashier OF
Clark's bank; Andrew j. Davis, of tho
First National bank; William McCraclin,
president, and Fayette Harrington. cashier
of the Silver Bow National bank; John IL.
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CRUKCHEs, SOCIETIES, SCHOOLS.

The Big Denominations Are All Repre-
scented and So Are Other Organizations.
People visiting Butte. and the resid ents
cannot excuse absence from church ON the
ground that there is none to attend. There
are ten places of worship, the leading de-
nominations being represented. The
strongest numerically is the Roman Catho-
lie. with 1000 or 5000 communicates. This
E~piscopaliars have a place of worship, with
200 communicates. The Methodist Epigco-
pal q church with 200 members; the Presby-
%terians, with $50 members; tho Baptists
have a fair membership, as have the Con
Rregatlonallsts, the Methodist Episcopal
church south, the German Lutheran, the
Disciples, the Scandinavian and the African
Methodlst Episcopal church. All of these
save the scandinavian and the African
Methodist have regular pastors.
Social clubs and secret societies there are
in abundance. Besides the various labor
organizations, there are two lodges of the
A. q. u. W., four lodges of Odd Fellows,
two of the Daughters of Rebekah, two Odd
Fellows encamplnents, one of the l. o. q.
j., fouf OF the Knights Of Pythias,, three
Masonic lodges, a Knights Templar COM
%mandery, Ruth Chapter, No. 2, Order OF
tho Eastern Star, four lodges of the Sous of
". George. two camps of the p. $. o.. A.,
Lodge of Hiberinans, one of Foresters.
There is a Grand Army post and II Sons of
Veterans camps. There are three Young
Peoples Societies of Christian Endeavor,
an Eppworth league. Society of the Kings
Daughters and a branch OF the W. G. Il. u.
All the churches have in connection various
Ladies' Aid societies. For those inclined
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to sport there Ia Z cricket club. 4 rod and
gun club and the Yuynverein, The Silver
Bow club 10 peculiarly q busineas mans In
sttiution, noted Tor its hospitality 70 visi-
tors.
Butte has an excellent public school sys-
tenn. There are eleven school husldings,
and tho oorps OF tenchera Will compare
favorably with any in tho state. The sohool
enrolment IL between 1000 and 5000, and
30 RAPIDLY has the school population grown
In the past few years that more aocommo-
datiors " i'll soon be demanded. There Ia
also a par ochial school, under the auspiccs
OF the Ca tholic church, and = businesa col-
lepe. III ere 10 also q public library OF loo
volumes. Theatrical companies going
from GOA at to coast have found Butte a
profitabl . show town, and thus it 10 that a
majority OF the leading attraction each
season ar . played at Aaauirs's opera house.
Beside tn is place Of Amusement there are
Others on the variety order.
There ia also a board of trade, but ac-
cording to the testimony of those who
should know it docs not fully come up to
the stan dar i Of those elsewhere, either in
the o ant of work attempted or accom-
plished. Five hospitals make up the other
institution, and ord ers of various kinds,
whose obiect is to help each other and the
city.
Two daily newspapers. either OF which
would be a credit to a city of $1,000 people.
with full press reports, keep the people in
with the doings of the world. A
weekly and a semi-weekly, devoted more
especially to particular interests, are also
puhliah ed.
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Reduction company a ospaol.y Of 1870 ton.

Uu1ly. 49, IaN EE 9HF V &a55a
In addition to those ten leading mines.
there are hundreds Of others, owned and
operated by men OF limited capital, whose
output in thu aggregate Ia very large. A
~favorite method OF operating 10 tho lease
aystem. Practical miners lease u claim for
= stipulated period. paving. for the priv.
to tho owners. The benefits Of this systsm
were foroibly illuatrated during the auspen-
sion Of operations by the Anaconda com
pany recently. A large number Of men thus
deprived OF employment leased and worked
claims. the result being that hundreds OF
men thus bSoams producers. while at the
Same time numerous mines were devel-
oped whore otherwise they would not have
been.
IA to the permanenoy Of tho ore bodies
in the vicinity Of Butte, there Is no ques-
tion. The formation is granite. true assure
veins, and can be traced for n distance OF
in width from ten to 100 feet, and no mat
ter what depth has besn attained in the
great producers, the results have justified
the expenditure. The deepest shaft In the
district is on the Lexington. something over
1,6O0 feet. The Alice is worked to u depth
of almost 1,400 feet. the Gagnon is down
over 1000, the Blue Bird sou, he Moulton
about the same, the Parrot about 1000, the
principal mines of the, Butte aud Boston
COMPANY about 400. The Mountain View,
the principal property owned by the Bos-
ton and Montana company, il developed to
u depth Of l, 100 feet; the East Colusa il
down 800 feet, the West Colusa 500. and
other mines of the company have shafts
down from 400 to 900 feet. The Anaconda,
owned by the Anaconda company. Is devel-
oped to u depth of 1,10o feet and the st.
500 feet. Tbs Mountain Con also
owned by the same company, is developed
to a good depth. rs are its other properties.
With ali these big companies it is more q
question of mill and smslter capacity and
. market for their product, than it is the
of ore.
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THE CITY's FOUNDATION,

Something About the Leading Mining
Properties of the Great Camp.
First located as a placer camp in 1864.
$S.0O0,00O in placer gold was taken out in
the next five years. Quartz lodes were
discovered in 1865, and from one of these,
the T%ravonia, ore was shipped as early as
1861. But the placer excitement was yet at
fever heat, and few men wanted to bother
with quartz. From 1869 to 1875 Butte had
Il hard time. In that year interest was re-
newod in the quartz leads, and then com
msnced the growth of Butte. But it was
not copper the prospectors were looking for
and the capitalists were developing. 1T
was gold and silver. They found the lat
ter, and in going down on it they brought
forth the copper. During the next year
some seventy-iye or 100 quarts claims ware
developed and patents applied for. but it
was several years later before the greatest
copper producers, the Anaconda properties,
were discovered. Taking the placer pro-
duct and adding to it that of the quartz since
1880, the mines in the vicinity of Butte have
The output of the quartz mines has jumped
from ST. 0 900 in 1880, the first year in
which a record was kept, to $780, 00, 600 in
1890, and this year it will be nearly, if not
quite as large. The largest producers are
the Anaconda, Boston and Montana Co.,
SOlold "0LAbuhu company luLbc O.
Boston, Parrot, Lexington, Alice. Butte
Reduction Co., Moulton and the Blue Bird.
These ten companies operate some forty
odd mines. n all have their own works
for the reduction of ores; in addition they
buy and work the ores from other mines.
The Anaconda co1lpany's works are at
Anaconda aud have q capacity of 5000 tons
daily. The Boston d Montana company is
Just completing reduction works at Great
Falls, which will have a capacity of $500
tons daily. Their works at Butte nave a
capacity of less than / 1000 tons daily. Tho
Parrot works about 400 tons daily.
its product running about 50 per cent
copper. The Butte d. Boston handles
600 tons of ore daily, and the Colorado
folks about 100 tons of its own ore, doing a
great deal of custom work. The Colorado
c~ompany's metal runs higher in gold and
silver than any other of the copper pro-
ducers. OF the big silver producers the
Blue BIRD has an eighty-stamp mill, the
Alice two mills, one of sixty and the other
OF twenty-staInps, the Lexington fifty
stamps, the Moalton forty, and the Butte
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LIVING IN t
The Stores and Markets Compare Favor
ably With Those in Amy Section

The Stores and Markets Compare Favor
ably With Those in Amy Section
The great inducements for rich ore traffic
that induced the railroads to build into
Butte, have resulted in opening to the mer-
chants of the city the markets OF the world
from which to select their wares, and the
opportunity has not been neglected. No
whore in the state are there larger retail
superior grades of goods carried. In fact
the stores are run on the same generous
scale in Butte as is everything else. The
dealers in clothing, both for mon and
women, carry big stocks of the finest
goods. Travelling statesmen, talking about
the Butte trade, say the merchants order
larger quantities Of goods, at one time,
than any city they visit of twice
the population. And the quality OF
the goods must be of the best, because the
people have the money and want the best it
can buy. Composition ia sharp In the
clothing. boot and shoe, dry goods and
other kindred lines, and as q result prices
are pretty close to those in the east. On
groceries the stocks are also large, the grade
Of goods averaging as in other cities. Take
it all the way through and prices are about
10 per cent higher than in Helena. Thu
supply of fruits, vegetables and poultry
comes largely from Utah, and it is always
" uStS Vao oAAloA 40 VAAAo
prices run about az in Helena. Butter and
eggs come also from the land of the Nor
mon, and along the line Of the Union Pa
ciic in Nebraska. In price they are the
same as in Helena. The consumption of
eggs in Butte is something enormous. They
seem to be a ~favorite there for the miners
breakfast, and old and experienced whole
sale dealers will wager that Butte in a
twelve month consumes more eggs than
any other city in the country. TWICE its size,
does in double the time. Fuel is reasona-
BILE III price, wood running from $3.50 to So
q cord and Goa from S. to $3.50. House
rents are about 10 per cent. higher than in
Helena, for tho poor class of dwellings,.
while the more modernly built are 20 per
cent. higher. Next year, however. if the.
this line are carried out there will be more
houses built and the supply thus be more
nearly equal to the demand, For the single
man, who lives in lodgings and
eats at restaurants, there is no cheaper
place to live in the northwest, or
where he can fare better. Lodgings in the
blocks built IN the last few years are all
quite handsomely fitted up, heated by steam
or hot air, and rented reasonably. There
are half q hundred restaurants in the city
where excellent meals are served for twenty
five cents, while with the more expensive
eating places an epieure can find no fault.
Though so well supplied in other respects,
Butte has no hotel equal to it's needs or
commensurate with the Importance of the
city. OF course this does not directly con-
Germ the residents, save that it prevents the
visit of some who might become investors
and cuts short the stay of others, who thus
gain c wrong impression of the city as a
whole.
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To Dealers in Boots and Shoes.

Best line of neckwear in the city at The Be
Hive for SOC. IA
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Oysters on the half shell at the Motor Office.
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To Dealers in Boots and Shoes.
Propose to sell in bulk for cash the
balance of the stock of boots and shoes.
together with fixtures remaining in the
John r.. Drew store, Thompson block,
Helena, Mont. Bids will be received at the
office of Barnard Brown, room l, Power
building, until 10 o'clock a. M, November
30, 1891. The right to reject any and all
bids is reserved. G, G. NEWMAN,
Assignee.
HELENA, MoNr., November 25. 1891.
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HELENA IN BRIEF.
Jackson's music store. Bailey block.

p. o. s. OF A.
Washington Camp No. 8 meets Friday even
ings at 1. o. o. 4. Hall; visiting brothers cor
daily invited.
This is an American order; non-political. nom
sectarian and not unfriendly to good citizens of
foreign birth. Qualifications for membership
are: Native citizenship, belief in a supreme be-
ing, support of our public SCHOOL system, opposi-
ton to any union of church and state. and of
any interference of any foreign power, directly
or indirectly, in the affairs of our government.
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Herbert Nicholson s. Co., Ltd, are now
prepared to deliver anthracite hard coal
dry yellow pine, or fir wood to any part of
the city promptly at market prices. Telc-
phone 325.
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Parties Having Large Blocks
to heat will be to their advantage to call
and get our prices.
G11cHR1sT Bros. q EDGAR.
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Curtis, real estate dealer; NJ. j. Cornell, Of
the Bonner Mercantile company; d. j..
Hennessy. of the d. J. Hennessv Mercan-
tile company; William Beck, real estat Q
dealer, Of Bozeman, and G. D. Curtis, of
Cloaks for children from 1 to 4 years, worth
SIS 0 to 81, choice at The Bee Hive only III. so.
Oysters on the half shell At the Motor Office,
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Select knights, A. o. U. W.

Select knights, A. o. U. w.
Meets every Friday.
A regular assembly of Montana Legion, No. |
Select knights. convenes at their hall. in Ode
Fellows Temple, this evening at 1880 O'Clock
sharp Comrades of sister legions are cordially
invited to attend.
"A. DONNELY, Select Commander.
N. T. WALTERS. Recorder.
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MASSACHUSETTS NOTES.

Oliver Watson of Greenfield, whose es-
capades have furnished the New York
/ papers sensation, is now in Canada. He
was brought back from the Pacific coast at
| the request of his father by Union Pacific
railroad officials, and after an interview
with Mr.. Watson in Chicago promised to
| turn over new leaf. He says that he is
through issuing worthless checks. his ex-
perience of three days in a salt Lake jail
having cured him of that bad habit
Mrs. Ann Doherty. who died at Aver
last week Thursday. was nearly los years
old. and came to this country from Ireland
in 1S49.
Ex-Gov. and Mrs. G.. 5. Boutwell, of
Groton celebrated their j0th marriage an
niyersary Wednesday.
The Williston mills corporation of East
hampton, makers OF cotton yarns, have
gone into insolvency, and about $50 hands
are thrown ont of work. No statement is
made as to assets or liabilities.
While A. b. Warner and his mother of
Bernardston were on their way home from
church Sunday the horse became frightened
and turned suddenly round, throwing Mrs
Warner over the dashboard on to the cross
| bar and dragging her number of rods, with
the horses heels beating her body Severe
! injuries were inflicted.
George Hollister of North Adams, aged
| II, was shot in the chin Saturday, the bull
let causing severe fracture of the jaw.
John and Levi Moore of West Whately
were badly injured by the premature dis
charge of an anvil they were loading sat
urday night, the former losing an eye and
endangering the sight of the other, and the
! latter losing his thumb.
John WEIGH a farm laborer in the north
ern part of Greenfield, was arrested Tues
! dey, charged with feloniouS assault on
Mrs. Frederick Wise of West Deerfield
Monday. The young woman identified
him as her assailant and later he was ar
raigned before Justice Malone when he
! pleaded not guilty and the hearing was con-
tinued until Friday. In default of bonds Of
$1,000 he was sent to Jail. After his arrest
WEIGH remarked that he expected to get 20
| years for the crime
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NORTHFIELD, MASS.

Miss May Wright, daughter of Henry
Wright of this place, was married on Tues
day at the home of her sister in Athol.
The body of Mr.. Nye was brought from
Northampton to this place for burial on
Friday last The deceased was a brother
of John Nye of Mortified.
The summer school closed on Wednes-
day evening There has been a larger at
tendance from adjoining towns, and more
enthusiasm manifested than ever before.
July passed off pleasantly without an
accident. in spite of the army of small
boys with their frecrackers and toy guns.
The night preceding gates and signs
were misplaced. and the band stand
decorated with wagons, goats and
other things, no real mischief being
done. The most of the interest of the day
centred about the seminary grounds, as
the young men devoted the day to games
and sports and a glorious good time. In
the evening they assembled in Stone hall,
and if noise is a criterion of a good time
they certainly succeele in having one.
The program consisted Of short speeches,
songs. and college cheers and wells. At the
conclusion fine display of fireworks was
given from the hill back OF East hall.
Mrs. Joseph Brigham returned from
North Adams on Saturday, where she has
been for several weeks with her daughter.
Erwin Streeter, who has been postmast-
er for several years at Mt. Hermon station,
has left that place to enter the employ of
the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company.
The Loyal Temperance legion of this
place will give an entertainment in the
town hall on Friday evening The pro-
ceeds will be used to further the good
cause.
Mr.. Dean and family Of Boston are at
the Loveland House for their annual out
| ing in Mortified.
Alton D.. son of \. d. Elmer of this
town, is home for a vacation. He is EN-
| ployed in the Boston journal office.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

The pleasure steamer Edmund Burke,
while trying to make landing in Sunapee
lake, struck a rock and sank in II feet of
water, the second time in three weeks. 1t
had just been fioated and repaired
The Keene Granite and Terra Gotta com
pany has reOrganZed under the name of
the New Hampshire Moulded Granite COM
pany with a capital of $1,000 and ar
ticles OF incorporation have been filed with
the secretary OF state.
New Hampshire has two venerable Bap-
fist ministers in Rev. Joseph COombs, near
ly %, of PenacOok, and Rev. Otis Wing,
92, of Newton Centre.
Abraham Prescott, who died at Concord
Saturday, was member of the Prescott
piano and organ company, one of the best
known establishments in New England,
in 1886 becoming associated with his faith
er, Abram Prescott, who was the first
manufactures of bass viols in this country,
and one of the earliest manufacturers of
melodeons and organs. He had served as
alderman, and was a member of the board
OF education for nine years.
A dwelling house at Keene was burned
Tuesday morning, the fire catching from a
lamp left burning. The occupants barely
escaped in their night clothes, and lost all
their personal effects
Two freight trains were wrecked on the
Cheshire road near Troy Monday night,
smashing two engines and 10 cars
On June 20 the largest days work ever
done at Ball Bros brick yard, Keene, was
completed, 1890 brick being struck on
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Extensive arrangements are being made
for the entertainment of the Windham
County Veterans association which meets
here July %. and a good time can be
assured to all who attend.
John W. Lockwood and wife Of Saratoga
Springs are spending some weeks with II.
\. Phelps on School street.
A. r.. Mason retires from the manage
ment Of Towns hotel on Saturday next. a
satisfactory arrangement having been made
by him with c. w. Town as to the four
and a half months remaining of his two
years lease Mr. Town buys the furni-
ture back and will probably find another
tenant at once, there being several appli-
cants. Mr.. Mason claims it to be impossible
for anyone to run the house upon the rental
of -, 600 and not keep bar, which in the
present state of public feeling is unsafe, he
having been fined to the extent of $1,000
in the past year. He has been popular
here as a landlord, and many people will
regret his giving up the house. The rental
mentioned above covers the hotel only, no
furniture or store rental being included.
Mr.. Ladd, the proprietor of the Commercial
House, is advertising for a successor. His
lease also runs until December |, and at
II, 600 per year is burdensomc for the same
reason. and he fails of coming to an agree
ment with the owners, as in the case of
Town. Bellows Falls needs both its hotels
in the interest of all kinds of business, and
it will be a serious matter if complications
arise whereby we are deprived of them.
A Frenchman was arrested on the morn
ing of the 4th by Officer Buemond for
being intoxicated. He resisted the officer
and had jury trial on that charge Thurs
day. which resulted in a disagreement.