The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-12-12

men i'll Texas and California, as was
reported, before his arrival i'll Virginia
City. The terror and aversion which
this man inspired recall the nursery
tales Of the days Of orgies and their
victims. In the summer of 1859 an
ganet Of the leading western express
company called at a station which
Brown was then keeping on the Hum
boldt river and desired something to
eat. Brown pointed to a hanging
strip Of bacon and the traveller requested
the loan OF a knife to cut off q slice
With an odd smile Brown pulled out
his immense knife, but Immediately
thrust 1t back into his boot leg, re-
marking that he had killed five men
with that knife and was superstitious
about lending it to cut bacon The
visitor was equally scr1lpulous and left
the cabin without the meal
"One of Browns first exploits iii
the mining district was a murder,
which illustrates vividly the character
Of the man and the camp. A weak,
unidentified barroom lounger, whose
feeble discretion was lost in LIQUOR
staggered up to Brown one day in a
saloon and made some remark which
the latter considered offensive. With
out a word the giant wound his mus
cular arms about his victim and, hold
ing him as easily as Il cat does a
mouse, drove a sheath knife into his
quivering body, turning it, Maltese
fashion, in his vitals. Then he flung
the bleeding sufferer on the floor and
When few minutes later, a party took
up the man, still bleeding family from
the red pool behind the bar, Brown
was seen sleeping as a child on bill
lizard table in the room.
Sam Browns last day was perfectly
i'll keeping with the rest of his violent
career. He had become offended at q
ranchman Of Carson valley, named Van
Sickle, and went to his house in Car
son City, to kill him. Van Sickle was
not at home when Sam rode into the
yard to carry out his purpose and the
desperado, forcing his way into the
house, searched it from roof to cellar
for his intended victim, throwing
things about and te1rorizing the wo-
men. Upon leaving the house he
encountered the officers of the law on
the street and kept up running fight
with them as he rode out Of town. A
sheriff's posse was organized and started
i'll pursuit, determined this time to
kill Or capture Brown.
Van Sickle on learning Of the visit
to the house, did not join the posse,
but rightly conjectured that Sam
would make for a certain out-of- the
way ranch used by outlaws for conceal
ment OF stolen horses, rode along to
this place by a short y-path, and
finding no one there put his horse in
the stable and waited for the despera-
dos coming. Sam soon appeared riding
up to the stable. Van Sickle met him
at the door with shotgun heavily
loaded with slugs and buckshot, and
instantly cmptied both barrels into him.
The ruffian dropped dead from his
horse, but Van Sickle took no chances
with Sam Brown, and proceeded to
empty every chamber of his revolver
into him to make sure Of his work.
Served him right was the verdict
OF the coroner's jury.
Patient" Doctor 1 can't sleep at
night. I tumble and toss until morn
ing
Doctor-"H'm, that's bad. Let me
see Sc, your, tongue. After diagonsis)
Physically you are all right. Perhaps
;,,a you W. worry r7 over that bill you've owed
The winter snowfall on the Yukon
river country, Alaska, is said to aver
age only two and one-ha1f feet, but it
gets cold there. The coolest last wear
was 81 degrees below zero, although 50
degrees below has been experienced.
During the longest days in summer the
sun can be seen for week
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The famous Silver King mine of
Arizona, which produced once $12, ,O0O,-
700 from great chambers of silver ore.
showed no vein only a large chimney,
but it was always thought a true fis-
sure vein existed in the vicinity, a
feeder for the great ore chamber. It is
low reported that this vein has been
sound and that it is one of the largest
size with ruby and native silver
Ex-Governor James B. Grant of
Colorado, who has just returned from
tour OF inspection among the mining
camps of Colorado, says that all are
prosperous. / am compelled tc believe
hat the future Of Cripple Creek he
aid, far surpasses the widest antici-
)atlons OF those who had the greatest
rope for the future of Leadville Grip
lie Creek will produce more gold in
he next ten years than any camp ever
lnoWn Leadyille has produced over
'l0O, ,OO0, 900 in the last seventeen
ears. When they have been mining
eventeen years at Cripple Greek it is
afe to say the camp will have produced
,ver $500, 600, 900. Speaking Of the
south African mines the governor had
70 hesitation in saying that the mines
f the Cripple Creek region will soon
keel them both in the money value of
ts products and in actual tonnage