Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-16

bartender in Montana Took in n
Valuable Ola Cola.


GREAT FALLS. Mont, Deo. 15.-M 3;
proves TO be ee1ulae. the last missing CON
c: the United States goveranoa; dollar Is
sue Of lsa4 has Seen discovered in northern
Montana For thirty years coin r1tAerc1s
and MUSEUMS have has 3 etAn5tng oIer Of
FROM SIS 900 10 $40 900 fer the ccia and rnce
q Was supposed 10 have beea found in Nlr-
eiriA- bui after passing through the hands
% several experts was pronounced q forgery
and v1lpelesS There are hut four coins o.
th!s issue in The known world. Ozs is the
property ot a New York coin deRler. oae lies
IL the British Museum g0d the other is t5e
property Of 8 southern gentleman. The
fourth has never been found, unless that
brought 10 light il Teton c5unty 3 few days
since proves to he IL The is.sle wss in
circulation but & short time and vas called
IL before much ot IL got out, on account Of
e0 enormous amount OF coGutsrieits of the
TIE same issue betzC circulated 81 The same
time. According TO government reports al
cUt four were Ent hack into the mint and
year later the value Of these coins hSa
jumped from their face 10 $3.50. F5- the
n l.saaE coin tie price adva- ee1 rs the years
.. its hiding increased. until last years is
sue ot coin prices quoted it at $40 00e
a few evenings sco Billy seymour. bar
lender for D9wres d Benton. at Choteau,
who had been On shift during the day VS.
counting u Ills csSh when his eve c2ucAt z
taken in for drnks- knowing nothing Of lis
value but ad-nlrinc il simply for its cd5ity.
Seymour took the coi1, putting an ordinary
dollar IN the drawer il its stead The follow
ing day he exhibited il TO several friends
among whom WIS one who recognized tls
missing dollar snd knew Of its value. He
/ offered good sum fo- il, zufic c;ent TO make
/. Seymour suspicious, ana its sale WIS re-
! fused. Then the story Of the discovery was
nolsed abou; Cnoteau- and in shart tIns
+ every nan who had spent a dollar over
/ Downes d. BentOu's bar that day called t1
! il mistake" Seymour refuses to give il up
claiming that the coin wRs received legiti-
maiely, and be is nov owner Of il.
J Several suits are threatened against Sey.
I rloUr 10 recover possession ali the plaintiff
in which VIII lay claim to having OWED The
) coin,
! Mr.. Seymour will st once conmua.cata witt
H coin dealers in the eEs; and ascertain
( whether OF not he has woa the prize, Shpul:
/ Il prove true. there Is no telling what prlc.
viii have To be paid before Mr.. Seymour vii
Allow il 10 pass into other hands.
Montana News Notes.
Joseph Marshall, who died last Saturds!
in Anaconda, went 30 Montana in 1864.
A special agent will investigate the al
visibility Of free delivery in GTeas Falls.
John Hogan. an old-ttr1e prospector VIZ
found dead in his cabin il Park cznyol
near Butte
William Moreland. E cowboy. who hz
Travelled with the Buffalo BIZ show for fv
years has returned to Montana and win tu,
big ranch. He is now in Great Falls.
Butte people became exci.ed the othe
day over g false report 20 the effect tha
the city health officer hal found that hors
meat was being saI1 n The 5u1cher shop
p for beef.
Two dividends have recently been de
? ela1ei by SLOGAN mines, ole by the Rec
: Of Slo4.o 900, payable January /. and one D
the Idaho o. $50 .0oa, payable at once
i Is the Recos secand dividend Of sloa ea
within year and makes L total Of S2S. 30
up to dage.
The repor- Of Superintendent ". s. Kslie,
Or the Elkhorn mi1e for Oc-05er show
these figures: Estimated value Of bullio
: shipped. s2217S; surplus from September
! SZ,E2s-S6; net value q bullion. s2f s01-
current expenses. So 2=S. %; profit for o.
tober, S2.5G4-ll, OF 1928.
The attorney general Of Montana. .rep9ri
, that his ofnce Is 10 siuesure. In e.sve
months he has written 259 opinions 0
cssas submitted to him and delivered e.!
cplnions in fifty other cGsas; hss sppe are
! for the state in nineteen cases and has pc.
! formed 2 gres- deal OF other work.
An exceedingly rich ledge has been struc
5 in the Rising Sun mine. near Downieyiil
Sierra county. The rock is ribbon guar
and the gold lies in LAYERS, enne } quartz
Of an i2ch thick One piece Of rock VS.
tEken ont which contained forty-nir
: ounces Of gold. The tunnel is in near
sixty feet and the ledge still continues ric-
A rich pocket IS reported on D.gg.
> creek, near Mi2ersville Trinity county. Tv
4 men were 81 work on an old property n!
. had bsen lying idle for several years. Th4
: Eluice5 OF the surface DIRT zad dug throus
q three feet Of slate when they found 3 ri
: sesn from which they took 2B3 ounces
3 , gold in Two days. AT the end Of that tin
d.. I n large grnr1-- ar enid yVp= e-iT1 in sipa-