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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
THE LAST or EAGLE CITT'S CAR.
Declined an Opportunity to Get Away, and
VIII Stay There Always.
From n, San Francisco Chronic'>.

FROM me van FFdHriScO thfhhicN.
VANCOUVER. Jan. 4. The steamer Resale
arrived from the north Tonight with 100 pas
sengers. all from Dawson. The party started
out from Dawson Dec. ~. The passengers bring
news Of n sensational hanging whirhtook place
at Eag'e City, Alaska. the early part Of de-
cember.
Jack Jolly. a saloon keeper and tin-holn
gambler. had collected a gang of touglIs
around hin and WAS terrorlzinR the mining
ramns after the manner Of the late "SOapv"
smith. lie Sc. The law nj defiance, and the
United States Marshal would have heen inur-
dcred II lie mad ATTEMPTED 80 arrest him, lie
practically took possession, Of the town.
Nt'his Iuurture twelve determined AinsTl-
formed themselves INTO 4 vigilance oinmit.
tee and waited unOu Jolly Al his saloon. MI
carried guns ready For immediate" use. AMI
thus prevented M attack from the gang. Jolly
then received MS "urutocol" from the Marshal.
which was:
Jack Jolly, YOU must leave Town with your
gang inside OF forty-eight hours OF. we VIII
hang, You by the neck until You are dead
Jolly dei!ed the committee, saving that no
man could be hanged IN nit"d states terri
daTn Of the second day the vigilance. commit
tee returned To JUlly's saloon. Jolly was
found IN bed. lie made "a attempt to cS:
cape. lie was covered with revOlNerR. and
WAS ordered 70 dresS, He did 50 With perfect
composure. He was then marched TO the out.
skirts OF the town,
A rope was strung over the limb of a tree
and the moose placed around his neck. When
asked IT he had ANYTHING to say. he, replied
shS5 IL lima oP h@i bs G HSD 4 think hhie H. h im. 10 Wod dIS
come so SOON
Jolly died game. ON the return Of the yigi-
lance COMMITTEES every m Der Of the Jolly
thieves, toughs and gamblers had disappeared.
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From the Nebraska .Stotr Journal.

If l should die and go to my long rest,
Some friends no doubt would take the useless pa
To place a Tow fresh flowers on my breast.
And view my calm and diRnihcd remains.
They then would carry me with kindly 2est
Out where the winter SNOW and sum nj or rains
Would pelt the earth DER m" defenceless head
Tho saddest circu Of being dead.
Some few warm frienGs might drop a briny tear.
"A common thing for all of us | know
Or, maybe two upon my lonely bier
They did that much for Edgar Allan Poe);
But, i'll the merest fraction of a year.
Not to exceed perhal s a week or so,
My friends would try forgetting me their best
Or think Of me AZ very much non est.
And SO the man who struts along the street
With lordly tread and self.important air.
Who never deiyns to glance towsrl his feet
Betimes to see il both of them are there:
Who thinks the earth will he most incomplete
When he at last is laid away with care.
Mav nrNe" know. the while he walks the earth,
How very trihing his intrinsic worth.
We see the names Of saCcs dead and gone
Upon the page of hist rvs smiling face;
Full many thousand siuCc creations dawn,
Have made great track III It no ono can erase;
For each great corpse W. sadly look upon,
A greater onei is born to take his place.
As william JENNINGS Bryan. nothing loath
To serve for Jefferson and Jackson both.
This Is a stare Of transitory things,
As unsl b Stantial as the snow that drifts:
Grim death gets after common men and kings
And every seas m life's great curtain lifts,
And time before the htful footlight brings
New actors and the scene forever shifts
In this pathetic. comic worldly strife
The drama and the tragedy of life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
THE DEATH OF 4 NOTED FOX.
For Years He Had Been n Faithful standby
of the Eager Hunters.
From the Phiiddriphid Timrs.

From the Phiiddriphid Timrs.
VALLEY FORGE. Jan. 12.-George Washington.
the hoary and sporty old fox that has lived in
the South Valley hills at Valley Forge for so
many years and has figured in a score or mere
hunts. met with a tragic end to-day by being
torn to pieces by a pack Of hounds.
About a dozen members of the P%erkiomen.
Port Kennedy. Washington and Black Rock
Hunts, with a pack of twenty hounds. turned
out this morning for n hunt, After beating
around the Valley hills for an hour. the hounds
succeeded in jumping" old George Washing
ton. and a lively chase followed. Foxey did
some pretty lively, running among the hills for
the open COUNTRY toward New CentreviIle. with
the hounds in close pursuit; From Cedar
Chariestown township. and then headed Tor
valley Forge, with the hounds very close to
his, heels. Finding that he, was likely to, be
Law before him. he popped into a groundhog
hole when about half way hack. and none too
soon for the hounds were close on him. The
hunters got picks and shovels. and. as the hole
proved shallow. they uncovered him after an
hours digging.
Black Rock Hunt seated him on the pomnel
of his saddle and started Off for Valley Forge
surrounded by the pack. He had moi pro.
wild leap and went bounding among the
hounds. He had scarcely touched the ground
before q dozen OF the dogs were on him, and
before Mr.. Davis could alight from his horse
The old fox had been nearly torn to. pieces.
The hounds were driven away and when the
they almost cried. for they would rather have
lost q horse or COW than lost old George. Mr..
Davis secured the brush.
Old George vas a great runner and had fig
ured In many big hunts, He was frequently
CAPTURED and kept, for big drop-hunts; and.
while he often made narrow ESCAPES. he al.
or good stroke Of luck. All regret that he was
fated to meet such an Understandable end.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15

Recent Death of II Man Whose Work on
Theatrical History Is Invaluable.

TIna,s,.I "a, L.
Ihe"'r''"' history Is ih'"'"ap'e'
The hest known historian of the American
aa IiaJ -, noo 90 Ia,, az. III, 49, Il,
sage "ieu on DEC, ~ las' AT ms nome IN
Bridgeport. Conn. hut the fact Of his death at
tracted little attention at the time. Joseph
norton IroIanI,s .Racoros ~ tbe Nav york
Stag" from 1850 to 1850" is about the most
hiahIy nnroci,tod ~, nol,antnrs This ia ,ha
hiGh'S appreciate" oy collec,ors. lhis 10 tno
most important Of Mr.. Ireland's works. al
though he was an author of several books re.
- .;' -. ,"
la'lhR 10 'he"trlcaI history IL IL Il curious lac1
about such books that the good ones are very
highly valued. although few persons TAX a the
,,puIIo 80 ur,t, thonn
'Iou"l" 10 "r'to thch'
One author long in the businessof theatricals
has completed q work which has continued for
IT,, ,oo bad aL,. onr,ownon. =, -.
years ne mas hhu other chi'oyhehI III 'ho
meantime, and his book has been rather u
labor nC lo-r Now that IL is finished and
nartai,s IN tho ,nthnr's oninion n snIsndiJ
cph'alhs' III inc 'u'i'"rs OPINION d spiehuiu
history of tn" actors Of this country. IL is inn
possible to find subscribers who will enable
iia ,,LiiI. a., na,. p,, la,h.loaa a.,
mn I" pu"''Hh ,h' ""'h' Hnt ooup''oss 10
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
CharIemngne Tower, ST., Was "A College
Clnssmnte of Charles sumner

The appointment Of CharemaGne Tower to
he Ambassador 10 Russia "Blls to mind that this
gentleman Is the son Of 1"e Of Charles Sum
nor carly fr!c4d5, The senior. Charlemagne
they 6rcamc yrry Intimate at thai time. Many
letters addressed by sumner TO Tower ara
found in %rjcr"o'4 Life of sumner The two
college. Tower became a great operator in
coal aud acquired n fortune Of several millions.
wh oh his son. the new Minister, inherited.
sumner turned his attention 10 literature and
tho law, with no apparent, anticipation OF .
rather than his ambition inducing him TO enter
II. Personally. he was very strongly in sympa.
thy with Tower. and their correspondence exc
tended over q long period. sumner opening hts
heart in 1t unreservedly,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15
Burton EoBERT STEVENSON,
A Lapp Prayer.


The day beginning
The holy seven
We give great thanks TO the King Of Heaven:
We who are sinned against. we who are shining;
We who grow weary in losing and winning
The things of little worth;
We that are strong, we that are very weak
Thy holy places seek.
And lift unto Thy holy hills our earth
The day beginning
The holy seven,
Lord, who didst light the fixed stars in heaven
And gave the marsh-tire to us for a fear.
We thank Thee for Thy giving. and the seven
Days for our daily bread;
We thank Thee for Thy wandering angels here
And Thy fixed stars o'erhcad.
We praise Thee for tbs strait path and the byway.
W W. pTnisT The for the thHrns that fend the rose.
And for the lilies IN the garden-closc;
We praise in our way who would praise in Thy way
II like the stars We did not sing but shine,
Nor in the growing daylight faint and divine.
We praise Thee, God. for all strong things that be:
The glorious sea
fille,i mn Of creatures that Thy, hand has made
Fnlhlled of joy. for no man made afraid.
For oaks that lift their great arms to the sky.
For oaks that fall beneath the axe and die;
We praise Thee, God, for all weak things that go
Thy loving eyes below;
When none pursueth; every timid thing
That opes wild eyes or lifts a frightened wing;
We thank Thee for the willow-weed and mallow,
We pra!s, Thee for the puddle. and the shallow
Brooklet. as for the sea.
Thou giy'st the reindeer moss: and in Thy keeping
Are all the sands and shows:
Thou seest the birds fall and the gray VOLTS leap.
Is shaped by Thee: Thy hands the leaves are heap.
ing
When the nor wester blows.
The hunters shouts. the tears OF women's weeping,
Hast Thou not numbered?
And all the shadowy fears upon us creeping
Thy breatl has made
Even dreams that come to, vex the heavy sleeping
or quick men, and the light sleep of the dead.
For this and these, and all Thy ways and days
We give Thee praise. Nora HOPPER.
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From the Denver Post.
When Phyllis sings. her joyous notes are heard for
miles around,
They shiver up the mountain solitude,
The " Id beasts stand and wonder at the strange,
unearthly sound.
And cen The echoes seem in frightened mood.
When Phyllis sings the brides fly away In sore
alright.
And even I am thrilled from head to toe
That voice would put a German band to wild. impet.
uous flight.
For Phyllis is a burro. don't you know.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
The Last Chance.

Messrs. Frank Grebil and L. c. John
son last week received encouraging re-
turns from sample of ore from their
Last Chance mine, Rock creek, shipped
to the Colorado smelter at Butte for
treatment. The amount shipped was
three sacks, weighing 1926 pounds, and
the value per ton was as follows: Gold,
80; silver, S23 ounces; copper, 1 4-1O per
cent. The Last Chance is located about
half a mile west of Quartz gulch, in
Granite county, and while the ledge
from which the above sample was taken
is only from six to eight inches in width
the prospects are very encouraging, and
with further development it is expected
that the property will become source
OF considerable revenue to its owners.
John Miller is now employed on the
property engaged in driving a tunnel
which will tap the lead at depth of
about sixty feet.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
Our Road Supervisors.

The election of road supervisors last
Saturday throughout the county caused
considerable of a stir and quite large
vote was cast In several districts con-
siderable competition made things lively
and interesting. but in most cases the
successful candidates won by large ma
jorities
In District No. (Philipsburg) total
of 271 votes were cast, of which Martin
Comber received 161, G. A. Densmore 80,
r. II. Mcleod 46, and J. A. Kiderlen IS,
Mr. Comber receiving 45 votes more
than the other three candidates COM
bined.
Considerable interest was taken in the
election in District No. ? Granite and
Bimetallic) Werner Ziegler was elected
by a ajority of 2O2 votes over his op-
ponent, Con Brennan. The total vote
was: Mr. Ziegler 2s9, Mr.. Brennan 81.
J. w. McBee was elected supervisor
in District No. 3 Upper Flint Creek
valley; Martin Brent, District No. 6
(Royal and Princeton); Morris James,
District No. : (Stone); S. NJ G.. Hughes
District No s New Chicago: c. E.
Burt, District No. Drummond); John
Baker, District No. 10 Garnet; Patrick
Woodlock, District No. II (Bearmouth)
Henry Wyman, District No. II Iower
Rock creek; Frank Young, District
No. 13 Upper Rock creek; Harry w
Magers, District No. ii (Quigley).
| In is said that the elections in Upper
Rock creek and Quigley districts were
both holly contested.
| Granite had a double attraction, the
election of school trustee to serve for
three years falling on the same day.
Harry Lewney and James Willoughby
were the candidates for that honorary
position and Mr. Willoughby was
elected by IA large majority. The total
! vote was: Willoughby 296, Lewney 35,
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
Valuable Mining Properties in Basin GuIch
Bought by Mr.. Paul A. Fusz.
SIlVER-LEAD ORE IN THE WASH
The Encouraging Prospect of Uncovering
the Rich Ledge Which Supplied the
Gold Found in the Gravel the
Principal Inducement.

A considerable purchase of placer
mining ground in Basin gulch, Gran.
ite county, from Messrs. Specs & AL
len, the owners, was maue by Mr..
Frank D. Brown, the manager Of the
Mcclure properties in this county, for
Mr.. Paul A. Fusz. president Of the
Granite Bimet;llic company.
The claim is 310O feet long by 600
feet wide and takes up all of the gulch
from the basin proper to the boundary
line of the Watson ground below.
Messrs, Specs & Allen, with the work
of three men only, during limited
working season, never exceeding thirty
days of active mining. in the past
three years have taken out of the
ground $4,000 in dust. The ground
actually worked does not exceed over
800 feet in length, every foot of which
the former owners state will pay to
work over. The price paid, though a
handsome one, by no means represents
the true worth of the property. 1t was
a bonanza dividend payer, but the
owners, being frugal and careful men,
thought 1t better to get competence
down in cash rather than to wait two
or three years TO secure out of their
property the amount received today.
1t was not the value of the placer de.
posit that attracted the attention of
Mr.. Fusz to it, but rather the wash of
high grade silver lead ore found on
| bedrock and in the gravel slightly
| above, the amount constantly increas
ing as the working advanced up the
gulch.
In applying to Mr.. Brown we could
only ascertain that the ground was
purchased more for what might be
found in following up the drift of lead
| ore than for the values contained in
the gravel deposit He also stated that
t0od quartz mine was worth con-
siderably more than the amount paid
for the ground purchased by him. and
that all Of the indications were highly
favorable to the uncovering of the rich
ledge from which not only the high.
grade lead ore came, but the gold that
has made Basin gulch famous through
out the state
When asked if the people he repre-
sented intended to purchase additional
S!oohu IL luo SulCH, le cApresSHQ IL as
his opinion that they would not, as
they were quartz and not placer
miners.
Both Messrs. Specs and Allen are
oldtime residents of this section and
well-known placer miners, still being
large holders Of placer ground in
Quartz gulch-adjoining Basin. Mr..
Specs is bachelor who has just re-
turned from a long visit to his eastern
home. while Mr.. Allen is a happily
married rancher, living near Philips
burg; both being excellent and re-
spected citizens.
While Mr.. Brown was reticent as to
the probable intentions of Mr.. Fusz in
working the claims this spring, yet he
gave it as his belief that they would
be worked, as the owner did not buv
mining ground for patenting purposes
Only.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
DEATH OF IRA |. HART.
Passes Away After Brief Illness of
Only Five Days.

Died-In Philipsburg. Montana, April
3, 1899, Ira l.. Hart, aged 26 years.
Mr.. Hart was taken ill five days pre-
vious to his death, the complaint
which caused his death being cebro.
spinal meningitis. He had all the at.
tention that it was possible to give
him. and physicians were with him
almost constantly. The tenderest care
and nursing were given him, but all
this availed little, and the grim mes
senger of death claimed him aud
called him from this world early Mon-
day morning.
Ira L. Hart was born IN Shelby
county, Ills, January 8, 1878. In
1888. when 10 years old. he moved
with his parents to Kansas, and in
October, 1896, came with his sister,
Mrs. Jonas Cook, to Boulder, Jefferson
county, Montana. In September, 1897.
he came to Philipsburg. For the past
eighteen months he had been in the
employ of Charles A. Wilson, the gro.
Ger, as clerk, and being a young man
of more than the usual amount of en-
ergy and determination, it is thought
that he overexerted himself when his
physical condition was in no condition
to stand it, He was highly respected
young man and the community has
sustained severe loss. Being of re-
firing and unobtrusive disposition, he
made no enemies; but every one who
became acquainted with him was at
once numbered as friend, He was
an industrious and faithful employee,
and looked after his employers inter
ests as though they were his own. The
community will miss him and all ex-
press their deepest sympathy for the
sorrowing relatives, in which The
Mail most heartily joins.
| The remains We're taken to the train
Tuesday morning and shipped Nash
vile, Kas., where his parents reside,
for interment. They were accom-
panied by w. A. Carlyle. whose rel
atives live in the same vicinity, that
gentleman having been an old-time
friend of the deceased.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
Death OF Martin RYAN,

The following account of the death of
former Philipsburg resident is taken
from Baker City (Oregon paper:
Martin Ryan, a well-known miner, a
native Of Ireland, about 80 years of age,
died of pneumonia at Cornucopia on
Sunday morning, March r. Mr.. RYAN
was single man and has no relatives
IN this section. The remains were
brought to this city and are now at the
Mckay-Eppinger undertaking parlors
the lnterment to take place this after
noon under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity, of which the deceased was
an hOnOred member.
The deceased had for some wears
labored as miner and had been en-
ployed in various mines in all the lead
ing gold districts tributary to this city.
he was typical miner, possessed in the
highest degree Of the virtues of those
brave underground delivers, in that he
was wholesouled, kind hear ed and lib
eral to fault. A shade of sadness will
be cast over hundreds of hearts by the
death Of genial Martin Ryan"
Deceased was member Of Flint Creek
Lodge No. II, A. f. and A. M. of this
city and well-known among the early
residents in the Flint Creek district.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
PRICE: $500 A YEAR.
FEATHERMAN-BACON WEDDING.
Two of Philipsburg's Popular Young Peo-
pie Married In Butte.

County Treasurer o. F. Featherman
and Miss A. Hardin Bacon were united
in marriage at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. wilkins, in Butte, last
"Wednesday morning. Rev. +. ). Groen-
eveld performing the ceremony. The
wedding was a quiet affair, only rel
atives Of the contracting parties being
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Featherman arrived in
Philipsburg the same afternoon and
will occupy the first floor of the Reek
residence, on Granite street, where
they will be at home to their friends.
A reception was rendered the happy
couple by Judge and Mrs. d. M. Dur
fee, at their residence on Sutter street,
Wednesday evening. The Mail ex-
tends congratulations
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
AT THE HOTELS,

The Kaiser-H. B. Magill, Denver !;
Zulieme Bolkcom, Jessie Dunno, Rose
Lutigcr, Grace Caborn, Alice Merrill
Raymond, Chicago; w. p Gleason,
J. P. Weaver, Butte f. f. Sanborn,
Omaha; l.. G. Johnson, city S. w.
Searles, Missoula Jerry Connolly, Gar
net; d. j. McAllister, Minneapolis.
The Grand-Iver johnson, Drum
mond Dave Williams and wife, l.. A.
Edwards and wife, Willie Collier, L.
V. Wertheimer, Chas T. Del Vecctor,
Butte J. A. Featherman, New Chi
cago; John B. Power, Brooklyn: P. G.
Sullivan, Garnet F. E. Tibbetts,
Helena; j. E. jackson, Spokane VIM.
P. John, Milwaukee,. Mrs. Davis and
family, John Foren, Clark.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
THE EASTER MONDAY MASQUERADE.
A Good Crowd Present and Lots Of Fur
for the Young Folks.

The masquerade ball given by tn
Philipsburg Social club at Fireman
hall last Friday evening was success
All who attended had an excellen
time. The hall was well crowded will
dancers, and after the unmasking tool
place about II O clock everybody joined
in the dance and made merry until late
in the night. Many of the disguise:
were quite complete and much guessing
was done as to who they We're.
A committee consisting of r. l.. Fol
kins, John Hickey, Robert Butler, Will
Calhoun and Mr.. Corbett was selected
to award the prizes. After carefully
watching the maskers for some time
they named the foil wing as the win
ners-representing the most original
characters: Squaw, Miss Laura Wink
Ter; prize, silver backed brush and comb
Pompey Clabber Smash negro dude),
M. A. B. Ringeling; prize, silver
pocket flask
Following is a list of the maskers
present, together with the characters
represented:
Mrs. Charles Martin, bu terfy; Mrs
Louis Decker, school girl; Mrs. J. A.
Gillis, Cuban princess; Mrs. c. j. Mees,
folly; Mrs. Daniel Arms, fancy dress;
Mrs. Charles Carpp Mother Goose; Mrs.
Daniel Crowley, sunbeam; Mrs. A. B.
Ringeling and Miss Annie Rudisett,
sisters; Mrs. Fred Reil, face; Mrs. Il.
H. Orr, apple blossom; Mrs. Nor
rison, Columbia; Mrs. Fred Chandler.
grandma Mrs. w. w. Nebethal, squaw;
Miss Marie Lippert, little demon; Miss
Mary McCale, violets; Miss Stella Gar
rigan, belle of the ball; Miss Kathleen
Dooley, folly; Miss Teresa Orr, country
girl; Miss Jennie Rhodes, face; Miss
Ida McCale, Columbia; Miss Laura
Winkler, squaw; Miss Nan Dooley,
t1irt; Miss frankie Porter, mask; Miss
Gussie Ballard, school girl; Miss Tina
Brown, little madcap; Miss Ernie Sher-
rill, gypsy; Mrs. Mable Gallagher
Spanish princess.
A. B. Ringeling Pompey Clabber
Smash, negro dude; w. w. Nebethal
domino; James Whitney, Irishman;
Ward Beley, clown; j. H. Williams,
goldbug; Neil Mcpherson, sailor; G. S.
Williams, country gentleman; Wallace
Ledernie clown; Gus McDanieIs, clown;
S. E. McClees, page; Patrick Haddigan,
mask; Clarence Hansen, sailor; George
Winninghoff, domino; Alex Graham,
clown; A. S. Hazard, clown Locke
Edward Brown, clowns; c..
E. Baty, clown; James Brennan, mask;
NJ. Corbett, mask; Richard Modini
Mckinley prosperity; Chester Modini
farmer; George Modini, butcher.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-04-07
Bullion Shipments.

FOrty-seven bars of silver bullion were
shipped by the Granite -Bimetallic Co.
last Monday, being the largest shipment
made by the company since operations
We're resumed. Fifty-six bars was the
usual average before the crash when
everything was booming, and from the
record thus far made it would appear
that under the present management the
output in the future will be consider
able.
James Patten shipped three bars of
fine silver bullion last Monday, the re-
suit of last weeks run of his Sweet
Home five-stamp mill Oh Cuno ore.
This is not a bad record when taking
into consideration that the capacity of
the mill is only about nine or ten tons
in twenty-four hours.