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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
JOE Letter
VISITED BUTTE
CELEBRATED WHEAT PLUNGER
SPENDS A COUPLE OF
DAYS HERE,

Joe Letter of Chicago, the famous
wheat "plunger," arrived in this city
Saturday on a business venture and left
town for the Windy City today in
stead of going directly to Salt Lake. as
was his original intention. From Chi
cago he will go to Salt Lake to look after
interests in Utah mines. Letter is very
boyish in appearance and the last person
in the world, judging from his appear
ance and demeanor, who would possess
the shrewdness and business tact essen
tial to carrying a big speculation to a
successful, close.
For several days the stock broker has
been in Madison county. where he is in
terested in the Madisonian mine. He be-
l1eves this state has a great future and
said that he is willing at any time to
take advantage of an opportunity to in
vest in more Montana property.
MY father and myself have been
interested in Montana mining property
for a long time" he said. 1T must be
nearly twenty years since we made our
first investment in the mines of this
state. We also possess mining property
in Utah and in a short period I am 60
ing there to see that things are sailing
along smoothly.
"The only industries of the west that
possess any particular attraction for me
are mining and stock raising. In Wyom-
ing we have about 10000 head of cattle.
There is no doubt that the west is a
great section of the country, and east
ern capitalists are beginning to realize
that fact with more appreciation as the
years roll by.
Butte is a wonderful mining town. I
first came here in 1887 and 1 feel now as
If l knew the place pretty well by this
time. Since my first visit it has grown
so much that by comparison it is as a
great metropolis to q village
At present the Madisonian mine, locat-
ed near Norris, is employing about
sixty men. 1t is now 400 feet deep and
seems to improve the deeper the shaft is
sunk, according to Letter. About fifty
tons of ore a day are turned out. Form
erly it was owned by J.. H.. Conrad and
Frank and Robert Turner.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
JUDGE CLANCY's PURCHASE.

Judge Clancy has bought the residence
property of Phillip Wiseman, at S29
West Broadway, and will be at home
there in a few days. The judge says
he could not occupy the room in the
court house another four years, and
as he would have to pay about $50 a
month rent fer desirable quarters, he
thought it would be economy to buy
a place. The judge will do his sleeping
ana office work at his new residence,
but another family will occupy a por-
ton of the house.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
A NEW r

Judge Clancy intends to have a new
stenographer in his department and has
offered the position to John F. Ledwidge
of Ogden, who has been highly recon-
mended as an artist in his profession.
Mr.. Ledwidge will arrive here in time
to qualify on January Z.
John Noble will be Judge Harney's
stenographer, he having fully recovered
from the injury sustained by being
thrown from a bicycle while acting as
stenographer for Judge Lindsay.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
THE r E

Lizzie w. Drew is suing James F.
Drew for divorce. She alleges in her
complaint that their marriage took place
in Frankfort, Kas., in 1882, but recently
the defendant has failed to provide her
and their 12-year old boy with the nee
essaries of life. In addition to a decree
of divorce. Mrs. Drew asks the. court to
grant her the privilege of resuming her
maide name, Lizzie Wray,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
TO RECOVER ON A NOTE.

NJ. J. Cornell has instituted suit against
Frank Reber and wife to recover judg-
ment on a promissory note for $500 alleg-
ed to have been executed on December
20. 1893. One per cent a month interest
figures in the transaction.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31

John Weston, the newly elected coun-
ty clerk and recorder, has announced the
names of his proposed deputies. They
are A. r.. Whips. Burt V. Alley, M. p.
Tonrey. John Doran, Abe Phillips and
Harry N. Smith.
During the time Mr.. Weston held the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31

office before Mr.. Whips was his chief
deputy. It is said hat Mr.. Whips in
tends to go into business for himself in
the spring and will act as chief deputy
to Mr.. Weston only long enough to break
the new crew into service. He will then
be succeeded by Burt V. Alley.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
FILED HIS BOND.

The $500 bond of Peter Brennan as
special administrator of the estate of
Winnifred Nevin has been filed in court.
1t is signed by D. j. Hennessy and
Thomas Lavell.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-31
TRANSFERRED.

The $1,000 judgment obtained by Law
renee Doyle against the city as compen-
sation for injuries received by falling
into a bad place in a sidewalk in East
Park street has been transferred to
Michael Torpey.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
The parson and the Roo,ter,

A good rooster story comes from
Somerset county correspondent. A GER
tain clergyman, whom we will call
Rev. Mr. Little, gave one of his parish
ioners a rooster, as slight token of
esteem. In the family was a bright
4-year-old boy, and he always called
the rooster Brother Little" One morn
ing the little fellow saw the rooster
coming toward the house, and he
shouted, Grandma, here comes Broth
er Little"
Grandma never stopped to look out
or make any inquiries, but started
quickly to pick up and set things to
rights about the room. This done, she
asked the boy, "Where Is Brother Lit
tle2"
"Just gone into the stable" replied
the boy.
Grandma thought she might have
time to change her dress and quickly
lodged into another room and in a
very short time appeared attired in an
other gown, but somewhat out Of
breath. Again she asked the boy If he
had seen Brother Little.
"Yes," said the innocent child; there
he goes back to the barn with the rest
Of the hens"
Grandma did not say word, but sat
down for a few minutes to rest, and
later she seemed to enjoy the joke
with her grandson, who looked on won
deringly as though he only partly took
in the situation.-Bangor Whig and
Courier
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
The Crask In the Mirror.

Sir Noel Patton, the painter, enjoyed
almost as wide a celebrity as a joker
as he did as an artist. An encounter
he had with physician in Yorkshire,
with whom he was on the most init
mate terms, is an instance in point.
Sir Noel was the physician's guest.
His drawing room boasted Of mag
nificent mirror, which reached from
floor to ceiling of the lofty room.
One morning while the guests were
assembled in the room one of them no.
ticed a large crack near the top of the
mirror. The physician was horror
stricken and asked question after ques-
ton in an effort to discover the culprit.
Perplexed and sorrowful, he stood
looking at the shattered glass when
Sir Noel asked that a stepladder be
brought that he might examine it more
closely.
Mounting, he drew rag from his
pocket and hastily ran it across the
supposed crack, when, lo and behold,
1t Disappeared He explained that,
having come down earlier than the
rest of the guests, he procured a lad
der and bar of soap and inflicted the
seemingly irreparable injury.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
An odd Law.

To punish man for nonpayment of
a certain tax by forbidding him to en-
ter a restaurant is rather singular act
of government, yet in the canton of
Bern such law is In effect. Every
man in Switzerland must serve in the
Swiss army if he be physically capable
and if he be not physically capable. he
must pay what is called the military
exemption tax. In the canton of Bern
a rigidly enforced law is in effect which
prohibits a person who has not paid
this tax from entering any of the vari-
Gus beer gardens and saloons until the
tax is paid.
This law Is called the "wirtshausver-
bot" The government says that if n
man has money to spend for coffee,
beer or liquors he must also have
money enough with which to pay his
debt to the state. At intervals one may
read in the local official papers the list
of names of those who must stay away
from the gardens. The law cannot
prohibit a person from obtaining liq-
uor through the Intervention or help of
a friend, but the privilege Of dropping
into a favorite resort and hobnobbing
with friends-a custom which is dear
to every Swiss-must be foregone.
The law is effective for several rea-
sons. The military exemption tax is
small-it is generally paid-and the or
binary peasant does not like to see his
name publicly printed.-G Chicago Rec
ord
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
ERectiye Remedy.

A good story is told of one Of the
chiefs of the civil service department
who had two affiictions-an obliging
and easy doorkeeper and pertina-
cious Office seeker, who was distant
relative of the chief. Scarcely week
passed but the latter called, and the
former was much too polite to shut
him out.
The chief at last, after one of the
usual interviews, resolved to stand the
nuisance no longer, SO, summoning the
doorkeeper when the visitor had de-
parted, he said, ok, do you know
what that man comes afterY
mo, sir" replied the functionary.
''Well, then, may as well tell you.
He wants your place"
The bore was admitted no more
Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
Dream. of the Manned.

NJ. de Manaceine, the Russian psychol-
ogist, mentions the case of a person
born without arms or feet who always
dreamed that he had been mutilated.
Now, it should be borne in mind, he
says, that the majority of persons born
without arms or feet always dream
that they possess these extremities. It
is evident, he maintains, that this diff
ference results, in the first instance,
from weak impressions hereditarily
transmitted, and in the second instance
from the strength and precision Of
these impressions. Persons whose
limbs have been amputated are subject
to curious delusions while asleep. They
never dream that they are walking on
clutches; quite the contrary, they In
yariably dream that they are walking
with their feet, with this difference
only-that as time passes their extrem-
tiles appear to become shorter and
shorter.
NJ. de Manaceine mentions as a curl
Gus fact that this hallucination is very
pronounced when the wound has healed
without complications; while on the
other hand there is no fallucination
when the process of cicatrization has
been painful. Moreover we find the
reason of this difference in the greater
or lesser intensity Of the sensations ex-
perienced. Still. if the dreams of ab-
normally formed persons are charac-
terized by certain peculiarities, they
are none the less subjected, as are other
dreams, to the mysterious conditions Of
the human organism, and, like other
dreams, their repercussion on the
wakeful state Is identical
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
THE THINNEsT OF MEN.
Claude seurnt Might Have Been Mis-
taken For n Skeleton.

Instances of remarkably thin men
broise Seurat, who was exhibited in
1925, was such an extraordinary per-
sonage that no fewer than 10000 per-
sons visited him in a few weeks. Seu-
rat was born in 1877 and was there
fore 2S gears of age when he made his
appearance.
Ashley Cooper, the famous physician,
was among the throng who poured
into the building in which Seurat re-
ceived those who were anxious to see
him, and in writing of him he said:
"Seurat is without doubt the most
mysterious being | have encountered.
His face is that of an ordinary man,
somewhat emaciated perhaps, but not
remarkably so. His eyes are bright
and his voice is pleasing. Seen in the
ordinary costume Of the day, he in no
way differs from the average foreigner,
but stripped of his padded clothing he
presents an astounding spectacle.
His arms are mere bones, covered
by parchmentllke skin and muscle, and
flesh he appears to have none. He is
therefore scarcely able to move his
arms and legs. and walks, though
without apparent effort, with extreme
difficulty. On measuring him and
weighing him | found that his chest
measurement was 30% inches, which
is fair; that his weight was not more
than 45 pounds, the bones being much
smaller than those of an ordinary man
of his stature. who might weigh 150
pounds. In appearance. indeed, he so
much resembled a skeleton that a
shortsighted person might easily mis-
take him for one."
Seurat's food consisted of two or
three ounces of bread and meat daily,
and sometimes he took little wine
He was remarkably intelligent and
well read and picked up English rapid
ly. On arriving at places where he
was not known he was accustomed to
walk out in his padded clothes and
did not attract any particular atten-
ton. He said that until the age of 10
years he resembled any ordinary boy,
but that he suddenly wasted away.
He died in 1849, aged SO years.-Chica-
go News.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
NOT REVERSIBLE.
One Decision That the Supreme
Court Couldn't Alter.

One Decision That the Supreme
Court Couldn't Alter.
In the good old days when Judge
Gaslin sat upon the bench in district
that comprised the western half of
Nebraska, the rustler, the horse thief
and the killer abounded Judge Gaslin
was aware that there was but one way
to rid the country Of these pests, and
that way was to make It too hot for
them. Accordingly Judge Gaslin. when
one of them was put on trial, admitted
evidence that was sometimes 'incom-
petent, irrelevant and immaterial," but
as it was generally true that If the
prisoner was not guilty he had been
guilty of something equally bad Judge
Gaslin let it go at that and clinched
the prisoner on general principles. The
result was that the supreme court re-
versed a good many of the judges
cases.
During these perilous times an afro
cious murder was committed in Adams
county and the perpetrators were soon
captured. The evidences of guilt were
plain, and the two prisoners were soon
pronounced guilty and sentenced to be
hanged. But as several notorious char
acters had recently been allowed to es-
cape by the supreme court, the people
of Adams determined to forestall any-
thing of that kind by quietly lynching
the prisoners. The two men were TAX
en- from the jaileand hanged to rail-
road bridge east Of town
The bodies were left hanging to the
bridge, and next morning Judge Gas
lin sauntered out that way to take a
look. He gazed on the swaying bodies
for few moments without saying a
word. Then he turned to friend and
remarked:
Il sentenced those two fellows to be
hanged. That's one decision that in
fernal supreme court won't reverse
Omaha World Herald.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
HOT SLASH.
A DeIicacy That Is Priced by New
Orleans Negroes.


did you ever hear of an edible
known as hot slash?'" asked a citizen
who always keeps an eye open for
hfe's little oddities. NO? Well, I'm
not surprised. I discovered it myself
only yesterday through a chance visit
to the river front. 1t was about II
O'clock in the morning, and was loaf
Ing around the far end of the North
eastern fruit wharf waiting for a man,
when strapping big negro rushed up
and bawled out: Hot slash! Hot
slashr. M
81 supposed he was addressing him
self to me, but before 1 could think up
some graceful and appropriate bit of
repartee at least a dozen other strap
ping darkies came tumbling out from
behind pile of barrels, where a crap
game had evidently been in progress,
and started on a dead run for nearby
alleyway.
None of them had asked any ques-
tons, and, needless to say, my curios-
ity was highly excited, so 1 trailed
along in the rear and at the other end
of the alley found the whole crowd,
with numerous additions, clustered
about a small covered wagon from
which mulatto was selling smoking
hot loaves of bread at nickel apiece.
AS each loaf was called for he split it
open and saturated the interior with
molasses from a can in the vehicle.
That was hot slash. 1t seemed to be
a local substitute for the merchants
lunch, which appears about the same
hour in the retail district up town.
'1 asked one of the darkies whether
1t was good. and his reply. while word
less, was extremely eloquent. The
lower half of his countenance was
buried in a fresh section of hot slash
at the moment, and nothing was visi-
BILE except his eyes, which he rolled
upward until they resembled a couple
of white celluloid pool balls. Then he
closed them, very slowly, like man
in an ecstasy, and at the same time
made gurgling sound in his throat.
After that pantomime I was strongly
tempted to try piece of hot slash
myself. f."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
Actresses Paint Their Faces.

ut is mistaken idea that actresses
are as a general rule handsomer on the
stage than off," writes Franklin Fyles
in The Ladies' Home Journal. "The
reverse is as likely to be true. Never
theless all theatrical faces have to be
painted. 1t may be assumed safely
that none of the complexion is genuine
An exceptionally clear and pink skin
may require no falsity. A dark one
may chance to suit the character to be
assumed. But these exceptions to the
rule are rare. The glare of artificial
light would make most faces ghastly
white or unpleasantly sallow if bright
hues were not laid on. The art of col
oring a pretty visage just enough and
not overriding it is one which all ac-
tresses should learn. Many do not,
and so we see beauty disfgured in
stead of enhanced Others are very
expert. There are two distinct proc
esses. One makes use of colored pow
ders applied dry; the other mixes the
same powders with grease, making a
substance called grease paint"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
BLUE POINTS.
Something About These Aristocrats
of the BivaIve Family,

Something About These Aristocrats
of the BivaIve Family,
A newborn oyster is tiny fieck of
creamy substance, not much larger
than the point of pin. Its advent in
countless numbers from the middle Of
July to the middle Of August is to the
oysterman of Connecticut, where are
located probably the largest seed oyster
plants in the world, an event of the
utmost interest. Long Island sound
has some popularity Of thewater which
renders 1t especially favorable for the
raising of the choicest and most widely
sought oysters. Not only are here To-
Gated thousands of oyster plantations,
but also immense natural oyster beds.
And here and there only is raised the
famous Blue Point oyster, the most
delicately favored of its kind and in de-
mand the world over.
The Great South bay, on the outside
Of Long Island, facing the ocean and
extending a distance of 80 miles from
the towns of South Bay and Speonz, is
the headquarters of the entire produc
ton Of the genuine Blue Point oysters.
The name is derived from a point of
land which juts out into the bay here
called Blue point.
A combination of percentage Of salt
in the water, temperature, depth, con-
dition Of bottom, together with some
indefnable quality possessed by the
latter which is different from any
other, gives to them their flavor, which
has never yet been equaled by any of
the various kinds Of oysters raised in
America, and the oyster industry is by
far the most important fishing industry
in the United States. The Blue Points
are simply transplanted Norwalk and
Bridgeport seed oysters, which are TAX
en- from oyster beds and put into the
Blue Point beds in Great South bay,
where they attain maturity under the
most exalted and potent conditions,
which graduate them oyster aristocrats,
with regulations ready made, possess
ing the highest oyster valuation and
sought for as "Divine Points" in every
civilized land.-Hartford Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
Finding a Mine.

Two cowboys and several sticks of
dynamite very suddenly and unex-
pectedly discovered the Hualipi mines
near Kingman,. A. T. The cowboys
were on their way across the territory,
and they had with them several sticks
Of dynamite, to be used when they
reached the Colorado river. One day
they camped some seven miles north Of
where Kingman now is. They left the
dynamite among some powders at a
distance from the camp for safe keep
Ing. The day was unusually hot, and
In some unaccountable way the dyna,
mite went of. The cowboys hurried to
the Place Of explosion, and even their
inexperienced eyes saw that the dyna-
mite had blown gold mine into their
pockets. AS high as $4,000 month
has been taken oet, Of this mine.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
The College Bone Man. an.

Two young men who must have been
medical students boarded an Angora
car late one night with fully articu-
lated skeleton. Each had one arm
linked with that of the skeleton, whose
bones ratified grewsomely as they walk
ed TO the forward end of the car and
gravely seated themselves with their
lnanimate companion between them
Between the grinning teeth of the skel-
eton was a a-cigarette, and a derby hat
adorned its shining skull The car was
rather crowded, and the other passen-
gers, most of whom were men, gazed
in open mouthed astonishment at the
strange spectacle. The two young fel-
lows, however, pretended to be uncon-
Ecious of their surroundings and held
such converse with the skeleton as
"Too bad you didn't wear your mack
intosh, Bill; I'm afraid you'll catch
cold," or, Say. Bill. better throw away
your cigarette or the conductor will put
you off.
When the conductor came through
for the fares, one of the young men
handed him Is cents, and he rang up
three fares without a word of COM
ment. At Sixteenth street young
girl entered the car and looked around
for seat. Here, Bill" exclaimed one
of the students, where's your gallan-
try? Get up and give the lady a seat"
Then he yanked the skeleton out of its
place and set it on his knees. The girl
gave one screech, fed to the back plat
form and insisted that the conductor
stop the car and put her off.
Gee, Bill!' remarked the student.
gazing reproachfully into the skeletons
face. you've deteriorated. You used
to be quite a lady's man." Then ev-
erybody laughed. = Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
our Firaf Emnernr.

At the time when the war with Spain
had been brought to successful close
a number of statesmen were discussing
the future of the country over their
cigars in Washington.
At last one enthusiast exclaimed, ad-
dressing himself to the most promi-
nent member Of the group, "In my
opinion we are drifting directly toward
Imperialism, and you. sir, should be the
first emperor"
mot If know it," drawled the great
man; II am not fool enough to want
to be the first emperor of a nation of
such good shots. ."-Harper's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
A Wonderful Escape.

The greatest height from which any
one has accidentally fallen without re-
ceiying any injury beyond shaking
was nearly 1000 feet by an East In,
dian living in the island Of Oghin, who
fell over a cliff at that height. His fall
was broken at the foot of the precipice
by masses of dense vegetation, and he
escaped with no more serious injury
than severe shaking. The authen-
ticity Of this fall was vouched for by
the French writer. Il. de Parville.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
Ra1eigA Beaten Out of Sight.

Lord Raleigh's graceful little act of
sacrificing his costly cloak so that the
queen could go dry shod has been out
done by a western bride"
"What did she dof'
"On very slippery day last winter
she scattered the cremated ashes of
her first husband on the front steps, so
that her second husband wouldn't slip
Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
ObIiginE Travellers.

What is in that box you are SO care
full about, if 1 may askT inquired the
man who had secured the lower berth
in the sleeper.
That's collection of rare snakes 1
am taking to a museum. They are
too valuable to be trusted out of my
sight replied the man who was pre-
pairing to climb to the upper shelf.
"Say, I'll trade berths with you"
"All right. I'm not particular where
I sleep."-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-27
"Making over" a Hat.

A Cory woman, who could not af
ford new So hat, visited millinery
store, saw the late styles, went home.
pounded her old hat for half an hour
with a rolling pin, stuck feather
through the band and went to church
the next Sunday the envy of all the
women in the town.-Erie Dispatch