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Year: 1879

father paused to decide which of many paths
to take, the boy said, " BE sure to choose a
good path, pa, for I am coming right be
hind you"


Fathers, upon the hillside of life, be sure
you choose a"gocd path for your sons are
just behind and almost certain TO follow in
your footsteps. If the bewitching voice of
pleasure entices you into the by-paths of
self-indulgence and sin, remember that
where you trip he will stumble, and the
same foul mire that soils your raiment will
engulf him. But If you choose to walk the
pleasant highways Of temperance, virtue
and Christian manliness, he shall keep even
step with you and at last dwell in peace at
your side.


"The just man walketh in his integrity
his children are blessed after him."-Se.
hcfed
Year: 1879

God be thanked for books. They are the
voices of the distant and the dead, aud
make us heirs of the spiritual life Of past
ages. Books are the true Jewelers.. They
give to all, who will faithfully use them, the
society, the spiritual presence, Of the best
and greatest of our race. No matter how
poor am no matter though the professors
of my own time will not enter my obscure
dwelling; if the sacred writers will enter
and take up their abode under my roof; il
Milton will cross my threshold TO sing TO me
of paradise, and Shakespeare to open to me
the world OF imagination and the working:
of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich
me with his practical wisdom, shall moi
pine for want Of intellectual companionship


and may become cultivated man, though
excluded from what is called the best so
ciety in the place where | live-Channing.
Year: 1879

time we rolled into Boulder station at 12 o.
clock and were gwen good dinner. The
hotel man is evidently realizing handsomely
from this house. Nearly every noon 40 and
sometimes 60 passengers take dinner at this
station. After leaving the station and pro-
ceeding three or four miles we were overta-
ken by horseback rider with the mail and
way pocket for Helena which were exchang-
ed for the wrong ones we had taken. II is
said that mistakes of this kind are of frequent
occurrence and are not always righted.
There is evidently need of some reform here.
We noticed a package of MINERS scattered
about on the ground and last night the
MINERS were missing in the Helena post Of
flee. This may explain the reason the other
wise unaccountable non-recelpt of Butte pa
pers at the Helena office. jefferson is evident
ly growing on account of the new impetus
given 10 the Montana company. J. q. San
ders is enlargng his store. Kleinschmidt
Bros. are about to open a saloon III the city.
Considerable repairing and building is under
way. We found much more building under
way in Helena of which your regular cores
pondent keeps you posted. A gentleman
who has been prospecting the different cities
in the Territory preparatory to opening new
establishment told us yesterday he would have
selected Butte, but the risk of fire was too
great, while the security against fire was al
most nothing. Accordingly he selected an
other point. ..


Hastily Yours,


MINER MAN.


HELENA, Oct, 20.
Year: 1879

Editor Butte MINER:


have only time scratch you Il few Scltcn-
ces according to promise. The morning
whistles had begun to blow as we glided ont
of Butte at & 4. III. with the regularity which
chalrlctcrizes Butte Standard () time. The
temperature Of the Fa.k is rather low al this
time of the year, be it known, and some "f the
party might have become cold were it not for
the violent exercise which they took on the
way We had the usual jerkey, aud had no
fault 10 find with the appropriateness "i lis
name. 1t was rather amusing on the whole
to see the occupants jump up and down, al
tbou,rh there wert. some fears expressed as to
the Strength of the top of tie coach and
whether oar heads might in time break Il hole
through it. One of our number Was quartz
man of Butte who had party of prospectols
at work IN the vicinity Of the new mines and
was Going out To oversee them. He express
ell himself AS convinced ct the mines Icing
cood. We met ou he road tiom twc'ty 10
thirty nrJ>pectuls on horseback going to or
returning from TIN. uiues. BY making good
Year: 1879

regarding the mining developments Of the
camp altogether. But we propose to make
one more trial in this direction. There is
plenty to be said, and said to the advantage of
the mines and the camp in general. We want
only the facts-they are good enough without
any eXaggeration. With this view we have
secured the services Of Mr.. H. G. Olmstead, a
writer of experience and knowledge in min
ing matters. We propose to publish a weekly
summary from all the mines iom which in
formation can be obtained, making the report
as full and complete as is possible. To this
end we ask the cooperation of every miner
in the district, and when our reporter makes
his rounds 10 show him through the mines !;
or, where this cannot be done conveniently
to answer the questions he may PROFOUND
cheerfully and promptly. Mr.. Omstead will
commence his labors to-day, and continue un-
til Friday, giving him Saturday in which to
prepare his report for Sunday mornings paper
We trust he will meet with but few discour-
agements. -~. a..5. .a-
Year: 1879

last something practical in the way of
pg the validity of the city charter has


undertaken. Those dissatisfied with
city government and its workings, as we
Informed, have subscribed the sum of one
sand dollars with which to employ coun-
Ind bear other expenses in conducting an
IN instituted for the above stated purpose.
one, whether friend or enemy of the
ter will regret this action. If the charter
legal and invalid it is time we should
it, and dispense with it.; and on the
hand, if proven to be valid, submit to il.
let its legality compel respect. 1t is any


but pleasant, even to friends of the
ter, to live under a government which
ct command the respect of the governed,
to the administration of which serious
Bile has arisen in opposition. And this
of affairs may be expected to continue
ng as the validity of the government is
ted to be doubtful; and the charge of
fraudulent enactment of the charter and
flair acceptance by few of the people
enly made.


e present opposition is produced by the
of a two mills tax on the assessable
prty of the city, and is the same opposi-
that develops itself whenever any meas
taken to touch the pocket of the citizen,
apparently being about the only reminder
Opposition have of the existence of
Ter. We say reminder, because we do
believe the present opposition is called
by the levy Of so small and inconsider-
tax. The county tax this year
hits to twenty-three mills, and yet no
plaint is heard. But the city tax, only
lnting to one-twelfth the levy of the
|ty, calls forth such expressions of dissat-
ion as makes it evident that the good
is of the administration of the city gov
tent must in great measure fail even
gh this opposition be the expression of a


minority.


e charter once legally established and
ra confidence in its validity restored, the
intent now prevalent would entirely dis
ar, and even those most opposed to city
nrment would not only quietly acquiesce,
would lend assistance, and their moral
ion, which amounts to more, to its due
rcement. This confidence can only be
lished by the courts, and we do not fearthe
t, but rather welcome the application of
which we believe will prove what many
mot admit, and will give us legal char
pr rather prove the legality of the one we
got then it can be defended and upheld
undoubted law; and the people of Butte
from necessity and advantage adopt and
sh it, and in their hands il will become


with Which they would not willingly
Year: 1879

II looks very much as though shot gun
will be necessary article in funeral pro-
cession in Butte soon. At least that is the
opinion of Mr.. H. G. Walton. He was
forced to this conclusion from the disgraceful
conduct of one Connor yesterday, who, feel
ing aggrieved over the manner in which his
friend McAuley had met his death attempted
to stop the hearse containing his body when
on the way to the cemetery. What his object
was is beyond our comprehension. 1t seems
that he was in liquor and during the funeral
services at Loebers Hall had raised quite a
disturbance, but was led away by some
friend. Nothing further was seen of him
until the procession had got some distance
from town, when he again suddenly
made his appearance in front of the
team attached to the hearse, grabbing the
horses by the head and refusing to let them
go. And right there the whole cortege had
to remain until an officer arrived, who, with
the assistance of couple Of citizens, COM
PEELED him to release his hold. Nevertheless
considerable difficulty was experienced in
getting the prisoner to the lookup, and after
the officers had finally succeeded in turning
the key upon him, he kicked up such rum
pus that they had to put shackles upon him.
At ten o'clock last night the man was acting
more like lunaticthan sane person, and the
Marshal feared he might injure himself if not
quieted down.
Year: 1879

The new Silsby, "City of Butte" was
thoroughly tested at one or the reservoirs be-
low town yesterday afternoon. This being
the first time he steamer had been tried on
its squirting" capacity, considerable delay
was occasioned before everything was in read
ness. Finally time was called, and the torch
applied, and in just clever minutes by the
watch, the engine began to draw. 1t is said
this time can be shortened at least one-half
when the steamer is in motion-that is, when
it is being driven rapidly over the road, thus
creating draft that is unobtainable when
standing still. The first test made was
through five hundred feet of hose, up hill
The wind blowing very hard at the time, it
was impossible to judge the height reached
by the stream, as it was caught by the wind
and rifted off into spray. The other five hun
dred feet Of hose was then attached, and two
streams thrown with as much force, apparent
ly, as one. The 'Samese coupling was
then put on, and three streams thrown with
but slight dmunition of force. A thousand
feet of hose was then attached, and the force
vi Ine StedIneT concentrated Ill one stream,
up a rather heavy grade, and it was demon
strated that at this great distance the steamer
would easily throw over any house in Butte.
In short, the machine is fully as good as rec
commended.


In few days the Fire Company will be in
corporated. The subscription circulated a few
days ago realized something over $500, which,
with the money on hand, is sufficient for the
first payment OH the steamer, which will be
made soon. The notes of the incorporation
will be given for the balance. Now the men,
bers of the Fire Company have done their
duty the "City of Butte" does its duty.
Will the people of Butte 10 theirs, by pro-
viding the water, without which the engine
is useless? We are SO sure they will that we
answer, yes. Come, then, and put your shoul-
der to the wheel.
Year: 1879

John Dem, an old Montanian, and wealthy
merchant, was found murdered, Tuesday
morning, in the cellar of his establishment.
As he was found in his night clothes, doubled
up, with one hole in the back of his skull
and two in the front, with funnel am, BOT
tie in his hand, it was evident he had been
struck with hammer or hatchet from be-
hind, knocked insensible, and afterwards
struck until the murderer was sure of his
death. He had been accustomed to conceal
his money in the cellar, and nearly $1,000
were found which had escaped the mul derer.
His pocketbook was empty, and an unknown
amount had been taken from his safe, the
key of which was missing. Since he was in
clined to be suspicious of strangers, it was
evident that the deed had been done by some
one in whom Dem had confidence. Dem
had discharged clerk, N. Kuhn, a short time
before for alleged pilfering. Kuhn was one
Of the first discoverers of the body. He and
his present employer, s. Stearn, a newly
ed. At the inquest there was a considerable
disagreement in their stories, but other cir
cumstances favor their innocence. Suspicious
fall on other parties who have been intimate
with DEM. The deceased was born in Ger
many. He came to Montana in 1868. He
was distrustful of banks, and hid his money
in various places, sometimes forgetting for
months the place of concealment. The ex-
ctement in Helena over the brutal murder
is intense, and should the guilty parties be
discovered, speedy punishment would follow.
From the peculiar circumstances attending
the matter there is a liability of innocent
men being mistaken for the guilty ones, and
the cooler judgment of the people will prob
ably favor the slow but more certain process
of law.
Year: 1879

Every thing Of this kind should be
doubted until fully proved, else there is
great danger Of being imposed upon by an
artful designer, as in the following case,
recorded in a French paper


NOT A SAINT-Jacqueliue Bosse, a
girl employed by farmer in France to
watch his sheep upon the hillsides, ar
rived in a state of great excitement a
few weeks ago at her masters house and
Informed him that while she was look
ing after the sheep, a man had taken
her into wood and shown her a light
burning in a fir tree, and that she had
there received a visit from the Blessed
Virgin. Little attention was at first
paid TO her story ; but she repeated il
With slight variations, and said that
the Virgin had eniOined her to ask for
money 10 build "a chapel on the spot
where she had first manifested her pres
ence. Several people came i'm the hope
OF seeing the same vision and, though
the Virgins presence was not visible
to them, they all heard her conversing
with Jacqueline BOsse. Miracles Of a
certain kind were also performed, aud a
child dug up some baricOt beans at a
spot where Jacquelins said that she
would be certain TO find them. These
strange proceedings at length reached the
police; and one day when about 1900
persons had assembled in the expeeta-
ton Of witnessing fresh prOdigies, they
arrested the youthful visionary, who
confessed that she had been making
use Of her talents as a ventriloquist to
mystify the public, and that she had
done so in the hope Of being received
into convent She still maintained,
however, that she had been instigated
to do this by the person whom she de-
scribed at first a. coming out Of u wood
and giving her q glass Of white wine I;
but the tribunal gave no more credence
TO this than to the supernatural part of
the story, aud seut her TO a reiOrmatory
L. u.
Year: 1879

julius CESAR's VIEW OF DEATH
Throughout his career, Caesar always
displayed a singular Indifference to life.
He had not much belief in God or the
gods. On all such questions he observed
from first to last profound silence.
But one conviction he had. He in-
tended, if he was to live at all, to live
master of himself in matters which be-
longed to himself. Sylla might kill
him if he so pleased. 1t was better to
die than to put away a wife who was
the mother Of his child, aud to marry
some other woman at a dictators bid
ding. Life on such terms was not worth
keeping. What a joy it is 20 read of
one man in the worlds history who
never played the fool or the hypOcrite.
On one occasion the majority of the
Senate, of which Caesar was then a
young member, wished to consign a
large numbrr OF political offenders to
capital punishment. Cesar opposed
this. He contended that death was not
a punishment at all. Death was the
end of human sorrow. In the grave
there was neither joy nor sorrow.


When man was dead he ceased TO be.
He became as he had been before be was
born. Probably almost every one 10 the
Senate thought like Caesar on this sub
ject. Cicero certainly did. Caesar spoke
/ his convictions out. 4. Fr0ude.
Year: 1879

KEYS ABSURD ORDER. - The alb
surditv of Postmaster-G General Keys
order. that letters not directed to a post
office shall be sent to the Dead Letter
Office. is admirably illustrated in the
case OF mail matter for naval stations.
Take Mare Island, for example. 1t is
well known all over the United States,
and has large correspondence, yet how
few persons are aware that its post office
address is Vallejo. Or, for another in
stance, suppose that it is desired TO COM
muuicate by mail with the League
Island Navy Yard, how is letter to be
addressed? There is no League Island
post Office, therefore, as matter of
course, mail matter so directed would be
reiegated to the Dead Letter Office.
The "Postal Guide" is no guide in such
circumstances, 50 that the ordinary
writer Is prevented by the late order
from communication with any station
whose post office bears a different desig-
nation. The plain truth of the matter
is, that Keys plan TO instruct the
people will not work, aud the sooner it
is abandoned the better it will be for
Key aud the letter-writing portion OF
the c0mmuuity.-S. T. Chronicle.
Year: 1879

An old lady, seeing a sign over the
door Of an umbrella shop, Umbrellas
recovered" went in and told the shop
man that she would like to have nim
recover the one that was stolen from her
a week previous.
Year: 1879

EwELL STRINGS, April g, 1879

 As per promise, take the liberty of dropping you few items as to how |" our camp" is getting along; who our visitors are, and how things appear to an interested but unpredjudiced miner away out on the eastern slope of the Dos Cabezas. Work progresses slow ly but steadily, and all claims are rep resented by their respective owners, and on most of them the ring of the pick and drill is heard. Casey and McGregor's claim the Juniper is down from the cut 26 feet and from the croppings at least 10 feet. with the ore gradually improving in richness, this firm keep constantly at work three arastras and grind about twelve tons of ore per week.

 Madden and Stewards claim has just had fifty foot shaft sunk upon it and they have for their labor, at least 100 tons of gold ore on their dump worth not less than fifty dollars per ton. When it is taken in consideration that this ore is all taken out in sinking, it becomes a difficult matter to compute the amount that can be worked out in drifting, and stoping; at least enough to supply a twenty stamp mill run ming day and night.

 Nothing as yet is being done on the Bear Cave which promises to be one of the finest mines in the district. work will soon be commenced by the owners Messrs. McGregor and Hart, and everybody is looking forward to grand results.

 Messrs. Helde, Holt & Fitch will be gin work again next week on their beauty the Tempest one of the incest and sleekest claims in this sec tion of the country. On the extension of this claim is the | F." owned bv MeSsrS. Williamson, Firth & Holt and work Is being pushed forward with the shaft, from the base of the windlaSs. thirty-tive feet down. I understand they intend to sink at least sixty feet and l feel satisfied that if the rock and .crevice continues to improve, 100 feet.

 MeSsrs. Cooper & Fresh have a fine four-foot vein on the Big ledge; they have just arrived here from Tombstone and intend to prosecute work on their claim vigorously. They are among the first locatorS in the district.

 Among the many new arrivals in this camp we note MesSrS. Casey from New York City; MessrS Holt and Kennedy from Georgetown. New Mex ico; MeSsrs. Montgomery, Swisshelm and other proSpectOrs.

 With the look of development that is going on, and the new strikes that are constantly being made we note with pride fast increasing population. prospective town which iS constantly and is rapidly being built up and more liable to become sec ond Leadville than any other place in the country

 The railroad has just been completed to Maricopa Wells. and for the inform ation of Pilgrims, l will state. that with good and fast walking sticks they can reach our camp from the Wells in just two weeks, as it iS but 2l0 miles distant and when completed will be but twelve miles from the heart of the Silver Record
Year: 1879

The valley of the little river which

 is named the San Pedro, presents the possibilities for a very influential posi- ton in the future of the Territory It is expected, of course, that the mining

 interests of this country will be fore

 most. The people of capital, and their

 myraid employees, will pay attention Ito that alone; and whoever allows himself to stop and plod away on a ranch may, in time, come to be looked upon, as a curious specimen Of man among those who only think of "lodes, and walls "and pay streaks,"

 ct cetera. But we believe there will

 be few who will still think it worth

 while to depend upon mother Earth

 Properly managed, the San Pedro val

 ley will furnish homes to many a

 thrifty family. The Southern Pacific

 Railroad will cross it, from east to

 west, and it is obvious that there must

 be a thriving town close by, whence

 will be taken supplies for Tombstone and the other mining districts which

 may rise into successful life in the near future. The Whetstones, the Dragoons, where some good prospects are reported, the eastern spurs of the Catarinas, and all the regions to the southward would be tributary to a town located in or near the San Pedro The valley is broad and rich; its length is fully hundred and fifty miles; and the stream has an unusual peculiarity in this locality-it never runs dry. From the mesa bench, on each side, to the valley proper below, there is a sharp descent, the banks having on a 1 small scale, the canyoned appearance of the Colorado and other remarkable | streams. There are numerous points l where the valley is actually walled, | and where the floods of the rainy sea | son might easily be stored for use in the event of scarcity, in which respect it has greatly the advantage of the Santa Cruz, Salt River and Gila Prob , ably the San Pedro, would have been far in advance of where it is today but for two things. Tucson has al- ways had the advantage of being near sr, and of more easy access to Sonora md the San Pedro has been the very stronghold of that strange and violent

 ystem of belief known, in modern Darlance, as Apacheism. In no DOT ion of this Territory do we expect to ee more improvement, springing up with the advance of the railroad, than Il the valley of the San Pedro.
Year: 1879

To be conscious that honest effort snd untiring labor is well appreciated hy those for whom the service is ren- dered is perhaps the perfection of hu- man satisfaction. Tine many pleasant and complimentary comments recent ly passed upon THE DAILY and WEEK LY CITIZEN concerning its general management and newsy appearance have certainly fallen gratefully upon our ears and given us much encourage ment. We confess that our first expe- riences in journalism were not alto gether to our own satisfaction, but we feel ourself gradually growing into the profession; are daily becoming more and more welded to it and now feel a strong desire to make the pen and scissors our life study and work. This will doubtless be our fate and we are prepared 10 welcome it with a light heart for we feel there is not a more honorable, useful and important vocation in the catalogue of human employment. Being young and in a new country we feel that TIE CITIZEN contains the germ of future greatness. THE DAILY, although only trifle over two months old has already placed itself on firm paying basis, and as soon as suitable arrangements can be made with the telegraph companies, THE DAILY will be issued as a morn ing paper and neither labor nor ex- pense will be spared in making it the representative journal of the frontier. Already we have heard favorable con- parison made between THE DAILY CITIZEN and the New York Sun and have blushed to hear them, but will suggest however that when Tucson shall have acquired population and commercial importance equal to that of New York, we trust THE CITIZEN will, in every respect equal the dailies of that great metropolis.
Year: 1879

The young man Freiligrath, who was arrested in Florence recently ac- cused of setting fire to the Pinal Com pany's Mill and held under bond of Sl,OOO to appear before the grand jury, was examined by that body last week and unanimously acquitted. We are also informed that there was not suffi- cient suspicion to justify the arrest. NIT. Freiligrath is a stranger in these parts, young man of considerable culture and preposseSsing address, and to say the least it is unfortunate that he should have this stigma cast up on his reputation without justifiable cause.