THE PHILIPSBURG. MAIL.vt!. II. NO. 46. PHILIPSBURG, DEER LODGE COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1888. WHOLE NO. 98.
GREAT HOLIDA Y
Clearing Sale!Of Christmas Goods.
- INCLUDING
Elegant Plush Toilet Sets,Magnificent Plush Albums.
The Latest Styles in Dinner Sets,
All kinds of Ornamented China aid Glassware,
Complete line of Fur Goods for men and women
- Large line of
CLOAKS in Latest Styles and ShadesSOLID GOLD JEWELRY
Less than anywhere in M,4ntana.
I mean business and will sell all my
Winter and Holiday GoodsCall early and get the plums,
Wim. W-einsteinI K. PABDEZ, Pres't and Gen'l Manager. JOSEPH A. HYDE, Treasure.
A. A. McDONALD, Vice President.
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Pearl Silver Mining Co.Philipsburg, Dear Loige Co., Montana.
Inoorporated under the, Laws o2 .. on- 5@(,,000 hares, full-paid and non-as-oss-tana Territory. able; par;value $10.
237.500 SHA•. .ES IN TIREASURY.The :,:ines of this compary are :it*-ato in the GiRANITE, midwRay he
treen the anau Francisco and Granite Mouontain mines.Thne v in is a true fssurQe.Pre~ao n1 deve-lopxent on t10 pnrpey consists c• a tun:nel 3^0 feet on
the vein, from which worings .in rg 1 : it of high- g,,de ore havebeen made.
In the runnel 2,5 fee , -sn;Ft i b.-:- r-iJed to the snl•.ae. on
which, when .. ne, within thirty 4,a. ., a .to:, hoist will be placed, andsiukinng wii be: ..-o-.c d. below t;r ,!n'i.
For the wr t d , e. or de' ;vl: .n i i+, the Pearl m-: kes the best
showing of any 1Line ever ope;:di in :,h g-v.ite in Flint Creek muninind is tr i"ct..
The origial owners too-: i "',.: e,'re pae for the mines in 8iock.
A limited amount of Trea(.ry Stock l vili be sold at 50 cents per`hare, appiications for which can be made to
Joseph A. Hyde, Banker, Philip bur . Danid Pritchard, Granite,H. L. Rodgers & Co., " I:skiett 1Mercantiic Co., "J. W. Dawson. Broker, " Gus Meyers, "
Con Peoples, "
Or to J. K. PARDEE,President and General Manager-
WILSON BROSFOR TOUR
O•is ! Eay a! Oats!Flour. Feed and Wheat. x0.000 lbs.
POCPATOES, ONION3, CAE2AGESAll kinds of vegetables.
Cho ce Let oif utter and Eggs,F:>'e stock of
9:,rniture, Carpets, '-"lfs. D~,!ssCll Cand examine goods.
LOWER BROADWAY, PnILrPSBURG.
-U-. IWUBl.ATEi), JUL-, 1637.
Buskett Mercantlle Co.
M-ERHANDISESole Agents for Cirmmon Sense Sir.ds, Miitch:ll Wagons, Monarch
Canned Goads, Crescent ~!tearsiry, Butter and Eggs.-STORES AT-
GRANITE, RUTMSEY AND CLARK.
G-RIA.ND
NewYears Eve BallGranite Lod2e, No. -34, A. 0. U. W.
MONDAY EYENING, DECENIBER 31stAt Knights of Labor Hall, Granite.
4k4NGEY IT COMMITTEE. RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
SA. C. McDonald, David Pritchard, J. Fprrill, Andrew Boundy,3 J". nshert:. Jo"n Nixon, Don
reer Dr. F.
Dckson. JaesJameesCeary Cartn, George Northe.
R•OAT7IN COMMhITTE. E FLOOR DIRECTOR, - - JAMES CLEARY
Oe *. Hstei. James Conaty, FLOOR MANAGERS,
j• • eo-, *• ,. N3 R,. u•, T kt . . McDOaeld. C. 8. How-I , o 7 Th". D eExe orrieu.•
JAMES B. LEA!Y,REAL ESTATE,
Mining & Commission CoBROKERS.
BurTT CITY, -- MONTAA.
Will buy or sell
Cambination, Bi-Netallic, San FranciscoALICE, MOULTOn and GRANITE Stocks.
Execute Orders for purchase or sale of =stockand bonds at New York.
Special attention given to the buying and sell-ing of valuable mining property.
Mrs. C. N. ChildsHas a fine line of
Millinery & Notionsat the stand formerly occupied
by Mrs. Finnegan.
Mrs. M. Kinnear has a completed.l.srmakin establismnient in cou-nection
THEKAISERHOUSEIM.: KAISER, Prop'r.
Everything First Class
WELL-LIGHTED,
AND HANDSOME ROOMS.
Fire proof brick building; all mod-ern improvements.
Special accommodations for commer-cial travelers. All stages stp at thishotel.
M. KAISER, Prop'r.
ger's Brewery.CHAS. KROGEIR, Prop.
E G AND TTLEDBEER.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
-~pOrders by mail, or left at the Brewery, will
receive prompt attention.
PinrLnrca1UR. MosNTANA.
K1aiser Brothers' Saloon[Next door to Kaiser House. I
A Carload B•akeiser B(eerJUST RECEIVED.
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,always on hand.
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O ES BOUGHTat the highest market price.
Agent for Omaha & Grant Smeltiangand Refining Co., Omaha.
L. S. AUSTIN, Prop'r,
ALLEN P. BOWIE,Drue ist and
Apothecary,MAIN STREET,
PHILIFSBURG - MONTANA
Carries a full line of Family Medicinesand Pure Drugs, Select Toilet Articlesand genuine Patent Medicines. Pres-criptions carefully prepared night or day.
Christmas Suits!Now is the time to order
them of
A. SCHILLING.Merchant Tailor.
First-class work and satisfaction guar-anteed.
PHnLWSPnmGJ, - MONTANA.
AM3uG THE LEDGES.
THE INTEREST TAKEN IN WEST
GRANITE< AT St. LOUIS.
Dips, Spars and Angles-Stock Quota.-
tions-M~tal Market-Granite eoun-
tain-West Granite-Sydney Con.-
Georgetown Mining District.
DIPS, SPURS ANlD ANrLES.
Chas. Kaufman, the mining expert ofDenver, Col., stopped in the Burg a fewdays this week.
The Hope mill shut down a couple ofdays last week, after a run of ninety daysto make a clean up.
Work on The Sunshine and Leopardclaims, near Granite has been suspendedtemporarily, awaiting instructions fromheadquarters in St. Louis.
Manager Weir, of the A. Y. and Min-nie mine at Leadville, Col., has resignedthat position and a local paper says hewill go to Granite to take charge of theGranite -Mountain.
Joseph Julyan, one of the lessees ofthe Rattleenake claim, left here by trainthis morning for Butte City, and wilbring back a quantity of mining tools hehas there, inclding a car. On his re-turn, work will be pushed along rapidlyon the property.
Siegfried & Carr left Wednesdaymorning with a lot of supplies, and in-tend to commence work on th3 Jeffersoncopper property in Boulder district,which has been leased by them. Theproperty is a goodl oe.o and doubtless thetwo men will make a success of it, asthey are experienced miners.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing quotations, Wednesday, De-cember 5, furnished by John W. Daw-son, broker:
STOCE. BID. [ASKtK
San Francisco Con.......... $ 40 I$ 4 25West Granite ........ ........... 72 . 7Hope.......................... 4 i5 550Mountain Lion.... .............. 0 40Cottonwood............... ...... ' 20 25iearl............................ . --Hatta ............................. -Cfomhination.................... 55
Flint Creek ..................... 0 23B:uckeye ......................... I -Dors horne.................... - 25Young America.................I 50 55
ME 1 .L MARKET FOP. THE WEEK.
DATs. SILVER L~4AD (CIPiPERTihursdtay............. I .7i)0 li.0Friday .... i 3.7 i7.45Saturday ............... 3• 3.63 17.3Monday ................. 93 ! .75 11.3:Tinmsday ........... ...
GCANITE MOUNTATIN
The output for the r-ee-k ending De-cember 5, was 40 bars of bullion, con-taining 63,8419 ounces silver and 31.2ounces gold.
The Granite Mountain Mining Com-panry has d•clared a dividend of 25c ashare or .10(.0l,t0i), payable next Mlonday.he lith ist. The caus•- o the dividend beuing s sml 'itis month ---e in-stiid ok 500i is i•su,.i--is on aooGti oithe eno)rmous expen,• ,tt ' , -t ) ubuiclding the imn nse .:-s.tamp mill o ,
Erd iurr creek. The fortuatnae stock-:olders. ho.,wever•", il .ave little r" e:ro-
to grumnbl, as tho probabii'y of themontr hl dividend heinr? dou:iled mak-.in i .. i•0 ptj month -ia q.ite strong. It.certainly c:n not be less than 75o at theleast when tha new mill is in tull opera-tion, which will not be long.
WEST GRANITE.
The lessee: of the Rattlesnake ground,pert of the West Granite property.is1essrs. Godfrey, Roberts and July:an.a:re pushing work ahead and expect toship ore b;owoeen now and the . tth inst.The vein is widening and the charactesoi the rock inproving. Work is beingprosecuted between i03J and 400 feetirom the mouth of the lrtttlesnaketunnel.
As an example of the excitement bcircau 'sd by the West ttranite in ud. Lo•:•the following extract from the Globt-ienccrat: o; the 24Lh ilt. is given:
"d.a.urdlay weeK was aniither big one finA G;L Granite miii Ii' s('k, the mante.L to:,tn ,
ing ait i;c, iand cml• at bl ; b•i|,i,shares represei:.ting the day's ranisacti.o .5.,,00 sl-t:1es a'tmely cha.,gi:g hLans. Theal) eaill'".~: e of a'WcIre i icukn':i-u itl t'!h
!liai iet s'arted thle ext itement, but tiey mmi.-
aged to gei over :I0, ,.kt hares at I::c up tI,,:., belom the nbsi i et rt-aily resioe ,,!d to ii.
'pres,i-s e. They inlceaed tei" lterc:-s.;au;t)L :i.0RI0 shares uip to 9:ti c T'his n;iillnhiaiaiVs been cld-eiy asstla.ed w:ii the Grau-ie '.'•m. eople, aind Lhis t ht and tl e tre
tu'rn of (. t. Imincr,lthe mold sul e;intedmof thle ra•iil .iout::l::;, from a visit to themine, ca ..td the rep." tgiat the (:ani;t.eMo,,ntaia insiders weir bits iag. This feel.;gwas increased also by the Iart-i iha. Mr. Chia...;iark. p:s:dent of ithe Bi-.letallie. and a1 d-
rector of the (iranite, and L. ' aM. il.eI.,pres:dent of the Cran;iLe Mountain, visi,_d time
ti-~ne of Wernse t; iijmekmi:a. several tiji t
and that alter the close oil the cu:.- :ir. Ga:, kwas c!oseted there for solme tiiua with hoti,mnembers of the tirm and Mr. james Campibe,..
Vim.n this was seeni cvery lhrtker on iheaeet was certaiil the G a;ite vwas , orralio.,the .t:,ck, and if ally had bees oIialering' thein:'ar:t would have go; e be:.ond a dollar eas:-1,. iRumor was thick eno..gi , to lie cut oif ins;&es, aecord:i'g to ti ta:.ut, one of tile closeas held being 1o tihe ciec-t
t:;t the West
_Granite company is ne':•otiati:g with Capt.Pliu''nuner to take the sueriel::ndency, butfai' were scarce. Capt. tPlanmler, in reply toa'i \•:,quilies, said Tha the Wesit Granite mineawas' ':.der lock anld key and the miners unaer)ond;: id neither he nor anybody else couldh-arn il\vythng about it. Mr. Chas. ClarkItfered t- let biT odds that a single share ofstock could not be traced to him. W1ernse &Diecknman said emphatically that there hadbeen no Granite Mountain purchases direct!.or indirectly through theul, and that to theirknovwledga their orders did not come fromthe We-t. One telegram was received to therilect that the vein has beeni exphlored about
:5 feet, and shows ii; inches of ore, runniling tito Ilo ounces of silver and lb inches averag-ing 520 in value. And so the ni3stery wasleft unsolved. Of the saleh made J. J. Muil-ally, who was the originial purchaser for M,.
Sch\wab and Monti:na account, disposed uiabout 15,00A) shares."
SYDiNEY CONSOLIDATED.
The Sydney mining company Lasfina ly pulled their pumps and discon-
cected the machinery and all work hasbeon suspended for an indefinite time.Work was commenced on the Sydneyabout eighteen months ago daring whichtime they sunk a shaft '65 feet anddrove a level aboat 150 feet. Althoughat titmes.the mine has looked very en-cour ging. they have never taken outany pay ore. The reason for discon-tinuiug operations is owing to a scarcity,f funds. The stockholders have beenasked toUdvance five cents a share as aloan taking a mortgage on the oompany's
ma3hinery as security. If the necesparyamount can be obtained in this way,work will again be resumed.
GEORGETOWN MINING DISTRICT.[sPxIAL COBBESPONDENCB]
Pyrenees-The Pyrenees mine is run-ning the same as usual, keeping the millrunning and producing the usual amountof gold.
Southern Cross-They are drifting atthe 270-foot level. The lead is lookingbetter than it has ever looked before.The company have their new boardinghouse nearly completed, and intend toopen it with a grand house-warmingshortly.
North Atlantic- The North Atlanticmine, owned by Charlie Thayler and Mr.Ainsley, of Philipsburg, is now workingand running two shifts, and promises tobe a good mine. It is the adjoiningclaim to the Southern Cross.
Silver Lake mining district is not doingmuch at present. The Silver Reef isworking and other claims are being pros-pected. S. S.
MONTANA NEWS.Helena has a crazy Chinawoman.A half interest in the Cunmber!l'_
mine at astle, _ ontana, has been soldto L. Schonberg for $50,000.
The walls of the power house for thecable road opposite the Clear Grit hoistare going up rapidly. -Miner.
The Northern Pacific is blocked withtrains at Missoula and other pointsthrougb shortage of locomotives.
The Western bank is the ti;lo of anew monetary institution soon to beopened at Missoula by . P. Biggins.
Butte merch:mnts are out in a card an-noancin. that they will give no Christ-maa presents to their customers thisyear.
A benefit is to be given at Butte tothe widows and orphans of the men whowere killed at the Meaderv-ill boiler ex-plosion.
Eleve2 horses were stoten from T. Mc-Cnne near Fort Benton last Saturday.The thieves escaped, but men are stillchasing them.
Utah papers state that no more oatswill be shipped from there to Butte un-less prices advance. They have use fortheta at home.
Delegate Toole left Helena last weekfor Washington, accompanied by hisniece, Miss Cleora Stout, who will spendthe winter with friends in that city.
It is asserted that one of the hand-somest women in America is NellieStrickland. leading lady of the KatiePutnam company, now p!aying in Butte.
At a meeting hold at the residence ofMrs. Dawkins, at Lewistown, a dramaticand literary club was formed, the mem-bership being made up of lads in thevicinity.
It is said that several scientific parties,'m z Slit a..• :''iO view the eclipse of thesun, which will be seen here on NewYear's day.
A pani . was created in the businesspart of vMissoula Monday by a wild cowwhich broke loose and tossed severalpoeole in the air, injnryiLE. one manseverely. The animal was finally killed.
James cElroy was brought toHelena from Marysville Monday night.iI:vir•z been badly injured in the face bya broken saw while employed at Cla.rk'sra mill. Tbh injucry involves the right*yo, having inflicted a fearful gash onthe foreh-aed and ch:eek.
John Thomas, a colored barber at.Tunction, was elected a J uatice of thePeace by thi JTunationites at the election",eld a short time a `p. This is the firstinsaance in the territory wherein a manof hi.- race has been selected to fill this
opesition.-Billin•gs Gazette.With regard to betting on the election
it is said that over S100.0')0 will havechanged hands in Helena alone when the,)ici al returns are in or the loser bon-cede, that he is beaten. One enthisias-tic republican claimed that he had wonfourteen suits of clothes, fifty hats and-, 'i0. To prove that. he was in earn= se
"-e •, down in the mud and rolled over.just to sh)w that he could afford it.
Three w.•men charged two neighborso, ` i e feminine -ender with calling them-hlippiCs." The case was caled in.our and resulted in the dracharve ofhle dofecidants. ' onsiderable contro-
versy was had as to the meaning of the, ,r-d "'chipny." The attorney for thed)tendants said Webster defined it to bea small bird. The other lawyer. saidWblster was "away off;" that a badmeaning was attached to it.-MissoulaGazette.
Now that the election is over, thevictory i; lost, and the entente cordialere-estabnished, let us all unite in onegrand effort to bring a raiirtiad through.Madison county. Politic.;l differencessink into insignificance compared withthe results to be achieved from the con-
nummration of such an erterprise. It.mleans the st.ar-ine of a boom which willoutstrip all of her boo:s. and don't let itescans the realms of your remembrance.-Madisonian.
Two men, whose names cannot belearned, were haurt at iumsov this week.One of them fell from the new millbuilding and the other cut his foot withan ax.
WV. C. Bradshaw informs us that hehas finally made arrangements withWilliam , oiles to secure title to thecemetery. In our next issue we will giveparticulars to the future management ofthe much neglected burial ground.
Granite Lodge. No. .4, A. O. U. W.,will give a grand New Year's ball on-'onday evening December :lst. Aglance at the committees in anothercolumn will assure all of an enjoyablelime at the terpsichorean entertainment.
Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, in oneof the houses of ill-fame west of Mainstroot, Anaconda, Reos Bennett shot andkilled Frank P. Graver, who is a car-penter and has v.orked at his trade thereever since the town was started. :iehad been.a sober, quiet and a hard work-er during all the time. Last summer hesold to Kendall & Co. a mine for $5,000,placing him in a position where he couldfolly w the bent of his desires, that ofprospecting without having to work forwages. He was a man about 35 years ofage. and was well read in differentbranches of learning. ' he trouble wascaused by a bet. In the course of con-versation Graver mentioned RhodeIsland, and the woman offered to bet$~" there was no such place. Gravertook the bet and called in a third party,a woman, to decide the bet. She decid-ed in Graver's favor and left. RosaBennett then got a revolver and shotGraver in the bowels. He died shortlyafter. The woman is under aoar
SOU"THERN UTAH MINES.
A VISIT TO THE FAMOUS COPPER
GULCH DISTRICT.
What a Correspondent of the SaltLake Tribune Has to say of TheirValue and Probable Future -Description, Ete.
Your humble correspondent has justreturned from a two days' visit to CopperGulch, four miles west of the town ofFrisco by taking the pack trail over thedivide, but eight miles to go around bygood wagon road. I found the campalive wiih about forty men employed byComet Mining and Smelting companyin the capacity of rock masons, carpen-ters, miners and machinists, with atleast forty more scattered out throughthe hills getting out rock, wood, coal andother materials to construct the copperfurnace.
The C'omet Mining and Smelting com-pany is mainaged here by Professor A.Sebillot with E. Jolly as assistant andsecretary. The professor is very confi-dent of success and says there is no suchword as fail.
The C'actus, which xi now the princi-pal mine being worked, is opened to adepth of 300 feet. with numerous levelsand drifts showing a large body ofcopper pyrites, which assay well in silver.Som•e gray copper has just been struckthat assays as high as 40Ai ounces silverper ton. One cross-cut in this mineshows the ore vetn to be pover 1 5 feetwide--cf course it is not all solid ore. Afew years ago the old comp;ny attempt-ed to concen:rato these ores by water.and made a feilure. But I'rofUssorSebillot is sure the cheapeet way is byfire, so a new 40-ton patent water-jacketcooper furnace built by 'ra:ser, Ch4lmers& Co., is now on the ground and will becompleted by January st, 1889.
The Comet mine lies near and adjoinsthe Cactus, and is a part of the same orebelt. Part owners in the company andmanagers of the mines of the company,are the Morrenson Brothers, Lorren andCharles, who came here in 1879, whenFrisco was a booming camp. and havestayed with the camp through thick andthin. They are true blue loyal men.ptubhe spirited and alive to progress andthe development of the country.
The +omet Mining and SmeltingCompany are backed by a rich Frenchsyndicate, and have lately bought up theprincipal part of the Cactus MiningCompany's stock; they also own in con-nection the old Massachusetts coppermine, about five miles distant from their"hrred, isf t'ocy Distri'ct wti Mc:Larault; also with James Forgie m theopper King mine, formerly the Superiormine and a number of other copperprospects scattered around in the various
districts of I'eaver 1 ounty. We hopeto see this coppy company make a suc-cess, and they will no doubt eventuatlybuild works at iMilford or some point onthe railroad. The French as a rule are
gcood stayers when that' sta't in, and theoutlook is good. It th- weal her permits,opper Gulch will becorime a busy camp
after New Year's. 1•,S..On the first cf January next the Horn
Silver mine will malke a change allaround. and for the botter; we wili allhave to wait and see. Bat that it is g',ing into Alorrton hands is no oubt, andif reports are true hereabouts they can
have it; as it is all (except the copperore, very base ores) gutted, and the
Lord's anointel are welcome to it and allwish them success.
GENERAL NEWS.Henry George will remain in England
until Decemlb-.Panama canal securities were last
Thursday down to 230 francs at Paris.Killing frosts are reported from
i'esteru Florida and southern Alabama.It is reported another great Joan has
been decided upon by the Russiansovernment.
The boat r:..e between Cambridge andYale universities has been fixed approxi-mately for April 15.
La Presse, of Paris, says the cabinetwill oiscuss the question of suppressingthe Patriotic League.
Beach and HFanlan rowed a race on theTharamstta river, N. S. W., Thursday fori5(0 a side. Beach won.
t ongressma , Goff, of West Virginia,says three republican congressmen havebeor elected from his state. ,
It was annonuced in the commonsyesterday that Sir Henry Nolan hadbeen appointed governor of Queensland.
Last week Jewell Dargentor, ot Ames-bury. Mass.. shot his wife and then shotand killed himself. The woman may re-co ver.
Th'c University of Fennsylvania teamdeteated the Wesleyans by a score of 18to 0 in a foot ball game at New York onThursday.
The British ship The Douglas, fromMartin Island, for Hamburg, founderedin the North Sea. Two of the crewwere drowned.
Eleven persons were killed and onehundred and seventy-five injured by theexpiosion of a boiler at Eiiesnma, cen-tral Russia. last week.
Hertensiein, the president of Switzer-land, who underwent an amputation ofthe right leg last week because of dis-ease of the arteries, is dead
It is rumored that the New Guineacompany is in difficulties, and has offer-ed to sell its territory to the Germangovernment for 4,000,000 marks.
The announcement is made that Coun-ty Treasurer Wincholl, of Redfield, Dak.,has left for parts unk own and is a de-faulterto the amount of $12,000.
In accordance.with his custom, Seore-tary Whitney presented each of the fourhundred employes of the navy department with a large turkey for Thanks-giving dinner.
John Henry Meyer was hanged atPlacerville, Cal., Friday, for the murderof John Lowell last March. His two ac-complices have secured an appeal to thesupreme court.
The budget committee has assented tothe plans of Defreycinet and Peytel foran extra war budget of a million francs.' he allotments for 1889 amount to 125,-
000,000 francs.The Alabama legislature has met in
joint session, and J. T. Morgan, UnitedStates senator, was declared the senatorelect from Alabama for the term begin-
It is understood the Canadian govern-ment has not acceded to the petition ofthe Montana ranchmen, asking themeither to withdraw or modify the ninedays' quarantine on cattle coming intoCanada.
The boss ale and porter brewers ofNew York and New Jersey at a meetingThursday decided to lock out all theirunion men and emiploy non-union men.This is because of the continued boyootton Stevenson's brewery.
The bronze bust of John McCullough,the dead tragedian, in the character ofVirginus, was unveiled at Philadelphia,in the presence of a distinguished com-pany of members of the histrionic pro.fession and friends of the actor.
The conditicn of Jay Eye See, thecelebrated trotter which nearly bled todeath in the pasture from a cut inflictedby a piece of glass, is still very critical.The animal's life will probably be savedit hemorrhage does not set in again.
COUNTY CIULLNGS.The dog poisoner is abroad in Deer
Lodge, three valuable dogs having fall-en victims the past two days. One ofthe unfortunates was Bucher, belongingto Conley Bros., and valued at $250.
A. J. Urlin, who was in the GoldCreek wreck on the Northern Pacific lastsummer, has begun suit against the road,at Missoula. for $50,000 damages. Hewas confined 'or two months and says heis injured internally.
One man got licked by an outsider fordisturbing the Salvation Army meetingthe other night, and another was finedby a jury, in Judge Emerson's court, $tand costs-$33.35 in all-for puttingpepper on the stove.-Northwest.
The skeleton of James Robinson wasfound in his cabm in Idncoln Gulch,
"eer Lodge county, last week. It isthought he laid there three weeks and itis presumed was eaten by mountainhlions, also that he suicided. The lasttime he was seen alive was the 28th ofOctober.
J. H. Thompson, a faro dealer at HickMcLean's saloon, Anaconda, and a part-ner in the profits of a $5'O capital farogame, got tired of slow winning orrather losing, and going to the safe tookthe balance of the capital, $S315, and wentto another saloon. There he blew it allin. Judge Fitzgerald bound him overin $1,540 bonds to appear at the Aprilterm of court, and in default he was com-mitted to jail.
IAILROA D STRIKE.
The Conductors and Engineers on theMontana Union Strike, and AllBusiness suspended.
_ [ISpecial to Tux M~A~I. by the RThr w--4'-,ANACONDA, December 4.-At 2:25
o'clock this afternoon all the passengerand freight conductors and engineers onthe Montana Union railway struck, andnot a car or engine is moving on thatline to-day. The strike was caused bythe act of Master Machinist Ross atButte last week when he dischargedseveral engineers of the Brotherhood.The engineers objected to this and de-manded their re-instatement. This wasrefused by the road and the strike wasordered to-day. A good deal of apure-hensioin exists here as to what the resultwill be, and the business men are verymuchl afraid that if the strike continuesthe smelters will have to shut down andbusiness here will be a.t a standstill.
LATER.ANACO':DA, December 5.--The breach
between the striking engineers and con-ductors on the Montana Union railwaywas widened last night. A passengertrain, bearing the United States mailand a few passengers from Butte. just asit was coming into the city last night at11 o'clock was thrown from the track byan open switch near the fire brick worksabout half a mile east of town. Thetrain was going at the rate of five milesan hour at the time and no one was hurt.It is supposed that the wreck was caused.by the strikers, though there is no evi-dence to show it. Men are now at work,etting the engine on the track egaina id are backed by tavo deputy UnitedStates marshal with loaded rifles.
ANACONDA, December 6.--It is report-ed here that Master Machinist Ross hasbeen discharged and that Superintend-ent Dickenson has resigned; and thatfor the present ten locomotives will beturned over to the Anaconda company.This will give the company a chance tosupply themselves with ore and othersupplies. The passenger train willprobably begin running to-day. ThoAnaconda works shut down last nightand all the men were laid off with theexception of a few to keep the machineryin running order.
The Bilhngs Gazette nominates Hon.Frank S. Whitney. of Yellowstone coun-ty, for speaker of the next house ofrepresentatives of the territorial legisla-ture.
Harry McCarthy, who at one timekept a variety theatre at Missoula, diedrecently in San Francisco. He was theauth< r of the famous song, "Bonny BlueFlag."
THE BIG LOTTERY AT HELENA.
TICKETS ARE NOW SELLING FOR THEABORN HOUSE, DIAWING JANUARY 7TH.Fifth tickets $1.00 each; whole tickets
$5. Tickets are now selling rapidly forthe grand prize distribution in whichthe $3011,000 Aborn House. Des Moines,Ia.. is the Capital prize. Cash prizes 153in number ranging from 81i to $5.000.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.Fuyers of tickets may rest assured
that their interest will he amply protect-ed. It is suficient guarantee when it isknown that such men as Hon. T. H.Kleinschmidt, ex-M!ayor of Helena andassistant cashier of the First NationalBank,and Hon. W. R. Kenyon, ex-Mayorof Butte, will supervise the drawing, as.sisted by Hon. J. M. Clement, ProbateJudge of Lewis and Clarke County,Montana. Address or apply for ticket,to the Montana Investment Company,Grand Central Hotel Biock, Helena,Mlontana. 46-4t.
NOTICE TO Ci•TDITORS.Estate of George W. Porter, deeased. Notice
is hereby given by the undersigned, ad inistrn-tor of the estate of Geoge W. Port;:r. deceased,to the creditors of and all persons having claimaagainst said deceased, to exhibit them with thenecessary vouchers, within four months afterthe first publication of this r.orice, to the saidadministrator at the Law Offico of Titua &Crutchfield, in Philipsburg, Deer Lodge county.Montana Territory, the same being the ph.ce turthe transaction of the business of said etstate.
Joux R tA•re,Administrator of the estate of George W. Fortes,
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