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THE PHILIPSBURG MAIL. VOL. 1. PH1ITPSBU.RG, DEER LODGE COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, DECEIMBER 22, 1887. NO. 48. THE PHILIPSBURG MAIL. Bryam & McCey, Proprietors. Issued Every Thursday Evening. Subscription Rates. One year, in advance....................f: Ox Paid at expiration of yea.. ............. 4 (.( Six mouths, in advance ................ 2 ~0 Three months......................... I Entered at the postofice at Philipsburg, Dee. Lodge county, Montana, as second class matte. for transmission through the mails. Notice. Local Notices 10 ets per line. Professional Cards (1 inch) $18 per year. Regular advertisements payable monthly. Transient advertisements payable in advance. Anyoun failing to receive the MAIL regular ly should notifi us promptly by postal card. Any ipersou taking this paler can have the same discontinued without trouble by notify ing us and paying up all arrears. County Official Directory. M ~imber of Council ..............J. K. Pardee Rclpre'cutative.................J. R. Toole Slril'. .........................Lew Coleman Under Sheriff ..... ............Frank Hutton (Cerk and Recorder......... . M. Thompson Tre.asurer ....................ichard Kenyon Assscor............................. Jhn J. King Probate .Judge.................Oren Emcrson Deputy Clerk District Court..... Win. Shalev County Attorney ..............). M. . Durfe: Public Administrator..........J ioseph Lodge Superintendent of Schools..... Maargret Woife Morgan Evans, ) Win. Walker, ..............Commissioners. J. Y. Batterton, ) TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. A. Labrie,.. i Justices of Peace Philipslurg J. McDonell.. . (iranite C. H. Orcutt,... i Constables . .Philipsburg Jas. Carten .... Co.st . raabtel PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. LABRIE, X. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Proprietor of the Miner's Hospital. PHILIPSBURG, MONT. W. H. ALLEN, PHYSIraAN AND SURoEON, Diseases of women specially treated. Office Hospital, Sansome and Sutter Ste. PuILIPSBUaG, - - - MONTANA. C. N. BOWIE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, falls Promptly Attended to in Town or Country. Office at City Drug Store, Philipsburg, - . - Montana. W. U. PITT WOOD, D. D. K. Has located t#ermanently in Philipsburg and is prepared to do all work pertaining to Den tistry. Satisfaction Guaranteed. (CoNxELLY BUILDING. - PHILIPSBUG. BROWN & CIUUTCUFILLD. ATTonsEYS AT LAW & NOTARIES PUBLIC. All legal business promptly attended to. Spe elal attention paid to collection. KILOT BUILDING. - PULIPSBURG. IRE N. SMITH, ACCIDENT INSURANCE. All indemnities paid throughi E. L. Legget, at the Granite office; Chas. E. Gable, of the Sydne. ; Eugene Smith, of the San Francisco and Hr. C. Stevens of the Hope, Accident Ipolicies of all occupations written up. No delay in gettingyonr pay for accidents. Waiter Matheson, state agent, elena, Mont. ln a . Adkinson, H. Forrest Titus Helena. Philipsburg. ADKINSON & TITUS, ATTOBNrYSrAT-LAW, Special attention given to applict.ons for mineral and agriicuiltural patents,, au ontcsts before the Laud Otlice and Interior l)epart ment. 0. A. ]KELLOGG, CIVIL ENGINEER, [DEPUTY U. S. Mineral Surveyor.] Orders for surveys of mineral and agricultura lands will receive prompt attention. PHILIPSBURG, ONT. N. H. CONNOLLY. AcCOUNTANI AND BOOKKEEPER, Neglected Accounts Carefully Examined and Correctly Balan Office with F. D. Brown. pHILIPSBUra . MCT. D.. . DURIFEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Prosecuting Attorney for Deer Lodge county. Legal business of all kinds promptly attended to. PHIIPIBSUaG - MONTANA. CAMPBELL & DUFFY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LePal bnsiness of all kindtobe transacted in Philipsburg or vicinity kwill receive prompt at tention. Burn Crrr. - - - MorT. FRANK D. BROWN, NOTARY PUBLo, General Legal aBusiness Promptly Attended to. Miinna work a .pecialty. PHmIIPsvao. - MONTANA. NOTICE. Co.s.MERS oF WATER, Are notifed that all rates must be paid prompt ly by the 20th of each month. All persons fiing water from the Company's hydrat and not pay ing therefor will be proeeted to the full extent of the law. Ws. T. ALaLsoN. Supt. and Collector L !. AUTITN, ASSAY OrrICE, Samples may be left at the telephone *mce or at the Assay Ofice, near the new depot. -oa ]- 9- u1 The Grand Restaurant AND OYSTER HOUSE. MERRY C RISTMAS TO ALL. Look out for our Christmas dinner; it*will be the grandest event of the season. Grand Christmas Ball Supper, on Monday That will eclipse anything ever put up in town. IW'Poestively the only house in town employing white cooks. GEORGE MODINI. FEATHERMAN & CO. FEATHERMAN & CO TO OUR CUSTOMERS: Exp :-rianc h.ving ttuoht' us th;t nothing w rks greatir iniustice to both merchant nd paying customer than th. cr dcit system we are now pricing our go):ds to suit cash buyers, a:nd shall on the fir -t ct the new year adopt the Cash System! Cash Sytem! In view of '.hs. we are offering special inducements o; i We therefore require a Settlement in full by the Ist of January This is positive and means every wo d we say. We invl:e you all to call and see by the reduced pr:ces that it Ts to your advantage to buy for c~:sh. Yours very truly, FEATHERMAN & CO. 0. B. HOUSER & CO wv noses10 L.. jlJf ea ers', Ship Only in Car-Load Lots and are Consequently Able to Sell at Lowest Prices Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Falk's Milwaukee Beer and Everything Connected with a W'holsesale Business. We do Strictly a Wholesale and Jobbing Business gie us a all. LOWER BROAD&WAY, Opp. Caplice & Sm iths. Reduction . Reduction !, AT THE - The People's Meat Market IN PRICES OF BEEF, Five Cents a Pound for Cash 6 Cents When Carried on Books. H.Livingston, h-ierice Clothier,h Suits and Overcoats, s Chinchilla and Astrakhan Coats and Vests. Hats! Hats! Hats! Boots and Shoes, Gents' Furnishing Goods White and Fancy Shirts, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs. Neckwear and Hosiery, Flannel, Merino and Balbriggan Underwear, Flannel and Caesimere Overcoats, Blankets, Quilts, Trunks, Va ises and Miners' Rubber oods Cpletei ever detail All Goods Warranted. Perfect fit guaranteed. GHdre yo an purchase to suit pocket book. Here you get value received. If you ret vale received. If you n hink this a bold assertion inspectfor yorsel At all Stimes in my store you will receive polite attention, the best of treatmentand be pleased with your purchases. SLivingston, The One-Price Clothier. ° Oonr olll'$ s1i1 3, AJ. OPERA HOUSE. GENERAL NEWS. Late Doings Throughout the World. The Latest Happenings in Both Continents in a Condensed Form. Items Taken From the Latest Tele graphic Reports on Subjects of Interest. Powderly, who has been ill, is improv ing. Russia's endeavors to raise a loan have failed. The . arquis of Lorne is seriously ill with a disease of the throat. Jack Carkeek, chauipion wrestler, ar rived in New York from Liverpool last week. President Carnot, of France, on the tirst of January, will pardon all political prisoners. Joseph Kidd & Sons, general store keepers at Dublin, Ontario, have failed. Liabilities $150,000. Five men were instantly killed at Til ton. Tenn., by the explosion of a boiler at Winchester's sawmill. f'here has been a conflict in Syria be tween Bedouins and i)ruses, in which the latter had 100 killed and 300 wound ed. The President has designated Brig. Gen. MacFeely to act as secretary of war during the absence of Secretary Endi cott. Jim Carney publishes an acceptance of Jack McAuliffe's challenge for a ten round glove fight for -:.1,;00, within thr'ee . eeks. Charles Arnolds, c;ashier of the private banking firu of Kean & Co., Ciicago,was arresid to-day on the clirge of eLubez zlement. The amount is not known. IaTi - iBu :e Ieli.r . n J X N''' Cell last Saturday. The storm is general all over the eastern section of the state. The Sultan, of Turkey, gave a recep tion last Sunday to Vanderbilt and Strauss, the American Minister. Ahmed Pasha conducted Vanderbilt to his car riage. The gross earnings of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road for October were $1,674,000, a decrease from last year of $13,000; net earnings, $8S6,000; decrease $153,000. At Boston last week the jury in the trial o" the noted Mrs. Ropinson, charged with the poison;ng of her children. re ported they were unable to agree and were discharged. The steamer Etrnria, which reached Queenstown last Saturday, made the fasteet east bound trip on record. her time from New York to Fastnet being six days and two hours. The converting, blooming and rail de partments of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works at Braddock, Pa., were closed down last week. It is understood that the rail mill supension is for an indefinite period. John Hooper, member of parliament, has been sentenced to two months' im prisonment for publishing reports in his paper. the Cork Herald, of meetings of suppressed branches of the league. At the opening of the bourse last Fri day there was almost a panic on the an nouncement being made that Premier Von Tisza, of Hungary, had been sum i moned to attend the council of ministers at .ienna. T 'he Tnurnal de St. Petersburg's article I disclaiming Russia's responsibility for the present state of affair in Europe. helped the recovery of the market. Austrian rentes closed at a decline of 2 cent. and Hungarian rentes at 11t per cent. Heon. S. P. Rounds, editor of and prin- I cipal proprietor of the Omaha Republi can, and ex-public printer, died Sat- 1 urday of pneumonia, after an illness of 10 days. Mr. Rounds has been a resident of Omaha over a year. The New York delegation to the con vention of republican clubs have receiv ed an unequivocal declination from Chauncy M. Depew of the presidency of the national league, and nominated Jas. P. Foster, president of the New York re publican club, for that position. Chas. R Tweed and Geo. B. Williams representing the Soutthern Pacific Rail way company, Saturday made an argu ment before the first and second comp trollers of the treasury in regard to the proper method of settling accounts be tween that company and the government. The question at issue has reference to the t:.tus of the unaided portions of the road between San Francisco and Sacri mento, which to a certain extent paral eal the aided por .a Gladstone has written declining to interfere actively in the international arbitration movement. Ex-Secretary Manning is reported critically ill at Albany N.Y. His physi cian is non-commital. Ira Paine last Saturday completed his 600 shots, fifty yards distance, with a pis tol, making a grand total of 5,279 out of a possibl& 6,000, or 107 more than F. E. Bennett recently made. An important bill in chancery has been filed in the United States Circuit court at Chicago by the Pullman Palace Car company against the Wagner Place Car company and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway to prevent the infringe mnent of Pullman's patents on vestibule trains. The London Missionery Society ha received news that Missionary Jones in the employ of that body has been ex pelled from the Loyalty Islands by a force sent specially to the Islands from New Caledonia. He has arrived at Sydney, N. S. W., and has formally protested to the governor against his expulsion. Sheehy, M. P., arrested under the crimes act, was last week sentenced to three years' imprisonment at hard labor. Notice of appeal was given. Sheehy was admitted to bail. Upon being released he was arrested on the charge of having participated in the meeting at Clonmel. Bail was refused, and the prisoner was taken to Clonmel jail. The feud between the Adams and Cas well factions broke out again last Sunday night in Rock Castle county, Ky., when, after church services, Frank Adams was killed by one of the Caswells. Since then Frank ilaselton, James Lunsford James Townsend, Tom Jackson and two others, names unknown, have been wounded and several houses have been burned. Secretary Fairchild has decided to ap point Perry C. Smith, of New Jersey, as chief of the appointment division of the treqsurv department in place of Eu gene Higgins. resigned. ':r. Smith is a cousin of the secretary and holds the po sition of disbursing clerk of the postoffice department and was personally compli mented for his business capacity by the postmaster general in his last annual re The case of Wm. Showers. who has been on trial several days, charged with having murdered his two grand children. at Lebannon, Pa., was given to the jury ast Saturday. During the closing hours of the trial Stephen Showers, son of the accused, testified in reference to letters which his father had written him from prison asking him to swear falsely. so as to clear the old man. The son said he could not take a false oath, even to save his own father's neck. A bulletin issued by Dr. M*ackenzie states that the appearance of the crown prince's throat confirms the previous hnl letins issued by the physicians in charge. A small growth has made its appearance on the left ventricular band. and the tumor which formed in October has dim inished in size. The other doctors in at tendance on the crown prince agreed to the statements contained in Dr. Macken zie's bulletin. The crown prince, in com panv with Dr. Mackenzie, spent some time out of doors Saturday. Assistant Secretary Maynard has writ ten a letter to the collector of customs at New York, in regard to the question whether a schedule tare might safely be prescribed for all surgas imported in hogsheads, tierces or bags. Judge May nard says in view of the great variations - between the different lots of the same kinds of packages, the department con curs with the collector at New York in the opinion that a uniform rate on hogs heads, tierces or bags containing sugar is not only impracticable but would re r sult in disadvantage to the government, for the reason that the importer would still have the right to claim actual tares. The international contest between Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore, and Jem Smith, of England, for a diamond belt and championship: of the world, took place on the island of St. Pierre, in the river Seine, France, to-day, in the pres ence of about 100 persons. G. W. Atkin son, referee, performed his duties with satisfaction to all concerned. Smith was seconded by Jack Boldock and Jack IIar per, and was attended by Jem Howes and Dick Roberts. Kilrain was seconded by Charley Mitchell and Ned Donnelly, and was attended by Charley Rowell, Messrs. Fleming and Harding acted as time keepers and umpires. The fight was remarkable for the persistant wres tling of the men. In the fourth round Smith was knocked nearly silly by a terrific smack on the ear. Though Smith had the worst of the falls, he fought splendidly under the difficulty, and was as fresh as Kilrain when darkness stop I ped the fight at 4:45. One hundred and six rounds were fought, lasting two and - a half hours. The fight was declared a - draw. In the 106th and last round both B were fighting as quickly as at the start - when Mr.Atkinson ordered an adjourn ment of the contest until the next day e amid the loud cheers of the spectators, e who were delihted wit`h th pluck of both men. In Sullivan': pinion to- ays . fight was the gamiest witusoeas in many years botwe9n big men. THE TERRITORY. Items of Interest From Both Sides of the Divide. Incidents Worthy of Note Occurring During the Week Given Space Herein. Notes Clipped and Condensed From Exchanges Published Within the Territory. An ice rink has been started at Miles City with electrtc light for illuminators. he Missoula Knights of Pythias pro pose giving a grand masquerade ball on the night of December 30th. The residence of Mr. Brose, proprietor of the Helena meat market on Sixth Ave., Helena, was successfully burglarized last week, The Peerless Jennie is shipping some very fine ore to Omaha these days, car load recently sent there yielded about $5,000. Jack Welch, better known as "Black Jack," of Helena, met his death from exposure, Monday. He had wandered away from the county poor-house. Four new cars have been recieved by the Butte Street Railway company, two of which are intended for the MIeaderville line and two for the road to Centerville. President Cleveland has decided to ap point Stephen A. DeWolfe, of Butte, to be associate justice of Montana, in place of Judge Galbraith, whose term has ex pired. The Anaconda company of Butte has iI decided to use coal instead of wood at the St mine. Three carloads a day will be re- ai qnired for the hoisting works and the CO machine shops. 11 Independent special: No eiidence thi having been produced against T. D. Van fe Zandt, arrested at Winnipeg for forgery ., Cataract district. Mr. Briscoe, who is lo< largely interested in the lode, brought about 5:1i pounds as a speoimeA. Dick Hathhway, an old-tima printer who has locatcdhimself on a ranch in the Flathead lake country, has come out for i the winter, and will probably take a posi- I tion on the Miles City Stock Journal. I. M.-Aun electric light plant is to be e: built at the Anaconda mine for lighting t( the hoisting works, machine shops and is stations in the mine. H. M. Ogden will t have charge of the work of construction GRIANITE'm. 0 0. F. BALL A Very aucceisfal Event.--People Who Attended, Etc. Special Correspondence. 1 The ball given by the I. O. O. F. Lodge on Monday evening, December 12th, was I one of the grandest affairs that ever took place at Granite. The doors of the Hall opened at 8:34) o'clock sharp and at 9:30 standing room was very limited. The dance opened with a grand march lead by ·r. Ben Murphy,. after which every thing went on serenely until 12:30 o'clock when they all partook of one of the finest suppers that was ever given on the Hill, being furnished by Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Henderson. Dancing was resumed at 1 o'clock and by having good music and excellent management everybody had a delightful time. The prompters, Ben urphy and son, cannot be execelled. especially the son, who covered himself with glory on several occasions. J. A. McDonald needs no little praise for the n way he managed the affair. It was 5 n o'clock when the music stopped and all :d departed with the feeling that 'twas a I ,k happy evening well spent. me Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. s- Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, Mr. and n- Farber, Mr and Mrs. Tole, Mr. and Mrs. tb Gallagher; Mesdames. Jones, Hender as son, Bowring; Misses Gordon, Williams, ir Bettals, Nellie C. Bailey, Peoples, Peter es son, O'Donald, McKinn, Mc ullen, Mc ed Cabe. Herman, Milot, Eliza Bowring. y, Keeler, Jones, and Mrs. Hedges. Messrs. 1, E. W. Jones. H. H. Stanley, J. G. Cain, as W. G. Mitchell, W. Banks, J. C. Argall, ;bt T. Trevaille, G. Bettals, J. 'Moore, T. es- Moore, J. F. Fox. H. H. Davis, S. Lobt nd Peoples, Wild, Knatz and a great many a others. The restaurant furniture and fixture.. eonsisting of cooking range, tables, chairs. dishes, etc., in rear of H. Miltot's saloon. 'The Crystal chop house is also for rent. Splendid location for restaurant. itf H. MuImr. For the shoe dealer-It the shoe fits, wear it. Fair Warning. All bills past due on ourbooks will be h de I to a lawyer for collection on the first o the New Year. CaraOs k SVres. Grand Opening. At Mrs. McDonel's new store, lower Broadway. The finest lot of Holiday Goods ever brought to Philipeburg may be seen on exhibition. The stock con sists principally of popular designs in silver, glass and terraline ware, fancy ar ticles in plush, Christmas-tree ornaments, X-mas cards, fancy candies, French Bisque, rubber and China dolls, gents' smoking sets,wine sets, mutlers, kid gloves, albums, jewelry, and an immense stock of toys for the little ones; large stock of millinery, ladies' goods, tobog gans, hoods, etc. Call and inspect and you will find the greatest reduction in prices in the county. Mas. E. McDowxi. Gooeed hews f r the alur. Owing to the recent cold weather, the artists at work on the interior decorations of the Centennial brewery depot were considerably delayed, making it impos sible to open the resort last week. It will positively be opened to-nght (Thurs day) as the building is completed and one of the choicest lots of wines, liquors and cigars, including an unlimited sup ply of the celebrated Centennial brewery beer. Give Messrs. Gamer & Jacky a call and you will be treated like gentle men. Fresh stock of nuts, including old fashioned black walnuts and butternuts, at Doe & Hoyers. Don't forget the grand opening at Gamer & Jacky's Centennial brewery depot to-night. Fine stock of X-mas candies at Doe & Hoyer's. Mining ApplicatiOn Ne. 1993. U. 8. LAND OrcL t HELENA, M. T., Dec. 15, 1887. Notice is hereby given that the Bi-Metallie mining company, a corporation existing un deir the laws of territory of Montana by James B. Riisque, attorney in fact, whose postoffice address is Granite, Deer Lodge county, Mon tana, has this day filed his application for a patent for 6127.5 linear feet of the PRIDE OF THE DELL lode mining claim, situated in Flint ('reek mining district, Deer Lod±'e county, Montana Territory, and designated as lot No. 51, in township No. 7 itorth, Range No. 14 west, being more particu larly described a- follows, to-wit: Beginning at the northeast corner a lime stone 20 0x)lox inches. set 15 inches deep, with a mound of earth alongside, marked 1-2150 for corner No. 1, from which the % section on the north boundary of section 36, township 7 north, range 14 west, bears north 54 degrees 11 minutes west 2782.7 feet, and running thence south 5..t degrees 41) minutes west 627.5 feet; thence south 17 degrees 01 minute east t15 feet; thence north 85 defrees 49 minutes east 491.5 feet; thence north S degrees 35 min The only adjoiniing claim is the Bright Sun lode, survey No. .44 o(,n the soutbeast. S. W. LANC.IHORNE, Registear. John Gillie, attorney for applicant First publication Dec. 22, 1887. Mliing Applieatlen Ne. 1994. U. 8. LaND OFFICE, I Helena, M. T., Dec. 15, 1887. ( Notice is hereby given that the Bi Metallic mining company, a corporation existing under the laws of the Territory of Montana by James B. Risque, its at torney in fact, whose postoffice address is Granite, Deer Lodge county Montana Territory, has this day filed its applica tion for patent fifteen hundred linear feet of the Monk lode mining claim, situated in Flint Creek mining district, Deer Lodge county, Montana Territory, and designated by the official plat and field notes on file in this office as Lot No. 134 in Township 7 north, Range 13 west being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the southwest corner a _granite stone 26x16x8 inches, set 18 in dhes deep, witnessed by bearing tree and rock, and marked 1-2051 for Corner No. 1 from which Initial Point No. t, t7n, r 13 w, bears s 49 deg, 10% mw 2,011.2 feet and running thence a 10 deg 48 miti w 412 feet, thence a 88 deg .02 min. e 1500 feet, thence s 10 deg. 48 mnn e 413 feet,thence n 88 deg w 1500 feet, to the place of beginning, containing an area of 13.86 acres claimed by applicant. The location of this mine is recorded in the recorder's otlice of Deer Lodge county, Montana in Book, No. 1, of forms page 158. The adjoining claims are Survey No. 1394 the Midland lode on the southeast and Survey No. 1724 the Divide lode on the south. S. W. LANGHORNE, Register. John Gillie, Attorney for Applicants. ( First pub. Dec. 22, 1887. lianlg Applicatie., wue. 1,S O U. S. LAND Ormc.c, HELENA, M. T., Dec. 19, l7. Notice is hereby given that James P. aI'. Iel. et al., wihi.e postrtlfice address is Philps burg. Deer Lodge county, Montana territoy, have thi- day tiled their application for a pait at for liftcen hundred (1,510) linear feet of the GRANITE BELLE lpde minin clainm, situated in 'iilit C'reek mining di'st ic, )eer Lodg.e county, Montana Territory, aid designated by tie Untited States surveyor .ecueral as Lot No. 147, Township No. 7 north, lainge No. 13 west, said lot No 147 betag n1ore particularly described, as follows: heginliiilg at the s w cuor, a granite stone .Xi..x:.U inches, set o0 inchtes deep, with bear. i trtrees, arked 1-21:;.5 for Corner No. 1, from which the Initial ro:nt No. 2 of this district bears .outth 6li iegleees 5) minutes west 411.7 feet, and running thence north 12 4e grees 0U minutes east 616.5 feet; thence north B% degrees 20 minutes easl 1600 feet; thence south 12 degrees 50 minutes west 6 ;9.. feet; thence south S7 degrees 05 minutes :et 10ol..: feet to corner No. 1, the place of Sb.iilng, colltaineir a n area of I0.34 acres o. wlhell 0.03 acre- sre in coutl;et w.th the Fmdo., bode, s.urvey survey No. .i;, not claimed, kt;ing an 'area of 50.31 at.cc claltned by appl'iatints. The location f this mine is recorded at page 7T50 of book IM jo Deer Lodge county records, The adjoining claims to these premises are on the nest No. 2~j4,'raction lode; and on the east the Buckeye lode, unsuveyed. S. W. Laosonxa, Registt. First publication Dec. r,', 1b67. - -- - ill MISS MINNIE J. CLOTHIER, Artist, Pictures copied and Enlarged in Cray on, India Ink, Water Colors and Pastel Miss C. wishes it distinctly understood hat she is not an agent of J. Alber tue oa Butte, but does her own work.