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LOCAL NEWS. of From the Daily Herald of October 7. The Visit of Mr. Benjamin. Mr. F. A. Benjamin, who very many our people pleasantly remember in connection with a former visit to Montana, recently ar rived from the West Coast, and we hope will tarry with us for some time. This gentle man, for the past twenty-five years, has been one of the leading mining operators in Cali fornia and Nevada, and is at the present time extensively engaged in mining enter prises in both of those States. As a mining engineer and expert he is probably without his peer on the Pacific Coast, and for years his abilities have found the widest scope in constant employment in his special field of labor. He was the manager of the Sutro Tunnel enterprise, the most prodigious un dertaking of its kind in this country, serving in that capacity io the limit of his engage ment at a salary of $15,000 a year. He re organized the working force, introduced im proved machinery and appliances, and in creased the progress of the good work to 400 feet per month, being about four times the distance run in that time before his ad ministration. He erected the second quaitz mill practically operated in California, and since then, in that State and in Nevada, has put many others successfully at work. No one has probably examined so many mines and interested in their development so much Dr. by of ty ty at capital where the working results have shown 1 more satisfactory returns to investors. Mr. Benjamin is a man ■whom our people, we are sure, will cordially welcome wherever he may travel within the Territory. Evidences of almost limitless wealth are everywhere about us. Leads of the precious metal bear ing ores are numerous in nearly every county of Montana. Not a few of them are shown by their development to be very rich, and ©f J such extent as in other localities, where a knowledge of the mines and their value could be better and more generally ascertained and understood, would awaken an interest par allel to that experienced for the past num ber of years in Nevada. We are knowing to the fact that Mr. Benjamin, on the occa sion of his former visit, inspected several of our most noted silver developments. We trusl now he will find it convenient to exam ine more closely and generally into the min eral resources of the Territory, and that he will discover in one or more of our mines an incentive to interest himself here and bring to our aid something of his experience and command of means for developing sources of great wealth, that may otherwise remain dormant for some time to come. Personal. Brooke, of Whitehall, was —Hon. E. G in town to-day. —Lieut. Thompson, of Fort Stevenson, ar rived yesterday. —Al. Hamilton, of Sun river, is registered at the St. Louis Hotel. —Mr. Wm. Stipe,arrived last evening after a short sojourn in West Virginia. —Mr. 1. Strasburger, a leading dry goods merchant of Virginia city, arrived yesterday and will spend several days among his friends in the metropolis. —Mr. N. Collins, one of the oldest and most prosperous miners on Silver creek, gave us a brief call last evening. Mr. Collins is one of the Pioneers of this Territory, having been here since 1864. been here since 1864. —David Morris, of the firm of Morris Bros., arrived on the coach from Corinne last night. Dave has been down among the fruit-growers of Utah for the past three months, dur ing which time he has packed and shipped to Helena a large supply of fall and winter ap ples. —Hr. Wm. Groshon, President of the Providence Savings Bank of St. Louis, and a brother of T. C. Groshon of this city, arrived on the Overland a few days since. He will make a tour through the Territory before he returns. —A. G. Wilhelm, a prominent merchant of Pioneer is in the city purchasing supplies. Mr. W. is one of the enterprising citizens of Pioneer, and it is needless to say he has "panned out" well in his mercantile pursuits. During the past summer he built a fine, sub- stantial stone building in that place in addi- tion to the one occupied by himself. - ■ 11-Mgr f- — Helena in 1875. Mr. E. S. Glover, a noted artist in his line, who has been in our midst for the past fort night, has completed after ten days labor, a birds'-eye view of Helena, showing in detail all parts of the city, including every building now completed and in course of construction, as also an admirable penciling of mountain and valley scenery contiguous. The picture is faithfully executed in minute particulars, and presents a perfect likeness of Montana's metropolis, which none will mistake now or hereafter. Mr. Glover intends to lithograph the view,conditioned upon receiving subscrip tions to the amount of $500 or more tô cover the expenses of the work. The picture when completed will be delivered to subscribers at $5 a copy. One or more of these views we are certain will be readily subscribed for by each of our business men, professionals and others to a number fully adequate to warrant the artist to pijpceed and complete his splen did piece of work at once. »ale of »beep. To-day Messrs. Davenport & Rae sold to Lin McFarland and Col. W. W. DeLacey 500 head of ewe sheep at $5 per head. The sheep were delivered this forenoon, and they will soon be driven on to a selected range in Meagher county. Messrs. McFarland & De Lacey are investing their money where it will do the most good. and tion for him A trip the for ior of Radcrsbnrg;. According to all accounts, Radersburg has been a very lively town during the past week. Dr. Frank, who returned from there last evening, says the hotels, the Culver House and Metropolitan, have been filled to their utmost capacity, since Monday last. In fact the place has been literally beseiged and taken by storm. The meeting of the Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M., and the Jefferson coun ty District Court, will, in a maesure, account for the extraordinary business and bustle of that town during the past week. From the Daily Herald of October S. A Tongfli case. Samuel O. Duston, alias "Little Ike, is a pretty tough case. About eighteen months ago he was sent to Helena from Sun River in custody of an officer, Jon charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, and after a prelim inary examination was lodged in the old coun ty jail to await the action of the Grand Jury at the next term of court. In the meantime and previous to his trial he broke jail and made his escape, but was subsequently cap tured, put in the calaboose again and there he remained until his trial came off, which re sulted in conviction,>nd his sentence to serve the Territory in the penitentiary for a peri od of one year. Last June Duston s time ex pired, and he was released; but it appears that the punishment inflicted upon "Little Ike" did'nt go very far towards reforming of him. He has been acting bad, and is liable 1 10 get himself into serious trouble again. A f ew wee ks ago he stole some horses and de camped for parts unknown. A few days s ; nce a party from Trapper overtook the horse-thief on Big Hole, and in the attempt to capture him, "Little Ike" was shot in the right arm and severely wounded. But he made his escape, and at last accounts was still at large. There is but little doubt, liow J ever? that Duston will be hunted down and He is emphatically a "tough a of he an re-captured. nut." ar Personal. —Lieut. Thompson left on the coach this morning for Corrinne. —Judge F. R. Bill and James Murphy of Blackfoot are booked at the St. Louis. —Rev. J. R. Russell, of Deer Lodge, ar rived last night and will remain until next week. Mr. Wm. Weinstien and family, of Phil •lipsburgb, will leave for home on Monday next. II. Hellingcr, of Bozeman, and Fred Bag aman, postmaster at Pioneer, registered are at the International. —Rev. Mr. Wright, the newly appointed pastor of the Broadway M. E. Church left Omaha last week for Helena, and is expected to arrive in a few days. —Neil Yawter was a passenger on the over land coach this morning for Corrinne. He goes to San Francisco first and from thence to Chicago, where he will "camp" for the winter. to in —Mr. Edward S. Baker, representing the Bowen seed house, San Francisco, is in the city, opening up business relations with Ilel ena traders. Mr. Baker is a very pleasant gentleman. He goes to the West Side coun ties to-morrow. —Wyllys Hedges, eldest son of Judge Hedges, of this city, arrived from Massachu chetts on Tuesday last. He has been for sev eral years prosecuting his studies at Westfield, and at the close passed a successful examina tion for entry at Yale College. Impaired health induced his parents to call him home for a years' respite from his books, to enable him to build up his strength in the mountains. A year hence he will probably be an enrolled student at the noted institution of learning which his father at one time attended, and from which he is one of the many graduates. Brevities. —The family of Dan Flowerree have con cluded to remain in Helena, and the proposed trip to the States to spend the winter has been postponed indefinitely. —Rev. Mr. Shippen's new house on the East Side is progressing and in another week will be inclosed. It is located on a very pretty as well as conspicuous site. —In the Jefferson District Court, the great suit of the Seligmens' et al vs. John How, for the ownership of the Gregory mine, near Jef ferson City, has been withdrawn by plain tiffs. —Thirteen thousand pounds of furniture for S. T. Hauser, was shipped from Corinne last week. It was all purchased in St. Louis, and is intended for his new residence on the west side of town. An Unanswerable Argument, The strongest argument which can be urged against the advjsability of administering such corrosive and nerve-destroying poisons as arsenic and quinine tor intermittent and remittent fevers, is the vastly super- ior success in the prevention and cure of such diseases of a medicine which is the very antipo e of the above named drugs, both in respect of its composition and the results wrought by it. Such a medicine is Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters, a purely vegetable preparation which not o ly eradicates with wonderful promptitude every trace of fever and ague, and kindred types of malarious disease, from the system, but is a certain preventive of all maladies begotten of miasma-tainted air and water. These results mineral anti-febrile rem- edies do not effect with certainty, and their continued use entails consequences highly pernicious to the sys- tem. The Bitters, on the contrary, not only afford speedy relief, but establish health on a permanent basis. --I —I »» — - boots Made to order. Samuel Hinchcliff, (formerly of Blackfoot,) succes sor to Davis & Hinchcliff, is now prepared to fill orders for Fine Calf and Kip Boots on short notice. Shop, next door below the Overland Hotel, Lower Mam Street A full and complete assortment of boots and shoes will always be found at my shop. Repairing neatly and promptly done. w3m-aug!9 SAM'L HINCHCLJFF. at at From the Daily Herald of October 9, Personal. —A. C. Whitter, of the Missouri valley, gave us a call to-day. —E. R. Dean, of Jefferson, w r as at the In ternational this morning. —Charley Blum, one of the solid merchants of Deer Lodge, arrived last night. —E. D. Holland, of Philipsburg, and J. Hainds, of Sun River, are at the St. Louis. Also L. M. Dorr, of Blackfoot. — R. T. Kennon, Jos. A. Hyde, T. W. Flowers, of Deer Lodge, and John Holland, of Flint Creek, left for home this morning. — Col. F. C. Deimling, Postmaster at Vir ginia City, arrived per coach last evening. It has been some years since the Colonel has paid Helena a visit. —Major Chas. S. Medary, Agent of the Flathead Indians, arrived last night and is stopping at the St. Louis Hotel. The Major is accompanied by his wife and child —Our young friend, J. T. Lockey, will leave for the East in a day or two to spend the winter. He designs taking a course at one of the standard Commercial schools. — O. J. Embody and brother, M. H. Em body, successful quartz miners, of Jefferson City, called to-day, and like all others who have read the Herald, renewed their sub-1 for another year. They take the | A he of ar at left He scriptions Daily in theirs. Sheep Matters Mr. G. W. Gerow, a prominent ranchman in Prickly Pear valley, yesterday purchased of Martin Weller G30 head of ewe sheep, at $5.00 per head. Also four Merino and four Cotswold rams, of fine blood. These sheep arrived from Nevada a few days ago, and are in good condition. Mr. Gerow will winter the 5 band on the foot hills on the north side of Prickly Pear valley, Mr. Burd's band of 4,000 sheep, princi pally ewes, were on the Prickly Pear last evening en route to Deep Creek, in the vicin ity of Camp Baker, where they will be win tered. This outfit left Southern California on the 16th day of J une, and they came through in good condition, with a loss of about 3 per cent., caused principally by eat ing poisonous weeds In round numbers, 15,000 sheep have been imported into Montana during the present year, from Illinois, Iowa, Utah, Nevada and California. This will swell the number of 1 m AAfi Tho I sheep in the Territory to about , . wool clip next spring will aggregate 1 <o,000 pounds, and bring into the Territory over | and bring into the Territory over $50,000 in cash. Tlie day is not far distant when wool will become one of the principal exportations of Montana, ranking secönd only to gold and silver. ^ .4 44»^ V» — - blooded horses. i'hnrley Hard*© Stable of Thorough bred Horses on Tlieir Way to Montana. of and to Montana. Mr. C. D. Hard, of Helena, Montana, ar rived here last evening from the East, en route home, with a lot of very fine blooded horses, which he recently purchased in Ohio at considerable cost. The animals are now at Clark & Warden's stable and are attract ing cansiderable attention among the horse men. Two of the thoroughbred mares, three and four years old, have racing qualities of the first order, r and were bred by Walter A. Dunn, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. They are regular beauties, and no mistake. One brown three-year-old Alley, "was sired by John C. Breckenridge, the famous son of Lexington, first dam Lina Berry, by Rurick, Bessie Douglass is also sired by John C Breckenridge ; first dam Claret, by Bonnie Scotland. Linda is another thoroughbred mare, by imported Scythian, stinted to Tip Cranston. Kate Lafferty, still another beauty, dam Bellfounder, sire Flying Morgan, is a trotting mare bound to become famous on the turf. Mollie Tullis, by White Clay, first dam Bellaire, and Jane Howard, also rank high on account of their blooded qualities, while Nina Howard, a black filley, one year old, sired by Mambrino Chief, junior, is as beautiful a colt as is to be found any where. The above horses, with others not men tioned, compose as fine a thoroughbred lot as were ever brought from the East, and they are of the best blood in Ohio. Mr. Hard, who has long been engaged in the breeding o f horses in Montana, is doing a great deal to wards elevating the breed of horses in that Territory, which, he says, is excellently adapted for this purpose. He will remain in this city till Saturday, when he will proceed to Ogden with his horses, thence north 500 miles to Helena .—Omaha Bee, 30 th ult. it PHŒNIXED! IN FUEL. BLAST A*» AIN. Messrs. A. M. Holtei & Bro. would announce 1o the public that their Planing Mill is again in running order, doing fully as good work as ever. All orders filled promptly. d&wtf-sepl9 GRAND CLOSING OCT SALE. Having determined to close out our business in this Territory, we offer for sale our large and choice stock of Cigars, Tobacco, Ammunition, and Notions. A finer stock of goods was never imported into the Territory. From this date we will sell Low Down For Cash. Inspect our goods and prices. d&wtf-jy30 KOENIGSBERGER BROS. ---— -m ^I ii - m - WANTED. Two good moulders wanted. Must be experienced «orkmen. Appl,«o daV'IS & TA TEM, „ _ w2t-sep9 Helena, M. T. STERKE» The Murderer's Several Efforts at Es cape— Hypocrisy Under the Cloak of Religion, The day on which W. II. Sterres, the sec ond convicted murderer of Franz Warl, will adorn the gallows, is Thursday, October 28. This notorious criminal, some of our readers may be surprised to learn, has made several attempts to effect his escape, and that each ©f them proved ineffectual was probably no fault of his own. Following his first convic tion, it will be remembered, he made confes sion of his sins, and called for a priest and pretended the Catholic religious faith. Fol lowing this and pending his second trial, he possessed himself of a stout iron rod, wrenched from his bedstead, and with this instrument experimented to reach the outer walls of his prison. He was discovered, and his efforts at escape frustrated. Subsequent to his second trial and conviction, he- en deavored to open negotiations with the cook of the jail to supply him with implements to aid him in effecting his release. The cook proi ptly notified Sheriff Bullock of the over tures Sterres was making to him, which re suited in extra precautions being taken to disappoint the aspirations of the criminal. | Sterres renewed his negotiations with the man, opening up a little secret correspond ence, which he desired to be of an entirely confidential nature. The following is a copy of his first diplomatic note, of which the original is in our possession : " A small cold chisel would be the best but I could make out with a stout piece of steel, if it was not too thick, about £ of an inch at one end and 18 or 20 inches long. Take your own time and if you can cetthe cold chisel I will owe my life to you." This note was given at once into the hands a This note was given at once into the hands of the Sheriff, who proceeded to make the jail seem a trifle more secure to the prisoner. To this end, a blacksmith was called in, and a pair of strong ' 'bracelets " were fastened about the murderer's ankles. This proceed ing convinced Sterres that the cook had "peached', upon him, as the following com munication passed from the prisoner to the aforementioned party will show : "My friend, I am very sorry that you . d , h ', me and thea falsified your 1 * r - - - as I word. I hope that God will forgive you, j you say that your conscience will not ^ b your employer. It would not | ^ etra y t0 any ev q consequences and it is no offense to God to show your charity by helping a friend in trouble. You might have saved my life by giving me a little assistance, but no you would rather see me suffer death than render me that help which neither costs you anything, and but little trouble to get. Your going back on your word, John, hurts me as much, as it will to die , because it is a lie before God. You think that would get you into trouble, but I would die before I would confess who helped me." Sterres passes his time for the most part lying upon his bed reading, and to show that his professed religious faith has taken hold of his heart, he tumbles on to his knees and lustily prays every time the Sheriff puts in an appearance about the prisoner's cell. His conversion is thought to be only "put on,' and his Christian graces are tolerably thin— about skin deep. f — «4 4CB k — — THE INDIANS. The Rifle and ibe Scalping; Knife Dwns Their Bloody Work. the Eight Men Found Killed. At this late day in the season, when every thing on the frontier was quiet, and the coun try apparently free from blood-thirsty Indi ans, we are called upon to chronicle another bloody scene in our front, the devilish work of our pets, the Sioux Indians. We have received the following informa tion, of D. H. Carpenter, from the Yellow stone Crossing, and a similar account is also given by our correspondent at the new Crow Agency, whose letter will be found elsewhere: Yellowstone, M. T. October 5, 1875. Editor Avant Courier : The Indians are at their fiendish work again. A courier from the Mountain Crows reports finding a wounded white man at or near the Muscleshell or Basin, and eight dead men. He says the dead men were piled up like cord wood. The murdered men are supposed to be a party of surveyors, who were survey ing at or near the Judith Basin. Yours, &c., D. H. C. — Avant Courier, 8 th inst. - ^ «4 I —I --- NOTICE. This is to notify all persons from buying or taking in payment, a certain note drawn December 9th, 1873, in favor of one John J. Cable for one hundred dollars and bearing interest at 2 per cent a month, as I will not become responsible for the same. __ w4t-sep2 BENJAMIN TOWNSLEY. -- mm «4 l»i I i i *» -— NOW OR NEVER. Try Me On. At my Carriage Manufactory, Lower Main, comer of Grand street Helena, I tm prepared to do all kinds Manufacturing, Blackemithing, Repairing, etc,, at the shortest notice. , , _ ,, Fill orders tor Miners' Picks, Wheelbarrows, heavy quartz wagons. . , , , WU1 put a spoke in a carriage wheel, or make a new carriage throughout—-to suit the wants of my patrons. If you think I don't do work at bed-rock prices, just call and get my figures. _ „ , d&wtf-mhT WM. McLEAN. BISHOP TUTTLE'S APPOINTMENTS for MONTANA TERRITORY, 1875. October 17, 21st Sunday after Trinity, 11 a. m. and 7 p. m., Deer Lodge. " 18 or 19, Monday or Tuesday, 7 p. m-, Silver Bow. " 22 Friday, 7 p. m., Argenta. " 24, 22d Sunday after Tiimty, 11 a. m. and 7 m., Bannack. " 28, Thursday, 7 p. m., Malad. The time of appointments at Diamond and Silver Bow will depend- upon tne days that B ^ges run. D. S. TUTTLE. give to the Items. —Messrs. Kinna & Jack have just compte, ted and shipped to the Jefferson silver mill a boiler of their own manufacture. —Con. Kohrs is en route to the railroad with a band of cattle numbering 1,600 head. He expects to take them to Chicago. —Major Bouchardt has closed his store at Benton, where he has been doing business for some time past, and returned to Boze man. The Valley Lodge of A. F. A A. M. will a ball at Centerville on the 22d inst. Tickets have already been issued. A large attendance is expected. The following are the bids for the car penter and joiner work for the U. S. Assay office: Robert Harvey, $7,900; Gilbert & Simonton, $6,700; W. J. Beall, $6,2« 5; Steele & Tasker, $5,000; Shaffer & Yergy, $4,500. —During Fair week Mr. Chas. Anceney, an extensive stock-grower of Gallatin county, sold to Wm. H. Guthrie, of this city, a five year old horse, St. Lawrence stock, for $400. Mr. Anceney also purchased a short-horned Durham bull of Mr. Guthrie, for which he paid $600. — C. C. Winslow, of White Ilall, makes a standard cheese that finds a ready market ia Helena. Mr. Winslow didn't take the blue ribbon at the Fair, but it there was a cheese there that looked better or had a finer flavor than his, we would like to sample it. We know whereof we speak. as not not is by DRY GOODS NOTICE! CASH SYSTEM ADOPTED Î From and after Monday, the 13th, we will sell goods for just what they arc worth, ad ding nothing for bad accounts, which un avoidably creep in under the Credit System , and those who pay their bills promptly and pay Cash, will thereby avoid making up the losses of those who do not and cannot meet their bills on presentation. Under this sys tem we have reduced our prices to such figures as will at ouce convince consumers of its practicability. Our remoteness from Eastern markets render it impossible for goods to reach us under Three Mon ths, and it must necessarily suggest the importance of selling for Cash , or else Large Profits. A large number of cash buyers have been com pelled to send East for many classes of goods which they would prefer buying at home which was unavoidable under the credit sys tem of doing business ; but in making this change, we can and will make it to their interest to purchase in this market. Call and convince yourself that you will save a large percentage under this change. Respectfully, J. R. BOYCE & CO. September 10th, 1875. d&w3m-eepl0 ___ m HP*- ~ ---- FALL AND WINT ER GOODS. SHAWLS.—We are unexcelled in variety of styles, and offer at low prices ! Also, full assortment of Ladies', Children, and Infant s Merino wear. DRESS GOODS.—Assortments complete, in new and stylish effects, consisting of tine, medium, and low priced fabrics. An exam ination will fully repay. BLACK ALPACAS, MOHAIRS, AND BRILLIANTINES [of superior make, of most brilliant blacks, of best finish, weight, and warranted to excel in durability. FLANNELS.—Consumers will find our assortment complete, consisting of Opera, Red, White, and Grey Twilled ; plain White and Red Flannels; Plaid, Fancy Check, Linseys, Shirtings, Honey Comb, etc. We are prepared to meet the closest competition. CASSIMERES, Cloths, Jeans, Water Proofs; Ladies' Cloths, Camel's Hair Cloth; Billiard Cloth, Doeskin, Broadcloths, etc. Close buyers will find to their interest to ex amine. Our constantly increasing trade in ^ gloves, Neck Ties, Ruchings, Hosiery, Corsets, Ribbons, Laces, Ladies' Underwear, White Trimmings, Collars, Dress Trimmings, and Fancy Articles, enables us to place on exhibition a greater variety of new styles than heretofore displayed, at such prices as t insure ready sale. Immense stock of PRINTS, DOMESTIC FLOUR SACKS, BATTING, etc. Orders will meet with prompt attende and guarantee satisfaction in princes, sty and quality. d&awtf.gep6 X^R^BOYCEA^ ESTABLISHED 1844. ESTABLISHED 1^ PENFALEAD® SMELTERS AND CORRODE^' No. 137 FIRST AVENUE» PITTSBURGH,......" ^ t A Cn. " the '1 Under the style of ''Penn a Lead Co. & , of the late firm of "Fahnen to <A' H a igoufartjj^g bo long and favorably known a "Fitt* White and Red Lead, and that been united* t i* Smelting and Refining Co -'Jl* ce from particularly request corresponde we feel 1 in having Lead and Silver dent that we are in a position t a vv3m j all respecta.