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Bank of LivingstonSTEBBINS, M U N D 4 CO.,

H i A I D H O i A DThe direct line betw een

SAINT PAUL,MINNEAPOLIS,

Or DULUTH,A nd a lt p o in ts in

Minnesota, Dakota, Montana,Idaho, Washington Territory,

O R E C O N ,British Columbia, Puget Sound and

A L A S K A ,E xpress T rains Daily, to which are attached

PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERSA M )

ELEGANT DINING CARS.

NO CHANGE of OARSBETW EEN

ST. PAUL and PORTLANDOn any class of T ickets,

EMIGRANT SLEEPERS FREEThe onlv all ra il line to the

YELLOWSTOAE PARK!

Full inform ation in regard to the N orthern Pa eifle lines can be obtained free by addressing

CHAS. S. F E E , G eneral Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minr

Minneapolis & St. LouisR A I L_ W A V

AN!) TII E FAMOUS

ALBERT LEA ROUTE.

NEWS OF THE WEEK

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Transacts a BANKING

Montan«

BUSINESS.

Irlunige on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe.

tfr fht A l l o w e d o n TIME DEPOSITS.

Collections made a specialty. Pace solicited.

Corres pond-

Two Through Trains Daily

From St. Paul and M inneapolis to

CHICAGOW ithout C hange, connecting w ith the Fast

T ra in s 'o f a ll lines fo r the

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AS TATED B AN KS .

rkgnnw re National, M iles City.First National Bank. B illings.

First National Bank, Buffalo, W yo'g. »reliants National Bank, Deadwood, D. T.

Slehluns, Mund & Fox, C entra l, D. T. Stebbins, Fox A; Co , Spearlieh, D. T.

A L. LOVE Cashier.

Lower Main Sireet

FEED C O R R A L,Billy Miles, Prop.

BALED HAY, CHOP FEED, WHEAT and OATS lor sale by the pound or

in CAR LOTS.Best of care given to all Stock placed in my

Grt. Prices Reasonable

Lumber ! Lum ber !At th e M o n ta n a L u m b e r C o . ’ s o ld S t a n d .

10MBER, SASH, DOORS,MOULDINGS,

Pickets, Lath- Sh in g les, B u ild in g P a ­per, .P la s te r P aris, P la s te r in g

H air, Etc., E tc .,e Roofing. Office

The d irec t and only line ru n n in g T hrough Cars betw een St. Paul, M inneapolis and

DES MOHNES, IOWA,via A lbert Lea and F o rt Dodge. Also “ Short

L ine - to W atertow n, D. T.

SOLID THROUGH TRAINS B ET W E EN

MINNEAPOLIS, ST, P A U Ic™ ST. LODISand the P rincipal C ities of the M ississippi Val

ley, connec ting in U nion D epot fo r all po in ts south and southw est.

MANY HOURS SAVEDTWO TR A IN S DAILY to | / A A |C A C P I T Y LEA V EN W ORTH and i i H l l ö n ö V I 1 I . ATCHISON, m aking connections w ith the U nion Pacific and A tchison, Topeka & Sante Fe R 'y s .

{ S fG lo s e connections m ade w ith all tra in s of the St. Paul, M inneapolis «fc M anitoba; N orthern Pacific; St. Paul and D uluth Railways, from and to all po in ts N 0 R 1 II and N ORTHW EST.D r m r r M R r P The T rains of the M inneapolis & nhlhM DIjn st. Louis Railway are com posed of com fortable day coaches, m agnificent Pullm an

Ä X S PALACE D I N M CARS1 5 0 LBS. OF BAGGAGE CHECKED F R E E .

F are always as Low as the Low est! F o r Tim e Tables, Through T ickets, etc., call upon the near e s t T icke t A gent o r w rite to

S . F . B O Y D ,G e n 'IT k t. & Pass. A g t., M inneapalis, M inn.

jAgents fi W‘’site

r Bodine and Ke skating r i n k .

T H E G ILT E D G E !WAKELIN & LORING, Prop’rs.

T h e C h o i c e s t W in e s , L iq u o r s a n d C i g a r s .

M ix e d D r i n k s a S p e c ia l F e a t u r e .

E leg a n t C lub R oom s in C onnection .M AIN STREET,

L IV IN G S T O N , M O N TA N A

G O R DO N BROS.

JAS. A. CLARK,irictor of tht

lirai M Livery,Feed and Sale Stables.

Hacks and C arriages W ith or W ith ­out D rivers.

»b Hursts, Pack H orses, G uides and C am ping 'Mts furnished when desired . Also operate the

M e Slap and Express Line.•'»dies wishing to m ake a to u r of the P ark com- ;;'t»hly, will do well to call at the office of the ’""its Barn, M ammoth H ot Springs, W yom ing.

E L IT E S A L O O N !H e t f e r l in B lo c k , M a i n S t . ,

ILLER & MOORE, Prop’s

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Unes, l iq u o r s a n d c ig a r s

C onstantly in S tock .

Mi l w a u k e e k e g b e e r

ALWAYS ON TAIL

JOHN BA M FO R D,

ÜRffiTER AND BUILDER.

JOBBING A SPECIALTY.

Estimates ami Specifications for any ,jSs°f liuililino furnished on application.

S h o p o n S e c o n d S t . .

^ K ingston , . . Mo n t a n a .

LIT AN HOTEL,P . A L L E N , P r o p r ie t o r ,

C°OKE, - M O N TA N A .hr5 Cla,Attend 111 ‘:very respect, and Special

lion given to accommodationthe Traveling Public.

T H E C IT Y H O T E L ,C A R D I N E R , M O N T .

M RS. GEO. W E LC O M E , Prop.

Beet of accom m odations fo r the trav e lin g public

GEORGE "WELCOME,PR O PR IE TO R OF

SALO O N IN C O N N E C TIO N ,

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Milwaukee Keg BeerON DRAUGHT EV ERY DAY.

G A R D IN E R . - - M O N T A N A .

THE OASIS]LIS K & E N N IS , Props.

H aving ju s t com pleted o u r new building on Main S treet, and fu rn ished the sam e with every­

th in g ap p erta in in g to a first class bar, we are p repared to

greet all our old friends and as inanv new ones as w ill favor us w ith a call.

T h e B e s t B r a n d s o f W i n e s , L iq u o r s a n d C i g a r s C o n s t a n t l y o n h a n d .

The evidence in the Adams express rob­bery as reported goes to prove that Mes­senger Frothingham was an accessory, or at least a w illing victim in the affair.

Serious earthquake shocks again dis­turbed a considerable portion of the state of South Carolina last Friday. People rushed into the streets, and there was a great commotion among them.

A plasterer named Shules, who contem­plated leaving Winnipeg for the old coun­try, recently sold his wife and five children to a man named Williams for $70. A regular agreement was drawn up between the two men and the property formally transferred.

Thirty-seven Apache Indian children have arrived at the Indian training school at Carlisle, Pa. They are from Fort Ma­rion, Fla., and are a part ot the Apache band captured by General Miles several weeks ago. They will remain at school untd they have completed the course.

Charles W. Banks, one of the cashiers of the Wells-F; irgo ex pi ess company at San Francisco, has disappeared, leaving $20,000 unaccounted for on his books, He has been missing since the 1st inst., and is believed to be on his w ay to Cana­da, via Victoria, B. C. His wife is in New York.

Five thousand tons of coke at the Birmingham Gas works are on lire. The largest gasometer in England is in immi­nent danger of being exploded. The inhabitants of the entire neighborhood are in a panic. The firemen have found themselves unable so far to cope with the flames.

Gen. Miles, in his report on the Apache campaign, states that the soldiers of Capt. Lawton’s command were materially crip­pled in their efforts by miserable shoes made in the military prison aU’f ’oft Leav­enworth, Kansas, aijfl I j ^ '^-ajffrtliless material frequently fell to pieces in three or four days’ marching.

Pleuro-pneumonia has developed to an an alarming exttent within the past few days in Jasper and Clinton counties, In­diana. Thousands of cattle are reported as being affected with the incurable mal­ady, and many have been ordered killed by the state veterinarian. Strict precau­tionary measures are being taken to wipe out the disease.

Lawrence Donovan, of New York, who recently jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into East river, jumped from the little post center of the Suspension bridge at Niagara Falls last Sunday morning. His jump was witnessed by four or five per­sons. He went straight down, feet first, to the water, a distance ot 190 feet. He was injured to the extent of a broken rib and a badly bruised hip.

An uproar exists at LaCrosse, Wis., on recount of the enforcement of the Sunday laws. Not only have the saloons been compelled to close, but the telegraph and telephone companies were required to suspend operations, the milk and bakers wagons were stopped, mill repairs neces­sary to permit saws to move on Monday, are not allowed, even the paid choir sing­ers in the churches must stand the risk of prosecutions.

The world famed jockey, Fred Archer, suicided in London on Monday, by shoot­ing himself. At the inquest it wras proved that lie had sustained no losses in betting, and that the cause of his death wras ty­phoid fever, aggravated by weakness, due to the severe regime which he had adopted in order to reduce his weight.A verdict of suicide while insane was rendered. It is reported that Archer leaves £250,000.

MAIN ST R E E T , LIVINGSTON.

Pleasant V a lle y H o te l !Y E LL O W STO N E T A R K ,

J. F. YANCEY, Proprietor.

S p e c i a l A t t e n t i o n C i v e n t o t h e A c ­c o m m o d a t i o n o f T o u r i s t T r a v e l .

Hay, Grain and GoolStaMini for Horses.Saloon in Connection,

supplied with the very best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.

W ANTED. —By an elderly lady, a situation as nurse to a lady or to do work in a small

family. Apply at O 'M earas tailor shop, or ad- drees by mail, Mrs. Norton, Livingston. 24.

No tice f o r pu b l ic a t io n .—Land of­fice at Bozeman, November 12th, 1886. No­

tice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed noti e of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Kenstei-and Re­ceiver at Bozeman, on December 20th, 188b, ' £ • D. 8. No. 635, Jesse W. Alton of Hunters Hot Springs, for the SE M, SW G, s ' ' •*>^

SE \ section 12. T. 1, S. R. 12 E. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said **““»” *: Jam es Ennis, Horses Bartlett, C.B. Mendenhall

and Henry M. S1«“ ô ^ o f® Â ^ i s t e r . [First published Nov. 18, lwtt.J

A C ab le L in e to B ra z il.A New York dispatch says: The reso­

lutions of the Chamber of Commerce approving the construction of the cables which under the auspices of “La Campag* nie télégraphique de la Antilles” and the “Pedro Secundo American Telegraph and Cable company” are to unite France and this country with Brazil, were presented to the French delegates here Saturday. The Pedro Secundo Cable company was formed to establish a direct cable from this city to Para at the mouth of the Amazon river where the Brazilian gov­ernment’s land lines end. The cables for this company are being rapidly con­structed. The French company was formed to construct a system t>f cables which should connect France with her West Indian colonics and with French Guiana. In June of this year M. Genet, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs of France made with the French company a contract gauaranteeing to it a subsidy of $200,000. A practical union of the French and American companies was recently effected. It is expected that within the next six months the cables will be in working order and that mer­chants of this city will have direct tele­graph communication with Brazil.

It is said that the privilege has been ob­tained from the Crow Indian agent by a number of stock growers on the Yellow­stone and Musselshell ranges to pasture their cattle on the Crow reservation dur­ing the winter at fifty cents a head.

MONTANA NEWS.

Metropolitan Billings is negotiating for the electric light.

Tommy Berkin killed a pair of Rocky mountain goats in Jefferson county last week.

Eight prisoners escaped from the Black foot, Idaho, jail, and at last accounts were still at large.

A daughter of James Flynn, in Beav erhead county, attempted suicide last week by shooting herself, because of being left a grass widow.

John Oliver, a native of Liverpool, Eng land, was run over by the switch engine in the railroad yard at Heron and injured so that he died eight hours afterward.

Miner : The reward offered by variousmining companies for the apprehension of the person or persons who set fire to their cord wood last month has been withdrawn

E. R. Clingan, a merchant of Belt, on the Billings and Helena stage road, was seriously shot in the arm and shoulder last week by a drunken blacksmith named George.

A 3-year old son of Ben Krow fell into the mill ditch at Missoula last Friday and was drowned. The body was found in the liver, and all efforts at resuscitation were unsuccessful.

In the month of October just closed the Helena postoffice sold 50,050 two-cent postage stamps, and over 20,000 one cent stamps, or a revenue of considerably over $1,200 from those two classes of stamps alone.

Cayuse Alec, a rancher on Poplar river, had his hay and corral destroyed by fire a few days ago. It was set on fire by In­dian children playing with matches, and the loss is a heavy one considering the scarcity of hay.

C. P. Maginnis, whose name lias become famous as one of the heroes who distin guished themselves in saving lives on the occasion of the recent terrible fatal disas­ter at Rio on the Milwaukee road, in Wis­consin, is a brother of Major Maginnis, of Montana.

Several different classes of counterfeit money are reported in circulation in the territory. The most common is a U. S. treasury note, letter C, of the issue of 1872. There are also in circulation $5 gold coins, which are of light weight. Look out for them.

Inter-Mountain : For the week endingNovember 6th, the following silver bar shipments were made by the Pacific Ex­press company : Lexington, 9 bars, value $18,208; Alice, 15 bars, value $49.456; Moulton, 7 bars, value $11,504. Total valuation, $79,168.

By a recent file at Calgary, situated at the junction of Elbow river with the Bow river, on the Canadian Pacific railroad, two Montana firms sustained serious losses. The fire consumed a large portion of the business part of the town, destroying the branch stoics and probably the stocks of I. G. Baker «fe Co. and T. C. Power «fe Co.

A terrible tragedy Yvas enacted on Birch creek eighteen miles north of Dil- lrtn, in which Harry Schenck killed Plu- bert Meson by shooting him through the back with buckshot. Schenck gave him­self up but waived examination and was held in $20,000 bonds to await the action of the grand jury. The killing was the result of a misunderstanding about some land.

Great Falls Tribune : “I ’ve been playin hard luck,” said a rounder the other day, who looked as if he had been shot out of a cannon, run over by a loaded freight team and put under a pile driver in action. “I ’ve been in thirteen fights this week and got licked every time, but if it ever comes my way, look out.” After delivering this admonition he seemed to feel better, and walked proudly up the street whistling “See the Conquering He­ro Comes.”

Says the Independent : The accidentto the Benton coach near Mitchell’s, on Wednesday, was caused by the driver, Mc- Dougald, missing the brake as he attempt- en to put his foot upon it, and falling off the box. The horses then turned up the hill and overturned the coach. Mrs. Lyon sustained a fracture of the arm, Mrs. Cav­anaugh’s back was injured, the driver re­ceived a hurt in the neck, Postoffice In­spector Trentlen was badly cut across the forehead and other passengers were badly injured. The driver is said to have been under the influence of liquor. Mrs. Lyons was on her way to Great Falls to visit a dying son.

Independent: James Brown diedWednesday morning at the Sisters’ Hos­pital after severe suffering from paralysis, induced by severe wounds, received at the hands of road agents while in the em­ploy of Gilmer & Salisbury, as an ex­press messenger. He was a very young man when he came to Alder Gulch, twenty years ago, and he long followed the perilous life of a stage messenger, during which time his bravery and fre­quent encounters gained for him the ap­pellation of “Shot Gun Brown.” Of late he has been a guard at the penitentiary until illness compelled him to leave his

post. He was buried yesterday under care of the Masonic fraternity, of which lie was a member.

The Anaconda works, which have been shut down for some time, employed about 1,100 men. The company lately made its employes the projiosition that the works would again be started up if they would return to work at a reduction of from 50 cents to $1.00 a day on the former wages received by them. The proposition has not been accepted by the miners, and the shut down of the wTorks will likely continue indefinitely.

There was great excitement at the Re­gina mounted police headquarters Tues­day morning, when it was discovered that five members had deserted during the night taking witli them the pay of one troop, amounting to not less than $2,000. The names of the deserters are A. J. Cudalli, McRace, Chariton, Sutton and White. Several squads of police arc in pursuit. It is supposed that the deserters are mak­ing south across the boundary to Montana.

A S tab b in g A ffray.A llimini special of the 11th to the In­

dependent says; Two men employed on the Northern Pacific railroad grade just above town, whose names are Grace and Murray, got into an altercation this morn­ing while going to work, about the trifling matter of Grace accusing Murray of spit­ting on his boot, which resulted in hard words on both sides, and thence to blows. During the fracas, Murray drew a pocket knife, and plunged it into Grace's chest near the apex of the heart, but the physi­cian is of the opinion that the blade took a downward course, thereby missing the heart and possibly entering the substance of the left lung. It was not thought advisable by the doctor to interfere with the wound by probing, as the patient was in a very precarious condition, with pro­nounced symptoms of internal hemorrhage, but which is now thought to be overcome by judicious treatment. The officers are in search of the criminal, who immediately started down Ten Mile and headed to­ward Helena. Constable Davis was close on his trail at last account and hopes are entertained ot his immediate capture. At this writing the patient is doing as well as can be expected.

T h e B a ld in g D iegans.

Billings Gazette: Mr. Dezeng and afriend came in from the Musselshell yes­terday. On the way in they stopped at Shannon's ranch to deliver a message, but found the house deserted, and were about to leave when Mrs. Shannon came running down from the hills waving her shawl as a signal for them to stop. She seemed very much frightened, and informed them that a party of twelve Indians with a lot of horses, had passed the house a short time before, and leaving the road turned into a cove and disappeared toward the imrock. She did not believe they could

get over the rimrock there, and supposed they meant to cache the horses there and come back to the house. She according­ly fled with the children to the hills tak- ng a Winchester for defense, in case of

an attack. Mr. Dezeng and his friend de- ided to stay until the return of Mr

Shannon, who was away, and in the mean­time the former followed the trail of the Indians into the cove. He found that they had managed to climb «ver the rimrock, leading their horses, the tracks of their moccasins being plainly visible, and on caching the plateau above they had struck

out for the north. This is the second bad right the red devils have given Mrs. Shan­

non of late. The settlers very properly complain of the neglect of the military to guard the crossings of the Yellowstone and check these raiders as far as possible, until they can be stopped by the extinc­tion of the reservations. It is only right that the settlers upon government lands should be protected by the government.

To In v a d e M exico.Captain Edward Friend of the El Paso

rifles arrived at Albuquerque, N. M., Thursday and opened a roll for recruits to join the Cutting filibustering expedi­tion to Mexico. It is understood that 213 names have been placed on the list and more promised. It is expected that the expedition will be thoroughly organized within the month and the insurgents will rendezvous at El Paso from which point they will invade the Mexican republic. The federal officials of the New Mexican territory are closely watching their move ment and will use every endeavor to pre­vent invasion of a friendly, neighboring republic The men being enlisted for the expedition are well known characters, desperate in the extreme and capable of causing serious international trouble.

A n o th e r G re a t S tr ik e .The executive committee of the Knights

of Labor issued an order last Saturday di recting all men employed in the packing establishments at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, in both the beef and pork pack­ing departments, to stop work. This made the strike general, and about 2,500 quit work. During the past week several thou­sand more workmen went ont, and the strike still continues. The places of the strikers have been filled, in many instances, by other laborers, against whom the strik­ers are very bitter, and a strong guard of

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militia is required to prevent serious trou­ble. The managers of the packing estab­lishments have all agreed ao refuse fur­ther employment to union men, and at the present writing there is nothing indicative of an immediate termination of the strike.

StarY’ln j; A paclies .The secretary of the interior having

received from the war department a tele­gram from General Howard, saying that General Miles reports that seven hundred Haulpi Indians, located on a reservation in northwestern Arizona, are now in a destitute condition in a barren country and must be fed or starve, has requested that the military authorities issue two- third ration per day to those Indians to the extent of $5,000, the whole, of the appropriation made by congress for their support, and in the event that that sum proves insufficient to subsist them through the winter months, or until they arc able to provide for themselves, that the interior department lie advised of the fact before the $5,000 is exhausted, when further provision will, if possible, be made for subsistence. Government rations for an Indian is three pounds of beef, gross, and half a pound of flour per day.

L y n c h in g Too Good fo r H im .A Lawrence, Ks., dispatch gives the

particulars of a most horrible crime en­acted near there last Friday morning, which resulted in the lynching of Samuel Purple. Purple’s wife arose as usual and prepared breakfast. She then went to awaken her husband, which so enraged him as to incite him to the heinous crime which soon followed. He sprang violent­ly from his bed and seizing his revolver shot Ins wife through the body, from which wound she «lied at once. A new­born babe was next fired at, with the same result. He then shot and killed another of his children. His sister-in- law. Miss Lowler, was then selected and fired at, the ball passing through her arm and lodging somewhere in the shoulder. As this emptied his revolver he proceeded to load Ids shot gun in order to complete his work. A slight mistake in this was the only thing that stopped the proceed­ings. Powder was poured into one bar­rel and by an error, shot in the other. With this lie endeavored to blow off the head ot another child, but there was nothing except powder in the barrel. The child’s face was only severely burned by the explosion. A heavy" blanket was seized and wound around the suffering child, and this securely wrapped with heavy wire, in the hope that he might accomplish by suffocation what he had 'failed in by the use of the shotgun. The child will recover, although fearfully disfigured about the face. The murderer then mounted a horse and start­ed across the field towards Marine, with the avowed purpose of murdering his wife's father and mother. Before he could accomplish this, however, the wounded young lady had made her way to the vil­lage and notified the inhabitants of what had happened, and they had congregated for resistcnce. Hearing that his plan was frustrated he hastened to Jetmore and sur­rendered himself to the authorities, and was placed in jail surrounded by a heavy guard. That night a mob of one hundred men went quietly to the jail and demand­ed the prisoner, who was delivered up with but little ceremony. He was then taken back to the scene of his crime and hangeil to a tree. Only one member of the family escaped serious injury and that was the murderer’s little boy, who had hid under the bed when lie heard lus father coming.

R a ilro a d N otes.A copper wire will be laid between the

two rails on the entire Uniou Pacific sys­tem for the puipose of telegraphing from anti to moving trains. It is stated that with this improvement collisions will be impossible.

President Adams, of the Union Pacific, has gone to New York to confer w’lth the the Northern Pacific people regarding the lease of the O. R. «fc N. Co., the board of which company is now in ses­sion at New York.

The responsibility of the wreck at Rio, Minnesota, lias been placed by a coroner’s jury on C. H. Wells, a brake- man, who is charged with leaving a switch open. The défendent was placed under bonds to answer to the gland jury.

Chas. S. Fee, general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, announces that his company will continue in connection with the other trans-continental lines the winter excursions to California points with tickets made good- to return via Portland, Oregon, and the Northern Pa­cific to St. Paul.

Railway Register: The directors of the Northern Pacific at their meeting in New’ York on Thursday of last week authorized the construction of the following branch lines in Montana: Missoula to Corvallis. 50 miles; Helena to Marysville, 12^ miles; Drummond to Philipsburg, 26 miles. These -are three of the branch lines re­commended by General Manager Oakes in his last annual report. Surveys have al­ready been made and the mutes definitely selected. All that remains to be done is letting the contracts and doing the work. This will be done as early as possible.

M in in g V iew ed as a G am b lin g S chem e.It is not strange that there is gam­

bling in these “camps,” says a western paper, for to most of those engaged in it mining is simply gambling. Many a man tells me, “I have put into the ground every dollar I could save, but I never made a dollar from it yet. My turn will come some day.” It seems no worse to them to risk everything on the throw of a card than on the thrust of a spade. By night they repeat in the saloons their occupation by day in the mines. Gamblers in cards claim that these speculators might as well lose their money to them as to other gam­blers in stock. It is hazard everywhere, the air is impregnated with speculation as with ozone. To only the few who have the capital to purchase the knowledge, to compass all risks, to furnish all ma­chinery, and endure all delays, can it become a legitimate business. .Such ones may, possibly, be as safe in this business as in any other.

Yet the keenest may be imposed on. An old California miner told me of an expert assaver, who had avoided every snare. He had the habit of taking into the mine he was to test, hags, in which he carefully deposited the specimens he found, tying, labelling and sealing them, and carrying them on the cars to his home. Ilis reports gained implicit be­lief, hence the greater desire to deceive him. A man once followed him to the train with §50, and bribed the porter of the sleeping car, into whose charge the hags had been committed, to leave them with him for half an hour. He then, by means of fine metallic syringes in­jected into the hags certain solutions, chlorides, I think, of gold and silver, and returned them unopened to the porter’s custody. The assayer, unsuspi­cious, tested every sample in hulk to find the amount of silver and gold, and made a very sanguine report. On the strength of this, the mine was bought of those whose agent the injector was, and placed under charge of the as­sayer. As soon as work was begun the latter found with horror that he had been imposed on. For weeks, as my in­formant told me, he drove on, with his hair standing on end, determined to strike some new lead which should jus­tify his report. At length, much lower down, he “made a lind” which exceeded his first claim, and then he was satisfied.

The gamblers, like the miners, are not unfrequently of college education from line eastern families. They are not wholly had. Their plans have miscar­ried, their capital is gone, and they are cast on their wits for a living. Other men have preyed on them, they turn and prey on other men. But my friend, who is pastor of the little church around the corner, tells me that for the last two years he has had from two to twenty gamblers at his Sunday evening lectures.

“Why don’t you come to us some time to help pay your salary ?” said one of them to him. “I never ask anyone to help pay my salary; that is a purely vol­untary matter.”

A few days later it was found that the little chnrch needed repairs. “We want new paper and fixtures,” he said to the gambler. “What can you do for us?” “Draw up a paper and leave it with me.” In a short time the paper was returned with §225 pledged by the gamblers and §25 added by a Jew. When all had been paid in and the improve­ments were made the contributors all turned out to see their work. They may have builded better than they knew.

A C u rio u s In s ta n c e o f a B ro k e n H e a r t .

Salt Lake Tribune: A Mormon woman tells a story of a baby brother of Elder Sloan’s that she is willing to swear to. When his father took a con­cubine, the first wife was about to be­come a mother, and Sloan senior’s action so prostrated her that when her child was horn it began to pine away, and after a few weeks of wailing and suf­fering it died. It is stated for a fact that examination showed this child to have died of a broken heart, the result of course of the mother’s condition a month before birth.

Yre ry D o u b tfu l.

A correspondent of an eastern paper is responsible for the following yarn :

l was informed by the proprietor of the hotel that the “Splendid'” one of the finest geysers in the basin, and which had a record almost as good as Old Faithful, had completely failed, aud had lain dormant for nearly six months. I strolled over to the Splendid and saw a man busily at work dropping bars of soap into the crater.

“What in the world are you doing that for?” I inquired, totally unable to restrain my curiosity.

“Just wait and see,” replied the stranger. He kept steadily at work, dropping

bar after bar dow’n the yelloYV-coated throat, until the monster began to rumble aud sputter, and finally heaved in a very boisterous manner. Eleven, twelve, thir­teen, and as the fourteenth bar was swal­lowed up, away went the Splendid 150 feet into the air, as magnificent and grand as I had ever seen it.

“There!” exclaimed the experimental stranger, “I reckon I have made as big a discovery as either of those scientific cusses, Wiggins or Proctor, ever did in their lives.”

It was an odd way of settiug geysers to work and no doubt strictly original with the gentleman whom I saw trying it. He also set the Fan going and started the Lion, Lioness aud Cubs to growling. The Beehive, once the most beautiful of them all, is rapidly sinking into decay.