• ( hm «i ftt»J* KAXfcs i
Per rc*r, in advance H
Otherwise 2
Ko »ah*cnp«.--.n will be diacootiliaed nnlil *i
arrearage* *i<* paid. for^aHter- n
not:lv un when do i;u< take ou; tiiei?
papers «i:i t>« bcla liable fat tue sub^cni-i-^"^
iilllHXibcii rtxi.uV.iig fiMtt one portoSiCc to
MiAil.if tbouid vr w ttie tisnit; of tbe t ;rmer
as weil a» tLe preE<.-ut utfica.
All commanicatioi.n intended for pabjicatioa
iu this paper ue aooutu(jm<i-fe4 t>y the re<-~
nami of the writer, n-jt for tct &c
& gntiantes of good faiih.
M*rri»ee and dr-ith not.ees mu« be a*'impe
riled by a reapoiuisble nirne.
AdUre,, ' THE BVTI KR CITIZKS,
BUTLER. PA.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
BCTI.BK, KIRN- CITT AID PARKER KAILKOAU
(Butier Time.)
Train' leave Builcr for Si. Joe, Hilleiv.owt.
K- rn> CilT. Frtmli;., Parker, etc., at 7.i r > a. in ,
sud 2.05 and 7-f ;> iu ltn.e be'.ow for coo
iia-don* *Ub A. V R R. |
Trains jrriw at Butler lrom the above named
jioinU at 7. 5 a. ill- HijO 1.55, aurl 6.55 ;i_tL.
The 1.55 tialti connects *ilb [rain on the West
Penn rrrui •.lirr.mrh to Htu^unjh.
en<>XAV.}o AMI 111 ECnES'V KiILEOAH.
Trainn Irare H'-lli-rdV Mill, Butler count},
fir HarTfcMlle, GreenTllle, tic., al 7-40 id
ru'd Iti.iW .tr'd 2.30 p. in.
s : lea-e PeiroiH at 530 a. u tor ?.4»'
trciiii, slid al ld-00*. in. tor 12 '.O tr»in
Keiurn «tax<-t leave HiUiard on arrival of
t . »si 1«.27 in. and 1 ,V> p. m.
leaves M<iuiu oorg at 'J.3O for 18.80
train.
I*B>**ti.VA«ua m>ii.Ro«D.
Iraiii* leave Biuler < Batler or Pitubnreh 1 ime.)
Market at 506 a. in , jroes through to Atle
gbeiiv, ari'Vin? at 9.01 a. in. Tbl» train con
Left* at Freefjort v.-jtb Ere- port Airoiarriisia
tion, whicb arrives at at 8.20 a. ui..
raifr > -.d time.
Eryreit at 7.21 ». m , tonneelfne at Buller
Junction, »iib«.al cbanre of cart, at HMri »i!li
txp.os weal, arriving In Altesriieur a< W
i- in md E*'-re*t> ou-t arriving at Blv rsv ' lle
at il (M a. m. railroad time.
Matt .u 2 "'ft p. m., toiinectint at Butler J mic
tion «ilhoD' c&aiijre ol vnrt, wjtb Express w;»i,
arrlvjDZ hi A'lejrtKruj at 5 2»j p. in., and Ex
jre»» east arrh'inir al Bl:ilr«\i1le lßWvdton
at tt.lo p. tu- r.dlroad time, eotiueeU w'th
PhiUuiei|>Lta Kxptvw exrti wii* n on time.
The 7.21 a- in train connect® at Blalrtville
at 11.05 a. in. v iiti tbe Mil ea*t, and trie
p m. train at 6.55J with the Philadelphia £x
c i_-l«t.
Tr«iii» arrive at Bu'li r ->n W«*t Penn R. R a'.
S>.s! a. in , 5 0»" and 7.20 p. ni.. Butler lime- Tb»- !
Vsl aril si>6 trains totiiieel wi:!i liainu o- I
t ie tfutlei is. Parcer K. K. Sun av tmin a rive.
. Botle-at 1111 a. tsj., lonDcClitix with tfain
lor PiirkT.
M" i* Line.
in« fi.i-'rtireh lor the Eh"
- -J>l a. lit. «n<! ISftl, 421 »i d I? 'it p
I' :nr" i _ -U Pl>il;i lelphia at 3.4" >n 7J&>
i, .i-d 3 (ai 70 Hii'l 7.4" » i.i Baliiiuon
a'-.-ij. !• • ii.c. it N« v Twk tbr<-e b'.-or
-- —r. :ii«l al a liiiijrton al>A>ul ODe abd u ball
houra inter.
PHVSTcians.
JOHN E BYER«,
PHYSICI AN AND SURG KON, j
mj-21-lv] HL'TI.F.R. I'A. j
f) EXTI srs
D JB JST TIS TRYT
0 1# vVAf.Wft'lN. Ur-rfuale Ot Ibe Phil
|L adi-lpl la Uent.il Collcice.b- pre; arert
• I* *to do an\tlilnif in the liu>- of hi.
prole* 100 In a *atiff«eti»rj manner
Ottlce on Main «treu, Butler, I'nion k'-xk,
iff »' ilr*. at>ll
LAND KOK BALK.
Public Sale.
The uii(l<-r-ijfne<l wi'l offer at public aa'e, at
tbe C'ou t Houer, In Butler, on _
THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1880,
all o'eli <k. P. M, ol c.iiil d-v, the tollow/in*-
prom rty, vte A LOT iti ih •
ol Writ Sunbor.T. Butl«r eoiißly. Pi, l»-iiin
-»l n po«i on ilie Pr inklin rirad. or Vlaln
ft, t ••ute bv an iilJey >-oiilh el'.'litjr-flve. de
cw* w. kt " nc hundred and el*lit}— even and
li. ■'.!> ini.> I>i; on Hi e <>l iau'U ol K-.beri !
t.ainpbfll, tl-i-ni i- by *riid Hi.e north one '*< aie«-
i ~i-i .i*iv fret to a l« «t. tiienre by |i<t No 4. j
1- !on»fiiiu ui Niml D iHv, north de- ,
/remiwl oi'e bundii'd and M-vi-niy • Ijjht :in<- |
fu'.linibo lv I to-i po»t on Kranklin n«td, oi i
Vain nr. el, ll eli- e b; *.ild road eolith icVci '
dei'ln * e««t *ixly lerl lo a JKlrt. Ihe pUce Of ;
t.ceiuii'nif.
Almj, lo- iitwl in name »>laee. a lot. lomN at |
t .tlowr, \iz K. L'lnnhijf :it a 'met ai Ihee. rner ,
o' M iiti 'i £ Chureh »ireel*, thciirc by the L»ia- !
i. <nd Minih i liihly flx and m e-h If di';rre->
i n one hnndred and -i*:y leel to a i/Ont.
I .lie.- tu it" thri-e anil three-four. It«
i -i. I'v ¥.,•< «f-i-et, nlx'.y teet :<> a poal, Itieoei'
r ii» (-L-hty *l* and <»ne-lonMh dejrreea weat.
it jot of F M. (/'aiitpliell, on hm dred !• et to
a piwi, t' ence toil 11) tltr«- and thr.-e biuilli* de
«Mt, by li»i of R J McMleiinel, thirty
feet ioa fo*t. tin-nee nrv thjflirbiT-*!* an'* one- i
l-.imfi dtir':e* nre-«, lor ol R. MeMlelmel.
nixty feel to a poal oti M iiit »tiect, the i-e < out! j
three and ibrec fouilha dei'ree> w.-n, l»y Man |
»iie< t, thirty feet lo a piwi on corner ol Main '
ami Church •rtreein, up'in wl.ieh 1' erected al
Irame dwelling a »|f>re roo»n and a nahle
dTTena» et»b. 'IH«W. IM 'IX.DS
raaral-«t ol Jaiaea W. Kelly
LAND FOR SALE
-ANU—
EXCHANGE.
V. i'!i»ni H. P»iyd haa 3/0 »'-ree of So. 1 Prairie
I.and in Bulb r '-on lit v. Kai.naa, which ho will
• tehaiiy,* for I'M acrea iu thin couuty, and pay
iJilfrrf-! i f, U an*.
A large number of OIfEAP PARMB for aale |
in thin county. Wa»t V:r({Uiia. Mip«afiuri ami Kai.
►aa Apply to \VM. H. BOYIi.
mar3-2m Vogeley Houae, Jjutler. Pa
FOR, SALE.
A ! ii'l-onie *lx-ri»oiti fi.nne boUM',
in I'. ii ..i nonhwe'lern part ol Butler.
1. •• .VI. 17« All !|. i;t#«ar>' oull.ultdinua.
I KRVtf- l>• .--•bin raah and hat uice In four
jf'l'ni annual payment*, lnqalrc at thia oltiee.
j ml4tl
For f-ale.
The v. IMtnproved faim of llev. W II Hiitch
b ii,ln the uortbeai-t «>n<er of Mi'idleaex town- '
ebip, Hutier (V)Olity. Pa . i» now < ffered foi aaie. !
loar. Inquire of VV K FIIIfIUKE, on the i nrn
inn. aplUlf
FOR MALE.
#5 w ill fmv a oii.--liall inli-re»t In a t''a>d bii>
I . -- iu Pltt»t.ur-..h. Une who know* hiini
thlntf ah- ui liitr In/ preferred. An In meal loan
Willi thealHiti- amouiit »iil do wi-ll lo aiPlree
l.y infer. I'M I 111 eare H. M J iue«,
I ii.i ity »ir el. Ptlt'hurifb, Pa |ati'Jf«l*
IN s 11H A Xt; hj.
liK-orporitit-O IHi 9.
/ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OK MAKTFORIJ, CONNECTICUT.
A net a f7.Wi,22t.4».
|j».i-> pidd in Kl yisirt, t51,010,000
i f. Mc JI NK IN At ciiN, At-enic
J.itriply Jitb-r.oii tireet, butler. Pa.
BUTLER (;()UNTY~
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Ofticfl Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
(j. C. kokskin<», I'besiijent.
WM CAMI'BKLL. Trkaschkr
11. C. HKINKMAN, Bki:kktji I<T
DIRECTORS:
J L. Purvla. E. A. Helinboldt,
VVllllim CttOlpbell, J W. Kuikhart,
A. Tfontnian, J« i)h Schoetii,
(j. C. Kmu'llV, John Caldwell,
I»r. W. lrvlri, W. W Uodiln,
•J. W.ObrUlv H. C. HelniMuan.
JAS. Ti M'JUNKIN. tten-
BirrLER FA
FOR ItEIVT.
Tliree aciea of urotinil. larfre bonne and a ton
room. Willi oatbuildinKa (rood water a' the door
and k<xh\ yonr.g orchard. la aix uiilee Irom
But ler; (nd a «ood location for a country atom
Will «ive p'wreaaloß lmni'-.li»l»lr Inanii" at
arizi N OFFICE.
marSif Better. Pa.
NOTICE T(TFAEMEES.
PHOSPHATE AND FERTILIZERS
JOB BALE BY
JA&.SS ENGLISH,
vKii-an iwuutmub
vol. xvir.
KOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!
CALL AT THE
Boot and Shoe Store
of
Jciin Bickel,
MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
7'lte larrre.xf nnd most complete stock of Goods ever brought
to Butler i« row heir;g opened bj' me at my store. It comprises
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers,
Misses' & Children's Shoes,
in great variety. All these Goods were purchased for CASH
in the Eastern markets, and theiefore 1 can sell them at the
Old Prices, and
NO ADVANCE.
Lines oi I'hiladelj hia, New York and Boston Goods embrace
mv stcck, and customers can take their choice.
I JVJean What I Say:
3S*NO ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES!-^
All can call and see for themselves. Ihe best of satisfaction
»iill be given for CASH.
THE IVAKE, STYLE AND FINISH
of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house iu
the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is
necessary.
Leatliei- and I^inclin^^
at Pittsburgh prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase il
they wish to obtain material cheap.
SUPERIOR MILLING I
WA LTER&^OOS,
Proprietors of the Weil-Known Splendid
FLOCKING MILL
BUTLER, PA.
We wi-h to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the
latent improved
Gradual Reduction System Machinery,
wbieh in well known by Millern to be tbe In et in existence. We ean say to
Farmers and Producers of wheat that it will be profitable to thmit
to (rive us a trial. We claim that we can make »
BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, ANO MORE OF IT,
out of the same number of bushels of wheat than uny other Mill in the
county, and equal to any fit >t-clsish Mill in the cilv, or Western Mills.
The new I'tub r-runiiiiifr Mill ti-cd f< r J'.cgrindinc, bought of Miiiihoii AL Uro.,
I'tictt, N. .; the (ieorge T. Smith Miiidlin{fH Purilier, bought
at .la< k.-on, Mich , together with (,'loth-,
Hciilm, Conveyers, &c., suitable for
the Machinery, cannot Ih:
Excelled in the United States
or cbcwhere. This may seem an exoneration to some but we wish the pub
lic to know that we are able to perform all that we publish, uc we have
our machinery a thorough tenl in the presence of several (rood Millers and
Millwrights, aud it has proven even better than it wan guaranteed to do.
We are also remodeling our Mill for
Grrinding Other Kinds oi Grain,
which will Ih- entirely satinfaciory to our customers. Farmers wishing to
have their grist home with them the same day, can do ho on
short notice. They will thereby save another trip.
WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND TIIE BUST UHAIiKS OF
WHEAT flour, cpaham flour bye flour.
Buckwheat Flour, Belted Bt,d Unbolted Corn Meal, diflercnt kinde of Chop,
Brau and Mill Feed, all of the best quality aud tit ihe
LOWEST PRIORS.
P/rties in town purchtii-ing ftom uh will have their orders promptly
ateuded to and articles delivered ui ihcir place >4 rtcideiite.
We Pay the Mifthest Market Price for all Kinds of Grain.
BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14, 1880.
I OPENING DAILY
i
| AT
li. IHIBTOI'S,
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF
I
Boots and Shoes
To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em
bracing all the Newest Spring Styles In the Market.
— I am selling all this stock at
SCgf oi.DPKH i'.s,:::
Recollect. \0 ADVANCE, -g*/
I
j Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my i
customers have tbe benefit in buyintr by getting Boots and Shoes
that come direct from the manufacturer to my house.
No middle profits to divide up that parties
are compelled to p;iy that buy
from jobbing houses.
i This Slock of Bcols mid Slices is Yen Large in I lie Rllt wii!" Lines:
Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button Boots, ... - $1.50 and upwards.
" " " " Side Lace Boots, ... 1.25 " "
" Grain, Pebble aud Kid Button and Polish, - 1.25 " "
Polish, 95 "
" " Standard, very prime, ------ 1.25 " "
" Serges, in Congress and Polish, - - - - 75 to SI.
" Calf Peg Shoes, all warranted.
MY STOCK EMBRACES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, A FELL LINE OF ALL
THE FINER ORAHES IN WOMEN'S, MISSEb' ANI> CHILDREN'S.
The €■< lit*' lltpnrriiifii 1 ' is very complete in every line in Calf
Button, Dcm I'edros, Congress and English Walking Shoes, anil especially in
Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards,
Brogans and Plow Shoes, at SI and upwards,
Fine Bull Alexis and Congress, at $1.25 and upwards,
Low Strap Shoes, in every style, at $i 25 and upwards.
Boys' and Youths' Shoes in same styles as Men's, but lower in price.
Infants' and Children's Shoes, in Colors and Black
Fancy Slippers and Walking Beets, All Colors.
This stock is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices are lower
than ever, and tbe styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button New
ports, good, $1 to $1.25.
LARGE STOCK OF LEA7HEH AND FINDINGS
Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, and prices guar
anteed at lowest market rales.
*ive me a call and I will save you money in your Boots and Shoes
A careful inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct.
No other house can give you lower prices or better goods.
B. C. HPSELTOBI.
Kst;iT>!ishe<] in 18: JoT
Hats, Caps & Straw Goods.
j TAKES PLEASURE IN AN NO I NCI NO TO HIS FRIENDS AND PA
TRONS THAT HE IS NOW OPENING
TIIE FINEST it.Ml MOST COMPLETE STOCK
OF (iOOI)S EVEIt OITEKEII.
Ni1.14, Flit, WOOL I\ » 4 I.OTII
HATS AND CAPS
FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN,
AND WILT, BE HOLD AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES
EVEBY NOVELTY OF THE SEASON WILL BE INTRODUCED
AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IN THE EAST.
WE ALSO KEEP A FULL STOCK OF
JjjgT'THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC SOLICITED
HEM EM liJ.il THETLACE:
8 Doors IVnrfh of Berg & Co,'s Bank.
CARPKTS! OIL CLOTIiS! MATS! RlltiS! ST AIK RODS
■ ——- "c
= NEW STOCK! WTEW STOCK! >
§ HECK & PATTERSON'S ?
i If CARPET ROOM S
< z
r/j IMOW OPEN! J
? One Door South of their* Clothing House,
22 12
<4 Oiilly'w Itlo<*li . »<ipt2o tr Itnf ler, l*a.
»SdOTI JHVJN i Sf>l ;i iS.IiVK' iSIl.l.o'L)'IIO iSif/'LLI v 7)
Union Woolen Milta.
I would ili-HitM »o i nil thu fitt«*n do:. of tin
|/nMir llio Union Wrvlen Mill, Hutler, I't .
wlmr* I have new ami improved tor
the manufacture ol
Barred and Gray Flannnla,
Knittiiifc and Weaving "fame,
and I can recommend tb«m an t>*lng very dura
ble a« tht>y *>* manufactured of pure Hut In
county wool. Tliey ar« Im-hilil ui hi color, ali
enor In lenftrrc. and will Ix; » ~ld «t very low
l>riouu. k" or auiiplut; a IA price* *ddi em.
XL i'X'aXXEBi ON,
Vuitot, i*»
II KM it v u. iuk.i:,
fill! KIERCHtHT TIILOR.
COR. PENN AND KIXTH HTHEKTM.
f *tl ttKurnh i J n
Stock S'jM'cuhilion and Investment.
>ni* on Mm fin or ly rrivilnyM. Kpe
.•ml I.IIHIM »>• in MitiinK Htorl i. Full pa'tlcilin h
>on -ftppiMatixti. J* \l i.H liitOWN. iitsal* r lu
i b;«<k» and LSulxU, <M ii. o0 >ow lu.*-
UHUII-'JIU
jLA TEST FROM COLORADO.
THIRTY MILES OF GOLDEN GRAVEL
ALONG THE SAN MIGVEL RIVER.
Five California miners passed the
winter of 1873-4 in southeastern
Nevada. They were Jacob Ohlwiler,
John A. Luce, Heekcr Folsom, arid
Benson and Clark. Disgusted with
the prospects in Pioehe and Pahran
egat, the glowing reports front the
Han .luan country, in southwestern
Colorado, attracted their attention.
They struck out for the new district
across the country. Friendly Indians
| served as guides By taking a north
east course they crossed the Territory
j of Utah, avoided the sterile country
bordering the Black Canon of the Col
! orado, left the flirty Devil district to
the south, and entered Colorado on
the liue of the Grand River. They
suffered many hardships. Placer gold
. was found in the Grand River, close
to the Utah line. It was not there in
paying qualities. The prospectors de
i termined, if possible, to trace this
placer gold to the parent veiu. They
traced it up the southern fork through
Unaweep Canon, aud turned up the
Uncompabgre. They found fair sur
face indications at the junction of the
| San Miguel, and followed that stream
to its Lead waters in San Miguel Park.
, This park lies in the heart of the Un
: conipahgre Mountains, and almost
! equals the valley of the Yosemite in
natural lieauty. It is surrounded by
suow-capped mountains from twelve
to fourteen thousand feet above sea
! level.
For thirty miles tbe party found j
the San Miguel bordered by beds of
gravel, varying in depth from 50 to
500 feet. These beds showed (fold. |
and the Californians to prospect :
in the mountains for the mother lodes, j
They lountl several in what rs now
know as the San Miguel district, fif
teen miles southwest ol Ouray (pro
nounced Eweray,) and the same dis- i
tance northwest of Silverton. The
country was then practically a part of
the Los Pinos reservation. There
were neither roads nor trails. The
Indian title had been thrown open,
and the savages resented all intrusion.
The venturesome mines were driven
down into the lower San Juan region,
which was then rapidly tilling up
Their reports caused considerable ex- ,
citement. In the spring of 1875 bun- j
dreds of prospectors poured into the j
Los l'inos reservation. Many wen
killed, and to this day their skeletons \
are found in the mountain gulches.
The shrewdest of the prospectors |
passed the lodes, and located placer
claims on the gravel be< s along the
San Miguel. John A. Luce aud
Beeker Folsom, two ol the original
discoverers, we're among the first to
take up these claims. By IH7 I the j
thirty miles of gravel beds were all
located, although as vet no patents
have been granted.
The Indianos were removed by the
Government in IH7, but roads and
improvements were delayed through a
dispute over a strip of land four miles
square, w ithin a few miles of Ouray.
The Indians claimed the land, and at
one time threatened open war. They
w ould not allow the building of roads,
and in .-very way prevented tin- de
velopment of the country. Within a
year past they have lieen driven to
the wall, and their country has lieen
thrown open to the miners. "More
Indians skeletons than those of white
men can now be found in the Uncom
pahgre Mountains," observed an old
miner yesterday, with a cruel wink
For three years the locaters of the
gravel beds did only the work required
by law to hold their claims. With the
settlement of the Indian troubles roads
were built, mail foutes established,
and mills and machinery are being
sent into the country. If one-tenth of
what is told concerning the richness
of these gravel beds is true, there is
gold enough in the San Miguel dis
trict to counterbalance the production
production of silver in Colorado for
years to come. It is said that nearly
every cubic yard of gravel shows free
gold. The commonest sluices have
yielded from £lO to SIOO a day per
man. Last season nuggets worth
from £25 to S -0 were picked up in dif
ferent places, aud strange as it may
seem, some were found near the sur
face of the ground. Mr. Robert Con
nelly. now at the Sturtevant House in
N. V., says that the claims, if pro
perly worked, will average H,000,00 •
cubic yards to the 1(»0 acres. "Good
experts " -a'd he, "say that these
claims will turn but a dollar per cubic
yard. That is their lowest estimate.
I thing that probably fifty cents per
yard would come a little nearer the
mark. At least 0,000 acres along the
Sail Miguel will allord rich gravel
washing "
The gravel Ix-iLs were apparently
deposited along the river by glacial
action. Millions of tons of ice forced
their way through the deep mountain
canons, cutting away the face of the
rocks and grinding up the quartz, be
fore it was sluiced through the canons
and deposited in the gravel beds. "I
find the marks of glacial action even
where," said Mr. Connelly. "In
many places the surface of the rocks is
worn smooth, and seams of mineral
from twenty-live to fifty feet wide eati
plainlv be seen. In one place quartz
showing free gold has been traced for
a thousand feet up the side of a moun
tain. The gravel seems to Is 1 ce
mented by decomposed porphyry, and
; this cement appears to have held the
I gold in the layers of gravel deposited
I by successive ages. This cement is
easily disintegrated by hydraulic min
, ing, and tin- gold in it- roti/n condition
!is really saved. The flour go'd is un
like that of California. If is so rough
| iluii il does not float nor swim, and
: \cry little is lost. Mountain streams
1 are numerous. There is plenty of
water, and it it very easily carried
over tbe claims. The dumps for the
tailings are the njo*t denlrable ever
known in placer mining.
"Old Ohlw iler," continued Mr. Con
rellv, "holds some of the most valua
ble lodes and veins. Becker Folsom,
another ol the original live, has a large
iou-rcat in what is known as tbe
GolUou Ciixiup J. U> ■U*r
verly, the theatre man, is also a big
owner in this group. You may think
it a whooping story, but it is posi
tively asserted that a ton of ore from
one of these mines milled 50.300 in
free gold. They declare that they
have a thousand feet in another mine
that will average SI,OOO a ton, and I
believe them.
The towns in the San Miguel dis
trict are Ouray, the county seat, con
taining about 3.000 inhabitants ; San
Miguel, 500 ; Placerville, 200; Ophir.
on another range, iSO: Mineral City,
250. and Silverton, 1.500. In time
the country will probably become a
great summer resort. It contains the
next to the largest boiling spring in
the eountry. Boiling springs, with
water so hot that eggs can be readily
boiled, are found for twenty miles
along the Uncompuhgre River. Two
stamp mills at Ourav and one in Sil
verton are already in operation, and
five others are being built in the San
Miguel district.
Becker Folsom, Govs. Safford and
McCorinick of Arizona, and others
own gravel claims known as the Red
Cross claim. J. H. Haverly, County
Commissioner Cooper, James S. Keer,
and 11. F. Lake, Division Superintend
ents of the Atchison, Tojicka and
Santa Fe Railroad, are also interested
in gravel c'airus. A company in
Franklin, Pa., have just bought a
gravel claime. The three Wheeler
brothers of Wheeler expedition fame
are owners of a placer. The Key
stone placer is owned by parties in
Pekin and Peoria, 111. A placer
ealled the Deluce claim is being
worked by Folsom, McLaine and
Connelly. Companies in St. Louis,
St. Charles, Mo., Kansas City, und
Topeka are washing out gold from the
gravel beds. The 101 claim is owned
by Messrs. Cooper, Cassidy, and
Judge Custer, all residents of the dis
trict. Claims are taken for thirty
miles on each side of the San Miguel.
They run from twenty to 1(10 acres in
size.
HIS TELEPHONE.
[Detroit I "ret Prw.]
I guess I haf to give up my dele
phone already," said an old citizen of
Gratiot avenue yesterday, as he en
tered the office of the company witu a
very long face.
"Why, what's the matter now?"
"Oh! eferytings. 1 got dot dele
phone in mine house so as I could
spheak mit der povs in der saloon
down town, and mit my relations in
Springwells, but I haf to gif it up. I
never have so much droubles."
"How ?"
"Yhell, my poy Shon, in der soloon,
he rinjrs der pell und calls me oop und
says an old fretit of mine vhanta to
see how she works. Dot ish all right.
1 say 'Hello!' und he savs: 'Come
closer.' I goes closer and helloes
again. Den he says: 'Sthand a little
off.' f stand a little oft' und yells
vunee more, und he says: 'Shpeak
louder.' It goes dot vay for ten min
utes, und den he says: 'Go to Texas,
you old Dutchmans?' You see?"
"Yes."
"And den me in brudder in Spring
wells he rings de pell und calls me oop
und says how I vhus diseafnings? I
says I vln>3 feelinur like some colts,
und he savs: 'Who vhants to puy
some goats ?' I says: 'Colts—colts—
colts!' und he answers: 'Oh! coats,
1 thought you saidt goats.' Yhen I
goes to ai*k him if he feels petter I
hears a voice crying oudt, 'Yhat Dutch
mans ish dot on dis line!' Den some
pody answers, 'I doan' know, but I
likes to punch his head!' You see?"
"Yes."
"Yhell, sumedimes my vhife vhants
to spheak mit me vlicu 1 am down in
der saloon. She rings mien pell und
1 says, 'Hello!' Nopody spheaks to
me. She rings und 1 says
'Hello!' likedunder! Den der Cen
tral Ofliee tells me go alieadt, und den
tells mcin vhife dot 1 am gone avhay.
I yells oudt dot ish not so, und some
pody says, 'How can I talk if dot old
Dutchmans doan' keep st hill!' You
see?"
"Yes."
"And when I gets in pedt at night,
Homepody rings der pell like der house
vas on fire, und veil I schumps oudt
and says hello, 1 hear SOUM pody sav
ing ; 'Kaiser, doan't you vhunt to puy
a dog V 1 vhants no dog, un vhen I
tells 'em so, 1 hear some lieobles latiirh
ing: llaw! haw! haw!' You see!"
"Yes."
"Und so you dake it oudt, und vhen
soinepody likes to skeap in it me dey
shall come right avay quick t<> mein
saloon. Of my brudder ish siek he
shall get petter, und if somepody
vhants to puy me a dog, lie shall come
vhere I can punch him mit a glub!"
DKCAHTATKI) ON Til K OAM.OWA. —
A terribly painful nee lie attended the
execution of James Madison Wyatt
Stone, iu the jail-yard at Washington,
April 2 The gallows was located in
an enclosed space at the northeast
corner of the building, und was twenty
live feet high, while u platform ten
feet square and a drop of about five
feet. The rope, to which a trigger
was attached, was concealed, after
leaving the gallows, iu a square box
running into the kitchen, and it was
from this point that the trap was
sprung. At 1:10 p m. the noose was
placed around his neck, with the knot
under the left ear. The signal was
given and the drop fell. The body
came to tin- ground, and it wa- at lirst
supposed that th- bead had slipped
through the noose, but iu un instant
thereafter the head, which had been
entirely severed fioui the body and re
mained in the nooHc, fell abut four feet
from the body. Blood, spurted from
the body and spattered the beam* of
t lie gallows, but in two minutes all
muscular action had ceased. It was
picked up by one of the pbvsicians
prenent, and the face appeared placid
and the lips moved as if about to say
something. Stone was a mulatto,
about yearh of age, and was exe
cuted for the murder of his wife.
—The most universal known man
in ihe world is the man who will aing
wUuu i»o Jtuuw ituw.
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"From the fart that the Cmzrjt Is the oldes'
established and most extensively circulated Re
publican newspaper in Butler county, (a Repub
lican county) a must be apparent'to business
men that it is the medium they should use in
advertising their business.
NO. 21.
CHEAP PATENTS CHEAPEN
GOODS.
The attorneys of auti-patent associ
ations waste DO end of rhetoric in des
cribing: the burdens put upon purchas
ers by the multiplication of patent
rights. Every thing is patented or
made with patent machinery or by pat
ent processes; therefore everything
must cost a great deal more than it
would were there uo patents. This is
their logic stripped of verbiage. The
only fault with it is the persistence of
facts in always going dead to the con
trary. It is plausible, but it is not true.
The moment one sees the word "pat
ented" stamped on an article it is safe
to infer one of two things : either the
thiog is cheaper and better than any
thing of the sort previously in market,
or it is an entirely novel article, which
in all probability would never have
produced except for the patent laws.
A pretty illustration of this indus
trial and commercial parodox occurs in
a paper lately read by a prominent
English builder before the Manchester
(England) Scientific and Mechanical
Society. The reader bad been, for the
second time, comparing English with
American made builders' hardware,
showing the "marked superiority" of
the latter, and in summing up the
causes which had led to the competi
tion upon their owu doorsteps from
American manufacturers. He said :
"Another and mo9t important factor
in the sum of dead-weight under which
we have to stagger in this race is our
absurd patent laws. If our legislators
had set out with the intention of sup
pressing the inventive genius of the
country, thev could not have succeeded
more completely than they have done.
Can we wonder that America is such
a close competitor in the manufacture
of these small articles, when we know
that for a payment of £lB the inventor
can secure himself for seventeen years,
whilst in this country it will cost at
least twice the money to secure an in
vention for three years only ? How
can a man with inventive skill, but
with limited means, make the most of
his talents? Too often he spends all
his little savings, ruins himself, and,
when hi* three years have expired,
sees some other ]»ersou take his inven
tion in hand and realize the profit that
belongs to himself. The result is that,
disheartened and disgusted, ho for
ever buries his talent in the earth. I
show you here a small article of Amer
ican make, not connected with the
building trade, as an illustration of the
different influence of the patent laws of
the two countries. This little machine
(an apple-parer) carries eight patents,
yet its wholesale price in England to
dav is less than 45."
A most ingenious parodox, truly!
The apple-purer was beyond Eng
lish competition because it carried
eight patents. It is safe to sav that
every single patent had improved its
working or lessened its price.
But why could not the English mau
ufucturer, have no patent royalties to
|my, produce and sell the article on the
spot ches|ier than the American, with
3,000 miles freightage to pay in addi
tion to the cost of manufacture? There
niav lie several reasons more or less
sufficient; but one is enough Uaving
no monopoly of the manufacture, the
Englishman could not afford to risk the
investment necessary to enable him to
produce the article cheaply.
Our Canadian friends discovered
that law of trade when they under
took to reap the benefit of Yankee in
ventions without payment of patent
royalties. The only drawback was the
simple circumstance that, though Ca
nadians had the world's IK st inventions
to choose from gratis, no man dared to
undertake the manufacture of novel ar
ticles when evryboUy else was free to
set up in opposition. Canadian indus
tries would not multiply until the Ca
nadian Government recognized the
property rights of all inventors; then
the Canadians Is-gan to be a manufac
turing people.
Our Western and Southern citizens
are rapidly learning the same impor
tant lessou. Industries increase and
multiply, and industrial products im
prove und cheapen in direct proportion
to the number of patents issued ; and
the uumber of patents issued depend*
verv largely upon the lowness of the
ollicial fee* for issuing them. Which
brings us round to our thesis, that
chea|>ening patents cheapens products.
A SNAIL TIIAT WOULD NOT STARVE.
—An Egyptian desert snail was re
reived at the British Museum on
March 25, 1848. The animal was not
known to be alive, as it had withdrawn
into its shell, and the specimen was ac
cordingly gummed, mouth downward,
on to a tablet duly tabled and dated, .
and left to its fate. Instead of starv
ing, this contented gasterope simply
went to sleep in a quiet way, and
never woke up again for four
The tablet was then placed in tepid
water and the shell loosened, when
the dormant snail suddenly resuscita
ted himself, began walking about in
the basin, and finally sat for his por
trait, which may he seen of life-size in
Mr. Woodward's "Manual of the Mol
lusca." Now, during those four years
the snail had never eaten a mouthful
of any food, yet he was quite as well
and flourishing at the end of the |ieriod
as lie had been at its l»eginning.—Uel
ijrurin.
NKUATI VKS ON I'AI'KK. —M. Londe
lately exhibited some negatives upon
thin p«|>er ( dioplrique .) It appears
that thin gentleman prepares a plate
with talc and p >ur* over it a collodio
bromide emulsion. When the nega
tive has been obtained he floats over
its surfu-e a solution of gelatine and
gum, and theu lays the thin paper
upon it, passes a squeegee over it to
drive out excess of liquid, ami allows
it to dry. When thoroughly dosic
cated a sharp kuife is passed round
the picture about au eighth of an iucb
from the edge of the. plato. The
is now lifted from the glaM, and can
be used on either side for printing pur*
P 08 ® 6 -
—A St. Louis uiau tiaM invented %
small derrick worked by electricity, to
help the ladies of that viliiagu lift tbetf
ftwt, wbua wulfciag.