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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1878
Page
2
February 12 1878 excerpts discuss British and Russian maneuvers toward peace in Europe. It covers Indian affairs and bureau shifts, a mining dividend linked to ore processing, a dynamite plot at a Canadian institute, Guibord burial disputes, and a retelling of Custer battle details with Reno.
The article contrasts Montana's relative wealth with eastern cities, noting few bankruptcies, no extreme fortunes, and a stable economy. It praises gradual diversification from mining to manufacturing, stock farming, and farming, urging unity in the Montana press to promote growth, rail access, and responsible development for a thriving territorial future.
General Miles marshals a spring campaign against Sitting Bull and allied Sioux after cross river movement. The war plan centers on a united force with Sitting Bull backers to join him, while the Bay State reports tramp nuisance spreading from Massachusetts.
The report notes the death of Pope Pius IX at eighty six, after a long pontificate marked by liberal beginnings and a shift to ultramontane conservatism. It highlights his exile, 1850 return, convening the 1870 Council that defined Papal Infallibility, and his impact on church politics, plus a skeptical forecast of the papal succession and lingering assertions about western copper mining prospects in Arizona and Montana with ore details.
A compilation of telegrams and notices from Constantinople, London, Chicago, and Washington discusses Austria’s peace proposals, possible March conference, and growing war preparations. Reports include Russia massing 200,000 troops, Britain arming at Woolwich, and Balkan reforms as part of a broader settlement.
Disjointed OCR note mentions Ren Made Ig's slow recovery from illness, Cleopatra with a London impact, a Canadian laborer's wife birthing twins, Murphy temperance movement, Kearney unrest in San Francisco, 1039.80 jute dollars shipped to the Eastern States, and New York prices at 92 cents each.
Black Hills author Mr. Marty J. Norton starts the News Letter from Deadwood Dakota, condensing figures on population, gold yields, altitude, nuggets, wages, board costs, and mining activity. It notes the first stamp in 1877, petroleum discoveries, irrigation needs, vegetable production, mills, and equipment choices by local miners.
Objects of notice are David Mes Cinnor Thiddeux John folunvad and others who claim a lode near the Vipond district in Deer Lodge county Montana. The notice invites all adverse claimants to file protests with the U S Register within sixty days or be barred by default.
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