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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1877
Page
2
A garbled 19th century dispatch notes President’s call for Montana’s Thanksgiving in Helena on November 6 and discusses political events. It mentions Governor Potts, municipal Paris decisions, Washburn as U.S. minister, and shifts in Senate strength tied to Senator Morton’s death. It also touches on Turkish and Russian matters, policing censorship, and social issues of punishment and women's status.
The article argues for Northern Pacific and Utah lines reaching Montana. It says a finished railroad would cut costs, lower wages, and stimulate mining and agriculture. It highlights potential subsidies to spur steel and coal routes toward the mining districts, with Montana weighing aid against scientific subsidy concerns.
Montana stands to gain enormously from railroad connection to the East as land values rise with development. Samoa seeks American protection amid German and British pressure, while critics warn against imperial entanglements and a weak US navy. Glendale traffic includes mining notes and local oddities as citizens report varied happenings and new teachers arrive.
The Montana Company owner of the Krom Concentrator near Jefferson City plans to restart operations after a sheriff at tachment pause. Weeks of the Montana Company deposited 15 000 dollars, bringing total funds to 50 000 with directors willing to add 100 000 if needed. An agent left to resume work and the firm is a major local employer. Nearby Garson City Nevada saw a massive cordwood fire consuming 8 000 cords worth 20 000 dollars, believed incendiary, with aid requested from Virginia City and Gold Hill to suppress flames.
Washington reports list bills introduced by Als and Mitchell on customs duties and railroad grants. Senate adjourns to Monday after executive session. House debates army pay, recruitment limits, and frontier defense provisions. Helena locals push reform, and Montana mining news notes miners’ mood, theft convictions, and Sutro tunnel progress.
Eastern War dispatches from Loxnox dated November 9 state Plevna is expected to fall soon as Ottoman forces desert amid privations. Russians encircle Viera with a field telegraph and press on, while Mukhtar Pasha coordinates near Erzeroum. At Azizie on November 9 Russian assault repulsed by defiant Ottomans who pushed them back four to five miles. casualties heavy. Earlier reports suggested critical conditions at Erzeroum due to lack of reinforcements.
On the 10th at Cation Ferry James J Mayne shot Arch1e Melntogh in the right lung. McIntosh later exonerates Mayne, stating self defense. Also noted are Helena Graded School enrollment, a serious accident to Mrs Fenn, Tongue river freight to open, cattle theft near Twenty Four Mile Springs, and export imports tables for Benton in 1577.
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