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The Dillon Tribune (Dillon, Mont.), 23 Dec. 1887, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053040/1887-12-23/ed-1/seq-10/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
: a « ■et j i f e w - y - Si # •• feÿ' '' VS\4' - àÉèrL1 Ky &*■ $ ï v .$«*.¡>•3 •■ ,*v* Sv5 W& m-à.; b / ; g l f e $ M o n g r i l l i n e . SOUTH CAROLINA’S PHOSPHAT£3. Court* ..r ('oiictllHtlnii. Tn Norway n coir.-i ;.f conciliation, con- «1st big of two jinlgus. i.a e-q.-ibln-hcd in •»cry <'iiy and in every county <li .trirt or •ettlemi ut hohXug nt h:i*t twenty fami- Ufet or himschohls. Tin? judges are bj tlio law required to I«' “ good nan” uiul must be ru.«i<lcuht of tlu-ir n«|Mi’tlv(' juri-dic- •iotw. They are ch-cied hy the |H-oplc for • term of three year». The office i.s con sidered a noti-i<olitii;al one, and to elec», only the licst men lo fill it has l<erumo a custom as valid as law. As a rule only teen of mature year.., indrjieiHlent and with excellent standing In the eommiiulty nre chosen. The jurisdiction of the courts does not extend beyond civil cause«. When n ! M ine« In the Iteglnn o f thu Ashley Illver. | Minins, tt.i.lilii(j uml Itrilu j. ! The whole .oast region seems to have once been the I kh I of a sliallow inland sea, anti over a compact lied of marl some forty or more feet m depth there lies a de posit of phosphate of line from eighteen to thirty-six inches thick. This is just lie- low the reeent soil and -and. It i.s reached hy stripping tlio surface till at adeptli of lifteen to twenty inches the dejsisil is found. Tin- phosphate is in the form of nodular concretions, from the size of one’s heiid down to coarse ¡travel, ulimii (10 jier cent, of it being sand and marshy linntus. Tills is loaded on to tramway curs and hauled on an inclined roail to the top of I the washing house. From the ears it is j dumped into long troughs—inverted pyra- i mills—at the bottom of which arc large re- | voicing shafts iiriucd with steel teeth, i which serve to bleak the l a w lump« into The Earth is Round ! party intends to uno another iwrty on any .... . ^ . ............ ........ ..... dvil matter the llrst thing to^ do is to ! .smaller ones and return l he whole Into \\'low er troughs, in whlcli revolve other Minimo» the mlversary ls-fore the proper court of coucillaifou This court holds Mssions once a week in cities, timi once a monili iu country district«. Three days’ uotice must lie Riven in tho cities, anil from alx days to «igla weeks iu the country dlst rich*. Lawyers are excluded The purlies meet in |terson; if they have lawful excuse they niav lie represented *»jr Home of their kilt or hoit'ehold. The presiding judge reads the mimiiious, and (tie coniplulnaiit slates his ease and pro- •cuts what evidence he think.; necessary and sullluient. Then thu court request* the Hunimoiicd party to nnswur thu com plaint. When both sides havu been heard, the judge« «late what iu their judgment would Iw a fair and equitable settlement U the mutter, and request tlio parties to eonsider the uncerti&ity and Rival cost •f a trial. Iu most caws tiie parties, after uomodeliberaiIon, in the pivseucuof tho judges, conio to tlio conclusion that it will be best to effect a settlemeut. Tlio agree- ■lent is recorded, eacii pays a fee of twenty-five cents, and they leave tlio coart ns conciliated as friends, and witli a record of (heir iiRrcemcut that has tho to m of a final, tiuimpcnchable judgment. That Is the end of the rango if tho sheriff is not called ii | wii to enforce Ilio agree- ■wilt, which may lie dono by the levy of an execution. - : If tho |uirtio«do not agree in agree the court of conciliation ccrtities to that effect and thu complainant may take tho caso haforo the court having power to try nnd determino causes.—Cor. Minneapolis Tribuna. Karri Ml Conductor« I'rrlfcrrSd. Thu railroad coiu|mnies, as a rule, greatly prefer that t heir conductors should bo men of family fur ihc t wo fold reason that they are moro easily located whan wanted, nnd, uRnlii, for the infill- i for good that a loving wife and uffoc- i children may have over him. “ A will often hesitate Iwfore doing a wrong which might send iiim to tlio i«nl- taatinry when ho hoa a wife ami chlhlr *n at homo to took after ami caro for,\ ro- mnrfced a railroad superintendent yester day. Thin led him to say that tho fatigues o f a long run made the conduo- anxious for the penco ami quiet of . and when they have one they can ■early always lie found at it. Conductora dissipate very litflo noun- » *. Tho man who drinks, even wiicn duty, is not tho proper parly to intrust with the Uvea of n great numlierof |icoplc. U la n rare thing to see one of them in a barroom, and if seen tliero he docs not tarry long. One of ilie oldest ami most popular conductors of St. I .mils is at pres ent laying off, witli uo prospect of secur ing a job again soou. lie lias been rest- [ for n year. When tho superintendent * 'whom tie worked was asked the i for this enforced Idleness ho can didly answered that them was nothing ■gainst the mail except Ids falling of tak- tag an occasional drink. Tim eomp.iny could not afford to emplov men who tlpplihl for such responsible work when there were so many good ami temperate men anxious to lili the same imsttluu.«.— Globc-Dcmocrat. The ChlMr«-:,'« llonr. Thu mnltlpllcalioii o f luniks for children has been another cause for tho decay of thu fireside romancer's arl. The urea of tho city homes has contracted In propor tion ns thu size of the thvplnce Inis dimin ished, and children are more in the way of thc!r elders than they used to lie. It lias beconiu an easy matter to light tho gas and semi thu children to llieir books. In stead o f recognizing the children's hour, an o f old, and prolonging it at t he pleasure of tlio builder of roniimce, we substitute an evening of liooks and iieriodienls, in which the muscullnc head of the house hold must not iw disturbed while lie studies his nowspnjicr, ami I lie wife must bo permitted to doze iu silence over her mngnzlnc, while the little ones not only keep their tongues still, hut. lam afraid, obey only ton literally i lie. command of ilie psalmist, and “ refrain cicu from good words.\ At times I am templed to or ganize a new society for the prevention of torture to children, wliieli •-.hall assert their right tnlie Imth seen and heard in tlio household, and I am convinced that a re volution in tills regard -ramint. come too soon, unless tin- word homo is to lie ban ished from our vocabulary.— Felix Oldboy In New York livening Post. A View o f O.lrk-li IV.u tun,. ‘‘Give me two ostrich seat*!\ A stout, red checked young country- man, who h:ul liceii live minutes waiting ills turn among (lie crowd ,,f |K-ople who were Inlying tickets to c -Harbor Lights\ ai Minor*.*! theatre last, night, slnpiied down a hill is-fure Treasurer McDonough a« he spoke. Mr. Mrltoliouuh i* used tonic.-iing nil sorts of demands from .-ill ,,f people, lint this one !.wam|H'd him. “ Give you what!-\ lie imnuivil. \Tw o ostrich seats!\ s.dd tin» would In- patron of the drama impatiently. “ What In tiie world do you mean'\ asked Mr. McDonough desperately. “ What have you on ilia., then! sign up there*\ said the country man disdainfully. “ O-r-c-li-c-s t-r-a. ostrich seats; price one dollar. That*» what 1 want.\ lie got the I hs ' I t wo thu* were left in the house. — Newark N-w*. sliafls armed witli puddles, spirally arranged, to curry tiie phosphate forward nnd deliver it on to a screen inclined at an angle o f forty-five degrees, from which it fnlli: to thu lloor. During nil this t ¡molt is treated witli sprays of water, anil the | dirt and sand are borne off iu a contrary ' direction by a suitable reverse slant iu the I trough*. Tlio damp hut clean phospliatic rock is then shoveled into iiarrows and wheeled into tiie up|tcr part of large brick kilns about 00x100 feet and tiventy-livo feet high. Tho kiln is first prepurcil by spreading on tlio bottomn Inyeruf washed pliosphnUe (ichbley, two feet t hick. In tills uiv laid iron fines to give air, and over these a pile of fire wood (southern pine) two feet thick, and then on this the phosphatlc rock is tumbled from the liar- rows above until it reaches ten to twelve feet thick, about *100 tons to a kiln. The mass then being ignited from the Hues, hums slowly, and u lien consumed the moisture of the pile is driven off, cml the rock is ready for shlpiiu-in and sal,- to the fertilizer establishment;', which, by pro- ccasea peculiar to each, treat it with sul phuric nr id to free or to make more solu bio tlio pliasphori■ acid It contains, ills ilien ready for use by tiie planter. The iivii establishments operated by this company produce 125,000 tons of tiie rock annually. Tim profit somewhere about 20 percent, on tip* eapitui invested. Tho'limit of production Is only bounded by tlio demand. The prices rang from »7 per ton to (now) about f t )«;; ton. An- alysl- of tlio wasiicd rock shows; Dirt, 1 toll per cent.; silica, in form of coarse white sand, 12 to 15 per cent.; lime. 41 per cent.; phosphoric acid, 27 to \0 per cent. Tiie color of tills curious deposit is from a cream yellow to coarse brown orange, forming irregular concretions, it* source is evidently from the murine ani mal life, which in former geological ages abounded in this then sliallow sea. Tlio fossilized vertebra and teeth of fisli and aotne animals abound in it. 1 gathered triangular teeth o f «harks measuring four inches on cadi side, Indicating monster* of that period that must Imvc been whale- like ill size. These teeth are as perfect as when shed, highly polished, w:ih razor- like, sharp edges finely serrated. Tha discovery and development of these riches occurred soon niter the war, and afforded Uie imjiovorlshcd people n source of income and wcultlt that proved to be more valtmbio tlmu gold mines. Xegro laborers are employed euiirely, nnd are found o f lute years tractable, industri-us, and work to the entire satisfn tionof their employers when treated justly and with «••uiskleratiou. There tire seven largo mines in this region, the output of which goes largely to Kurope. Ollier deposits are under water nnd are dredged for, nut otherwise to'a tirated as are ihnsc of the dry diggings —Charleston (S. (.*.) Cor. Dc- r.ott Free Dress. L o s t H i« Dinner. Mr W. A. Smith, iu his “ Hcnderloch,’ ’ relate« tho folinvwng • ncountei between a large earth worm and a very hungry frog: The frog mad- repeated an t desperate efforts to ¡wallow tlio worm t.y great gulps. tlu> worm taking advantage - f tho periodically relaxed hold to w.thdiv.w its already engulfed etui as far as jios.sth;-.-. After a lengthened sirngg!- ilv half suffocated frog Imd maunged to gorge about one-lmif tie- wriggling i.n i s::itg- gliug cronfure, when tlio latte;- reached tlio stem of a rosebush, despite the stren uous endeavor o f l ho frog to prow-til it. Xo sooner lind tho worm readied tills than, using it as n polo', of -support, ii carefully and gradually wound itself around >; until it succeeded iu withdraw ing .ts whol- lengtli from the “ living tomb ' and coiling itself in .safety round the stem. Froggy Nit si ill for some seconds, dis turbed in its mind and its interior, and then liuppcd di«i onsoliitely away. Tin- Hank o f linglan:!. Tin- Hank of Maghimi lioor* are now so finely balanced that, a clerk, by pressing a knob under ids desk, can close ti>e oilier door* instantly, .and they cannot bo opened again except by » ih - o . u I process. This is done in prevent tlio daring and ingcuious unemployed of tlio mctrnjiolis from rob bing the hank. The bullion department of tills and other banks are nightly sub merged -Several feet in water by (he notion of the machinery. In some bank* the bul lion department, i.s eomiected with the manager’s sleeping room, nnd an entrance cannot lie effected without shooting a bolt 111 tho dormitory, which in turn sids in motion an alarm. If a visitor during tbc day should happen to knock off one from a pile of half -overcigns tin- whole pilo would disappear, a pool of water taking i its piare --New York Fun. T I if Kilt »It* and N e u « ]niprh* A eh-rgyman of S<>ut!i Nonvnlk, Conn., recently preached ;; senium in which lie comix-tred the newspaper with tiie ltible. Tiie following pnssngc is jiceuliarly strik ing.- --The Hitile's eriminai nrw.* does not differ murli from tliat wldcli we may read to-morrow, ft eoutnins no display head line.*, jet ii n-conls in tlio same realistic way h murder, such as that of Alicl, or a suicide like that of Samson, or Abimo- lccli. or Saul, or Faiil's armor bearer, or Ahithophrl. Narratives of thefts anil rob beries are seat!ored through its pages, ac counts ot family quarrels nnd scimnitlons for cau*e.\—t’ hicnco Herald. in it lr.it That vva *; i F U N N Y I D E A i I. ivmi I Columlius hul ntrvrrlhrle»* it no m*.tr ■* another F U N N Y I D E A . Having a rcjmtablc firm w guarantee the »ame I s T h e C o r r e c t I d e a . Thai evetv lime O.K.M0H!iK c«chan«c» for .our .-iii.il you arc wire to gel i. A n liable article. j, ,\ sure value. A fmc quality. I. A laic *tylc. r. A real ‘’aryjin. 6 . A sa\ing id iopi-rci-nt.t a.il. 7. A NttUladory purclu».-. This« Fill?, lint Trie. Drove it bv purcliaulng your FURNITURE AND CR 0 CERIE 8 , Organ*, Sawing Machine*» 0 . Z . M 0 B S E , |IILL 0 !i, MOST.\XA. 3>- MI88E8 0ABS0K k MAE8HALL, Hillikers aid Bressiakeri. AND IlKAl.KKS !N Milliaary fiad F u o r Goods. A full imorlim-nl 1* kept ol: Yarn» and Zephyr*, in all »hade*. Clicnik*. Araiinc*, #nbbn».»e*, Fiin and l,inefi Flo*«ca amt Knittinz Silk«. Pur«« Fix- lure* and Plu»h Ornain.nl*; Stamped IJnengood*! Gentlemen’ll Embroidered Suspenders; Silk ami Linen //andkcrchief« for sale and marked In order. STAMPING l*aSiK T » OMDKK. Iw-sson» given in limbroulery, and in IVbtie, Kensington, Velvet anil Lustre Painting. I t v Hita, likbons, Velvets aad Foxthon. vil 4 0 - 3 1 1 1 _________________________ aUONG LEE BAKERY. ZtX S A irs O A X I S — ALWAYS ON IIAN!».- t’HAX FAN, Proprietor. vii-jo-(«nos Tritine Job Departient. P L A I N A N D ORNAMENTAL PRINTING ^'ZVERY D E S C R I É ' TURNEDOUTTOORDER, o, sR°BT \one# L. 0 . F Y H R IE & CO., KENERAL GROCERS W c carry the Largest and Rest .Selected Slock of iliil Ili-nils, Letter Head« X n l, Head«, Statements, rosier*, IliinillillU, Clreiiiars. C a (a ln (u > anil I'rlre Lists. Cards. Meal Tickets, Ilnnken.' Illnnks, W e d d ing nnd Dull Stationery, ■ml in Tuet everything usnnlly tiinusl nut at n .fob Printing O f l r f , Blank shipping tag* printed to order. Blank programmes and folder*. Stock receipts—Round the long way fot office u*c, also, the short way for «'drive nience o f carrying in the pocket. Blank tablets, for counter or pocket use. ■ho, put up to order on short notice. Ruled cardboard, for placing under un ruled paper when writing. Letter heads,note heads, statements,etc neatly table ted without extra charge; and blotters added at cost of putting them on. Fine blotting board kept in stock and cut to a .iy desired size. Mourning note and cnvclopA in stock and printed to order. Everything in :• ior cash. price« the printing line at cash STAPLE A N D F A N C Y GROCERIES I n S o u t h e r n M o n t a n a . A g e n t s f o r t h e C a l i f o r n i a P o w d e r W o r k s . MAIN STREET, DILLON, MONTANA. DILLON JEWELRY AND CUN STOR R O C K a m e i O R D D ILLO N , MOM W « £ 1 « MRS. L KUPFER, PROWL S o a l o r i u H O W A R D , m A N D ELGIN WATCHES k uli WafTMiiiy« Compete with the Utied Price* that cum he obtained. Handle all grades of Aatcrlraa Watches, especially (hr Ro-kford Muvcmeat. Also carrv ti large and wcll-scIccU'd stock of wervatory-t»T Locomotive Kn^liiPfin t'oA out ton* ü iiict lift l^ailwtiv nit* u Th*y SOLID GOLD JEWELS of all descriptions. Fine and complicated Watch work solicited from all part« ul* the out try. All work warranted for one year. Also carry the largest stock of all makes of SHOT GUNS, RIFLE PISTO I.S ami AM M UNITIO N, FISH IN G RODS am! TACKLE Hunting and Sporting Good» of all kind«at Wholesale and Retail. GUSHING ft MOORE’S, T 8 S E X C L U S I V E BOOT ANO S10E HOUSE I s t h e p l a c e t o g e t a n y t h i n g y o u w a n t in t h e B O O T & S H O E L I N E . \LIVE AND LET UVE,” IS OUR MOTTO. Manufacturing and Repairing a Specialty.: Three lioors Soul It o f Thomsen A llliven's. m inm m m m in tn m in m in im n tiim m m n i * fe n im m m m t iiu m im ir.:;/ imuuiuimuiuuuuummimitmuuuiiuiui M o n t uiUiiHutuantGiumu; E D W A R D M A R L O W . Helena S ired . IMiloi:. Munlinm. FEED, SALE AND LIVERY STABLES Team* :m 1 • lutlit* fur *l*ouri*t« and Tr.ivoli-ig Agent- f. L'on-t.mt!y nn Main). W o . X T o n m w fax* S a l o ox* H i r e H o a f ü o n n i £ Ü REINHARDT & CALLAHAN, Wholesale and Retail B U T C H E R S H O P U N IO N BLOCK, M o a t a o 8 ,
