The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-06-24

Potts las issued Q proclamation suinmonlng
the Legislature to mess sAtra session, at
Helena, I.ext Tuesday, july lst.
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Three cases Of yellow fever We're reported
early this month at Ticksbir., Mississippi.
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The practice Of liazing has given a vast
amount of trouble to the faculty of more
than one eastern college; but like many Other
bad practices, it will work its own cure IT let
alone. Fol instance, our bright boys OF The
Democratic Academy at Washington have
enioyed an uninterrupted indulgence in
HayesiI Q ever since the opening OF the
sprins term and from all accounts they have
already had enough Of that amusement to
last for some time. But next Commence
meut Day at Electoral College will find the
joke on our side.
On the 10Th inst, Beaver Greek valley, on
the Deadwood aud Miles City stage road, was
the scene Of a cloud burst causing great de-
struction of property and considerable loss
OF life. No warning was given to enable
those in danger to escape the threatened dis
aster, the valley being filed from side to side
with a headlcns s~eething torrent within five
minutes of the first alarm. The Rhodes
family of eight persons were drowned, and
besides these three other persons lost their
lives. Wagon trains were wrecked and their
contents Of valuable mining machinery and
merchandise entirely destroyed.
.,n, r., lat npnptt unl hipIA1.
than at any time during the last eight years,
and still raising rapidly. A large number OF
men were a. work last week trying to save
the Parsons bridge, both it aud the Iron Rod
bridge being in great danger. The flat on
each side of the river was inundated ; the
~corrals, outbuildings, and what few dwelling
houses ale built on the fiat, rising as if from
the bosom OF 4 lake. Warm and rainy wealth
err lari4. prevailed for the past three or four
days the river i. probably even higher nov
than when our Informant left; so we shall not
be Surprised to hear of the bridge being car
ried away. Camp creek bridge, crossing the
Big Hole at the mouth of Willow creek, was
swept away about ten days ago.
Every bane has its antidote, gcasshoppels
not eXcet ed. Fol a long time the festive
hopper has been looked upon as u privileged
character, whose mission it was to devour
every green thing coming within reach of his
rapacious jaws, with no enemy more TO. mid
able than the birds To prey upon him in re-
turn. But if The repor. coming from Utah
is TO he credited, this pirates day of retribu-
ton has st length CONT According to the
Salt Lake Herald the grasshoppers are disap-
peaEins before the attacks of "a new species Of
fly, seen ti.is year for the first time. The fly
lights upoa bis prey and deposits an egg in
the living body which serves as food for the
Only Il few hours after RECEIVING the fatal de-
post. Since the flies abound in numbers
equal TO the ~grasshoppers, there is at last a
prospect Ut deiiverance from the ravages Of
the latter. II IS 10 be hoped the new crlsad-
eers will turn their flight towarl Montana.
John Brown, .ir., who is about to proceed to
Kansas to assist in establishing the blacks in
their new home, betlays more zeal than good
Judgment i'll laboring for what he believes to
be- the best Interests of the black man. In
1851 liz visited Buxton aud the other colored
settlements Ill the county OF Kent, Ontario,
On a legJEYiig tUur ia which he strongly ad-
yiset. tAa cotored people 10 ommigrate from
Canaia 10 }He island of Hayti., LII Canada,
whe,e.. a ias never knew amy difference De-
tween Else Htjtelaan andtle black, the negroes
haze ats@g5 81 ioyed he fruits of their indus
Try, bafss i'll al Respects Oh a strict equality
~ itg tAal, WAys neig!lbugs i'll the eyes of tie
Law. LEru. d country i'll which they were
illus ~ggta'gt., .tr. Brown advised the negroes
to mjgi9ta 10 I4arli, where a military despot-
ism y=T'ra sS ,ggVernmeat III Tie Intervals be-
tween WIZ on evolution. Al the end Of this
exodus increment tae negroes will find that
JGe jaGgRlemb If his oyer-Zealous friends has
4eg1 Re hetter ealculate3 20 advance his wei
tAle lhail Yas BROWNS eighteen years ago.
LUiHteTman understand how serious a dis
astes.i is TIN breaking of a boom. In such a
miSl,ap the little cribs or individual logs, with
which one great raft was to be formed are
suddenly turned adrift, when away they &C
with the t~slrrert, jostling and crowding to-
gether, threatening destruction to anyone who
attempts . rescue. A misfortune Of this a-
tule il repotthd by The press as having lately
saken place in the political world. Little
group; OF piacelnell and pIayed-out politi-
ciaissl Nfitil Individual members Of the whisky
ring OF other clique, have for some time been
using strips OF the binody shirt as lashings to
bind themselves into clios, with the view Of
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and ltiseP- hiftfers to accompany their Idol
across tue continent. But stormy days came
euitesnnvspeeted, iidieule rained on the pro-
jaei. ARD stinilgl sense, wise fronrpast expa-
~riellee, ieit4efit with cold water until the
Larreuttt popular opiItiof, became too STRONG
for essialscs. Then the iopm-the celebra,
trd Gisgt booii-snddenly gave way at al