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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02
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emergency

According TO an official return, II persons
died of starvation in London last year.
The baby oyster IS not much bigger than a
pins head at the end OF a fortnight, and at
three months old only the size of a split pea.
In q year it will become as large as a five
cent nickel, and at the end OF four years
growth IS lit for the market.
alt is a hard moment in life,' is the remark
placed by a witty Hterateur of the day in the
lips of ali imaginary Frenchman, GO when one
finds that love, glory, honor, ambition, are
not on the whole worth a good cigar" eyes,"
is the reply of a cynical friend, g but it is a
harder moment still when one finds that the
cigar itself is bad"
The Boston Pilot notes two recent events
which indicate the advances of Catholicism
in New England. Tn first is that a priest
opened the patriotic exercises in Boston OH
the Fourth, and the second is that Oh the
same day a Catholic church was dedicated at
Plymouth, Massachusetts,, the home of the
Pilgrim fathers.
The Bank of England was incorporated in
1649. 1t covers five acres Of ground and en-
piOys 900 clerks. There are no windows on
the street light is admitted through open
courts; no mob could take the bank, eere-
fore, without cannon to batter the mnN pse
walls. The clock in the center Of the bank
n snHL i" the CONT md ero;-as IN nerfact
order are always in readiness in case Of fire.
Tie chirping and singing Of the cricket and
Tue grasshoppet are frequently spoKeh oi; ouI
they u not slhg-tney huuie. by rubbing
wings anu iegs together-lh such d manner
peculiar 10 Tue species-these ihsects proGuce
the souhGs wnich char@cIeriHe IneM. rer-
maps our pest insect umensai pe.lolf
Is Tue katYulu'' Iaeh wing contains q
iittie ta,hoOrine' anu ny the opening anu
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Among journalistic changes to BE-

Among journalistic changes to be reported
as having lately taken place. or about t" lake
place, may he mentioned the following:
The transfer OF the MissO'lian to new owner
ship. said to have been consummated last
week the enlargement ofthe Frontier Inder
announced for Sept. LIST the enlargement of
the Bozeman Courier, to take place within a
few weeks, and finally the Husbandman's
change of base from Diamond City to the
White Sulphur Springs, a migration likely to
be reported within the next two months. ,
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AATER
fCorrespondence of the MINER.J

Last week a party of Gros Ventrcs stol" a
blooded mare from Mr.. Dan Fsowrre" on
White Beaver Greek, in Yellowstone valley.
The Indians were followed and overtakeu,
the horse recovered and one of tn" indiaAn
who acknowledged being the thief takeA fr1"-
oner. Shortly alter leaving caLAp tiir i',i'a"
escaped to the brush, where he was c'rAlled
and killed. One less horse thief.
x. Biedler and Marshal Wheeler fl to-day
for Virginia City, with prisoners + IN Caster
county. '
When the case was to be brought t." tlal
Fox went back on his accusation IA ainat
Skeehan, the landlord OF the Lacledr, 30 the
affect that he had furnished the tools VITA
--hich Fox and McCarty had br"k'n jail.
Phirs a better man than ever now.
Big crops in the Gallatin and Yellowstone
valleys and the farmers are happy.
General Hazen is coming up the Yellow
stone. Wonder what he'll say when he sees
big crops in his "Great American Desert"
Chief Justice Waite is in the same party,
which will take in the National Park.
Lots of improvements going on in Boze,
man. Let the Butteites look out '"r THEN
laurels.
A field trial took place to-day about three
miies rom town between the Weeds. Me
Cormic,; and Osborne scif-binders. n" yer
dict WIS rendered save the private 'ae eac'
spectator may have given. No ore "as hur
and each machine man had a glorious npp"r
tunity TO exhibit the workings of t's mari'in'
and blow his horn. 1t is needless IN say t'.i
chance was not neglected. A NJ.
BOHEMIAN, Aug. 20, 70.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

In Cleopatra's time an inviting looking easy
chair with an innocent armful of baby linen
thereon, was not summed as a trap for the
unwary beau who had just dropped in to
make some remarks about the weather. The
needle used by that old gal was above such
Implicitly. Poor Cleopatra. She fixed her
young affections on the Secesh Mark Anthony;
then when the Unionist, Caesar, came along
she couldn't take the iron-clad oath, so she
had herself bitten by a copperhead and passed
in her checks. Sad but true. ,
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ANOTHER IRISH FAMINE
Desperate Condition Of Affairs In Some
Portions OF she Island.-ThOasa9ds
Homeless.

The Dublin correspondent of the New
York Herald writes u very strong letter re-
garding The condition of affairs there, from
which we take a few extracts
Those who can recall the fearful scenes of
misery and destitation which prevailed in
this country during the years ~ and '4s, rei,-
dered remarkable by the failure of the potato
crop, are not unlikely to witness a period al
most as trying. A succession of bad seasons,
eXtravagant rents, which are not only de-
manded, but wrenched from the unfortunate
~tenantry at the point Of the bayonet, and low
ering prices on account Of the vast increase
in the Importation OF all edible commodities
have reduced the condition of the farming
classes to a state bordering oil bankruptcy,
while the depression felt BY the agricultural
community has spread and CONTINUES to
expand over all grades among the industrial
classes. Factories are closing in toto, the
banks refuse to advance money except when
unquestiOnable security is forthcoming, and
although some landlords are returning from
ten to twenty-five per cent. Of the rents, the
vast majority must have their 'pound of
flesh." Misery in its chrysalis condition only
has as yet a its hideOus appearance in u
ster and Leinster, but the western portion Of
Munster and he entire Province OF Con-
naught have already bowed down under the
awful visitation.
The correspondent says that in S.ayO and
Sligo the farming classes are on the threshold
OF the ~workhouse. That districts not as yet
included in the scope OH which desolation has
come must in a short time feel the terrible
depression is certain, unless Providence in
terposes. Within twelve months Leinster
farmers have had their rents increased by
more than twenty per cent, and with fully
thirty per cent. Of \ decrease in the value of
all produce their position can be easily un-
derstood. Ireland's oldest Duke, the head of
the Geraldines, has led the way, and just as
the pi aspect Of bad times has become assured
his representatives set to work to increase his
rent roll, the process being in many cases re-
peaied in the short space of a dozen years.
Not a week ago an agent informed me that
on the day he appointed for collection Of
rents he had not received u cent, nor does hs
see any prospect of payment. Monster meet
inSs occur weekly, at which the people de
clare that they are willing and would haye M
officially to pay fair terms for their holdings
Of course the landocracy hold alOof, but how
long they can afford TO 10 SO remains to b.
, seen. In the course of one year eight hun
dred eiectments have been served in May
. alone, so that taking the small average Of 81,
to each family we would have four thousan'
: eight hundred persons in this county alon
: homeless.
The importation Of cattle and sheep weigh
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

Some Of our legal gentlemen have raised a
pint " on the resurrected hurdy-house ques-
ton. They say that inasn,uch as the last
winters law imposing, a license upon those
establishments does pot specifically repeal
the old law by which they were prohibited
altogether, the old law must still be in force.
If this view is correct those establishments
ran he closed by law and SOM are SO con-
iident il is correct that they are willing to ties;
the question first in the Police next in the
Distici Court. Our own opinion on the
matter is that the law of last winter virtually
repeats the statute previously il, force. Under
HE more receu. law a heavy license can be
collected from every ~hurdy-house; but since
aile establishment. must be running before
lie ii ease lax cal, be leved it was evidently
contemplated by our wise and virttio,is So'oiis
: hal uaIlcing SALOONS should be conducted
aulpr the provisions of the new law.
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DEER d ITEMS.
New North West, 18th.

The County Commissioners meet q
Board of Equalization OH the 18th prox.
Judge GalbIaith this week purchased
residence Oh Second street owned and OF
pied by Captain Mills. The Judge exp
his family here by October 18th.
MIR. E. II. Irvine was up from Pixies !
Tuesday. The mines of the Squaw gulch
other companies will pay as well as for Sc
al seasons past. Water is plentiful! and
ground will be worked until cold wea
sets in in reality. The Rock Creek u
Company's bitches are flowing good he
being supplied from the reservoir which !
supply ample for all requirements.
Miss Hutchins will teach the Intermst
and Miss Fegtly the Primary departne
the Deer Lodge public schools this w
Bosh are graduates OF normal schools
have had considerable experience In t.
ing. We have not yet learned the nan
the Principal. hut are Informed thai III
will be a normal graduate.
The that has not touched the
NJ II man before he leads her to the alta
scarcely a chance TO charm 1t when posse
and security turn their powerful arms az
her.-Couley.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

Loo Choo Island bids fair to be the San
Juan Island of the Eastern powers in a
trouble which may not be appeased as blood
lessly as was ours. Wonder if the Japs have
a Harvey ready to step in and take posses
sion without waiting tor the permission of
red tape. at last ccounts war between China
and Japan over the sovereignty of Loo Choo
appeared highly probable.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

A Butte theologian confidently expresses
the opinion that the Ark was never full. He
says Noah had only a pair of each kind and
when nothing higher than a single pair was
TO be found what chance was there for a
"fnll :" of any kind.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

The coroner Jury in the case of the Eure-
ka coal burners, found that they came to their
while in discharge of their official duty. The
case will not be allowed to drop with this !:
but instead will be taken before the District
Court,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

The total mineral yield in 1873 is placed at
So, 763 900. Over $1,000 900 were invested
in new smelling works, furnaces, mills, and
other improved appliances, which increases
the productive capacity to such an extent
that the yield of the mines will be easily in
creased 20 per cent. during 1873. Ores
containing from 20 per cent. to 60 per cent.
copper, unlimited in quantity are found in
several districts. There has been or exhibit
ton at Helena ores from 4S different iron
mines or deposits running in value from rs
per cent. to 80 per cent. iron, and represent
ing every conceivable variety of ore. An iron
mountain in Deer Lodge county, larger than
the famous deposit of Missouri, averages 30
per cent. of that metal. Coal beds lie within
three miles, and iron furnaces will be built
this season. Prof. Hayden and others
estimate that from $4,000 to 65,O0O square
miles of MOntana's area are underlaid with
coal. Several of the measures are yielding
an excellent quality Of fuel. Lead ores
averaging Is per cent. lead and a portion of
silver are frequent.-Minin Press.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

heavily ongprices Of beef Afd mutton; but NJ
the same.t time, ii IL were not for the supplies
from America and Spain, meat would be =
luxury only within reach Of the moneyed
classes. lii this communication I have avoid
ed details, as later on | shall furnish instances
of misery, than which l do not believe hui
man nature in a civilized and Christianized
state ever endured anything more crushing.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

The California election takes place next
Wednesday, September Sd. Kalloch will
most likely be elected Mayor, but for all that
his followers can never make him an Honor
eble.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

With the wires down for the past two days
we have turned our attention principally to
home news, believing that full and fresh local
intelligence would be found more acce ptable
than editorial discussion of stale subjects.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

One of the most valuable mines of the
famous Leadville district is the "FAnnie
Barrett named after the eldest daughter of
the gentleman who edited the Helena hide
pendent, three years ago.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

Private advices received from Diamond
City report great excitement over recent dis
~coveries of rich gold placers in the Belt range
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

Her Natural Resources-Mineral. Agri-
euleral and Grazing-varied
d . Fortunes.
Latterly Montana, as a mining country, has
been retired to the background, and in this
respect hardly meets with full appreciation.
The causes for this though varied, have not
been peculiar to this Territory. idaho, and to
some extent others of her neighbers, have in
like manner been sufferers. Upon the
discovery of placers in this region a large
population rushed In, and proceedingto work
the diggings with the eager energy character
istic of the early placer miner, exhausted the
same with great rapidity. For the first eight
or ten years following the discovery of gold,
business of every kind was prosperous in
Montana. From almost no white population
at all the Territory came to number over 3O,-
900 inhabitant. Thrifty mining camps
sprung up every where, and several considera-
Bile towns were built at eligible sites, some OF
which have since grown into respectable
cities. Attracted by her fine grazing resources,
and the markets that existed for beef and the
products of the dairy, Stockmen from Nevada
and Texas drove their herds in by the
thousands. Numerous bands of horses We're
also taken in from California for pack and
draft service and the purposes of breeding.
Roads and bitches were constructed, fields
enclosed and cultivated, saw mills, -four mills,
and in due time, some quartz mills and other
reduction works were put up: these last
coming only after surface placers has been
pretty well depleted.
,,;mmas HIo,ton.,s Jiaso,,t;os hagon Isha
noId md s;ivar-ho.,;n oros ,ro,ysJ mora ~,
Hf ass raf,ctnrv Tahor w.s b;pb m,tar;o, of
aII Linds wos costly and tba con,trv without
skiIIad mot ,ln ro;sts and miners And so
tia hns;noss of w,nrL;nn The ciass If oras
salad ~ moat ornoo,at;nss and a~nor;onneJ
- st h,nI. o,uadSt ~ tta s.nI % tN;.h th;s
mo,tic,,Ia f,;I,,no ~ nonar, raont,om.
ado Iann,,;shad nrona,. snreo;ataJ ond
n m"u ,manH nao''Io p 'att nt9orpp ,s%;cb viii
oII i.r -, uJp r;oh,oss O.. .ho t;,"a ha;nm
nassed ,ndsr . cloud r ottar,v this cln'si
To- ho.nn -. Ia o.a 49, ~ ~,
l ra. vesun y ny aau tne pioSpo.ss - ~
tee.ro' oo' o'''o '"'' nv" Il" 'o'
n.. 49,, :. .ho ,,r
.unnoooh Su as ~ = ' nannnau ;, :" ne. hn 10 Ims "o a.,
appi .%.n p. ~ iiUau - nei n1iu..s ~
90" > VIC III Seal' .ne o'"A :. ~,
sasI n !. a. ense ae Mc !. aMi ~ - ~
Nv. Dc iu"e '"eIe"l'ei - IL "HL .a'e Us
eN.o"ueu ~ eon ~. ~ e nos' fp o;.a
. u.S anaH W." t .ne on."pIn.u anewhatt
SnaS ~" 1 .S:m Lille a...euS so 49,
:Ilniu,a'eu, ~ leceivea slea' unpe.as' .au
,Ms plopel.y ~ appiro'"'t' " iInpa.''"s nS"
itT w oVeiy o'nel ut"n.n vi uue.ie.S. it,.
- ~ iespectS I1ao:aa NAY JusG,s %hn
"uVantases over = .ei slsle! 1e!rl'o.,e.. my
cllnate 10 eAcelieh', CONSTRUCTING tn"' M me
country lies ABOVE the 4oth palaiiei. Inc
winters are not severe, nor are Tue summers
:A'.elnely no' !nere . hSVEl a'"en eno"
IN the Valleys tiioush IL lalls 10 a great
oeptn on the nlgner mountains, ahorailg
ple,ty on wafer LOT lrilgat'on III Ille summer,
anu aiso d SIeaG oeai oi propulsion ior
lhacnl"ely' WINE tne summers are uiy,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

At Memphis rapidly recurring incendary
fires are adding to the terror and gloom hang
ing as a cloud over thai unfortunate city.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02
Ferdinand de Lesseps will visit San Fran.
cisco when he comes to America this fall.

The pilgrimage to Lourdes numbers $500
this year, or twice as many as visited that
famous locality in 1878.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

As q corrective for the stride-a.' : rr All,
the painter Ingres recommended ! = Eng,
lish lady whom he met at Compile 9. r.
walk daily with q pitcher Of "
head. This exercise gives a true a.s~t"f
whole figure, neeessita'es an HfEk Ia
Of the head and a smooth. efm 50 so
xres' hint i new being acted NJ
papils OF m e.rineiit FreHei: ~ pr
pares young girls for tbs stage n q
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

To sum up. If De Young had killed Kali
loch and then committed suicide, how much
would the public have been loser thereby?
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-02

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, 1879-03-04

1t was something very like tic handwrit-
ing on the wall which met tho as.onishod
vision OF BELsHAzzAR that confronted tho
House OF Representatives on sunday. when
an old man roso IN tho gallery mud will,
clcar, aonorous yoico hurled malcdictiop at
the sabbath-brca]scrs below: "Tho wicked
shall bo cast into He'll, and all tho nations
TINT forgot Con. You aro ilIahonorine Con
today, and may Ho forgive you for It."
Warming up with his subject, tho pious old
thoologan commenced what promised to b.
very emphnt1o sermon on the goddess
character OF tho House, when tho Dooskeep-
or, man Of unregonerato heart, cut Tho
exhortation short OF by ruthlessly ejccting
tho JxnEar1Au out Of tho gallery. IIo Ind
got In l.is work, lowoyer. 1Io evidently
folt that ho bad dono his duty, and he was
probably the only man in that assomblaeo
who went away with clear conscience.
II the doctrines Of tho theologiaus bearing
npon tho observance Of the first day Of tho
week are correct: II tho teachings OF tho pull
pit In respect to tho uns-dny aro true, thon
tho old man stated unqucstionablo facts
which 1t is difficult to got round or not over,
Divesting tho occurrence Of its religious u.s.
poets, tho robuko was q pointed and nortnort
QUO. No ploa OF necessity can ha cntcrod
for tho yiolatiou. It wua mt neoaasarv ~
Oongross to havo boon In session. It did mt
advance or soouro any lmnortant 1eoufa,t,n
Il did not moet and ovorcomo INV thron,a,aa
dapger. There was no crisis go rrayo M n
warrant tic session, Nothing nj ali vn.
1t.,1su -.
ing Tint might not layo boon done veater,iov
without deinyfnr legitimate m,x;noss u A.,
not avert the danger. of nm artro ,os,,a.,
, 1879-03-04
JEFF DAVI8 AND THE SOUTH.

Tliora III something very curious about tho
uniformity with which the OK. .Uonfetlorates
rally about JErr DAv1s whenever his na,uo
comes up in public way, and tho oarucs.-
ness with which they defend him. This do.
votion would not DO remarkable, perhaps, II
DAVIS wcro HoIae Buoh man aa Tho decousod
LEE, tho military loader Of tho Ruhel'on, Or
Gen. JOE JOHNSTON, tho living hero of tho
War on the Rebel Hile; those mon had o.
hclal records mud personal attractions 10 in.
snre popular admiration likely to grow as
tho actual events Of tho War rocoaotl. Du.
DAVIS has no such qualities. Ilo is not tho
sort OF mum to mako strong personal attach.
menta. Since tho War ho has liyod lonely
lifo, and has been doaertod by friends exoept
whom llo has como before tho public from
time to time as the late President Of the lato
confodoracy to justify TINT conspiracy
against tho Union. I1e is not at all
popular among tho masses Of tho South.
or1l whites, q large portion Of whom
believe TINT tho fate OF tho Conseleraoy
would hayo been worry different frou,
what 1t was II 1t lad boon in moro comnatent
hands. His anR abdication from powcr.
when ho deserted Tho Southern, Capital and
dod in tho diaeuise Of woman, Us II his feaar
of'personal danger had takon the place Of all
othor thoughts, was certainly not calcnlatod
to tnoreaso tie respect aud admiration of a
chlyalrio people. In spite OF oil this, how.
over, any attack aimed ut JEYy DAVIS brings
out fierce resentment from tho most con-
saryatlva Of the ex.Oonfolerataa 6o,ne Of
, 1879-03-04
NATIONAL WEALTH IN 1880.


Tho impression exists In somo circles and
it i8 now gravely asserted that the returns Of
tho CENSUS of 1890 will show that tho prop
erty In the United states at TINT timo will
have less aggregate value than was shown
by the census Of 1870. Tho valuations of
previous periods haso been given
3s;;0. 3a,0 .......'.'....... ..."..s 1a5, 7so ass
iH70. -, 80. ttiS 1aS S SS2
Taese figures, how ever, require cxplann-
tion. The consua of 1860 was not thor
ough one; thnt Of 1860 was much bettar.
but still not aascompleto as that of 1870
while tho Inter VIVA taken ut q period whom
tho currency was largely depreciated and
valuea wero in tho full hight Of speculation
It is now claimod that tho ageropato notional
wealth will not have as groat /. ya1uo in 1880
as It had In 1870, and that this ia to be
attributed 10 the skrinkago Of values sinco
1870. Tho annihilation Of slayo proportv.
vo1ned Mt ~. .6f{l. nm nm too1, n1oco bot,v,a,,