The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
last night. The other child is very sick.
has been raining since noon.


the Stockholders of the National Gold Bank
and Trust Company to-day it was decided to
60 into liquidation. The report of the COM
1nittee app inted to examine its affairs showed
that the capital had become impaired by the
loose manner OF doing business for which the
officers We're censured. 1t was also shown
that The ba k had never fully recovered from
tile disaster of 1875.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Prottssor Francis
A. Walker, Sulerini en'ient Of the Census, is
hard at work, surrounded by a dozen or more
clerks, making Preparations for liking the
census of 1850. The census year began on
the lst of July last. and will end on the 3Oth
Of June next, aud this year will he devoted
to preparation, until June LIST next, when the
actual work of ennileraling the number OF
inhabitants will commence. Professor Walker
wants as accurate a photograph of the couil-
tly's population ion that ,lav as can be OBJ
tanned, and the work Of the enumeratOrs will
be as nearF simultaneous as possible, so that
nobody shall escape being counted as a citi-
zen of, this glorious Republic. In the cities,
where the people are moving, the men will
work rapidly, aud the districts will be made
so small that they may he completed in q
very few days, but in the country, where the
population is regular in its movements, two
or three weeks will ne allowed to Il district.
When Congress meets in September the
President will submit to the Senate a list Of
$50 supervisors of tue census. who are to be.
chosen by Professor Walker for their especial
fitness, and who are TO have charge of the $50
districts into which the United States are to
be divided. New York is to have eleven OF
the $50; fenn,ylyana, ten Ohio and Illinois
eight each. Professor Walker is now engaged
il, dividing the country in this way, and is in
communication with Governnrs Of States,
congressman, Mayors of cities, and others,
with view Of obtaining information. As
seon as the district boundaries are settled up
on, the work OF selecting the supervisors will
commence, which will be one of importance,
as the duties, to be performed properly, will
require not only a man OF executive ability,
but one WHO has general information, per-
sonal acquaintance with the manufacturing
and productions of his section, and familiar
ity with statistics. The selection of Gunner
ators will then be taken up, and men be ap
pointed to look after the particular industries
who are most familiar with those industries.
Experts will be obtained as far as possible.
Pamphlets of instruct ions to the cnumeratorS
are now being prepared, so as to be ready al
the time of the appointment of the superys-
ors. +. II. Wines, of the Illinois State Board
| of Charities, will have charge of the inquiries
respecting charitable and reformatory insti-
| tutions. Some prominent physician will be
| selected to direct the inveSti CATION into NOR
| tality and hygitnic statistics. And The inYu-
| ries into agriculture and manufacture will be
conducted by experts in these subjects.
| Large numbers of applications are coming
| in for employment, but Professor Walker
says he shall seek men for these positions,
ard not regard applications in any way what
| ever.
New York, Sept. 1.-The Worlds Ottawa
| special gives an intelligent and concise ac-
| # nf hn elf nf n
dams and the movements for the relief OF
suffering and suppression Of the threatened
| revolt from one end of the country to the
other. They are suffering from buffalo fam
| inc and the region is so vast and geuulrly so
difficult Of access that 1t is impossible for the
government to meet the demand for provis-
| ions. Great quantities of food have been
| distributed by Lieut.. .-Governor Laird at Bat
tletnr,i and Montreal. The Police have left
nothing undonc to relieve the wants Of the
| sufferers. Disafieclon of the tribe on account
of the disappearance of buffalo and invasion
of American Sioux and other Indians is
| widespread. How far westward and north
ward 1t has penetrated it is impossible to say.
Batileford lies three hundred miles north OF
Big Bears territory yet the bad feeling is as
! rife there Us in his own camp, and il is be-
lieved the Indians in Northern and uabas.
districts have been tampercd with. The
number of indians in the northwest is csti-
| mated at forty Thousand and across the Rocky
Mountains in British Columbia thirIy-siX
Thousand more. TO these add tue to tive
Sioux and NeZ Pcrces bands and the tota! il,
population between lake Manitoba and the
Pacific ocean is not far short of ninety thou
sand. Arms and equipments for the new
force Colonel Smith will organize were dis.
patched from here to lIattletnrd some tim,
ago and stores are being forwarded from
Winnepey The six companies will music!
$50 rank and file winch, with the Mounted
Police, vii; bring the available fighting
strength at the disposal Of the government uT
to nine hundred men. In case the outbreak
should prove serious the government will'ol.
ganize an expedition similar to the Canadian
Contingent whiri, accompanied Wadsley and
the Imperial troops to Fort Garry in 20.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1.-The official vote OF
Kentucky for Governor is as follows: Black
burn, dem, l25.7G9; Evans, rep, Sl,ss2
Cook, greenback, 1895. Blackburn's major.
ity, 4a.9i7. The Democratic majority fou,
years ago for Governor was 3G. ISL.
WASHINGTON, Sept l.-Revenue Agent
Latham writes from Alabama that two wit
ncsscs for the Government against .'moon.
sinners were whipped recently almost t,
death aud compelled TO leave DE kalb county
and that in Mercer county an armed band OF
dstillers and their sympathizis compelled a
United States Commissioner, u Deputy Mar
shall and two deputy collectors to leave The
county, but the party being reinforced re
turned. The Illicit distlIci, Of the De Kali
county region co:upell all persons VIII" vis
them to work fer :: TIM" thus making accom-
plices Of any one who otherwise cnU'a he
wiinHss for the G,Ner:,mcn.
CHICAGO. sept. l.--hldsr EarntGni tu-,li,
delivered /, decision to the rrcI that the l.lil
iia law rnHc'rd by the last state LeTisl' 'iurt