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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-08-05

The sad, sudden death of Henry
Clay Miller loses to the city one Of
her most active, clear. headed, ensr.
getic merchants. Although young
man, Mr.. Miller was recognized
force in the community, and the dry.
goods house of which he was the head
was widely known for the enterprise
Of it's conduct and the magnitude Of
its transactions. Mr.. Miller was a
man Of strong public spirit, and en-.
tered INTO everything that interested
him with a spirit and energy that
were always eiT:ctual. The,e was \
dash and vim about his business meth
DDS that were more in the Western
style than the slow-going, exclusive
ways with which our business men are
popularity credited, and his loas ID
thus the heavier, inasmuch rs it is a
subtraction from the forces Of the
community on points where the lack
WAS greatest Bulto. Amrrica".
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-08-05
General News.

The population of York is 1870, a
cain Of 1916 since 1870.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-08-05

Soldiers Understandings the AL
leghany MoR-that Antietam was
one Of the illustrious battles Of the
war, and one OF the most important
of the national Victories and so the
Grand Army men encamped at Get
tysburg paid their homage to it, by
going over there on Tuesday. 1t has
not been the habit to say much OF
Antietam Of late, but those who recall
the 18th Of September, 1862, will re-
member how it lifted the Union cause
out Of the depths into which it had
been plunged by the Second Bull Run
and Pope's headquarters in the
saddle" campaign, in August Of that
year. That battle will shine in histo.
ny when the party pettiness that
tries to obscure and even ignore it
will have vanished out Of sight.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-08-05

One Of the most grotesqne of the
many grotesque performances Of Re-
publican organs since the campaign
opened is the effort to prove that Gen.
Hancock was q Confederate at heart
throughout the war. Our Stalwa't
contemporaries, however, seem to
have overlooked the rather imror-
tant fact that it is first necessary to
prove that the battle Of Gettysburg
was never fought at ALL gazette.
Secretary Sherman left Washing
ton yesterday for New York TO be
present at the conference Of leading
Republicans, which will occur in that
city to-day.
The Democratic papers are printing
y dreadfully cute thing in this form:
W,Sr1rID Sect IT..SSrr""cK
The Republican papers owe it to
themselves to set up something equal
ly powerful to offset that; something
like this, for example:
! AMI sNr" a n 1"sa 1 ,M,!F'D
There is no hing like running the
camraipn on the basis Of principle.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

New York Times: 1t is gravely proposed
to set up a territorial government fo- Alaska,
the same being provided with all machinery
required by a populous region. The bill for
this purpose just completed by the House
committee on territories contemplates a gov
ernor, Secretary of the territory, and other
functionaIies, five courts and a delegate to
Congress. The total white population of
Alaska is about two hundred and fifty and
for the purpose of a political illustration the
number of voters is usually put down at ff-
teen. To give this handful Of people a COVER
nor, and representative in Congress to say
nothing of the courts, would be a farce Of the
broadest kind. The bill of the committee on
territories might very properly be called a bill
to create official sinecures. The real motive
of the promoters of this grotesque scheme has
not yet been made known but there IS every
reason to suppose that somebody is looking
out for an opportunity to get a living at the
expense of the United States government.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Ex-Gov. Smythe, of New Hampshire, sees
blood ahead in the Presidential contest, and
wants Grant to check the e~ftusion. He says :
81 am for Grant because l think lie is the only
man that can be seated. We are going to
elect our nominee, whoever he may be, but
the Democrats will count HIN out unless
they are afraid of him. Grant is the only
man in the United States they are afraid of.
They know he could call half a million men
around him by raising his little finger. If we
can't elect Grant. not one of lis will live to
see another Republican President in the
White House." Smythe's assertions are all
false except the last sentence. If, in the
event of Grants nomination, the Democratic
candidate should be elected, there is every
reason to believe that the people of this coun-
try would be so well satisfied with the new
rule, that the Republican organization would
find an early grave, so that Ex-Governor
Smith, of New Hampshire, without being
aware of it, stated a fact that which is patent
to all thinking men. The people of the
United States would take good care never to
elect another Republican President.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

The New York Herald, in deploring the
vast prevalence of divorce in all our States,
remarks THE most superficial student
of social economy must admit that something
is wrong in a system or condition of things
which presents such disqualification. The
great and immediate cause of it here is un-
doubtedly the frivolous education Of both sexes
and tie levity with which they are taught to
regard the marriage relation. The s~anctity
of the latter has to 4 great extent been worn
away by the incessant a%ttrjtion Of our ner-
vous and hurrying life, which demands re-
lief in variety and novelty rather than in the
more sedale pleasures of the quiet tireside of
the Old fashioned Anglo-Saxon " home"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

LONDON, March 24.-The Queen, in a
speech to-day p%roroguing Parliament, says
she is induced by considerations of public
policy and convenience to select this period
of the session tor releasing Parliament from
it's duties with a view to its immediate disso-
luton and an issue of writs for a general
election. Her Majesty says her foreign rela-
tons are favorable to the maintenance of peace
in Europe and expressive of confidence in a
speedy settlement of affairs in Afghanistan.
Referring to measures for the relief of distress
in Ireland, she says she trusts they will be
accepted by her Irish subjects as a proof Of
the ready sympathy of the Imperial Parlia-
ment. Her Majesty pays tribute to the high
spirit with whicl, the agricultural classes have
contended against disasters, and concludes
with invoking divine guidance in the ap-
preaching election.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Inter- Ocean An immense emigration is
in progress for the WesternS States and terrific
ries. There are millions of fertile acres, and
what they need is capital and willing hands
to work. The disposition to get away from
towns and cities and engage in agricultural
pursuits is a most hopeful indication. In
every disaster and period of peril the nation
has to drop back upon the producers as its
chief source of strength. A State whose acres
are dotted thick with homes owned by intel
ligent occupants, is a giant capable of any
achievement in the interests of humanity. A
nation made up of such States can look the
world in the face without a fear.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
CuDital Notes.

New YORK, March 23.-The HeTdld'S
Washington special says: A movement OH
foot to have Grant withdraw from the candi-
dacy is reported. Cameron and those acting
with him have resolved to adopt Senator
Edmonds as a candidate.
Those who know the Utes say that the
agreement submitted by their chiefs and head
men will be accepted by the tribe, but that if
Congress attempts to change it SO as to fix a
greater responsibility on the Indians, it may
be difficult to secure their acceptance and the
would cost several millions of dollars would
have to be put down.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
EASTERN INTEREST IN MINING.

We yesterday received letters from the New
York Epening Express and Commercial Bui
letin requesting an exchange and stating the
intention of the editors of those papers to
open a department devoted to mining intelli-
gence. We refer to the matter merely to
show the development Of the mining boom
in the great money center Of the East, and
because it is particularly gratifying to know
that the attention of capital is being directed
towards this Territory. With one or two ex-
ceptiens all the leading New York dalies are
devoting a column in each issue to mining
news, and though from Ignorance as to the
geography Of the western country, they are
led into frequent inaccuracies, the informa
ton furnished to eastern men interested in
mining is invaluable, as it will prove Of
material assistance to those who desire to
keep posted on properties in which they are
interested or who desire to select som prom
Using district in which to invest their capital.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
BlncklMail.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Hill
and a friend has filed afidavits that Jessie
Raymond was totally unknown to Hill, and
had no claim on him ; was attempting to
extort money by annoyance and threats to
kill ; that he believes the latter may be dan
gerous, asserting that she is an abandoned
character and requests the police to take
action in the matter. His friend (Smalls)
testified that Jessie had said she would have
five hundred dollars or Hills life, if she hung
for it.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

The British Parliament that is announced 10
dissolve to-day, with the exception Of two, has
lasted longer than any Parliament since the
first of George Ill. The Parliament of 1920
20 was in existence six years, one month and
six days, whereas the present will have lived
SIX years and eighteen days-a much longer
time than it was expected to last when Bea-
constield, then Benjamin Disraeli, was made
prime minister. 1t is thought the new Par
lament will assemble in May.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Mining experts get another set back by the
collapse OF the Little Pittsburg. Prior to the
sale of this mine, and about the time it was
capitalized and placed on the market, a re-
port was made by several "experts, among
them Rosilor W. Raymond,-in which it was
represented that there were five millions i'll
sight" Since then but W millions have
been taken out. 1t is now clear that Mr..
RAYMOND did not know what he was talking
about. or else he referred to ore in sight that
would not pay the expense of working and
so misled the intending purchasers.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Ner York Mail: Among those interest
ing themselves in the mines of Southeastern
Montana and Northern Wyoming, are Jay
Cooke, Frank Thompson and Alexander Ma
iors. They are members of a syndicate of
twenty-five or more Eastern Capitalists and
operators. Clarke's Fork, a branch of the
Yellowstone, has attracted their attention.
The property of the Eastern Montana Mining
and Smelling Co., with nine claims, ETC., has
been purchased.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

The Herald is not often regarded as q
humorous newspaper; generally speaking it
seems destitute of ordinary vitality. Its edi-
tor Is a very corpse-like individual, and is
never comical except when he tries to be
serious. As Dryden wrote Of Shadwell:
His tragic muse gives smiles his comic, sleep.
Some time ago the MINER took occasion TO
state that Blaine is an INSCRIPTIONS politician
of the machine order, and that he was getting
the boom and Grant the votes. The Herald
editor, it seems, has a direct personal and
family interest in the Maine Senator,
whose candidacy he warmly advocates,
and at once took ofense at our statement that
if a Republican convention were called, the
delegate from this Territory would be in.
structed for Grant. The Herald cheerfullJ
observes ITO what desperate shifts the
small coterie of third term pushers in Montana
are put to inject the appearance of vitality
into their canvass, is shown by the hired worl
Of a brace of Bourbon prints-the Independ
emit and MINER-whose services are enliste.
to assail the chief competitor OF Genera
Grant. The bargain Is
shameless one. 1t is a swap OF vlrtue-Dem
ocratic virtue-for Republican '~vittals,' ant
Just which side gets the worst of the trade !
is difficult TO determine"
This is really amusing, for, though tn
writer OF this elegant paragraph probabi.
imagined it very caistic and severe, intelligen
people regard it as one of the most mirtl
provoking plsasantries published in our debil
itated cotem. for several months past.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

New York Nail: A Montana correspon-
dent writes that Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S report
credits Montana with only $3,629,O2O as its
product of gold and silver for 1879. Well
informed Judges deem this estimate too low
by about 100000. Some even place Monta-
mas product of precious metals at S4,75O,ooo
for 1870. The utter absence of all legislative
enactnents requiring a carefully kept record
of the gold and silver produc in this territory,
prevents an accurate estimate.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

From the tone of Republican journals it is
evident that they entertain a consuming fear
of Samuel j. Tilden.. as a Democratic candi-
date. For a long time they affected to scout
him simply as a political corpse, but, as the
time for the Presidential contest approaches,
they are beginning to realize that he is one of
the ~liveliest corpses in the political grave
yard, and that his resurrection is beyond dis
pute an accomplished fact.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
Wise Charity.

New YORK, March 23.-The Erie express
which left here tonight had a special car at
tached filled with a party of emigrants, sent
by Whitelaw Reid, to homes in the West.
There are some ninety-seven children and
sixteen adults. The children are unaccom-
panied by parents, and will go to Burlington,
Kansas, where homes will be procured for
them in the families of neighboring farmers.
The adults will 60 to different places in the
West where there are fair prospects of success
IN life.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
Grant Safe.

GALVESTON, March 23.-There was much
rejoicing and considerable excitement at the
wharf when the City of Mexico entered the
harbor and the Grant party disembarked.
Deafening cheers from the shores and shipping
and military salutes from the battery added
to the welcome. The mayor and city officials
and General Ord's force formed a procession
in which nearly all the societies of the city
Joined. There was a reception at the hotel
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

The Eureka Sentinel is sarcastic as well as
d~isloyal, when it says of Sharon's speech in
you are on top. That speech will do the
business. Your reelection is assured. You
are the only Nevada member who has opened
his potato-trap in four years. Your work is
grand: your record the most brilliant that has
been achieved by any Teller from this coast in
a coon's age. We hail you we congratulate
you; we crow you boss of the situation.
Bring out the bands along the line Of march !"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
SENSATION.

The startling news was received by tele-
graph yesterday that the steamer on which
General Grant is sailing from Mexico to the
United States is over due, and that owing to
the severe storm now raging in the gulf, and
which is known to have wrecked several YES
sells, there is a strong probability that the ex-
President has met All untimely death. The
death of the illustrious soldier and honored
citizen would certainly be a national calamity
the magnitude and results of which it is diff
cult to conceive. However, there appears to
be little ground for. the apprehension. The
vessel, which the General is a passenger is in
every respect sea-worthy, and it is now more
than probable that the commanding officer,
careful of his charge, has determined to re-
main at sea one day longer rather than to
face the dangers consequent upon the too
near approach to the coast during the storm.
The mere fact that the vessel is one day over
due is not alarming. 1t would be indeed
strange if after a life long military career
during which he has faced the lannon's
mouth a hundred times, and stood unhurt
amidst a shower of lead, and after safely
making a journey around the globe of over
twenty-five thousand miles, General Grant
should meet his fate during a voyage Of a few
leagues across the Gulf of Mexico.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

A dispatch received yesterday states that
Grant, about whose safety so much apprehen.
sion has lately been expressed, has arrived
safe at Galveston, Texas. Thus is the
Grant boom kept alive. Had lie known
enough to stay away, leaving the people in
doubt as to his fate, until a few days before
the Chicago convention, he would have been
nominated with a whoop and hurrah.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
Six Presidents and one presidential usurper

Six Presidents and one presidential usurper
were ~inaugurated on other days than the
customary 18th of March. They were: George
Washington, April 80, 1850 James Monroe,
second term, March 5, 1921; John Tyler,
April 6, 1s41 Zachary Taylor, March 3, 1s49
Willard Fillmore, July 10, 1850 Andrew
johnson, April 10, 1865 R. B. Hayes, March
3. 1877.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Jay Gould has ordered the construction of
the Ogden and Oregon road (broad guage)
fifty miles of which is to be completed this
year. The Utah and Northern is to have a
third rail to the vicinity of Brigham City,
whence the road takes a westerly direc.
ton via Blue Creek and the low divide Of
Marsh Basin.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

A California Circuit Court has decid-
ed a habeas corpus case involving the validity
of the law recently enacted forbidding the
employment of Chinese by corporations. The
Court holds the law to be unconstitutional.
The case will probably be taken to the United
States Supreme Court, Ben Butler having an
nounccd his willingness to manage the case
for the people.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

CHICAGO, March 23.-The Times CALVES
ton special says Gen. Frisbie, the exten-
siye miner of Mexico, who came up with
Grant, says the General told him he hoped
the Republicans wouldn't nominate him, but
Frisbie says Grant is a candidate in the hope
of bettering his civil recor
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
3ntte 2seeelp 9liner.
TUESDAY, MARCH 80, 1880.

Up to yesterday at two O'Clock no definite
news had been received of the steamer City
of Mexico on which General Grant is a pas
senger, though the storm on the gulf is said
to have abated. The wire was down yester-
day south of Helena so thai no further intelli-
cence could be obtained.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

In January and February 1851 immi
grants arrived at Castle Garden, which is
more than double. the number in any equal
period since 1873, when the total was 12,137
Mr.. Jackson predicts that the Irish famine
and German CONSUMPTION will increase imml-
grafton this year to nearly double what it was
last wear.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

lsen York Times The position which the
President and Congress seem disposed to take
on the canal is not, so faras yet appears, called
for by any consideration CT the protection OF
our Interests, and it is one which, if put to the
test, can only be maintained by force, with
the law of nations and the opinion OF the
world against us.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

ELMIRA, N. Y, March 24.-At Lawrence
willie. Pa, Sidney Green killed his wife, and
being pursued, shot himself dead. His wife
had only recently returned from the West.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

New York World i: The fact that Mr.. Bay
ard is the u%ndoubted favorite to-day of the
Democracy in all the States which the De-
mocracy have a reasonable char ce of carrying
in November, 1880, while he IS denounced
by the Democratic politicians of the States
which the Democracy cannot expect to carry
in 1850, stares every one full in the face!
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30
Iobn sherman misses no opportunily,in tie

John Sherman misses no op%portunily,in tie
management of the finances of the country,
to enormously enrich his i~ayorites among the
great bankers, and thereby also himself. He
has in all the large cities one or more favofite
national bank, in which he places great
sums of Go, eminent money on which they
can operate.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

W~AsHISGToS, March 23.-There is getting
TO be a good deal of public feeling about Jes-
sic Raymond and tile feeling is that Hill
should either provide for her Or have her
arrested AID prove Ter an imposser.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

Having added all necessary apparatus for the
manufacture of Beer in large quantities, we are
prepared to supply ali demands. With inn
proved apparatus, the most skilled workmen,
and the best article of barley grown in the
world, there is no question about our peer oelhs
as good as that made in any par: of Montana,
or even the East rn states.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-11-13
Servants in Germany.

ONE reason why German servants do
their work SO Systematically and
thoroughly is that washing day comes
but once month, and then is done by
extra help hired for the occasion. On
Monday of the week devoted to this
work, the women come and make
preparations. The clothes are care
fully assorted; the wood laid ready for
lighting under the great boiler in the
wash-house, and every tun, hogshead,
etc, filed with water. The water is
pumped laboriously, and brought from
some distance in cumbrous buckets.
The carriers wear upon their shoulders
for this purpose heavy wooden Jokes.
like ox-yokes. with chain and hook at
each end, to which the full buckets are
attached. The next morning at three
O'Clock they are at work, as busy as
bees, and out-chattering the swallows
in the IVY which grows about the wash
house caves. Wash-boards, those in
struments of destruction, are unknown,
all rubbing being done between their
horny knuck.es. The ironing is done
in Germany by means of a mangle.
where possible, and the clothes are
beautifully smooth and clean. BY this
admirable system of .'doing the wash
ing" the family peace remains I'M
disturbed.