The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-09-14
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Smiler Colfax has made q little fortune
this year in the rise of North Pacific bonds
The suicidal mania has reached our equine
friends. Recently at Natick, N. w., a horse
walked up to the watering trough and thrust
his head under water, where he held it until
he was drowned.
Up to date 40 duels have been fought in
France this year, and no one killed. The
other day one duel was fought at Salt Lake
City and two men killed. They "manage
those things better in France"
Society journals of the east contradict the
rumor that Mrs. Gov. Sprague is seeking a
divorce from her husband. Nothing OF the
kind has been undertaken, and instead of a
legal separation a happy family reunion at an
early date is probable.
"The Great Living Men Of Our Country
is the title of a new biographical dictionary
to be published within a few weeks by Lip
pincott, of Philadelphia. Tit work is said
to be one of merit and of great value TO ed
itors and others with whom a knowledge of
contemporary biography is necessary.
Wisconsin man who left home when not
| fully convalescent from a long siege OF the
ague, experienced a relapse OF the disease
after he arrived in Butte. But the attack was
very light, and the invalid has a decidedly
contemptuous opinion Of Montana ague. He
says it is no great shakes when compared
with the original article as GUN in the
Badger state.
Among the many prominent republicans
who have broken ranks and left the republi
can party in order to support Hancock is Gen.
Sigel, the distinguished German soldier who
wonforhimselt a national reputa lion war
of the rebellion. He says: 81 have always
been with the republicans heretofore, but l
cannot 90 Garfield" And there are tens of
thousands of other American citizens, men
whose actions have always been guided by
principles of honor, who cannot ego" the
hero of the DeGolyer and Credit Mobilier
frauds.
The Republican Territorial Convention
will be held in Helena on Monday, the 18th
inst, for the purpose of nominating a candi-
date for delegate to congress, councilmen and
district attorneys, etc. Two years ago the
republicans made no nomination for delegate
entering the contest with a headless ticket,
which offered advantages so superior IN the
way of swapping that they did manage to get
away with a county office occasionally. En-
boldened by their success they will this year
hazard a nomination for congress-, a step sure
to draw closely the party lines in voting for
county officers, and as a consequence OF this
claiming of au ell where the crawling policy
might possibly haye got away with all inch.
the republican nominees from delegate tc
constable will fail to get there.
The New York Times revives the old tile
'Beast Butler" because the doughty BeI
does not choose to support Garfield, the
Times idol of the hour. If the Times will
TAXI the trouble of consulting It's own files
i: will find that no longer ago than 1873 il
spoke in the following terms Of James A
Presidency:
In order to save a few Republicans, Gar
field and the rest, is it worth while to run the
risk OF running the Republican party?
Messrs. Kelly and Garfield present a dis
Credit Mobilier affair is complicated by thu
most unfortunate contradiction Oftestimony
In this connection it may as we'll be re
membered that not a single Republican news
paper has yet repudiated or recanted its judg
ment Oh Garfield pronounced in '73.
A curiosity of literature is the Cosmos, tn
great work which its author the illustriou
Won Humboldt managed to complete with
out the word God" once appearing ali.
where in its pages. A performance some
what akin to this of Humbolt's has latel
been reported from Cincinnati where Secre
tary Sherman recently delivered himself of
lengthy campaign speech advocating the cleo
ton of Garfield and Arthur, while the nam
of the latter gentleman was not pronounce'
even once in the course of the whole harangue
Honest John was probably induced to main
tain this discreet silence by the consideration
that any eulogistic mention of Arthur woul
very likely have elected from the crowd
forcible reminder to the effect that this wa
the self-same Arthu. whom he had remove'
from the post of New ork port collector
ship about a year and a half ago Gin o:de
that the office might be honestly administer
ed"
In California the democratic strength
gaining and growing from day to day, es
pecially since the practical resolution of tn
workingrnen's party into its original elements
Writing recently of the political indications
a prominent lawyer Of Sacramento not onl
describes the desertion of their old party b
the renuhlicanS. but gives the names of Sey