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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

The information contained ina Washing
ton special to the Chicago Inter-Oceau will
occasion some surprise in Montana. 1t was
generally supposed that E. j. ConGer, who
has been appointed by the President to Il dis
trict judgeship in this Territory was intended
to succeed Judge Blake, whose removal has
lately been agitated. The Intc-OteGn dis
patch, however, states that Conger las been
appointed Chief Justice. in which case Judge
Wade is the official who suffers decapitatiou.
We are inclined to doubt the correctness OF
The Chicago pspor's Information, but as there
is no doubt "fHDnyr2'S appointment either as
-AsSoclate OF Chief Justice, we suhjoln the
following facts relating to his personal his
tory
The new appoiMtee i Il brother of Con-
through II 2 war as tolone! Of a regiment of
independent cavalry, acting under the imnc-
diate orders Of Secretary Stanton, responsible
to no one else, and vas kept employed in skir-
misling abound the borders of Virginia and
Maryland. often meeting Mosby's ~guerillas in
some of their raids. He was several times
badly wounded. At tie fall of Richmond
he resigned, and went to New York. The
night Lincoln was killed Secretary Stan-
tom telegiaphed him from Washington to
come there at once, which he did, and was
put in command Of a company of cavalry to
find the assassin, being selected for this duty
because of his peculiar capacity for it, and
the fact that lie was familiar with every acre
of country around Washington.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

\ London dispatch dated JANUARY 18th,
gives some idea of the distress prevailing in
the Emerald Isle and emphasizes the necessity
Of extending every assistance within our
power. As prominent citizens of Butte are
now engaged in soliciting subscriptions to
alleviate The distress. the information may be
timely. The dispatch says: AT the Cabinet
council to-day it is believed Irish affairs will
come in for a large share of attention. All
accounts agree that the situation in The dis
tressed districts is becoming extremely cliti-
cal. A Cork correspondent says sixty able
bodied men with their families were yesterday
admitted to Ghe Killarney work house. A
woman applied for admission on Tuesday
with her children, one OF whom was dead in
Eer arms from hunger and exposure, The
woman having walked 4 distance of forty
miles. The mayors Of Sheffield and Brighton
and other towns have opened relief subScrip-
tions, but tie universal opinion is that private
relief can not cope with the distress. Gov
eminent PLAYS for meeting ii will probably be
determined to-day.
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While we are heartily in sympathy with
our Helena friends in the execution of any
plan to save the capital city of Montana from
the torch of the ~incendiary, and while the
inhabitants of Butte would give willing as
sistance in Furnishing any men found guilty OF
larboring so dastardly a project as the des-
truction OF a whole town by fire, we never
theless feel justified in entering a protest
against the expulsion from that city of hard
characters who may be suspected of a purpose
to fire the town. The protective committee
of Helena must be fully aware that nine
tenths of the roughs who are driven from the
confines of that city direct their footsteps
towards Butte, which is rapidly becoming the
forced RENDEZVOUS for all the criminals of the
Territory.
.Asstated in another column, a iEan was re-
Gently arrested at Boulder for some offense
committed in Helena, and On his return
to that place, accompanied hy the officers, he
turned States evidence duplicating half a
dozen men in the commission of various
crimes and especially in the plot to burn the
town. 1t is therefore in order to inquire
why were these parties not arrested, tried,
and, on the evidence of the man who
.'squealed," punished for the various crimes
they have recently committed and the great
one for which they have lately been making
preparations.
Instead, however, of resorting to the court
of law as a prior remedy for the threatened
crime, for apparently it would have been an
easy matter to convict the parties NE med, our
Helena friends had ready recourse to the Wig
~ilantes' organization, and half "A dozen danger
Gus characters were ordered to leave the
town. We respectfully submit that property
is fully as valuable in Butte as in Helena, and
that there is no Justice in forcing one city to
harbor all the criminals in the Territory sim
ply because it has no vigilantes society.
But to point the n, rral: 1t will be remembered
that at the time the removal of the Ute In
dians from Colorado was being actively dis
c.lssed il Congress, the Helena daiiies, IN
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27
Fish Killed by lightning.

A curious incident of the whole of the oc
cupants of a small fish pond bein- destroyed
by a fash of lightning is reported from Seek,
Grand Duchv of Nassau. The Nessduer
Bote states that during a heavy thunder and
hail storm at night a flash of lightning struck
a small pond, well stocked with various kinds
of fish, the property Of the pastor of the
parish. The following morning the whole
number of fish were dis oyered dead upon
the surface Of the water. They had all the
appearance of having been half boiled, and
crumbled to pieces at the least touch, just as
is the case with fish after being boiled.
Neither any external nor internal injury could
he observed, the scales being intact and swim
ming bladder filed and well preserved. The
water in the pond was still muddy and dnii
the mornin. after the stOris, It's n Tie light
ming had anlE then struck it,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

\ correspondent writing from Monterey
says that at low tide the timber of a sunken
ship may be seen-The wreck of the brig
'Natalia"--the identical ship on which
Napoleon the Great made his escape from the
Island of Elba to the shores of France, lust
before the final collapse of his empire Oh the
field of Waterloo. The "Natalia' has "A local
history of some interest. She brought to the
shores of California, in 1894, the colony of
Hiias, from their home government of Mexico.
which was 10 be settled on the frontier of
Sononia county, as it was then called. Tn,
colony came as far as Spnona. did not like the
prospect ami returned to Monterey. They
came with the expectation Of taking posses
sion of the property Of tie missions which hal
been lately sPrulaiiZ -d good snug u loba
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North Vest, which might certainly be ex-
pected to advance every reason if any existed,
wlythe petition should not be granted, said
scarcely a word in opposition to the courts
removal. This silence Of the Deer Lodge
paper, which ordinarily is quick to defend
the interests of the county seat, was generally
construed as Il tacit acknowledgment that nc
reasonable objections could be offered to the
expected order assigning two terms OF the
court to Butte. We were pleased to note that
the editor of the New North Vest Is a gentle
man Of too much principle to engage in
defending the present assignment, which his
conceded Intelligence convinces him is un-
Just and unnecessarily expensive.
Inasmuch, therefore, as there was no oppo-
sitfon from our Deer Lodge cotem., and as
the arguments submitted from Butte were
u~nanswerablc, it was generally supposed that
the petition would be favorably considered
and that the Supreme Court would cntitle
itself to the gratitude and respect of this COM
munity by assigning the court as requested.
But what action did that honorable body take
in reference to the matter? The petition
was contemptuously ignored. We much
question whether it received a reading. 1t
certainly did not receive that amount of con
sideiation to which its Importance entitled it,
for otherwise it would have been granted.
We would respectfully inquire what DISPOSE
ton was made of the document, aud if the
judges refused to consider it favorablv, what
ra,Sn,,S in1nnnool thoir r,,i imam uo u-nr1J
inquire if the advice Of a certain prominent
attorney Of Helena Vas instrum entail in caus-
ing the petition to be ignored, and if so, what
right had lie to interfere with affairs that did
not concern him. The petition was a public
one signed by all the leading business men OF
the most important tow in the Territory, but
not only was it not granted, but the honorable
court neglected. as far as can be ascertaincd.
to assign any reasons for refusing favorable
action, AMI did not even condesccnd to make
a reply Of any kind. 1t certainly cannot
be argued that the SNpreme Court has nc
jurisdiction in the matter. \ section of the
organic act regulating the assignment of tllS
district courts, says:
SEC. 4. and &c i FURTHER enacted, That
the judges of the Supreme Court of said
Territory. or a majority Of them, shall, when
assembled at the seat Of government of said
territory, define the Judicial districts of said
Territory, and assign the judges who may be
appointed to said Territory to the several dis
~tricts, and shall also fix and appoint tho
times and places for holding the courts in the
several counties or subdivisions in each OF
said judicial districts. and alter the times and
places OF holding the courts as to them shall
seem proper and convenient, but not less than
two terms shall be held at each place Of hold
ing court each year.
1t thus appears that the Supreme Court has
absolute power to designate the places for
holding the district courts, so thai no reason
able excuse can be offered for the refusal TO
grant tie petition.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The House mill
tary committee finally agreed this morning
upon Bags bill restoring Fitz John Porter,
after materially amending it from the shape
it was left in at their meeting on Saturday.
The bill, as amended, gives Gen. Porter the
pay of major general from January rs, 1862,
to September list, 1866, and of colonel from
that date to the present day. 1t is roughly
estimated that this allowance for arrears OF
pay amounts to between $4,000 and 100000,
and is in lieu of S75,0 600 as first proposed.
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quarters, with fat cattle onsthe surrot
plain--and not to found a town in the \
ness, though that wilderness, rich in its
beauty, hlossomed like agarden of rose,
Antonio de Farlas was abandoned
General Vallejo laid out the town of So
The mission had prcviouslyjbeen found
the act of secularization of 1888 had ki
and the town rose from its ruins. The G
ny, like the brig "Natalia" which b
them here, wrecked, and the ribs
records, like those of the old brig, ca,
be seer or dIscerned in the sbb of the
the present time back to the beginning
history of Sonoma county, California
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

We regret to announce that the overland
telegraph line south of Helena is again out of
order. Only a SINAI! portion of the usual re-
port was received yesterday. Enough was
obtained, however, to show that the gallant
old Fitz-John Porter, who has lived for years
in undeserved disgrace through persona, jeai-
ousy and animosity, is in a fair way to be
awarded his rights.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

\ grain blockade of proGigious proportions
is the feature of the grain trade in the Chica-
go market at present. The elevators in the
city, which contain an aggregate OF sixteen
million bushels, are very nearly illedto their
utmost capacity. and several roads are refusing
to receive grain for the market, because when
it arrives there are no accommodations for it.
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2sutfe 2Seeefp 2Niner.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1880.

The New York Mining Record persistently
refuses to recognize the existence of mines in
this Territory. The people of Montana
would do we'll in refusing to recognize the
existence of the New York Mining Record.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27
S0h6!

AUGu>TA, Jan. 2O.-The machinists worked
all night o. the safe in the Secretary's office,
and finally opened it. There were no valua-
BILE papers il it, nor the seal of the State nor
the official election returns. 1t is conjeciured
that the returns have been destroyed.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27

Marriage is to woman at nee the hap
and saddest event of her life; it is the ?
Use of future bliss raised on the deatl
present enjoyment. She quits her hone
companions, her occupations, her amused
everything on which she hath hithea
pended for comfort, for affection, for
ness, for pleasure. The parents by '
advice she has been guided; the sis
whom she has dared to impart every ga
thought and feeling: the brother WIN
played with her, by turn the consrileI
counseled, and the younger children, to
she had hitherto been the mother
playmate all are TO be forsaken at OH
stroke. Every former tie is loosened
spring of every hope and action is
changed, and yet she flies with joy int
untlo iden path before. She bids Il fon'
grateful adieu to the life that is pas
turns with cxctel hopes and joyous AM
tlOns t" happiness to come. Then woe
man that hlights such fair hopes, WIKI
cowart-like, break the illusion that las
her, and destroy the confidence which
has inspired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
DIED.

AIDEN-At Huntsville. Madison Co. NY Apr1l > ,sao
Chester Alden, IN the 62d year OF his age f - ''
BRoWN-On Sunday, May 30 Ia Martin voungest
9aughter OF A. woodruff and Q. PendletOn Brown in the
Relatives respectfully invited TO attend ba
i1nerH on Wednesday June 2, at p. m, No. Great
BURKHALTER-on the 3Oth inst Charles NJ son OF the
late stephen Burkhalter aged 80 years and months.
his ate residence No 80 West sth St. on WedSesdS S
June 2 at 2 p. M. Please omit flowers.
CONNOLLYAt Marseles France on Sunday after shorN
but painful illness. Richard Barrett Connolly, 10Th
ton. Benedict Devlin in Both year Of his age
a from So 81 5s M sr are invited g attend
st.. on Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock.
oS sunday Of MAY SO e.
York, aged 80 years. e - wv ~Ne"'
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
fAI-In Brooklyn; sunday, May 80 $780, Mary Thorn
s %ne OF h sndy , =; FAY ara n,,o - 49,.
Mednesh6sy June = at SclSek from the summerhed
9l. +" Chufcn corner OF Washington and Greeneaves.
FIsKE-n Brooklyn Saturday May 49, $780, at the res.
Henoe OF her son. DE- W. M l. riske. Pheoe A. Fske
HOOK-At Thomasville, Ga, Monday, May a. John pe
Wint Hook. OF this city. aged 90 years. wa ~
bis late residence No. 81 2stGst on Tuesday June
HopKINsoAt MOrrstOwn. n. J.. May %. Marie f. only
30 years and months. '' ~s'N
Funeral services Tuesday, at l:S0 A.
Trains leave e barclay and ShristOrhersIs.
LANCASTEROn the 2Sth tus;., the Rev. Daniel Iancas
ter IN the Stth year OF his age. ~
No ie7 VEST on e iron
at O'Clock Please omit flowers. W. ~ ''''' u"o -
STOWELL-At Cooperstowp. N v on Friday roornn, wo,
stowell aged 40 years. 10 mont and % days
TAYiOR-on Sunday. May 80 Permella. Of Robert NJ
Taylor. 1900 ~
and renas attend the funeral SER
lnterment at Troy.
VAN DEVENTERIn Jersey City, May 90 of scarlet fever
STSS only sg ShS Of Virginia
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yersey and doubtless nom enyiOus feellngs declined
strsnss apDosns Be Wished sSs oHn from
s II. onSeT r1e more
Captain Hooper, of the revenue cutter
Thomas Corwn. which sailed for Arctic waters from
San Francisco May 90 this Of his vOy
age: intend to communicate with the natives
side Of Behrng Straits intelligence OF the miss
ing whalers Should learn anything of Them should
Of go TO the point indicated Failing to obtain
any positive Information, shall work along the east
shore OF Kozebue Sound to Point Borrow perhaps
shall put about and run down TO Ounaaska with them
After seeing them there in safety. 7 shall enter the
look up the Jeannette So you see, we are going 70
Jeanette"
A fortnight ago the Paris police found the
body OF a OF color in the Seine. There was u I'm
case In his pocket It was opened by the police and
found contain documents setting forth that the de-
ceased the Of chief who had revolted against
the King or Abyssinia His father killed during
the revolution. and he himself. together with his
brother taken prisoners but thanks to the help
of woman, they succeeded In escaping His brother
however. attacked and killed by an enormous snake
through field flood, length reached the Egyptian
outposts He was then conveyed TO Cairo where the
Paris His AUTOBIOGRAPHY ends thus - thought
should be able TO live N Paris but here, elsewhere.
must be useful. and knew nOthiug preferred
death to starvation"
An account of remarkable Christian
woman appears IN INC boSto'e transcript MIS- Drusla
Laha born In Wellfee Mass. September 10, 1887
and eighteen years of ago married. her husband
then being command of q vessel After having been
married six years. she being but twentyfour years OF
age and having two children boy OF four and of
two, her husband brought home to her an invalid
for e having been taken from the side of his wrecked
vessel after four days exposure to wind and the
Of the Then that he became dishearened
and saw nothing but desttuton staring him and his
family in the face But to her things looked different
She started store small at first of course, fifty
nine years she made monthly visits to Boston in small
saboats replenishing her stock ETC.; and she says
many and many tune she has taken over 800 day
over her counter For fifty she took Of
invalid husband, who able even to dress himself
She educated her two bows and them business
She also adopted clothed fed, educated placed in
good positions IN the world twenty orphan boys and
girls, besides visiting and taking Of the sick
hours day and night. She will be ninety three years
old in September.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
TWO WIDOWS MURDERED.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, May 31.-Mrs. Maria
Avent and Mira. Emily Chidsey, the former seventy.
three and the latter sixtyve years Of age have been
murdered at West Avon. This Is shocking afar The
murder although probably committed Sunday was NOS
discovered until this morning The deceased were ssters
and widows, and lived together the Chidsey Home.
stead on the old Albany Turnpike IN Avon thirteen
miles west Of Hartford.
There are no evidences OF plumber. The motive for
the crime can only be surmsed. The women
were last seen alive Sunday morning.
This morning neighbor, entering the Kitchen found
MIS- MIS-. C1dsey lying on the Kitchen floor In pool OF
with an axe. Mrs. Avent was found In the
atuc on bed with her Bible by her side. she bad
gnasty wound on her forehead, infected with tailora
goose which was lying on chest close BY.
piece OF carpet was thrown over the body OF Mrs,
Chdsey and papOr the face OF Mrs. Avent The
SKULLS OF both women broken The murderer prob
ao the house from the woods rearhe
S snelterlnR MIN from observation, tracks being
ro ID the baryard and IN the roadway from the
aeai' Inc motive OF the crime not plumber,
az {es o silver yer in the kitchen was nos
oeo' anu Ine bureaus and trunks not mo-
Dary pSsspS motive suggested that
oo Iadies This is the only motive that can now be sur.
the detectives are at WORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
LATEST SNIP NEWS.
PORT OF NEw.YoRK ARRtvrr

PORT OF NEW-YoRK. MAYsI
Grew OF go officers and men, carries la enns ~oS
str City Of Paris LOckhead IdyernooI Nav 10 ana
Queenstown 20. TO John Dale. 10y ~ ~"
Str Bolivia lI3rl Small, Glasgow Nav 90 and Movla OF
70 Henderson Bros. ~ N --N'-AN 81
vessel a '" "''~ nv" ""A~
Str Calva (r). Major Constantnople 20 days via Malta
WIN iron TO order: vessel 49, ~'
str Louisiana. Dis toCiark
YonRe ''eH "NaJs W Oeo
str CITY Of Atlanta Woodruff Charleston MAY o. TO Ian
w Quintard q - -N"' 90 '" "es
str neptune Berry, Boston. n Dimock
aR oderoket (Nor Dersen, "a daye with ran.
rOad iron 10 order; vessel TO ~
Bark poIrO Nesan or,a
vessel TO Bennam. Pickering & CO. 49, w. '0NA~S@t
Bark Furness Abbey Freeze Ioflo dov.
via Singapore, with sugar to Ira Bursley 49, ~ ~'"p
Norma (NOrl Matthiesen. 9 in
70 Benham. Pickering d Co. 49, "'s
20 BARI VSar yerdrgp Copenhagen SO days. with iron
BARK NoSlna (lta GeDnar0 Leghorn 50
Z HARDY q CO. vessel 10 FuDch, Edye & Co.
Bark Martha Mon Gil Mastrrs Uavre in ballast
10 snow BURGESS anchored in orders
f III Smith & Co. - O~S' W
Brig Onward spencer Bncnos Ayres March H. with hdes
20 order; vessel TO Hatton. Watson g. Co.
BELOW-Smp Ne Plus Ultra Borden. London AprfI II
WIN ndse 10 Gr1nnel. Mlpturn & Co.
BARK henugern Leay, Liverpool to II Winchester Co.
WIND-Sunset--At sandy hook, light w; clear Al CITY
Island. light NV; clear ~ ~ ~ 10y
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Poet @ Zoe Nance.


Iho Foreign mails for tae enlng SATURDAY
June o. lSsU VIII ciose az TINS o,ce on TUESD AY $50
o. tor Europe. by mSap Wyoming,
on EONESDAG. at 10 a NJ Europe, sta
BOthnla. Queenstown
lie specially addressed); m France drecE
by steamship Percire. wa uavre THURSDAY At ii -
M, for Europe steamship City OF BRUSSELS via ueens
town CORRESPONDENCE for Germany France must lie
specially addesscd) and at IL a.
&C. by steamship tessiuR. via Plymouth Chefb0ur and
Hamburg correspondence for Great
ncnt must be specially aedressed on sATU KDAY at II a
and Bremen (coresEondenoe for Great britain Cont.
nent must DC specially adressed and at II Eur ne bv
steamship Britannia.
Scotland must DC specially addreSse ~ m for scot
land direct by steamship Bolivia Glasgow on Sii NV
at 10 for Germany, &c. by Steamship Sesia via Han,
patched BY Hamburg and Bremen only Ihe mss
Tor Aspnwa and South Pacific leave Ncw.Yo-k NAV a..
The mails for Newfoundland leave June ana a
Tue mails Tor Haytl leave NewYork June l. The mans aor
Havana leave NewYork June and The malls FOR Mextoo
leave June Tue mails for Pierre mio1oo1
leave New ork June s. The Nassau ri Geeva
New-YorS June 3 The the west Inies ays ~
Argentine Republic leave NewYor June o. Te nas for
Ani apAn Lave san FRANCISCO Juno IL The Tor
~on TUOS l.. JAMES, PoStn1t.s.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
BRITISH POLITICS.

LONDON. Monday, May 81, 1880.
Colonel Gordon has issued q pamphlet on
the slave trade In which he says that Egypt has re-
ViVed IT, He declares that message should be to
Egypt by England and France.
In the House of Commons to-day Mr.. Forster, Chief
Secretary for Ireland stated that he believed tho meas
which had been taken for tho relief OF the Irish dis
tcss were sufficient hut that he intends Introduce
bill 10 provide another hrco-quartors OF million or n
million ana hall from the plus or the Church Fund
me Pdu MAI gazette attacks the Ministry fcrcely
to-day. IL declares thAt the Ministry may have
mistaken the intontonS Of tho party and should take
care 10 represent them better.
me Standard snys; AT meeting OF seventy Liberals
yesterday 1t was decided that another memorial the
rst having been abandoned mt the last meeting should
DC sent to Mr.; Gladstone, stating that very strong
itellnG exists among many memDers or the Liberal
arty that Sir Barc Frere should be recalled from the
Cape" ~