The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
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Florida is doing well. She received an
emigration Of $4,000 people during the year.
Official vote of Pennsylvania gives Garfield
444. 7O2 ; Hancock, 4O7,42s ; Weaver, 29,66s
Dow, 1889 /; Phelps, A.
The official vote of Alabama, with three
counties to hear from, is Hancock, $500
Garfield, 90, TAG ; Weaver, 1851.
Official returns from all the counties outside
Of New York City, give Garfield electors g.
21S. The majority for Hancock in New
York City is estimated at Al 1866 which will
make Garfield's majority in the state 2O,S42.
Twenty five Cinnamon voted at the recent
election in New York city, having become
legally naturalized citizens. 1t is said that
twenty of these voted the republican ticket.
This is putting Cinnamon to a new and rath-
er novel use.
Prof. Webster Wells, of the Massachusetts,
institute of technology, has perfected a ma
chine for heating purposes that requires
neither fire nor fuel. tits constructed on the
principle of heat being evolved by friction,
and is said to be a success.
Protests have been entered in the counties
of Duchess, Columbia and Ulster, New
York, against the counting of the electoral
ballots headed by Garfield and Arthur, on the
ground that the ballots did not conform to
the requirements Of the law and for other IL
reeularities.
During the month of October there were
$780, 600 standard silver dollars drawn from
the U. S. treasury. At this rate it will re-
quire but a few months to absorb the surplus
Of coined silver now laying in the treasury
vaults, Notwithstanding So, OOO, 900 are coined
each month.
O'Brien, the purjured with ess in the Morey
letter case, is indicted by the grand july. S
5. Morey, the other witness who periured
himself, has, it is reported, turned states evil
aeDce. If this be the case we will probably
learn some new facts in regard to his dis
graceful affair.
When finished the Mormon Temple at
Utah will be one of the finest build
ings in the country. The material used in it's
construction is sienilic granite. 1t has been
in course Of construction, we believe, about
thirty years. Its estimated total cost will be
over $4,000. 900.
On the 10th inst. Gov. Foster received the
resignation of James A. Garfield as member
Of congress from the 10Th Ohio district. The
writ for a new election has been issued. 1t
is thought that Ezra B. Taylor, the member
elect for the next congress, will be elected to
fill the vacancy.
Our Helena contempory, the Independent,
has entered upon the fourteenth year of its
existence. Bright, newsy and full of interest
ing matter the Independent is always a well
come guest at our table. May it continue to
prosper and gather unto itself laur els as un
fading as the deeds of the just.
Mr.. McCarty, a Hancock elector from Mis-
souri,, has a bright proposition to make. He
proposes to take all of the Hancock electoral
vote and secure enough stalwart republicans
ID add to it to max a majority, and cast them
all for Grant. Democrats are not taking
much stock in the enterprise, but it appears
to please some of the stalwarts immensely.
By the way when is the Nep North West
going to read the democrats and republicans
who voted the fusion tickets at Deer Lodge
City and at Butte, out of their respective
parties? As our irate coutem. says, "No
schemer engaged in is worthy of recognition
BY either political patty" must they join the
army of independent scratchers'' to find
their proper afinities? Afew Of them want
to know.
II appears tina. some time ago the German
government sent a vessel to Tahiti, q small
island in the Pacific, and the commander en-
ticed the king on board of his vessel, got him
drunk, and while in this state induced him to
sign q document sanctIoning the flying Of the
German flag o N the island. But an indignant
chief tore down the colors and soon after the
Germans left. The French Immediately sent
q gunboat to the island and three weeks az
forwards the French representative annexed
the Island to France, subject to the approval
Of the nome government. It has been the in
tention Of our government to establish a naval
station 1t that place, but the new way Of &C
quIrins t~erritory will probably interfere with
III project.