The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-15

ar AbCPQito iIoih II ctNoi ehe
of the South promise an abundant yield for
this year.
Is evolution still going on? queries a con-
temporary. Yes facts are evolved every day
III every sanctum in the country.
Rcehfort, publisher during the second EN-
pire of La Lanterne, the paper which Napo-
poleon Ill vainly tried to suppress, was
seriously wounded in a duel near Paris last
week; receiving q sword thrust which may
prove fatal.
Ii is sometimes a Disadvantage to be tall
but it is seldom that a man loses his life be-
cause of his stature being a cubit or so greater
than that of his shorter fellows. To this
cause, though, must the death Of Ex-Governor
Foete, Of Mississippi, be ascribed. While
attending a reception at Washington the
Governor suddenly arose from his seat directly
beneath a large chandelier, which he struck
so forcibly that the scalp wound inflicted
ultimately proved fatal.
Anew York paper calls George c. Gorham
a political undertaken. Gorham was once on
the winning side, but ever since he capture
the Californian nomination for the governor
ship, excluding Bidwell, the peoples choice
away back in 81, he has been a sort of polit!-
cal ghoul, whose alliance meant certain de-
feat to the party he joined. Gorham has
lately been among the most industrious OF the
Grant workers. Last year he took a premi-
nent part in California politics as one OF the
.Honorable Bilks so signally defeated at
the last State election.
In '76 it was the rule for the average Re
publican State convention to be severe in its
denunciation of a third term. "Away from
\ us the very thought of such iniquity." This
year, what a change has come over the spirit
Of Republican dreams. Not a single State
convention had a word to say directly against
the project. But very likely they never heard
of the third term movement. On this sup
position alone can their silence be accounted
for, 1t cannot be that it was a case Of blow
hot, blow cold . case of mild drawn opposi-
ton to Grant whose we'll known vindictive-
ness, in case he might be elected, it were
desirable not unnecessarily to excite.
An inspection of our exchanges convinces
us that the usually pure Syriac of our tele-
graphic dispatches must have been marred a
few days ago by an error which gave " COLI
vention +" instead Of 4" committee as it should
have been in the proposed rule relating to
the exclusion of Territ rial delegates. The
!, words may not be thought to resemble each
/ other very closely, but in operators style they
49, ,.-I on-, y a,l xxith tha 1aot
letter of the latter deprived Of its narrative
\ the difference is not so great after all. How
j ever, mistakes will happen. Our contempo-
\ rary, the Herald, will please "set 'en up
IL whatever that means) at our invitation.
ID A Louisville, KY, dispatch of yesterday
SAYS :-s. Watterson ticket elected. Universal
gTilden gains" This likely comes as a sort
of counterpoise to hold Democrats level aud
aiprevent them from becoming too highly elated
over the news from Chicago. The probability
/ hat Grant has got EN- would be il'teili-
gence too welcome to be borne with equanim-
Fly by the average Democrat if a little grief
llwere not thrown in as a make weight on The
,ther side, and this is furnished in the re-
f,oorted Tiiden gains. But with the Chicago
convention once disposed of, and interest in
Its discussion abated, there will DO such all
Expression of opinion by the Democratic
press of the country as will speedily and
l,fectually dispose Of our party's "claiInsnt."
lf Maria Alexandrova, Empress Of Russia,
lied at St. Petersburg a few days ago. The
: Citations bet ween the Emperor and his august
D pouse were not very friendly during the last
ears of her life, still we may be prepared TO
ear that the blow viii rot have been without
IFS effect on Alexander. A victim of melan-
holy az he has been for years, the death OF
is abused wife, if it calls up no pangs of re-
horse. will have anything but a cheering
fleet on his sloom'enshIouded mind. Since
cath is striking so close to the throne. how
long, he will ask himself, can he expect to
uryiye the partner who shared lis throne for
1ftairty-nine years. It is not likely that the
Emperor will be very long in following his
impress to the tomb. With the accession to
he throne of his successor, the present Car
witt, the old Russian or war party will come
ito power, when we may expect a decided
hange in Russia's attitude towards the other
reat powers, more particularly England.
ID "Divorces in New England " is the title OF
lin article ia the last number of tie North
l,nerican Rerie,o, in which the writer shows
EV'nat the ratio borne by the number Of divor-
les to the number of marriages is increasing
it'll startling rapidly. Previous to 1910
asivorces were very rare in any of the Eastern
tates. About that time the enactment OF
s beral legislation on the subject originated
d What might almost be called a divorce move
aent " which speedily acquired such proper,
J, i ons that in 1850 the average was one divorce
4S,r every TWENTY-FIVE marriages throughout