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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-10-28
YOUNG MEN IN STATE PRISON.

Writing of the Iowa penitentiary, cor
respondent says Men of fine ability, man
ly character, are easily discerned here as
elsewhere, The visitor is amazed at the
preponderance of young men, not unfre-
quently of good parantage, but more com
monty of that class who have given free
scope to their passions for strong drink
and its associations. Its associations are
necessarily and inevitably dangerous.
Men Of professional skill in burglary, gam
bling, and ill-iame, congregate at the dens
Of strong drink. and by their artful graces
win young men boys TO join their hilari-
ties, and then adroitly invite them into
their little games. BY this identical
means, forty five young men ont Of sixty
in the penitentiary of Iowa assured
me they had been led into the crimes for
which they are incarcerated. In the re.
form school are several children fror nine
to twelve years of age, who were instru-
ments in the hands Of expert criminals IN
the commission Of high crimes. The first
lessons are usually learned in the school Of
vice open TO free access 10 almost every
community Their paren $, il living, are
either drunkards. or are regardless Of the
consequences Of drinking associations. /
took an impartial record Of two hundred
and sixty convIcts in relation to their hab-
its Of drinking liquors OF these, two
hundred and thirty-nine had been drinking
men ono hundred and nine attributed
4heir incarceration to the nse OF liquors /;
twenty-one only had been total abstinence
men. These were wholly Of that class who
are Imprisoned for lighter crimes and short
terms
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-10-28

The neighbors hadn't seen Mr.. Smiley
hobble around into the back yard so live
ly for over year. A hasty glance at the
clothesli and be stumbled up the steps
hurridly and remarked excitedly Hannah
that ere garment viii have TO come of the
line at once. Its all over town that a reb
el flag is flying Ia my yard Well, law
sakes That's my last years balmoral
summing to clear ont the moths. Summing
o. no summing, balmoral or whatever il Is.
it must come dosn leliabob Smiley, do
you think am fool just because they're
making game Of you down q .Smallbeer's
grocery store That balmoral stays there
rebel flag or no. Then III take il down
myself, aud he reached Tor ihc first clothes
pin. So here, fcbai,ob That flag a. yan
call il, rules this family You rebel i you
dare. Add the neghbors uho gathered
around tie back yard fence we're treated 70
tbs interesting tableau Of . mop handle
aud whiie plug bat
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-10-28

Apples are ~ cheap 10 Ohio that u
doesn't pay the wind 70 blow ETA down.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-10-28

PITCHERS CAsToRIAisnot
Narcotic. Children grow fat
upon, Mothers like, and Phssi-
clans recommend (ASTORIA.
II regulates the Bowels. cures
wind Collie, allays FcNerishness.
and destroys Worms
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
WEST POINT.
formed

The Nation contains the following very
pertinent remarks in regard to West Point
md the Whitaker case. 1t says: "Some
stalwart papers are angry because we have
appeared to share IN General SchOfell's ap-
prehension that tie standard at West Point
would be lowered in ordcrto help the colored
boys to get through. Now, we assert that it
is literally true that the standards have been
lowered by some form OF indulgence in order
to help the eleven colored cadets to graduate,
and that Whitaker, toe, has enjoyed favors
which would not have been accorded to a
white boy. Since he left the academy a petit
ton has already been signed by ministers and
others in this city asking the President to
put him back, although his inability to pass
the examination has been fully ascertained.
This has all grown out of the anxiety of the
republican party to havet the negro Justify the
sacrifices made on his behalf and the expec-
tations excited about him. The motive is
praisewolthy, but the means resortea to are
not defensible. The government has no right
either at West Point or anywhere else to mix
pTliauIlIOpy VIII DuaillGsS. NNeSb Cli!L Is u
scientific school for the training of experts
for the public service, and 1t is as much al
abuse of a public trust to use it for mission
airy or reformatory purposes, as it would be
to give some of the funds of the Naval Oh,
seryatory TO aid an o. phan asylum. One unf0r
tunale effect Of the stalwart view of the scloo
was only 100 plainly revealed in Whitaker
diary, where he de bounced the professor?
who gave him low marks as enemies of hi
race, and treated himself as a martyr when
ever he broke down iii his recitations."
The assertion that the standards have beer
lowered III order to help Lhe colored cadet
through, if true, will suggest to the averag,
American that West Point needs reconstruct
ing. During the last session of congres
there was some talk Of abolishing the institll
ton. While Ibis mpy not be advisable, tn
charge which the Nation makes against tn
Academy is not calculated to impress tn
people favorably with its continuance as
national military school.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
JOHN KELLY.

John Kelly is down Ihe great sachem of
Tammany Hall has fallen. The political
scepter which he has welded in New York
city with such telling effect in American pol
itics, is wrested from him.. John Kelly dug
his W grave when a year ago Ind led over
seventy thousand New York democrats TO the
support Of Cornell, the republican candidate
for governor, and defeated Robinson the
democratic candidate. KeIly's detection last
year lost The state to Hancock this year. 1t
turned over fifteen thousand Offices, and en-
ployments, into the hands of the republican
party. The democrats lost the control of the
states prisons, canal and other public works
aud all the patronage incidental to them.
John Kelly did all he could for Hancock
this year. He was sincere when he said in
t1e Cincinnati convention that his nomina-
ton healed the breach in the New York
democracy. He was honest in the declaration
that he was willing to stand shoulder to
shoulder with the Irving Hall wing of the
party, and work for the election of Hancock
But the reconciliation came too late. He
sewed the wind last year and the democratic
party reaped the whirlwind last November
With the fall of the democratic party in New
York, it is not surprising that John Kelly
should go down with it. Like Sampson, ht
be has persisted under the ruins of the temple
which he pulled down. In defeating Robin
son he broke the party. He worked Il
! cement It together again, but the voice tina
ERASED the discord in its ranks had not thu
! power TO ailsv it. John Kelly IS Indirect.
& responsible for the defeat of General Han
pck. He now receives his punishment.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
A GLANCE AN EAD.

The tide of foreign emigration to the
shores of America continues without abate-
ment. During the last year the number of
those who carne to our country to seek homes
exceeded that of any preceding year. 1t is
said that nearly all of The late arrivals are
composed of men who possess more than av-
erage intelligence and command in the aggre-
gate a large amount Of capital. In former
years it was the poorer class who left the iand
of their fathers to find a home in free Amer
lea. But steam and railroads have opened a
new and a wider country in the west and in
the great northwest. Speedy and cheap
modes of travel have made this part of the
Western Hemisphere accessible to all. The
locomotive, the conqueror Of the western will
derncss, has driven the savage from his
haunts and planted q civilized people on the
hunting grounds Of his fathers. The intelli-
| gent farmers, tradesmen, mechanics and la
borers of the old world are not slow to per-
ceive the advantages OF a free home in a free
country. Hence, they are coming by the
thousands to enjoy it. Kansas, Nebraska,
Dacota, Wyoming, and Utah are each receiv-
ing large accesslons to their population from
the stream Of humanity that is flowing to the
westward, These states and territories offer
nc greater Inducements to the immigrant
than Montana does, but they are situated on
the line of great t~horoughfares, and the tired,
travel-worn immigrant is glad, to stop where
the first unoccupied lands hold ont tor him
the hope of a home.
On account of her isolated position, Mon
tana thus far has not received that attention
which her gieat natural resources entitle heI
to receive. But the time is at hand when she
will no longer be locked up from the gaze o.
the world. Uponthe COMPLETION of the North
ern Pacific and the Utah & Northern rail
ways, her day VIII come. Her matches eli
mate, her fertile valleys, her pasture grounds
and the countless millions that rest in hel
mountain slopes, will attrac. the attention
and command the presence Of those who con
template making a home in the west. Mon
tanians would do well to set their house il
order, to receive them.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

New YORK, Dec. l5.-The "n1
special says Judge Lawson, at be'1
land, yesterday charged the grand jaFl
agrarlan case is before me for trial
ignore the constabulary returns. an
to publicly state that the clear conc'"1
which / have arrived Is that the s!1
intimidation which has SO long been
ing in southern and western cJul.tif7
ually but surely felt in this great Hl
province. | have known this c"aH1
nearly half a century, and reVeF'
course Of my experiences, do | remeh'V'
state of things at all parallel to that y
nov existing. A system Of intimid"''
large scale is perfectly ~unconceae'
openly avowed. 1t is prscticed Oil th'
cerned in the administration OF the IL"
every judge down to the baIlilf ser
ejectment process-all are sought to i
subject to influence.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
THE PANAMA n A

Our dispatches of yesterday afternoon in.
dlcate that President Hayes and Secretary
Evarts do not view the action of Secretary
Thompson in accepting the presidency of the
Panama canal with much favor. 1t may be
that De Lesseps proposes to make a cats paw
of Thompson to rake out the little sum he
may have invested in what may be consider.
ed a very doubtful enterprise, before 1t is
swallowed up with the millions that must be
expended before it can be made a paying en-.
terprise.
There is sill another and a more reason,
| able view to take of the matter. The "little
old man. is evidently as full OF policy as he is
of genius. He has not come to America to
find a president for his company because an
| ADLER man could not be found elsewhere for
the position. Not at all. But De Lesseps
knows that an American president ofthe COM
pany would inspire more confidence in the
minds of our people in the management and
ultimate success of the enterprise, and that
the stock of the company would command
more takers among American capitalists. He
knows, as well as everyone else well knows,
that the American people are extremely sem
sitive to any Infringement of their petted
Monroe doctrine, and that if an Americ IN be
placed at the head of the company it would,
in a measure, allay any misglvings on that
point that our people may entertain.
1t may be these considerations Influenced
the company in selecting Thompson as its
head. Be that as it may We confess to sur
prise that our people can see any cause for
alarm in a foreign company building a ship
canal across the Isthmus Of Panama. 1t is a
wide stretching of the Monroe doctrine to
force its application in a country several
Thousand miles from the nearest Am erican
soil. All of Mexico and Central America lay
between us and the threatened point. 1t
Mexico should be acquired by the United
states, the possession of the canal by a foreign
company could not interfere with or endan-
ger the interests of the United States. This
canal. when built, will be the worlds high
way. No nation will be permitted to con-
orol it.. Neither France nor the United States
will ever be able to holu it against the wishes
OF The CiVlliE1A "Ofiu. Dut, DIS we unueI-
stand 1t, the enterprise Will be conducted by
private individuals with their private means.
No government has anything to do with it.
individuals of every nation who have the
money and wall TO invest it are invited to
take stock. We we'll know that individuals.
not backed by their respective countries, can
not infringe on the Monroe doctrine, Or any
other doctrine. This cry about it is simply
absurd. 1t will be time enough for the Uni
ted States to interpose her objections to the
encroachments of foreign nations when they
attempt to establish an empire in a country
contiguous to it. When the French sent
Maximilian to Mexico as its emperor there
was more danger to our institutions threat
ened than there would be in the building of a
dozen Isthmus canals. Still, at that time our
country manifested little or no alarm. Why
should it now?
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
Q. J. ON y IvlsIoN.

A Butte correspondent Of the Independent,
writing nnder the initials 0. j. has the Iel-
lowing to say in regard to the county division
matter. That the number of jurors drawn
from Butte to attend the present session OF
court at Deer Lodge is not as large as it has
formerly been is easily accounted for. There
is a little stroke of policy observable in this
fact. Our anti division friends in leaving
Butteltes out of the jury box may be able to
eliminate a few of the sta,wart figures from
the bill of costs for the session when the
same is presented to the county treasurer for
payment, but this considerati on for the feel
ings aud convenience Of our citizens and the
regard for the healthiness of our county's
exchequer is only ephemeral aud will be val
ued at its true worth. The parties who are
compelled to leave their business here and at
tend the present term Of court at Deer Lodge,
as witnesses in suits that originated at Butte,
do not enter upon a rough ride of eighty
miles with tempers of angelic sweetness. We
are in hopes our citizens are now called TO
Deer Lodge on cour business for the last
time. If Butte be granted her very reasona-
BILE request in the division matter it certainly
will be, and our people can hereafter attend
to their court business at home. 0. j.
remarks:
"Upon the subject of a division of the
county, we have probably made a mistake or
two. The first mistake was made in closing
he hurdy houses, thereby squelching these
hot-beGs of crime, and while saving the coun-
ty many thousands yearly, robbing officers of
the law of one-half their fees. The next
mistake consists in not properly posting the
officers to overdraw the number Of jurors
from this vicinity to attend the present session
of court at Deer Lodge. But however lame
the showing may be, a division of tie county
has become necessary 10 the welfare of the
people; and the legislature can do no better
.than to designate the northern and eastern
lines of Butte county. Growers there will
be in any event but / am satisfied that a ma
jority are in favor of a judicious line being
drawna and another county organization being
formed"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

4 German scientist recommends paraffine
as an efficient means of protecting wooG
against damp, acids and alkalies. The wood
is first well dried and then covered with q So
luton Of one part Of melted p~aratiine in six
parts Of petroleum, ether or bisulphide of
carbon. The solvents evaporate quickly,
leaving the p~aratfine in the pores of the wood.
Great care should be taken in the use OF the
preparation as all ofthe substances mention
ed are especially infammable.
The present congress will act on Il bill re-
ported at the last session in support Of an in
| ternational commission to agree upon stand
ard tests for color blindness and standard re-
| 1uirements for visual power in navies and
merchant marines.
Professor Palmicri considers it proven that
great earthquakes are always preceded by a
season of preliminary earth tremblings. He
believes that by r,cpns oftelegrap,rically con-
nected stations for observing these trembl-
ings it would be possible to foretell earth
quakes just as storms are now ~toretold, and
to issue warnings to all threatened districts
three days in advance.
During a recent boring for water in the
WimInera district, Victoria, a tree was pass.
ed through for Il distance of six feet, at
depth of $50 feet. Several fruit stones were
brought to the surface. At some Period in
the worlds history a grove of trees is sup.
posed 10 have occupied this subterranean
spot, and the great depth OF earth now cover
ering the remains Of the vegetation indicates
a vast lapse of time since it lourished.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

At n recent Berlin bird show several cana
tention on account OF the peculiar eolors of
their pluInage. Some were green, others red
and light brown, and Others of a soft, gray
tint, while all differed more or less from the
light yellow of the common bird. These
variations of color were produced by the dali
Iy use of cayenne pepper in the food of thu,
birds. The pepper is given in small quaint
ties al first, and The birds appear to like II.
The immediate effects are, however, anything
but pleasing to the beaolier, for the feathers
soon begin to fall, giving the bird the appear.
ance of molting, but in a short time new
feathers appear, having the curious tints oo-
served.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

1t IS reported that John I. Davenport
be appointed superintendent of police 4
York City, vice Walling, the present !,
bent.
New York city will have q new
house and three or four new theatre,
season. Their estimated cost is five B
dollars.
The Kansas sufferers have appointsl
Robert Wilson to go to Washington to /
something cannot be done to relieve /
The settlers are almost beyond control
A new process of obtaining ste,a
plates for printing has been discovered
Z. Jeanin, a sculptor of Paris, who ~
to employ for that purpose the NJ
known as celluloid. The process Of !
ration takes only half all hour, wb4l
matter is once in type, and the plata
produced are remarkably adapted for |
ing ON cylinder presses running at a hlI
of speed, beng very light, flexible and
Bile. In this last respect they are said
surpass metal plates.
Railroad Commissioner Beesteche
shot on the 18th inst, at San Francis
Antoine Fischer. The ball entered M
breast, but it is thought that the woupa
not prove mortal. Fischer stated that
had not been arrested he would have
Mayor Kalloch and a number of stock
ers. He is rabid socialist aud appes
concerned, a;.d processes to know notb
or about BeeIstecher. 1t is believed N
is partially deranged. Politics were /
bottom of his shooting Commissions
stecher.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

New YORK, Dec. 15.-Mrs. BergnA'
in her old room at the police headqua'
day, determined not To return home
will take care of herself IN the city, Eal
band having completely thrown her cl
she is gratitied by that fact. Her o,n'
she was always a spoiled, petted chla
was made to marry i cold, stern man
whom she broke loose at once.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
Acquitted.

DUBLIN, Dec. 15.-At the Cork
John Power and the party of armed M
forcibly entered the house from which
ant had been eyicted, rear Trolee, Y
Kerry, and split the ears of the ol
and of a bailifl, have been acquitted.
identified by the prosecution.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
Gov. Fremont.

NEW YORK Dec. 10th.-A TTibumI
go special says: Gov. Fremont and
Arizona, have been for some days pa
guests of John D. Townsend of Ii.
The general lately made a quick trip +
II in spite of his age, and is 10
there in a few days to open legislatun|
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

A Frencl paper ha S made a caEtili
parative analysis of the statlstica! 81
suicides for France and Sweden, viz:
widowers commit suicide more tnf
than married men, and that the ell
and presence of children in the lou
minishes the inclination to commit j
both in men and women.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
Iron Mountain Railroad

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Post 81
will be the policy of the parties now
ling the Iron Mountain road to put it
class condition and complete it to the
Mexico rs fast as possible.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

CLEVELAND, Dec. l5.-By the aid
enc and berZine some incendiarieS y
to fire Foreman's nickel plating Wort
scheme was very ingenious, but the y
discovered in time to be put out will
loss,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
Railroad Trouble.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Dal;ifa]
Ohio railroad is met by unexpectedS1
in getting freight moved overthe Pb&l
and Wilmington and Baltimore road,n
wise shippers to send as little treisI'q
at present as possible.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
7 I: |. (: C RAJ MI
Democratic Victory.

BosroN, Dec. 15th.-Full returnss II
or: Prince, democrat, 2l,2sG, Stebbina
iican, 2O,754; democrats elect seven d
publicans five aldermen. Council, As,
licans and &c democrats.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21
DEER LODGE MEN.

n
r S Kennon, dem. 1S5
TREASURER.
Lew Coleman, rep...... ............. 1o3
COUNT COMMISSIONERS.
j \ Ratterton, 1T
G W Morse, rep 1913
PROBATE JUDGE.
OIren Emerson, 1913
SHERIFF..
j McAndrews, deE........ ......... Oh
sUPT. OF o.
Hardenbrook, 217
BUTTE MEN.
j A hyde, .......... ............ l4l
E RER
hos Irvine. Ill
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
d II Dellinger, p............ .....
Oh 5 Savage, dem...... .......... 90
PROBATE UDG
j Wlic1T, 81
SHERIFF.
A Z Nitter, p.............. ....... 1
SUPST OF SCHOOLS.
Is milford, rep. ............... ~
1t will be noticed that Butte democrats
and republicans were alike ruthlessly
slaughtered and cast aside by the Deer Lodge
fusionists. Yet We have no account of this
premeditated sacrifice of Butte men being
discussed in the county nominating conyen-
tions of either party, or advocated on the
stump before the election. 1t strikes us that
If there be any shame in the cheeky fusion
organ down on the Cottonwood, a sight
Of the above figures would cause a guilty
blush to mantle its hardened cheek and com,
pei it to hang it's head in silence. Evidently
the motto of the Artful Dodger is, "Deel
Lodge first, Deer Lodge last, and Deer Lodge
all the time,' provided a little pap in the
shape of the county printing be mixed in it,
nursing bottle which it so eagerly sncks
Milk from the federal COW aud the deliciou.
tIt-bits from the Butte lamb are eujoyed will
gustatory delight by the Deer Lodge gour
mand. An easing off from the lamb part o
the bill of fare of which our neighbor dali,
partakes, would be a relief to Butte and
blessing to the county. Can the Artfu
Dodger s!see" 1t?
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.-Two coaches
Kansas City express train, which left !
8 o'clock last night, yer dltched nel
ka and several persons injured.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-21

ST. LOUIS, Dec. ia confiden
who was pursued by the police fell
the ties of the big bridge into the Ha
was drowned.
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million dollars. He is opposed to the PEN
sioning of ex-presidents.