The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-22
EDITORIAL r

At Hamburg the explosion of a gas house
caused the death of three persons and in
jured six. .." -.
Adviees from Rome state that forty per-
sons were killed and forty one wounded in
an explosion of gas in q sulphur mine.
There must be some mistake in the asser-
ion that Arthur will remove ex- President
Hayes from the Office OF Road Commissioner
Of an Ohio district.
A mineral vein has been discovered in Wis
consul in Ontonsgon county, which assays
90 per cent. lead and fifteen ounces of silver
per ton. Large quantities Of land have been
taken up in me vicinity Of the find.
a cyclone struck the promises Of Matt G..
Ash, Near Maridon station, Mississippi, CON-
pietely demo fishing and carrying away all
the buildings, and severely ~injuring Mrs.
Ash, her two children and four other per-
soDs.
1t is said those Rcpubiicsn editors il Phil
sdelplia. Lancaster and other PLACES III Pena-
sylvania who remained faithful to thair party
i n the recent election in that state have been
presented with suitably engraved watches snd
other menlentoes of The par:y's victory.
Tho Rirer Press Las a dark hose to enter
in the Deiegatoria! rae r"Nt fall. Tie Press
says he is q power in Choteau sud MeasEer
counties. There is no Q~uesticD about his
being Il power, but the West Siur has staple
material for the DeIe@ateship, snd may have
Il wcrd to say wien it comes to nominating
the next Delicate fiom AontaAs.
At The recent banquet al the Mansion
House, London, Lord Granville in referring
to the friendly faeiing existing BET ween EIt-
land and America sad that he at excellent
authority for knowing that, not only native
Americas, tut The better class Of Irish
Ame,ic os were ~s'alHaos' % a man on the side
of the raj COMES. in leland on wLich sec
retsry Hors tr is engaged
Gen-r.l Sheridan warn. historians not &c
accep, So true. recent Newspaper accounts OF
81! ~ Butts participation in the Custer mas
SEQ. There are probably not fewer than
enc nuuurei different accounts Of that bloody
a.lsir which havs appeared IL IS many news
papers and Sh-riGan's warning clouds ile au-
tlenticity Of them all. L MY be a drba.a0ie
Guestien whether Stating Bull was III The bat
tt anyway.
There have been iva expeditions t,.ed out
to sea- ch for the Jraunetle, and thus far net
one of Them has brought back a single trace
OF the vessel. Yet the New \ ork He nc
thinks ther re is no ground for any gre a, un-
easlness. 1t says:
"DeLong was expected to be absent three
years, aud his period will not have expired
until the summer of 1882. He may yet be
back IA season to 20 OIL Il search after tn"
BOD .ers.'
a Nriser in the Lendsn Truth says that
greel wa never heard Of is ia. nat.oual 81
party color Of Ireland until 1706, whom the
United IrishMen adopted Il a. g mixture Of
the due Of the ancient flag 81 Ireland and
the oran4e of the Orangen"n. The ancient
flag OF ireland was q golden harp "n a DARK
blus ground, and the blue Wa, The color Of the
Order Of =. Patrick in 1855. But in 1913
the Uniled Irishnen, hoped to form 4 Union
of all Of Ems people, adopted the green.
The writer, Oh this ground, insists IN b!ne
fox St. PAlrIck.
Now that Il e ".moke Of .le battle etc ;" it
is known with cevtsiEtv how the next house
or Representatives, Will stand, i will be
seen that the Republicans are i'll short Of a
majority, hus it is q.,i.e likely d Malone or 4
David Davis viii, be found to make it, lie
following shows Ike political complexion Of