The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-02
EDITORIAL NOTES

Abe heEsreeds are on top.
StalwsrfsM has gone into a decline.
The Louisiana rice crop is in excellen
ynoaaitien and a large crop is anticipated.
The Presidents condition is more encour
aging.
Aboxt tn is time the eastern cities are Of
aering q warn welcome to the immigrant.
The Beers refuse to pay that S6,0oO,00O in
-aemuisy assessed by the English government
1t is safe so say that when Conkling is agsir
selected limited States Senator he will not re
-siga.
A wagon load Cf medicines, wines and
aiquers has been sent as gifts to the Presiden,
since the shooting.
One. MI. Lambert of Chill has an irrigat.
ing ditch that cost $685. 900. 1t has a capaci.
gsy to irrigate $4,000 acres of land.
The interior postage N letter in France
has been reduced to W o cents. The reduc.
Stion te take place on the first of next jan
saary-
america is still ahead at the target. Mr..
hnyue7 At Wlulple 't', IeCeully uiaue tHe
shishest possible score at 600 yards for the
Association cup.
If ConIlling resigned to obtain an endorse
gment from his constituents, of his opposition
l3amentably failed.
TIE HerkinGer County Miller will grind
the balance O Platt's grist at Washington and
Aapham will keep Cenkling's seat warm in
the senate shahaber.
When Speaker sharpe went over to the
shalf-breed camp did he take the $1,000 with
him that Bradley placed in his hands? If be
did, he, found the ewne of the ssswag" long
ago.
BY the way, We ought not to forget the
star route ~swiualeTs, the Morey letter nor
Whittakef;s ears in the general excitement.
-t Hunt tee raseals down" and ''let no guilty
man escape"
Fertheeereei gear ended June 30th, ult.
em~osestonnage has arrived at and departed
from the, porto San Francisco than during
any previous year. Good freight rates ruled
u throughout tne gear.
TIE LcpdeR Standard, commenting on
Jefferson DGv;s' book says awe give him rec
,ognisioa ;as a straightforward chronicler
of me1aeirs alike interesting to all English
American citizens"
TteLeaaai5Ese Democrat "ssys the Almighty
i. can'tabe charged with doing many things in
yain, but il He didn't construct stalwartism
AS a ,wernEsy or a terrible example, the job
was g Va;nsene, indeed"
The ReSver Tribune (rep.) is inclined to be
struthfu1 II not complimentary. Hear it.
..Ex-Eenstor Stephen W. Dorsey. the thief, is
essiK secretary Of the republican national
Jewell, the fool, is still chair
man"
Speaker Sharpe proved too sharp for Conk-
ding. Should Garfield die and Arthur be-
ocmetHresident, Mr.. Sharpe may have occa-
.sion'te regret his haste in deserving his chief.
IN that event his sharp practice to secure the
mission to Belgium may not prove so sharp.
Don Carlos, the Pretender to the Spanish
throne, has received his walking papers from
sAetEreneh authorities. He was notified on
the.l4th inst. 10 leave France within twenty
ESoar hours. 1t appears he has assumed the
right to center all The orders Of the Spanish
Crow 4, ,meking free distribution of decora-
tions eNong Frenchmen. AS the distribution
of such fauors was liable to compromise
France the authorities concluded it was
for him to find another retreat;
isenee the notification. The Don took the
thiateR6 went to England.
TTheaEti-treating law of Wisconsin is said to
s5e aEssd letter upon the statute books of that
rstzse, The late hot weather killed it. The
badgers are a companionable, sympathyzing
sset.of fellows and cannot see an impecuni-
.osasirlend, at their elbows suffer for the want of
aaceoiing 'draught tempered with mint and ct
~sceteras, hence the majesty of the law was
ezocmpelled to give way to the exigencies of
r.he weather Ihe friends of the law threaten
rtoTeenaet It next winter with additional pro-
visions which will successfully combat mercu
1y regardless Of the elevation of its vertebrae,
the knights of the bar have agreed to
stand frW in their opposition to any
snandidats for the legislature who will not
epfsess himself to oppose all tenn
Heence legislation. The politicians are
Aonplussed, and are holding up their
hands in dismay at the situation.
according to the San Francisco Journal Of
eGonxeroe, the salmon fishing and canning
Industry. of the Pacific coast is the greatest in
The world. Pacific coast salmon has super
sssded Scotch salmon to a great extent in
Great Britain and her colonies, and England
NOW buys Of this product every year, and
distributes it all over the globe. The total
annual value Of the fishing and canning CON-
&ined Is now close on to three and a half