The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
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Americak Bi.marct or Bsaconstield."
The Khedive of Egypt recently said': 81
never take up o III newspaper without seeing Tue
arrival of an Enslishmau. Now, Egypt must
be for the Egyptians"
gI Ga,feld's lifetime the Christian church
at Washington was crowded Sundays No"
it is a most deserted. So soon are We forgot
ten when we are gone.
A dispatch feom Oran states that lo2 per-
sons driven from their homes by the recent
f,o.d, have been rescued frem their perilous
position.
The Jewish colony at Tunis has sent an
address Of sympathy to Rouslan expressing
the hope that he will resume his functions as
French Minister At Tunis.
On the 10Th the President told a Senator
who was urging a man for an appointment on
the Bench of Claims that the position was
promised, and that he could not consider any
name for it. 1t is believed he has promised
the place to Hunt. Longstreet will p'obsbly
succeed Hunt.
The plea set up by Guiteau that the Deity
impelled him to the crime for which he Is
on trial is not the only instance where the
Deity is sought to be made responsible for
crimirs actions. The cranky and lecberous
Mormon insists upsn being let alone in prac-
stices that they sttemptt to shoulder OH on De-
ity. In their case the plea is more ridiculous
than it is in the Guiteau case.
Edward S. Stokes, the slayer of Jim Fisk,
having met with great pecun.ary success in
the West, is living in a very extravaganza
mann.r in New Ysrk. Two large houses
(WHICH he owned on Twenty-fourth street,
have been added TO the Hoffman House, of
he is said to have become part proprietor.
Josie Mansfield is in New YorS, leading a
quiet life on her own means.
Ths Suns Washington special of the 10Th,
says: Blaine said.to-day he was going to dc
nore of the various things which the news
pspers said he proposed doing. He was not
going to take a Southern trip not going to
exhibit himself at Atlanta not gsing to ac-
cept the presidency of = railroad not going
to reside in New York; not going to the
court of st. James, but he is simply going to
live iu Washington this winter.
The Denver Republican has taken pains to
in7estisats the condition Of the Robinson
Con. Cnine, aud publishes, December 18th,
the following dispatch from ieadville in rela-
ton thereto: 'That the Robinson mine has
COLLAPSED and is In total Insolvency is indi-
Gated by information collected to- night upon
good authority. Mr.. Stevens tells your CORE
spondent's informant that he mine will shut
'dow1 on Thursday, the workings on the new
shat being closed to, night. The ore is
without doubt exhausted aud the mine gone
up salt creek
The election of Riddleberger to the United
S ates Senate from Virginia cannot cause
Republican hearts to be proud. Not long
s nee he was an applicant fer the position OF
doorkseper to the senate; bat rather than be
a doorkeepcr h" evidently prefers to dwell
in the TENS Of ~wickedness." Besides, the
fact that he fou Sht a duel with Wise, not
long since, ought to shock the seMsibiliti-s of
the party Of great moral ideas. The Repub-
Iieans bad to lake him witt all his imperfec-
tioRs on his head, aad confessed that they
-1shad no sort OF Understanding with him as TO
which n2tlon&! party lie woUtd affiliate With
in the ~sena'e."
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th says:
7 The Greenbackers in convention are deter
mined 10 jim any party slemen. in the
House that will Oppose the restriction of sit-
Yer coinage. Representative Ladd said to-
night If the Democrats take a sensible
stand on this question they can carry the
next Congress. The East as well as the
{ West is opposed to restricting OF The silver
4 coinage, and the Administration has made a
: big mistake i'll recommending il. Every
q Gpeenback member will vote against it. As
to the 3 per cent. funding bill, | don't know
Republicans will also oppose any curtsilmeat
of silver, but they will probably be offset br
New York and other Eastern Democrats who
will 90 with the Administration On this ques-
ton"
A Durango, Colorado, dispatch of the 17tk
furnishes a remarkable case of strong circum-
,~stantial evidence very nearly convicting saw
eral innocent persons, which has recently
/ come to light III that place. Some three
menths ago a German named Hyssel, known
TO have about him ST00, mystsriousiy dissp.
pexrsd. 1t was known that he wstt to a house
Kept by bad characters and lodged there on
the night ofSeptember 25. One OF the wo-
men of the house and a hard case whs huns
about the premises went to a variety show
and returned some tins in the night, bring.
ing with them a gambler named Tom Lynch
ID That was the last seen oil Hyssei. IN
s time afterwards the body OF a nan was founc
~ in the river about eight miles below Duran