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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-23
A Town Burned.

SAN FRANCISCO, August ia Victoria
dispatch says the town OF ale is in flames.
Nearly al! the business houses, three hotels.
Jail, court Eous", and residences hav" been
Destroyed. The fire blohe ont in the Gale
donia Hotel and swept everything before it.
LArER-The fire has crossed tue street 10
OpenLeimer .5los Drick warehouse, which
was the only ti,e-proof building in the town,
is now in ii LINES. The stocks of goods were
very heavy and insurance light, The loss
will be great.
VICTORIA, August l9.-Almpst the entire
town of Ialc burned Yesterday.
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ishment administered is being steadily in
creased, and his stomach retains aud digests
1t. The Presidents bowels are now acting
regularly and naturally.
AT the invitation of Col. Rockwell, the
Commissioner of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Col. Warren and his assistant from
Newport, Il. l., of acknowledged experience
III sanitary matters, are now in the city
for the purpose of making a. thorough
examination of the sewerage and drainage of
the Executive mansion with the view of as
c%ertaining what Improvements are necessary
to put the house in a perfect sanitary condi-
ton.
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Land Animals in Water.

Man and animals are able to sustain them
would DO SO much Oftener were they hot in
capaciIated, in regard to the former at least,
by sheer terror, as well as Complete igno.
rance of their real powers. Webb's wonder
full endurance will meyer be forgotten, But
there are other instances only less remarka-
BILE. Some years since the second mate of a
ship fell overb oard while fishing a sail. 1T
was blowing fresh, the time was night, ana
the place some miles out in the stormy Ger
man ocean. The hardy fellow, nevertheless
managed to gain the English coast. Brock
with a dozen other pilots, was plying for fares
by Yarmouth, and as the mainsheet was de
layed Il sudden puff OF wind upset tile boat,
when presently all persisted except Brock
himself. who, from 4 in the afternoon Of an
October evening 10 one the next morning,
swan thirteen miles before lie was able to
hail a vessel at anchor in the ofling. Ami
mails themselves are capable of swimming i'm
mense distances, although unable to rest by
the way. A dog recently swan thirty miles
III America In order to reioin his master. A
mule and a dog washed overheard during a
gale in the Bay If Biscay have been known
to make their way to shore. A dog swan
ashore with aletter in his mouth al the Cape
of Good Hope. The crew OF the ship to
which the dog belonged all persisted, which
they need not have done had they only VEN
tured to tread water as the dog did. AS a
certain ship was laboripg heavily in the
trough Of the sea it was found n~eciful, in
order to tighten the vessel, TO throw some
troop-horses overheard, which had been ia
ken in at Corrunna. The poor things, my
informant, a staff surgeon, said, when they
found themselves abandoned, faced round
and SWAIN for miles after the vessel. A man
on the east coast of Lincolnshire saved quite
a number of lives by swimming out on horse.
back t. vessels Ill distress. He commonly
rode an old gray mare, but when the mare
was not to hand he took the first horse that
offered.-Ndture. :.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-23
Heavy Rains and Damage.

DENVER, Aug. 19.-EXtensive rains OF the
past te" days caused heavy damage in this
state; railroads being the heaviest sufferers.
Every road III the state has been more or less
damaged by fills and washouts.
No trains have departed to-day on the X.
=. and cannot he run through On that road
until tomorrow afternoon or Sunday morn
ing on account of washouts three miles long
near Deer Trail.
Tie San Juan division Of IL e Denver and
Rio Grande is also interrupted by extensive
WaShOuts,
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More Hopeful.

EXECUTIVE MANSION. Aug. 10, II a. -
The President continues to do we'll. He
paItakes OF nourisllincnt frequently and the
quantity is being gradually Increased. HIS
SION ach offer, NO. e istance ana the attend
ing surgeons express themselves very much
gratifad with the outlook. The Inflammation
of the right paro.id gland is gradually sub
siding
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-23
Gossip About Doctors.

WASHINGTON, August 1S.-Dr. Agnew
knew of the swelling of the gland before he
left, but did not consider il Of sufficient i'm
portance to detain him here. The swelling
itself last nigh. DR.. Agnew ex-
amined it. Speaking of the criticisms # Dl.
Hammond. OF New York, DR.. Bliss said Ham
mond applied twice by telegraph to e adj
United into the Presidents case and was re-
fused both times. Hammond feels bitterly
TOW avd Barnes because he succeeded him as
Surgcon-Gereral and this accounts for Ham
mond's severe talk.
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Official.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1850 a. m.-The
President slept much OF the night ard this
morning is more comfortable than yesterday.
The swelling of the right parotid glAnd, has
not increased since yesterday afternoon, and
is now free from pain. Nutritive enemata
is still given with success and liquid food has
ALREADY tits morning been swallowed and
lelisled. Pulse, 100 temperature, 9e: res
piration, II.
(Nlgncd) BLISS,
BARNES,
WOODWAKD,
REYBUIiN,
HAMII TON.
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ulletin--UnOficia

No vomiting has occurred. The l'resi-
dent las taken 10 tuOG aud none Will be
yivel him until Tonight, and perhaps net
then.
1880 a. m.-Dr. Aguew just said that DR..
Halnittou seems 10 think there is good reason
to hupC tor the Presidents recovery.
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McGill'S Opinion.

WASHINGTON, August l7.-McGili thinks
that Gulteau supposed the President was dead
and was trying thus to prove his insanity.
Guiteau could have had nothing against Nc
Gill, who is a most pleasant man. He had
no possible chance of escape. Nobody about
tile yard will talk about il at present. 1t will
be thoroughly investigated how Guitcan got
the knife. Twenty men guard the Jail and
the prisoner is vigilantly watched.
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If the Christian religion were not fully in
sympatly with every phase Of the world
growing necessity, it would itself ere this
have Eeen outgrown.
"The freest government says Webster.
'cannot long endure where the tendency of
the law is to create an accumulation of prom
ersy in the hands OF the few. and to render
the masses OF the people poor and independ.
ent."
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What Bliss Saws.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Bliss says: Eve
don't expect to perform another operation on
the President until we cut the ball out, and
We will not do that until the President re s
up, aud not then until the bali gives him some
trouble
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CHICAGO, Aug. ia New York special
gives the stony Of the Tichborne claimant
who has sprung up in California aud says
further important evidence has been discov-
cred to strengthen lie claims Of the San
Francisco mau.
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More Hopeful.
(Si9neu)

WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE President
has rested we'll. 4 slight improvement of
yesterday is maintained. We are more hope
full,
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Concerning the President.

CHICAGO, August ia Washington
special says there is u sensation caused by a
report tina the parotid gland is infiamed. IL
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-23
Indian Work.

AnTONlTo. Col, Aug. l~7.-Three herdels
were attacked by Indians near Amargo last
night. Two were killed. The other escaped.
bodies of The murdered men were found
this morning.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-07

As usual all the chairmen claim the
state, even Mr.. Wolfe's; or rather Mr..
Wolfe himself, the chairman of his state
committee not being sufficiently san
guine to put forth the prognostication OF
the Wolfe vote which the candidate
himself utters in the declaration Of his
belief that his chances are as good as
either Baily's or Mobiles. This is not
to-day so wild hope as it was month
ago, when Wolfe started in, and when
he proclaimed bis faith in his success as
stoutly as he does today. 1t is not in.
conceivable that he may divide the Re-
publican vote with Baily, though it is
very improbable indeed. Nodoubt exists
however, that he will get a noble vote
even though he does not get much OF
Mobiles. The only hope the Republican
leaders have of offsetting the Wolfe de-
fection is by the purchase Of part of the
Democratic vote in Philadelphia. But
there is no likelihood of tile Wolfe Re
publican vote being 50 small as to *
offset by any such manipulation.
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STATE ITEMS.

In ilighSDire :: man named Clark has
been found dead in q shanty.
80, 600, 900 feet of logs in the Williams
port boom, and Is, 900. 600 mere to come
down. They will all be cut out.
E, +. Remimston's saw mill, Mosquito
Valley, near Williamsport, has been
burned loss, $1,000 no insurance.
Roughs tackled Fred. Morningstar'
saloon, i'll Midd!etown, and he shot Hiram
Frantz i'll the left shoulder.
In Philadelphia three little girls purciias
el thirty cents worth of rum and two
nearly died from it's effects.
Wolfe spoke in Philadelphia to 5000
persons Oh Saturday night this morning
in West Chester, this afternoon in Oxford,
tonight in Chester.
In MELVILLE, early yesterday morning,
the United Presbyterian church was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance
about $4,000.
Henry l.. Williams, of Ontario, re
ceived seven hundred dollars from bank
IN Williamsport, on Friday. upon two
forged drafts drawn upon the First nation.
al bank of New York, and escaped.
The Scranton Times has y lively libcl
snit on hand because it repeated the
charge that Congressman Scranton had
defaulted 81, 900 to the government as
revenue collector.
Edward Burke, IN American District
messenger boy employed at the Office 1T
Broad and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia,
was So badly burned early on Saturday
morning at the office, that lie died. He
filled a burning coal oil lamp.
Congressman Brumm, of FuttsviIIe, Il
Republican wolf i'll Grcenback Suise, got
SO excited the other day in trying to get a
Republican away from the Independent
movement that he assaulted Independent
Phillips, and tic Independents expect to
make political capital out of the outrage.
Charles Albright, a young Harrisburgcr,
started for Sunbury with $1,000 to buy
property. and ROW he tells story of being
set upon 10y two Zig men, one of whom
shot him in the left arm. Both of the
men then grabbed him and robbed him OF
81, GOO he ha! in his pocket--so Albright
says.
At Norristown many families have been
forced to break up housekeeping because
they could not obtain help, and many
others for the same reason take their meals
at hotels. At Bethlehem and Easton the
same state Of affairs exists. tits account
ed for by the rush of domestic help to the
large cities, and the desire for more profit
able employment in the manufactures.
Henry Gukes, of Middletown, who has
been missing since Thursday, on Saturday,
was found in the lock of the Pennsylvania
canal. He had been addicted to strong
drink for a long time, and likely fell into
the canal while under the influence OF
liquor. lie was 4 widower with married
children and made his home with mar
ricd daughter.
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LIST Of ed /. .atfcra.

The following is a list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postoffice for the
week ending November 1881 !:
La9ies' List-iIrs. J. l.. Black, Lizzie
Bowman, Miss Berdie Brokan, Mrs. An
ME Butcher, Miss Emma l.. Butzer, Miss
Katie Cosgrovc, Mrs. J. L. Dunkin, Miss
Annie Dull, Miss Susie Good, Mrs. Mary
A. Lee, Miss Sarah Mccall, Mrs. Susan
Mchenna, Mrs. G. E. Mayors, Miss Emr,a
Shanks, Miss Lizzie Sezhrist, Miss Sadly
Stycr, Miss Lizzie Stau!fer.
Gents Lst.-Daniel Blochcr, Archie
Brown, Chas. Rcitlcr, Samuel Conner, G..
Cramer, F. Earesman, Walter Forstaills,
Viii! Gciytcr, J. B. Hel shey, VIM. Hoover,
George I.ayerd, Thomas Little, E. NJ. Mil
Ter, John Miller, james O'Danncll, Jacob
Rcssler. John Ryan, ST., Hiram NJ. Ruhl,
l.. +. Shirk, Peter Short, A. J. Shadd,
CO, p. Smith, John E. Stoner, Frank
Steel, J. II. Strickler, Bernard Wenser.
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THEN AND NOW.


Brosius at AntIetanl and on tho Stump.
EDITORS INTELLIGENCER The follow
ing is an extract from the mastery Grafton
of Mr.. Brosius, ESQ.,, delivered at AI:ietam,
September II, 1880:
"Nor can we too soon comprehend the
truth SO vital to our institutions, that the
seeds Of degeneracy and decay lark i'll
that condition rf political morals which
renders possible degree Of party idolatry
III which no amount of probity and homer
will command the esteem Of the opposite
party, aud no depth of political and moral
proflisacy forfeit the respect OF our own :
that loyalty to party when it ceases to be
loyal to the public, is the highest dis,
loyalty to the government that when
intrigue and fraud begin patriotism ends,
while honor in politics is tho essential
mark of fitness for se!f-government.'
Tie above remarks lately attracted my
attention, not only because OF their iitrin'
Sic value, but also on account OF their in-
terest in regard to the present attitude OF
Nj. Broslus. There Is u growing doubt in
my mind whether the author is to day
controlled by the principles which he pro
fessei last year. This doubt almost rises
to a certainty that he has not at present
these principles for his guidance. Is not
the Republican party of Pennsylvania in
the condition which he SO vividly
dcscribeso Does he wait for a
deeper depth of political and moral prof
ligacy" than that in which the organiza-
ton is stepped. Does not the Recorder
Bill jobbery, the Riot Bill bribery, the
Pardon Board infamy and the history Of
the Republican state conventions for the
last few years show that the Republican
party of Pennsylvania, as ut present con-
trolled, le; forfeited all right to his sup
port? Added to its moral degradation is
! it not controlled by 4 party tyranny which
no honest man should endure? Why does
Mr.. Brosius not apply his implied remedy
to this diseased body: Instead of travel
ing over the county talking Of " the obli-
CATION Of party (ealty," why does he not
now stand upon the platform which he
contracted last year? Was he sincere then
in the presence Of the heroic dead and does
he lack sincerity nov? Were the words
of last year uttered simply because they
were suited to the occasion, or did they
come forth from the deep convictions OF
his heart ?? Judged by his own rule OF
conduct does Mr.. Brosius have i single
inch Of ground upon which to stand?
Nov. 4, 1881. INQUIRER.
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Till; PRISON.
Monthly Meeting of Inspectors

The November meeting of tho board OF
prison inspectors was held to-day, all of
the members being present.
The board approved all the bills presenta Il
for supplies furnished during the last
month.
Tho application of John Echtcrnacht
(now serving i term for robbery for par
don was presented and signed by all the
members of the board.
The application of several convicts iOr
discharge under the insOivcnt law was
presented and favoraby considered.
! Frederick Brock was r. elacted mesSen.
! ger for two months ut tl,. same salary he
is now receiving.
! receive the daily papers was discussed in
formally, but 70 action taken.
| Messrs. Wolf, Hagen, IIOirmicr and
Prison Solicitor Boyer were appointed
committee to take the inventory of the
stock and materials on hand on November
Goth, the eud of the prison year.
The following communication was read
! To the EOuTd Of Prison Inspectors:
propose to purchase all the material
on hand in the carpet department., chain,
rags and carpet stocks at a fair price, to
be ascertaincd by 4 committee to be mu
tually chosen, and propose to furnish ma
| terial Of all kinds for the manufacture of
rag carpet in your institution for the COM
in, three years, to pay the sum Of SO
per loom per annum for the labor ncces
! sary to run the same (forgrcen hands per-
loom for six months at one half rate), you
| to furnish as many looms and as much
labor as increase in the business might
| require.
At the expiration OF said contract if not
renewed, for you to take from me all the
material on my hand, not exceeding the
amount | take from You, the value to bo
ascertained in the same way.
1expect to start IL looms. and rs soon
as additional ones could be put up to in
crease it to 16 looms in the course of
year. l would make payments quarterly,
and will & i've you security for the faithful
performance of proposed contract on my
part.
Yours, ,JoHS VI. DAVIDSON.
Mr.. Davidson presented = statement
from the reports of the county prison as to
the weaving department: from which it
appeared frOm 1868 to 1880, the profits Of
weaving department werc s3,0Si.SJ. In
the above statement the prison is not
charged with the cost Of maintaining those
who labored in the department.
The communication was briefly dis
cusscd, and it was decided to decline the
proposition, the inspectors intending dug
ing the coming year to increase the ca
pacity Of the carpet department..
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other side. I proposed that if its bulk
could not be reduced so as to admit Of an
answer in the same number it should he
postponed until a reply could be made
ready for publication in the next succeed
ing number. This and divers other offers
were rejected for the express reason that
Mr.. Ingersoil would not consent. The
judge therefore concludes that it is prof.
able ''the NORTH 4merican Rscier will be
prostituted entirely to the service of athc-
ism.' He wants nothing more to do with
it, sends his answer to the Press, aud fires
this last shot at the Reciew:
l am especially blamable for allowing
myself to be taken in by them On this oc-
casion, because the same treacherous con-
Germ had baseIy betrayed me once before.
After tracking me out and hunting me
down to get an article from me on the
Great Fraud of 1876, a subject then of
much general interest, and making by its
publication, as the proprietor himself told
me, not less than ten thousand dollars,
they handed me and my friends, living and
dead, over to be covered with Irrelevant
SANDERS on 4 bargain that should not be
permitted to refute them in their pages.
The pamphlet to which l was driven could
not reach half the readers of the Recie,c,
and tho other half probably believe to
this day that 1 and certain other men,
some of them the best and worthiest in the
land, were guilty of the most atrccious
crimes known to any law, Divine OF
human. 1t was weak in me not to prose
cute those libelers in court Of justic,
still weaker to condone the offence ard
put mysclfin the way of being similarly
maltreated again. Perhaps, also, it was
unwise at the beginning to look for better
behavior from adventurers conducting q
magazine without avOwed convictions OF
principles and without capacity to con
tribute an original thing of their own ex
capt ra.s and lampblack.
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AN INSANE MAN.
":'m Sleepy and Want Manu.

On Saturday evening an insane man ap.
peaGcd at the village of Oregon, this
county, and attempted to force his way
into several houses and barns. He was not
violent and could not or would not tell his
name. The only words he made use of
were, "Im sleepy and want man, He
was finally taken in charge by DR.. A. F.
Gilman and Wilson Bard, who brought
him to this city and took him before AL
derman Barr at II o'clock Saturday night,
and the magistrate sent him to the insane
asylum. 1t is not known who he is, or
where he belongs to. The following de-
scription Of him may lead to his identity
lie appears to be about 2j years old, feet
8 inches in height and weighs about $50
pounds. He is of fair complexion and
has light hair and goatcc. He wears
brown pants, lead-colored blouse, drab
calico shirt and gray slouch hat. In his
hat he carried :, leaf Of the Evangelical
Sunlay-sctool paper. His friends will
find him ut the county hospital.
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AUnited States CLERK Mura.red

Colonel Watson B. Smith, clerk of the
United States Circuit court, Omaha, was
found dead at o'clock Saturday morning
lying outside his Office door, where he
had been shot by an unknown assassin.
There is great public excitement and a
mass meeting was held to express horror
Of the crime and take steps toward the
arrest of the assassin. Colonel Smith was
a highly respected citizen, soldier in the
late war and leaves an estimable family
He has been clerk of the court fourteen
years and tho chairman of the committee
of citizens to enforce the Slocum liquor
license law, and he has been very promi-
nent in its aggressive work.
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Terrible Devastation.

Spanish Honduras has suffered terribly
from the floods, sweeping away bridges
and greater portion of the only railroad in
the country, which runs from Puerto Cor
tcs thirty. six miles in the interior. This
road was built by the government at the
cost Of $4,000, 600, and was leased to a
company. Tho damage to the road is
placed at $40, 900, ,000, and it is feared the
government will not be able to rebuild it.
The disaster seriously interfercs with fruit
operations. The number Of persons who
lost their lives by the flood is said to be
five hundred, and the total loss is $40, 900.
GO0