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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
THE POLYGAMY BILL.

The full text Of Willis bill for the govern
ment of Utah has come to hand in Eastern
exchanges. 1t vests tue legislative power Of
the Territory in a governor and council OF
nine members, to be appointed by the Prssl-
dent. The members of this council to be
residents and electors of Utah, to be confirm
ed by the senate, and to hold tor three years
They are TO meet not oftener than once q year
sit for a period not to exceed sixty days, and
receive the pay now allowed the member OF
the legislature.
1t is no difficult matter to see how this
sweeping measure will work. The entire.
menb .ship of the council will unqusstiona-
bly, be composed Of GeDtiles, and the Law
that they will make will be such that no
Mornons will ever again hold Office in the
TER This is indeed an innovation in
our form of government. Our present form
of Territorial government: is 4 partial denial
| of the right in the selection of officers the
preposed bill fall denial of this right. 1he
proposed ground has been carefully gone
over, and this is csnsidered the best scheme
that could possibly be devised to meet the
Utah case. The original form OF Territorial
government under the earlier history of the
government was administered by n governor
and three judges. This was never considered
any hardship, but congress has been gradually
extending tie principle of self government IN
the Territories aimee that time.
Srhothar thia nlan Will Deelp-
cscious to reach the ends sought
$ an entirely different question.
1t will unqusstionsbly be a source Of annoy
ance 20 the Mormon people, and raise in their
minds a feeling that they are the objects OF
persecution. Governor Ashley, a man OF de-
cided ability as a thinker, and one who had
thoroughly investigated this question in The
position Of Chairman Of the Committee on
Territories, publicly stated, while he was
Governor of this Territory, that in his
opinion all the legislation directed against
Utah had had nc ether effect than to strength
en- the Mormon church, upon the recognized
experience of history that ''ths blood Of the
martyrs is the seed of the church." In the
lcSlaidtlOu upOu Vic Ob0u 4ucoViSp, S !"
point we'll worthy of consideration whether
the measures to be put in force will not de-
feat the designs intended. The feeling is
universal that tine Mormon system is q blot
upon American civilization; but there is at
the same time a belief among the Intelligent
public men of the country that IL cannot be
cured by legislation. The secrecy of polygs'
NOUS marriages and the impossibility of prov
ing their consummation, and the right suaran-
lead 10 every citizen unde the constitution for
a jury trial are insuperable obstacles in the
way of a legal slucidstiou Of this question.
While it is to be hoped that some means will
be adopted TO tear this system down without
building it up, the success OF any measure
that can be chosen nay be seriously
doubted.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
Riddleberger Elected.

RICHMOND, Dec. 2O.-H H. Riddlel
as elected to the U. S. Senate to-day
Legislature to succeed John W. Johnso
strict party vote was given for each 0
candidates. In the House the Dem
made several unsuccessful attempts to
the Readjusters to an awowal as to
party in the Senate Riddleberger woua
port when he gets there. 1t was COD
that Riddleberger was unpledged. III
publicans said they had NO sort Of .
standing with him as to which national
he would affiliate with in the Senate.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27

lands she discovered in tho tive dark
winters since she was last seen, will
an interesting contribution 10 our 8
knowledge of those inhospitable regie
The Jeanette was fitted ont and
Toned for three years, at the sole el,
James Gordon Bennett, of the Ne
Herald, and named for his emily sister
differed from the Navy Department
very interesting account OF the pa
movements Of this toughest steamer
doubt first appear in the journal
whose enterprise the expedition W
out,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
Combinations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. c0.-It is STATED
excellent authority that Secretary HUI
mains at the head of the Navy Departs
All the members of the Cabinet were
ent at the meeting to-day, excepting
ney-General Brewster. No questions d
portance were considered. The SENATE
firIied ex-senator Howe as Postmastsr-
eral and judg. Gray as Associate just
tie Supreme Court also thomas &. A
as United States Assistant Treasurer Of
York.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
TERRI NEWS.
Herald, Dec. 10Th.

i1Siaid, I'tC. J'i
Free milling ore Is being extracted
the winze ofthe Wicky-np mine, att the
of Clancy creek.
Deer Lodge county warrants registAd
TO December IA, 1880, are new bein:Y
Mr.. Coleman, the Treasurer, has $47,M
shat purpose.
Our city sportsmen who go out to the
mountains and the basin OF the Judithg
fail to r"turn with trophies Of the chase 1
Mr.. Kent is along to lead and direct
where and when and how TO shoot.
monarch moose brought down this winu
Mr.. Kent weighed 1000 pounds, which
supplemented by a grizzly a few daH
weighing 1900 pounds.
Fort Mssinuis at last presents q ci's77
appearance, the quarters are now ready
occupied, and all are expecting all earl
moval from the comfortable but unsig
log cabins we have till now inhabited. |
Friday evening, December End, troop /
Second Cavalry, gave their quarters a VI
ing in the shape of a grand ball. The n
were Handsomely dressed with everg1
aud the Star Spangled Banner.
Helena Independent, Dec. 90
James r. Wallace, who for the pase
has held the position of guard at the Peul'
tisry at Deer Lodge, arrived ia the city !
evening.
Judge E. B. Waterbury sold yestsrdi!
ternoon at public auction 4 half interest -
quartz leads belonging to the estate of "a
Hassell deceased. The property sold %
but at prices quite moderate in considerl
of its value.
The only pipe organ in Butte arrived
night and was put in place in st. "a
Episcopal Church. 1t is from the New
land Organ Company in Boston.
To-day there has been considerable tai
Dur streets about there being a case of o
pox in u city. The facts of the cast
simply that a girl from Curlew valley
been in the city attending school the
month, and iS now sick at the house OF
Aorspool, on Fourth street, near Young
has had no opportunity for taking small
from any one afflicted with that disease
she came 10 the city, and if she had bee
posed before coming here, she would
the disease weeks ago.
Yesterday John Chugg, the popular
ductor ON the Utah Central passenger
met with an accident. On the arrival
train at Salt Lake he was engaged in 81
ing ths cars in making up the train 10 r
to Ogden, when he was unfortunate in
ing his foot burt. 1t seems That he wa
tween a car and the locomotive and
raising the coupling bar the pilot OF tn
CINE struck his foot aud pushed it
bruising it so badly that he has since
unable to walk. 1t is hoped that with
! and quiet for a few days he will again
! right asd at his post.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27

The inquiry is frequently made by strangers
why the Nsrmon Bigamy Club styles Itself
the Church of Jesus Christ. The writer once
asked the oldest settler en- Rattlesnske Bar,
in California, why the place was so called.
81 do not know, replied the ancient p oneer
unless because there was never a rattlesnake,,
seen ON the bar" a parity Of reasoning would
perhaps solve the Mormon conundrum above
mentioned. If not, We give It up.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
Unlucky People.

A genuinely unlucky man will entail
as much misery upon those who are
dependent upon or associated with him
as a genuinely wicked one. They can
never be relied upon. Their specula-
tions turn out ill when those of stu
pider men succeed. Their inventions
are Just little anticipated by those
they never heard of. Their books or
plays do not become popular. Their
crops are sure to be injured by the
floods or the tornadoes; their vessels to
be wrecked or burned; their houses
consumed within the twenty-four hours
after the insurance policy had expired,
or the day before they had resolved to
take one out Judges are sure to rule
adversely to their interests; juries al
ways bring in verdicts against them.
Their letters are certain to go astrayi
their baggage or express packages to
be lost or stolen. 1t is they who are
always looking for their missing
knives, and are constantly wondering
where their hats or umbrellas have
gone to. The money they put into
their pocket books. or the pocket books
they put into their pockets. mysteri-
ously disappear. Even when they de-
sire to be prudent and, with consider
able sacrifice and pains, buy their pota-
toes. their coal and other stores in adj
vance at reduced rates, the prices of
the succeeding winter invariably fall
below what they have paid. They are
to be dreaded as Jonah was dreaded.
The boughs of trees they climb always
break; the boats they row or sail al
ways capsize. The train they take is
by no means to be expected at its
terminus on time. and, even if late,
should cause gratitude that it got there
at all. Or. if they are not the victims,
they are the authors. of all sorts of in
voluntary mischief. Altogether, shrewd
old Rothschild was wise when he coun-
seled his sons to "avoid unlucky
men. ."-Erchdnge
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A pair of stock kings-Gould and
Vanderbilt--W Wall Street Gazette. 5-i1
What nut is most toothsome, eaten
with the shell onP Did you say dough
nut?-L LoDeu Courier.
The reporter who was requested to
write up the death of two murderers
said he'd see 'em hanged first.-Boston-
Post.
The railr oad conductor who robs
his company is bad man. 1t is not
right that he should knock down and
be bad man. None but the good de-
serve the fare.-M. o. Plcays1'ae-
AN exchange says s'the coming girl
is to be prettier than the one we now
have" Impossible; there can be no
improvement upon the original article.
Detroit Free Press.
"A Connecticut man announces that
he can play seventeen musical instru-
ments at once. Perhaps he can, but as
he is still living. we infer that he never
does.-NoTTisto,cn Herald.
He had been telling her stories OF
himself, and had done a great amount
of Dragging; when he had finished she
kissed him and murmured, sThis is
kiss for a blow. .n-Pttcb. ses
s,rrs T WHop P1oio ,ba Ian Ienl;ns , s a;rl s was
Sa3; ,nI.+ men IN ~ ,s;o,,o ~ Ia 5astared
.La Io5. ., na;nhho. BE- .ha npSt s dno- M
na;ohhor ~; can,a ont on tba stems lis 1;stened
~ ei IL Do;Sa 60 . n,;n,ta iooIed m to the
II Iont;ns nj 80 o;yl's n,otbsr wIo was at the
nSn, ssnd sa;d 81 Cot nl,,n, hers of
a,n,.I mnI1m' =, ro,,r .@n banse bayenIt vonpi, No
,wonder ~ Hose Families don,t sneak now,
w a Boston % Posi- ''--',,>,,
-Does a Aoao Love I uuule
do you love me- sweet2'i was the wall he
A he More, dressed her close 10 his hearts wild
throbbing; = -,
"Does loves fierce tide irrigate your soul?
Is yohF ySohbin@s. neas' win in'he siiiui''ne0u'
Her soulful eyes flew up to his face,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
A Traffic in Human Beings.

The attention of the Government of
this Republic has been called to the ex-
istence of a horrible and nefarious
traffic which is carried on over the Bra
lillian frontier. 1t is traffic in human
beings, a veritable' slave trade which
the civilization and humanity of the age
condemn with horror. The Indians of
the Caqueta, Colombian territory on
the Brazilian border, sell the prisoners
which are taken in the frequent wars
among their various tribes, to the Bra
lillian traders who visit them every
year. The poor captives suffer terrible
hardships in their course down the
Amazon and its tributaries to the agri-
cultural regions below, and here the
horror of their situation is intensified, if
possible, as they are sold as slaves to
the planters, when their doom of per-
petual servitude is sealed The traffic
has been going on for years. and we
hope, in the interests of poor helpless
humanity, the Colombian Government
will make such representations as will
put stop TO such disgrace forever
Panama Star aai Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

DIR. Andrew Bonner, the Scottish
divine, has invited Moody and Sankey
to visit Glasgow after they have ful-
filed all their American engagements.
Rev. w. d. Powell, of Texas, says
that Brother Westrup was murdered in
Mexico by raiding Indians and Mexi-
cans from New Mexico. The Catholics
were not to be charged with the crime.
Lord Shaftesbury has organized a
society of theologians and scientists in
England to investigate all philosophical
and scientific questions having bear
ing on the truth of the Bible, and to
publish results.
Rev. J. NJ. Sutherland, well
known as "Senator Bob Hart" a
former negro minstrel. has become as
sistant pastor of the Laight-Street Bap-
tist Church, of New York, at a salary of
$1,000 per annum. go PSI
-The average salaries of the inferior
clergy of the Church of England are
smaller than those of rural pastors in
America But there is a far greater in
equality in the incomes of the clergy
there than here.
The Italian Government provides
four female inspectors for the girls
schools under National control These
inspectors receive a salary of 1000
francs a year and expenses, and are
said to do their work well.
Rev. Daniel Mckay, of Pekin,
| SAYS one boy in the school at recent
examination performed the almost in
credible test of memory, for anybody
but Chinaman, of repeating the whole
New Testament without missing a sin
| gle word. - Sr
"A Protestant Episcopal Church on
Norfolk, one of the South Sea Islands,
TO be called st. Barnabas', built in
memoriam of Bishop Patteson, was
lately dedicated. Bishop Selwyn and
DIR. Stuart, Colonial Bishop of Wallapu,
delivered addresses. The offertory
amounted to $500. The church cost
S25, 900.
The Second Advent Christians are
more widely spread over the country
than any other Adventist body. There
are two public associations--one in
Boston, the center OF the churches of
the East; the other in Chicago, the
headquarters of the churches in the
West. They number in all about
$4,000.
| The wealthiest of the theological
schools in the country are the Presby-
terian. Princeton has buildings valued
at S274,O00 and funds amounting to
nearly S7OO,OO The Union Seminary
| of New York holds real estate worth
$3.50, 900 and funds worth 500, 900.
1 The seminary at Auburn, N. Y, pos
sesses $500, ,O00-S200, 900 in realestate,
$500, 900 in funds. OF these two kinds
of property the seminary at Chicago
has, respectively, S300.000 and, $780,
600. The Western Theological Semi
nary at Allegheny City. Pa, has funds
slightly exceeding $3.50, 900. The Lane
Seminary possesses property aggregat-
ing 100000. These six institutions
hold one-fourth of the entire amount ol
property owned by the 124 seminaries
| IN tho IfDitad Statas
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
FACTS AND FIGURES.

= "A consignment of 100, 600. Eastern
trout are soon to be transplauted IN the
streams of Nevada u 'sliiiaile5
{ The female carp yields an i'm
mense number of eggs, fand one of five
pound weight has prodacedi aalf
million. .av
Some of the nerves of the human
body are so fine and small that six of
them are only equal to one hair of the
head in size .E5IH3 9asi;s-i;,fr1 11z
I'm some portions of France, where
the sugar beet is extensively grown, the
value of land suitable for its culture is
about $500 per acre. s.a q ssso
The Nashua IN. H1 Iron and
Steel Company has turned out the larg
est steel ingot ever cast in the country,
its dimensions being nineteen feet by
twenty-seven inches.s and its weight
2.70o pounds 1t will be hammered in
70 a shaft. amt z.s-s ss-.-s,.7@,--s
OF the 1000, 000, 900 acres of cult
vable land in the United States, only
eleven and half per centum are used.
The 1856. 46S, 800 bushels. of wheat.
corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat and
potatoes raised last year were produced
on los, ,983, COS acres, and the cultiva-
bAOh 10 III AhOob CthoCS CslIClCoc.
The average annual consumption
of rye in Germany is 2. 800, 900 tons. 1t
is the staple food of the working peo-
pie. The annual rye crop is 5000. 600
tons. but the last crop fellshort of this,
by 2, 100, 900. A larger quantity of rye
is this year obtained from abroad, and
the price is enhanced considerably
The fact that. the sunfower is a
preventive of malaria, just being noted
by some of the newspapers, has long
been known and acted upon by the
Southern blacks. The patches that
contained their cabins were always gay
with its gorgeous and fulEorbed glories.
and they always insisted that it Kept of
chills and fever.
There are now twenty lines of rail-
way under course of construction in the
republic of Mexico, besides some twen-
ty more projected on paper Some of
these roads, like the Mexican Central
and Laredo lines. are from 800 to /, 200
miles in length. Othefe, are mere
branches, some of them but q few miles
in length. The Government has al
ready paid out for subsidies over S12,-
900, 900.
Cork trees are now growing near
Milledgeville, Georgia, with the cork
already thick enough to use. They
originated from acorns of the Spanish
oak tree planted there few years ago.
The sod and climate of Georgia seem to
be well adapted 10 their growth 1t is
very probable that large portions of the
South are equally fitted for the growth
of this tree, and thus a new source of
wealth is opened up.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
AM Expenslre Elucatlon.

A rather amusing adventure of two
local fishermen is being whispered
round by those in the secret. One of
the men is a well-known politician, the
other a lover of fast horses, and both
are actively engaged in the whip busi-
ness. The politician, finding his usual
haunts for trout-fishing overrun of late
by others, took q tour in search of new
streams. He found the desired spot in
a small sheet of water few miles from
town, but upon the bank was shingle
nailed to stake and thereon inscribed
in charcoal, Nobody must fish in this
pond or thay ell get arrested" The
signature was that or charcoal burner
and vender, who it seemed owned the
little pond. 1t looked as though there
were lots of trout there, SO the discover
on his return arranged with the horse
lover to make snrreptitious visit to
the place. Their intention came to the
knowledge of some rival disciples of
Isaac Walton who were not invited to
90, and they took pains to let the char
coal man know of the intended raid on
his domain. The two fishers reached
the pond, threw. in their lines and had
hauled out three or four little trout
when they were startled by loud
Hello. there" and the sight of the
owner demanding by what right they
were fishing on his grounds. He was
informed that they could not read.
.'Ye can't read, eh? Wall, read it
for ye," shouted the now irate charcoal
burner; and going to the sign he pulled
up stake and all and brought it to them.
Cant readp Wall, it reads. eight
dollars apiece or III have We arrested. ="
.sGreat Scottr' exclaimed the politi-
clan. "you surely are not going to tax
us sixteen dollars for these few trout. "
"Tain't the front Pm charging ye for,
gentlemen, but for larnin' ye how tc
read. So shell out, or it'll be worse fol-
ye." The money was paid and they
turned their backs sorrowfully upon
that pond. pledging themselves to
secrecy. - Westfeld Cor Springfield
(AaSs.) Republicans.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16

RgPostmaster-Ge James jim
giles away at that bell, and wakes up a
new sleeper or two every day, some OF
whom will not have a chance to sleep
again till they rePose within the peni-
tentiary -4-i --i .-.-s
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16

RHThe Republican party is happy,
and happiness is always sign 0
health.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16

n9-It Is curious result of secession
that South Carolina is likely to becom5
in a few years black Republican,
State in earnest. The negroes are in
creasing faster than the whites. whom
they already outnumber. A lawyer re-
Gently removed from Columbia, S. G.
to Colorado. He said the negroes
would soon learn to count as weli
as vote, and that many whites
were beginning to feel like giving
up the unequal contest and moving
North. This man said one hundred
white families would follow him if he
found his new location agreeable.
There is no law to prevent this kind of
exodus, and no need for Congressional
inquiry, but it will seem like poetic
Justice if South Carolina, the hot-bed of
secession, should become thoroughly
Africanized State.-Indianapolis Jour
nal
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-16
WELLINGTON, o. THURSDAY, JUNE 49, 1881,
Affernoon session.

The Convention then adjourned until two
O'Clock ID. m.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24

direction opposite 10 which II had blown
was the wind; the briggs head wore
around of shore, and amid the boiling
Of the surf. breaking like the booming
Of artillery against the rocks, she shot
by the point ont into the open sea be.
yond, and the danger was passed. We
gazed upon each other NJ men do who
have looked in the valley, hut passed
by without entering; and more than
one "Thaik God!" was uttered for that
narrow escape.
As turned to look back at the fast.
reccding lighthouse, ! felt hand laid
uron my shoulder, and heard a voice
sing ont II say, NJ. that's what ]
call Touch ana Col" 1t was Collins,
and gave him hearty shake OF the
hand, for / felt to his daring We were
indebted for our lives.
Squirting away. few hours brought
us on the hank. where we let go both
anchors, and rode out tho gale in safety
and when We arrived at Matanzas it was
to fnd every vessel in the harbor SINK
or destroyed, and large city in ruins,
showing how fearful had been the hur.
ricane.
Many years have gone by sin. that
dreadful morning. have passed that
same spot often, in storm and in sun
shine; the. old brig is buried beneath
the sands Of Hatteras. Capt. L. sleeps
the sleep that no hurricane blast can
awaken; but I have never forgotten
the clear, musical voice OF Collins as
he clapped me on the sholder with: II
say, M, that's whit call Touch and
Co."