The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-08
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those places after the late battle with the
Chilians, amounts to sc, 100000.
A dispatch received late last night states
that the house concurred in all the amend
ments to the funding bill and it now goes to
the president for his action.
Here is the latest mathematical problem
If man who weighs one hundred and sixty
pounds on this earth, will weigh only twenty
pounds on the planet Mercury; how much
would Sarah Bernhard weigh there.
We are told that coal is nothing else than
ferns, moses and sea weeds petrified beneath
the surface of water in the absence OF air.
There are TO less than $50 different species
Of plants ~petritied into coal, of which 2o0, at
least, are gigantic ferns.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, at present United
States senator from Iowa, is now reported to
be the man whom Garfield has chosen to fill
Schurz' position in tie interior department.
MI. kirkwood's term of service in the senate
would not expire until March 3, 1883.
After the 4th of this month New York will
have had the vice presidency seven times,
Virginia twice, Kentucky twice and Massa-
ehusetts twice. The New Workers who have
filled the chair of the vice president arc, Burr,
Clinton, Tompkins, Van Buren,, Fillmore,
Wheeler, and Arthur will make the seventh.
An influential British journal in speaking
Of England's war with the Beers, uses the
following strong languaec: 1t is the most
unholy, the most uniustifable, the most III
famous ever wag"d on the planet, and one
which should cause the civilized worl' to
rise in lNdicnation and demand its cessa-
SION"
1t is ascertained that the locomotives used
on the rail- Dads of the United States are do
ING the work Of 10000, 900 horses. The cen
sus returns of 1870 returned less than
5000, 600 of these useful animals. Steam is
now moving the m Of the world.
Fifty years ago it rolled on wheels and on
board of slow sailing crafts.
The New York ssMall' of a recent date
says: I'VE regret to see the name of Frank
Z. Hiscock in the black list of tn ose who vot-
ed to spend millions Of the peoples money
for Improving mountain trout streams"
This is rich. Calling the Missouri and Mis-
sissippi rivers "mountaiu tront streams" en-
titles the :NIail" to the centennial medal for
fools. Nature develops but one in a century of
such striking proportions.
Another Canadian prophet has made his
appearance at the front. This time it is DR..
Wild. lie predicts ffty-three years Of war
after 1882, and that the millennium is to be-
gin in 1885. Too late to do the present gen.
Grafton any good. The doctor evidently has
but little faith in Mother Shipton's predic-
sions, but expects a eredulous world to swa1-
low his. In view of that tfty-tLree years war
We prefer to pin our faith on Mother Shipton,
for til 5 year at least.
The funding bill is hanging upon the
ragged edge" of uncertainty. This is a
measure which, if passed now, will save to
the government the sum of Sl6,000,000 in
interest upon bonds between the present time
and next December. But the probabilities
are it will be forced over by the republicans
to the consider alton OF he next congress, if
not killed by them at this session. If this
bill be defeated it will be through the COLI
nivance of the republican minority of the
house, and all outraged people will hold that
party responsible.
The New York .World," in referring to
The funeral Of The late Fernando Wood, says :
tIn accordance with his sensible wish, en-
pressed while he was In perfect health, his
children declined to subject his funeral in
this city to aldermanic supervision. BY all
interesting coincidence, on the day when the
hath ,c tl,, ,l,i,f conversational ~, of
the funding bill reached Washington the last
stage Of that bill was reached in the senate.
The best epltaph of the late Mr.. Wood will
be that he fastened his end by his tlreless
advocacy of this funding measure"
The Pacific coast grangers do nothing by
halves. Having been, as they conceive, i'm
posed upon by the railroad and steamship
monopolies in California they are going to try
their hand at the freight business themselves.
They have formed an organization at San
Francisco to be called the Farmers Steam
ship Company" with a capital of 100000,
divided into 5000 shares of $40 per share.
AS soon as enough stock is subscribed a steam
sr will be built expressly designed for
speed and the carrying of freight. She will
make weekly trips to points on the coast, and
carry freight for farmers and stock raisers
much lower than the present rates. The ex-
pertinent will be watched with interest, not
only by those on the coast, but by many who
live near the large rivers in the interior of
other states and territories. If the functions
of producer and transporter can be success
fully combined, our own farmers and stock
- --.E. H. H.
Of the California grangers.