The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-11

been fair for this year. In some localities
. the crops have been light land and , il o'her 2laces
heavy. -, 'l,, .,,,t,; .a, .
The Russian naval visitors recently left
San Francisco for the Sandwich Islands.
4 Immediately after their departure brandy
and tallow declined q. per cent. ia price.
iaM, The New York Herald says that {: .t.For the
+, arst time in Eve years the production Of Fed,
70 eral Office holders ceases to be,the leading in
dustry of, Ohio" The World foreets that
John Sherman wants to be the rext Paesi-
dent. stl e1 - ..a~j rEt ga. 3.
King Kalakua despairing Of selling his Is
lands for . reasonable sum has concluded to
repopulase them with ''coons.'' The King
illustrates hrs idea of the highest type OF civ
~iliEation by shipping the advances guard Of
these animals from" San Francisco. The diff
fer- nee between \ coon and a kanaka' eanni-
bal is not so great rs one may Imagine, the
difference being ~inAfavor of the coon. g.a
The Inter Mountain has now assumed the
role of "doubting Tho,nss,' - and will not be-
lieve the railway will cont to Butte after all.
1t must thrust its hand in the furnace of the
locomotive before its faith can be estah-
.lished. If our n%eighbor will possess It's soul
in patience the scream of the locomotive will
soon convince its senses Of Che presence of
the great clvilizer if it shall fail to convince
its reason. - ''f"' ".F 'E
It is runored that Robertson will soon re
sign the Collectorship Of the Port of New
York. The rumor is based upon the fact that
he consented to be elected delegate to the
State Republican Convention. 'Mr..' Robert
son may resign, bit no indications Of such In.
tention can be gathered from the fact Of his
representing his party in a State convention.
Mr.. Hayes celebrated order number one is
not in force. vi
The fair-tlade agitation is being vigorously
prosecuted in England and extraordinary in
terest will be taken in MIR. ,Gladstone's meet
ings at Leeds. Many of the nobility, includ-
ing the Duchess of Edinburgh, have become
interested in the movement set on foot among
ladies of fashion to encourage the use of Eng
lish fabrics. u"3oycotting'' foreign made arti-
Giles will be resorted to in the interest of
home manufactures.
There is an evident attempt to bulldoze
the President. A New York Times Calum-
bus special says: Should Arthur show a dis
position to be advised l. or led by Conkling, 3d.
600 Ohio Republicans will stay away from the
polls OH election day, and the Democratic
ticket will be elected by a vote larger than
that of Bishop, in 1877; the legislature will
be under Democratic control aud the Demo-
Gratis will gain by aenew distributing ten Re-
publicans now representatives in Congress.
Some uneasines, is felt on The Pacific s! ape
because the Asiatic cholera is again Oh the
march. If it follow its traditions it wifi be
due IN America in ,wo years. 1t first visited
the United States in a malignant form in
1882 next in lS4s, and a third time IN 1866.
Owing TO increased facilities for travel and
the closer commercial intercourse between
nations, it travels much faster now than it
did formerly. While there is no occasion for
immediate alarm, it may be we'll to be pre-
pared to meet the scourge. A. ~ ..-, .
1t is rumored i'll eastern political cir
eles that ex-senator Dorsey-the gentleman
of unsavory star route meInory-wil succeed
James in the postofice department. While
some republican journals treat the rumors as
a huge joke it is contended that Mr.. Dorsey's
occupancy of the position is far from being
one of the impossibilities. m In fact his ilti-
mate relations with President Arthur and The
nigh este.m in which he is held by that gen.
tleman brings his nomination within range of
the probabilities. 70 d. -. -017 q.
The writer of the letter said to contain
threats of assassination against CnnkIins has
been discovered. His name is iiAnty J. Row.
ley, a Republican pnittician and speaker of
Utica. New York. Rowley admits the letter
contained an expressed hope that somebody
would put a ball through Conkling if he at.
tempted to enter the Republican State con
y%ention. Rowley authorizes the publication
of the letter. 1t is to be hoped the threat
ened gentleman has lost no sleep over the
threats against his life, although rumor says
he will not attempt to enter the convention.
The Ohio State election will be held next
Tuesday, the 18th inst. For months the re-
publtcans of that State have been educated
To regard Conkling, Grant and Arthur as
even worse than the democracy, but Foster
has changed his front. From the grave Of
the dead Garfield at Cleveland he dispatched
his trusted lieutenants to lay his humble de-
votions at the shrine of Conkling and sug-
gested liberal draugh's Of nepenthe to the end
that all past differences may be forgotten and
the pain engendered by them assuag d.. We
place too high an estimate in the intelligence
of the people of Ohio to indorse the belief
thai Calico Charlie will be the next governor
of that State. t....t- -...