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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
JOHN w.

The dispatches received to day bril-,
news of the death of enc who h.
prominent actor, as an editor ana M
in public affairs for over thirty ye,,
early life was very obscure, and
known in his early career more a. .
of James Buchanan than from any :,
cumstance. The year 1850 found hi,
fishing the Pennsylranian in Phil,
when he was an ardent supporter st
cratic measures. His fist entry ma
lie life was about that time when be /
position of Clerk Of the House Of R.
t~atives, to which position he was NJ
under the administration of Pierce
an active and enthusiastic supports,
chanan for the Presidency, and onIv 4
him when he conceived that be had
his promise on the Kansas question
that time up to the break ing out off
war he was an ardent supporter of N
At the breaking out of the war nj
fortunes with the Republican parl
which he was considered a sort Of
dent member up to the time Of bis N
late years he has been the nominal
tile Press, aud has spent his time |,
and writing up his recollections Of N
men of a former generation.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Secretary Hunt to Remt

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Tbera iSs
that Hunt will remain in the Cabinei
present position. One Of Hunts
friends says that the talk of the Presl'
Hunt has been of a character TO retal
Hunt expects to remain. He said | "
mornings talk that he will get Bancf'
Wis place in the Court Of Claims is unp
he would not accept it. He was oh'N
Circuit judgeship, made vacant by y
pointment of Woods to the Supreme "
President Garfield, before the latter "
and would not take it. The present
tons are that Hunt will remain in 'p
net for \ few months.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
STOCKS.

~ hiC bdS UCoA uOJlCcu III tuO
quotations of the Alice stock in the New
York market for some time past has been re-
markable, and has originated a fear in our
midst that the reputation of this, which we
claim to be the richest mining camp on the
continent, might suffer abroad on account of
such depreciation. The latest quotations of
the Alice are, December LIST, $4.so asked, no
bidders, and there is on the streets to-day a
report which gains credence from former low
quotations, that a large block of Alice stock
stock sold yesterday, in New York at $2.S5.
Considerable speculation is INDUCED in con-
cerning the cause of this decline-whether
the principal holders are unloading the stock
OF making a deal, or whether the market for
mining stocks has been fiastsned by the de-
clire of the Robinson Consolidated and other
Leadville properties. Alice stock at $2.S5 is
a good buy, and mining mex here would
gladly invest in it at that price. The entire
at that figure would represent an actual
| cash valu. of 81, 100000 for two good mines.
and improvements costing over half a mil
lion dollars. If any lesson is to be deduced
from this conditio on of things it is, that the
New FORK Stock Exchange is a poor place to
work Bus.e mines. The Lexington mine
was recently sold for 81 100000 and a certain
percentage of the stock to be issued thereon.
Shares of stock in this mine are quoted on the
Paris market at $50, which would place the
ratable value of the mime at $5,2Oo,0O0. In
the event that the buyers of this hould
never realize On their investment, it is quite
possible that the accomplished Partisan
would want no more of stock in Butte mines.
There is in the matter more than appears
on the SUI face. The interests of every man
in the community are, TO = greater extent
than is commonly appreciated, involved i'll
these matters. The owner of real estate
does not like TO be confronted with any sus-
picion that his property is liable to shrink Ia
value one-half. The holder Of undeveloped
mining property does not like to contemplate
a state of things that will forbid the sale of
his property or shut bin out from getting
necuniary assistance for development. The
laborer and mechanic cannot regard with
sny degree of satisfaction a state of affairs
that will check improvement or the working
Of the mines. The business man cannot
complacently contemplate a field where he is
liable to have to deal with Impoverished Gus
toners. The Who'll If us are vitality inter
ested that there shall be confidence in The
minds of foreign capitalists to send their
means here for investment. 1t will be far
better for us when it becomes the fashion fer
men to bring their capital here rather than
send it.. The idea that mines can be listed
upon some stock board and worked by out
side companies is most pernicious to the COM
munities where the nines are situated. 1t
NAV be advantageous to a few shrewd manip-
ulators, but it is disastrous to the reputable
business men, mechanics, laborers AID mine
owners CT a camp.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

The Salt Lake Herald, comm entins on the
Presidents suggestion for the suppression of
polygamy, says: " 1t is evident, however, that
he does not understand the question, or he
would not make the suggestions embodied in
his remarks ; for neither of the provisions
that he recommends, embodied in laws,
would prove of material benefit in efforts to
suppress the practice Of po!ygamy." That is
about the size of il; it is obviously rather a
uitiicui it matter to get at the facts that trans
pire in a Mormon endowment house,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

A Washington dispatch of the 7th gives the
following statement Of the probable adBais-
sion of Campbell as Delegate from Utah :
President Arthur's vigorous utterancss upon
the Mormon question give unalloyed salts
faction to the Pacific Coast people and all
other opponents of ~polygsmy, and will pro-
badly have a decided influence on the result
of the pending contest in regard to the ad-
mission of Campbell as an anti-Aormon
Delegate. 1t is considered highly probable
that the Republican members of the House
will solidly sustain speaker Kelfsr in the
position taken by him to-day in favor of
Campbell and these combined influences
will also, it is believed, be reinforced by
many Democratic mernbers whose abho"-
renee of M%ormonism will lead them to for
90 the possible advantage of embarrassing
the Republican Speaker, which is apparent
ly the purpose of the opposition led by ex-
Speaker Randall, so that OF the whole
Campbell's admission seems to be pretty well
assured.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
End Of the WhittakerCas

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--It is ruma
army circles that Advocate General
has affirmed the finding of the Court
Whitaker case. He has spent mon
going over 1900 pages of testim ny Al
given the matter a thorough sitting
said he finds that the court-martial col
Whitaker Of %mutilating Ills own can
he sustains the verdict as based upon !
idence bearing upon the case. 1t isa
therefore that the end of the whole
will be that Whitaker will be dismiss
the rolls of the army, aud his case will
pear at last from public view.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

The types made us say yesterday that the
enlarged Daily MINER was the largest daily
paper published east of Chicago. The police
was written "west Of Chicago" and in the
hurry incident TO enlargement the error went
into tie edition without correction. The San
Francisco Bulletin and Salt Lake Tribune
are the two largest papers in the region spok-
en- of, and by spreading the Daily MINER
upon either of thess sheets it is easy to see
how much they are diversified.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

Gorham appears to have 'got left" in the
organization of the Senate. A few days
break in our telegraphic communication COM
pals us to dig this information out of the
opening address Of President Davis OF the
Senate 81 am greatly encouraged in this
decision by the course of my distinguished
friend from Vermont, eminent as a leader Of
his party as he is also eminent for public and
private worth. Upon his motion, the present
chief clerk, distinctly appointed az a Demo-
crat, was unanimously male acting sscre-
taFy." Tie present secretary Of the Senate
l., then Francis Z. Shceber.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
UxOricide.

New YORK, December 9.-This ID
Pquilli Toceuito, aged 81, an Italian,
at No. So Thompson street, shot BY
Catherine through the head and kiln
on the spot. Turning upon his moi
law, Maria Valenta, he shot her thI0l
head, and next shot himself thToA
neck. despatched with the brains oil
victims and dripping with blood he''
the police station and gave himself up
murderer has a chance of recover
mother-ir-law will die. The wife was
years old.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
New Ysrk dispatch of the It'll says: The

A New York dispatch oil the TN SAYS: Inc
Posts Washington special says: Western
Congressmen, notably the representatives
from bullion producing States, are violently
opposed TO the recommendations OF he Pres
ident and Secretary Folger, that coinage Ct
silver dollars be stopped, and silver certificates
be withdrawn. Representative Beliord, of
Colorado, speaking for thi. sentiment says
such a policy will ALLEVIATE the bullion States,
against which il discriminates. 1t will be as
unpopular there, as a suggestion to repeal the
duty on iron would be i'll Pennsylvania. #
President Arthur desires to make war oh my
State, l shall not support him i'll his policy.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Schooner Wrecked.

san Francisco, Dec. S.-The s
A. p. Jordan from Humboldt Bay, wi,
go of railroad ties, is reported u tota
at Altata, Mexico. There are no DEF
it is supposed the captain and cn
saved. The vessel and cargo were fl
sured,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Walking Fraud.

MEMPHIS, Dee. 9.-At $50 this ms
Just half of the time of the 75-hour
match was completed. The score
Hart, 1865 miles; Harri nan, las; o.
las; Schmell, 13l. Hart, Harrins
Schmell were off the track six hours
the night, and O'Leary was off . J hOun
total score is: Hart and O'Leary, 9l$I
man and Schmell, 279.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Parnell'S Illness

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-yhe followY
Gals are printed this afternoon: Duh
a meeting held here yesterday O'DOn
clared that Parnell's illness was OWN,
prison diet, which was enough to bre.
the strongest constitution.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Small Pox in Orepor

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a potI
patch says that the small pox on,
against New Tacoma has been r,i,
there have been no cases reported fl
teen days. All the patients are cow,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13

A Train Precipitated in Miss
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9.-The i~ll-fslea
which went down through the St. =
Bridge rel the Missouri, was freight >
eastward bound. By schedule it crssS
before the Warren accommodation u
the latter at Brotherton and passing
engine aud tender, thirteen cars loadsA
live stock and eighteen loaded Will
freight and the cabuose went down
of the six men on the train when IL
over the bridge accompanied it on thS
leap of sixty feet into the river chaHD'
that two of them escaped to tell Of lU
full experience seems a miracle. One
missing, Jack Kirksley, engineer, WIZ
to his post.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13
Steamer and Grew SUPPOSE
Lost.

ELoNDoN, Dec. 9.-The steame
Monarch from Gibralter for An,vt
month over due is supposed to have
ed IN the Bay of Biscay and it is te
hands numbering forty are lost.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-13


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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
A German Soldiers Burden

Soldering in the German infantry
service is not exactly boys play, for the
private, when fully equipped, has to
carry about with him a weight of sixty
four pounds. This includes his cloth i.
ing, accoutrements, arms and ammuni-
ton, the aforementioned, with other per-
sonal articles, weighing twelve pounds,
the knapsack and contents eighteen, and
the remaining articles thirty-four. This
Is all officially regulated for the man in
full marching order, even to the small
est detail. Thus the clothing weighs
three pounds, the boots, with double
soles, three pounds and ten ounces. and
the helmet one pound and eight ounces.
The knaPsack alone weighs four pounds
nine ounces, and contains a shirt, stock
lngs, shoes, drill trousers, hymn book
and pay book, with some other things
Jumped together at three pounds six
ounces; ratlons one pound two ounces;
two packs of ammunition, containing
forty rounds of ball cartridges, and
weighing four and one-half pounds:
besides screw-driver, box of grease,
etc. Then there are a belt, bavonet
OF two pounds weight; a cartridge-case
containing forty ball-cartridges, weight
five and one-half pounds; cooking uten-
sils, two pounds; overcoat five pounds
three ounces; haversack with ration of
bread, two and one-half pounds; drink
ing flask, knife and spoon, two pounds
and three ounces; spade, with its COW
er, three pounds; pair of cloth gloves,
and ten-pound rife. The regulations
laying down the law thus precisely and
heavily have been promulgated this
Autumn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
Personal Presence.

There is a subtle, almost indefinable
quality IN some people, which may be
defined as presence. The person i'm
presses those he meets by a certain
individual magnetism, which has rare
charm; and, sometimes, on the other
hand, strong repulsion. The woman
of presence is either liked or dislikcd.
She is seldom overlooked, never ig-
nored.
While we are thinking of this, we
must say a word to those short-sighted
ones who wear a needlessly brusque
manner, while they plume themselves
on being very sincere, candid, and other
wise virtuous. A good conscience is an
excellent thing, and so, too, is win
some manner. It should be cultivated
Children should be taught courtesy by
precept and example. Listen to them
when they talk to you. Answer their
questions. Please be polite everywhere,
politest of all at home. Poiteness does
not require or even insinuate, the slight
est infringement of truthfulness. E l
agreeable and winning manner is an ac-
complishment of far more worth, in the
long run, than anything taught in COL
leges and seminaries. Do not under
value SO great gift, but if it be not
yours by nature, try to acquire it.
Some, like Paul, are "free-born to
LIES best things, and others are not; but
tact, social ease and loneness of man.
ner in mingling with our kind, are worth
the payment of great price to obtain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
A Close Shave.
From the Detroit Free Press. ]


Yes, have had some pretty close
shaves in my lifetime, answered the cap
tain as he sat down his glass and took a
seat by the stove
eco ahead" called three or four at
once.
"Just seventeen years ago this fall,
when was sailing the Martin from -"
Here six of the men took out pencils
and scraps of paper and began to jot
down names and dates, and, as the cap
tain observed it, he continued: "But I
think the closest miss I ever had was
about ten years ago, when I commanded
the Daylight. One night, along towards
the last of November, we were trying to
make Buffalo. That was to be our last
trip. Well, that was the darkest night I
ever saw, and the wind blew great guns.
The schooner climbed mountain high
and then slid down as if she meant to
strike bottom, and I thought every
plunge would be her last"
''And she finally went on her beam
ends?' asked one
"On, no-she rode as level as duck. -
"And didn't she lose her masts?''
"Not one. She went into Buffalo with
everything as taut as you please"
"Then where was the miss? ?" asked
petulant voice.
why, I came within four seconds of
missing the midnight train for Detroit !"
was the calm reply, as he turned over his
quid.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
Relative Size of States

The figures commonly employed to
indicate the area of the several states of
the Union have been found to be incor-
rect, and the census bureau has issued
an extra bulletin correcting the preva-
lent errors so far as it is possible to do
so from the data at hand. According to
the old estimate the area of the United
States, exclusive of Alaska, is 1925, 494
square miles; according to the new esti-
mate it is 3,025, 600, of which 1920 are
coast water of bays, CULTS, sounds, etc. t;
IA, sou are made up of the areas of rivers
and smaller streams, and %, 900 of the
areas of lakes and ponds. There re-
mains total land surface of about
1910, 900 square miles. Virginia in the
old estimate has a total area of IS. 34S
square miles, in the new AZ, $50, includ-
ing total water surface of 2, 1926 square
miles 1t is of interest to observe the
wide contrast III area between, for px-
ample, California, with her $500
square miles, and Rhode Island with
1880; or between Massachusetts, with
S,3l5 square miles, and Texas with
265, 7SO. Arizona has $4,000 square
miles of surface, Colorado 1O3, 925. Da-
kota 159, 100, Montana 146, $50, Nevada
11O,700, New Mexico, 100, $50. Della
ware has 2,150 and the District of Col
umbia 70. New York, which has 40, ITO.
is not as large as North Carolina, which
has 81, $50, and lacks nearly 10000
square miles of the area of Georgia.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
Sister PauIine's Basket.

In an account of the quaint and
curious ways of the Ephrata (Pa. COM
munity, in the Century for December,
appears this paragraph:
owe now crossed the meadow ground
to take look at the other large build
ing, and on our way passed two dilapi-
dated little dwellings,, one of which
probably is the one occupied for long
time by Conrad Beissel, the founder of
the Ephrata cloister. The second con-
vent we now came to, designated as
'Saron, or the Sisters house, is in its
external appearance very much like its
mate, Bethania-huge, oppressive and
gloomy, sheathed in black shingles, and
dotted with little square windows. The
rooms and passages, however, are quite
differently plotted, and seem to have
been altered to suit the uses of more re-
cent times. In one of the cells we no.
ticed huge hamper; its size, in fact,
compared with the dimensions of the
door, was suggestive of the Chinese
puzzle, the imprisoned ivory ball, much
too large for the apertures of the in
casing cell. How was this overgrown
basket ever squeezed through so narrow
an opening? It never was. An indus
trious nun, bent upon doing some good
and useful work for the monastery, piled
in her cell, for many days and weeks, her
busy hands, to weave for domestic needs
that extraordinary piece of wicker-work.
She did not discover, until she had fin
ished, that it was much too large to pass
through the door of her cell. And so it
remains there, an perpetodna rel memo
RAM"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
The Hermit of the Burmudas.
From the Boston Herald.

On the other side of the harbor I dis
covered-or rather rediscovered, for l
had met him five years before-the old
est and most delightful character, the
Hermit of the Bermudas, Bartram the
naturalist, an old gentleman who had
lived sixty years or more In most Sc
cluded situation, studying the various
objects washed up to his lonely
isle by the sea. He is one of
the remaining peronages that re-
mindone of such worthless of old times
Is our Bartram the botanist, who had
the wonderful botanic garden on the
banks of the Schuylkill, and who wan
dered into the wilds of Florida one hum
dred years ago, whenit was a wilderness.
Into little shanty he has collected the
funds of lifetime; all the shells of
these shores, the few birds and beasts,
stuffed and preserved, and there he sits
and smokes, and has sat and smoked for
years, until all his collections are black
with the SCOT of his pipe.
A little garden and arrow root planta-
ton furnishes him with the means of
subsistence, and in these he digs just
enough to give him bread. A placid
bay offered such an invitation for bath
that [ availed myself of the opportunity
and plunged into it. When / inquired
if he could furnish me with towel he
was in doubt, but he believed there was
such thing somewhere In the house,
and finally brought me a piece of bag
glng that was anything but comfortable.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-03
rRes. sARDoN, Editor and Publisher
RECKLESS RAILROAD BUILDING.

The New York Mail utters this warn
ing: "The old Athenian oracle spoke
wisdom for all time and projects when it
said, Be bold, be bold, be bold, but
be not too bold We are in the midst
of an era of unprecedented prosperity,
the result of repeated magnificent crops
for which there was an immense foreign
demand, and of other favorable con-
dltlons that may not last another year
But speculation and speculative railroad
buildings have gone to lengths not justi-
fed by our prosperity. If our tremen-
dous growth is not arrested by a great
panic, it will be because our capitalists
are wise in time" 1t justifes the warn
ing by pointing out that the number of
miles of railroad in this country, already
undertaken or for which the money is
provided, and to be built during the
period from October LIST, 1881, to Oc-
tober LIST, 1882, is Is, 1856; the new rail-
road enterprises are coming into the
market continually; that at an average
estimate of $40, 900 mile the cost of the
roads that are in the list would be
$685., 440, 000-or more than David A.
Wells estimates the total annual value
of the productive industries of the
country, to be sunk for a considerable
period in enterprise that will enrich the
next generation at the expense of the
present; that this takes no account of the
large investments in New Mexico; and
that from the statistics in Poor's Manual
it appears that the aggregate mileage of
our railroad construction in the two
years that Immediately preceded the
panic of 1873-1971 and 1S72-was only
13, 257 miles.