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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25
READING

Inc garlands wither on your brow,
Then boast no more your mighty del
Upon Deaths purple altar now,
See where the victor-victim bleeds;
All heads must come
To the cold tomb!
OIly the actions of the lust
Smell sweet, and blossom from tbJ
James Shid
When the worlds up and every swarm al
Keep well thy temper, mix not with each l
Despatch necessities; life has q load
Which must be carried on, and safely may
Yet keep those cares without thee let the
Be Gods alone, and choose the better part
Henry Vau!
Teach me to live that 1 may dread
The grave us little as my bed.
Bishop !
There are few things SO bad but they
Lave been worse.
Extraordinary virtues are ever defam.
those who want the courage to initiate
Faith and persistancy are life's archiI
While doubt and despair bury all Jude
ruins Of any desge.
The most beautiful may be the mod
mired and c&rossed, but they are not all
the most esteemed and loved,
Where the nsuth is sweet and the cyl
telilSent, there is always the look of bd
with a right heart.
lie that studies books alone will knod
things odght to be; and he that studies
VIII know how things are.
When we are old it is so sweet to us
younger than the young when we are !
1t is So sweet to be just vice versa.
If we wish our children to reverb
thinSs-things simple, and pure, and 4
aud Of good Ieport--we must set them d
ample.
The usual employ ments and every-dd
cur Of life are the best things for d
away our grief; jogging efiectually |
woe 10 The sleep.
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A GroRl From Nevada,

NEW York, January 22.-Ihe
prints two columns of a communicatl,
Nevada giving a wonderful picture 81
there. and sharply reviewing the lat,
torial contest. The Times concludes al
rial on the subject thus: "Nevada
appendage Of California. To this pos!
should be relegated by the act of /
people.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25

n Che memorial to the legislature which
apTaaed in the MINER yesterday morning
's.Fers4 very aggravatiny typographical errors
,occqt, the most important of which is the
statement that the increase of Indebtedness
m the couLly is 5000, instead of So, 900, the
tnie amount. Ths corrected text will ap-
gear In our weekly issue.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25

Yesterdays dispatches state that Senator
Carpenter is quite i'll, having been confined
to his room for several days. His physicians
have forbidden him to receive, callers.
a,AIthn!sh his condition is not considered dan
serous; his trouble is said to be threatened
seenS6Stion Of The lungs.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25

it must be consulted and gratiied We would
favor a line that would give II Philipsbnrg
friends a place in Silver Bow cernty.
Again the enemies of division have falsely
charged that if Silver Bow county be formed,
that at the next session of the legislature it
would seek to add to its territory portions of
Jefferson and Beaverhead counties. There
fact for this assertion. 1t is as false to truth
as it is dispicable in character. The only OBJ
ject its authors have in view is to antasonlze
the representatives of those counties against
the division measure. Now we will guaran-
tee there is not a responsible man in the pro-
posed new county that has ever given ex-
preston to such a desire, nor do we believe
there is one to be found in Butte who enter
tains the wish to dispoil our sister counties
Of an inch Of their territory. The meeting
called for last night nailed this lie to
the counter. We have felt it our duty to say
this much in regard to the line of division
and to expose the object of the anti-division-
lists in basriy attributing motives to our peo-
ply VI W uiS UAlCy Nv SoiibiSoos IL 1Vei wv
jet of this article is to present to our readers
the financial condition of this county and to
prove Tat it is utterly impossible for it to eX-
tricate itself from debt under the present Sit
ua,ion of affairs,
BY referring to the report of the territorial
auditor for 1877 it will be seen that the total
indebtedness of Deer Lodge county at that
time was $47,174.97, and its assessable
property amounted to the sum of s., 946,044.
Under an economical administration of the
atl.irs of a country it is reasonable to expect
that with an Increase of taxable property its
debt should be diminished, bat in the case of
this county the reverse is true. Its debt has
increased. Let us see to what extent, and
furthermore presentthe amount the taxpayers
Of This county have paid during the last four
years. The following tables will show The
latter.
Ile taxable property i'll The county for the
years mentioned was as follows -
1871 $l,9tG,O44
observation-disclosures. 2,5OS,95o
iS!o 3,o0l,3io
1880 4,33O,5G6
Tie rate of taxation Was as follows:-
lSIl-23 mills. 1SIS-25 mills.
1922 1SSO-22 "
The amount Of taxes collected for The years
named was, fol-
1877 ..... $44, 5000
ISTS... .............. 81, 1888
1870 7S,0l4.G5
1880 9J2Tl.13
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, 1881-11-13

THE tugmen and yessel-owners are organ-
lzing TO fight the important bridge ordinance
which requires that the bridges be closed
one hour in the morning and one hour in the
evening for the accommodation Of the people
going to and returning from their worK.
This opposition is unreasonable, selfish be-
yond degree, and 1nean-spirited. The way
the yesselmen put the case is this: "If the
Council has the power to close tile bridges
one hour mornings and evenings, they may
also close them two or three hours. and there
will be no limit" This is simply rcductto
dd absatrdunl The proposition may be re-
yersed with just as much force II the city
has no power to close the bridges for the ac-
conmodation Of the public for an hour in the
morning aud another hour i'll the evening,
then it has no power to close them for half
an hour. or even ten minutes, nor indeed
for any length Of tiu1e, aid they should be
taken down as obstructions to tusmcn. But
the fair and reasonable way Of looking at the
case is that the vessel-owners and the public
should make reciprocal concessions. Tie
former have all the privileges Of the river
during Twenty-Five hours of the day, and
they can we'll afford to give the tens of thou
sands Of West Side and North Side people
chance to get to and from their places Of
business during the most common hour for
coming and going in the morning a1m eYeu-
, 1881-11-13

others. Let him fare in school as if be were
the only scholar there, and rise and take his
place according to his merits in each and
every study he. niay engage in. :: This
reform must proceed from the teachers,
who alone eau put it into practice, and who
alone can make 1t u success. The present
system, which costs the taxpayer SO dearly, is
largely failure. Between 50 and 90 per
cent Ut the children who attend the public
schools in this city leave them as soon as they
can read and write. Beyond that point the
time spent at school is regarded by many
parents as pretty much wasted. They sec
their children tied down to a routine car
which moves but little faster than a
snails pace- Boys who could master
their arithmetic in one session are
held back so as to consume several.
Girls who could go through their
English grammar in a few months are kept
at it for several years, simply because some
scholars can so no further in those studies.
The school history OF the United States can
he sufficiently studied by many quick and
apt pupils in one term, but they are not per
mlt1ed to do it inlcss than several terms,
and so Of all the studies. This bad system
MUST be broken up and common sense be
permitted to take its place. The teachers
are not earning their wages in the educa-
tlona} results they are accomplishing for the
rising generation. Simply denying and spe-
cial pleading will not suffice to refute the fact
, 1881-11-13

PRoCL-AMATIoxs concerning Thanksgiving
Day are becoming frequent about this tiue,
several having already made their appearance.
TO such Governors us have not yet sent forth q
call to their constituents to properly observe
the day set apart by President Arthur for tha
giving of thanks, the proclamation OF Gov
Long, Of massachusetts, Is commended u
model OF brevty and good sense. Enstesl.l OF i.,-
lulstng In flights Of fancy. Gov Lung confines
himself to Scripture and poetry. The document
Is as follows:
WHEREAS, It Is a common and ancient custom
thanksgiving usld prayer to Almighty G Goti. Noa,
therefore. !, John H. Long, GoIcrnor. by und
with tnH advice und consent Of the Council, ap-
point therefor Thursday. the 33th day OF NJ
yelnbcr next
- Unto Thee, God. do we give thanks! Thru
the spriugtng thereof. Thou crr>wnest the year
With Thy goodness The pastures are clothed
with tlocks: the valleys also are covered over
with corn; they shout for Joy: thc5 also sing
'' Blessed Is lie that cons.6iere,h the poor.''
Come unto me al ye that III bor aud ure heavy
laden, and l will give you rrs..
20 painter Ut thu. fruits and Towers,
We own Thy *lsc design.
Whereby these humble hands Of oura
May share the ~ork Ut 1niue!
Apart from Thee We plant .n valn
1h.. root, :t1ttt sRw the seed;
III nbs s..!s ,as .a aa dsxx nx ssss ms nesa ss,n'
"our toll is sweet with thanktulnc.s, -
Our burden ~ utir 3t,,lu:
The curse of Eartns gray mornings
The blessing Ut Its I.Uun.
and nd sttll With reverent hand re Gull
Thy gifts each year renewed;
The good Is always bcaaltful-
The beautiful II :ood!"'
, 1881-11-13

ia The iron stean-barge Brunswick. with 4
cargo of coal, and tile schooner Carlingfortl,
with cargo Of wheat, came into 4 collision
during mist yesterday morning about
twelve miles off Dunkirk, in Lake Erie, and
both vessels follndered. Before they went
down the crews managed to get into the
small boats, but one Of the boats OF the
Brunswick, in which were the First Ell@i-
neer, John Trancomb, the Stcwardess, Mrs.
A. G. Fletcher, her daughter Millie, and
Capt Chamberlain of Detroit, was capsized
By the suction caused by the sinking Of the
Brunswick, and all were drowned. The crew
Of the Carlinsford, with the exception OF one
man. Edward Conway, got of safe The loss
is estimated at S2a3.5.00O.
, 1881-11-13

. IT is expected by the COUNSEL for the pros
ecution-Mcssrs. Corkhili Porter, aud DAY.
idge, that jury in the Guiteau case will be
secured by Wednesday. Then the trial will
be pushed. vigorously to a conclusion.
Guiteau's counsel rely mainly on the insan-
ity plea for an acQn1ttal, but will bring up the
questions OF Jurisdiction and malpractice.
Mr. Scoyille, who has summoned about sew
cnty-iye witnesses in the case thinks that
the trial will last three months, but tile pros
ccution does not agree with him. All extra
force Of Dailitfs will be employed in the
court during the trial III order to prevent
'..cranks'' from dealing summarily with the
3ssncin
, 1881-11-13

ing. We'wouid again remind the vesselmen
that they would have: no occupation i'll TINS
city if it were not for these same people they
are now fighting and tile energy alld money
they have employed in building up great
commercial city What is known as the
Chicago River WIS originally q little creek
or bayou rather, which would accommodate
nothing larger tllun dug-out; the National
Government has never spent cent On IT,
and the deepening and enlargement to lts
present dimensions have been done at tile
city's expense for the benefit Of the vessel
meli. 1t is absurd to hold, under these cir
cu1l,stances, that the city cannot exercise
reasonable police powers over the bridges
across a stream which itself has rendered
nayiEable
, 1881-11-13

THE Gambrttist journal Le Paris says
that Gamberta will be Premier and member
OF the Cabinet without Il portfolio; Carnot,
Minister Of Justice; Waldeck Rosseau, Mill
lister of the Interior; Dc Freyclnet Minister
Of Foreign Affairs; Paul Bert, Minister OF
Public Instruction; Rouyier, Minister of Ag-
ricu]ture and Commerce; and Cocliery, Mill
lister of Posts md 1'elegraphs. The port-
foijos of War. Marine, and Finance have not
been assigned, but it is probable that Leon
Say will get one of them. Singularly enough,
Lc Parts makes no mention of Jules Ferry.
, 1881-11-13
DISCOVERY OF a NEW OPERA.

The musical hiding-piaces have developed
some very rich treasure-troye OF late. It is
not long since that a new symphony by
Haydn was discovered. Following this came
the missing numbers in Afozart's immortal
Requiem" Still more recently tenth
symphony BY Schubert has been unearthed
by that interchangeable musical scholar, Mr..
Grove. of London. The latter was great
surprise, as it has always been thought that
Schubert, like Beethoven, whom he admired,
closed his symphonic list with ninth work.
And now comes the news Of another rich
namely: Il manuscript opera by the
young and ill-fated Dontzetti, whose end was
as pitifnl as, that Of his own lyric heroine
LucIu.
Though Verdi Is considered az the chief
, 1881-11-13

The St. James Gazette, which was estab-
lshed By the Jlngoes when the Pau 1fall
Gazette became Liberal paper, and which is
edited By the vinegarish Leslie Greenwood,
has been ridiculine the recent inter
changes OF compliments and sympa-
thies between the United States and
Great Britain, and has vigorously attacked
American institutions and customs, as tend
1ne to pruduce dead leye1 Ut mediocrity.
The Pat Afult Gazette, which is now edited
by John: Morley, one of me most philosoplic
aud liberal Ut Englislmen. has replied In a
powerful article, and points to the TACT that
America: though In existence as Nation
only 100 years, has produced some of the
fiea'est historians Of the age, such Is Pres
, 1881-11-13

of sentiment are always included in great
schemes for public improvements. But the
real obstacles to be overcome are as follows:
The authorization of the State Government
to this use; Of the Iale-front the consent OF
the city,' aud the acquiescence of The owners
Of tl1e> lake-front property must all be Sc
cured. before the work could be done. It
these could be obtained there is scarcely
doubt that a company of capitalists could
make the scheme profitable, and there is
certainly enough to it to warrant serious
bought Mt least -
, 1881-11-13

ABOUT II o'clock Friday night the bed Of
Prairie Creek broke through into one of the
mines Of the Chicago, Wilmington & Yer
million Coat Company, at Strcator, in this
State. The bed Of the Stream at the point
where the break was made is only eight or
nine inches above bed Of some twenty
eight feet Of quicksands, and the rains Of
Friday caused pressure enough to break
through the bed and the quicksand into the
mine. The hole thus made is about 200
feet wide by 100 feet long. There were
only four men at work in the mine
at the time the break occurred, and
all of them escaped. Most of the implements
and all but two Of the mules employed in
the Shaft were gotten out The loss to the
company is estimated at 500, lt~wi1l
take several weeks to repair the break and
put the mine, which is the largest soft-coal
mine in America, in working order.
, 1881-11-13

HoEAT1o KING Jr., before whom the depo-
sition Of Giro was made, was examined in
the Ckrlstiancy. case yesterday, and gave
testimony rather damaging to Airs. Chris
fancy lie swore that that lady came to his
office ard asked to sec the letters purporting
10 have been written by her to Giro. The
letters were shown her, w1ereupon she re-
marked that she did not know she could be
SO sentimental; that she had purpose In
writing them, and meant to entrap the
Scoundrel
, 1881-11-13

A DUBLIN dispatch states that Lord Port
arlington has raised the CRY OF contiscat1on
because the Land Court is reducing his rents
BY Is per cent, and lie is going to call OIL Par
lament to compensate him for his loss out
OF the national revenues. lie says that he
has not raised lis rent for several years.
But he overlooks the serious fact that farm
products have fallen greatly in selling price
within the last four or five years. The Land
Court takes these facts into account in fixing
a fair rent. The court can see no cessation
or let up OF this American competition for
many years to CONE. The court is evidently
proceeding with great care and circunspec-
tion, and settling every case on its merits
They find that some OF the present rents are
''fair." and need no reduction; but others
are found to be one-half too high, and the
tenants ground to the earth. 4 Dublin dis
patch says:
The Dowrpatrick Land Commission, in de-
c;siun III sixteen cases on the Martin alld Corn
wall estn,es. mHde materiul reductions of rent.
In TWO cases. rents OF thirty shlltp&s and twenty
sixpcuce und thirteen shillngs sixpcnce re-
spectirely- In the case OF one Miller, tenunt to
j. Ward. OF HaIIgor Castle, tho commission CON
tons for liking judicial rent recorded .1re iU on
the estate OF Sir George Cot1hurs1. Of Cork, aud
others ofl the estate Of the endowed School Co,n-
nlissioncrs und Of Marquis Ely, Fcrmanaxh
County, and I7O on The estate Of the MacNanura
mincs where the tenants have long refused TO
pay REM.
On account Of the excessive amount the
landlords demanded and which the farmers
could not pay and live On these estates
the rent will be cut down from 80 to 80 per
cent, and then the tenants will undertake to
pay their rents. Applications continue to
pour into the court to lave It fix the rents.
Something like 30, 900 farmers have already
filed demands Tor statutory rents and iittee1,-
year tenures- They are tired OF the blood
sucking system Ut rack-rents, followed by
erlcticns for impossibility to pay the ex-
orbitant rates.
, 1881-11-13

! There are eight hundred bachelors in the
| Province of Manitoba under the care Of single
Presbyterian Superintendent Of Missions. Some
| Of these bachelors are old, lean, and scrazgy;
some of them are fat and wheezr: some Of them
are red-faced and bald-headed; some have an
impediment of speech, some are squ,nt-eyed,
and some are bow-IeCged. Doubtless many of
them chew tobacco, smoke; or take snuff. But
presumably they are an average lot, containing
scores Of tall, straight-limbed, handsomely
bearded young fellows, susceptible to tho re-
tining influence OF woman. who would fa.i an
easy prey to the matrimonial yoke The single
Presbyterian Superintendent OF Missions would
be pleased to adjust the yoke to tho neck Of
any member of his charge without regard to the
little circumstance OF bald -headedness. red
facedness, or bow-leggedness. To reduce the
number OF bachelors in Manitoba even by one
would make his heart leap for joy
Mrs. Jelaby hoped in a year to have
from $50 to $50 healthy families culriyat-
ing coffee and educating the natives at Bor-
roboola- Cha On tho left bank OF the Niger
But the task Of Mrs. Jellaby was much moro
arduous than that of the editor Of the Wood
stock Sentinel who proposes to "Ret up huge
excursion Of marrlageable girls from Ontario"
to proceed to the relief OF tho bachelors at NAM
1tooa. Srs Jelyoy was under the grim neces-
sty or providing whole families for I" the left
oank OF tho Niger. but tho Senttne1 man has
only 10 SEND hah-the better half to be sure, but
only nalt-a family IN eacn instance Each OF
tne auo pacheiors OF hanatoba watts, as 1t were,
IKE the a1s1o'nteo nall OF pair OF scssors, for
MS aestined otnef nall.
me eo'tor OF tne se"t'net is fnll Of enthusiasm
on tno subject nc REGARDS the expedition,
as NJ cas IT, ooe ., pa1taottsH' anu mas no doubt
that volunteers Will press forward 10 squads.
ne invites au"anitasians 70 correspond with the
SentaH<t ONCE. ana states that - applications will
, 1881-11-13

The recent census Of tho wurshipers In the
showed that the attendance on Il gwen Sunday
in 1851 fel! fur short OF the number many yeur5
diocese "rery unsatisfactory to every Chris-
tim nnu. In the Inst half century hundreds
OF new buildings for religious worship have
been erected In England, und In every town
where two ministers might be found In 1851
there are at least four in this years but In spite
Of this increase in churches and clergy1nen The
number OF church and chapel-xoers, instead OF
improving with the times, has considerably
fallen back The bishop consoles himself with
the thought that II a census were taken '.of
every town anu OF eyerr city, and OF every rural
or town parish, tho result would not be much
more satisfactory than at Liverpool The ar-
gutuent that ii a mans condition Is not good It
IL ut least no worse tnun hts neghbor's state hus
not usually been heard from the lips OF minis
tiers OF reiigion and If it were generully adopted
there would not be much hope for amendment
in morals or Christian feeling.
, 1881-11-13

The London Times says that, despite Off
cial declarations, ''it would be afectation to
deny that the relations between England and
France hare lately been Quite as cordial as
formerl y" 1t hopes that the Gambetta Cabi-
net will be more friendly to England, and is
inclined to believe that Ga1nbetta will not
commit himself TO a policy Of tinid and
vacillatlng isolation.'' But there is a very
general Impression that Gambetta is the
author OF the policy OF which the Times com
plains -. i.
, 1881-11-13

ABOUT 1900 applications have already
been made to the Irish Land Court to tix u
judicial rent. Of the applicants at least
5000 are tenants who have been evicted since
the ed of February, six months before the
Land bill became law. Among the recent
applicants are 130 tenants Of Sir George St.
John Colthurst Of Cork County. About
three years ago these same tenants were
shouting for Sir George, and breaking the
heads of all who opposed his election as a
member Of Parliament from Cork County,
and it is only about two months since they
held meetings to Congratulate their lal1d-
lord Oh his recent marriage and to re-
joice thereat Now they practically charge
hin with having robbed them for a number
of ycars-with having used his position to
extort money from them. The conduct of
the tenantry in the past forcibly illustrates
the degrading influence of Irish Iaudlordism.
, 1881-11-13

cott Motley, and Bancroft, such poets as
Longfellow, and one OF the profonndest and
most original essayis1s {Emerson), besides
luinorists and novelists who have obtained
worldwide popularity; that Americas prog
rcss III everything, consNerin. the brief Pc
riod Of its existence as separate Nation, has
made uuryanlnfcil nrprreSs.
, 1881-11-13

TIE CHICAGO Tn1BCSE has established osanch
o6ioes for the receipt VI subscriptions and advertise
ueuts follows:
NEW YORK-Room q Tribune Building +: T. Nc
FADDES. Manager
GLASGOW. Sco.land-Allan's American News
Agency, II Eenueld-6e
LONDON, Kn:.-Americnu Exchange, ~ Strand
uxNMT f. G11-Li0. Agent
WARRINGTON, D. C.-l3i9 street.
, 1881-11-13

ATa state banquet given in honor Of King
Humbert at Turin yesterday the Archbishop
Of Turin in the course of his speech said tina.
he and his clergy offered up prayers daily
for the King. And yet llu,nhcrt is the head
Of tho Government which makes Leo Kill.
the prisoner Of the Vatican''