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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24
EDITORIAL T

The Giobe-D Democrat says, ''the talk about
Bob. Lincoln for 1884, is all nonsense but it
lacks the element of positive idiocy which is
contained in the suggestion of Blaine as a
candidate.
The coup d etat of Conkling and rlatt has
evidently destroyed the once brilliant pros
poets of Malone, Gorham and Riddleberger.
1t is to be hoped that these worthless will now
sill k to their proper level ard forever cease to
agitate the political waters. The country is
sick of them.
The first attempt to kill the Gar was un-
successful. He is comparatively young yet
and there is plenty OF time to make other ex-
perments upon his troubled existence. Muir
dering kings is not reduced to a science if We
are to judge from the unsuccessful attempts
that have been recently made upon their
lives.
A dispatch from Berlin Under date of the
18th inst. states that the Nihilists have an
swered the manifesto of the Car by a procla-
nation, saying that they accept the war which
has been forced upon them and are confident
of victory. The greater the oppression the
tirmerth the will of the people has become. ss5TEsl
A singular case at Allentown Penn.
is attracting the attention of all the ply
sicians in that region of country. 1t is
that of Johann Guymbir, a Hungarian
p years of age. who has boen asleep for
the past 81 days. GyuMbir can walk
when led, and at times eats and drinks
heartily, but is in an apparent uncon-
cious state all the time. He is attracted
by a loud voice but cannot speak. He
has a healthy look, but is possessed of
but little strength. The case puzzles
the physicians.
The Secretary Of the State Board of
Agriculture of Illinois, in his report of
the winter wheat crop Of the state, I'M
der date of the End inst, says the north
ern division Of the state promises SO per
cent. of an average crop, the southern
division II per cent of an average, and
the central division so per cent. The
condition, though discouraging, is not
as bad as was anticipated. The sowing
Of spring wheat will partially make up
for the failure of the winter wheat area,
which in some places is being plowedu up
The Charleston, Is. c. Nems says the
Republican senators are not so fond of Rid
dleberger as they were. They begin to see
Lat in making him their candidate Tor a
senate office out of gratitude to Senator Ma
hone, they are playing with edged tools. The
first hint was the sharp criticism of repubIi,
can newspapers which fear the consequence
of giving republican support to avowed repu
diators. Then came the protest of the ''faitll.
full few'' republicans in Virginia who OBJ
jected to being counted out by their owl
party because they We're not in the majority
at the polls. Like the Massachusetts democ.
racy in the olden time, there are enough Of
them to hold all the federal offices i'll the
state, and they saw neither wisdom nor JUS
tice in making Malone the means of destroy.
ing them in order that he and his friend.
might overthrow the regular democracy.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24
SCHOOL ELECTION VOTERS

Under the above caption the BozenI
Courier, in its issue of the 10Th, gives a v II
important decision upon the qualification m
voters at school elections, made by Jud nj
Conger of the First Judicial District. ia
pears that at a late election, held at BozemI la
at which was submitted the bill to enable
people of the district to erect an additiI p
school house, the trustees ruled "1st, AV Y
must be a resident of the district. 20, 4
ident is a permanently settled inhabita II
Sd, To vote he must also be taXable-viz Od
~s'taxable inhabitant," and 4th, A taxable Il
habitaut of a school district is a person vi
will be, or expects to be, assessed to pay n
tax to result from the election As conJ Il
cradle dissatisfaction existed at That plas hi
regard to the manner of conducting schj "
elections for the purpose of voting sped r
taxes and as doubt was entertained by ma IN
as to the qualifications of electors, under a
school law, several prominent citizens ~
dressed a communication to the trustees
questing them to submit the matter to juj A
Conger for his decision. The trustees, thd "
fore placed their ruling before his Honor, VI p
affirmed it in the following language:
.Section SIS of the General Election c
determines the qualifications of electors d M
general election, which is as follows, to- 10
"All male citizens of the United Std c
above the age Of twenty-one years, and b
. -..e, =, H., n-,n a~n II, M, e1nj 1 IN
declared their mention of becoming citizq h
etc, shall be deemed electors of this Terri a
~, and be entitled to vote for delegate
Congress, and for Territorial, district d
county officers.
"But the enabling act says, The quald
voters of the school district
"Evidently the Legislature means to re
to tie qualifications mentioned in the SchI
Law regarding the voting Oh such proposal
as the one proposed, which provides the ql
ifications of an elector as being one who \
illegally qualified to vote at any general e b
ton. being a resident of the school dist
and a taxable inhabitant thereof, shall be h
tlllcu W NOLe.
"What is meant by the term taxable \
habitant thereof?' 1t is evidently meant \
an additional restriction. for the statute
previously made one of the qualifications
be a resident thereof.
$50 here a fair construction of the
would be a qualified %elector, who was la
to be taxed for some part of the amount 70
raised or provided FOR as the subject mat
ofthe election then being held.
"Tle ruling of the trustees as laid dd
is afirmed.'
That portion of our school law which
ems the manner of conducting school eli
tons was taken from the California scht
law. In that State the same. ruling made
the trustees of BoZenlau district and affirm
by Judge Conger has always been obser{
THIS is, We believe, the first judicial decs
made in the Territory upon this veXed poi
ard though rendered upon all er parte aHd
cation of the BoZeman School Board, it
undoubtedly settle the status Of an electOt
school elections called ior the purpose abb
mentioned.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24

1t is said that Malone now belongs to
party the French calls the Cleft" that is,
out in the cold"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24

The senate confirmed Wallace r.. White,
of Maine, U. S. Attorney of Idaho. A. w.
Beach, of Florida, collector of customs Of
Puget Sound.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-24

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The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
MAGAZINE Notices.

This years Christmas st, Nicholas is the
finest number of that magazine ever issued;
and therefore, probably, it is also the finest
number of children's magazine ever printed.
Its ninety odd pages full of fine illustrations
make it delightful Christmas present for a
boy or girl. 1t opens with a superb frontis-
piece, engraved by 7. Cole, after painting by
the famous Spanish painter Zamscois, and
which here figures as one of the illustrations
of an article about court testers in the olden
time. The number contains the opening
chapters of two new serial stories-Donald
and Dorothy, by Mary Mapes Dodge, the edi-
tor of the magazine-and the Hoosier School
boy, by Edward Eggleston, author of The
Hoosjer School-master. In it appears, also,
the beginning of series of Stories from the
Northern Myths, illustrated with a striking
picture by Robert Blum; and it includes the
second installment of Recollections of Drum
mer-boy, in which are related some actual ex-
citing experien ces of the author while serving
in the Northern army during the civil war.
There is long poem by Eva L. Ogden, en-
crossed and illustrated by Alfred Brennan in
full-page form Mrs. Clara Erskine Clements
Stories of Art and Artists are continued in a
paper upon Raphael, illustrated with reproduc-
tions of his portrait of himself, his Sistine Ma
donna, and the Madonna della Sedia. OF the
contents relating especially to the holiday sea-
son, the most striking are: Some entertaining
glinpses of life and manners in the United
States A Hundred Years Ago, with several
pictures by Robert Blum and Alfred Brennan;
the first half of characteristic fairy" story
The Poor Counts Christmas-by Frank r..
Stockton; Washington Gladden's story of one
happy Christmas day, entitled an Angel in an
Ulster, and the sonclusion of The Magic Pen,
an operetta of which the first part was printed
in the November number and which is by E.
8. Brooks, author of the successful Land Of
Nod operetta of last Christmas.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

IT is awkward to bs absentminded. For
ney's Progress tells story of a Philadel :
pbian who discovered this at his cost It so
happened the other day that the dining
room of the club which he frequents was
quite full, when a man who chanced to
know his particular failing came in very
hungry. The waiter told him there was no
room at present. Spying our absent mind
ed friend comfortably seated and reading a
newspaper, "Has Mr.. A. dined yet?" he
asked. fNo, sir, replied the waiter. "Well,
never mind, take his bill to him and tell him
he has had his dinner.v The waiter hesi-
tated, and then appreciating the situation,
went over TO Mr.. A. and handed him his
bill. "What is this for?' quoth the poor
fellow. "For your dinner. SIR" '.My din
ner--ahl II ave l really had it?' Eyes, sir,'
rejoined the waiter in all innocence. "Dear
me, had an idea l was waiting for it.
What a curious mistake And with con-
templative smile Mr.. A. sauntered out of
the room, leaving his table forthe use of the
genius who had profited by his absent
mindedness.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
brooklyn Eagle.)
A Warning.

81 want redressl" yelled a little man, as he
dashed into the Eagle office and fired his ha
into corner 81 want redress, right Off" and
he Topped out of his coat and threw it across
the room.
"You certainly viii want to redress, If you
keep on" observed the city editor, cycling the
proceedings.
II want it nowl howled the little man
glaring at him and squaring off with scien-
tific air Of understanding how to defend him.
self
What have they been doing to you2' asked
the city editor.
"They have impeached mel" screamed the
little man. II was witness in a lawsuit and
every man knew went on the stand and
swore he wouldn't believe me under OATH
This paper has got to see me through You've
got to redress my wrongsl Going to do it?"
and he shook his fist in the city editors face.
What did you testify" asked the city edi-
ter.
swore to the amount OF interest due on a
promissory note, and they wouldn't even be-
iieve me in thatl" howled the little man danc-
ing with rage and foaming at the mouth. "The
Jury found that was utterly unworthy OF be-
lief and the men who swore against me were
the men do business with What are you going
to do about i,?"
81 don't see my way clear TO do anything"
replied the city editor. What do you want
me to say?'
''Sayl" roared the little man, "say didn't
do 1t! Say they lied about mel ! never was
over two weeks behind with any Of theml
They've ruined my businessl"
what is your business?" asked the city edi-
tor, somewhat mystitied.
''I'm tailor" yelled tho little man, "and
the impeaching witnesses were my customersl
III the courts allow that sort of thing no tailor
can ever testify in easel The press must stop
it, and the Eagle must commeneel"
The city editor promised 10 relate the facts;
but what warning the experience OF the little
man should be to tailors generally.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE Mobile Register says frankly that it
has no sympathy with any hue and cry
raised against the national banks, and be-
lieves we have perhaps as convenient sys
TEN of banking as we could have. But it
is opposed to the s'power that the national
banks possess of influencing financial legis-
lation,o and thinks that 1.-THE banks that at
tempted this last winter should have been
wound up, and no more allowed the benefits
of the law they had abused" Commenting
on this the Charleston News and Courier re-
marks that it never heard of any legislation
desired by the banks which they succeeded
in effecting.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
TRUTH ATTESTED.
Some important Statements Of
Well Known People Wholly
Verified.

In order that the public may fully realize
the genuineness of the statements, as well
as the power and value of the article OF
which they speak, we publish herewith the
fac-simile signatures of parties whose SINGER
ity is beyond question. The truth of these
testimonials is absolute, nor can the facts
they announce be ignored.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

A GENUINE African, claiming to be DIR.
Delaney of the Mundingo tribe, presented
himself at the health office in Washington
the other morning for the purpose of register
ing as practising physician. He had what
pretended to be diploma as an herb docto.
written in English on an elephant skin, dat
ed at Sierra Leone in 1906, and claims to
have been born in $780, which would make
him 1O1 years old. He stated that his faith
er, who is king Of his tribe, is still living.
He also claims to have been with DR.. Liv-
ingston for four years. His credentials
were not sa tisfactory and he could not reg
lister.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

IT doesn't take much to start lawsuit be-
tween some people. Last summer the pro-
prietor of hotel at Brighton Beach had a
waiter arrested for stealing two soft-shell
crabs, valued at so cents. The waiter has
now begun suit against his former ma ter
for $4,000 damages.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE schemes which men devise in order
to escape the payment of taxes are many,
the most popular, perhaps, being that of
perjury. A person in Salisbury, N. Y, re-
Gently refused to settle when the tax-collect-
or came around, on the ground that his resi-
dence was a house of worship, because he
sang and prayed in it, and therefore was
exempt from taxation. The heartless Off
cial, doubtless seeing that in case this defense
was allow ed his work would be but poorly
remuaerated, declined to view the matter in
that light, and sold the building for taxes.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

PORTLAND, Me- July II, 1881.
H. H. WARNER & Co. Gentlemen-My wife was
seriously af cted with kidney disease and her back
panied her very much. when she commenced using
first it helped her. The pain ceased. Her water
assumed its natural color and now she is well. 1
cannot too highly recommend Warmers Safe Kid
pev and Liver Cure.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE oath required of members of the
South Carolina Legislature by the anti-duel-
ling act was administered last week for the
first time 10 new member, who, in addi-
tion to the obligation usually taken was
required to swear that he had not been en-
gagged in duel, either as principal or Sec
ond, since January 5, 1881, nor would here
after become so engaged.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. L.

We do not read anonymous lettors and eommupi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publca
ton but guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return prererve con-
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

EVERY regular attacbe OF the PRESS Is furnished
With Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person caiming to represent our journal.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE Church Mirror, a religious paper
published in Boston, offers among other pre-
miums to subscribers fine line of revolyers,
sswarranted to kill at long range"
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE total valuation of real and personal
property in California is $65s, ,691 ,059. and
the total tax for State purposes is 654 cents
on each 500, producing revenue of
"a ot1 400
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

THE wool clip raised on the Garfield
farm at Mentor has been purchased by a
Cleveland firm with the intention of selling
it for the benefit of the Garfield monument
fund. It is to be sent to one of the chief
chambers of commerce where it will be Of
fered for sale to the highest bidder.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
nZao-lsszHs1,et,
No. $50 oxford si.

PORTLAND, Me-. July 27. 1881.
H. II. WARNER & CO.. Gentlemen About two
wears ago sprained MY back and since that ime
have suffered much pam from my kidneys took
warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and the very
first bstte relieved me. consider it excellent
medicine and honestly recommend it for all diseases
of the urinary organs.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

IT is altogether possible that the officers
of the Insane Hospital at Augusta can ex-
plain the recent suicide, at that institution,
so as to satisfy the public that there was no
criminal neglect on their part; but they are
mistaken if they suppose that digDified ST
lence on their part will do it. People will
remember the old adage, that "silence gives
consentD
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

SENATOR WILLIAMS of Kentucky, who
recently sold his tobacco crop, produced
from less than ninety acres, for $4,000,
promised at the time of the sale to give each
buyer of hogshead premium of fine fat
turkey, and on Thanksgiving Day he proved
true to his word. There were forty-three
twenty-pounders.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
y. II. NILES,

Advertising Agent,
e FREMONT s'E. BOSTON
Contrasts for Adyeri isemeuts IN Newspaper ia ell
cities aud towns OF the UuiFed states ane the
British Provinces.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01

PORTLAND Me-, July 7, 1881.
H. H. WARNER & Co..
Gentlemen-Last January fell on the ice, injur-
ing nv back. In June | began using Warmers Safe
Kidney and hiyer Cure and the pain has left me and
I now feel as well as ever.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-01
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

M. C. w. ASSOCIATION.
Stated Meeting of the Maine Charitable
Mechgnics' Association will be held in the Library
Room. MechaDics' Building, THURSDAY EVEN
ING, Dee, /, at 7.30 o'clock.
nov2s-dtd RIB. SWIFT, Secretary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29

pockeibook. replacing the pcckstbook
after taking the money out lie had .
light burning in from, Of the canvas.
behind which wss Q re ecsor. which
shed the rays directly !, OCT faces he
occupied about fifteen minutes In the
search. He then ordered us to kneel.
which we did. ali in q row. and he pro-
cseded 10 rife the mail-bags- The
woman, al his Bidding. held the light
for him while he did this lie opened
only two sacks. I believe He hep, US
kneeling about half an hour. He kept
talking all the time. using good Ian
guaes. In fact, during the whole Time
OF the robbery be was very gentleman
IL. He had q SOFT mellow voice. he
was not nervous or quick, but } the
work in a businesslike manner. de VA
q man nearly six feet in height. smooth
face. had aheavy light mus;aehe. and
would weigh perhaps iS5 pounds de
had on a dark hat and coat, and Wa
not disguised in any way. Alter he
had robbed the mail he skipped Oh into
the darkness. When we found be had
left, we removed our caps. united each
others hands, picked up the remnants
of the mail-bags and the mail. and pro-
! ceeded on To Alamosa- IL Is my opln-
ion now that he did the work alone. and
that his comrades being in the bushes
was all a hoax."-D nicer Eeptttiedn-
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29
Narrow Escapes at Niagara.

Three men had a very narrow escape
from going over Niagara Falls the
other night. John Lehman and his
son and John Greenwood, of Chippewa,
Ontario, crossed the river in the morn
ing in two small boats to visit some
friends on the American side. and set
out Just before dusk to return home,
pushing their boats into the stream.
hardly a mile above the falls. They
we're not more than half way across
when the river became covered with q
thick fog. and the men lost each other.
1t was impossible for them to guide
themselves in the darkness and mist,
and they began to shout for hep.
Their cries were heard on shore, but
nobody cared to venture into the
stream. Their cries, however, were
answered, ana the whole town turned
out. The church bells were rung to
direct the imperiled men which way
to head their boats, but the roar OF the
falls drowned every other sound, and
the boats we're meanwhile drifting rap
idly toward the edge. Greenwood had
a small anchor attached to a long line
in his boat, and he threw it out. The
anchor, by good luck, took hold of a
rock. and his progress was stopped:
The Lehmans in the other boat drifted
down to within half q mile of the falls,
their course being easily traced from
the shore by their cries. Their lives
were saved by their boat striking a
counter current, which carried them
against a projecting point on the Cana
dian side. near the burning spring.
Greenwood was heard shouting for help
at intervals throughout the night. but
when day broke he was seen still RID
ing safely at anchor. and was soon
rescued.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29
A Horse Which Didn't Scotch on"

Two or three days ago a colored man
drove q horse and wagon up to the pas
senger depot on Woodward Avenue
and asked how long before a train
would pass. He was told that he had
only eight minutes to watt. and he ex-
planned:
"Dis yere boss am an anamile dat I
got hold of dis mawnin', an ] want to
see how he will stan de railroad"
The equine had seen about twenty
summers, and was as thin rs sheet-iron,
and there was q general laugh at the
idea of his being afraid of anything.
Nevertheless, as q Lake Shore train
hooted in the distance. the old horse
lifted his head, pricked up his ears and
evinced considerable animation. As
the train came in sight, he began to
dance, and the driver held q stiff line
and called put:
whoa! Napoleon! OATS only de
Lake Sho' Railroad comm in! Steady,
sah-what's de use o putin on
styler'
As the train Numbered in, the horse
reared up and paved the air, shook off
q man who grabbed the bride, and.
wheeling around, he upset the wagon
and ditched it, and went up the Pom
tiac pike with the forward wheels
jumping after. The owner was picked
up in q dazed condition, more amazed
than injured, and when one of the
crowd remarked that the horse didn't
stand the railroad very well. the mar
replied:
"Well, l dunno. He 'peAred ia
stan de railroad all right ; but it was
dat builgine an de kivered kyars
which he didn't cotch ON to. I'specta
from de way he acted dat he's bin run
ober free or fo' times. "-Detrot Ere
Press.