The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25
Boston held Garfield memorial services on
the 29th inst. The Hubis cqhsiaefasly bs-
hind tl,e MINES. u N A&S1A w

S,us NJ t;,rs. DE IA IDHW
Boston, has contributed over S50,00 to th
MichiganJ relief fund.- Bsstoniis generous a
we'll as aesthetic.
,o The Peabody fund or s2,5oO,ooO for th'
poorin London, has been increased so pc
cent. since.she 5beQuest."i@ HiHt
The English government mt is sending larg'
bodies of troops into Ireland. They will
have work to do, or all the signs must fail.
A mammoth League, mesting, at which
10000 persons were present., was recently
held in LELAND. They were not dispersed by
the POLICE. ,ars ...s .Hr o.. .., ,,-' WI ...c
81 1t iN said ex-senator .Conkling is, confined
to his room with serious illness. Mr.. Conk'
ling's mind has laborsd under a great strait
during the past five or six months. .aaa
C. The Kanakss have been recently shaker
up by an earthquake. Had it shaken the dis
gushing natives from of the Islands, the
world would never have missed tlem.-,!"
Mr.. Scoville, Guitteau's counsel, will have
some one associated with him in the defense
OF that arch villain. Here is a chance fol
some gentleman to distinguish himself as q
criminal lawyer.
There is another vacancy in the Land
league office in Dublin. Mr.. Vim. Doris,
who va, left in charge after Sections arrest,
has also been arrested and is now keeping
Company with his chief.
The wounded honor of Captain Riddleber-
ger an the Hon. G. D. " Use was healed, the
other day, near Richmond, by lbe application
OF a little burnt powder. The patients en-
dured the operation heroically. a.. ,,, ar If
Malone don't propose to fight any duels
until after the election in Virginia. 1T he
snd his antagonists are no better shots thai
Riddleberger and Wise he can indulgeIn
them as harmless pastimes. r, -ftW. -fF]a
Some crank threwA bomb into the room
occupied by Solicitor OGrady, at Dublin,
re *ntly, but failed to injd,e any one" Amer
the explosion Ihe furniture bore .evidence Of
having passed through a threshing m*'atSt4e
The buying of Confederate bonds AS 'e...
INDUCED in to a considerable, extent by a
hrm i Richmond. Why they are bought,
unless to be sent out as prizes in q lottery
scheme, is beyond the ken OF the wayfaring
man.
TIL Yorktown celebration was a grand af-
fair in the estimation of chose present. Nine
Thousand FIVE hundred troops were in line
and were reviewed by President Arthur, his
cabinet, che foreign visitors, Gen. Hancock
and ether digHitaries.
Gold 10 the amount of s2,50O,0O0 was
drawn from the Bank of England on the 18th
inst. The bank has taken steps to stop the
drain. How this CAN be done with the bal
ance of trade so largely in favor of the United
States is not pointed out.
The old gentleman who insisted upon re-
c4iving gold for his SIT 900 Of 6 per cent.
bonds, evidently has but little faith in Win.
dom's plan for refundipg the matured nation
al debt. His asking for gold for his bonds is
construed BY Washington nevsmongers as an
evidence Of his being "cranky."
Chandler, who was defeated for Solicitor
General at the extra session of the United
States Senate held last summer, after look
ing over the situation at Washington, has
come 10 the conclusion that the member of
Arthur's Cabinet will be ~practica! politicians. |
Chandler will not be one Of them.
Fears for the safety of Professor King and
the signal service officer who accompanied
him in his recent balloon ascension have in
ducel extraordinary efforts to be mate to
ascertain their whereabouts. fhe Professors
wife expresses no uneasiness as she has lnl-
pliciL confidence in her husbands ability to
manage the air-ship.
The New York World wickedly says: GA
prominent protubsrant Senator, While occupy
ins the top rail of = fence which he had fitted
with a Senatorial chair, was approached by a
Republican reforner, who acco..ed hun, say
ing: why sit ye here all the day idle?:' And
lie made answer: Because no man hath hired
me- And Immediately the ~refornler gath
cred together a caucus and hired him.
Does not the above spell David D-s-
vi $?
A large Irish mass-meeting was he'd "a
Dublin on the 14th inst. Twenty Catholic
priests were present. A general strike against
the payment of rents was advised as long as
Parnell remains under arrest. Upon
the heels Of this merting Chief Secretary
Forster Issued q proclamation warning all
people that if they incite others against pay
ing rent, or coerce them to leave their EN-.
ployment, or to join the Land League, they
are Liable to arrest. Arrests by the score may
now he looked for. Parnell in prison is a
greater powerful ireland than Parnell at lib
erty. E,...
1t is r1mored that Jay Go Ids agents are
r,I rchssiny LARGE uuant;tiea NJ t;mhar l.nd In