The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

"Oulu meal pdidlySiS ID Dttte Cty.
Our esteemed twilight contemporary, pub
lished in the second story of the jail, will
wear mourning to-day. Sad is the fate of a
defeated organ.
Malone, of Virginia, is a very little man,
but with Gorham in one pocket and Riddle
berger in the other, the republicans find him
an awful load to carry.
A few street sprinklers would make life in
Butte City far pleasanter than it now is.
Mayor Beal might prof ally turn his a,ten-
ton to this important subject.
KIM 4 Jack are not in the Mayor bust
ness to-day as much as they were yesterday.
Butte is too big to take the tail end of the
firm when a little place like Helena has the
head.
We feel the keenest sympathy for the I'M
fortunate residents of the States who are cut
off from rail and telegraphic communication
with Butte City at the present time. This
long isolation must be very wearisome to
them and VT trust it will soon be ended.
IT is reported that the new Gar is afraid
to leave his palace, lest he may meet the awful
fate of his father. The best thing lie can do
is to come to this country. Butte will give
him a safe and happy home, and If lie has a
taste for mining he can crafty it here better
than anywhere else in the world.
If the senatorial dead lock and the migra-
ton of leading citizens from Helena to Butte
continue much longer, the able editor of the
Herald can become postmaster without the
senate's permission. All country postmas-
tiers are appointed by the first assistant
postmaster general, and in such cases contir-
nations are unnecessary.
A French company with Il capital OF ST.
100000 has recently been organized for the
purpose of shipping stock from this country
directly to France. Heretofore all the Amer
lean cattle that reached France We're brought
out by way of England. AT present the new
company proposes to make its purchases in
Texas and the southwest, but it will not be
long before its agents will find their way into
Montana. The established superiority of
Montana beef will quickly commend it to the
educated taste of the Frenc people and d
new MAJ ket for our cattle will add greatly to
the profits of stock raising in tins territory.
A monil. ago the Chicago holse-car drivers
struck for a 20 per cent. advance in their pay,
and after holding out two days the compa-
MES yielded, aud the men went back to work.
A fortnight later the st. Louis car drivers
made a like demand, but the request was not
complied with at the latest advices, though
there is no reason to doubt that the strikers
will win in the end, as the sympathy of the
public is with them. Eighteen hours a day
for $3.50 would make anybody tired in time.
The New York car drivers are also threaten
ing a strike. 1t isn't much of a season tor
strikes, either.
Immigrants are pouring into this country
at the rate of 5000 per day at present. About
three out Of every four will make their new
homes in the northwest. When the two rail-
ways now making their way across Mon
tana are completed, the tide will set in this
direction and our population will increase at
a wonderfully rapid rate. Already the val
ley of the Yellowstone is attracting thous-
ands of new set, lers in consequence of the
construction Of the Northern Pacific across
is fertile fields. The opening of the Utah
i& Northern to Butte will be the dawu of a
new era of prosperity in this camp. 1t ibe-
hooves the people of Butte and its vicinity to
do all in their power to hasten the coming Of
the locomotive. No obstacle should be placed
in the way of the company and every citizen
who has a pride in the welfare of the city,
and who hopes to thrive with its growth,
should lend his influence and his aid to secure