The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-08
FACTS AND FANC!EG.

The r,pacity Of lawyers :,a@ r'rrivrl
u trts!: illustration III the contest over
the vii, 81 f.. l.. CIlri~;y, tn" mega" min
sire'. II. lci; property Valued ut S:HH'.-
'Ha'. but 1t has All :c'i", cSc"p, - few
thousand dollars. into tue r:i::c:ous
Ix'>.kcts O! the attorneys.
1t seems Il tribe Anomalous that the
membership OF the Grand Army Posts
should lc Increased i,,atca,! IT h"scnc,i
hy lapse y. time. In Massachusetts two
ilO,s,n,l act,~siOns have been NG.eu
slurin. the past year: in Oh;" the MINI
;'ers have Increased :ro!H ,ND t" 5000
mrnllM.r.. Even in l<an>:.> an ;nrrr::;'''
j.. manifest. ,, Post. having been nr'ar-
ize,3 sin'a. July.
The German OfIi,i;,' report ~ t::f'
Franco, ;crn:an war has ut last been
completed IN twenty volumes. The last
volume declares that the Chief object nt
the c;,;,.;s.ign was ''tht construction Of
the enip:rv.' r" achieve t!:at object til,
Germans ;:r,:',' immense sacrifices. The
money losses cannot b' computed. but
some i.Ie:, "t the number y; lives >acri-
feed may be obtained from the ii-,trt-.
pub':sl,.sl; though prnh.s!''y hc!ow the
truth. The; show the total loss :" IL,
G,I7 officers. .!mio :, AMI army o,,>i"ial~.
aud l.! -; l,rivat" soldiers. il %os i
tli:;r price tn !H,y for empire.
Portland to-day contains ,; 'fM :'c:'p;c
and has - wholesale trade rxtclni!n. in
:ncvcry portion -: the Northwest, and
only limited ;.y lack "i railrs.ui r"I,i-
n,um:raticn from doubling lis :."l"'-
The iDUiNrs II. ~ carry >t."'"S Of c:r."'cr-
les. ar: ..n.i.:. :ri i,rrhw:rs. "f '"U lit
Il" Jess I,.:..r,l.! than these carried ;'N
San fr.nr;~.U !o,;>t~.
M-. Charles: VI: Hey Warmer j.. ROW
il !,.r $nllt!, oi France, :lni has been cat
in: Il strawberries in :.vig:'"n ~" y"
>:,;c,' he writes, they are The small,
>>T.y. Sw;'> :ar:ty, o. Whi'i! II takes
:. great many to ME;&" = nHoutl'f'll. But
:, strawberry j. Il strawberry in 'i'cr:,-
tire :.s we'll as ~ the table. aNl come
in Of u winter morning from Il walk IN
the a;"undin. SUN Will, :. I,an:linl "'
rsxscs and sec on tine break fast table even
the I,u,nhi..st strawberry. IS more pleas
ing than Z stalled OK and Sl:OW in EeW-
England.
Tine Christmas mail. delivered ',y the
carriers in New Irrk city, was cnnril,-
O,,*. ami Ov.r-,ax,si that wrll-'i.r.iplin-
e.l force Over 1:M.HW christmas cards
We're delivered; and t.le Intervention Of
Sunday and II Ealf holiday collected
ton, O: business letters. 80 the carriers
hl,l 1T !e:. ): ik,, INK; letters 10 begin will:
vest trtinv morning. Several Of ti".:,r-
ricr, tn,k :..; MANY as IN letters on ni,t
r,ilir. a:.h in sever! or t;"h: az ,ivrri.>
4 day travelled about twenty-five miles
each.
Ordinarily ;|,~r""r. :;'iy-tw" Sunday,
in Il year. u-' IS .,itny :.s there :;:c
=
i":ni:ii ,:'::-,iii.r >I:,''r.s. Already
;lur:n: IT," ninnt'"h'i. .v.,,:r:' we hay,
ha, :uui!r.r :;:lnn.y., ii,n. lave h:u,
~ :o!:n"S: :>':., !>,'.;. $50, ,e:,. t>::r:.
-. k!~:... ;rl:.. i>As, ,s--::. !>t, .>.,.
!,1-. :I7i - I,-> ,-:'; ah; -, i. Tcu
"f ':r.I.. n",":.>. Intervals ~. :iX wears,
:n s,-.;'l ~ ,:,::ii :','''.,r ;,l n.r"!s q!
five year. T.aE 81: every Ec;."l,,:. ',"-
gin: on :;:I".;sy ."ui each l"a. %...y
vH:s!i ,''-:,H:'i, SATURDAY.
/. Die; &: N::r!,..
tH,.. .rt ;..r;:' 'r::.ri:' ,.,t MS '!i,: n...k..
e.. :,;ir;W ::";:, :..t">cs, c.Ii'iz.,",
:,il'; a"i-.i,~'n -: :!,i,la al i':'Hn:a-. N>w
N"H.,.:. ..>l ni...;. IL ,a.rii,>. iu .,.c
affair vie :'ia;i:. i.,i,:.r :;,! Ni!iiar
.tni.,H' !r:. tN, .ui,;il,.rn boy
"'i'" pt!H IL" '':.''' ,n'l".>..! Lr ,irt>
AMI :.ri,... .',A ",.!H the ;.o>i,inu ni
Ir>,n i - :i:.. i;",-,r was c.irvii.y !;
;,..t": "r!",rv IL :!,c nc'ir;s ~ >t..l
;;r,nlr';. .,in 'irA ',,:,s!- au c:iort IL ,ii.-
ann kisn. Alter trying ~ vain for s,v-
'ru minutes &; a., ::,i+. he l,:",..a;.l :.
.u.i u, zen tops. Eti:.rr :..r..,.!..: tt...
"ha!!rn;:>. /. was nc.vir eleven ,.!n.k
=. H., i':ts !.:: night w., clear. Ic,i;u.
ici>.r H. ~. I"::a>'. lex .iepy III oil t,,:
PAGES, ".n; ,.i:,ili'c. the firing com
mrn"V:. At Tie ::r>t fire X, iS,.r shot
Tex almost through the heart. Is Tex
/" hi;, knees and irii hc fret
inar 1in'e:. one bali passing through,
:<ci>cr's M'y jus. above !Ae naval.
When ": 70" 10 thea, Tex w:> aim,u,
dead. kciscr iivtti half an !rn;.r. VIM.
WAS nativcOf Texas a State
that hats furnished more .ir,rlcr he
roe than amy ether. Charles kciscr.
WAS from OicSsa, Missouri. Both OF
them were young (ncithcr Of fthcnl more.
than twenty-five,y both warnl-hcartc.!
and us true as steel. Duty caused Tex
+" lose his life, while Kciscr lost his
through an unyicIding pride. Both lla.l
many friends, ami were really friends
Themselves. Newx.