The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-09

! our NEW Yo1X I1T1R
NEW YoRK, July 81, 1881.
apesal Cnsssspoassnss eft ~ AssEs.
THE HEAT.
It b . trite subject heso In New
York, but 1t the present time Il sthe
most important to every man, woman
and child, from Battery Park to
Spuyfen Duyvel Greek. It b not on
~ . question Of comfort o. diseon-
fort; but, especially in the ease q the
outdoor toiless, aud the people who
are packed in tenement hosses, b
one Of lie and death. Yesterday and
the day before the thermonetes
marked 90 deg's., and the Indications
are that 1t will record the same tenn
perature to-day. The mortality
among the children Of the poor, has
bsen very great for many days, and
sunstrokes are more frequent than
; sinee the summer Of 1850. In some
paris Of the city, places Of business
have been closed, on account Of the
heat, the proprietor, like their. cas-
| TONERS, deeming it more profitable to
! dee to the country, than to FRY with
T, in the super-heatsd walls Of the city.
! Yet the trads in beer i lively. 1t -
never too warm to drink lager.
BOARDING. SATAN N HIS Den.
Ms. Doolittle; . lady who believes
that she cannot do to much toward
saving the souls Of the wicked, has
been holding gospel meetings In .
bar.room il Baxter Steeet, among
thieves, murderer. and Ill sorts OF
! criminals. On hrst applying for ad'
mission to the den, she Was told that
! her life would be in danger, but In
she went, and before the drunken In
mates could tell the difference be-
tween beer glass and hole II the
wall, Mr.. Doolittle was raising the
roof with one Of her most earAp!it-
ting melodies. The worst man In
she rom was IN ex.pugilist, called
Dangerous Jack, known ~ . terror
to all those who live virtu0us lives
and wear clean linen. Jack Was TAX
en- aback. h tried {, join In the
singing. but oeing weak in the ny
per register, he abandoned the at-
tempt, and with al the politenes he
could manage, he extended to the
missionary in the shape Of . glass OF
stale beer the 'ospitalitiss Of the 'ouse.
When Mrs. D0olittle declined the
beer, Jack became converted. And
now when the missionary makes her
tour through Barker and the other
streets in which the run-sodden aud
crlme-soaked outcasts of the city
dwe;l-when not In prIson-Danger-
Gus Jack always acts ~ her escort.
With her BY his side, lie Gays he can
knock Satan out Of time in three
rounds. with Aoft gloves, ''and' he
adds, pray the blasted soul out Of
his body afterwards"
THE FREIGHT HANDLERS.
Attempts have been made to hx
upon the striking freight-handlers
the responsibility Of raising rows In
the streets. Tut these attempts are
miserable failures. The strikers are,
a sI.o.. = $500 3 - -
ming. orderly and law-abiding in ev-
cry respect. This u one reason why
they have the sentiment Of the public
with them. Money flows into the
treasury every day from all sorts Of
sources, aud it IL easily seen that the
railroad companies must ultimately
give in. some Of them have offered
the ~ cents demanded. provided the
men will leave the Union, but the
men prefer to hang together. Even
the Italian and Russian Jews, who
have Joined the strikers. decline to
renounce their allegiance to the I'm.
ion, and are standing side by side
with their brethren, evidently with
no intent to surrender. Indeed,
many If them have gone beyond
their fellows. and declare that they
will not work for less than - cents
IN hour.
THE TURF SCANDAL.
F. F. Walton. proprietor Of the st.
James Hotel. and better known as
The Plunger, IL recognized as one
Of the most successful sporting men
Of the age. He returned from Europe
= few months ago, with about SjOO,-
OO0 won Ut the races; and has been
very lucky On this side. A charge
has recently been made, that Re has
been In the jaaLit Of britiny the jock
eys aud otherwise tanlpering with
them. The Executive Committee of
the Monmouth Park Association are
preparing to receive testimony in the
case. Nf. Walton IL said to have lost
S35,NW on one race last week because
y jockey whom he had attempted to
bride. became conscience-smitten and
brought his horse in . winner.
SHOWS IL THE DowERY.
1t il almost incredible. but never.
theless true. that even in this sultry
weather the d.zen or more cheap
shows tina, are open in the day time
Is Well ~ At night, in the bewilder- ,
ing city, are doing an excellent bust
ness. They are, for the most part.
in the B"wery, which, to the average
visitor from the rural districts, IL the
most wonderful thorouyhfars in the
world. And the average visitors
estimate Is not far from right. For
dash. crash. fash; for dirt: tor wealth
Of cheap nastiness In hundreds OF