The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04

record In his hat.
Edward Welsh, Of Covington, Ky,
killed Thomas Dodd for seducing bis
daughter. I)odd promised to marry
the girl, but then repudiated her and
married y Miss Hale. A few h0urz
after the ceremony was performed he
10y q victim Of . fathers vengeance,
with . bullet In his brain. Shall
Mr.. Welsh he punished: Is there q
jury to be found in the land that
will send him tn the gallows for the
deed:
Those who are laboring for the
! spread Of the gospel-not according
to Brigham-must be forced to the
conclusion that "Jorslan ann a hard
rs,ad to trabbel." The Presbyterians
Of Nepli, accorling to 4 correspond
ent Of the Salt Lake T+ih"nc, have
tw ics had their church esliiice fired,
the last time l,eing . close call for its
destruction. as the incendiary had
turned the water out Of the itch
flowing In the vicinity.
Another batch Of star-route opera
tors have come to grief at Phiiade+
phia. They were extremely picayune
thieves, and very little difficulty was
experienced therefore in convtcting
them. Let their miserable fate he .
warning to all other men who may
find themselves tempted to become
the tools Of Bradys and Of Dorseys.
That way ruin lies! Drink deep or
taste not the Pactolian spring. There
II more money In 1t and infinitely
leas risk.
A correspondent. whose communi-
cation appears in tits mornings Is
sue, appears to have disclosed the
animus that actuatcs the opponents
to the nomination Of Major Magin-
mis-. II any other person lad been
nominated it was understood that
the "old war horsc" would have been
q candidate, with n very confident
expectation Of receiving the solid
railroad vote. The nomination Of
Hon. Martin Maginnis eilectual!y
blocked slcl' arrange Gent. II there
are any kickers or s"reheads who
still doubt the prOpriety II the nonl-
inatiOn they ougEt to be able to sec
by time that very nice arrange-
,nent has been spoiled.
Tie Yorktown Centennial Asst'ci
alton is in trouble, the American
Bank Note Company and other.
having applied for an injunction and
the appointment Of receiver. The
Till charges that the Yorktown Cen
!ennial Association was formed for
the purpose If celebnsting the surrcn-
der or Lord CORVALLIS; that it Gre
ate.l large debts and acquired c"nsid-
cradle property; that its officers and
managers have taken no steps t" 81
cure their assets and pay .leots, but
that certain parties were pressing
claims to Judgment sd "a IL obtain
the prrper.y and thus secure all of
the assets I" the injury or the general
creditors.
4 scheme was recently originated
! hy New York tank to Lorrnw &c.
Ws,, WW " Vantlcrbiit's bonds, paying:
! him the market price therefor, allow
| ing him tn draw the interest an,,
charging hin, y nominal interest fol-
the money advanced. It IL under
!! st.xnl that this offer vi the hank was
| part Of IL schen,eto have the United
States internal revenue receipts de.
i lx,sitptl In the hank, which would
give the bonds borrowed from Van.
derl.ilt 10 the government IA security
! for the internal revenue receipts on
/ government money thus left with it.
The first gain woald b. that the mon
~ instead Of being locked up in tn.
treasury would be diverted from it,
way to tie treasury to the national
lank where It wovId be lent in tn.
market; an.l another which woul.
concern the hank alone, would l.,
the profits it could Elekc by lending
government deposits. Vanderbilt de
clined.
Judge Ni',lack Of Indiana, who i,
a candidate Tor reelection to the Su
pre,ne Court Of that State, very cOn
fideutly expresses the opinion tina
the Democrats vii! regain control q
the state ct the November election
and that there will be a gain Of three
il not four Congressman. He say'
that lie dOes no! believe that (;ovcrnc
Hendricks has any further Prssiden
tial ambition. Sergeant at ARM
Bright agrees with Judge Niblack i,
his confidence as to Democratic sue
ccss in the State this fall, and say
that the sumptuary legislation Of tn
Republicans will greatly aid tn
Democrats. Pro'ninen, politicians
Of both parties are now also predic:
ing the loss Of New York, PenEsyl
vania and probably the Stale Of Ohi'
to the Republicans. \ Republican
who arrived from Pennsylvania to
day eays the outlook Is constantly
lees encouraging for the success o
Cameron ticket. In Pittsburg, 70
instance. Congressman Bayne. Rep
resentative i'm CongTess, who had tn,
courage to defy Cameron rule, and
whom Cameron announced that h,
would crush, Is probably to have M
Democratic oplnnent, and will b'
elected ny a larger majority thar
sves.