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

special precautions are said to be
taken now To protect the Princess
Louise from 1ssassjns.
Queen Victoria's wedding present
to the luke of Westminster was \
very handsome thoroughbred riding
horse.
The cost to the English Govern.
nlent Of setting down = ftlll-armetl
British soldier ~ Alexandria Il about
sSn'.
For the tir.t six months Of this
year l.O5S eOws and hfty-seven bulls
were exported from the Isle Of Jersey
to American ports.
GuilfOrll Dmslow, . wsll-known n
member Of the British Parliament,
an advocate vi the Tichhorne claim
ant, died on the Ind Of August.
In the case Of Grey It IL stated that
the Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland has
l,een authorized to act 10 he sees 1it.
1t IL believed that Grey will shortly
be released.
Mr.. Walter, the proprietor # the
London Tmcx, has suppressed the
life Of the great editor Of the paper.
Delaiue, which Sir George Jlarent
has been preparing.
The Dublin Mansion House Conn
lnittee for the relief Of cvictetl ten
ants will sent 4 t)eputatiOn 0f Irish
Members Of Parliament to ask assist
ance In the United States.
Fractions Ofa penny have never
been paid by the Bank Of England
In distributing the diviaiemals IN the
national debt. and the accumulation
of the unpaid fractions anloUnt t.
El43,U ,UNI.
Rose, tho devoted servant Of Rach-
el, has just died in France at the age
Of eighty-0ne years. She had been
twenty-five ve,li In lRachel'x service
and had always Travelled with her,
and when she died had clOsesl her
eyes.
Mr.. Jemkinson, who succeeded
Colonel Brackembury with a salary
Of - ,.jsM n year, ~ head Of the Irish
Criminal Investigation Department,
distinguished himself greatly when
very young at the outbreak Of the In
dian nlutiny.
It is attributed to Sir Garnet
WOlseley that he always fixes u date
fDr departure, for the end Of the war.
and for his return to London tO dine
with q few OF his agreeable friends.
September 18th Is the day on which
he proposes to externinate Arab.
In Spain an old custom among the
rural people 10 never to eat fruit out
of doors without planting the seed.
The roa.ls are lined with trees, whOse
fruit Is free to all. An old prOverO
says: "The man has not lived in
vain who plants goosl tree in the
right place."
A farm In East Lothian, Scotland,
has Just bcen relet on nineteen
year lease ut reduction Ot over IS
lDer cent rent. It comprises nearly
$50 acry., Of arabic land. The tenant
il u new one, wlls, quits q farm Oh
which his family have lived siRce the
time Of Charles ] !.
Preparations for the approaching
transit Of Venus are making ut the
Naval Observatory at Washington.
The PARTIES Of observation are now
engaged in practis:islg the operation
Of phOtographing the sun, IN order
to acquire expedition and familiarity >
with the apparatus,
The 0lal-tiu,e junks which have
long made Japanese waters piclur-
ps.lse arc rnpi'ily disappearing. A
native paper says that "shi )'-builtling
in JaDane.e Style is 80 far giving
place to foreign obstruction that by
and by there will be no such thing
~ junk except in paintings"
The eighth annual exhibition Of
l,ee., hives. and honey. just held ut
the Royal Horticultural Gardens.
su,ath kensington. showed the fav-
or:sble results of the etf;,rts which
have i~en made IN late years to slim
ulate an interest In bee.kecpiug
among ls,Dr people ~ an easy and ill.,
terestimg source "f profit, requiring
scarcely any outlay.
Dr. PM has recently crenlatCsl nj
his furnace In Milan the tn'sly If u
Frcncl,n,am named It. Cyr Julien.
who il brother (" n French Consul
ut one nf the Enslish cities. The
procc-ss itself consumed two hours,
but four additional hours were nn'es-
sary IL .~Msl the ashes, among which
could .:terwar,i still In. seem fra"-
; nlents Ofl~,ne aud several teeth.
Tie excavations undertaken hy
l)r. kci,liemann ut Hi<sarIik )iavin.
come to q cl.,se, llam,tli Bey, Dir~s..
tor ot the Imperial Museum ut Con-
st;,utinOpl.., has gone to the Dart!an'
elles with several other anti'i iilarians
for the purpose of receiving the share
Of the discovered trea >urC>. which. l,y
the tcrm,s of the tirm,an. 'winng> IL
the ln.leria! government.
Sir Garnet W"lsc'cy WAS rei,,arka.
ble ~ u boy for am iron will and :,
bulldog tei,ncily ri rurr~e. One
.lay i,e clii,.'x,i tree I" get AN 6.
,eciuIly ten.ptin. apple, but the
branch brra ing. he fell and broke
his arm. Setting hi- tsrtl, il. start
Ell W. the tree again. with his broken
lint, dangling i,y his side: H. got IL"
apple and tainted f:''ni lr'in"n r'::"''-
ing the ground.
The new Italian cruiser, .\m.ciic,,s
Ve.n,lcitis, j. built entirely cf steel,
AMI l.a. Il weigh, "f ! .'sa' tons. She
ha. eiyl., compartments i" her hold,
and. what j. Il 40 allie f.:;tur" "f her
>.,.. has =, cellular divisions I..tweeIl
. the iron plated bridges below the wa
ter linz. u,l,l ti,;. bridges III the 's'rri'
der almv. the Tine. This oilers. 1t j.
said, the gr. a.e>t possible prot. elton
in a ship that l. not ir.'n-..'ad: Hc'
djn,cu.:O,,~ are a> follows: I.cn:ti:
. IS met res; breadth. metres y: dis
, placement, .::.:I:::: ;o;'.. Sh" will l'nvt
eight steel boilers actin. under !
pressure vi l.! :: a.In0.phtrrs. The en-
vines are 1.:tn'-!,"r.e power. and th'
screw will I've Uf bronze. The prom
ise.l speed Is from sixteen to seven
teen marine mile. AL hour. She viii
j hav ten cannon AMI two E"r'len
tel.i guns. ller n,,ssi~ are Of til" ful
number. four IT them ''ciny plate.
: with steel.
Hamil I'A.',a. whom the Frel;"f
are dCsirOls to create khetlive IL
place of Tewtik. is almost u French
imam, having lived u greater part q
hi. lii. in Paris. aud adopted French
manners un'l customs.
Archbishop Lynch. Of Toro,',", -
tahIislied an inn ."rtart precedent l'l
his pres. nta:iOn at the Britisi n'ur
NJ r Dre!xte Of the Roman c.:th~li.