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The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15

the Spanish main!" and with each de-
maud she dropped the umbeFella ON the
young mans skull, until he skipped
ever the desk and sought refuge In Z
neighbQTing canyon.
nm teach 'em Z" che painted, grasp.
ing the urchin BY the ear and leading
him or I'm teach 'em to make 1t good
or dance. Wantto 20 fight Indians any
more? Wantto stand proudly upon the
pinacles Of the mountain and scatter the
plain beneath with the bleeding bodies
Of uncounted slain? Want 70 say 'hist!'
in tone that brooks no contradiction?
Propose to spring upon the taf1fail and
with . ringing word Of command send =
broadside Into the richly laden galley,
and then mercifully spare the beautiful
maiden in the cabin, that she may be-
come your bride: Eh! Going to do it
any mere:''
With each question she hammered
the yelping urchin until his bones were
sore and he protested bis permanent
Of all the glories enumer-
ated.
"Then come along" said she, taking
him BY the collar. ''Let mo catch you
around with any more ramrOds and
knives, and you'll think the
leaping, curling, resistless prairie fire
had swept with = feroci0us roar of tri-
un,ph across the trembling plains and
lodged in your pantaloons t. stay"
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
SCOVill0 M.

WASHINGTON, April 8.-Mr. George
Scoviile, Guit.au's br0ther-inlaw and
counsel, who has l,een here several days
took to his bed and II reported seriously
i'll. To reporter who asked him If he
intended to- leave the case Of Guiteau
after the bill Of exceptions was COM
pleteti. he said +: II have never intended
that (;uiteau should lie without coun-
sci. had hoped that after the bill of
exceptions was made out conld get
some one to take hold o: the case, but
there appears to he no chance for that.
~ I will. ! suppose, have to lcok after it
myself"
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15

A writer in the FortnighNy Revicw,
after describing how, during the last
armed upl ising in ireland in 1855, three
hundred peasants, with Enfield rifles,
were drawn up in formidable position
on steep hillside, thus goes on: "A pig
was cooking and all was festive and
hopeful, when the morning light dis
played car after car Of peelers and red
soldiers below. Swiftly the British line
was fOrmed-twO companies of foot, a
handful Of c0nstabulary and few cOun-
try gentlemen on horseback. Up they
went, but the Republicans were in posi-
ton, fully extended behind their cover
the distance, had: been marked with
flags and the rifles were loaded and cap
ped. 'Faix,' said Barney Martin to a
u friend, Bfosna, it's little like rebel
lion feel At all. There the chapel bell
ringin' below, and the people goin' to
work like Christians, and the devil diff
fer (differencc) SEE from yesterday. Pm
in the sanle frieze coat an the same old
hat and sure see no signs of the Irish
republic at all. at all, only the little
green flag and the little chap with the
sword, aad US here like lot of wander
in rabbits watin' for the poliss to shoot
us y; an shure here's out Of it! The
leader eyed the approaching host, and,
without looking behind or to the right
or the left Of him, began the mornings
duties. 'Steady-at 500 yar(ls-prepare
to fire-nOw-:NN yards-nO man fire till
give the word. Aim low-steady.' A
minute passed.; the soldiers reached the
fatal spot. 'Firev Not bit Of it. No
sound broke the stiffness Of the morning
air. Fire! reiterated the little man
with the sword, and he turned wildly to
look along his line. Alas! the ditch
was empty, and Jim Blake, the officers
orderly, among the faithless faithful on
~ found, responded: 'If it's firing ye
n,ane. betlad they're all firin'-Over the
Hill behint, for the divil wan Of tlen's
left 1t wss true, the battle was over.
The lx:.santry had grasped at facts, rt.-
co:nizcd the logic of circumstances, and
preserved themselves if not Ireland.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
Defective Fences.

A recent decision on the question Of a
PERSONS liability in damages by reason
Of defective fences IL thus told by the
New York Tribune:
"A flock of wayward sheep went half
q mile and destroyed nine thousand cab
bages. The owner of the crop brought
damages against his next-dOor neighbor,
who kept no stock himself, but whose
boundary fences were defective. The
county judges refused to hold the de-
fendant, on the ground that = farmer IL
only responsible for restraining his own
animals, If he have any, but that there Is
no obligation upon him to maintain
line Of defence capable of wartling of
all cattle which may happen to be ca
reering across the country"
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
annloa Wins.

The American eagle. screams again.
Hs pin feathers are exalted, ana ne
yswps from the classic waters OF tne
Thames to the picturesque SHORES o.
Muddy Greek. Another American vlc-
tory has been won ON English waters:
In the great race between Han!an ana
Boyd 70 day the former won ~ 1oot
boet-lengths. TO b sure, H:nl:n V .
Canadian, and, Of course. . British soo-
ject but, oil the same, he comes fro'o
the American continent, and the bird OF
freedom feels justified In lifting up 10
plumage. There is no doubt that In the
present contest Hanlan was pltted
against the most dangerous antagonist
he hes vet had, *nd hence the victory 70
all the more creditable. HO0ray !-Nesc
York Press, april 8kh.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
Investigating Light Literature.

Tho other tlay Il stout woman. arm
cd wit an umbrella and leading an
urclIin, called at the Office OF New
York sMy'~ story paper.
lis this the place where they fight IN
.iiAns::' she inquired Of the gentleman II
in charge lis this this tile locality
where the brave boy charges up the can
yOn and speeds u bullet tu the heart oi
tn .lu~. y red >kin:'' and she jrrked the
urcllin around ~ the car and brought
her umbrella down on tine desk.
1--WE publish stories for boys" replied
the young man ev:lsivcly.
II want to know ii these are the prem
iscs OF which the daring lad springs up
on his frey mustang and, (artin.
through the circle of ftl,un.lerstrl,ck saw
ages, cats the ts,l,tive'> cords and D,:lrs
hin, away lcfors' tls~ wonderful Indians
have recovered tr.HM their establishment!
That's the information I'm after.
want IL know ii that sort Of thing il PR
pctrate.l here:.' anil she swung the UNI
hrrll:, around her head ami luunclie.i u
crack ut the yONny mans head.
II don't remember those specific acts, :"
protested the young man.
want t. know ii this il the precinct
where. the adventurous hOy Jumps Oh the
hack oi u buffalo and with Inerring aim
picks Oii'On Ivy one the blOsNl-thirsty
lt,r<,,crS who bite the dust at every crack
"f his faithful rifle! I'm looking fOrthe
place where that wonderful thing hap
pens ~ anil this time she brought the
unlU.ky young man Il tremendous
Wl:lrk acr,>> tho back.
II think sr,,,,n.cllc. Il the tlOdy.
ing victim.
"l'm in search "f the shop where the
10y road agent holds the iuivering stage
driver l"'wcrlt<- with his gtittcriny eye,
while l,e rut.s The male passengers with
am a'lrOitne>S born "flong and tried sx-
i".ricncc. AMI kisses The hands Of the Ia
dy passengers with Il gallantry M bear
ing that hc~p,:,ks noble birth and Il chiv
:,iOl> naturc!' screamed the woman,
,lviviil.: the Young man into the corner.
I'm l..,kiny for the apartment where
thai hu~in c<S j. tranSlctetl" and
down came the Enl'r, la: with trin-llanl-
ncr force upon The yc,lng mans head.
"Ipnn NY soul, nlaam-:" yaS!'ed
the Wr,lrM.l youth.
-! want IL Iw intrN!uccd to the jars in
which you keep The boy scouts of the
Sierr;lS! Show III" t!i.' bins ful! OF the
boy detectives oE ti:c prairie! Point cut
I" me tie ir,rr.!~ full Of toy pirates Of
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15

NEW YORK, April a-The Tribune
has the following nom its Washineeon
correspondent: Claimants live long and
never despair. Claims live always
nothlng can kill them. Nc0arTahan,
aided BY his counsel, ex-cOngressman
Hunton, Of Virginis,, has succeeded In
securing from the house committee on
private land claims, another report In
1avor Of his Pan0che Grande. PachecO,
who II chairman Of the committee, dis
sents from the views Of his colleagues,
and has presented = strong minority 10
port. The amount Of land claimed un-
der the old Mexican grant 10 about
II, 900 acres, hut . majority Of the c''lnl-
niittee recommends bill which, II en-
acted into law, would give Me(arrahan
and his silent partners eight or ten
million acres Of public lands, to be -
ltrtetl anywhere OH public domain sur
veyed. The value Of scrip issued on
such conditions is, as PacllecO points
out, at least 81 an acre. The bill pro-
poses to indemnify McGarIahan by
turning over tn him and his silent part
ners property worth fifty or sixty mil
lion dollars. The Committee on Pri-
vata Land Claims, in order to establish
basis Of indemnificatioll, has to fly in
the face of a repealed decision of the
supreme Court of the United States
which have declared the Mexican granlS
Of land did not carry with them the
title. to minerals, but that the remain
der Is in the hands Of the Government
Of Mexico, AMI with the transfer Of ter
ritory the tile of all minerals pass to the
Government of the United States.
Moreover, the Supreme Court Of the
United States unanimously adjudged
the Gomez grant, upon which the MI
(;arrahan claims rest, to be invalid after
noting several judicial decisions against
the claim. PachecO fOrcibIy remarks
that nnder such circumstances the pro-
posals of the bill seem to the minority
open to objection, that they contain . |
direct assault upon the coordinate |
branch Of the Government, and are
dangerous as precedent in that the Go
n,ez claim is hut one of more than forty
rejected California land claims, few Of
which are of less merit than that Of Go |
,nez. II Mc(;arrahan can secure the |
enactment now Of bill, which he has |
prevailed ON y n,ajurity Of the commit |
tee tO report, he Ought to feel abundant |
" satisfied with his investment Of
81 ,1lH, which is the sum he paid for the |
(;on,ez grant, and his partners will he |
able to divide II pretty sum among them |
selves and their ''pals," whether Con- |
or ex-COngrcssmen or law
yerS.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
The Star ROnte Gases.

CHICAGO. April s.-The yomrnars
Wa -hington SPECIAL says: The motion
to uuasl' the star route eases will prDb-
ably I've OvcrraIetl, and the cases set for
the last week in this month. The trials
vii, last two months. Attorney Gener-
al Brewster has given up his project
Oi managing the star route eases in per-
son and will rely on Mr.. Merrick giving
occasional encouragement iy his pres
a'nce in court when convenient.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
TIE BUaDDN OF SILVER DOL
LARS.
ThurloW Weed Advises Secretary
Folger How TO Relieve the
8ub-TreQsurere.

To the Editor Of the New York Tribune
SIR: The Secretary Of the Treasury
In his annual report regarding the accu.
mutation Of silver dollars as burden.
some and embarrassing, appeals to Con.
Two months Of the session having
elapsed without action upon the Secre.
tary's appeal, / venture to suggest . plan
Of relief which does not seem to have
occurred either to Secretary FOlger or
President Arthur. Fortunately, before
the present Secretary was charged
yer dollars, much the largest portion
was represented by silver certificates
th. .se certificates constituting an essen
tial element in our currency. If the
Secretary will obey the Constitution
and laws, the Sub Treasures will soon
he relieved. Silver and gold under our
constitution and laws are the legal
standards Of money. 1t is, therefore,
the duty Of the Secretary Of the Treas-
ury 10 pay the debts Of the Government
in the money of the Government. For
the money required to preserve the Gov
ernment and the Union, the borrower
offered, and the lender accepted, 6 per
and interest, in coin. The rate
Of usance twas nominated in
the bDnd' and indersed upon its back,
the duty of the Treasurer, therefore, is
not only plain and simple, but impera-
tive. When he shall have discharged
that duty there will be no more lamen-
tatiOns over the millions Of silver dol
lars under the burden of which Sub
Treasures have been grtaning. 1t il
time also that another class Of citizens
should he brought to their senses.
Bankers refuse tn receive silver dollars
in payment Of debts. The validity Of
such refusals should he submit ed to y
judicial test. Our tribunals decide ques-
tions in accordance with law and in
obedience to the constitution. The sill
YER dollar has been declared by law Of
Congress legal tender in the payment
IT debts. That law was passed in Ol,e-
dience to provision Of the constitution
which imposes upon Congress the duty
Of assimilating the relative value OF the
precious metals.
Such is the simple solution Of gratu-
itOllsly vcxe,l financial problem. When,
therefore. the Secretary OF the Treasury
his duty. and aggrievetl
debtors appeal from the hanks to the
court, the business Of the country will
run smoothly through its accustomed
cherjshing the industries, de-
vel"ping the wealth, and extending the
Of a prosperous and happy
and people. r. W.
New York. Marcl, ~, lSs22.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15
Hardening" the Body.

\ young man was an carr est advo-
cate Of a theory that the human body
can accommodate itself to any tclnpera-
turc in which it may I've placed. One
winter lie determined to harden himself
by wearing no covering for his ears ::
tncy were badly frozen on i very cold
day, and were tender for several years
after lie grew wise and abandoned the
hardening process.
\ young woman heard an eloquent
lecture on the importance Of flesh air in
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15

The new town OF Butte, in Pinal
county, a. H., is situated on the Gila
River, fifteen miles from Pinal. The
town covers Il beautiful plateau,
slightly .nclinimy to the river. The
surrounding scenery is nI.gn;ticently
picturesque. Peaks, cr..~, pr,vipict,
and towering rocks, in all forms and
shapes. surround the town, and cn"r-
NOUS Eut:e~, from which the town
takes its mamie, are Immediately below
tho Wt~;.
The semi-weekly miner., 1882-04-15

0uSnE assortment ~ Plr!or and Ra,~.,r
-, Solts: 0f tn" latest a,,d most yrrhc,ch.
.S s 'eH. H,a@. Lounges, Chairs Centre. r. h,
&C. Feathers il buik H:ir Nos w., 'n':S'
'eI>a"r I> Sprlhs ana p" ire Wovr Ma,tr.scs ''N
s'r, ~ s"astsr, Jnb"i"s promptly ATTENDED, to
market, ~ Low Prices. '''c "est ~ The
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
REvOLT AGAINST THE GANG

We quote elsewhere this morning an
article from the Window organ in this
city-the organ which was paid $50, 900
to support Bill Window few years ago.
The article is significant in that it devel-
ops that there is an element in the Re-
publican party in Ramsey county which
proposes to rebel against the corrupt and
tyrannical rule of the Window gang.
The GLOBE is not advised whether the
statement relative to the revolt is true or
false, but for the good of the State and
for the maintenance of public honor and
integrity we trust it is a fact. The VIM
dom gang sought to illegally displace the
Republican committee in this county and
they are the ones responsible for the split,
if one occurs. They appointed a
bogus county committee and by
all political usage and custom
the only legitimate Republican
committee in this county is the one which
the $4,000 Window organ seeks to
obliterate by abiding to as "the Foote
county committee It's the.ncw bogus
committee which has no legal right to
call county Convention, and no amount
of buster or Safeguarding can change
the fact, Mr.. Foote'S committee is the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
IN ENTERPRISING FIRM.
The Extensive Business OF 81. Paul Mer
And q Boom for Anoka.

The Extensive Business OF 81. Paul Men
And q Boom for Anoka.
Anoka is becoming one of the most
important shipping points in the state
owing to her lumber and -four mills. One
of the leading lumber mills is owned by
Reed & Sherwood, of this city, who have
their office in Davidson's block on jack
son street. The Anoka Herald gives this
summary:
Reed & Sherwood have 1919 men on their
pay roll aud disperse over $4,000 among their
workmen monthly. This firm did a big
stroke of business for themselves, keeping on
hand large amount of seasoned lumber and
taking the benefit OF the rise. This spring
they had on hand about 5000, 900 worth, and
SIS they can fill large bills with dry lumber,
get good margin above market prices. A
large amount Of their orders are received from
Dakots and Montana, some going as far out
west as Miles City and Fort Benton. Last
year they shipped 2 900 car loads OF lumber,
the freight of which would amount to $780,
600. The following is the report OF the mill
for July:
Laths ........... ..-.........,..... Slo,o0O
Cars of lumber shipped 27S, or S,l99,S5l feet.
The above item led GLOBE reporter,
when he met one of the firm yes
terday, to ask few questions,
from which he learned that
they had sawed this year fourteen and
a half million feet, the aggregate value of
which is 1852, 000 They have shipped
l 200 car loads this year and have
twelve million feet sawed on hand. They
also have ten million feet in logs yet to
be cut. There are no more enterprising
lumbermen in the state than Reed &
Sherwood, of st. Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
DOWN WITH THE RING.

A Republican Recols against the Windo,n
Gang.
Pioneer Press (s3O,0OO Window organ) Aug.
The Pioneer Press regrets to learn that at
recent meeting OF dozen o. more prominent
Republican politicians called to confer in re-
lation to the coming contest on the county
ticket, the fraternal harmony of the occasion
was abruptly disturbed by Gen. John B. San
born, who threw bomb-shell into the con.
clave by announcing tn at there was going to
be split in the Republican ranks in Ramsey
county this fell. He averrtd that the Foote
county committee, which was recently custed
by the county convention, would refuse to
recognize the authority of the Flower com.
mittee, appointed 10 its place and would call
another county convention. He caused 1t to
be understood that his own sympathies were
with this malcontent faction and its dIsorgan-
iziDg programme, whose chief animus and
purpose, he frankly avowed, was the defeat of
any Republican candidate for the legislature
who favored the reelection of Mr.. Window.
The Pioneer Press is not prepared to believe
that Gen. Sanborn has committed himself so
openly and frankly, as is pretended, to this
policy OF smashing the party organization in
order to stlfle free and orderly expression of
its choice when its choice is not likely to suit
him. II that, however, is the game, 1t is one
which two can play at, and those who initiate
must not complain if they are hoisted with
their own petard.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
FOsness FYred.

The Tribune has taken occasion to speak of 9
despicable suttersnipe-one Fosnes, who has been
going about through the First district disbursing
WINDOWS money where votes were purchassb.e. He
has been passed arourd By the fearless voters of the
state also. 1t sses that the cur ia not only corrupt
but be Is also impudenf and has presumed to force
himself personally upon the editor of the st. Paul
WiH0nd Tribune.
This rs amusing. Mr.. Fosnes is not a black
guard and he is not an ass, and he should not
presume TO force himself on people with
whom these ornamental qualifications are es
sential to congenial intercourse Pioneer
Press.
Praise from the swamp angels is praise
indeedt They have at last decided that
the greasy Laplander is neither a black
guard nor an ass-aud they say so. 1t is
true that this certificate would come
with better grace if it bore the endorse
ment of Wheelock and Driscoll. But
Wheelock (by the way. where is Joe?) has
collapsed his intellectual flues, and Dris-
coll is attending ''court" at suburban
hotels. Hence simple swamp angel
certificate is the best the institution can
afford. FoSnes has 1t. Eos. can CO.
50. Paul DsspdtcH
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Rfpe7 NeSCs.

Stage of water four feet five inches.
The Alex Mitchell left at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon.
The Minneapolis will be the next boat
of the Electric Light line, and will leave
Sunday at II o'clock.
1t would be strange thing if Pigs Eye
bar should grow into an island and serve
as the foundation for a great city, like
the one on Manhattan Island.
The Alex Kendall, Capt. NJ. Green,
master, arrived from St. Louis. She is
a good light draft stern wheeler belong
ing to the Electric Light line, and she
will be used as transfer between st.
Paul and Pigs Eye bar.
If jim Eads only had Pigs Eye bar
down at the mouth of the Mississippi, he
would makea big sensation out of it. His
jetties are constructed very much upon
the Pigs Eye pian-first layer of wood,
then layer of mud, sand and rocks. If
Eads knew there existed such deposit as
Pigs Eye, he would get an appropriations
to have it disinterred, packed in ice and
sent South. And no one hereabouts
would object-even if he made a few
extra dimes by showing the thing at the
principal towns along the river
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-11
RAIL AND RIVER.

Work is to be started up again on the
Duluth 6 Winnipeg line.
Mr.. ]. K. Statelu, travelling agent of the
Northern Pacific railway, left yesterday
for Chicago.
The Little Falls & Dakota road, it is
said, will be constructed to Sank Center
in the next few days.
Mr.. E. T. Stevenson, of the transporta-
ton department, Northern Pacific, has
gone to The end of the track.
Mr.. H. c. Atkins is tho new appointee
to the assistant SUPPLEMENTARY of the
C. 81 G. b. division of the G. M. g. st.
P. railway.
Grading on the Fargo Southern rail-
way has been pushed twenty-five miles
he other side of Lisbon. The rails are
n place twenty miles from Fargo.
+. E. Daily. conductor on the Grand
Trunk railway, and John Thomas, ticket
agent at Grand Trunk Junction, went
west over the Northern Pacific last night
on a tour of pleasure and inspection.
L ll6 JdllCS tlVCl VI vi tuC OdAOld
Central railway, is to connect with the
Winona & St. Peter at Redfeld, requir-
ing seventy miles of new road from
Watertown, which is in process of con-
structIon.
The railway mail service between Fort
Howard and Flintville, West Pensaukee
and Eldred, Wis, via the Wisconsin s.
Michigan railway, will be opened on the
18th inst; also mail service between Eau
Claire and Porter's Mills, Durand and
Ella, Wis, Reeds Landing and Waba-
shaw, Mimi, via the Chippewa Falls rail-
way and Superior railway.
The Helena, Montana, Independent is
authority for saying that the Northern
Pacific railway has placed tickets for sale
at the office of Mr. Ed. Stone, in that city,
for all principal eastern and European
points. The road is now far enough adj
vanced toward Helena SO that the trip by
stage to the terminus is comparatively
short The trip from Helena to st. Paul
will be made in four days and sixteen
hours.
The Bozeman Courier alleges that the
Northern Pacific is now running regular
trains to Forsythe, forty-seven miles west
of Miles City. From there west an &C.
commodation train to Pompey's Pillar,
thirty miles from Coulson and 100 miles
east of Bozeman. The bridge is being
constructed across the Yellowstone at
Coulson, and the track is now laid with
in twenty miles of that place. 1t Is con-
templated having the construction trains
running to Coulson and Billings by
August Is, and the regular passenger
trains some time in September.
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TIE Saratoga Democratic conference

TIE Saratoga Democratic conference
developed, in the person of one Brown
ing, one of the most infinitely harmoni-
Gus patriots ever known in the political
annals of the country. Mr.. Browning
signed the conference letter to the New
York Democratic State Central Commit
tee IN behalf of Tammany Hall, Irving
Hall and the County Democracy, he
being representative member of each
of these warning organizations. Mr..
Browning should be made the standard
bearer of his party during the coming
contest. If he did not succeed in uniting
his party he would be at least able to say
that he represented each one of its bel
ligerent fragments.