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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13
A Tribe Mixed.

a fashionable young lady visited u
"nkiny school the other afternoon:
where her attention was equally divided
'~'wten new dress worn ~ an at'-
lAain!an"r AMI the directions f"r max
'nSa cake. Upon returning home sne
undertook to write down the recipe tor
making the cake, for her mother. anu
,.''"ii lady Was paralyzed when shc
'e'";: Take two pounds Of flour, three
"ss q" pI.s,ing down the front the
Whites q: two eggs cut bias, pint 'n
''!;.; !"lii Il round the neck. half lN,unG,
"r"r.:,.s with seven yards ~ "casl
:t!i"'''in-, grated lemon peel WIN
>lani>L lace 'cl,u; stir we'll and "d" u
,xln'-ti'tiny u. 'ct"t with visits sleeves ;
butter The Jan with Brazilian TOPAZ:
necklace, and garni-h with icing anu
rt'"i l,>scInenterie; bake In n nioMe!-
Aey hot oven until the OversklIt is
'o!:k'd from the waist down ON e'tne !,
Hdt, a,,,! finish wit large satin vows.
h'r mother said she wouldn't e"t SUR.
= cake, and she thought these new
t,ahSle'l ilt:'s in cooking ought 10 oe
'"'wMc,l down.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13
Borrowing Trouble about the Obi
neeo Bill.

Chicago, May IA Washington
special says q member of the diplomatic
curlH whose sources of Information arr.
of the best, is Of the opinion entertained
ut the Chinese legation that the Chinese
bill will be in Il measure, imperative
and will utterly fail to accomplish what
its OriginatOrs and supporters desire, viz
to prevent the emigration Of new Chi
nese subjects to this country during the
in,e for the tern, Of suspension. 1t IS
not definitely known whether the Chi
nese Government will not regard the
law ~ being in effect violation Of tren-
ty stipulatiOns and either decline to be
Ike bound ly its terms r recognize 1t and
take steps to abrOgate the entire treaty.
In carrying into effect the new law it
will Iw necessary to furnish Chinese:
now living in the United States and
who may desire to return to China, with
papers emitting them to- return again to
the United States. If they choose these
,s.pers will liz similar to freedom papers
carried by free negroes before slavery
was abolished tO enable them to- show
they were entitled to travel about with
out n,ole<tatiom. Each ChinanIan who
leaves the United States, for China will
lie entitled to receive such freedom PIT
,nrs from TIL, Government to show ile is
entitled to return again. 1t will he u
very easy matter for the Chinese Six
Companies agents to get possession Of
these papers when the holders set foot
China. and send back 1T once other Chi
l,anlen to take their place. The duty of
identifying Cinnamon who desire to IT.
turn to this country upon freedom pa
peers will tlcv"lve upon officials ut San
Francisco and other ports where they
aa,l,an il IL description Of !W out Of every
Tx, j; is not 'elievcsl at the Chinese L.
cation the United States officials can de-
tcct any false imprrsonation that may
lie 0tte,llDtell.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13
More Bank Trouble in Jersey City

08O4 q oebAAA AXOu0S0 IA O0A00y SAOy
New YORK, May 12.-Elnund w.
Kingsland, treasurer Of the PrOvident
Institution for Saving ut Jersey City,
shot himself this morning by accident
or design in the trustees room Of the
bank. The officials believe the funds Of
the institution intact, and made public
statement to that effect. but run has
begun on the tank, which Is surround
I'll Ivy anxious del0sitOrs.
kingslund il trustee for large num-
hers in the States and in Jersey City
and vicinity. The wound il not con-
sidered mortal. There are $40 ac-
counts, and Il total due the .iep.ssitnys If
more than S5tNM, 400. Assets, s., 79l ,S:s:'',
co,,sistim. Of bonds and mortgages So
NO, MM, l.. :. bonds s., tNN', (AN|, cash on
hand in bank SluO, .NW, call loans $751;
nN). etc.
Kingslansl's condition is critical. The
run on the hank continues to assume
the features Of u p;.l:ic. The President
and Clerk examined the securities for
call loans deposited ut the Mercantile
Trust, and report all correct.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
The Gold Brick Game .

George Heberling, deputy United States
marshal, has arrived in Dubuque with tw o
prisoners named Kaufman and Davis,
charged with having attempted to play the
gold brick game on Charles Voelker, cit
izen of Maquota, Iowa. The prisoners were
arrestedat Maquota and brought to Dubuque
for trial before United States Commission
er Hobbs. The gold brick game has been
extensively played in towns in Iowa, Kan
sas: Nebraska, Minnesota and Missouri.
The bricks used have every appearance of
god, but are composition of brass and
other metals, with little gold spots, so that
tests may prove their genuineness. The
game is to sell brick worth So OF So for
$4,000 or $4,000, on the ground
that they are worth from $4,-
600 to $1,000. The seller informs the buy
Ell in the strictest confidence that he is one
Of a party of road agents in Colorado rob-
bing stages and railroad trains of bullion,
gold and silver bricks which are being tran
sported East. Having some on hand and
fearing detection, he offers to sell IS, 900
brick for $4,000. Strange to say he finds
some victims.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
EmulatIng Ben Franklin.

"What do you think of official life, meas
ured from your experienced" asked New
York reporter Of the ex-postmaster-g gen.
eral.
Disappointing, replied Colonel James,
after moments thought. II suppose" he
continued, "that every boy has an ambition
when he starts out in life You know be-
gan as a printer and, without any idea of
achieving SO much fame, I hoped to emu
late Franklin. He was postmaster general
Of the United States, and inasmuch as L
reached the same position from similar
beginning, I suppose I ought to be salts
fed. My experience, however, has been
not only disappointing, but it has been a
sad one. You know with what bright hopes
we started out last March, and how every
thing was thrown into chaos by the assas-
sination of Gen. Garfield. had hoped to
do much for the postal service. 1t was my
intention to visit every large post Office in
the country, and place them all on the same
footing so far as similarity of system of
work could do it. But outside of Boston,
Philadelphia, New York and the southern
seaboard have done almost nothing. The
service wants unifcation, and I had hoped
to bring it about"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

MR.. r. WOODS of Cincinnati was once a
lucky, and on one occasion previous to the
war, while attending an auction sale Of col
ored people at Frankfort, he witnessed an
every day scene at such sales, the separa-
ton of family, a mother and two chill
dren. The hardened dealers and planters
present paid no attention to the sobbings Of
the unhappy trio, but bid them off like SO
many cattle. The days sale saw them sep
arated, each going in different directions.
The son, aged seventeen, was taken to
by the two children and the honest face of
the broken hearted mother, and some
months afterward purchased the two fe-
males, paying $500 for the mother, whose
name was Maria Parker, and 1000 for the
girl, known as Fannie Allan. He took
them to his home, where they were installed
as servants. 1t was some years before he
discovered the whereabouts of the son, but
at last found him, at Lake Providence, La.
He soon secured him, paying for him
900 in gold. The family we're re- united
and faithfully served Mr.. Woods. And
now comes the strangest part Of the story.
Mr.. Woods was all broken up by the war,
and subsequently went to Cincinnati and
became dependent upon the bounty Of
of his former saves, those whom he had
befriended. In their home the old gentle
man, now nearly sixty five years old, has
pleasant apartments, and they supply his
wants as faithfully as ever. He speaks very
warmly of them, and says that when time
hangs heavily upon his mind, and his heart
is OVERLOOKING with grief. it is cheering and
pleasant, to think of how those people, so
opposite to him in color, SO different in
condition, should have so befriended
him,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
Prosperity of California.

Commenting upon the statement of a
Boston paper about the decrease of trade in
California, tie San Francisco Chronicle
pronounces the writer of it a donkey, and
says: California to-day is the most pros
porous state in the Union. Enormous ex-
ports of wheat, wool, wine, barley, fruit,
and a hundred other important products
which bring to the farmers of the state
millions of dollars, prove this. There is
more money to loan on good security in
thi. city to day than there ever was before,
and at lower rate of interest, and build
ing operations were never brisker."
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

AT the east and as far west as Chicago,
the feeling is not favorable to the improve
ment Of the Mississippi so as to make it the
great national highway from the head Of
navigation to tide water. The New York
Herald reasons in this way: 1--WE see no
reason why New York and Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts should be. taxed to en-
able our western friends to carry their pro-
duce to the Gulf of Mexico. When New
York found it necessary to build the Erie
Canal she built it herself and did not ask
congress for aid. And yet the Erie Canal
was more of a national enterprise at that
time and more essential to the Develop
ment of the west than this proposed i'm
provement of the Mississippi river" Chi
cago wants to have the handling of all the
produce of the northwest, and consequent
ly is not pleased to have it seek market
trough the lakes or down the Mississippi.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
The Inside OF Mother Earth,

The contractors for drilling a we'll for
Gen. Washburn at Minneapolis, have ar
ranged samples Of the material through
which the drill passed, in glass tubes, one
of which he has presented to Gen. Wash
burn and the other he retains as an interest
ing evidence Of how mother earth looks at
a distance of 282 feet below the surface.
The stratas displayed are as follows ::
Black soil, 2 feet; molder clay, 5
feet; coarse gravel, 3 feet; hard
pan, feet; fine sand, 10 feet;
coarse sand. % feet; coarse gravel, As feet;
lime rock, Is feet; blue clay, 2 feet; white
sand, "a feet; yellow sand, 3 feet; white
sand, AZ feet; soap stone, II feet; yellow
sand, 10 feet; white sand, 4 feet. In the
latter substance, which is composed of
grey tinted and very perfect crystals, water
of an excellent quality was discovered, and
will be pumped by steam. Water was first
encountered in the coarse gravel, but pipe
was pushed to the bottom so as to exclude
all water except such as was secured at a
depth of 282 feet.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

COUNT ANDRAssY, of Austria, accom-
panied by five or six persons, has been in
America for six months, for the pur-
pose Of collecting statistics in regard to the
agriculture and manufactures Of the United
States. He was delighted with the country
generally. Some fine farms we're seen in
Michigan and other places, but he says the
best are those of the Germans in Kansas
and the of Mormons. He did not visit the
large farms in Dakota, but knew all about
them. He said the owners of these large
farms don't take care of their ground prop
erly; they never enrich or harrow it. and
by and by the weeds will grow UP more
thickly and BE too much for the wheat, OF
the soil will become exhausted. He asked
one Of the large owners what he would do
that case. He replied that he would sell it
to the Germans-'they would buy it, I have
no doubt" The slip-shod western farming
of many Americans astonished him greatly.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

The Chicago Times announces that it
will not hereafter print stories, poetry, Or
other semi literary matter, or any Literary
matter at all, save such as shall be of the
nature Of current intelligence. 1t claims to
be a news journal without room for any
thing else than the news, but does not live
up to this programme in its editorial COL
umns. Cleaning the whole world for triv-
ial crimes, accidents and incidents, off no
sort of interest to nine tenths of it's read
ers may be the highest style of journal"
ism-but other newspapers do not SO regard
If
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
Blaine And the President.

The following statement has been fur
nished for publication. On the 22d of
September, Immediately after President
Arthur had taken the oath Of Office, admins
tered by the chief justice Of the United
States, a full cabinet meeting was held in
the vice presidents room in the capitol At
this meeting every member Of the cabinet
rendered his resignation in writing. On re-
ceiving the several letters, President Arthur
said it would be agreeable to him to nave
the cabinet remain in their positions until
after the regular meeting of congress in
December Three weeks afterwards, Blaine
addressed the following letter to the pres
ident:
My dear Mr. President When I put my
resignation in your hands on the 22d of
September, you intimated your wish that
all the members Of the cabinet should re-
tain their places until the meeting of con-
gress in December. As Secretary WINDOWS
expected return to the senate may precipi-
tate a vacancy in the treasury departn1 ent
in few days, have thought an early re-
construction of your cabinet might be de-
sirable. In that event trust you will not
be embarrassed, at least so far as am con-
cerned, by your previous assignment Of
date for my withdrawal It would be en-.
tirely agreeable to me to turn over my de-
partment to my successor on any day that
will prove the most desirable and convenient
for yourself. I intended to say this to
you yesterday, but from pressure of other
things forgot it. Very respectfully,
[signed] j. G.. BLAINE.
In an interview following this letter the
til L;
should remain until December. There was
never at any time the slightest misunder-
standing between the president and Blaine
about the latter's retirement, and their per-
sonal relations continue as they have al
ways been, entirely friendly and cordial
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

JUDGE CHARLES W. CLIsBEE of Michi-
gan, formerly reading clerk of the house
of representatives, has been re-appointed
by Clerk Mcpherson. Judge Clisbee pos
sesses two qualities that are very much in
his favor. He can decipher and read with
out hesitation the most villainous manu-
SCRIPT and no confusion and noise in the
"beer garden can be so stunning that his
voice can not be heard above everything,
even the speakers mallet.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
Great Sale of Florida Lands.

Two million acres of the Florida lands
bought some time ago by Philadelphia spec
ulators, who proposed to increase their
value by draining Lake Okeechobee, are
said to have been to a foreign syndicate
composed chiefly of Dutch capitalists, and
represented in this country by Sir Edward
J. Reed, M. P. His purchase comprises
half the lands of the Philadelphia company,
and he is now engaged in buildings rail
way from Fernandina to Cedar Reyes, by
which the value of the lands will be much
increased. It is p roposed to settle emil
grants from England and Holland on the
lands of the company.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

The practice of cremation has made e1-
traordinary advances in Italy, no fewer than
eighteen societies to secure it's promotion
having been established. The crematory
of Milan, which has been in existence only
about one year, has burned more than $50
bodies, many of which were taken thither
from foreign countries.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

JOHN CHARLES BANCROFT DAVIS, ap
pointed assistant secretary Of state, is the
eldest son of the late honest" John Davis,
of Massachusetts, long time governor and
United States senator. His mother was a
sister Of George Bancroft, the historian
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

SENATOR VEST of Missouri will get
"pulled down. if he doesn't bride his
tongue. He told senators that the strong
minded women appeared before them in
behalf Of their claim to suffrage, gin short
hair and shorter skirts" and wanted the
subject referred to the committee on revo-
Iutionary claims,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

Another warrant for Sc, 900 has been dis
covered, forged by City Auditor Palmer Of
Newark, N. ].
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05

prisoner had been acting part or feignlng in
court He thought he had been acting purely
according to his natural characteristics.
DR.: Orpheus Evarts, superintendent of the
private insane asylum, College Hall, O., was
called. He said:
There is no uniformity of head disease as re-
CARDS Size or form, in either sane or insane per-
sons. The expression of the face, while some
indication, is in no sense a sure indication de-
termlning the sanity or insanity of q person.
The witness had examined the prisoner in
jail, and conversed with him. and had watched
his conduct during the trial, and had formed the
opinion that the prisoner on the I'd day of July
was sane; Objection was made by Scoville and
overruled, and an exception noted.
Guiteau-This is all rubbish. All the nom
sense to prove that am insane has nothing to
tney saw me to have been insane Consequently
they assume that was sane on the I'd Of july.
1t is all nonsense Il
Corkhill desired, as Monday will be legal
holiday, to have an adjournment till Tuesday.
which was so ordered, and the court then ad-
Journed to that time. As the audience arose to
leave, Guiteau shouted:
tomorrow being Christmas, wish the court
ana the jury and the American people happy
Chrlstmas. Pm happy, and hope every one
The whole days work was carried on midst
constant interruption from Guiteau. whose
conduct was unusually disreputable. Twice,
Judge Porter asked that the prisoner be nlaced
IN the dock where he belongs, and twice the
presiding judge threatened to send him there
Tor his mlsconduct IN court The first threat
seemed to dannt him for moment. but he
Plucked up courage again, and finding tl1st the
punishment was not imposed he became
meaner and holder than ever. His impu-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-16
Corner stone Laid.

Corner Stone Laid.
Last Sunday afternoon, the corner
stone of the new school house now being
built by st. Johns tR. CO. parish in this
city, was laid by Bishop 0'Farrell assist
ed by neighboring priests. After the
ceremonies of the laying of the stone, the
bishop delivered an address on education.
The bishop is pleasant speaker and very
adroitly stated the views of his church on
this question. He said that the school
was being built because they as Catholics
could not conscientiously send their
children to schools in which secular
education alone was given. But the
bishop forgot the fact that the little re-
ligion heretofore taught in our public
schools has been to a greatextent bllished
by the persistent attacks of his church
against the reading of the Bible in these
schools.
Rev. Father Ter Woert, the priest of
the parish, announced that the charge
that the school was to be simply Catho-
lie school, |. e., for the children Of Catho-
lies alone, was untrue. 1t would be open
for all children white and black, and all
creeds-in that sense it would be Catholic.
But as these children are to be taught in
the Catholic faith, we fail to see much diff
ference between !" twecdle.dnm and twee-
dle-dee.' y
Several hundred people we're present,
and everything passed off decorously.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-16
The peeinning of the Circus Season.

The beginning of the Circus Season.
The Boston Daily Advertiser of Tuesday
morning, May 0, 1882, says, "The two
performances given yesterday under the
tents of Nathans 81 Co.'s circus, on the
Coliseum grounds, marked the beginning
of this circus season in Boston. The
show pretends to less than some others in
the field, but is probably better than
some of the more pretentious. The fact
that all the performances take place in
single ring will commend itself to many
whose optics become confused in the effort
to see two or three attractive exhibitions
at the same time and succeed in compre-
bending neither. Therefore, one does
not leave the show with the feeling that
he has seen only half of it, and is wearied
at that. But Nathans & Co. 3 circus has
a number Of features whichzall connois-
seurs of the sawdust will applaud The
riding Of the ladies is graceful and
certain, the trained horses and ponies
are we'll in hand, the Inda-rubber
other, contortionists, and al of them with
ease, the riding of Mr.. Whitaker and
Master Louis is commendable for the fact
that they do not undertake more than
they can surely perform, there are few
slips in the work of the acrobats, and the
trained dogs are masters of their business.
The menagerie is interesting. So the
show, as whole, while inspiring enthu-
siasm for its many excellencics and novel
ties, leaves no ground for condemnation
ON account of inefficiency and insufficiency
and therefore it may honestly be COM
mended to people as find entertainment
in the circus. Performances willcontinue
every afternoon and evening this week ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-08-16

Last Thursday morning, as Mr.. p. Stout
Latourette, Jr., of Pleasant Run, was re-
turning from Pennington to his home,
driving pair of spirited horses to a car
riage, he was run into at Barton's Station
by train going west, and had his team
killed in an instant, his wagon smashed,
and barely escaped with his own life. DR..
Mattson, our veterinary surgeon, who
was ON the north side of the track driving
toward Pennington, saw the train coming,
ard also saw Mr.. Latourette nearing the
track at pretty good trot. The Doctor
made every effort possible to attract Mr..
Latourette's attention to his danger, as
did also Station Agent Van Zandt and
others who were standing about the depot.
But Mr.. L. drove forward and just as his
team got fairly on the track the locomo-
tive struck the horses in the rear parts
throwing them as high as the smoke stack
of the locomotive, aad killing both. Mr..
Latourette was thrown ont of the wagon
and landed sixty feet from the spot, strik
ing with the back of his head on rail
road tie. At first it was thought he was
fatally injured, but after being carried in
to the depot and Drs. Sullivan and Ewing
called to his assistance, il was ascertained
that his injuries were not SO serious,
though he was cut about the head and
face considerably, and terribly bruised by
the shock, as may be easily imagined. In
the afternoon he was removed to his home.
He says the reason he did not stop his
horses when the warning was giving him
was because they were frightened and he
could not control them. DR.. Mattison,
who saw the affair informs us that the
horse that was thrown so high in the air
came down upon the locomotive and was
carried about 100 feet, and the other one
which was caught up at the start was
dragged 100 feet. One of them was cut
in two and had its shoe torn from its foot
and fast in its mouth. The other had its
skull crushed. The wagon was knocked
into splinters some pieces being found
200 feet away.
P.S.-The report is being circulated in
town that Mr.. Latourette has since died
from his injuries. DIR. j. H. Ewing. his
physician, informed us on Sunday eve
ming that the patient is not only alive but
doing very well. The man was terribly
shocked by the mishap, but no bones were
broken except one cheek bone. - Hunter
don Democrat.