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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

Crop pr,, poet, ia Nor. :rrm Tcxn, are
reported to /" UNUSUALLY g':"d.
\ 10Y Of five months is astonishing
the people Of Madison, ohio, Ivy walk
ing and talking as well as most children
Oi :.> many years.
The Oneida historical s.nicty of Utica
has collected hnuncy enough To cree its
desired monument nh ;ilc battle field ri
Ori>ka"y.
Convict labor has taken many queer
forms, hut AZ strange IL one as amy is
that wI,i.l, the Virginia Legislature has
Just authorized. T." en- I'lOy culprits
from tic stat" prison for krrpii" in "r-
der the graves of Confederate soldiers in
Holly wood cemetery.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
Fatal Accident,

CHICAGO, April 24.-An elevator trav-
cling derrick in Denis Il Robinson :
stone yard, corner "f II .rr'>.n street and
Fifth avenue, fell from the track IT, the
ground this morning. carrying down
three men-Isaac Newton. Fred. Walker
and Jacob Anlrews-:lmd i 10y If elev-
In years, Willie Robinson, witt it. The
how was killed instantly. Newton had
10th legs and one arm broken, and died
shortly afterward. The others escaped
with severe bruises.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

NEW YoRK, April S.-Ex-Ministes
Hur1but's family has arrived.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26.-NcIlvane
Bros. drug and spice mill was damaged
BY hEe to the amount Of $4,000.
LONDON, April &.-The Welter ham
d'cep was won by Google, Lester second
and Mistake, third.
WARRINGTON, April 25.-The Cabi-
net to-day took stepe looking to the re-
lief Of American Suspects" In Irish
prisons.
Fl. WAYNE, Ind, April 25.-James
w. Borden, q prominent Democrat and
Judge of the Crimi al Court of this
county, died this morning.
6r. Louis, April 35.-Judge McCary
to-day refused to grant an injunction
preventing other sleeping cars than the
Pullman's being used on the Iron Noun
tain H. r.
WARRINGTON, April Sit 10 quite
probable Senator Hoar will get the va
cancy on the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee caused BY the resignation ct Secre-
tary Teller.
81. LOUIS, April 25.-U. 8. Senator
Ben Hill, Of Georgia, il here en- route to
Eureka SPRING.. The Senator IL still
very weak, 80 that the journey has to
be made by easy stages.
BUFFALO, n. Y, April 2.-R. Porter
Lee, President, and Herman j. Hall, .
young speculatOP who borrowed 3llO, 600
on $lO, 900 security Of the Tint National
Bank, are arrested.
COLUMBUS, Ga, April 25.--By decis-
ION Of thu Supreme Court to-day the
contempt Gaze against VIM. H. Wander
hilt in connection with T.. e. and l. e.
Case, 10 dropped from the court.
The President will soon send q mes
sage to Congress asking authority for
lending Government aid to Territories
and I" aid in suppressing the lawlesness
Of organized hands in Arizona.
WASHINGTON, A ril 25.-The bill al
lowing Canadian grain to be ground in
the United States passed the Senate.
The Mississippi River bill, apprOpri-
ating %, UO, QUO, passed the senate by
vjva vOcc vote.
CANTON, Ohio, April 25.-Wm. Strull,
the Georgetown murderer, was cornered
early this morning in the wOs,1s near
Franklin by the sheriff and Fx)sse, and
finding escape impossible, shot hims Il
dead.
After short speech by Hoar the Chi.
nese bill was reported frDm the Commit
tee Of the Whole to the Senate. Morgan
has now taken the floor, and the indicn-
tons are that no further vote will be
taken until tomorrow.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
A Victim Of Rum.

CHICAGO, April A.-.J0hn }. Flynn
recently appointed consul to Clemnitz,
who lisxraced himself with drunkenness
50 badly that the German Government
refused to recognize him. was for years
employed on the Nes0s OF this city. and
is well known elsewhere. For SIX years
his habits have been exemplary, a.
though before that he had been an In
mate for u long time Of an inebriate re-
fOrmatOrV.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

WARRINGTON, April 2A-The Repub-
leans were beaten in the attempt to
take up the Chambers-Ly lynch case to-
day, through an agreement between the
Democrats aud Ways and Means Com
nittee, who wauttltO continue the Tar
iff Commission bill.
Garland this afternoon Withdrew his
fifteen million dollar amount to the
Mississippi river bill, saying that the
Senate was apparently unanimous for
the bill Of the Committee appr0priating
five millions for the Mississippi and one
million for the Missouri. It was his
amendment. The Mississippi river bill
practically passed unanimously.
The hearing Of the S:ar Route cases
IL postponed till tomorrow.
Sergeant Mason will come before the
Supreme Court to-day.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
Burning Of o Steamer

JAl:KsONvILLE, Fla, April N.-The
:. am..r, City of Sanford, on her way
her.. from Sanford, took fire about four
this m,vrntng, and nine persons. probably
more, persisted. The steamer Bird com.
ing down the river 4 few miles ahead OF
the S."fOrd, put hack and brought the
surv vets here. The steamer and con
tents arc total luss.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
Congressional.
HOUSE.

WARRINGTON, April 25.-The bill au.
thOrising the Sioux City and Pacific
Railroad Company to construct bridge
across the Missouri river p ssed.
A resolution was adopted for inform
alton about the Paris monetary confer
ence; also instructing the judiciary
Committee to inquire into the validity
of the Speakers removal of Devihe, the
stenOgrapher,
The House. III to 30. refused to con-
slider the Chalmers-Lynch contested
election case.
SENATE.
The Foreign Relations Committee
agreed to report the nomination Of TAFT
favOrably.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
ALand Agents Story.

A pretty good story is told about Land
Agent Miner, of the AtchisOn, Topeka
anil Santa Fe railroad, who one day
hal party Of eastern farmers In tow,
trying 10 sell each Of them farm In the
rich Arkansas valley. Miner had taxi
en- them into his light wagon, and he
hind his spanking team Of bays had
given them u grand ride, lasting all day.
He had done his lpest tn make them en-
tI,r..:,stic hy rcl,earsing the stories.
which he had ut tongues end, q: the
marvellous crops 1T the valley, but to all
imt,nts il was Cloves lalN'r lost" for
they would not 'th,,se. This annoyed
Miner. but he had his revenge In his
rcply To one Of the party, who, with
.ar,icnjc smile, asked:
"Weil. Mr.. Agent, is there anything
that won't grow herr"'
Eyes" replied Miner, pumpkins
won't"
"What =" exclaimed the cy"i'al land
buyers together" pumpkins WON'T"
:No. +" said Miner; ''tI.ere are men In
tlis ,,o,,ntry who would give $50 All
mere iOr land that would mature u crop
of pumpkins. They never have i,een
allie to ret crop since I've been here
and that's ten year," ...,,
..Ncll. how stHange! why IS H!'
said hamburger No. ]. o..
This was Miners chance, and, with .
serious expression, he replied: WelI,
sir, the sOil is "a ricl. that the vines etO"
70 f;.st they wear the pumpkins OUT
dragging them owe the ground
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

T,rusvILLE, Pa, March ::3.-lncend'.
.r;.. made an Intellectual attempt last
evening to burn COrhrantOn, THRIVING
Village ut the Franklin branch. FIRES
w..rs lighted in Richards ctnper shol's,
md nianinx mill. The town ESCAPED!
With y ICss Of 5000. Great excitement
prevails. r,.,
Fort MONROE, April :s.-Extenslve
rrr,mrntions are l,eing made 1or tne
ar;r,,nd military and naval display our
e.. the wcek. at which the FresoOent,
S ~ aries of War and Navy, Admiral
Is"rter the heads Of the Bureaus, ant'
otI,er distinguished visitors will oepres'
In,,,sv,Lr.E. KY, April 23.-Wt''ian.
r1...uio,t Martial 1T NOrt0nvt'le, sho;
ami n,ortalIy wounded one He'.soI, .M,
Iii s.;'in ' h;s son. The n,arshaa recently
arrested llenser on the :ileree Q. ! s:",
hi;n~ The parties meeting q = P'. s'I
".iieS Trndewater tO-s'ay the tstne. r n..,
son Attacked Hewlett, who snos '''e'''
I'm self-defense. ., .. m.
HAxv1sAL, Mo-, April 3'- -h;,e
steamer Little Eagle. . tug 49, ~ Tr.v.
tten,ntin9 to 70 through t1e "'. -
Sr;,io.. he e this AFTERNOON WIZ !S .s,cn" '
~ ..ss carried against pier oy tne ss'v ~
~...,..nt and broken In Two H. G ~.
S s'o;ie,s. Joseph Vsllard, 5llcs C" - II.
o"1 H Henry Houseman, belonging =" '"<
crew, were 0ro""e~'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

3E004DD D08 T0B HIHI8 ~ TUB
WDT81W UNION IBLDc1APH GO.
4 Horrible Indian l(aanacre.

4 Horrible Indian lfaooacro.
SAN FRANCIsco, April ga Tucson
dispatch says . correspondent at Sat-
i0rds gives IN account Of . recent In
dian attack ~ follows: Stanislaus Mes-
t.. aged nine years, just arrived from
stevens sllecp ranch with the following
story Of an Indian massacre. On the
18th inst. before daylight, the Indians
attacked the camp while we were asleep.
Ny father and five0ther men attempted
To get their guns but too late the Indians
rushed In and OverpOwerpd them before
shot could be fired. The work Of
slaughter then began. An Indian put
the muszle Of bis gun against the head
OF one man AID fired, Blowing his brains
against the door and walls. They tied
my father and tortured him most dread
ully. He begged them to spare him but
hey only tortured him the more. When
they were tired Of torturing him one Of
them split bis skull with an axe. Isaw
brot5ers by beating their brains out
dian squaw, wife Of one Of the four
friendly Apache sheep herders saved
my life BY holding me behind her and
O~O0sseo
all the MexicanS were dead except me
the Indians left. The squsw who arrived
with the boy says there were ninety
three Warri0n In the attacking party.
They called themselves CHER Haachuas
and said they were going straight to San
Carlos agency to kill ali the whites and
get more Indians to join them. They
also declared that they would kill all
the white inhabitants Of this valley.
The h0stiles frequently declared that
their desire was to kill in retaliation
for the execution Of the three Indians ut
Fort Grant.
Later. News from the front is to the
effect that the whole force of about 3OO
Indians Including women aud
children, crtesed the Southern Pa':itic
track last night going south near Lords
burg, with the cavalry m close persuit.
The present outbreak il the most disas-
trOus that ever occurred in Arizona.
Not less than forty pelsDns have been
killed. Tonight mass meeting was held
here. Governor Trittle presided. 1t was
determined to raise force Of volunteers
to take the field for two or three months.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

Irish bsptiste in soft pale shades OF
S"r, NJ sky blue, lilac, shrimp pun;
H.ea'n, ivory, tawn and corn color. wi
~ among the list Of popular summer
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
Danenhowor's PROGRESS.

New York, April 2'.-rhe Her0t"s
st. Petersburg special says Lieut. Ian
enhower arrived ut lr.itsk ~" tue iot''
inst. And LETT there again on the 18Th.
He 10 hourly expected ut OrenOur.s, tle
ertre,ne terminus of European railrada
distaut some three days frow Moscow.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
Blain0's Evidence.

New YORK, April 25.-The Tribune
Says lslaimc's evidence yesterday in the
Peruvian Company investigation was
strong. clear and conclusive. Probably
no intelligent human l'eing expected
any other outcome to this whole bust
ness than Blainc's testinI"n!. NOW indi-
Gates. The attention given to the al
legged Peruvian Company by Congress
and the country has keen prep'ste:..''S.
No rational man could read the first
half dozen out of the hundreds Of col
umns Of stuff rpsM'rtttl without reasliz'
ing that he was asked t" invest with in
terl,ational Importance the pretcnti"us
lnn.xt Of moon struck and utterly ire
si,Onsil,le New y rk adventures.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The Senate
ut 2:s5 took up the House Chinese bill
for consideration and action.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
0o,leotor Roberteon's Instructions.

Collector RO0oft0On0 AoStEuCtlOne'
NEw YORK, April Collector Rob:
erts"n of this port instructed special
agent Bracket to make careful tnvestl-
cation in regard to recent imrOrtattons
Of sugar. 1t has been represented to the
collector that certain parties whose
names are withheld for the present have
been avoiding the duty by bringing s'l-
par tn the United States from the East
indies via Hawaiian Islands. The letter
is causing much excitement among su-
gar importers and refiners Of this city.
a duty Of three cents IL thus evaded.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
A Severe Blow on the Chinese Bill

a Severe Blow on the Chinese Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 35.-'rhe Sena g
by u vote Of - nays against =; ayes re-
itx.tetl the Foreign Relations Committee
wl,icl, proposed I" strike out the four
tecn,h section Of the Chinese hill. This
section prohibits Chinese naturalization.
The II mate struck out the fifteenth sCt'-
ton " Inch defines Chimes. laimDrcrs tn
mean both skilled AMI unskilletl lalOr-
ems and Chinese engaged in mining.
The vote agreeing to this committee
amendment was - yeas and - nays.
Farley gave notice he will demand an
other vote when the bill reaches the
next parliamentary stage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

THE secretary of the interior has re-
quested the secretary of wal to furnish
necessary military force to keep back the
crowd of Maginnis voters in Missoula
county who are following and living off
of the railroad construction hands. Dis
patches from Washington say that 800
soldiers will be provided from other
points, in addition to the 200 already at
Fort Missoula. Maginnis constituents
are getting quite too numerous since the
election, and will have to be sat down
on, although we heard no complaints
until after the 18th. About election time
they were all honest laborers-now they
are gamblers, ex-convicts, camp follow
ers, etc. General Manager Haupt, of the
Northern Pacific, upon being interview
ed on the subject, said they expected no
trouble, and thought the government
forces would be equal to the emergency.
Neither the construction nor the operat-
ing company, he said, have any control
over the camp followers, who escape
their Jurisdiction by squatting outside
the right of way and on government
land, and there trading and selling whis-
ky, and he might have added, voting for
Maginnis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

THE Guardsmen returned from Egypt
who now walk the streets of London,
have a wild look about the eyes and a
marked unquiet about the brow. The
trace of severe %privation is left in their
dried and shrunken forms, bui the trace
of mental anguish is visible enough in
the disturbed glances they cast around.
The same expression was noticeable in
the faces of the men returned from Zu-
luland, and the officers of our army will
tell you that the men who have served
in the frontier war against the Indians
never recovered the happy, careless look
they had worm at the commencement of
a campaign. Zone single ocho of the
war-whoop by night will rob a man of
twenty years of his life, and he may bid
farewell to his youth forever after,o said
Gen. Custer just before entering on his
campaign on the Rosebud river.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

THE New York Sun, after making up
q table showing a big majority in the
next electoral college for the democratic
candidate should the states vote two
years from now as they did on the 7th
inst, adds: mo doubt III democratic
friends will find solid nuggets of encour-
agement in this table. In order that
they may not become unduly excited
over the prospect which the figures hold
out, it is proper to remind them that the
next president of the United States will
not be elected until 1884. This reminder
is not unnecessary. Some Of u esteem
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

IT begins to look as if the first session
of the Forty-seventh congress will be
mostly taken up with determining who
will compose it. Defeated democratic
congressional aspirants from all over the
country are avowing their purpose OF
contesting the seats of their republican
opponents, and they doubtless rely on
their large party majority in the next
house to "get there.n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29
GIVE THE FARMERS A CHANCE.

Up to this time stockgrowing has
largely predominated in Montana, and
laws as a consequence have Disseminated
in favor of that branch Of business.
While farming is confined to the mar
gins of a few streams near the noun
tains where fencing material is easily
accessible, it is no great detriment to the
country to require land to be enclosed
with q lawful fence before a recovery can
be had for damage to crops by stock.
But the incoming tide of immi-
grants that Montana needs must have a
chance within our borders, where they
can have an even show with the stock
and wool growers. Dakota has offered
great inducements to the tiller OF the soil,
by the passage of a herd law, and allow
ing damages where no fence exists.
would be a great hardship to stock own
ers, but it might be applied to a limited
section of the territory.
Minnesota has a similar law applying
to only western and northwestern por-
tons of the state. The Milk river u
try, the best portion Of Montana forgen-
eral agriculture, is nov within the reser-
walton and consequently not occupied
for stock ranges. This region lying be-
tween the Missouri river and the inter
national boundary, and the Marias river
and the eastern line of Montana, will
probably be thrown open to settlement
the coming year. Now would it not be
wisdom on the part of our Legislature to
pass a herd law for all hat section of the
territory, in other words allowing dam
age for trespass without requiring fences,
the anne to 60 into effect when the land
is thrown open to settlement?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29
ADMISSION

The sweeping democratic victory
throughout the states and the certainty
that that party will have a large majority
makes it extremely probable that our
sister territory of Dakota will be admit
ted to statehood this winter. Her adj
mission will give the republicans two
extra senators and n representative,
and, although the representative will cut
no figure in the next congress, the two
senators would be sufficient to enable the
republicans to keep control of the sem
ate. Besides, as it now stands, should
Malone and .Riddleberger, of Virginia,
take it into their heads to vote with the
democrats, that party would gain the
control, but the two additional senators
from Dakota would stand their votes off
and prevent the possibility ofsuch a state
of affairs. In addition to these reasons
for the republicans pushing this matter
to q conclusion during this session, the
admission of Dakota would give them
three more votes in the electoral college
in 1884, which votes may come very
convenient if the contest should be close
like that Of 1875. The three votes of
Colorado came in very handy in that
year, and those of Dakota may be found
to fit just as well two years from now.
Should the present congress take this
| view Of the matter and admit Dakota
before adjourning, we may look to see
| the question of statehood for Montana
| agitated after the assembling of the For
ty-seventh congress. But whether u
delegate will push the measure, or even
introduce it, remains to be seen. Should
his inaction on this question have been
one of the conditions on which the rail
road vote was secured, as it has been
claimed, it is quite probable that he will
busy himself very little about the mat
ter. Even were he to do his best, it is
questionable whether a republican SEN
ate would care to take the chance of los
ing the certain ascendancy in that body
which the admission of Dakota would
have given them. Their estimate of the
political status of the territory would
probably be based on the vote for dele.
gate a appears on the face of the re-
turns, and it is hardly likely that they
would vote to admit us. Looking al
every side of the question, it is not very
}, probable that the people Of Montana vii
have an opportunity to vote for the mex
president of these United States, bu,
should the republicans elect the mex
president and regain the control Of The
house in 1884, the outlook will be much
brighter then. Two years Of the immi
grafton which is now pouring into on
, territory will not only double its popu
lation but make it strongly republican
/ and following close upon the election o
a republican delegate to congress vii
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

HARRISON, the ''boy preacher, " is now
bowling in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
and has been SO far successful that he has
already driven three people into the
mad-house by religious excitement. And
the returns are not all in yet. We be
lieve in Christianity, but not in the kline
which affects the nerves more than the
heart. +
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

JUDGE O'MEARA, of Butte, has insti-
tuted a suit for libel against the Miner,
and claims damages in the sum of $4,000.
He says that paper commented on his
decision i'm a certain case in a way to i'm
ply gross dishonesty and neglect of off
,cial duty, and therefore this action.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

THERE was a funny scene in a Phila-
delphia restaurant the other day, when
those who were seated at a table got up
and began to writhe a if they were be-
witched. Everybody raj out as soon as
possible, when it was discovered that
the electric light wire had come in con
tact with an iron girder under the floor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

EVER since the death of President
Garfield ex-Surgeon General Barnes and
DR.. Woodward, both Of whom were in
attendance on the president in his last
illness, have been steadily declining in
health. The friends of Woodward have
lost all hope of his recovery, and Barnes
also is very low.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

A PROMINENT New York physician
advises ladies to learn to whistle and
practice it for the good of their lungs
which, he says, will be thereby i'm.
proved. Hence the old adage about
whistling girls and growing hens must
go the way of SO many favorite myths.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

SOME women are hard to suit. Mrs.
Wilson, of Oregon, got a divorce from
her husband on the ground Of inidelity
and cruelty last year. He reformed and
wanted to marry her again. She con-
sented, but he afterwards changed his
mind, and she is now suing him for
breach of promise.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

ed contemporaries seem to be laboring
under the impression that a democratic
differ in opinion only as to who was
elected And they will all find them
selves "clear off, when the votes are
counted two years hence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

come admission to the union and addi-
ton to the republican column of states.
This is the only visible ray of promise
for Montana in the present outlook of the
political skies, and is about all we can
reasonably expect.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

A GENTLEMAN in Utah offers to con-
tribute 500 toward a fund to induce Col.
Ingersoll to visit that territory and lee
ture against polygamy. Ingersoll is
bitterly opposed to Mormonism.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

CHEEK-The democrats of Custer
county are now talking of prosecuting
some of the army officers at Fort Koch
who tried to prevent the soldiers from
voting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

SIOUX City Journal: Bismarck, Dak.,
has voted to reform and there the DEM
ocrats are not happy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-29

A MAN in Kentucky offered a gallon
of whisky as a premium for the best es-
say on temperance.