The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-27

uaYahle Ia the CoHf1e4 e0e6 w00to.
Advertising ratss viii - faTuishsa - sp-
pl. .aiiSss.
NEWS MOTIFS.
Ex-l;"vcrnOr Stanford denies he
wishes L. sell his San Francisco resi-
.irnrr.
Ti.e sunday s<vti"m of the penal
..~ls VA. dead letter In Nex York
City last Sunday.
The output Of csal in Colombo for
the year ending Oct. lst. lSS: was
.i.'ss'.,nO toms.
II is said that Ed. stokes, Who
killed Jim Fisk, is putting up money
I" run TIE Passion Play.
The Garfield nonnn,ent fund wa
increased ON the FIST instant, by el,-
l'a l.y MOmtal,a's contribution.
i'uring the year just closing the
arts consumed the e,,orn,os,s SUM Of
:l."s'.'sW worth III silver.
In. Israzxa's expedition In Africa
will include three hundred negrus,
vii" will embark on q gunL.s.t ut
Srm.'gai.
The hardest story told about New
York hcr Is that one of the recently
impaired Ostricl,es met IT, death by
drinking y slsss Of Il.
There arr $:52,UO. .,lOO invested In
mining operations on the Menosninee
and Marquette iron range. and about
ll.'hw mem are employed.
The tirst cotton mills erected in
Charleston since it, bon,lar.lnsent 10
a:"ut ready to commence operations
with fifteen thousand slindles.
The baltimore police recently raitl-
I'd the China gambling dens 0f that
city and captured twelve Chiuan,en
and their gambling implements.
The tunnel under the Ellie, be.
tween Hamburg and the Island Of
>lrinwHr.ier, now open, Is SaN me-
Tres in length, and cswt ~ out =, ,0OO,-
,sH'.
'rhc suit of the Chicago and Alton
r:.ilrs..d against Samuel J. Til.)en has
been l.y agreement referred to Judge
Emmett. of New YOri, whose deci-
sion will liz final.
Herr Most, during his stay In
America. will visit all the large cities
and towns In the country. his object
''~ing I" make an appeal to the peo-
,lc and I" effect . thorough Organixa-
,:on of the Socialists Of America.
Grmcr,l Grant entertained the ia
I',,,ese Prince and his attendants at
the Union League Club, New York
city, "n the :aNh inst. Among the
n.'inl'iss present were Jay Gould, ex-
t:"vermor Leland stanford, d. U.
Mills. Jesse Selig,lam and &. X. Gar
ri~,n.
Ina recent paper Prof. Willis De
lIa-s stated that all the mines Of the
Lake superior region give evidence
II having ls'en worked by pre-
historic ra.p, and that = greater
amount of lalNr had l,een performed
i,y ih 80 ancient miners In space Of
les. than two Thousand acres than
two thousand msen could do in twenty
years in our time.
The question frequently rrDpounsl-
ell: Was mot America 6nst dis
covered i,y tH:Mc<.," seeslls tO have
i~1.n ans wcrc.l In the ailirn,iiive l.y
the rcrrm: discovery "f ('hi''c.e
coin three. Thousand years old by
gold miners digging in y claim nj
t'as.air. canada. 1t il supposed to
have inv,, left there l,y the Cl,invse
mariners wrecked Om the csk,.t long
is.i,,r. the Christian era.
The amount Of construction work
N III" Northern I:i..ili" Railroad c'r
III. xr.r l>>:, ix stated l.y Eiv-l'rt'st-
den, tLak.s u. follows: Threr hun
dr.,i and twenty miles Finishes, In
yellow tone valley. - miles Sn the
Wi>.-u,-in division and ~ miles ~
the valley -: lark. fork " IL" ('-
lu,,l,ia III i.l:,l," AMI Montana. MAX
III: in all 80 miles. In addition
i...r. i,av. i.~.m ~ miles Of grades.
ri... yai. i.lw...m the tw0 ends "f the
iry..k in Montana j. n"w 80 miles.
nearly all i.'ing in the .''i ~sttIssi ls'r-
ton "f III" Territory l~.twe:n lh'ze
r,:.m AID Mixss,u:a, where the gs'Iai
mines attracted considerable lM'pula-
,i:n rs early ~ lS';:... The present
vm.i If the track Of rs'a.l building
west is "a! Livingston. . new town at
ll,.. head nf Yellowstone valley. The
total mileage " the finished main
line m.w operated l.y the Company Is
l5M. -, far adv, nc.sl Is the work II
the. u,num,pl.i..l SECTION that the
opening "f the entire line I" the Ia
-ilir .r.s.t Is regarsjcsI ~ Ccr'a'" :"
tak.. place. next summers.
i'r,i.,sor Ncwcs,n,l', the naturalist
If the J. annette cxl edition. referring
1" IL. statement "f y Russian OS''c''r'
I" the r,i;st that the death Of Captain
H.. IA,ny and party was due to the
killing of their tlsx~ and to their meg
l.-t I" carry fowIing pieces. says t''at
when the dogs were disl<s'ed of y
Was "a question "f st"wase and pr''v'-
sion, for either men Or dogs, and ma
lural!y the ,,,en wcrc first considered
~ 1" firearms, I w'nill ssy that. "
.;ir> Remington and Winchester r.
f..-. cacl, officer excerpt myself, had .
bennington brc<rI' loading sl'Ntgum'
>..,," M them fitted with auxiliary
riil. arrr:s. and more than once We