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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22

B0sTON, March 1.-THE wool market
has been steadier, with fair demand,
sales for the week Of 2,l5O,O0O pounds,
All grades and qualities Of fine Ohio and
Pennsylvania 0eocos have been in fli1
request. 4eles Of II sound lots, % they
run, including al grades, 48@l5; XXX
1eeces ct latter figures. Ch0ice selec-
ton 1904 - air quotation. Good
average and X neeccs MichiGan and
Wisconsin have been selling ct 4lCa42.
with some choice selections hi9her.
Unwashed 1eeces have been in fair de-.
mand 1t 1905. Low and coarse q Is |:
0ne 81; medium grades, with . demand
running principally for fine wool
Combings and decline selections have
been In fair request; firm 1t $3.50 - 70
quality. Fine, Delaine fine and medj-
um co0bing California have been quiet.
but aesQronleDts Of much broken pulled
wool have been in demand. Choice
superfnes firm. Sales Of choice West
ern and Maine have been from 45(I52.
Common and good superfines 28x; 43.
There have been further sales Of Isl. 200
pounds Australian wool ct 35(G36. Cane
4Ontovedi0 and Magdelina ranged
about the same; moderate sales. Car
pet woods have been quiet.
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Washio9ton Gossip.

WASHINGTON, March l7.-Represen-
!tative Blacks condition at late hour
tonight is Less favorable. It il feared
he wilt not live through the night.
Representative Allen is some worse.
having suffered from relapse and hem
Orrhage during the afternoon.
It. Patrick's procession Was reviewed
at the Executive Mansion by the Pres.-
dent, Secretaries Frelinghuysen, Folger
and Lincoln and Attorney General
Brewster and First Assistant Postmas-
ter General HattOn, At the banquet
tonight speeches were made by Repre-
eentattves ROsecrans, ButterwOrth, Paul.
Mckinna and Others.
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WAsHINGTON, March lathe House
Committee on Foreign Affairs met this
forenoon for the purpose Of continuing
the examination Of Shipher,l relative Ia
the Chili-Peruvian corres.opdence.
Chairman Williams read the following
letter from Shiphertl:
RICHMOND KILN. LIMA.
All copies Of correspondence called
Tor BY the COMMITTEES finished and pack
ed last evening, and my ticket purchase
cd for the limited express this morning.
Almost - soon, however, % / left nv
office was Frustrated by 4 very acute
attack Of malarial fever, and nothing
like travelling b possible to-1ay. I shall
rej0in the Committee there members in
du'ged In = hearty laugh the moment
my physician will allow me to do 80.
and my present hope IL that I will be
able to appear in few days.
(Stgned) ]. r. SHEPHERD.
Several members of the Committee
expressed the opinion that Shipher,l is
trif1ing with Or evading the Committee.
Orth moved that the Committee rer0rt
the matter to the House, and ak COM
pulsOfy process. Walker favored n,ai-
tive action. After . pretty general dis
cuoston Of the best c0urse for the Com
mittee to pursue, Belmont moved that
The Committee send . messenger to New
York . ascertain the true facts in the
49,. The motion Was carried. and the
Committee adjourned.
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NEW YonE, 1Gassh 17.-IAe HWa1Cs
Waselngooo sleelal ~ ~ seceY oithe
upoa which pelltie111s Who 1evs H.
QalJe@ into & g noe IKE to dwell. II =
eAoagAt very do.lEaele ~ TIE Repahai-
ems . carry the Pacific States neat
gu: Republican eonereesosen itoo these
carried unless the Republican party
made haste % pan IN anti Chinese bill
and . very stringent one. This after
some ground taken by Edmunds that 20
ye'ns suspension IL contrary to the spirit
Of the treaty.
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CHICAGO, 0ageb lo.-1he k6w Oooon
n IN editorial On the 0ar0e)d-Heoo.
cnnD matter says: In thlD oUonooe3o0
the letter Of 0oflIojd % Ruoee9ans WRIT
ten st the army headquarters in Ju1e,
81, become interesting, and The d.
patches, which affect great mystery -
20 this letter, when published will Gre
ate commotion. There IL no mystery
abs,ut the.letter. As We stated last week
II was published years ago, and has
been certainly for the last fourteen
years accessible 10 any one who cared to
60 over the reports on the conduct Of
the war.
A queer feature Of the letter business
has been the assumption that the Chase
letter contained an expression Of views
50 wholly unlike what Garfield had said
to Kos. cr..'is himself as to convict the
chic; Of staff OF Gupici;y or double deal
y. This assumption vas absurd, and
KOsecrahs and all the general officers Of
the old Army OF the Cumberland knew
it was absurd.
Garfield in his letter to ROsecnans, ~
ferred to in the dispatches. expressed
his views fully and freely, aud III after
years made no secret Of it. In fact, he
was in the habit Of saying to friends, in
NO case had his judgment ever l,een
more clearly vin'iicatetl than in the case
81 this free exposition OF his views to
RtxecTans. There never was any gla-
mour Of uncertainty Or mystery about
Garfield's letter to ROsecrans. As Chief
o. .t"ff tie had gathered information ~
to the strength Of our own forces, and
Through General swain, Ut the Secret
Service, he had come into possession OF
information Us to the rebel forces and
plans.
Writing on the 18th of June, SO, Gar
field answered the objections of seven |
t.. generals opposed to q forward |
movement and showed the exact fight |
ing strength Of RO>ecrxns' army and |
gave AN estimate Of the strength of Gen. |
Bragg's army. Then he submitted con-
sidcrxtiOns Of his own making nine
points in the letters to Lincoln or Chase,
Including the following:
Bragg's army is now weaker than It |
hxs beeh since the battle Of etone River
and ID likely to be for the present, while
str.n:,iii and W. have no right to xi,ect
a,i. lAe cnSnces are .lltre than ever
that a sudden aud rapid movement
would compel Il general engagement,
and the defeat OF Bragg would liz: in the
h'"he>t degree disastrous To the rebel
lion.
c:xth, the aspect OfrOlitics in the 10y
al states renders a decisive blow against
the enemy ut this time OF the highest
i'm I.,rtaI,ce TO the success Of the govern
nj mt ut Tie polls and in the enforce
ll.nt Oi the CONSUMPTION act.
Seventh, the government and the
War Department believe that this army
ought IL move upon the enemy. The
'r'. y desire. it AMI the country 10 anx-
|Ously hoping for it. |.
.~,..u., nc objective point is the rebel I
army, whose last deserves are subetan-
tally in the field, and an effective blow .
will crush the shell and som bc followed
~ the COLLAPSE If the rebel government.
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SAN FRANClsC0, March 1.-THE
SNOW blockade on the GENITAL Pacific
continued. Advices from EmigraDt
Gap say that the snow plow with eight
engines has Just cleared the road BE-
tween Truckee and Blue Canyon. Two
sections Of the west bound enligrant
train and two pl0ws are stuck between
Alta and Blue Canyon, and one section
Of the west bound passenger train is
lying there. It n showing and the
wind is from the southwest.
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CHICAGO, March ia notorious
swindler has been unearthed here by
the name Of Alphonse Marquette, whose
grocery store ut 3lI6 State street and his
residence ut 40 Dupuy street have been
seized with = lot Of jewelry and dia-
monds, which the special treasury
agent secured. Marquette himself e.
capped arrest, being absent: He IL .
French Canadian, and while in Mon.
treal victimi1ed the entire wholesale
trade, getting away with some $3O,0N
or more.
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Transfer OF telegraph Lines.

NEW YORK, March l8.-The CONNER.
cial say. touching telegaphfc competi-
ton with the Western onion system, We
have reason to believe the Mutual
UDion, Baltimore and Ohio telegraph
and one or more smaller competitor
will be drawn off in the course ola week
or tive. The most important Of these,
the Mutual Union Co., we suppose have
already informally agreed TO- transfer
line of telegraph promoted and indeed
by the Baltimore and Ohio road will
also Ike transferred ~ y la,rt of the con-
sideration for settling with Gould and
his associates for u majority Of the Cen
trail New Jersey board Of directors
whereby the Baltimore & Ohio and
Philadelphia & Reading will reach the
city without further opposition.
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LAWRENCE, Mass, March 17.-Sev.
enty hands in the Lower Pacific milla
struck 70 day. The strikefs now num-
bor about 40.
NEW YORK, March l7.-Jay Gould
purchased sixteen lots on I'D and oath
streets, near 8th avenue, for 1,000, 900.
WASHINGTON, March l7.-Amone
the combinations by the Senate to Clay
was That Of c. H. Van Arnim, Of Calf
fornfa, to be 6ecretary of Arizona.
A member Of the House committee on
the expense Of Garfield's funeral en-
phatically c0ntradicts the statements
that Representatives presented bills for
their expenses while attending the BODY
Of President Garfield from Washinpton
to Cleveland.
BALTIMORE, March 17.-John Briz-
z0niani, On Italian, Drained his wife
with hatchet and then stabbed her
eighteen times. He finished by shoot
ing himself.
MILWAUKEE,, March 1.-THE entire
Western and Eastern night mail ut the
Madison, Wisconsin p0stoffice, consist
Ing Of about ?, QUO letters, were burned
this morning.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE stories of
disaster and destruction received from
all the lower Mississippi river points,
continue to come up. The river il ris-
Ing again and the levees giving vav
about vicksburg and flooding the en-
tire parish.
ROME, March 17.-Bradlaugh has
been urgently pressed by committee Of
Freethinkers to accept the presidency
Of an international Congress which Il Il
proposed to hold at Rome next autumn.
PETERsBORO, Ont. March 1.-THE
dwelling of Alfred. Hills burned and
three children persisted.
6T. PETERSBURG, March l7.-It r.
stated Gen. SkObeloff in replying to the
Czar's serious reprimand in relation to
his speech in Paris pleaded in excuse.
he did not know himself what he said.
81. PAUL, March ia Faribault
special says: THIS Afternoon q fire at. |
lacked the Carron House and posto6IIce.
doing great damage and was eotten nm.
der control In three hours. Fartieulhrp |
wanting.
The 1re Was confined 70 the h)oak
where Il originated. Estimated ~
sbout $4,000 -Four buildings Destroyed.
BA1alHo1s, March 1a-ReAned co.,
-, lse = u.
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Iowa's lrohibitory Liquor Law.

Iowa's fr0hibitory Liquor Law.
DIES MONIES, March 1.-THE House
adopted resolution asking the Presi-
dent to pardon Mason.
The Senate adopted a resolution defin-
ing the prohibition amendment us pro-
hibiting the manufacture in the State
for sale in the State, all intoxicating IL
quOrs. including ale, wine and beer. and
to prohibit the selling Of such liquors
within the State. Both houses adjourn
e ! sire die.
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WAsHINyTON, March l7.-Guiteau 10
making SO on the sale of photoerapbs
and autographs. and usee It in setting
out his book. He is rational on every
subject but Stalwartism, but Is furious
1t the name of G0rham, and saws those
papers were all abusing Garfield till
Gods man came to remove him. He is
delighted at Rosecrans' attack on Gar
field
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NEW YORK, March l0.-Silver bars.
1131; money, 8G44; governments strong:
stocks irregular and weaker; w. u.
ST; ex-div. quicksilver, III; Pacific, All:
Mariposa, 2; Wells Fargo, xl6: n. Y.
Central, 1924; Erie, 38}; Panama, 190:
Union Pacific, 1l8t; bonds, ll5l; ca.
trsl Pacific, est; Sutro, /.
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HOUSE.

WAsHINGTON, March 17.-After dis
pt'sing Of number Of private bills the
speaker lai'! before the House committee
frO'n the SECRETARY Of War Transmitting
the estimates ri the number Of persons
made destitute by the OvertiOwing of the
Mississippi river and tributaries. The
communication estimates the number OF
lHrsOIs destitute Ut $50, - follows !:
DO, 2,5Nt; Ill.,. 1,UN: Kentucky, 8OO !:
Tenn, ;AAt Miss, 3,OOlD; Ark, 2,OUD:
louisiana, q ,Nn. Rati0ns distributei
III, ~. The appropriation already made
10 sufficient to purchase 0lDO, UOO ratiOny OF
substantial kind. the supply to be dis
tributed In Ark, Mrs. and La. about
the 21St. No estimate can be made Of
the time during which It will b neces-
oery to for Co., gre siOnal AID to con-
0nue. No further demands are expeoted
from lib. and Ky. but from No.. Tenn.
Ark. and Miss. the depot has informs-
ton the Necessity for subsistence will
continue for . period estimated 1t from
ID to CD days. The depot has noinform-
alton from La. but Il n thought It NAV
b placed In the same category q Mis-.
Dunnell, Of Miss., from committee Of
ways and means reported q substitute
for the bill 70 amend the laws relating to
interna! revenue printed and recon-
mended.
The session tomorrow will be for zen
eTal debate only on the Chinese bill.
Page Of Gala, u entleavOring in vain
TO have included on agreement the pre-
vious question should be ordered to-
MORROW.
The substitution for the bill to amend
the laws relating to internal revenue re-
ported to the House by Representative
Dunnell Is y modification Of Represent
alive Carlcsle's bill to amend the law re-
|atinG to internal revenue in accordance
with the view Of majority Oftte house
- expressed In recent caucus Of Re-
publican members.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
Some Wonderful Trees.

Near Stockton, CAL, is a tree that is
325 feet high, and two in Victoria,
Australia, are estimated to be ABS and
$50 feet high.
A great elm tree that had been
blown down, near London, with a
large ball of earth at the roots, settled
back in its original place after its
branches had been cut off.
A cypress tree, felled by N. b. Jor-
dan, of High Hill Greek, 8. c., meas
ured twenty-five feet In circumference
at the butt. 1t took two axemen five
hours to cut it down.
A black-walnut grove, that was
planted by a Wisconsin farmer, about
twenty years ago, on some waste land,
was recently cold for S27, 900. The
trees are now from sixteen to twenty
inches through.
A tree that was eight hundred feet
in length, ninety-six in circumference
at the base and sound to the very
heart, was felled in California recently
Five men were twenty-five days In
doing the work. After it had been
completely severed by auger holes, il
still stood unmoved, and required
blocks, pulleys, and tackling to bring
| its proud head to earth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
Fashion Notes.

Black velvet ribbon is revived, for
making bows for looping dresses, for
ornamenting cloaks, and for putting
on the corsages of light dresses to give
them character.
Separate collars and cuffs, of velvets
embroidered with gold, are very fash
ionable. These sets are not very ex-
pensive, and form a pretty finish TO a
plain toilet.
Large, very large, bonnets m the
most fashionable, but small and me.
dunn sizes and cottage and turban
shapes continue in vogue.
Among other fashionable pendant
ornaments, for rooms, are quaint, odd
shaped little baskets Of split bamboo
Japanese, of course.
The luxurious, silver-pointed, tiger,
and mottled plush trimmings, for
winter wraps, rival those of the most
costly fur, in popularity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
Scientific Economy.

German scientists are making a
study of the relative distribution of
blondes and ~brunettes, in aid of their
Investigations of the origin of the Ger
man people. a.,
The antenne of insects, besides
being organs of touch, seem to be
organs of smell. Flies, deprived of
their antenna cease to display interest
in tainted meat.
The arguments of Nautilus, in re-
gard to the relation between food sup
ply and Increase of population, r
said to apply to fish. They increase
more rapidly than their food.
Ammonia is to be found every
where. By %suspending a piece of
glass, and after a while, washing its
outer surface by means of a spray bot
tie, the presence of ammonia may be
ascertained.
Speaking of the continued immigra-
ton from Canada TO this country, the
Montreal Star says: There were six
thousand more emigrants came to
Canada, in 1851, than there were in
1850. There were also less emigrants
from Canada to the United States,
during 1881, than there were the pre-
vicus year.
But, if the published returns are
correct, there were over $4,000 emil
grants from Canada to the United
States, during the year that is Just
closing thus leaving us with a net
gain of only 5000. These are said to
be official figures, and the conserva-
tive papers must accept them with a
grimace.
But, after all, it is no wonder that
people find their way to the states.
1t is a larger field, and just as men go
from Scotland to England, 70 will
men go from Canada to the republic,
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
American Prosperity.

In the valuation of natural wealth,
the United States stands nea the
head of the list-third on the list of
all Western nations. The United
Kingdom of Great Britain and In
land heads the list, with a valuation
of S44, 400, 600, 600 then comes France,
with $50, 700, OOo, 900; the United
States, with $50 600, 600, 900 Germany
with 500, 900, 900 900; Russia, with
SIS, 900, 900, 900, and the Low Coun-
tries with $11 $50, 900, 600, collee-
lively. These are the valuations made
by those countries of their entire re-
sources.
The average annual income, per in
habitant, in various countries, how
ever, shows how rapidly the United
States ave coming to the front. The
average annual income in the United
Kingdom is $165 in the United
States, $165 also; in the Low Coun-
tries, $3.50 in France, $1s5; in the
British Colonies, $50; in Germany,
and also in Scandinavia, $S5. In this
reckoning, Russia, with her sc, ZOO, 900
people, is out of sight as yet she will
not be 30 very long.
Taking the question from another
point of view, let US ask What is our
annual accumulation of wealth, as
compared with the annual accumula-
ton of other natl ms? And here we
ST. D far in advance of any community
which gives us full estimates. 1t
should be borne in mind, however,
that the rate of interest for agricultu
raj capital with us Is double the
average rate for Europe. The annual
accumulation of wealth, then, in Ger
many, is $500, 0O0, 900; it is 1925 ,00O,-
600 in the United Kingdom $575,OOo-
600 in France; in the United States it
is 1925 ,000, 900.
Our increase of national wealth since
1850, says a good English authority,
would be enough to purchase the
whole German Empire, with its
farms, cities, banks, shipping, manu-
| features, &C. The annual accum ula'
ton has been 1925, 100000, and there.
| fore, each decade adds more to the
| wealth of the United States than the
capital value of Italy and Spain,
Every day that the sur rises upon the
American people. sees an addition o.
81, 800, 900 to the wealth of the Repub.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
Prince Krapotkin's Escape.

The Prince Krapotkin, whose ex-
pulsion from Geneva, as a revolution
list, was ordered some time ago.,
obtained a Lostponemtnt of the order,
that he might wind up his private
affairs. He has just left Geneva, and
this affords an opportunity for rels-
ting the story of his escape from a
Russian prison.
Prince Krapotkin belongs to the
landed aristocracy of Russia. One
day he was arrested as an accomplice
in a nihilistic plot against the life of
the z A cousin of his, the governor
of the province of the Don, had been
condemned TO death and executed by
the nihilists, and the judge assumed
that Krapotkin was concerned in the
murder.
Accordingly, he was regarded with
much disfavor, and was sentenced to
Imprisonment for life in the fortress
of st. Peter and st. Paul. The dun
geons of this imperial palace are below
~ ihiFCi 4NGfdt WICl III Gil PCIa
ture IS icy cold. Krapotkin had not
occupied his cell long when Illness
Sc. zed him, and he would undoubtedly
have died, but for his timely removal
to the infirmary.
The windows opened upon an in
terior court, which communicated
with the street by a gateway. The
prisoner suffered for a long time, and
when he had somewhat recovered, the
doctor prescribed exercise to COM
plete his cure. The prince received
permission to walk for an hour, three
times a week, in the court yard, be-
TIVE n two soldiers.
Ga his first walk, he noticed a cart,
laden with wood. enter the court.
This suggested a method of escape,
which henceforth occupied all his
thoughts He managed to let the ex-
ecutive committee of the nihilists
know his wish, that, every day, from
noon until four o clock, a well-hOrsed
carriage should be stationed before
tie prison door. Four months passed;
the prince took a daily walk. but the
gate was never opened.
At last his patience was rewarded.
Again a wood cart entered, and with
instant promptitude, Krapotkin dart
ed through the open gate, The sol
diers pursued they fired without hit
ting the fugitive, who Ieaped into a
waiting carriage, and had just strength
enough left to push off one of the pur-
sners, who arrived just as the horses
dashed off.
Fortunately for the prince, it was
the carriage of the nihilist committee,
which had been daily in waiting for
four months, without having attracted
the particular notice of the police. In
the evening, the police were busy
searching all the suspected districts,
while Krapotkin dined in a ia hions-
bic restaurant, and the next morning
took the train, Ella Germany, for
Switzerland. At Geneva he has
maintained himself by teaching and
liter Try work. 1t is not known where
his new home will be.
The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
NUMBER "a.
Forgetfuln

In the toll OF the day, in the dreams Of the
night,
In the golden glow when the sun goes down.
In the morning sunbeams% shining bright,
One thought like a phantom follows me;
and over the face Of the cold, gray lea.
Thu r~ustling leaflets, sere and brown,
Whisper a story ofsad regret,
And murmHr. son1y, " Forget, forget"
For the crosses that come, in this work .a-day
world,
Cast a shadaw dafy, DER the lives ofajl,
And ives Wat crown mpeerled,
When we 5rayely bid our sorrows GO
Checking the hot tears ceaseless flow
Cheering some heart that seems to fall.
ifthose who smile should frown and fret,
This heart Of ours could never forget.
And it is wrong, in this life, which is short at
the best.
To he grievIng here, when there's work TO
do;
For t4e soul that lives in the lane Of rest,
L. happier there, than here in life,
Ana knows that for Us, in this worlds
great strife,
lis better far ifthe tears are few:
And we kno = each night when the sun Ia
set,
is eRe day less that we need forget.