The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21

the inhabitants by firing fully on
thousand shots during the night. Fina
~ part Of the gang boarded a delmr,
ing train, shooting from the rear plat
form. The inhabitants art glad to hav
escaped personal injury. They thinl
Of bringing the ruffians to Justice.
| Congressional.
WAslIINt:TsIN, Jan. 1S.-rhc HOus
committee ON coinage, weights an.
measures held meeting tO consider tin
advisability of adopting the metric sys
tern Of weights and measures. Tn,
a report to the House for thesubjcct an(
the committee.
The House resumed consideration o
shc report Of the committee on rules pro
certain cD nnlittees. Pending the qllt..
tiOn on Orth's substitute for the ap
lOintnlent Of four to the select commit
tees Rol,c,on made the ,x,int Of oriel
that the substitute was not gcrrnane t.
the origina: proposition, lxcal,se the sub
~titute. applied tO the next house and not
not in the original proposition. After
some discussion the point of order taken
against the substitute was sustained hy
Il vote Of 1tIs to -.
Haskell moved that all bills for In
.lian depreciation claims that are before
the cOlnmitte on claims be referred tr
committee on Indian affairs. lie stated
the committee on .:lainls WAS completes
ly buried under work, having over taE
bills referred to it. The chairman Ot
the latter committee l~ing absent the
matter went over without Il motion.
Stephens. from the coinage commit
toe, made Il report on the subject Of met
ric c.,inagv, which was rxOnlnIitte1l.
The report is i'm favor of bill to alt
thOrizt. metric coin for international use
to- be known as tine stella, and Of bill
to authorize the coinage Of gold mt
trit dollar, two dollars, and fractions Of
u dollar: also for the coinage OF metric
double eagles, eagle, an(; half eagle; all
If standard value.
Willis offered Il resolution calling ON
the President for Information AZ the cx-
a.utiOn Of section l, ,755:; Of the revised
statutes for the promotion Of the cifi-
cheney Uf the civil service and whether
xl:i, lin appropriated is sufficient for the
purpose. Referred.
Neal offered a resolution tor printing
:, mn copies Of the report Of the (;uiteuu
trial, for the use Of the House. Refer
red.
Burrows asked leave tn Introduce for
immediate consideration. Il hill defining
the qualifications vt Territorial dele
yates; making amy person guilty "f
bignny or p0ly:an,: ineligible.
Objection i"ing made the hill wa-
withdrawn.
WASHIN.:Ts,N, Jan. 19.-BurrOW>, Of
Michigan. made u personal statement, !,
that lie was Responsible for his own sins,
hut not tlns<c of others. HI. hal been
reported Il. introducing hill to relieve
national hanks.
lsurrv,ws, If Missouri, said he would
like all the honor Of introducing that
hill.
The Ho,,.&. considered the report Of
the committee on rules, increasing the
"f certain committees.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l7.--HOar un.l
lsavar.l made some structures in the
senate on the question to retire Hunt
from the supreme Court. Hear said liz.
would rather saw wMnl the remain
Ilcr Of his Iift. than permit his father
To remain Oi, the l'erCl, II unable tO dis
charge his duties or tO take advantage
,f tl,. retirement act. Hoar's remarks
,re surpassed t" alllIdc tU the unwilling
|,,~... III Hunts family to support him.
The Senate lnses<.l the hill for the re-
lir,,lent If Judge Hunt.
The President Il, Otclli. submitted the
rsslMpnse of the Secretary "f the Int. rior
!" the resolution ri the 18th inst.
asking ai",u, the lapse Of the
and grant t. the Union Pacific
r.n,d and in connection Herewith the
.rtiOn Of ex-Sccrctary >churz thereon.
1t was referred tO the railrt'o'l commit
e. by the President pro- tenn: hut on
he suggestion, of lillmun,ls it was re-
trrs-l I" the judiciary committee.
A Fri9htf>al Disaster.
CLINTON, Mo-. Jan. 19.-Thc house
II (:cOrge l.. smith, ut LAWS, four miles
north OF here, was burned ut : O'Clock
his morning and five Of the inmates
,erishcd. viz: Elizabeth Smith, aged
Rachel, aged thirteen; FL
en-. aged six; Theodore. aged six, ami
hc mother. asg.sl iorty-thrre. The fire
= supposed to have started from cloth
ny hanging ly the kitchen stove or
run ,rs,l Ill explosion. Mrs. smith
vas the first to awaken, when she.
Ir,n,@%sl her husband, who made his .,s- ,
am. with y little girl Of ncighln,r, who
vas stopping there for the night: and
me Of his own daughters, agtsl eight.
smith and his daughter were severely
,urn.sl. The house was u story aud !. !
'alf and the family were all sleeping IN
l,e second story.
Miscellaneous
CuIcA.;.,, Jan: 19.-The city Is about
!, issue s:::;s::. s:s., ,txs' in twenty year bonds.
he nate Of interest t" In. four or five l1r /,
&snt.
LOxM,N, Jan. ia Vienna dis
,att.he reports that an insllrrCctiOn IS !
.,,r.a,ali,.v IN southern H0rZ(..