The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

j EDITORIAL NOTES.
That great moral show, the Denv<
Exposition, will close on the 3oth.
The speech Of Governor Kiefagaina
the Jews, in st. Petersburg, il takel
for a signal by the peasants and mino
officers in the provinces for the r.
lewal Of hostilities against the Israel
ties.
Since Secretary Folger has beef
nominated for the Governonship !
New York, political prophets hsv'
Leen busy conjecturing his probabl
successor. John e. New is though
to bc the cunning man.
At Omaha, On the 3Oth, DAME
Wrankin and John Keyser, laborers
found q bottle aud drank the contents
which, proved TO lie bedbug poison
Wrankin died, and Keyser Is in I
dangerous condition. The moral q
this Is, never drink out Of . bottle.
The Democrats Of Colorado have
nominated for G ovcrnor, J. Is. Grant,
u large smeltcr man In that State
for Lieutt nant Governor, John w
Powers; and for the Supreme Court,
v. d. Markham. The balance of the
| ticket was to have been completed Oh
the I'D.
The Treasury Department has is
sued nm order to the effect that the
denomination Of bonds Of the new 3
per cent. loan must always stand a.
! they are now being issued, and par
ties wishing to purchase will cave
themselves from ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the
future by stating such denominations.
Professor Sargent, in a late n,aga-
zine article, takes issue with the old
notion that forests have tendency
to increase the rainfall. He takes the
position that the trecless and rainless
belts Of the country are not rainless
because they are trceless. He pro-
nounces the tin,ber-culture net q
statute rot l,ase.2 on correct n,eteOrc-
logical facts.
The Democratic Convention of
Colorado completed its ticket ON the
I'D BY nominating s. 5. Wallace,
for Congress; Frank c. johnson, for
Secretary Of State; Dennis Sullivan,
for Treasurer. and Anscl WatrOus
for Auditor. 1t is understood that
Thos. NJ. Patterson is to contest with
ex-senator Chailee for the Senatorial
nomination.
The New York World is going for
the Brooklyn bridge ring. 1t will lie
remembered that the original esti-
mate for this work was s7,O'N, Nn,
which va. spent years ago and the
amount swollen to 81, 0S', $50 ard 10
bridge yet. 1t is alleged that there
are some overwhelming proofs Of
jObl@ry and corruption that will
throw the Tweed ring completely in
in the shade.
The New York Engineering ansi
N;Miay JO"TnH announces that The
Lake Superior companies have con
tractesl with tie principal c. nsuners
for the deliv< ~ to the end u! the year
OF about twelve million pounds OF
copper ut eighteen cents per pouD.l.
This announcement will i've received
with satisfaction by Montana copper
producers, rs ii seems to insure 4 good
copper market during the remainder
"f the year.
The follow ing named persons were
ut the annual meeting Of the
Of the Northern Pacific,
held in New York on the lOtl, inst
M directors for the ensuing year:
John w. Ellis. Boswell r. Eall>t"n,
ltOlert Harris, Thomas y. Cakes,
Henry Willard, J. l.. St"ckm more, Ben =!
|an.in p. Cheney, 81 Boston; John G. |
I:ullit and Henry T.. Johnston, John
l';crclnint Morgan and August BEL
mont were added to the Beard. The
officers OF last year were reelected.
Plymouth Rock il ahead again.
In the town Of Plymouth 1t has been
by the local authorities
That it il unreasonable 10 ring large
factory hell before 5 o'clock in the !
1: is even more unrcasom-
lille that there should I've any .cca-
zion to- ring large factory hell l'e-
ore , O'clock in the morning. 1t Is
not the unnecessary noises that ARE u
nuisance III this ease ~ n.,,cl, as the
outrage Of compelling the poor to
work nj 80 unreasonable and unrca-
an hour.
England undoubtedly has isecomc
,Mssesssrl Of a Mascot. In
me clay Victoria receives the Joyful
idings Of triple victories Ivy her sons.
Wo!.eley is in possession Of Cairo,
md the downfall Of the Egyptian re-
l'eliiOn, and the termination Of what
has already l,een most expensive
var, sce;,,s to l,e an assured fact. At
iO,ae the Thames crew have been
over the competing Hills
tales, and in America the cables
nave flashed the news 20 her If the
'uccess Of her marksmen over their
ldversaries by high and decisive
cores.
The Helena Herald Is mistaken in.
the inference. of the MINER
we're given ~ the utterances OfCol
sanders ut the Territorial Republican
The MINER underworld
v furnish y full and correct account
f the proceedings If the Convention
work which the Republican organ
erc did not nor could not furnish.
Although the MINER lad no stcnoy-
u,,hor 4. the Con ypntiOn- the sinh.