The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-15

SATURDAY, APRIL Is. 1852.
Senator Logan. who started for the
Hot Springs some time ago, IL now lying
quite Ill ut st. Louis.
And now they are finding old Bender,
the "Kansas fiend," agsin. It Is about
time he rs killed few times more.
The betty and the baby" fund has
srsched about s., 900. 1t seems Mason ID
making lnore for his family while he IL
i prison than he could ii he were out
sf it,
The Oregon Democratic State Con.
vention nominated Joseph H. Smith fol
t,ove rnor, and William d. Fenton fol-
Congressman. Oregon will 20 Demo.
sratic this year.
Hon. James K. Blaine has bern invit-
ed to deliver an address before the Ma
tionsI Educational Association ut sara
t1sa, ut its next meeting. It Is not
learned whether the gentleman accepts
the invitation.
Secretary Of War, Lincoln, is touched
by what some newspa, ers are pleased to
term "gusl." He recommends sen
tencs Of four or five months in the
gua-sl-hOuse for Mason, with forfeiture
Ut ply and dishonorable discharge, in
stead Of eight years at hard labor in the
Aabesn penitentiary.
ExrPresident Hayes Civil Service
Reform order No. /, is knocked into
sInitheseens by the letter Of the Flint
Assistant Postmaster General, Mr..
Frank Hatton. The letter appears upon
the first age of this issue. Postmasters
may cow turn themselves lo0se without
fear form the powers that be.
Ex-Governor Moses, at one time the
csrpet-bsg Governor of South Carolina,
has his picture hung up in the Rogues'
GALLERY of the Police Department Of
New York. Some Of the other old car
pe:-ts.g ex-Governors of the Southern
States have been more fortunate and e.
capped with Lanishment to obscurity.
1t is stated the Chinese Minister at
Washington il dissatisfied with some of
the provisions Of the new anti Chinese
bill He don't like the passport system
incorporated in It. 1t is the vital fiss.
ture in the measure, but the chances are
II Congress pass the bill containing that
objectionable measure his Celestial
Highness will veto it.
The Chi cago Inter Ocean says: "Den-
mis- Kesrney never said anything 10
vutiianly ~ the 1riL"nc's remark that
the president's We: o Of the Chinese bill
'was another echo from the bulldog
pistol II Charles J. Guiteau.'" We are
ll.asel to note that all cosarse references
to Inc cause by which Mr.. Arthur h.
.aan's President arc left entirely to Re
publican newspapers.
Judge i'olger Is mentioned ~ u pos
si,.ls candidate for the Govcrnorsl,ip of
Say York. 1t il understood ii he cs,n-'
%ns' tn nm it will be for the purpose Of
s.uticl,in,; the aspirations Of Governor
Cornell, who would like to succeed him
SAT-. Cornell is kceming troublesome
IN the stalwart camp, and Folger is the
man picked upon to quiet him. 1t is
thought, however, by some that Mr..
Foigcr will not leave his present safe
position to enter into political CAM
paiyn in New York, where his success,
Is not altogether assured.
En,a, the official report of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue it is
learned that in 1881. there were l7O,64D
retail aud 4,ll3 wholesale dealers in
liquor in the United States. The total
nun,l'er Of dis!iIlcrics was :,,:,H and
their annual production Of liquor
amounted to HES, $50 gallons. &c.
coniin. to this showing there is one Ii
ccl,>etl dca'cr in liquor to every THREE
hundred inhabitants in the Cnitc.!
States. Montana and Arizona stand ut
the Ac:al VI the list as liquor consuming
Territories, each hcin: credited with
ouc LICENSED dealer in liquor to every
tifty-,ne inhabitants.
The Cincinnati CDUtuscrr:H's WASH
ington special, unsicr date Of the nj,
inst, says: Marshall Jewell is ex peel
Ell IT, he il Washington next week for
constellation with li;cInl'crs q! the Ma
ti"naI I;>puhlic., Committee. 4 .iucs-
ton IL h settled il when Ia summon u
u!eetins q: the committee for the iss,l-
xncY Ul u call for Il convention t. eject
delegates to the next convention. The
committee is bound to observe the dis
srict rule under explicit instructions Of
the Chicago convention, hut how they
will dU it is an open question. Their
course may "r HAY not Ike such as t.
make their inst rlctions effective" Al
though the meeting Of the next Nation
IL Republic: Convention will not take
plScr tUr over two years it seems the