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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

In The l'"m"rr->i"na! proceedings en-
the 18th, Senator Teller. "f Colorado,
discussing The :;-'rr cent. funding hill,
rrrv..,,! to discuss the silver question.
and took i~>,ie with the rtss,n,nrl,'i:,-
zion ri tic. Secretary ri the Treasury for
the .ii~,uniinllaIicc Of silver coinage,
claiming that the West would never
consent that silver >!",:'.l l.'-&. its right
sul r!:l., 81. II mooney metal. II" refer
red ~ the magnitude. III the >ilvcr-rr.,-
,itri,,y interest. and .r,rr,r'tcd the news
paper misrepresentation that the mill
ing camps .: l'ol'r,.l" were played cut.
Hr denied that lnis was true ~ I" tho
uninin: camps. AMI tina, the fact is that
the production there Is increasing rap
idly. lie would favor Il measure for
placing the tw" money metals on the
same ls.sis, AMI enabling tho silver pro-
,i,,.,r I" g'' I" the Mint an equal TERMS
with the gold producer. There arr hut
few aliens I" the silver interest in the
-ilvcr-pr.xl,ming countries. and the
Great West and South are presenting
at, almost unl,r.,kcn front in favor Of
preserving this metal in its place ~
money.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

trustees shall deem props 7. not % &C.,
| - per cent. In any one month, unoe1
the penalty Of fo1feiting the snare %
| stock subscribed for, and br al Psevsou
payments therein, ifpayments sna!l ~
IL made by the st0ckh0lden! w1tn1n ~
1iay. after . personal demand or noece
requiring s,lch payment etxu have been
published EDr six consecutive weeks IN
The newspaper nearest the pSoee wneae
the business of the company shall oe
carried on - Aforesaid"
That stockholders may not be kept In
ignorance concerning the affairs OF the
company Of which they are members,
the law further provides that:
1T shall Ike the duty Of the trustees
If every such corporation or company 10
cause n hook to te kent hy the treasurer
or clerk thereof, containing the names
OF all ,ersOns, alphabetically arranged,
who have been or shall, within the pro-
visions Of this article, become >tOckhoid-
ers Of such company, showing their
places. Of residence, the number Of the
shares of stock held by them respective
w.. and the time when they became re-
s,,cttiv2Iy the owners Of such shares,
and the amount OF the stock actually
raid in: which, trn,k shall, during the
usual business hour. If the day and on
every day except sunday and the Fourth
"f July, IL. open for the inspection @
stock folder, and creditors If the COM
,.,ny and their personal representatives,
wimre the office Or principal place
nj business "lHrat on shall lie located
and any and every such stsmkh0ltier, /;
creditor or representative, shall have
right t. make extracts from such bOok;
ami no ,Is.,,,:tr Of stock shall lIe valid
t,r amy purpose whatever. except 70
render Ike person to whom 1t shall lie
transferred liable for the debts N the
.z,,n,a ANY, according t" the provisions OF
this article. until it shall have been en-
ler,.l therein ~ required by this section,
by an entry showing to and from whom
transferred"
Provision is al,.o made requiring that
! full and accurate statement Of the IL
,amcial affairs Of the corporation shall
D. published or fled annually with the
,rolnr Officer. The excerpts above ap-
,ly to all corporations for Industrial Or
Productive industries, including incor-
a,rate.l Newspaper Publishing Com
mnies.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

.x...OrslinS Ia the returns made Of the
railr,n..i business for the year 1881 there
were about $sn,tn ,tkW put into these
enterprises in that year. ~ tie $40
miles al new track laid, ,4:m miles, or
about II pr It,, were If the narrow gauge
system. The. largest railway aystcn's OF
the l'nitanl States arr the Pennsylvania.
contributing G,:aW miles "i rM'l; Wa
bash, :;,::sW miles; Chhag'. Milwaukee,
and It. Paul, 4,tND miles: Chicag" ami
Northwestern, :;.:aD miles; Chicago,
burlington nn.! Quincy. a,l'~ miles:
Union Pacific, 1861 :nilt~ Missouri l';l-
eiti.., or the Gould Southwestern Sys-
tenn, l,7'a' miles; Louisville ANIL Nash
Wills, :..,:ax, miles. The Northern Pacific.
trunk line and feeders, when completed,
will probably rank ~.sUn,! "n the list.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

Il is now stated on apparently g"'"'
authority that when the returns "rc all
in from the different parts "f the United
states, the whole volume Of Immigrants
to thi. country for 1881 will reach the
unur.,.slrmtt,i number Of 7'm,NW souls.
This embraces til. entire arrivals Mt ail
Js,rts, though, the majority of c"urse
were landed 1T New NOrk. In 1876
their. arrived 1T New York; hut MI;
in 1871, I,,:Ia, az Il in 1879 It rose to
ly,.O7l, reaching :;:!.7,:3 81 in 1*s''. and
~. Isl in 1881. The rrtnrns from the
other American ports for the year just
closed will show the total numln'r "f in'-
migrants to lc 7OO, OHl.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25
THE LAW OF CORPORATIONS.

In answer I" inquiries made concern
ing what constitutes forfeiture Of stock
held in corporate. lnnlics We s,'h;oin the
following extract Ol law on corporations,
found On page ~. section 35l III the Re
viscd Statutes, which reads:
lit shall ln lawful for the trustees to
call in AMI demand frDn tile stOs.khn',l-
.rs, respectively. all sucl, sums III money
~ them subscribed, ut such tilnC4. and
iii such payments Or installnlents ~ the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY y, 1852.

Bsechcr says he can cure the mes
sal,id socialist in five minutes by giving
him saU,Up'. This offer brings an east
rrn editor to his feet Will, the remark,
"Ienry, We art rabid socialist. by In
.piration, and II you can guarantee
cure on one application you may send
"n sour medicine
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25
SUNDAY READING.

! Error tOlerates truth condemns.
This world belongs to the energetic.
Ere fancy you consult, consult your
purse.
Heaven never helps the man that will
not act.
1t il the enemy whom We do not sus-
;*,ct who is the most dangerous.
The heart Is the only thing that is bet
ter by being broken.
What We charitably .fo,yirc will he
rtrUmpensetl as well ~ what We char
itably give.
The Gods have a cure for him who
willingly tells another the wrong road.
For children there il absolutely no
morality except example, either narrat-
ed or seen.
The man who wishes all is very strong
in comparison with one who wishes but
half.
Ones selfsatisfactiQn is an untaxed
kind Of property which Is very unplesas-
ant to find deprecated.
All! what seeds for paradise I lOre
in my heart, Of which birds Of prey have
rubbed me.
The proper way to check Islander is to
despise it; attempt to Overtakc and refute
it, and 1t will Outrun you.
extravaganza, and the model farmer
will not tolerate it on his premises.
Nothing makes the earth seem 10 spa
ciOus Us to hrvc friends ut distance;
they make the attitudes and lOngi-
tu(les.
Enthusiasm is that temper Of mind in
which the imagination has got the let
ter IF the Judgment.
The only man who is absolutely SURF
that lie Is in the right is the one who is
known to bc ignorant and narrow.
1t il an admitted fact that tie men
who use their brains live longer, other
Things being equal, than the men who
Ia not.
\ mani 5 itlOlatry IL for I'M idea, Il wo-
mans for u lHrsOn. A man suffers for u |
u woman for u king.
Riches are often thorns that pierce
he head with cares in getting them, |
md the heart with CRIES in the parting !
with them.
Pleasure may aptly H. compared to
many great lnIoks, which increase in |
,sll value in just the proportion they
lrc abridged.
Lasting rcputati"ns are Of slow
growth; the man who wakes up E.-
nous some morning is very apt t" go to
"s' :a'''lc night ANA sleep ii oil.
L,:vc also seen the world and after
"ng experience have discovered that
"""; Is our greatest enemy, rcl,I,l,era-
i've labor our mos! lasting friend.
tic understands liberty right who
makes his own Ic!and upon that Of
'thcrs. Tr,A. liberty does not permit
b" Embarrassment Of ones self
through the eil<lavClncnt Of some one
isc.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

The Egyptians have II strong prolxi,-
>ity I" hoard. They rarely spend n,",,-
cy, even when they have it, and no one
IN travelling through their country could
believe that in the <.iualid villages
and dwellings there is often .u,,si,lcr.,-
lie wealth. This is due to the long age.
Of oppressive rule, when everything
was cxt"rt.sl from the people hy the
rals:ci;y and violence OF their rulers.
and the recent change of dynasty ami
rule is a> yet scarcely recognized ~ the
people themselves. The first instinct
.! II peasant who has lxcnlnc the m,s.A.<-
>"r M property is t. hide ii; If it il
money he usually burri.s it, and will
net disclose his secret even to his own
wife. Then the oven is Il f,vOritc hid
in" place, ~ there is Il certain security
in Il fir. built over it, Men have lxx.n
known to guard their secret 80 jcsslN,,<ly
that even in dying they would not re-
veal it, and quantities have been lost il,
this way, and 4 curious illustration Of it
is found in the universal belief among
the people in hidden treasure. An
Egyptian always believes that he NAV
one day make Il lucky find, and bends
his little energy he is capable of to that
object
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

Persons dssircus Of Investing in safe and
profitable Aiuing Stocks 1t bed rock prices
and those owning first-clase mines wishing to
place them on the Eastern market are invited
to communicate with %. 2Onovd1v
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
camels in America.


Some twenty-five years ago a public
spirited American brought to this
country several pairs of camels, sup
posing they might be of value in cross
ing the arid plains of our Western and
Southwestern country. But there was
some disappointment as to their COM
mercial availability, and SO they were
set free in the deserts of Arizona.
They have increased very greatly in
numbers, and the Indians make q bus
mess of catching them to sell to the
owners of menageries. We are build
ing railroads SO rapidly to all parts of
the country that cameIs are not needed
by us for the conveyance of freight,
nor will they be of much use when the
iron horse finds it's way across the bar
rem places of the Old World. It is an
ugly animal to look upon, but the cam
el has certainly been a faithful friend
to man, and has served him in good
stead in desert countries where wide
stretches of sand separated populous
communities.-From Demorest's Month
W for 4pril.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
Senator Jones Personal opinion

Washington Cor. Augusta Chronicle.l
| have had some conversation with
Senator Jenes, of Nevada, and infer
from his undisguised language that he
not only will adhere To what he spoke
in the Senate, but. if anything, make it
stronger. He openly proclaims the
whole negro business a melancholy
blnnder; that it approaches crime;
and he regrets that some Of the New
England gentry did not debate the
question with him. ~ believe" he
said, .that what Gen. Wigfall declar-
ed is true. The Yankees sold their
slaves to the South for the love Of
money and then stole them back again
for the love of Cod He also wants it
understood that he is a progressive
man, and that having discovered the
evil of negro suffrage, there is nothing
to do but honestly confess the folly Of
the act.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22

&&M
Let about one-fonrth OF Dill the peo-
pie now living from hand to month III
towns and cities throughout the nation
close UP their shops and offices and SO
u farming and stock raising ID the
country. OF course they woald, per-
haps, then make nothing more than d
rough living for d few years, bat they
are only now doing that in town. a
few years would soon roll around, and
then AIT these who had been industrious
would find themselves iii possession Of
well improved farms worth several
thousand dollars. 10 five years hence
4 farm of 200 acres well improved will
be worth at least $40 an acre. Now
lands can be purchased at from about
l2AA CENTS 10 $5 an acre Id this and other
parishes ID this State. Any industrious
man with 4 family conld improve 40
acres each year. The whole country
would be tle gamer of onefourth If Tile
consumers could be induced to 90 to the
country and become producers. So long
as buaine1s continues I'd be woefnlly
overdone Ii towns, just 10 long vii
there be loud complaints about hard
tim6e-Lnke Charles Echo.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
An Incident Of the Flood.
[Memphis Appeal


A certain boat coming up the Mis-
sissippi the other day lost her way and
bumped up against a frame house.
She hadn't more than touched it before
an old darkey popped his head through
a hole in the roof where the chimney
once came out and yelled at the cap
tain on the roof: "Whar de hell is
yer gwiae wild dat boat? Can't you
see muffin? Fust thing yer knows yer
gwine to turn dis house ober, spill de
old woman an de chilen out in de
flood an drown 'em. Wat yer doin'
out here in de country wild yer damn
boat, anyhow! Go on back yander
froo de CON fields an git back into de
ribber whar yer b'longs. Amt got no
business sewn miles out in de country
foolin' roun' peoples houses, nohow j"
and she backed out.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
Newspaper laws and ResulIaa-
tiOaass

I. Subscribers who do not give express no
tlce to the contrary are considered wishing TO
continue their subscriptions.
Q. III subscribers order the discontinuanee
of their periodicals, the publisher may cont
nne to send them until all arrearages are paid.
5. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals from the Office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible until
they have settled their bills and ordered them
discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to another place
without informing the publishers and the pa
pers are sent to the former direction. they are
held responsible.
S, The courts have decided that refusing
to take the periodicals from the office, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, is prl-
ma facie evidence Of intentional fraud"
6. ANY person who receives a newspaper
and makes use Of it, whether he has ordered
it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber.
z. If subscribers pay in advance, they are
bound to give notice to the publisher at the
end of their time, if they do not wish to con
tinue taking it otherwise the publisher is
authorized to continue sending it on, and the
subscribers will be responsible until an ex
press notice, with payment of all arrears, is
sent to the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
Light on the "
IN n-Times.Democrat, April II

IN. O.Times-Democrat; April II
The electric lamps which were plac-
ed on the levee by the wharf lessees
were lit last night for the first time,
and kept burning until midnight. The
moment the electric current was turn
ed on the lamps blazed forth, and the
scene which greeted the eye beggars
description. 1t was a transformation
scene from lonely darkness to almost
the cheerfuIness which bright sunlight
brings. As far as the reporter could
see, up and down the ~levees, the ra-
diant lamps burned with a steady
light, and brought out the spars and
masts of the vessels moored at the
wharves.
On boarding the steamer Natchez
the reporter obtained a magnificent
view of the levee as it lay bathed IN
the refulgent rays of the electric light.
The long row of lamps following the
natural curve of the levee presented
the appearance of a blazing crescent,
the brilliancy of which was SO intense
that it dazzled the eye. The lamps
are situated $50 feet apart, and extend
from St. Joseph street down to "a point
below St. Ann stFset. Along that por-
ton of the levee which is taken mp in
steamboat landings the row of lamps is
doubled, and the light is SO strong that
the face of a person a be recognized
many yards distant.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
Chinese Customs.
In. o. Times-D Democrat

&zI7
A ease that came up yesterday in
the Civil District Court during tho trial
Of which several Chinese witnesses were
placed upon the stand, developed the
peculiar manner in which the Celes-
tials take an oath in their " country
The opposing counsel objected to their
making an oath in the usual way, in
asmuch as the words, So help you
Cod were meaningless to them, and
consequently not binding upon their
consciences. The judge decided that
they LIQUID therefore swear % tell the
truth III their own manner, which was
as follows The oath was written on a
piece Of paper. to which the witness
fixed his name !; this raj then bnrn-
ed in open court and il his presence.
The proceeding was symbolically
meant 70 denote the destruction by fire
of the witness lii the next world should
he violate his word.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
About Asteroids.

Every schoolboy knows that there
are small heavenly bodies in our solar
system which are known as asteroids.
They do not seem to be Of much ac-
count, and are probably fragm ents of
planets which have been shattered, or
are segments Of the larger globes which
have been hurled ont into space. If
this took place when. according to the
nebular hypothesis, the various bodies
in space were incandescent, they would
become globular in shape. Professor
Hornstein of Vienna has recently COM
municated to the world the result of
his researches in connection with aste-
roids. He thinks the number of those
with a diameter of more than twenty
five geographical miles is extremely
small, and they were probably all dis
covered some years ago. He is OF
opinion, also, that few of them have a
less diameter than five miles indeed,
the vast mass of asteroids seen through
our telescopes are between five and
fifteen miles in diameter. There JIG
little scientific value connected With
these inferior planetary bodies they
have no a~tmospheres, and cannot snip
port. lifo. We know that the material
of which they are composed is very
similar to that which formed this earth:
but they may help some time to solve
the great mystery Of the creation O
worlds.-Ffom Demorest's Monthly .fo'
1mriI
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
NOTICES
JUDGMENT,
JOSEPHINE M, COMPTON,, WIFE, VS..
ALEXANDER b. CHACHERE,
HUSBAND.
COURT. PARISH ST. LANDRY
+ No. 1892.

In the above eutitled and numbered suit,
the plaintiff claims against her husband the
sum of $3050. 90 with interest according to
law her claim is evidenced as per a record
affidavit of her husband on the 9th of Novem-
Der, 1874, and also by other legal evidence.
She also claims a dissolution of the comInu-
nity of aceuets aud gains, and to resume the
administration OF her ~paraphernal estate
that her legal mortgage and privilege be re-
cagnized and enforced against defendants
property, according 70 law, to the amount OF
his indebtedness to her, subject to a credit OF
S2076.4I. paid to her by defendant, as per a
dation en- Placement of goods and other effects.
passed before J9les Gil, Esq, notary public,
ON the 10th January, 1882. Evidence was
taken by consent before the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court the defendant, by his cou sci,
filed his answer in, open court, aud pleaded
the general issue the case was then submit
ted on the face of the papers aud taken under
adyisement. The Court then rendered the
following Judgment:
In this case, | am Of opinion that by salts
factory and competent evidence the plaintiff
has established an indebtedness of S2S50.OO
two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars1
on the part of her husband Tor paraphernal
funds received by him Of her, and has appro-
priated the same TO his own use and benefit
that Sl450.00 of said sum was received by him
prior to Nov. 9th, 1874, when the written ae-
acknowledgement of the husband was registered
in the Recorders ounce al the parish ut 81.
Landry, as required by law, and $4,000, to-
wit on the oath Dec, 1875, making the afore-
said sum of twenty-eight hundred and fifty
dollars.
1t is therefore, by reason thereof and the
law, ~adiudged and decreed that plaintiff have
Judgment and Go recover of defendant, A. b,
Chaehere, the sam of $2S50.00 two thousand
eight hundred and ffty), with five per cent
interest from the date of this Judgment, sub
liect to the credit OF $2076.4l aforesaid, paid as
aforesaid on the 10th January, 1882 that
| plaintiffs mortgage and privilege on all the
property of defendant be recognized and re
troact and tax @efect from the date of the
recordation thereof, t0-wit: November 9Th
1874. for the sum OF $l450, and for the sum q
$I400 subsequently received, to-wit: Dec
oath, 1875, her mortgage be and is recognized
and take effect from the filing of her petition
the 9th day of February, 1882.
The embarrassed condition of the defend
ants affairs being sufficiently established, i
is further adjudged and decreed that plaintiff
be separated in property FROM her said bus
/ band that she be authorized and decreed t.
resume the administration of her ~parapherna
property that the community of acquets ant
gains heretofore existing be dissolved tina
her legal mortgage and privilege on all til,
property of her said husband be recognized
and enforced as aforesaid that defendan
pay all costs to be taxed.
Thus done, read and signed in open Court
this 23d day of February, 1882
G. W. HUDSPETH,
Judge 18th District of La.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
Mount Vernon.

During the war, while the hloodiest
battles on the Potomac were being
fought, the Southern and Northern
troops f~raternized On this spot and not
d shot was fred nor a blow exchanged
on tile domain Of Mount Vernon. 1t
was neutral ground. The soldiers ex-
changed coffee and tobacco and lolled
amicably together underline trees, then
wsGit back to shooting and killing each
otltsr as 1907 as they were off the sa-
cred ground. The most i%rreverent
scOffer must walk with reverence
through the ancient frame house in
which so much of our history is en-
balmed. Hanging in the hall is the
great key of the Baetile, sent to WASH
ington BY Lafayette, and near it is the
Generals field glass hung on it's rack BY
Washington himself, and dis
turbed. OF all the memories of Mount
Vernon none are more interesting than
those ef Eleanor Cnstis -poor Nelly,
who died AZ 22, and was her stepfather's
pet.
In one room stands her harpsichord,
an immense machine, just the size Of q
grand piano Of the present day, with
two banks of keys like an organ. Be-
side it are soma ancient blue chairs
emBAusered BIZ her fingers a century
ago. In the grounds stand her rose
bush, beside which tradition says, she
received her first offer, and which tile
guileless and credulous of her sex are
persuaded to walk around six times to
bring a similar event about. One 81
the ingenuities of the Regents Of Mount
Vernon was to have magnificent Turk.
ish rugs made to resemble as far al
possible the rug carpets which were the
feor coveringsin Martha Washington
day, and for that purpose scraps Of the
rag carpets were sent abroad to be as
nearly simulated as possible. And
way up high, under the root, is a little
~lip-roofsd, dormer windowed rookery.
which, after General Washington
death, his widow chose as her owr
room, because it was from that window
only that d view could be had Of ths
hideous brick tomb in which the NOR.
tai part of the General lay.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22

The Augusta Chronicle consoles itself
II view Of there being 80 many lawyers
in Congress. with the reflection that
there are nobmany Of them that amount
10 much as lawyers after all. We had
not viewed the subject IN this tight, and
now feel more resigned onrsslyes.-Mo-
bile Register.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-04-22
or ADMINISTRATION.

Probate Court, Perish Of 81. Landry, No. 1880
ESTATE OF JOSEPH ORTEGo.
Whereas. Edmond Ortego, of the parish of
st. Landry, has applied by his petition to be
appointed administrator Of the estate of DO
seph Ortego, deceased, late of the parish OF
st. Landry;
Therefore, any person intending to make OPP
position to said appointment will file the Same
in writing, in my Office, in the town of Opelou-
sas, within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. CHACHERE,
April Is. 1881. Clerk.