The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-08-25
The Semi Weekly Miner,

Whele is Jenkins and the "win'
department?
General Butler says he will not b.
O candidate for reelection.
News apsrs ale started in Dakot,
at the rate Of about m a day.
Black small pox and yellow fever
r ravaging Mexico and Guatemala
Proctor Knett's majority for Gov.
ernor of Kentucky is $4,000. Not q
bad showing for Knott.
Virginia with only half a crop OF
tobacco can no longer support Ma
hone. "It's a judgment" say the
darkjes.
The Inter Mountain continues to
battle for the county lean. Like
other squalling infants, it can't
"hush up all at once"
Unfortunate Minnesota has been
overtaken again by disastrous cy-
clones. Great loss of life and de-
struction ofproperty r reported.
A Boston Judge has rendered;a de-
cision in which Chinese were a par
ty that has created a profound sensa-
ton in San Francisco. The wires
have failed to convey the text of the
decision.
Casamicciola. the town on the
Island of Ischia, which was recently
destroyed by an earthquake, il rap
idly being rebuilt, and already i54
wooden houses have been erected and
occupied.
The wires were laden lately with
accounts of fires, failures, railway &C.
cidents, storms and cyclones. ut
never rains but it pours" is an old
saw which may be applied in these
instances.
The friends of ex-paymaster Was
son are making efforts to have him
pardoned out of the %penitentiary by
the President. With this end in
view petitions have been prepared
for circulation among his associates,
but thus far with little success.
Mrs. Langtry says that the dream
of her life is to be able to return. to
England from her projected tour of
Canada, America and Australia, and
found a theatre in London, which
she would call the Langtry. And
what says Freddie to this arrange
ment?
The French scored a substantial
victory in Tonquin a day or two ago.
The Annamites fled before them like
frightened sheep. China must come
to their lescue DOL or she will find
no ally to aid her in "driving the in
vaders from the sacred soil of An
man,"
jeff Davis has a warm place in his
heart for Texans and the Lone Star
State. In a recent letter he said:
"Texas, born of a determination to
be free, and rocked in the cradle of a
bloody revolution, was fully repre-
sented by the gallant men she sent
forth to maintain the equality. SOW
ereignty and independence of States
in the Union"
Commissioner Price has issued an
order to Indian Agent Tuft at Muck
gee, Indian Territory, directing him
to take steps to prevent the fight be-
tween Mitchell and Slade if attempt
ed in that Territory. The action of
the department is based upon the
assumption that they would be in
truders of the worst sort upon the
Territory. This, we believe, is the
first instance in which the Govern
ment has shown a disposition to in
terfere in a prize fight.
And now comes the story that
Mackay was induced to 60 into the
postal telegraph company by reason
of his feud with d. O. Mills, who, |
Mackay discovered, had agreed to
stand by the Western Union with pc.
cuniary aid to any reasonable amount.
The story is too gauzy for cred ence,
inasmuch as men of MI. Mackay's
good sense seldom risk such large
sums as he has put in the new COM
pany simply to injure someone else
Another explanation of his motive
is, that his plan is to build lines COM
peting at every point with the West
ern Union, to construct them at bot
tom pri. 'es and then offer them to the
Government at a fair profit. The
latter is the more reasonable explain
alton of his object in strengthening
the new telegraph company.
Yesterday morning we published
an item from the Denver Republican
which stated that Montana and a
couple of other Territories would
withdray their exhibits from the
Denver Exposition. We have since
heard it stated that the reason for
this withdrawal was that Cincinnati
had offered greater inducements to
place the exhibits in that city. We
do not credit the rumor SO far as the
Montana exhibits are concerned.
The legislature Of this Territory made
an appropriation of money to place
Montana minerals on exhibition at
Denver-not at Cincinnati or any,
other place-but at Denver alone. It
is hardly probable the command of
the legislature will be disregarded
and a moving show be made of the
valuable specimens from this Terri
tory.
A distinguished London physician,
DR.. J. c. Thompson, says that hui
man strength and skill are of abso-
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