The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-31
NEWS NOTES.

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the party Of English soldiers who
were with Prince Napoleon when he
was killed in Zululand, is dead.
There is a negro boy in Macon,
Ca, with legs like whlpstocks. He
has snaky looking eyes and darts out
his tongue like viper. He lies on
his stomach, wiggles his legs and has
spots on his back.
The whipping-post for wife-beaters
is to be set up in Illinois. The law
not only provides that any husband
who assaults his wife shall be whip
ped upon the bare back, but that he
shall pay all costs of prosecution.
Michigan people are satisfied that
Virgins storm was not a mere
zephyr. They credit him with being
true prophet, as they felt the full
force Of the tempest on Thursday
last in the shape of Greenback con-
vention:
George Washington is sheriff of
Bay County, Mich; John Quincy
Adams, of Marquette, is a member
of the State Legislature; John Brown
is Chief of Police Of Muskegon, and
William Shakespeare is Quartcrlnas-
ter-General of the State militia.
In Japan fish are kept in reser-
voir and killed as they are needed.
Fresh vegetables are kept under
trickling water In this country fish
are kept on market stalls, and fresh
vegetables are Kept in boxes, barrels
and other old. corners.
An Illinois paper heads its account
of Judge David Davis's wedding as
follows: "Bloomington's Big Judge,
in L.. king Over the Garden of Wo-
manhood, Selects the Burr, Prob
ably Because He Realizes That She
Will Stick to Him Through Thick
and Thin
The Boston Commonwealth quotes
Governor Ben Butler as saying in
justification of his continuing to at
tend to his law practice: "Governor
Talbot did not stop his woolen mills
when Governor; why, then, should I
stop my jaw mill when I am Gov
ernOrW
The Boston Traveller likens con-
temporary, who remarked that the
Hayes Administration was the clean
est since Lincoln's, to the inebriated
Scotchman who, finding himself
prone in the gutter, with his nose
over sewer, exclaimed rapturously:
"Ah! sweet Edinburgh! I smell thee
noo."
The eruption of Mount Etna is
increasing in violence. A new cra-
Ter has opened. The lava threatens
to overwhelm Niccoli and other vii
lagos. The people are fleeing from
their homes. Troops are assisting to
save property. There are eleven fis-
sures in the mountain. The central
opening is active.
Commenting upon the application
of the descendants of Amerigo Yes
pucci for pension from Spain, the
Toronto Maa expresses the opinion
that sipce Ben Butler was elected
Governor of Massachusetts, and Tabor
was elected to the Senate the discov-
cry of America has become matter
of regret to all parties concerned.
A Chicago paper harshly discusses
the claims of women to entrance into
a tirst-class college ON the ground
that they are unfit for real college
work. "Where." it asks, "is the
woman who can pull creditable oar
in college boat-ace? Where is the
woman who has ever attained any
skill as baseball pitcher? What
women have ever attracted attention
and won praise by their excellence
as football players? Are there any
women who would prove efficient in
college rush or could stand 'haz-
ing with cheerfulness and fortitude:'