The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-24
The Semi Weekly Miner

The Semi-W Weekly Miner
MI. Arthur should consult MI
Blaine and MI. Conk)ing before b.
takes further steps looking to q nom
ination for the Presidency.
Major Nickerson has concluded t.
resign and to become insane at tn
same time. It 10 said he acts the in
sanity dodge with marked success.
One of the surprising as well a
pleasing features OF the race for tn
House speakership, is that all tn
candidates are hopeful, cheerful ar.
confident.
The record is lowered. At Prospec
Park the 18th inst. the trOtting hors'
Frank with a running mate, trottet
y mile in 2:OS!. The two minute
horse is foaled.
The Crown Prince of Germany il
returning the visit Of King Alfonso
1t Is presumed France will feel re
lieved when she learns he will not b<
made q Spanish Colonel.
Paddy Ryan should have on q
double-action, immovable, copper
bottomed, copper-fastened truss
when he steps in the ring with slug.
ger Sullivan this time.
The Scientific american declares
there has not been a lead pencil 70,
fifty years past. The so-caIied pen
ellis are made Of plumbago or graph
lite, q carbonate of iron, capable OF
leaving a lead-colored mark.
That wonderful body, the Senate
subcommittee on Education and
Labor, was, at last accounts, some.
where in the Sunny South. It will
have q report to make to Congress
which, for length. will be appalling.
Mexico owes $50, OO0, 900 to English
merchants. Bonds for the amount
have been offered but the English
men want their money. Here is an
opportunity for England to play the
Egyptian game on Mexico. Willshe
try it:
World: Some disturbance is being
raised in Pennsylvania because the
reform legislature proposes to allow
Its chaplains s. a day each for ser
vices rendered during the present ses-
sion. The men who have done the
praying for the present Fennsylva-
MIA legislature ought to have $40 "A
day and a pension for life.
china will measure her military
proves with France. She is placed
In q position where she cannot with
honor do otherwise. But she will
get most soundly thrashed unless the
matter in dispute between the two
powers a be referred to some ma
ton for arbitration before the first
hostile charge be made.
Tom Ochiltree's recent European
tour left intact his capacity for truth
telling. At banquet rendered him
1T Laredo, Texas, he promised the
people Of that town q postoffice build
ing, a military post and a custom
house, free trade with Mexico, a new
railroad and many other things
which only the Imagination of a
great ronancer can m to
mind.
Omaha Herald: In q suit brought
in New York to compel the Brush
Electric Illuminating Company to
remove its poles from in front of
plaintiffs premises, Edward II.
johnson, an electrical engineer, tes-
tilted that the current from the wire
would, if they were handled, pro-
duce a result from severe to fatal. If
tiremen We're playing on the wires a
current Of electricity might pass from
them and cause death.
The official vote of Maryland gives
McLane, Democratic candidate for
1908 majority over Hol-
ton (Rep.) The Senate stands IA
and II Republicans and
the House 63 Democrats and IS Re
publicans. Just before the election
the Republicans asserted that Mary |
land was a doubtful State. The
above figures show the State to he
doubtful-very doubtful indeed as to
Its ever going over to the I:epubli. |
cans.
The temperance movement Is max
ing rapid progress in Georgia. Il is
not made a disturbing element in
politics, but it forms a prime factor {
county government. The people
adopted = system of local op-
Ion by counties, and SIS out of the
l37 in the State have adopted total !
prohibition, and SO partial ryohibi-
ion. They deal with the question
'enslbly in the great empire State Of
he South.
1t is a good thing to have u friend
aear the powers that be. This fact
8 illustrated in the case OF Col. l!ses.
That officer was dismissed from the
upon the charge of duplicat-
ng his pay roll. Col. Morrow was
convicted of precisely the same of.
'ense, but he has a friend in the per-
on Of Secretary Lincoln and can
tay. His punishment has been COM
nuted SO that it amounts to nothing
nd is followed by reinstatement.
The Thanksgiving mince pie re-
the following notice by an4
Eastern newspaper man who has a
lively recollection of his boyhood
lays: The mince pie graceth the fes-
board, making its juices rare, and