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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

A wealthy man in this city named
Bearer never makes check payable
tn his owl order. He wishes his
name was Smith.
The Hon. Tom Ocl,iltree, who vii!
visit Washington next week. il cali
ed the warml.lIt:arte.l .Ananias vi the
bowling South.
Kill the dog first and hunt for its
owner afterwards, is the method uf
certain Georgia farmers vii" ,,,ram To
make sheep raising profitable.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

lIavsRPOOI., Jan. The stock OF
|hest here amounts to 100000 GEN.
n: corn. 10000 quarters; no"r'
hoo sacks and 40 barrels.
|T.oNpox. January 1.-The British
eomer Wheatileld. New York for
Sim. stranded ut st. Catharlne's
6int last evening in y thick fog.
"a crew was saved and the prospects
saving the cargo are favorable.
he vessel. however, is likely to prove
t1tal loss.
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Chinese Complication.

NEw Y0Rk, Jan. THE ST." says
. Chinese question IL becoming
pre aud more complicated. The
as,,ry department lsAs decided that
chinese wet lsursse must ~ c'Ostd-
ri ~ y lal,Orer, and ~ such must
excluded from admission To the
nited States under the provisions
the net restricting Chimes. im,nit-
htiOu. How far has the treasury
aartn,ent uxIrped the functions Of
e judi ciary by this decision
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

This distinguished French states
man r'assesl peacefully away ~ the
old year was passing into the new.
Perhaps the death Ut 10 other man In
Europe would create y profounder
impression. Leon Gambetta was only
forty-!"ur years old at the time Of
his death, and l,as been in public
life about fourteen years: but in that
brief time he WAS prominent actor
On the political stage in France, and
may justly be considered the father
of l;rpuIlicantsm in his native coun.
try. He was an able and determined
enemy II the Second Empire; and nj.
ter Sedan, became Minister Of the In
terror, hut concluding he could do
more to fire the national heart in the
provinces, escaped from Paris in a
balloon after it, investiture by the
Germans. At the conclusion Of
u the Franc-l'russian war he re-
signed the ministry and entered the
assembly, where he became the leader
II the extreme left. ~ he became
more experienced In public life he
became more skilful and moderate,
and was, at the time Of his death,
the most powerful man In France.
The remote cause Of his death WAS q
wound be received some time ago
from revolver, which WAS accident
ally diseharGed. the hall entering 1t
bis wrist and blowing . furrow along
the arm 70 the elbow; the immediate
cause va pyemia, caused by sup
pressed esys,pelas. The dispatch Of
Minister Morton lltly expresses the
American estimate Of this great man:
In his death the gover1ment and
people Of The United states have lost
. devoted friend, wkese great admi-
ration fo9 our eountry and IT, institu-
tons Woe oppressed ~ al oceasious.
Hi death = 20 the ynembess Of this
legation . great loo and . pessonal
oo0roW."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
responsiveness Of California
Travel.

|Ew YORK. jar. 1.-The SIN
y prominence to the cOmnlunil'a-
OF California exc,,rsi.,,,ist writing
D Sau Fr,smcise0 who says: ~
b thrice made the overland trip.
y iuvalitls survive the exposure
The overland ride puzzles me.
END upon Il, California cssm never
fashionable winter re.,rt for
erners. With MY wife l make
xcursiOn into florida from New
b, and returned via. Mississippi
!. Two excursion tickets Gust
hundred dOllras. To cs,llle here
return from California We will
d $50. aud compare this with u
hers ride to Flrida aud Georgia.
eliminates are the same. California
ges fs,r hoard aud lodging are ~
SnaLle as In the South. 1t Is the
Il that niakes the difference. In
the California hotel charges are
Il,am those in Chicago, while the
b are better.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
Now Officials OF New York.

ALHANV. Jan. 1.-The inaugural ion
ceremonies t',Ok place in the Senate
chamber this morning. The outgoing
and incoming Governors entered thu.
chamber together. accompanied by
Their respective stalls and secretaries.
Gov. Cornell read his address and
was followed by Gov. Cleveland, who.
with much einOtioA pronounced u
e!iI"gy upon the administration Of
tiOv:: Cornell. The party then retired
u the Executive Chambers. where
arecepti"n was held by Gov. Cleye-
land.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
New Year Eartho,,alra

HALIFAX. Jan. l.-While watch.
night services were proceeding in q
number OF city churches last night. a
shock OF earthquake was felt, lasting
Thirty seconds. Many buildings were
shaken, and in several crowded.
churches the audience were almost
panic stricken,
kOcKLAND. Me-, Jan. Ia shock
OF earthquake was felt throughout
tnls CITY and vicinity last night, fol-
lowed ny q storm Of thunder and
lightning. '
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NEW YORK, Jan. l.-Arriyed Ari.
IONA aud Halfetla, PillstOn.
The No. I'D breaker Of the Pennsyl.
wanna Coal company burned this
morning. Origin unknown. Loss
$4,000.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

DUBLIN, Jan. THE National
League meeting which assembled 1T
BujIimhOwn. Kings county. yesterday.
in defiance Of the Government proc
lalnatiOn fOrl,ltltling il was ,li>(rrssM
by u large force Of cUl,>t;l('Miary.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

SNSA. Jan. =. ExrOuM has
''een p'' d under martial law.
1ONDY, Jan. o.-ViscOunt En-.
neld nal rseigned the under secre-
taryshipPr India.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
A Husband Poieonor.

CINCINNATI. Jan. IA Mt. Vernon
o.. dispatch says: Mrs. Stitwell, wife
Of Joy Y. Stillwell. employed on the
Chicago. burlington and Quincy
railroad has made y confession on her
dealt, bed, of three murders. She is
at the house. of relatives in Knox
county. The first was Isenjamam
Swi.:,rt her first husband. who. she
SAYS. she killed ut MaryviIle. Mo-,
March. ls:s, with tbs aid III her
mother and brother. The second,
was II stranger. whom the slime
parties killed for money. while IN.
was stopping at their lxyar,ling house.
The third Was her own child. u
daughter aged H. WHOM, she xtranelesl
~ the presence Of her mother ut i:ulu,
Nr''.. May 1S<l She also ,.vnfrSsc:;
three attempts to kill her present
husband for his life insurance. The
confessions were first made IL her
husband and since repeated to others.
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LANDLORDIaM.

Dispatches to-day bring extraets
from an article from the I'sscr-OcsaH
upon the evils Il large land owner
ship in California. 1t ~ays the evil
Ia moi felt in other parts Of the coun .
Try which are not yet crowded. The
danger can lrr felt and appreciated
In time, AMI precautions taken to
avert 1t. 1t requires no elaborate ar
y,,nHnl IL show that large hosdimgs
Of land are disast RUS Ia . healthy
condition Of the bosly polite. Under
fe,slalism, s.,ciety was divided into
larDss and seris. To-day where the
land il helsl In large tracts BY wealthy
land owners, the peasantry are, Of
necessity, ignorant. poor and Of little
value to their fellow men. They are
helpless to exiricate themselves from
the condition In which, they hnd
themselves placed, and the land
lords, under the most common Inn
l.,,lsc Of human nature, take from
then, everything except what "
necessary for = Larc Subsistence.
Upon . principle underlying our free
instituti0ns we furnish free schools
for the e,lucatiOn of the n,asses, on
the tl,ory that society b bet
ter In the ratie that In
telligcnce h diffusesl. Upon
the same principle has society right
To ~. that there shall b an even
distribution Of the soil, that the num-
l'er Of independent intelligent citi-
xelss may increase In the land.
A limit on the tenure ~ land II no
Communicate dream, and no a'.ridg-
m'ent Of the property rights Of any
individual. The government has
the right to xay 10 every citizen that
he shalt hold only 70 much land, but !
may invest his ,mea 10 In whatever
ether enterprises appear to him best. +!
There are mem In America even rich |;
enough to huy ~ whole counties in i
o.,r pOpulOus Western states. They !
can lut upon s,,cI' tracts men who .
will wear their lives ont IN servitu.le !
and bring up their families in iGnor- !
ancc aud poverty, W they can lay out ,
the lA,rrhsse,i tracts In extensive
parks and pleasure grounds. about !
which paupers can look out On nm nm.
productive s"il, curse the social order !
which permits men to n,onopoiixe
what they do not ase, and l'ecome
SM.ixlixts anil Anarchists.
Although this question has l,een
much discussed In Earope. where hu-
n'anity 10 crowded together In small
space, and tn considerable extent
in this country, Ly cur ablest journals
anil writers on political economy.
there l,ax appeared nowhere Z dixps,.
sitiOn I" deal with question which
will inevitably force itself upon the
next generation. One phase Of this
question il now tuktng tangible
shape In the halls Of C0uGrpss. Many
ri the land grant railroads have neg
les'tCd to secure patents for their lald,
that they might eva1e the payment
Of taxes therein, until such time ~
private enterprise had settled up the
country and made these lands vall,-
able. A bin b now pending In Con-
grpas that the lands for which rail-
l
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

VI the ~, -, miles Of railroad at
the close If 1881, North and SOuth
America are credited with l3:., lSG
miles: Europe. lNs,ts)e miles; Asia,
myC54; Australia and adjacent
tsiands, S,ASl; Africa. S,l47. The
United States led all other countries
many fold, 1t having at that time
lO4, sS1 miles Of completed road. The
second country In extent Of railroad
" Germany, which had Il, ~; miles;
Great Britain comes next, lS..:sl:
France next, l:,ll.;; Russia, l4.;;79.
The United States, 1t the close Of
1851, had within 1910 miles - much
Iatlroad ~ ali Of Europe. The total
footing for this year will be not lees
than 13,OlO miles. In less than three
years there will be - many or more
miles Of railroad In the Cnited State.
- In oil the rest Of the world besides.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03

Down In Ohio It b considered GOOD
luck to see bull over your fi9ht
shoulder, In caos you are within ten
feet q the fence.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
A Coming Event

In August the (.Unclave T.
Te,nDlar h 10 Ire held IN tl.i+ city.
Multttudes Of people are expected 10
lie In attendance frnm all PARTS Of the
e,ountry-NOrth. South, Fast and
West. Some estimates. rate the mum.
Der as high rs d,.(Hs', which sn,,.y
justtites the movements l.eing made
Ut this early aiay to provide this vast
crowd with suitable Recommendations.
The hotels wilt do their hest to enter
tain the great bulk Ut the guests.
and 1t IL not doubted that
private hospitality will IN. freely o.
1efe.l. In = MANNER characteristic
of CaItfOrntans. 4 gay spectacle will
" presrntetl during the continuance
81 tnd Conclave. August IL one OF
the hest months for fine weather. aud
tue markets will he In condition to
surprise visitors who have no person.
III knowledge Of our fruit productions
!'nt who will then have III opportuu-
ny I" lie convinced that their merits
nave NOT been Ovrrxtatcsl. The re.
lection Of San Francisco ~ the placc
VI holding the COnclavr is an honor
which our people fully appreciate,
and We feel well convinced they viii
leave nothing undone to make the
scjourn Of their visitors agreeable
SUI <satSM's~s'U (UU.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
Snow In California.

SAN FRANCISCO. dec. 3l.-A heavy
snow storm set in here u out mon
aud continued with great violence
over four hours. The snow fell t., u
depth Of i've ar more inches. Such
q snow fall has been unknown within
the city for the past thirty years. aud
old pioneers Ut the place, state that
they never saw u storm Of equal viO-
lence and duration. A number If
sleigl,s, the first ever seen in the city.
are out on the streets.
SAN FANCIsCO. .Jau. 1.-The day
WAS observed in the usual manner, Ly
the general suspension Uf secular
business. calls and congratulations.
Dispatches from many points in the
interior Of the state. Indicate the fall
Of snow rs quite general. The depti,
ranges from one TO eight inches. S,,ci,
falls have scarcely ever l,een known
in the history Of California.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-03
Death Of 00rnbotto.

PARIS. Jan. ! -cbaMDett1 was 4ull
conscious to the last. Ills death xgd
ny lasted two hours. Spuller Ellienll
and DR.. Pensala were preseLt ut tn
last moment. The physicians VIII
attended Gaml,etta stated that l.i&
death wac due to pyImia, caused III
suppressed erysipelaS. ClOts Of blood
formed in the heart and suifOcatet
the deceased. A plaster Gust Of th(
face was taken this morning. There
will he an autopsy tomorrow. n
state fumeral. 1t Is expected. will liz Civ
en-. The death Of Galnbetta created
IN immense sensation. Groups gath
cred on the boulevard by y O'Clock
this morning discussing the event.
1t is reported he will be buried ut
Nice, beside his mother. President
Grevy was much affected by the
news.
Gambctta died ut his residence ut
Vile d'Avrey ut midnight.
(;ambetta left no political test:,-
ment. lie made private will Satur-
day. Papers reporting his death are
selling in every street; and crowds
struggle IL procure them. Tesegrall,s
were sent {, President Grevy and
other authorities Immediately after
his death. Galnbetta died in u state
Of Inconsistencies, but in the course
Of the afternoon he exclaimed. lie
sllis perilu. il eat inmtile .le slissiMuler.
mails jar tssnt sOufFert que q sera ume
deliverance."
AM list, it is useless Ia disguise
the fact. lsut I l,av- suffered ~
much that death will Ii. \ deliver
ance.
WASHINGTON, Jan 1.-The St.cr4-
tary If State received the follow ing
from Minister Morton ut l'arix. The
death If (:alnlet!a caused Il profound
sensation in France. In his death
the Government and people Of the
United States lost i devoted friend,
wl,tse great admiration f,r our cOlin-
try and its institutions We're tx.
pressed OH all O:c.:siOi,s. His .lr:ltl,
is to the members Of this legation u
great loss and personal SORROW.
LONDON. Jan. 1.-The Standards
special says: Al intimate friend Of
Ga,nbetta says he became u con-
iirmed hylkHhOn.lriac. WEAKNESS
and disgust and the failure of his
prospects may explain much that is
In the life just lost.
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d" want their rights, aud are anxi o,,s
- nitC<i States Commissioner should
investigate ami deri.le the matter lr-
'wtr" them and the opposing party.
United Statss Agent Tutils went I"
the s'cs'e " the trMble Yesterday.
Much aslvesSe criticism Of Justice.
Field has ls.en caused by events that
iranspired after the conclusion of the
San MatcO an.l southern Pacific rail-
read arguments. Sl,esx.l,-n,akins
ended on the :I~t, Ex-Governor
Stanford. N the 4. r. Il. L.. heing IN
the court r"'n' during the grrater
part III the hearing. lie gave din
"er party Thursday night ut CHAM
l'tr'ain'> restaurant In this city to
Mr.. ("nkling aud Mr. Sanderson
AMI other attorneys Of the company.
Justise Field attended this party. He
.irOve early : hunstlay evening to the
Arlington where Mr.. SanllE,r.l i.
stopping, and Inquired far that gen.
l'en'an. Finding that I've had gome
{" Ci'a:.'herlAin's to dine with l:ov.
Stanford the justice wss driven ("
tue rrsta 'rant. where he joined the
pnrty anil rrn.aiueSl with them for a
considerable time. II IL not believed
hy friends Of Justice Field that he il
under tl0 influence of the railroad
corporations II California, l,ut great
surprise h expressed that he should
have sSeseensled from, the Supreme
Bench after hearing . cass In which
the railroads of California are con-
cerned. TO dine with the party chiefly
interested in the decision q the
soest, and biz attosnsys.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
Chiffon.

"
Sales here yesterday, $500 bales; to
exporters, 1850, to spinners, $50, the
market closing easy and unchanged.
Quotations as follows: Ordinary, 8sc;
good ordinary, 9lc; low middling, &c.
middling, 95e; good middling, l0lo;
middling fair, l0sc. Stains: Middling,
&c; low middling, Sc. Of colors:
Middliag, $50; low middliDg, 9sc; dus-
~, Base.
y. Total sales to date, from September
LIST. reach l26,9l5 bales; to exporters,
rs, 275; to spinners, 5O,85O
The New Orleans market closed
last evening easy but unchanged.
Middling, l03.16c. Sales for the day,
4bOOlbales. Stock on hand, 342, 767
bales Futures quiet at 2 to II points
below closing figures of the evening
before. r
The NewYork cotton market closed
easy and unchanged. Sales, 473 bales.
Middling, 10 Q l6c. Stock, 2O9,26l
bales. Futures easy at z to 8 points
below closing figures Of the evening
before, with sales Of $1,000 bales. Quo
tatiohs as follows; Deliveries for De-
cember, 105OalO.5l; January, 1O.57alO.
So; February, 1O79alO.74; March, 10.
.8Sal0s9; April, ll.O2all.O3; May, IL.
l5all.16; June. ll.27al1.2S; July, II.
3Oall 40; August, ll.48al15O; Septem-
Der, 1l15l1.19.
Total receipts Of cotton at all U. s.
ports for the past days sum up l3O,-
l65 bales, and are $3.50 bales in excess
Of last year for the same time. Total
at all domestic ports for the season,
2,538,30l bales, and 1874 less than
last year for the same period; also 95,-
965 more thanfor theyear before. Total
shipments this season, 1917 ,473; last
year same time. /, 400. 1899; year before,
1,llS.74S. Total stoCks,l ,0l8,952; same
time last year, SOO,3l5; year before,
99S,7O5.
The worlds visible supply of cotton
is 2,70O,723 bales, excess over last year
at the .aams time, 2O8,3S bales. and
over the year before 145, l5l bales.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
Ell MAHDI AN AMEaICAN.
The False Prophet Ofthe sOudan
Said 10 have been Born I'm Penn
sylVania-An Alleged sketch OF
HIS Life.

A Brownsville, Pa, special to the
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says:
ut has just been discovered that
another OF the worlds most famous
men first saw the light in this valley.
Ell Mahdi, the False Prophet Of Sou
dan, whose example and appeals are
working such amazing effects upon the
Mohamnedan world, is not born
Mussulman, but plucky American,
as the following will show:
In 1880 aPOrtuguese sailor, who
was known in the community as Bull
Hilton, came to Rush Run, two miles
above Brownsville, Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, aud was employed as a
laborer by different farmers in the
vicinity, Here he became acquainted
with a young woman named Sarah
Kelley, to whom he was soon after
married. The issue Of their marriage
was one son, who was called Joseph
Crawford Hilton. In 1888 or 1889 the
sailor disappeared. taking with him his
son, who at that time was six or seven
years cd, Three years afterwards his
wife received a letter from him,
written at Lisbon, Portugal, con.
tanning likeness Of Hilton and his
son. This picture is still in the pos
session of the Kelley family. In the
letter he stated that he was
about to sail, with the boy, in a Por-
tugese trading vessel bound for Fan
zibar and the African coast. The
Seyid or Governor Of Zanzibar at the
time was Mahometan named Maid,
whose authority extended to.the coast
OF Africa and some distance into the
Interior About 1850 yodng Hilton,
then youth Of sixteen or seventeen
years, OF much natural force Of char
acter and some education, entered the
service Of the Seyid, embraced the
Mohametan religion and took the
named OF I'll Mahdi. In his business
with the traders Of the interior he
soon amassed a large fortune Of his
own as we'll as fulfilling the engage
ments made with his employer. Mis-
pursuitsled him into the countries BY
the Juba river, in Abyssinia, Somauli
SEMINAR, and Soudan. He finally set
tied at Gondokora, a negro trading
post on the White Nile, where he
married aud became MahometaL
priest. In 1870 his old friend anC
patron Maid died, and he lost all in
terest in the far away coast Of Zanzi'
bar. At Gondokora he was known By
the English explorers Burton ar
Spoke, and afterwards Spoke an(
Grant, as a man whose influence, ever
at that time, over his co-religionist
was almost unbounded. He also fur
nished important assistance to 81
Samuel Baker in his expedition to tn
| Victoria Nyanza. Thus, after all, ]
American genius. whether engaged il
4 right cause or not, that is now caus
1 ing all eyes to turn toward Africa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
A Pension clerks ExcusabIe
Mistake.

A good story comes from the Pen-
sion Bureau. One Of the rules re-
garding the filing Of applications for a
pension requires q certificate as to the
Reputation and good character Of the
persons who are cited in the applica-
ton as witnesses of the physical cons
dition Of the applicant, A pension
claim came from Ohio and "R. b,
Hayes" of Fremont, Ohio, was the
witness. The papers, in the routine
Of business, were assigned to one Of
Eaton's civil service clerks, who found
there was no certificate attached as to
the reputation and good character OF
the witness-R. B. Hayes. The clerk
had never dabbled in politics and did
NOT know Il. b. Hayes or that such a
I person had ever occupied the Presi-
Dental chair. Accordingly he re-
turned the papers for a certificate as
to the character and good reputation
of r. r, Hayes. The reply came, o.
course, and then, for the FIRST time
the higher officials 0! the Pension Blu
reau became aware Of what had beer
| dona
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-05
NOn.RcsIdent Notice.


No. 499S-In the Chancery cour, .s sA..
sGuny Isnn.-H B Ramsey vs. Inv \
sppes ,Ls from an order Of court in this
2aenaall, has intern arried with I'm
thatcher Ia since the 6ling Of the biI hsS Sin
Sa1 Anu may ns tne sad John Thatcher Is resi-,
dent Of the state of Tennessee, and a ,II.-
ing publication, etc. A"u Otoof-
.n ~ Is therefore ordered that no make his
county, in Memphis, Tenn, ON ~ bafosa w ~
SECOND Monday in December, 1883, and piesd
81 snSw s ri dsnqr to complainant bill or Tie
sain ~. VIII 70 taken for confessed as 10 Than
ana set for hearing OK parte: and tbat , aana
VI VI snis 2Tder be published once week for f,ur
SUCCESSIVE ~ lS weeks in the Public LEDGER '-'
MS eth day Of November, 1855
COPY attest -''
p.rup r. BLACK, @ and N.
~ NJ Bradley, D G and nj. "Au ~
Jordan, sol for complainant.