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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
Suit Against the Postmaster Gen
eral,

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5.-The Ma
tional Bank has brought suit against
the Postmaster General for 500, 900,
alleged damages in directing that
money orders addressed to the bank
but intended for a lottery company
shall not be delivered. Plaintiff con-
siders the order was intended to
charge the bank with fraudulent
practices and illegal action, and has
seriously damaged its business.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06

Mail and Express: The London
Globe publishes some well-written
"rot" about Ii Hung Chang having
been crossed in some of his love
affairs, in Pekin several years ago, by
some French officers. Hence, says
the romancing correspondent, Lii
lungs hatred of the French. The
fool-killer will never. be out of jobs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06

Truth: The old prayer nsed to run,
Lord save us from the devil, the
Turk and the comet" The telescope
has disarmed the comet of its terrors,
the bondholders have shackled the
Turk and the revised edition has
killed the devil. When q comet
comes we dissect it; when the Turk
is rampant we present our coupons,
and if his Satanic Majesty came
aboard he would be interviewed by q
newspaper reporter and invited to
the gallery of the Stock Exchange.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
It is recorded as a singular fact that

1t is recorded as a singular fact that
all the witnesses examined before
the Senate Committee who were
manufacturers. or interested in man.
ufacturing, have declared that high
tariff was a cure for all the working
mems evils, while all the witnesses
WHO were importers, or interested in
foreign commerce. have declared free
trade to be the universal panacea.
Human nature labels opinion every
where.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
The Episcopal Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-The gen.
eral convention of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the United
States re.assembled this morning.
The morning prayer was read by
ReY. VIM. r. Ashley, D. D., of Wis
consin, and Rev. Samuel H. Giesy,
of Melrose. Conn. Benediction was
pronounced by Right Rev. Henry B.
Whipple, D. D., Bishop of Mime
sofa. The Right Rev. DR.. Therold
was then introduced and addressed
the house, all the deputies remaining
standing. He begged most sincerely
to return thanks for the kindness
and courtesy with which his name
was received. This was not his first
visit to this country and he hoped it
would not be his last. He was not
81 foolish as to hide from himself the
fact that the kindness was extended
to him as a representative of Eng
land and of the church. Let no one
persuade you, said the Lord Bishop,
that England has ceased to love
America. The English church is
proud of the life and activity of her
daughter. W. in the old country do
not feel as if we were in our decrepi-
tude, yet the American church is
foremost among the religious
bodies of which he might truly call
a religious land in less than a hum
dred years. Sixty-two sees had been
created in this country without ask
ing permission of a legislature. In
the words Of Cardinal Newman and
Bright, "enly be united among
yourselves and you will be invinci-
On motion Of Bishop Stephens,
Of Pennsylvania, the rules were sus-
pended in order that Bishop Roches-
ter might present a communication
from the Arch Bishop of Canterbury.
The bishop said that the Arch Bishop
desired to congratulate the American
church on the approach of the cen
tenniary conservation of the Right
Rev. Bishop Seabury. The Lsrd
paid a glowing tribute to the
memory of the late DR.. TAFT, Arch
of Canterbury.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
Arrest of a Murderer.

CHICAGO, Oct. {. Detectives
passed through here last night for
Tiilden. Texas. in charge of a man
named Gabe Young, who is wanted
for numbering a man named O'Don-
nell, in November '7S. The prisoner
was arrested on q ranch seventy miles
of Rawlins, on the Union Pa
cifc railroad, where he was living
with a Mrs. McGrath having driven
the husband Of the woman away. 1t
is said of Young and his brother that
they carried on a career az brigands
in the southwestern part of Texas for
many years, robbings stages The
murder of O'Donnell resulted in their
being driven from the county.
The Citizen, Congressman Finer
tvs paper, has received $500 in sub
from the Irishmen of Illi-
nois and Wisconsin to be used in de-
Tense of O'Donnell, the slayer of Ca
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
Business Failures.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The business
failures for the week throughout the
Unit d States and Canada were 1873
as against $50 for the last week. In
New York City the failures are in
significant in number and amount.
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SPECULATIONS.

AOL4 ~ uAAAp w. ouA uAoPHCL1CS VI
night before last it seems that Gould
and Willard have entered into an al
lance to take a certain amount OF
bonds to be issued for the purpose of
taking up the floating debt of the
Northern Pacific and to equip the
road thoroughly. A few days ago it
looked as if Gould was playing to OBJ
tain a controlling interest in the Ore
gon Transcontinental, if not in the
Northern Pacific itself. But the in
tentions of railroad magnates are past
finding out. Wall street movements
are deceptive. A raid upon any given
stock does not prove its worthless
ness. In many cases it is made for
the purpose of frightening weak
kneed holders into disposing of their
shares which bears gobble up at
minimum prices. When the bottom
facts are known it will be found that
this is the meaning Of the recent de-
termined raid made upon Northern
Pacific stocks, or as they are called
in the New York market-The Viii
lards.
If Gould has joined hands with
Willard, as our dispatches intimate
he has, some other happenings of re-
cent date may be explained. Mr..
Gould wants an unbroken line to the
Pacific for the Oregon Short Line.
The Oregon and TranscontiE entail,
as we understand, affords it. That
Gould has obtained a controlling ia
terest in that line may be inferred
from the following admissions of Mr..
Willard at a recent interview had
with him in New York by a Tribune
reporter. He says: 1.-THE Northern
Pacific has no floating debt. 1t has
been paid by the Oregon and Trans
continental Company. We could
not issue second mortgage bonds
without the consent of our stock
holders. When you see a special
meeting called for that purpose
then you can inquire about
the bonds. No, we do not contem-
plate anything of that kind; we have
not even discussed it. There is no
need of any new issue Of bonds, be-
cause there is NJ floating debt. The
Oregon & Transcontinental holds a
satisfactory obligation of the North
ern Pacific railroad, as in business a
may borrow money on his
note. I consider every obligation of
the Northern Pacific just as good as
gold. The road will earn at least fif-
teen millions next year. 1 have the
utmost confidence in it."
Mr.. Gould's name is not mentioned
in tue above. 1t was not necessary
it should be. But when it is known
that Mr.. Gould has been playing for
The Oregon & Transcontinental, that
The n. P. did have a large floating
1ebt and that the o. & T. has SYM
pathized with the fluctuations in the
Pacific, falling with it, by /
putting this and that together it at
lords a fair basis for supposlng he has
invested sufficiently in it to control
t, enabled the n. P. to clear off its
1oatlng debt, and that he is now in a
position to join with Mr.. Willard in
strengthening the Northern Pacific.
These are simply speculations, and
nay have no foundation in fact, but
'ecent operations in Wall street point
o the conclusion that the essence of
ruth is not altogether wanting in
hem.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-
TON.

The County Commissioners have
called an election to be held for thu
purpose of electing six delegates from
Silver Bow county and two delegates
at large from this judicial district a
members Of q institutional conven'
ton to convene at Helena the second
Monday in next January to frame q
constitution for the State If Mon.
tana. AS members of that body re-
ceive no pay for their services-thell
mileage alone being provided for
the scramble for delegateships will
not be very exciting, nor will the
election be likely to call out q full
vote Of the people. But strong reasons
exist why the best men should be
elected and why the full vote of the
Territory should he cast. Our con-
stituti0n should be free from the least
faint of partisanfsm, and should
be broad and liberal enough
in its provisions to COM
mand the support of all our
people. Hence, men who are
known to possess intelligence, good
Judgment and integrity of character
should be selected as candidates. The
convention will be q deliberative
body to consider what is best for the
common good and it is supposed will
be governed by the sole desire to ad
vance it. Therefore it is not essential
that orators, or strict party men
should be chosen as its members
simply because they are orators and
party men.
The election should call out every
voter as the cote upon the PROPOSE
ton will be an important factor in
determining the action of Congress
for or against our admission as a
state. The average Congressman is
possessed with the idea that the num-
Der, not the quality, of population
should be considered in the admis-
sion of states. He takes no account
ofthe ability of the people to maintain
nor Of their intelligence
to frame proper laws for the govern
ment. He counts the vote, calcu-
lates the population from it and gov
erns himself accordingly. OF course
count and calculation are not
made altogether upon the vote which
will be cast next month but that vote |
will cut an important figure in in
his action for or against
US. The constitution will be SUBJ
to the people for their rejec-
ton or ratification at the November
election next year. A full vote of
the people may then be expected as a
delegate and q full set of county
officers are to be elected. but the differ
ence between the vote of this year
and that of the next should not be
greater than a fair immigration dur
ing the next seven months would
warrant. Again = partial vote
this year would subject the peo-
pie of the Territory to the
of being presuming or AFRO
CANT and lay them open to the ridi-
Guile of that class of journals in the
East which dislike to see the fine
fields of the West closed against
heir broken down political hacks
md ambitious office seeking strip
-ings. A full vote of the people next
month would not only close the
mouths of Eastern critics but would
convince Congress that We are really
earnest in u desire for statehood
md that we propose to knock at the
loors of Congress for admission with
|ur strongest blows.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
An 1nvincible Vengeance Com.
mitteo.

LONDON. Oc. "A Dublin cora
spondent to the Globe says: An in.
vincible vengeance committee ha,
been formed to hunt down all ina
formers throughout the British c,lo-
MES and North and South America
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06

DETROIT, Oct. 4.-Of 740 leading
Democrats of Michigan who were IN
terviewed regarding their Presiden-
tial preferences, 285 favor Tildeu and
s. Ben Butler.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06

The weather, like the fall elections,
IL not yet settled,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
A Railroad Train Runs Into
q Street Car.
Interesting Speech in the
Episcopal Convention.
Platform of the Trade and
Labor Federation.
The Yellow Fever Scare at
San Francisco.
The Utah Polygs Speak Out
in Meeting.
No Power in He'll Can Pre-
vail Against Them.

MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-06
Newspaper Dealers versus the
"Horald."

x10Tdlu
NEW YORK, Oct. "A meeting of
the newsdealers Was held tonight
with closed doors. 1t is stated that a
central council representing several
local unions has been organized. \
committee Was appointed to prepare
an address to the public, so that the
newsdealers' struggle may be proper
~ presented. Two hundred thous md
copies will be printed. Two lawyers
at the TOmbs police court tomorrow
will look after the interests OF the
neWsdealers who may tie arrested on
account of their differences with the
neWsdealers of the Herald. 1t is re-
ported that the San, Star and 1rib-
une will not permit their papers to
be sold at the Herald STANDS. The
commissioner OF public werks IL
Brooklyn, has stated that he will MT
permit the Herald stands On ne
sidewalks.
TROY. n. Y, Oc:. Awhile putting
away their uni OrmS after parJil!S
to-day. a substitute fireman in the
volunteer steamer house dropped Il
cigar stump, which set fire to some
nay and caused the destructiOro of the
uniforms. Fred w. Abbott, # Law
renee. Albany Co., a fireman, shO was
a spectator, while assisting n the dire
tell from a ladder aud was Atally III
Jured. HI Tabor also hid his head
split open by a falling Ladder.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22

ANOTHER good man, as the current
phrase runs, has gone wrong, and the
people of Little Rock are profoundly
moved. j. 7. Brown r, United States
Marshal of the Little Rock district,
has been arrested on the charge of
perjury, forgery and making false &C
counts against the United States gov
eminent. He was examined last Satur-
day before Judge Fl. Q. Caldwell and
held to give bond in the sum of 5000.
1t seems that he has been in the habit
Of Systematically making out false
vouchers, signing the names Of some
of his deputies to them, and then
swearing to these accounts and draw
ing the pay for bis own benefit. For
instance a man arrested in Little
Rock is reported as arrested in Pine
Bluff, and mileage drawn each way for
deputy aud guard, When arrests are
made ct = distance, or a sentenced
prisoner is to be carried to Detroit, he
would insert two or more guards in
the account and draw mileage aud pay
for them. The fraud on each voucher
varies from $40 to $25, and shows both
purjury and forgery in all the cases
yet brought to light. What makes il
the more contemplate is, that Brown
is a wealthy man worth at leastS5O, 00O,
and his illegal gains are made up of
many small items showing that it was
his deliberate purpose to steal. He
was not content with the legitimate
fees of the Office, which ought to be
enough for any man. AS far as dis
covered, his frauds amount to $4,000 or
$4,000. A pitiiul sum for the loss of
Self-respect, social and official position,
and the confidence Of the public. Mr..
Brown was, moreover, a leading dea-
con 10 the Presbyterian church, SUI
perintendent Of a Sabbath school,
bad none Of the large or small vices as
far as known and was looked upon as
a model man, a bright and shining
light, worthy to be followed as an ex
ample by the old aud the young. 1t
is quite astonishing that man will
yield to such temptation when there
is no earthly necessity or excuse for
1t. The desire to get rich suddenly
without waiting for the gradual and
satisfactory accumulatiOns that attend
honest toll and economy causes men to
sell their souls and surrender every
principle OF true manhood. Here is
4 useful aud hOnored citizen who
proves to have been acting the hypo.
critic and wearing cloak of piety to
serve the devil in--One day respected
US an exemplar and exponent of virtue
the next exposed, cast down anG
scorned by those he had treated a,
his interiors.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22
0HOnest Abe LoOney..
NashvIIIe Coz. . COurler.JOnrna

Nashville Cor. to CourieF-J onrnal.
One member of the House who al
ways attracts marked attention is Col.
A. NJ. Looney-"honest Abe Looney''
of Maury. About five feet seven
inches, erect, solid, square shoulder
ed, neatly attired 10 black cloth, thin
locks combed straight back above a
handsome head, broad, benevolent
face lit up by a pair OF keen dark eyes,
all set off with heavy gray Marshal
of France moustache, Col. Looney
does not have to speak to attract the
attention of visitors But when he
does speak, he says something to
which his full silvery voice tones
tremulous with emotion when deeply
interested. smooth. flowing and elegant
words, lend an indescribable charm
He was made, in 1861 by Gov. Harris
Major General oil militia, but hurried
off to Cheat Mountain early in The
war with the Tennessee First" a.
Major, and was afterward promoted
for gallantry to the rank OF Colonel
His eloquent speech nominating Hon
|. G. Harris for United States Sena
tor, last January, was model in all
respects, and elected the warmes
comment.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22
NEARLY A STATES RIGHT
QUESTION.
A Boat Navigating without Liz
cense IN Arlkansaw starts =
Controversy.
Special to Commercial Gazette.

WASHINGTON, March l9.-What
came near being a question of State
rights came up in the Treasury De-
partment to day from an unexpected
source. 1t appears that Inspector
Garrett, of Memphis, replying to an
inquiry of General Dumont in regard
to facts in connection with the re-
fusal of the Local Inspector to grant
a certificate to the steamboat Della, on
the Arkansaw river, says that the YES.
sci was refused certificate because
her boiler was not constructed &C
cording to the requirements Of the
law, and the owner was notified not TO
navigate the vessel.
The owner, however, consulted the
Y. 5. District Judge and District
Attorney at Fort Smith, Ark, who
advised him that if the vessel
was navigated wholly within the State,
inspection, license, etc., was not re-
quired. Under this ex parte decision
the vessel did some ierrying, but was
Immediately reported by the Local
Inspector to Mr.. Garrett. That officer
now asks for instructions from the
Supervising Inspector General in
Washington.
General Dumont will instruct him,
as preliminary measure, to file
complaint with the Surveyor of Gus
toms, whose duty it will be to libel
the boat. The District Attorney will
then have chance to explain the
grounds upon which he based his
advice 10 tho owner. An opinion of
the Supreme Court, which governs
the laws of the Steamboat Inspection
Service, as to what constitutes the
navigable waters of the United States,
was delivered by Justice Field. 1t
says:
Those rivers must be regarded as
public nsvigable rivers in law which
are uavigable in fact when they are
used in their ordinary condition as
highways fer commerce, and they con-
stitute nsvigable waters Of the United
States, within the meaning Of the acts
Of Congress, in contradistinction from
navigable waters of the States, when
they form in their ordinary condition
by themselves or by uniting with other
waters, continued highway over
which commerce is, or may be carried
on with other States, or foreign coun
tries, in the customary modes ia which
such commerce is conducted by
water"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22

these three lines would go unnoticed.
Ask MIR. Morris, Of the jeans factory,
whether he thinks anybody reads the
LEDGER from end to end. As we'll
ask him if anybody in the country
wears first class jeans clothes. Soon
after the paper appeared on the street
boys began to straggle in and apply
for the vacancy in the jeans factory.
They made good start that evening
before the establishment closed for
the day. Next morning the sixteen
year old boy was there in force,
and in various sizes. He varied in
size and make up from the weakly
little chap that could pass for nine
up to the young man of Is or 20 with
a Prince Albert coat and a moustache.
He stood in line waiting for the
doors TO be opened, and in some
instances appeared to have brought
his rations and camped on the ground.
OF course all could not be employed
when only one was wanted. The EN-.
ployment of one did not prevent re~
cr6its from filling up the ranks.
Before noon over one hundred had
applied for the place, and they Rave
been dropping in ever since. This
shows two things: First, the LEDGER
is read by the masses; it reaches the
entire reading public, we'll known
fact that needs no proof. Second, the
people are eager for work, and we
need more factories aud new indus
tries to furnish them employment. 1t
is a sad thing for boy or girl, man or
woman to be able aud willing to do
something and yet cannot find any
thing to do. What the people want,
aud what is essential to general pros
perity. is work for all at fairly remun-
eratiye wages.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22
Franklin Weakly.

One day last week while the
saw ELL Of Mr.. James McEwen was
saving log from the farm of Colonel
John McGayock, the saw struck a
grapeshot. planted there on that
memorable night of the Both Of No.
vember, 1864, in one OF the hottest
contests between Federals and Con.
federates in the late civil war. In
the heart of many an oak upon this
farm will be found many sad reminis
cenceS Of this nature, and could they
but speak would voice forth volumes
Of interesting data of the terrible
scenes of that night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22
.PrinIer,s InIT ),

VXIANTED--A boy fne,n or sirts., -,
w old. at the Jeans lachfy, BID Nan
street.
The above modest little ADVERTISE
ment appeared in tie went column
Of the LEDGER last MonIay afternoon
Many a conservative old growler who
is ready 10 assert that it does no good
adv. ise, would have declared that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-22
PUBLIC LEDGER.
A RfI,I, ouite IN aocordapoe with tb

A BILL quite ia accordance with the
civilized ideas Of the age has been
introduced in the Legislature provid-
ing that the death penalty shall be
inflicted in private. 1t stipulates that
the Sheriff, minister, family of the
condemned and six other persons,
whom the Sheriff may designate, shall
witness the execution. The bill passed
its final reading 10 the Senate. The six
persons mentioned as entitled by the
Sheriff to witness the execution, is
intended to embrace members Of the
press. 1t is also provided that the
prison walls where such execution
takes place shall be high
enough to Obstruct all outside view.
There should perhaps be a larger
exception made in favor of members
of the press. The general idea and
intention of the bill is good and it
should pass. Public executions, where
immense crowds of morbidly curious
people gather from a great distance,
are calculated to debauch and harden
the minds Of the people rather than
inspire respect for the law
and elevate the moral tone
1t Often happens that the murderer
or rapist Ito be hung claims to be a
saint re ldy to mount on angels wings
to the golden streets Of the new
Jerusalem. and extends a cordial
Invitation to his many sympathizing
friends in view to meet him on the
other shore As soon as convenient, to
share his happiness. He is
REGARDED By many as q
martyr rather than deep
dyed criminal. II be manages
to forgive the person he killed or out
ragged ard to commend to divine
clemeney the witnesses who testified
agAins: him, the Judge aud jury be-
fore whom he was tried, the lawyers
who failed to get him of and the
Sheriff about to spring the trap,
it is regarded as great magnanimity
and proof conclusive that be is ft for
the robes of ascension. These dis
gushing and brutal exhibitions are too
common, and should be prohibited by
law in the interest OF common hu-
manity. The hero of the occasion
should not be allowed to air his vanity
and newly acquired piety before
gaping, credulous public. Halt the
time the crowd sympathizes with the
culprit, and if it were left to vote
which tc hang, the criminal OF the
sheriff, we would tremble for the fate
of the officer. This is coarse, ugly
side of human nature, but it is there
in fast colors, which come to the sur
face at every cross roads hanging, and
often crop out in communities that
boast OF refinement and high toned
ideas.