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Report Of Commissioners Of Int,
nal Revenue.

WASHINGTON, july 22.-The CON-
missioner of Internal Revenue hn'
written to Secretary Folger in reon lag
to the opel atoms Of his office in wh;la
he says: I have the honor to r.n"a n
that the offices of all collector, ot W
ternal revenue, n hundred and
twenty-six in number, were examin.a
before the close of the last fiscal v.au
ending June 3Oth, 1883, and the "f
tire collections of internal revenno
for that year amounts to one hrm
dred and fOrty-fOur million five huu
dred and fifty.three THOUSAND thrao
hundred and sixty-six dollors. hawe
not only been accounted for but naiS
ir to the Treasury of the Unitad
States: My predecessor, Hon. Gresu
r. Raum, in his report TO you dated
July Goth, 1882, made a statement
which it may not be improper to 70.
peat. He said: It is .urther NV
pleasure and duty to report that dr..
ing the past six fiscal years soma
seven hundred and forty-eight mil.
lion eight hundred and thlrty-ona
thousand and seventy-ene dollar.
have been collected from internal
revenue taxation and paid into tho
Treasury without any loss by defal.
cation. The expense of COLLECTING
for the last fiscal year, including thu
expenses of this office, will be found
in the fiscal adjustment not to ex.
coed S., lO8 800, or less than three and
a half per cent. on the mount
collected. The expenses of collect.
ing for six years has been $27, O57, 900.
or 3 6-l0 per cent. on the amount col.
Iected. This sum has been disbursed
without a loss to the government.
Notwithstanding the material
changes made in law by the act of
Congress Of March 3. 1883, yet So
large was the increase of taxes de.
rived from distilled spi. its that for
the year ended June 80, 1888, there
was collected $144,55 ,366 of internal
revenue. The collection of this vast
sum cost the government about S..
2 1900, a percentage of 81, and the
money was dlsbursed without any
loss to the United States. 1t gives
pleasure to state that the report
OF collectors and internal revenue
agents indicate not only u very salts
factory condition of the service as re.
spects its efficiency, but also that no
combinations exist to defraud the
government, nor is it believed any
impor ant effects r making for the
illicit manufacture of either wills.
key, tobacco or cigars. Much praise
is justly due the officers for the zeal
and efficiency with which their very
important duties are discharged.
The executive order of June Is,
1888. directing the consolidation OF
districts, is being executed as rapidly
as the great labor of doing so will
permit. 1t is to be HOPED that in a
lew days, or weeks at most, an order
will be made to take effect in many
effected by it, and in some
the matter will be neces-
delayed by difficulties incident
to the execution of the new bonds re.
quired of each coll. ctor designated
for the districts as newly constituted.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-28

N. Y. World: "Singularly enough
the Philadelphia Press thinks that
Philadelphia would be the best place
for the next National Republican
Convention, and . great many cir
cumstances 60 to confirm this prefer
encs. There is No city which pre-
sents 50 many features of resem-
blance to the party it invites. Like
the Republican party, it assumes the
possession and exclusive proprietor
ship of a superior article of virtue,
and yet this prstsnsion is not incon-
sistent with q system Of municipal
government which permits the steal
ing Of the almshouse roof. Like the
Republican party, it is greatly de-
voted to the old flag, and is fond of
coupling the devotion with an Incl
dental zeal for the appropriation.
Such little points of resemblance .
these give Philadelphia q claim on
the location of the next National
Convention, and yet leave it free to
claim that with the exception of its
base politics it is q noble city and one
worthy of much admiration"
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Should Women Ride Like Men 4?

Such il the question which is being
seriously discussed. Perhaps it
would be as well to leave the deter
mination of the question to those
whom it principally concerns. We
fancy they have no wish to change
the custom. AS a matter Of fact, al
though it may not appear to I've the
case, the seat which q woman enjovs
Oh a side-saddle is fully as secure,
and not nearly As irksome, as that
which a man has to maintain, unless
he simply balances himself, and does
not grip tho side of his horse either
with the knee or the side of the leg.
1t is curious to note the different
ways in which legs of men who pass
much time in the saddle are affected.
Riding with a straight leg and long
stirrup almost invariably produces
what are commonly called Knocked
knees. Nearly all the mounted
soldiers of the British army suffer
from this deformity, as any one who
takes the trouble to notice the men
of the Life Guards and Blues walk
ing may satisfy himself. On the
other hand, riding with the short
stirrup produces bowed legs. Jockeys,
groems, and most hunting men who
ride frequently, are more or less
bow-legged. The long stirrup rider
grips his horse with the knee, while
the short stirrup rider grips him
with the inner side of the leg below
the knee. The difference of action
explains the difference of result. No
defermity necessarily follows. The
use of the side-saddle if the precau-
ton be taken with growing girls to
change sides on alternate days, rid
ing on the left side one day and the
side the next. The purpose of
this change is to counteract the tend
ency to lean over to the side opposite
o that on which the leg is swung.
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A Sad Accident.

PHILADELPHIA, July ga re-
ceptirn was given tonight on board
the new ship Alameda of the Oceanic
Steamship Co., San Francisco, just
Among those who favored the com
pany with selections or the piano
was Miss Maggie Cramp, aged Is.
daughter Of Joseph Cramp, the we'll
known ship builder. On leaving the
ship and descending the gang plank
to the lighter alongside, Miss Cramp
made a mistep and falling into the
river was drowned. The body had
not been recovered up to l o'clock.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-28

Some of the Denver papers, for the
past year or two, have never missed
an opportunity to give the Wood
river country a "black eye" 1t is
but natural that the papers from that
promising mining region should feel
aggrieved and strike back when oc.
casion offered. But the following
from the Wood River Times is q lit
tie rough: "The Denver Exposition,
p%urporting to be a mining exhibit, is
a snide affair, gotten up to attract
thousands of Anticipated shoddles to
that town to be systematically bled
of all their money. The thing is a
huge speculation organized and man
aged in the interests of Denver and
q better reputation out Of it than in
itV
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A Sharp Retort

King Charles II, once said to John
Milton, "Do you not think that YOUR
blindness is a judgment upon you for
fathers murder 2"
Sire" answered the poet, ut is
true l have lost my eyes, but if all
my calamit0us providences are to he
considered a 5 judgments, your mai
esty must recollect that your 1oval
lost his head.n
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Suicide.

OMAHA, July 27.-Dispatches re-
ceived at Union Pacific headquarters
today state that NJ. w. Patterson
committed suicide at Cheyenne by
shooting himself in the head. He
was Union Pacific coal agent there
and formerly was conductor and train
dispatcher. He was in comfortable
circumstances. He le,ves a mother
and sister in Iowa. He left a note
stating that the cause of his suicide
was business troubles and loss of
friends. This, however, is not be-
lieved, but it is thought that he has
been slightly deranged for several
months.
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AFFIDAVIT OF NoN.REs1D ENCE.

Territory of Montana
Ia the District Court for the First
Judicial District, in and for the
County of Gallatin:
I. D. McCutcheon, plaintiff,
A. cCutcheon, defendant.
Lewis and Clarke county, S.:
L. D. McCutcheon, being duly
sworn, deposes and SAYS that said
defendant is not q resident of this
Territory, and that the plaintiff
herein has q good cause of action
against the said defendant, and that
said defendant is a proper party to
this action. I. D. MCCUTCHEoN.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 10Th day of May, A.. D.,
1883. L. H. CARTER,
Notary Public.
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the bonds of matrimony and all the
OBLIGATIONS thereof.

the bonds of matrimony and all the
D. s. WADE, Judge.
The entry in the Judges docket is
"A follows: I. D. McCutcneon vs..
Alice McCutche0n: I. H.. Carter
! plaintiffs atty.
June Is. Cause heard. Divorce
granted. Decree signed.
The entry in the Clerks Record Is
June Is. This cause coming on for
| trial before the court, the plaintiff IS
sworn as a witness on his own behalf,
| ia examined by the court, and upon
the hearing it is ordered that u aecree
| of divorce be granted in acchrdance
with the prayer of the complaint.
Decree signed and filed.
The most striking peculiarly
about the case is that the papers for
both sides is in the handwriting OF
the plaintiff. Ordinarily q man con-
siders himself in luck to be able
to manage his own attorney, but 10
be able to manage the opposing At
tOrney SO we'll as even to make out
the papers for him, is certainly the
scheme of q brilliant mind. But our
distinguished Secretary does not stop
again here; the papers go through
his hands to put on the backing, and
when all is in shape he writes an
iron clad decree of divorce, flies to
Bozeman, presents his case to the
court. gets q decision in bis favor,
has a Judge sign the decree, and in
less than one hour is flying eastward
az fast as the train will carry him, to
marry some u else.
On the face of the matter it would
look as if M McCutcheon knew that
it was.necessary for the defendant to
appear. In fact in his affidavit Of
non-re>idence he says, Defendant is
Il proper party to this action" 10 al!
outward appearances it was arranged
to secure decree through default of
defendant to put in an appearance as
stipulated, and this was accomplished
through defendants attorney, wheth-
er defendant so wished or not.
The words in it lilies in the 'stipu-
lation" have been erased in the origi-
nal by running a pen through them,
and there is q popularity about tue
''apt earance of defendant" that
makes at least a flaw. The date Of
signature of defendants attorney, Is
June %, A. D. 1882, and the backing
is marked in McCutcheon's hand
writing, "Filed June %, 1882" AS
the date should have been 1888 some
person was evidently ratified about
that time.
Attorneys will ~observethe affidavit
of non-residence does not conform
with the statute.
The defendants attorney put in no
appearance, except as above, and the
fact that the plaintiff came before the
court without an attorney and with a
decree of divorce, written with the
same kind of ink as some of the
other papers. leaves it at least 10 be
presumed that he knew there would
be no defense, some time prior to his
leaving Helena; long enough, at any
rate, for him to have written the de-
cree at his leisure. We opine that
there are few cases on record where
the plaintiff in all action puts his
own words in the mouths of both
opposing counsel and presiding
Judge.
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Had His Curiosity Gratifed.

A well-knOwn citizen of Hartford,
| Conn.,, had taken his seat in the train
for Providence, when a small, Wea-
en-faced man, having the appear
ance of a farmer, came into the car.
The gentleman good-naturedly made
! room for him by his side, and the old
man looked him over from head to
foot"
"Going to P~rovidence?" he said at
length.
mo, sir" the stranger answ cred,
politely; II stop at Andover.'
II belong out that way myself.
Expect to stay long":
"Only over night, sir"
ta~vern?D
Skinner"
"What, Job SINNERS? Or mebbe
it's his brothers.? Was it Tim Skin
ner's-Squire Tim's-where you are
golng??"
EYES," said the gentleman, smil-
ing; lit was Squire Tins"
"Dew tell, if you are goin' there
to stop over night! Any connection
of his'n?"
mo, SIR"
"Well, now, that's Gurus! The. old
ma amt got into any trouble nor
nothin', has he::" lowering his voice;
faint goin' to serve a writ onto him,
be ye?"
"Glad ont. No harm in askln', I
s'pose? [ reckon Squire SINNERS
some connection of yourn?"
NO." said thu gentleman. Then,
seeing the amused expression on the
faces of two or three acquaintance
in the neighboring seats, he added,
in a confidential tone, II am going
to see Squire SINNERS daughter"
Law sakes!' said the old man. his
face %quivering with curiosity. "That's
it, is 1t? 1 want to know. Going to
see Mirandy Skinner, be We? Well.
Mirandy is a nice girl; kinder hom-
by and long favored, but smart to
WORK, they say, M 1 guess you're
about the right age for her too. Kept
company together long?"
II never saw her in my life, sir,U
"How you talk! Somebody's gin
her a recommendation, I suppose.
and you're going clear out there to
take a squint at her. Wa-al, 1 must
say, there's as likely gals in Andover
as Mirandy Skinner. I've got a fam
ny OF grown up darters myself.
Never Was married afore, was yer?
Don't see no weed on your hat"
II have been married about fifteen
years, sir. [ have a wife and five
And then, as the long-strained
mlrth OF the listeners to this dialogue
burst forth at the old mans onen-
mouthed establishment, he fastened
explain:
II am a doctor, my friend and !
Skinner called at NV office
his morn.ng to request my profess
'lonal services for his sick daughter,n
wall, now" and the bore wad-
lied OFT into the next car.
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No Compromise,

BALTIMORE 27.-The following
authoritative statement was made by
the associoted p.ess: It is authori-
tivelyEstated by the executive officer
OF the b. & O. Telegraph Co. this af-
ternoon that JUNIORS respecting a
compromise by that company re-
speeding a compromise by that COM
pany with the brotherhood of tellag-
raPhers. are absolutely without foun-
datiOn.
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THUMBS UP, SAYS SIMON.

Did it ever occur to our very short
sighted cotemporary that the bes
record q municipality, county, State
or Territory can have lays In its abil
ity to keep out of debt? Can u slim
WASTED neighbor take In the fact
that the desire of the PEOPLE not to
mortgage their industry, energy and
resources for the next five or ten
years, can not nor should not be con.
strued as implying on their part q
want of confidence in our mines?
Cannot the tiMid evening sheet see
the difference between the repelling
ofinfamous attacks by 'disgruntled
citizens" upon u mines and an
honest effort to shield the Industries
o. the camp from the bljghting influ-
ence of oppressive taxation. 1t
seems not. Like the puny child cry
ing for q toy, it keeps up its nonot-
onous whine for a court house
without missing q tear or
a blubber. The efforts of our sickly
neighbor to turn the discussion of
this court house question into a war
of words between newspapers will
not pass for argument among men
whose aim and interest is to preserve
the credit and integrity of the coun-
ty. The MINER is prepared at any
time to size up its record with that
of tho Inter Mountain in their re-
spective positions upon a questions
affecting the interests and prosperity
Of Silver Bow county. But this IS a
matter in which taxpayers can have
but little concern.
What they want to know is how
the county will be affected with an
Indebtedness of $3.50, 900 or $175, 900
piled up on the present one, for but
few believe the county buildings
will be completed for the sum
asked for by the Commissioners.
Taxpayers are interested in this, and
if the Inter- Mountain can break the
force of the MINERS 'facts and fig
ures" by facts and figures of its own,
it is a duty it owes to the community
to do SO. But we apprehend it will
never try it. The intimation that a
plain, candid honest presentation of
the financial condition of this coun-
ty may injure it can proceed only
from one whose brain is enfeebled by
age or whose heart is bereft of every
element of courage. Every taxpayer
in the county knows that it has
great miues in the vicinity of Butte.
They want them worked. To work
them requires capital, but capital
never takes kindly to high rates of
taxation. They wish to avoid that
and hence oppose this loan.
A mining country in debt is a libel
upon its mines. 1t is a signboard
placed before the world that its re-
sources are not equal to the drafts
made upon them. Capital will shun
it a it shuns an open vault, and that
which it has will gather itself up and
take itself away. Thus by contract
ing q debt we defeat the very object
have in view-to encourage CAPT.
al to invest in the scores of undeyel-
oped mines in our midst. When
running in debt is needless it be-
comes criminal. It is needless in
his i~nstn~on Th.-n - ~-.-. umUcl
n the county suffering from incon-
7enient quarters, nor are their serv-
ees impaired by occupying their
ones. Let the loan sleep the |
lon~ ~ <la ,,~~oJ1 |
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THE McCUTOREON MATTER.

The Helena Herald of a recent
date has the following concerning
the McCutcheon divorce case:
1T is a rumor which We have No
reason to discredit, that Governor
Crosby has communicated to Secre.
tary McCutcheon q request for q
statement of facts in connection with
the action recently taken by him in
procuring . decree of divorce from
MS late wife, Mrs. McCutcheon, of
Michigan. If it is true that CORE
spondence in a matter which has been
the cause of so much comment and
criticism by the Territorial press
has occurred between tie Gov
ernOr and Secretary, we trust the
same will be accessible to publica-
ton. The Herald has abstained
from any reference to or discussion
of the case, the impression being that
the Secretary would avail blmself of
the earliest opportunity to justify his
course. making good the assurance
we have had from him that he was
entirely and fully warranted in suing
for separation. The public must
have the evidence if it Is expected to
form q correct opinion in the prem
ises."
While public opinion may demand
of the Secretary q statement of facts
which led him to sue for q divorce
from his former wife it certainly re-
quires OF him q direct and emphatic
denial or admission that the woman
to whom he is new married was in.
treduced by him 20 Helena society AZ
his niece" or "cousin." The Secre-
tary may make it appear be had Just
cause for suing for q divorce, but he
may find it more difficult to prove
his innocence of the latter charge.
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THE NooUTOHEON DIvORO1
Tho Entire Job Bossed By Nc
Cutcheon Himself,
Who Prepared the Papers Of
Both Sides
And Wrote the Decree Of the
Court.
From the Bozeman Courier (Republican,.

The Courier first directed the at
tentien of the public to the fact there
| were irregularities in the divorce case
of McCutcheOn vs.. McCutcheen, the
| plaintiff being the Secretary of Mon
tana. Although publication of the
summons was made in this paper,
and the bill Thereon was promptly
! paid, there are some crooked facts re.
iating to the publication which will
be made plain by what follows:
Primarily, when summons are
published it is customary to give
Them Cation, and where the first
names of the parties are known it is
customary to use them instead of
simply using the initials. To sustain
our position, and at the risk OF using
like advertisements in the future, we
mention that in accordance with the
request of plaintiffs attorney, the
summons was published in the
Courier in the form in which it ap-
peared. Although looking wrong
upon the face, the manager of the
paper suspected nothing d%isreputa-
Bile, supp0sing good and sufficient
reasons for divorce existed. When
it was discovered to the contrary the
Courier as promptly exposed the
matter as it complied with an ordi-
nary business request where privacy
is desirable. W. append some docu-
msnts bearing on the case.
THE COMPLAINT.
Territory of Montana.
In the District Court for the First
Judicial District, in and for the
County of Gallatin.
I. d. McCutcheon, plaintiff,
Alice D. McCutcheon, defendant.
The plaintiff complains and al
lsges:
I. That the plaintiff and defendant
intermarried ut Clyde, in the State of
New York, on Or about the 10Th day
of September, A. D., 1875, and ever
since have been and cow are hus-
II. That the plaintiff is and has
been q resident of the Territory of
Montana for the period of eleven
and one half months, Immediately
pre- ceding the commencement of this
action.
III. That on or about the first
day Of March, A. D., 1883, the said
defendant, disregarding the solemni-
ty of her marriage vow, Willfully
and without cause deserted and
abandoned the plaintiff, and ever
since has and still continues SO to-
wilfully, and without cause, desert
and abandon said plaintiff, and to
live separate and apart from him.
without any sufficient cause, or any
reason, and against his will and
without his consent.
w. Wherefore plaintiff demands
judgment. That the bonds
Of matrimony between himself and
defendant be dissolved.
I. D. MCCUTCHEoN.
T. H. CARTER, Plf's Atty.
Territory of Montana,
County of Lewis & Clarke
I. D. McCutcheon, being duly
sworn, deposes and says he has read
the foregoing complaint by him sub
scribpd and that he knows the con-
tents thereof and that the same is
true to his own knowledge.
/. II. MCCUTHCEON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10Th day of May, 1883.
T.. H. CARTER,
Notary Public.
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Health Precautions.

WASHINGTON, July o. Secretary
Folger has directed the hospital barge
Selien and the British steamer
Adrian, now anchored at
Willoughby, Conn and Thimble
Lights. Hampton Roads, respect
lively, to be removed to Linn Haysn
Bay, which is just inside Cape Hen
ry. This act.On was taken at the re-
quest of the authorities at Norfolk.
Fortress Monroe, and Ocean View.
who represented that their present
stations endangered the health of
those places.
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The Egyptian Rags.

PORTSMOUTH, July 27.-Surgeou
General Hamilton Of the Marine
Hospital service, has notified the
health authorities of New York
philadelphia, New Haven, Proyi.
dence, and Boston that several Yes.
Sells from Europe laden with rags.
purchased ia Egypt after the cholers
appeared, are en- route to New York
and New England.
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Fatal Accident.

LANCASTER, July 26.-At $50 this
morning the Pacific express struck a
market wagon containing Henry
Welsh and wife and a Miss Swar,z.
Miss Swartz and the horse were
killed. Welsh with a part Of the
vehicle was dragged 400 yards and
was dead when found. Welsh is
terribly mangled.
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100000
Here We find the county will be
short $751; 8 ofmeeting its liabilities,
which added to its present indebted
ness of $4,000 in outstanding war
rants and unaudited accounts will
bring its shortage up to $51, PAS at one
year from the present time. These
calculations are based upon the sup
position the county expenses will not
exceed the amount above named.
But should we unfortunately have a
large criminal calendar to dispose of
the sum named would not suffice,
Viewing the matter in the most fav-
cradle light, we submit if common
prudence does not suggest the unad-
visibility of mourning this additional
Indebtedness. Even should the loan
not be granted the county will lind
itself largely in debt at the end of the
present fiscal year. 1t would be
worse than folly on the part of tax
payers to increase it. There have
been but $25,47S expended upon the
county buildings. 1t would be better
for taxpayers to let that sum Law
there for awhile rather than to takea
further sum of $15O,OOO or STE, 900
from the taxable wealth of the SCUM
ty and put it into q non-taxable
building.