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The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
SHERMAN NOT CHAGRINED,

The wires have been busy of late in
announcing that General Sherman
was chagrined and unhappy because
he will Oe retired from the army next
November by an act of the late Con-
gress. But it seems if a special to a
Chicago paper be true there is no
foundation in fact for the story. The
General is on his Western tour. Be-
fore leaving it is stated he said he
hoped the papers would make no
great fuss over his retirement from
the army. He had achieved all the
notoriety he wanted. He was simply
going to leave the army because he
wanted to 60, and because he would
have to go nnder the retiring clause
of the congressional act. If he had
desired to remain in the service he
could have done 80. If he had simply
raised a finger in indication of such
wish he would have been exempted
from the sweeping terms of the
bill. He had been urged to do so,
but, after mature deliberation, he
concluded that it was best for him
to settle down to private life. "My
Plans" said the General, "are simply
these: I will leave Washington for
the west. Judge Waite and I will
make tour of the western frontier.
I will return here in October, arrange
the office, the papers, maps, etc., and
turn them over to General Sheridan,
who will take possession November
l, before Congress meets.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
USE OF OPIUM.

s'The heavy importation of opium
into this city," says the San Fran
cisco ChrOniclc, will probably In
duce Eastern newspapers to write
long editorials on the spread of tho
Chinese vice. !" And they will have
good reason for writing them. It II
estimated that four million dollars
worth of the drug will be imported
in that city the present season, and
it cannot be supposed it is imported
for mere fun. Men do not invest
that amount of capital in an enter
prise expecting it to lay idle. Tho
Chronicles assertion that "en0ugh
opium is being stored up here now to
satisfy the Pacific Coast demand for
five years to come" is not flattering
commentary upon the acumen Of the
business men Of that city. The simple
fact that the banks there arc taking
the article as collateral for loans
seems to disprove the Chronicles
assertion. Now there is nothing to
be gained in lodging the truth.
The use of opium is on the increase
in this country, dnd the sooner that
fact is recognized and acknowledged
by the people and the press and the
sooner measures be taken to suppress
that use the better it will be for all
parties concerned. It is one Of the
great evils arising out of the presence
Of Chinese in our midst. Congress
has restricted the immigration of the
heathens. Now let the authorities,
ai1ed by the press, turn their atten-
tion toward eradicating the curse
which is being fastened upon the
youth of the country. If this impor-
tation of opium means anything It
means there is an increasing demand
for it and that importers are making
money out of its sale. This is bot
tom fact and it is idle to deny it.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30

General Crook denies agent Will
cox's report to the war department
that the captured Chlricahuas have
been forced upon the San Carlos res
ervation. 1t seems the General is in
a very embarrassing situation. He
has permitted some of the captured
hostiles to go after their families to
bring them into his lines. These
Indians, it appears, are under the
impression they will be permitted to
90 on the reservation with their wives
and children. Crook fears if they
learn they will not be allowed there,
but will be taken elsewhere and per-
haps separated from their children,
they will remain away and refuse to
come in thus rendering another cam
paign against them necessary. HIS
position is a delicate one indeed.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30

Rival lovers in North Carolina
have discarded the old plan of buy
ing or borrowing a brace of pistols
engaging their friends and hiring 4,
doctor to settle their claims to a
lady's hand. The new mode of set
tlement is much simpler, less danger
GUS and equally effective. The quar-
relling lovers provide themselves
with a copy of the Marquis of
Quesnsberry's rules, and standing up
ala Sullivan, call "time." A little
affair of this kind has just come off
in that State and is reported to have
been a success. One lover has been
sent into the seclusion Of his bed
room for couple of weeks, and
when he recOvers his congratulations
to the bride will be in order.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Miscellaneous.

READING; Pa, June 29.-Reports
from various sections in Berks coun-
ty indicate in addition to the Hes
sian fly the presence Of small green
worm in wheat which eats the grain
off at the head. Old farmers say the
same worm played havoc with the
wheat 25 years ago.
PATTERSON, N. j., Juno 29.-The
five Chinamen who conspired against
Lung POof for cutting down laundry
prices were to-day sentenced to $500
fine and costs each.
KEITHsBURG, ILL.,, June 29.-Aaron
Blair shot his wife on Wednesday
and then committed suicide. The
wife may recover. Jealousy the cause.
BERLIN, June 29.-Fort Custerin,
situated at the confluence OF Tiber
Wartha at the junction of the
Omer and point Of cover for Berlin
against invasion from Russia, is be-
ing converted into a first-class for
tress, capable of sheltering fifty
thousand men.
CINCINNATI, June 29.-Archbish-
op J. B. Purcell is seriously i'll.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
CHEEK.

The Bozeman Chronicle of the 27th
inst. says the stockmen of the Mus
sellshell range held a meeting re-
Gently, and after defining the boun-
daries of the range published the fol-
lowing warning: "We the. under
signed stock-growers of the above
described range, give notice that we
consider said range already over
stocked, therefore we positively de-
cline allowing any outside parties, or
any parties locating herds upon this
range, the use of our corrals, nor will
they be permitted to join us in any
roundup of said range on and after
this date" Upon what meat do
those Mussellshell cattle men feed?
Who constituted them judges of that
range? and what can they do about
it if some one drives a thousand or
more cattle upon the range? or
course they can refuse the use of their
corrals to newcomers and keep them
out of their round-ups, but new
corners can build their own ccrrals
and form an Independent roundup
party, and no one has a right to in
terfere. This kind Of bull doing
will not pass in Montana. 1t
is supposed that a. man who
hes sense enough to &C
cumulate sufficient cspital to
engage in the stock business has
sense enough to know whether a
range is overstocked or not and
knows enough to keep Oft from it If
it is fully occupied. Montana has
over 9e,OOO,OOO acres Of land, over
half of which will be used for no
other purpose than grazing. If this
precedent be established few men
may occupy it to the exclusion of all
others and a monopoly of the cattle
raising business will be formed
which will be as profitable to the
few as it will be unjust to the many.
For an exhibition of hardened cheek
commend US to the Mussellshell cat
tie men.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30

MILWAUKEE, June 28.-A dispatch
says: A boiler in Ives & Hale's saw
mill exploded to-day, without appar-
ent cause, killing three men. The
mill was almost totally destroyed. d.
NEW YORK, June 28.-The newly
appointed Mexican Minister to Eng
land, SenOr T. Mariscal, arrived from
Mexico this afternoon. He leaves for
England July 9th.
WILMINGTON, DEL, June 29.-Geo.
Lake, cOlored, was hanged at Cam
bridge thislnernlng for fel0nious as
sault upon Mrs. Stuart C.Simmons on
April last. Lake slept well last night
and ate an early breakfast. He main
tanned a steady nerve to the last.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Arrest Of Accomplished Bond
SWindlers.
Recumbent Statue Of General
Lee Unveiled.
Divorce Suits Of Lyading
Theatrical Parties,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC, ETC
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC, ETC
Divorce Trials

New YORK, June 2S.-John "
Gray, referee in the suit for divo,oo.' ~
brought by Mary Alice TesrIse TIe
against Geo. Osmond Tearle H.
leading actor in Wallacks the,trmae tme
reported to-day in favor OF grantin..
the divorce to Mrs. Tearle upon thss
ground of adultery committed bv har tar
husband with an English anrosa nsa
named Ethel Arden. The eyidaooss
of the latter shows that Tearle ana
Miss Arden lived together as man .'u
and wife in this city from Octohsr
1881, until May 1882, when Miss A.
den went to England where she was
married to ScOuler, with whom She is
still living.
The divorce suit brought by Edith
de Belleville against Fred. X. BeIle'
vile, the leading actor at the J'nion
Square theatre last season, was sat
down for trial today, but was ad.
journed by consent of counsel until
October. In this suit the claim for
divorce is also based on alleged adul.
terry of the husband, who in turn
claims that although he lived with
Mrs. de Belleville and called her his
wife, he was never really married to
her, and that he is legally married 10
his present wife.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
INTEMPERANCE IN MAINE.

Mains is frequently referred to as a
model of temperance and rs evidence
of what prohibition laws have done
for its people. Now the real facts Of
the case are that state has more
drinking places than South Carolina,
and consumes as much if not more in
toxicating liquors than any other state
in the Union of the same population.
This assertion is borne out by one of
its leading newspapers, which says:
anybody who knows anything
about the drinking habits of the peo-
pie of Maine to-day knows that Ii
quOr is drank in parlors, in offices of
law and medicine. and to limited
extent in the studies of the clergy,
in kitchens and workshops, in the
cars, OH steamboats,, and, if one
wishes to observe, he will find that
travellers by every means Of con-
veyance in the state take the poison
with them. The express companies
bring it into the state uron every ar
rival for private consumption, and
considerable which escapes detection
and goes into sale in some smaller
country towns. In many of the
cities and some of the larger towns
the sale is free in bars and saloons,
net in open defiance of law, for
that statute which public op-
inion does not support is no
law at all, and cannot and
never will be enforced. The sooner
this fact is recognized the better it
will be far the cause of temperance,
which is advocated upon sensible
grounds only by the better represen-
tatives of the reform clubs. 1t is no
pleasure to us to report such astate of
things, but so far as our observation
extends we know our statesment to
be true. We detest deception, let it
come in where it may, and Neal Dow
is 80 committed to prohibition that he
wouldn't tell the truth it he could,
and he couldn't if he would, upon the
subject of enforcement in this state.
We don't assert that some strict tenn
perance communities cannot be found
in Maine, but we do assert that rum
is in far too general use all over the
state, and we know that some of the
best temperance men here regretfully
admit this statement. Lying won't
rub out the facts"
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Unwilling of General Lees
Statue.

LEXINGTON, June 23.-N alentine's
recumbent figure of General Robt. Z.
Lee was unveiled to-day in the pres
ence OF 5000 persons. General Wade
Hampton acted as Chief Marshal,and
General G. Stewart, Marshal. The
procession marched to the cemetery
and decorated the grave of Stonewall
Jackson, it then returned and paid a
like honor to the grave of Gen. Lee.
The exercises were held OH the uni
versity campus. Gen. Jubal \. Early
was the presiding officer. After
few remarks he introduced the orator
of the occasion, Major John W. Dan
lei. Father Regan subsequently re-
cited his original poem, "lhe Sword
of Lee"
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
The Trade Dollars.

New YORK, June %. Nearly all
the business men including liquor
and cigar dealers to-day refused to
take trade dollars. It is expected that
this general action will drive this
coin out of the city in q very short
time. The mercantile exchange
brought about the change. Bullion
dealers are not willing to pay over
eighty-five cents for trade dollars ex-
cept to fill out Of town orders, these
were received to-day showing that
the movement in this city has ex-
tended quite literally throughout the
country. There are thirty-five mill
lion Of these coins out which the
government refuses to take except as
bullion.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
The American Rifle Team.

LONDON, June 29.-The American
rifle team began practice to-day at
Medland range at Birmingham. The
men are not perfectly recovered from
the effects of their sea voyage, conse-
quently their scores are below the av-
erage. AT 2O) yards both scores
made by Lieutenant Cetaller Scott,
J. M. Pollard and Gerge Joiner cred
tied 80 each. At 500 yards John
Smith, J. NJ. Pollard, Sergeant j.
Dalton and James J. Scott SO each.
At 600 yards J. M. Pollard and Ser
geant Dolan 33 each. The highest
possible aggregate of these ranges is
los. At 800 yards John Smith made
81. At 900 yards Sergeant Dolan
made 80. At 1000 yards, at which
range only five shots were fired, j.
NJ. Pollard made "a.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Shutting Down Of BOJtle Fac
tories.

WHEELING, June 29.--To-morrow
noon all glassware manufacturers eX-
cept three bottle factories in this city
and vicinity will shut down for six
weeks in accordance with the action
of the American glassblowers union.
The stoppage of two factories in this
city involves the idleness OF about
$50 men 500 boys and 200 girls, and
three factories at Bellan, one at
Bridgeport and three manufactures
at Ferry, just across the river, will
swell the total number of men to
about 1900, boys 1000, girls 500. The
pay rolls at all these factories will ag-
gregate $35, 900 per week. Two win
dow glass factories at Bellan will alse
shut down in accordance with their
custom.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Business Failures.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Approxi-
mate figures of business failures over
the entire country for the half year
ending to-day, computed by r. G.
Dun & Co., indicate a marked in
crease in the number and extent of
liabilities as compared with the two
previous years. The increase in IL
abilities last year is attributed to
large speculative features in the
West, but even deducting the indebt-
edness springing from this cause, the
increase in failures and liabilities are
very marked. 1t is noticeable, how
ever, that during the second quarter
of this year the mercantile distress
was much less than in the first quar-
ter, in which the bulk of increase
occurs. so that it is possible the worst
part of the year has been got over.
Reports as to business outlook from
81 trade centers indicate more hope
full feelings as to the future.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Tncansed ChiricahuaS,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-An as
sociated press special from Wilcox,
Arizona, says the Indians are report
ed at Ash Canyon, near the New
Mexico and Arizona line. A band
of cavalry are in pursuit. They are
the Chiricahuas who were to have
been put On the reservation several
days since, but were deferred from
entering. These hostiles were great
ly incensed at what they considered
q breach of faith. Another murder
Gus raid is anticipated. 1t is believed
that the bands will shortly. make
their appearance on their way to the
reservation, but when they hear that
the Indians who returned with
Crook are prisoners they will return
to Mexico.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Fatal Railway AccIdent

LAvABOo, Wis. June -. - As 49, "
freight train on the NortlWesle.,n. .,.
railroad, drawn 10y two engines ~, va.
crossing the iron bridge near -nul 'a.
walk yesterday morning, the Sl' or ou
ture gave way letting down boti, La,' vr
gines with three ears on top oi t.i.n,' .ha
Albert Gething, the fireman oI atT tIV
first engine was scalded 10 oe',n. ;,'aar
and W. II. Hollenbeck, the ehs!Iioo, ehs!leor
was scalded slightly. The ens'"9s 1s.
and fireman Of the second eisiae at,
capped serious injury by Jumplis. rn,', lm'e
the water. The bridge was s.iql,7 tl9
one but had been undermined ~ -"
flood.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
International Code Committee

International Code Committee.
NEW YORK. June 29.-The direc-
tors of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany this afternoon elected Joel B.
Erhardt President of the Company.
The international Code Committee
OF America appointed the following
delegates to the next Conference of
the Association for the reform and
codification of the law Of nations, to
be held at Milan the 11th of Septem-
Der next: David D. Field. Frederick
A. P. Barnard, Chas. A. Rabody,
Vincenzo Baeta, Alex. Porter Morse,
Irving Browne, Rev. Andrew P.
Peabody, Howard Payson, Wildss
Roger, Foste: William, H. Hunt,
Minister to Russia; Chas. A. Bald
win, Rear Admiral; c. Thos. Hunt.
VIM. S. Preston, President of the
University of Louisiana; Colin M.
Ingersoll, VIM. Cruger Pell and DR..
Geo. l.. Peabody.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Fatal Accident.

MUSHROOM, Mich, June 25.-The
dock with 100000 feet of lumber fell
i;,to the lake this afternoon preclpl-
ta ing about twenty men who were
at work into the water. Three CT
four of them Of them are missing;
but the men are Eollarders and Their
names are unknown. A boy named
Frank Barnhart, was rushed under
10000 feet of timber There are TWO
immense piles Of lumber adjoining
which threaten to fall. This prevents
a proper search for the bodies.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Hanging OF Murderers.

FORT SMITH, Ark. June 29.-The
murderers Martin Joseph, William
Finch and Tulista were executed
here to-day. Tulista, is renegade
Indian. On reaching the scaffold one
minister offered prayer for the
doomed men, after which hym was
sung, Finch joining. In response to
a question if they had anything to
say, Tulista said he had not and put
ting his hands on his breast said he
was broken. Martin Joseph replied
in the negative. Finch then made a
brief speech in which he said can
not find words to explain my feel
ings that overp0Wer ME as I stand at
the dreaded fate that awaits me. I
am perfectly reconciled to my God.
It is nothing more than just and
right that / should make things right
with my fellow men. 1 killed
these two men that I might escape
rather than suffer the torture of COM
handing officer. He then asked to
see a photograph of his sister, on
which he imprinted a kiss, saying
that ali he had to leave was her. At
11:4S a. m. the trap was sprung; Tu-
lista's neck was broken by the fall.
Life was extinct in three and half
minutes. Joseph died in six and
half minutes, and Finch in nine
minutes. Tulista, the Indian, killed
Emanuel Cochran in July, 1881.
Finch shot and killed Bert johnson
and Washington Gremky, two col
ored soldiers. in July, 1882. Finch
was deserter from the army, had
been captured, but made his escape
by killing two men. Joseph killed
Bud Stevens and his wife last April.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
INCREASE OF CRIME.

Under the above caption the Hell
ena Herald Of the 9th inst. comes
out squarely in favor of the organiz-
ing of Vigilance Committees. While
not fully endorsing all the Herald
says there is SO much truth in what
it says that we give place to the en-
tire article, and commend it to the
consideration of our readers.
"It was not unexpected that the
advance of railroads into our Terri
tory should for a time be attended
with large increase Of crime. The
stealing of a team from the city yes
terday and the beld attack upon the
stage coach from Deer Lodge, and
the news of the killing of Rodgers by
q villain named Clark on tho Vel
lowstone, make pretty bad record
for one day, and suggests the utter
inadequacy of the law with its mea-
gre force of officials to deal with the
exigencies of the case. The times
demand vigilance, both individual
and collective. The plucky action of
Mr.. John Mccormick deserves
public recognition. It was felt
as a reproach to the whole
Territory that q second attempt
should lie made 50 soon and so near
our city by such small force of rob-
bers, evidently new in the business.
We have no hesitancy in advising
the formation of vigilance commit
tees in every community and the ad-
ministration of summary punish
ment. We would not have our jails
or penitentiaries harbors of refuge for
such men as Clark, who, if the facts
are as related, should never have been
allowed to cross tho threshold of the
BSzenian Jail.
Our penitentiary and jails are
crowded now, but there is plenty of
rope and ammunition and men who
know how to use them. 1t is time to
look to our reputation as an un-
healthy place for tramps and footpads.
BY the time dozen or twenty men
are we'll hung there would be more
general sense of security than would
come from having three or four peni-
tentiaries. On another point we
want to give q word of caution, and
that is about carrying any consider
able sums of money about the person
or keeping it about the house. We
have plenty OF safe banks with ample
vaults to hold all the money secure
ly. Let payments be made through
checks and drafts. Nearly half of
the worst robberies and murders
have come from men making a fool
ish display of money or bestowing
confidence in strangers. We call
upon every good citizen to join a
vigilance committee and put down
crime with swift and heavy hand"
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
The Hill Investigation.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Hill
Investigation was resumed this morn
ing, with General Steinmetz as wit
ness in Bartlett Robbins case. He
testified. that the latter firm charged
S., 700 for extra work upon the New
York postefi1ce. He read from Item
lied bills, and pointed out what he
alleged to be unauthorized and illegal
charges. In one instance witness
said extra was charged when Mullett
simply ordered him to repair imper-
fections of their own work. The
Chairman now inquired what has all
this to do with Hill. Coleman re-
piled simply this: We are going after
these items to show that no part of
this $500 charged for extra work
was ever authorized and Hill knew
it when he paid the bills. Witness
stated that Bartlett Robbins Il Co.
stipulated under their contract to
furnish iron screws at q price per
pound. when, they were charged by
lineal foot and were SO paid by Hill,
which greatly increased the cOmpen-
sation Of the firm in a corresponding
loss to the Government.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
Sale of Cornelius Vanderbllts S
House.

HARTFORD, Conn, June b lle
residence of Cornelius j. Vanderbilt
in this city, just completed and 1ui,
nished at the time of his suicide. SOLD
at auction to-day for $4D,Uoo. me
purchaser is w. III. Spooner, OF bris-
tol. r. /. The pictures and glassware
sold at a bargain. The house anu
grounds cost SS325,OOO. The sale was
made by the executor in interest Oh
George n. Terry. the resilient lesatee.
There was a mortgage OF s'2a,oN' Oh
the property.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-30
New York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Govern-
ments lower; for registered, As.
Stocks firm at to ! higher after mid
day. Western Union weak, falling
to 854c on the announcement Of the
adjournment of court appeals, it
having been expected that q decision
had been rendered regarding the le-
gality of $15,OOO,OO0 Of New York
stocks. The general market has
weakened slightly but towards the
close the former tone prevailed.
Many shares were recorded at the
highest figures of the day compared
with last night, closing active.
Stocks show an advance of ! to II
per cent; Northern Pacific rising the
most; Oregon and Navajo declined to
$1.48. Mining stocks very dull.
Horn SILVER, $7.6s and E.65; New
ada, 1885 and $3.50; Standard, U.s.;
Iron Silver, $295; Navajo, $4.15; Bull
wer, 60 cents; Little Pittsburg, 81;
Bedie, IS cents; Stormont, 40 cents.
The sales for the day were Is, ,435
shares.