The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-08-15
MINER.
The coming man-Chester A. Ar

harveSJ 1Or SnylocKs.
A vote for the court house loan is
vote for depreciatirg our county war
rants 40 or so per cent.
President Arthur seems to have the
inside track for the Republican nom
ination for the Presidency in 1884.
New York bootblacks have struck
for higher rates. This is considered
adirect blow at the soles of mankind
Paddy Ryan wants to meet Sulli-
van. 1t seems a great many people
think it an honor to be knocked out
of time by Sullivan.
President Arthur's swine depart
ment' will be transported from Fort
Washable to the National Park in
the way the ancients carried theirs
in skins.
1t is said the Presidential party
had their hair shingled before start
ing for the National Park. This was
done to discourage Indians Of scalp
taking p%repensities.
Bismarck's health is again the sub
ject of much grave apprehension in
Germany. What the great Premier
really needs are a few choice cuts
from an American hog for his break
fasts.
Who defeated Hancock? is the
latest conundrum in the eastern po-
litical circles. Although Dorsey
claims the honor it is generally sup
posed Republican votes did the bust
ness for him.
It is just entering the minds of
a great many Eastern editors and
press writers that the Edmunds law
is a complete failure as a factor in de-
priving the Mormons in Utah of po-
litical power.
A few Colorado papers are demand
ing that Tabor shall shave a rest"
for a time. No objection. If he can't
find it under his present surround
ings, another wife and a $500 night
shirt may procure it.
Smuggling Chinese into the Unit
ed States from British Columbia is a
profitable business for Northern Pa
elf: coasters. They are the most un-
desirable class of assisted emigrants"
with which our country can be az
f1icted.
A public debt is not a public bless
ing; neither is the paying of it a pub
lie calamity. We know mining
counties which are "blessed" with
debt until their warrants are worth
but little iaore than SO cents on the
dollar.
Taxpayers of this county need have
no fear the County Commissioners
will levy a tax next year sufficient to
complete the court house. They can
levy buc 16 mills for county purposes
at the most-two mills more than
they levied in 1881.
1t is thought by few that the re-
cent Boston failures will precipitate
a monetary panic upon the country.
Doubtful. A country which kept it's
feet during the great lard failure in
Chicago, will not slip down on the
Boston leather losses.
1t is a fact so we'll established as to
become a saying that, mining
counties cannot afford to run in !
debt" The Indebtedness of a min
ing county is a serious stumbling
block in the way of its prosperity.
Capitalists fight shy of an overtaxed :
mining district.
Among the recently called bonds !,
are about 81, 800, 900 new held by the :
national banks to secure the circula- =
ton of their notes. This circulation =
will cas- The bond call then :.
means a contraction of paper cur !
rency, and this contraction will =
increase with every further bond =
call. This will make an opening for :
our silver coin and silver certificates. :,
Truth: All the Mawworms, +
Chadbands and Stiggines of the Re n
publican army are grooming and roll il
ing their eyes over the fact that the G.
Presidents travelling party is pro- y
vided with liquors, to be used, of d
course, with moderation. They do not fl
remember, or do not chose to, that r
the drinking water in many places
west of the Mississippi is unhealthy
and u%npalatable, and requires a few y
drops of whisky. Do they want the 8,
President attacked with malaria? r
The revolt of the Spanish garrison e
Badajos, the capital of the province IL
Of the same name in Spain, was a p
short-lived affair. The garrison o
with the citizens and pro- o
claimed for a republic and Ruiz 70 tt
rilla for President. Only about LOO G.
persons all told united in the procla- b.
1t was a weak, ill-advised d
and abortiye attempt to accomplish o.
shat which would require a more Wig D
and brainey people than the tr
years of teaching, vigil tt
ance and a thorough organization of
The disaffected elements of Spanish
society to compass. Spain may yet U
a republic, but not through ell
he efforts of the "Black Hands" or Ii
he insurgents of Badajos. W
A case in point. In 1881, the Idaho su
authorized the commits hi
of Boise to issus bonds to n,
'uild q SIS, 900 court house and a $25,- -.
school house. They were issued d
md the buildings completed. Up to &c
time the city of Boise was en-
Dying q steady, healthy growth, .
aore or less buildings being erected 1T
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