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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
PAYING TIE F1DDLBRs.

The enormous and unnecessary
expense of the Star-route cases have
exhausted tho appropriations fer the
courts Of the District Of Columbia,
and the machinery Of justice will
probably have to come to . stand
still, as ne moro money can be OBJ
tanned until the meeting of Congress
in December. When an arpropria-
ton to meet the deficiency is asked
the Democrats Of the House will
commence an Investigation into the
expenditures of the Department of
Justice with q view to placing the
blame of wasteful extravagance
where it properly belongs. Mr..
Brewster will not escape condemna-
ton. He had the authority under
the law to pay whatever he chose,
and as their compensation was fixed
at q per diem, the lawyers pro
the trials rs much as possible
The defendants have all been ae-
quilted, and the honest men that
were engaged in the trial r now
presenting their little bills to Uncle
Sam. It is delightful to notice the
modesty that governs the action of
tho Star route lawyers. MI. George
Bliss in all humility demands s5O,-
1885 for his services, q fee only a
trife more than is paid as the annual
OF the President of the United
The special counsel, Mr..
Richard Merrick, only asks for $780,
BOO, and Mr.. Kerr, with becoming
il satisfied with $28,97e.
The generosity of these patriots is
jewel in the crown that
adorns a Republican form of Govern
nent.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Destructive Hail Storm.

DENVER, July 3.-The RepubH-
cans Fort Collins special says: A de-
structive hail storm passed over the
country east of here this afternoon.
Hailstones an inch in diameter fell
to a depth Of five inches. In some
places in the State farms suffered Sc
verely, the growing crop in its track
being totally destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $50 900.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

An indianapolis correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer says that
MI. Hendricks recently remarked to
him: ibid you ever think what q
task lies before q Democratic Presi-
dent who succeeds a long Republic
can administration? just think of
100,O 600 Federal offices to fill and
l 10000 600 applicants for them. I am
quite willing that any man who
covets the task shall have it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

In New York the movement
against the trade dollar il daily gain
ing strength. The committee of
merchants and business men who
were appointed to take measures for
fixing its status among coin have
an almost universal expression
against its use at standard rates. and
are inundated with correspondence
from all over the country.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Street Railway Charters.

CHICAGO, July 3.-The charters of
the Chicago street railways expire by
limitation during the present year
and under the original grant the city
has the right to purchase the roads
at their appraised value. The pro-
posed renewal of the charters has
provoked wide discussion anda prop
osition has been made by ten capt.
talists to advance money for the pur-
chase of the roads and pay into the
city treasury ten per cent. of their
gross revenue. Street railway Off
Gals deny that any such proposition
can be or has been made.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

"God reigns and justice still lives"
says the Washington Chronicle with
reference to Dorsey's acquittal. W.
think, adds an exchange, a more ap-
propriate expression Of piety would
be: "God moves in a mysterious
way his wonders to PERFORM"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
German PecautiOns. Against
Cholera.

BERLIN, July 3.-The Aord Deutch
Zeitung, organ of Bismark, says the
governments of Germany and Prus-
STA are devoting earnest attention to
the subject of cholera. The commits
sioners are to assemble forthwith and
in connection with the imperial board
Of health, to deliberate on precaution-
ary measures.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Fire at Astoria.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-An AS
torla, Oregon, special says: The total
loss from last nights fire is estimated
a 1900; insurance, $50, 900. ,Che
oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company's loss is $50, 600. Seven
canneries We're d~estrnyed;
ais Is, 900 cases OF salmon.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Fatal ARRAY.

PETERSBURG, July 3.-About mid
night last night u difficulty occurred
in Blandford between Barney Jones
and Woodson Dunn. Jones accused
Woodson and his brother, Lewis
Dunn, of having induced his (Jones')
wife's daughter to follow them, init
mating that improper motives are
underlying their action. Words en-
sued, when Jones seized an old army
musket loaded with bird shot, and
fired At Woodsoa Dunn, the charge
entering the right groin and passing
through the body, making a wound
two inches in diameter. Dunn can
not recover,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Miscellaneous,

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July 3.-The
1O5th anniversary of the massacre of
Wyoming was celebrated to-day at
the old monument and fort. A large
attendance of old settlers were pres
ent.
NEW YORK, July 3.-To-morrow
being a legal holiday, the exchanges
and all financial institutions will be
closed. The stock exchange opens
for business at 10 o'clock Thursday.
New YORK, July 3.-The anti-mo-
nopoly league Of the First Congress
sional district has chosen Rev. r.
Heber Newton a delegate to the ma.
tional conference in Chicago.
A Sun special says: The town of
Cromwell, Conn.,. was destroyed by
a cyclone yesterday and fourteen lives
were lost. The associated press have
asked for particulars. but thus far
nothing has been received. The story
is generally discredited.
LONDON, July 3.-The Daphne had
all her machinery on board when she
was launched. A dispatch from
Glasgow says that many of the per-
sens who were precipitated into the
water swan ashore.
ALEXANDRIA, July 3.-There were
twelve deaths at Mansurah and four
at Samans yesterday from cholera.
Traffic between Port Said and Syria
is prohibited owing to the outbreak
of cholera at the former place. A
panic prevails at Jaddah because of
the expected arrival there of four
steamers from India with PILGRIMS
On their way to America. 1t is feared
they will bring germs of cholera.
WILKRsAARH, July 1.-The Cuny.
Ingham and Baltimore mines are now
flooded with water 200 feet deep. In
tho former the embankment support
Ing the main track of the Delaware &
Hudson coal road, caved in after the
track had fallen down, and another
house is in imminent danger. The
inflow of water is checked. 1t will
take six weeks to pump the water
from the mines.
NASHVILLE, July 3.-Judge AL.
len, of the Criminal Court, was not
satisfied with the Jurors drawn thus
far in the trial of Ex-Treasurer Polk. |
and this morning discharged seven
Of the jurors and ordered q new
panel.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Collector Sherman Of tho Des
Moines revenue Office. who is left out
in the cold by the consolidation of
his district with Burlington, is q
brother Of General and Senator Sher-
man, and has held the office for fif-
teen years.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

A terrible calamity occurred at
Glasgow ship yards yesterday on the
occasion Of the launching Of the
steamer Daphne. The vessel, which
is spoken of as top-heavy, sank, and
some fifty visitors in the cabins were
drowned. It would seem that the
launch could have been moro safely
witnessed from tho shore. A later
dispatch states that 100 lives were
lost.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Tewksbury Investigation to Close.

BOSTON, July3.--Republican MEM
bers of the legislature this afternoon
decided that the Tewsbury investi-
CATION committee nave six more SEES
sions, beginning Saturday night,
and that the hearing be closed July
18th, and that the committee report
the following Tuesday. AS a result
of the conference an order to this eff
feet was introduced in the House and
adopted.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Leading Republican newspapers
cannot conceal their fear that Tilden
will yet consent to become the Dem
ocratic candidate for President. The
old Moors had nota greater fear of
the redoubtable Cid than Republic
cans have of Tilden.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Elam's wound is much more seri.
Gus than at first supposed. The ball
struck him near his right hip and
passing inward and downwsrd
lodged in his thigh, from which it
has been extracted. His condition is
considered critical.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

The Pennsylvania Legislature has
ordered the determination of the
English sparrow. The Mormons in
Utah, who thought they would like
to have about them some reminders
Of the old country, would now be
glad to know of some means BY
which they might be rio Of these
fruit destroyer.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabetl

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth
.Iady-Stanton have been lecturing
for some time on woman suffrage in
England. As the result of their la
bors, it is said, there is . moy emenr
on foot in favor of the object in the
shape of q memorial to the Prime
Minister signed by los Liberal men,
bers, including tho "most cautious
Wings and most gushing Radicals"
by q dozen members of the admins
tration. and by Sir Stafford North
cote and several Conservatives.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

of our revolutionary ancestors, when
they declared: "And for the support
of this declaration, with . firm re-
lance on the protection Of Divine
Providence, We mutually pledge to
each other our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honOr.n
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

The blue blood of Massachusetts is
devoutly ANXIOUS to get rid of Cover
MOI Butler. Itis stated that Robert
G. Winthrop has indicated his will
lingness to accept the Republican
nomination for Governor this fall in
the attempt to beat Governor Butler.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

It is said Henry A. Wise was the
author Of tho phrase, "The Office
seeks the man, not the mar tho Of
fice." Mr.. Wise's name should be
added to the list of American authors
of fiction.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Village Raced.

CAIRO, July 3.-The sanitary coun-
Gil has ordered the population OF
Damietta to be removed from their
dwellings and scattered in tents: an
the infected quarters of the town be
partly disintected and partly burned.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Helena will celebrate the advent of
tho Northern Pacific within her linn
its tomorrow, and Crosby and Nc
Cutcheon are absent. Why is 1t
thus?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
grants

Both Chicago and st. Louis take
the new high license laws very hard,
and the saloon keepers have infu-
enced Common Councils, trying to at
least put the evil day off for q little.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

A New York exchange thinks the
British Government would have
saved money if it had bought round
trip tickets for its assisted emf
grants"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Boston, July 3.-Wool in fair de-
mand; Ohio and Pennsylvania extra,
37@4O; Michigan and Wisconsin,
35@37; combings and delaine, 39@'45;
unWashed wool, q.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Later About tho 8unken Steamer.
LONDON, july 3.-Later dispatches
from Glasgow say the Daphne cap
sized near Renfrow, five miles from
Glasgow. Travel in the Clyde is sus-
dended, owing to the interruption to
navigation by the capsized steamer.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
The Butte Daily Miner:

Eastern Dakota papers think the
capital "don't amount to much any
way" It 10 another case of sour
grapes.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Death of a Vicar General.

MER DEN. Coun., July 2. - The
Very Rev. Thos. Walsh, Vicar Cen
eral of the diocese of Hartford, died
at his residence this evening. His
death was entirely unexpected and
his illness was not generally known
till yesterday. He was 81 years Of
age and was born in Ireland. He has
been a priest q years, % of which he
spent in Meriden. The cause of his
death was pneumonia. His funeral
will take place Thursday.
DUBLIN, July g. Archbishop
Strain, Catholic, of st. Andrews and
Edinburg, is dead.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

The Barker smelling company has
put q force of men ut work develop.
Ing mines in the Montana district.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
Insane Murder and Suicide,

New YORK, July 3.-Fanny Sea-
man, whose father and mother are
dead. resides with the family Of VIM.
l.. Ferris, a respectable Quaker, re-
lated to the Seamans. Her brother
William, who was a frequent visitor
at the house, had, it appears. been en-
gagged to marry a young lady Of this
city; but she hearing that insanity
had developed itself in the sister Of
her betrothed, broke her engagement
with him. Young Seaman arrived at
the house unexpectedly yesterday, en-
tered unseen by a window and made
bis way to tue sleeping room of his
victim. The report Of two pistol
shots disturbed the household, and
when the room was entered the life
less bodies of the sister and brother
were discovered.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04

Raphael Semmes, of Alabama
fame, is to have q monument. An
English ship builder has started q
subscription with q gift of 500.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-04
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Fearful Earthquake in Mic
aragua and Adjacent
Ports.
Loss of Life from an Unsuc'
cessful Steamer Launch.
Fears of Another Cholera
Visitation.
Wool Market

ETC, ETC.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11
The Danyille Riot.
THE GRAND J6RY's OPINION AsTo WHERE
THE BLAME LIES.

DANvILLE, Va, December 4-The grand
jury of the Hastings Court, charged by
Judge Blackwell with the investigation of
the circumstances of the recent riot, after
session of nearly two days, this afternoon
reported that they had no presentments to
make, and submitted the following paper,
which was ordered to be recorded:
1t appears to the jury, who have examin-
ed forty witnesses, white and colored, a
large proportion being colored, that on the
Sd day of November, in the afternoon of
that day, fight occurred on Main street
between G. D. NOEL (white) and Hence
Lawson (colored); that after the fight was
over and the combatants were separated by
the efforts Of colored Policeman Adams, a
white man named Lee, and others, there
was determination on the part of the
crowd of negroes assembled to intimidate
the whites by threats and menaces; that the
efforts of Policemen Adams, Freeman, and
Withers, and Citizens Corbin, Oliver Gallo
way (colored), and others, were unsuccess-
full in prevailing upon the crowd of negroes
to disperse; that they persisted in remain
ing upon the scene of the fight and giving
expression to remarks calculated to excite
the passions of the whites; that at last the
whites fired off their pistols in the air, hop
ing thereby to cause the crowd to disperse;
that the negroes did not then disperse, but
rushed upon the scene from all quarters,
advancing upon the whites with drawn pis-
tolls; that firing thereupon commenced; that
the whites used their firearms in defence of
their lives, The whites were in imminent
danger, and by their courage and pluck in
standing up against such odds saved the
lives of hundreds of people in this city; and
this is the unanimous sense of the jury.
GEO. G. AYREs, Foreman.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11
A Valuable BOCk-A Treatise on the Horse
and his Diseases.

This little book is of special value to every
horseman and to every owner of a horse
1t contains an Index Of Diseases, giving g
description of each, with causes, symptoms
and treatment. 1t has large collection Of
receipts of which many single receipts are
worth, to every horse owner, several times
the price of the book. The treatment Civ
en- for each disease can be relied on. 1t al
so gives engravings showing the position
taken in the different stages of disease. II
not only gives the names of medicines used
in different diseases, but also gives the
proper doses. No horsepower can afford
to do without this book which gives as
accurate and valuable information as that
given IN books costing from five to ten dol
lars.
We will furnish every new subscriber to
the SPECTATOR from this time to the 1st of
January, who pays for a year in advance,
with a copy of this book, and we will also
furnish copy to every old subscriber who
pays uparrearages and for a year in advance
1.-The parties to apprise us that they wish
the too. For So paid in advance, we will
furnish the paper for 2 year and copy of
this book. Now is the time for subscribers,
new and old, to avail themselves of these
propositions.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11
lE. N. CUSHING & Son. Auctioneersl
pUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE
l. AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

will, as Executor of Jonathan Sheets, decd.
sell, at public auction, on the premises. on
Wednesday. the 18Th of January, 1884.
that desirable farm, containing IIO% acres,
belonging to the estate of Jonathan Sheets
decd. This Farm is situated u mile East Of
Mt. Sidney, and is in one of the best neighbour
hoods. within * mile OF churches, schools, De-
pot, blacksmith shop, stores, &C. ana 10 miles
OF stanton. There is on this Iarm a -
large FRA ME MANSION, containingS Gss3
rooms and large cellar also a good sta. xAz1E,
Die, granary, and all other bui dings-aIl In
good repair.
Any person Wishing to LOOK atthe land. Mr..
ira Blackwell. who lives on the farm, will
show them the land.
VIII. Also on the same day sell good work.
morse, head OF young cattle, buggy and all
tne household and Kitchen Furniture too te-
diOus to mention.
TERMS OF SALE ON PERSONAL. PROPERTY
30 ana under cash over that amount credit
OF W days, with negotiable note, payable at the
Augusta National Bank of Staunlon, Va with
satisfactory endorsement.
ON REAL ESTATE :-One-fourth on the LIST
day OF March, 1884, when possession will be
given, and the remaining three fourths in
three equal annual payments, dating from the
nrst payment-tSe purchaser to execute bonds
Tor the full amount Of the purchase money on
day OF sale. with approved personal security,
bearing interest from 1st day OF March, 1854
ana the title retained as ultimate security
GEO. p. SHEETS Executor
de1u-td5 Swoope's Depot, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11
Stauntotl Spectator.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER ii, 1883.
Mahones SANDER Endorsed by S. Brown
Allen and w. E. Craig.

Malone, in his address, says that the
crack of the weapon resounded and the
Bourbon knife sank deep in Augusta, and s.
Brown Allen and W. E. Craig, natives and
residents of this county, endorse that ad-
dress, and thus say that Mahone's outrage
Gus SANDER of our county, is not SANDER,
but the truth. Who could have believed
that there was single man in this county
that would do as these men have done?
Malone says. of the blacks, chat they
were shot in the back like dogs while they
were running away; that no pistol shot
was fred by a black man; that no white
man was injured, save by his own friends
that for days the poor victims were found
dead in alleys, in warehouses, and under
houses, like poisoned rats that had crawled
away to die; that the negroes fled to the
woods, to the State of North Carolina, to the
four winds of heaven; that these are few
of the facts of this bloody, wholesale muir
der, which was telegraphed far and near
by Bourbons as an insolent uprising of the
blacks against the whites,'' and S. Brown
Allen and w. E. Craig say that it is true
indictment! This may furnish debating
societies with question for discussion
sfWhether these men should be in a lunatit
asylum or in house of correction"
Are there any others in this county who
endorse Mahone's SANDER of the citizens
of this county? If there be, let then
make themselves known and we will give
them the benefit Of publication. 1t ma!
be of service to them, as Malone may d.
something for them when he learns VIVA
good and loyal citizens of Augusta the.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Reserved Seat Speculation

Being twitted, on numerous occasions nc 70
the sale or seats TO Mrs. Langtry, and accused
OF monopolizing all the best seats for specula-
may be righted in this matter, that 7 have
neither bought nor had interest in the buyinS
OF single ticket for speculation or any othe1
purpose to Mrs. Langtry's entertainment and
that the report probably grew out of INV sell
ing for parties buying tickets for speculation.
Having formerly had connection with the sale
OF reserved seats for the New Masonic Hall
parties having seats to dispose of naturally
brought them to me. Respectfully,
dec11-1t d. b. HAMAKER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11

A private letter from Virginia expresses
the heartfelt feeling that 'every mans
heart is in the right place who rejoices
with the people of Virginia in the over
throw of 'Mahoneism'-th most tyranni-
cal political despotism that ever ruled on
the face of the EARTH The writer further
says: ''If l but had the time and space to
enumerate some of their scoundrelly acts
and doings which / know to be facts
coming under my own observation-it
would astonish you and all other good
Democrats throughout the land" No, we
would not be astonished, for we have kept
posted and know something Of the infa-
nous rule of Mahoneism, and we think
there is not an honest man living, of any
party, who does not in his heart rejoice
with all Virginia at his downfall. State
Leader. Des Moines. Loara.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-12-11

SENATE OF VIRGINIA.-The Senate on
Thursday adopted joint resolution pro-
viding for committee, consisting of five
from that body and nine from the House of
Delegates, to draft bill apportioning the
State for members of Congress. The reso-
luton requires that the new districts shall
be composed of contiguous counties, and
that they shall contain as nearly as posi-
bic the same population. The coalitionists
opposed the suspension of the rules for the
purpose of passing the resolution out Of its
order.
The Senate also passed resolution pro-
viding for joint committee of five from
the Senate and eight from the House to in
vestigate the charges of mismanagement Oh
the part of the board Of managers of the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution at Staun.
ton.
General Wickham offered resolution
proposing to amend the constitution SO as
not to make petit larceny a DISTINGUISHING
ofense: also, bill providing that all school
taxes shall be paid in money.
In accordance with the resolution of the
democratic CAUCUS recommending members
Of Senate committees, Gen. Wickham was
made chairman of the finance committee OF
that body.