The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-20
NEWS NOTES.

The James river 10 frozen from
Richmond, Virginia. to Lower Rrau
don. eight miles.
Governor Butler, Of Masoachu.
.etts. with his stah, has accepted "a
invitation Of the citizens of Montreal
I" "attend carnival.
Among the most venerable new.
papers "f Pennsy ylvania Is the Carlisl(
H. w'ti. which h1s just begun It,
"jshty-ti'id year.
i.x-Tr.asurer Polk, of Tennessee
was indicted last Saturday by ths
Grand Jury, charged wi b the en-
hezzlcn,eilt Of $lSO, ,OOO.
I.t Montreal. Canada, the police
found four Lslies last Saturday In
nIc.lical students apartments, stolen
.ro,, vault in st. Martins cewe'
nry.
The Bricklayess' National Union
in session ut Providence, II. l., he's
referred tO the local Unions the ques-
tion Of granting charters to colored
Unions.
iuug Wing, formerly Of the
Chinese legation, married IN Ameri-
can wife, became . Christian. and b
now chief magistrate Of the city Of
Shanghai.
1t is stated that the estimates q
Russia for lSss show q deficit Of e.
us'.UN roubl.s. but 1t h hoped, BY
the exercise Of economy, that no
actual deficit will occur.
4 Tl,n,,,x,o ,of Williamson ct,unty, y
.!.s.tesl Treasurer of Tennessee. He
is n prominent lawyer Of franklin,
and formerly represented his county
in the Legislature.
Several Paris newspapers Aliir1m
that France has resolved 10 uphold
her rights In Egypt, aud state that
the que :tiou will probably l'e sub
,m;tts.i 10 conference.
20 Lord, ;" said an Ohio minister in
Iii. prayer at Monday evening clase
meeting, "ThOu hast seen by the
morning papers how the Sabbath,
WAS dcsecra!etl yesterday.
4 parcel containiug dynamite was
ls'stesl at the Limerick posolIice last
Friday. and not being addressed, Il
fortunately escaped l'e,ng cls,nped,
whereby y terrific explosion was
avoided.
The Parliamentary return reports
u depreciation In the value Of crops
in Ireland for the year lsss, In con-
sequences of the untavOrsble harvest.
aygrxatiny f5.llS,1G7, compared
will, the favorable year 1881.
Dr. samuel A. Mufld, who shelter
~ J. Wilkes booth at. r he a. assin-
MtiOM and sct his fractured leg, for
wi,ich hc was sentenced for life to the
Dry Tortugas. hut was afterwards
lar'l'',%tl by Pr.>ident Johnson. died
IN Mary land last Saturday.
Mrs. Myer. the widow Of General
4. J. Myer, ''Old PrDh. F" ~ he came
tO l,e known, 10 building . cOstly
,.,a,,s.,leun, At Buffalo in memory Of
Of her husband. The monument
will contain 100 tons Cf Maine gram
ite and ,:sD pounds Of bronze.
The Florida 71mcs says: "I.ogan
has flushed his three days uproar
against Fi,z John Porter. Up In
Maine the prezs reporters n,l.t0ok It
f.,r an earthquake, but In Washing
on they knew that It WAS merely the
Of the English language"
Capt. Meyer Of the steamship W.T.
lam,eits. shot \ white seal the cther
day fr,n, the deck NJ his vessel. while
lying at the coal wharf at Seattle, w.
r. The seal was asleep upon the sur
Zee , of the water, aud after l,eing shot
fi.,atcsl ar"umd fGr . time and then
sunk out of sight.
Ascending to the Madras Malt sew
crai l.ags Of cloves shipped from Zan-
zil,ar tO London were found to con-
tain = heavy percentage Of arcihcial
cloves. neatly manufactured ly ma
ci,inery. They were made "f pine, |
stained Of dark color, and had been
sake Il In mn essence Of the spice to
give them the required Odor.
James II. berry was inaugurated
Governor OF Arkansas last Saturday.
In his message he devotes e0nsit)era- |
bic space to the debt question, and
against the levying Of
taxes on $l",WD, ,NU In bonds which
ll,e Supreme cOvrt hax held ~ not !,
binding an the State. He desires to |
have the question Submitted, to u vote !
Df the people.
Engineer Melville created corsid- ,
rrable ssan.lsl ON his return frs''n 81 ,
~ri., from, the manner of treating |
his wife, whom, he accused Of drunk |
.nness. He recently instituted pro-
to recover the children on :
.a;."x .",7."*. The testimony for ;
!i.e defense in the Melville h"he"s
u.7,"~ hearing ut Media. ha., contra"
iictc.i nearly every point raised BY
he plaintiff. Mn. Melville stigma
liz. Il ~ false every assertion made
- her husband. I'Nsr Melville!
\ Washington dispatch Of the 18th
ays that Jo<>lym, Assistant Secretary
,: the Interior, I,ss granted leases to
Rufus lIat..', X ca. for l"AeI privi-
.ges in t..e National Park. Hatch
md his :sss.,cim:cs take IesSes 10 one
section "f land ut the great Geysess,
md one half section ut each Of stx