The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-21
SEMtWEEKLY MINER.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH q, 1888

proposition for a full settlement
his deficit to the State. Should b
do so it would afford a pleasing var
ETY. to the general curse of default
ers.
Mail and Express: Gov. Cleve
land has been quickly and nobl,
sustained by the Assembly's EN-
phatic support Of his veto of tn
'Fve-Cent Fare BILL" Probabl.
the time-servers and weather-cock
that were rashly projecting his 'de
cline and fall" will now, with equa
rashness, gave him a walk. over'' tt
the next Presidency.
Under a recent act of the New Jer
sey Legislature every pair of boots
manufactured by convict labor in thai
State must be branded manufactured
in the New Jersey State prison.
This is required in order that the pub
lie may not be deceived in the char.
acter of its purchases of that line Of
goods. The law is a good one
and should prevail in every state in
which convict labor is utilized.
The ladies' generally will heave a
sigh of relief in learning that Mrs.
Grundy is dead. She departed this
life in Paragonah, Utah, at the
advanced age of eighty-seven years.
If all that is charged against her be
true the old lady has done much dur
ing her long life to keep many social
circles in hot water. ReQuiescdt in
pace.
And now Secretary Linoln assured
the people the rivers and harbors of
the country will not suffer on account
Of the failure of the passage of Pages
bill. We never have had any
fear concerning the uninterrupted
of 1.-The navigation West Side
rivers; it was the Silver
Bow harbor at the foot of Main street
that gave US uneasiness. Secretary
Lincoln's assurance quiets all APP
prehension in regard to it.
Preparations on a grand scale are
being made for the corOnation of the
Gar of all the Russias at Moscow in
May next. Among those in progress
is the manufacturing of a large guam
tity of Ger to moisten the Threats Of
the thirsty Muscovites during the i'm
posing ceremonies. The crafty Nj
hilits may then, with Russia drunk,
find the opportunity to perform the
bloody act which they could not do
with Russia sober.
Edmunds doesn't want to be Presi-
dent pro temp0re of the Senate. He
accepted the position the other day
only to keep the path to the chair
open tor his friend Anthony, to
whom he will give way next Deem
Der. Considerable Edmunds! Happy
Anthony! The one has the Presi-
Dental bee in his bonnet, and does
not care to assume q position wherein
he may lose his individuality f; the
other has nothing to lose, and may
gain by accepting it.
1t is now nearly two years since
the i'll. fated Jeanette found a resting |
place in the Arctic Ocean, and moth
ing has yet been learned of Lieut..
Chip and his seven companions.
Lieut.. Hartor, who has been dill
gently, but unavailingly, searching
for them, will in a few months re-
turn to New York with the bodies of
De Long and his men, and then the
nation will receive the last it is ever
likely to obtain of the Jeannette's
crew. i
The experience of several Statet
points to the fact that high license is
a more powerful factor in the inter-
ests of temperance than stringent
p~rohibitory liquor laws. The Ohio
Legislature, recognizing this fact,
will submit to the people of that
State a constitutional amendment
authorizing the license system. I'm
der the present constitution of that
State the liquor license system is pro-
hibited. Its adoption, it il thought,
will regulate within bounds a.trafic
which cannot be prohibited by law.
Hon. Lee Mantle, in a card which
appeared in the Inter Mountain last
evening, reviews the causes which
led Governor Crosby to appoint Mr..
WoOlman Territorial Auditor, instead
of Mr.. Bodley, whose appointment
to the same position the Governor at
one time favorably considered. Mr..
Mantle adds, 1.-THE whole affair was
a pretext and was trumped up
by Mr.. WoOlmsn and his friends in
order to mislead the Governor and
defeat Mr.. Bodley." An explanatory
card from Mr.. Woolman is now in
order. How beautiful it is for breth-
rem to dwell together in unity. Sing.
1t is stated the Northern Pacific
managers hold that the fail
ure of Congress to pass a withdraw
ing act confirms to them all the lands
by the act under which they
are constructing their line. They ex-
Pect to finish the road before the LIST
Of September next, and they will
hen, according to their reckoning,
earned the lands. They certain
y will have earned their lands, and
he very liberal policy they are pur-
suing in the disposition of them will
induce an immigration to the Terrific
lies, through which the road passes,
hat will greatly add to the material
prosperity of the whole country.
Mr.. Conklins is reported to have
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