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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
or COUNTY OOMMIs-
SIONERs.

Some doubts have been expressed
concerning the power Of the Board
Of County Commissioners to issue
bonds on the credit of the county.
For the purpose of setting at rest
those doubts we publish the follow.
ing from an act of the last Legislature
apl roved March g., 1883, entitled IAN
act to authorize County Commission
ers to issue bonds to redeem ~outstand-
ing Indebtedness" It will be seen
the only restrictions placed upon
their action in the matter Of issuing
bonds is that they can be issued only
Ito enable them to redeem all legal
outstanding bonds, warrants or or
ders Of said county, or in other
words to redeem outstanding indebt-
edness. But NJ. authority is given to
issue bonds to pay an anticipated in
debtedness:
SEC. l. The County Commission
ers OF each county of. this Territory
shall have in addition to the powers
already conferred by law, authority
to issue, on the credit of said county,
coupon bonds to an amount sufficient
to enable them to redeem all legal
outstanding bonds, warrants, or or
ders, of said county, at any time
when they shall deem it expedient
for the interest of their respective
counties; such bonds shall be redeem
able and payable at such times as said
commissioners shall determine, and
the rate of interest thereon shall be
fixed by said commissioners, but the
same shall not exceed seven per cen
tum per annum.
The second section empowers the
commissioners to prescribe the form
of the bonds. and designates the per-
sons to sign, seal, counterslgn and
register the same, and the manner in
which they shall be issued.
SEC. 8. When the County Com
mlssieners of any county shall issue
any bonds authorized by this act,
it shall be their duty to sell the same,
and give notice by advertisement in
some newspaper published in the
county, or it there be no newspaper
published in such county, then IN
any newspaper published in an adj
county of this Territory, and
also in one or more newspapers pub
lished in the city Of New York, State
Of New York, for a period of not less
than thirty days prior to the time
said bonds are to be SOLD: such adj
vertisement shall be for sealed pro-
which shall state the amount
Of such bonds for sale, and the party
Or parties offering the highest price
therefor shall be entitled to receive
amount of such bonds which he
they may offer to. buy; but no
bonds shall be sold for any price less
Than the par value thereof.
The other sections of the bill do
not vary materially from acts of like
They prescribe the duties
If the County Commissioners and
county Treasurer concerning the
payment of the bonds issued and re-
'eals all acts and parts of acts in
conflict with the one named.
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A Pertinent Inou;ru

ALBANY, N. Y, June 1o-m,
state board of charities - he
adopted a resolution directing 1 ,tv
secretary to inquire at once Of tbs Tue
igration commissioners whether ar
obligation was taken from nsrso au
who agree to take care of a ssistas
emigrants or whether verbal nroe,
ises only were taken and the p paIM'
not protected. puzzle
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FOREIGN.

BERLIN, July lott is stated that
he Archbishop of Pasen is doubtful
whether Cardidal Ledochowski will
consent to resign the Archbishopric.
LONDON, July 10.-In the contest
Tor the Molineaux prize at 500 yards,
Major Shakespeare, of the American
team, tied Top in the score making
80 out of a possible IS.
MEXICO, July 10.-The damages
caused on the central railroad bv
rains is repaired to Logas and will be
open in three days.
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New York Stock Market.

New YORK, July 10.-Govern-
ments lower for 3 and 4 per cents.
The stock market is feverish and I'M
settled, with an increased volume of
business in the forenoon with greater
activity. There was a sharp decline
about two o'clock. In the last hour
the market was generally firmer, and
in the last half hour there was q par
tial recovery. The result ofthe days
business was a decline from the list
prices Of yesterday of ! to II, the lat
ter in the Pacific Mail.
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Pittsburo Mattera

P1TTsBURG, Pa, July 1O.-A re-
newai of the railroad coal miners
trouble is feared as only half of the
operators have accepted the award of
the trade tribunal, the umpire fixing
bushel. Pei
Inc window glass manufacturers Of
the United States are in session here
and anticipate a strike September lat
when the mills start up. They saw
the new tariff takes ten per cent
from the profits and wages must
come down accordingly.
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Mrs. Major Nickerson, number 2,
has recently made her appearance in
court. She asserts she has suffered
more from the deceit Of the much
married Major than wife number
one. As yet Nickerson has not put
in an appearance in court.
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It is suggested that millionaires
buy up the trade dollars and use them
for q p~edestatto the Bartho!di statue
of liberty Thu millionaires' sugges-
ton is now in order.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 1o.-Colonel
Jane =. Zabriskie, a California pion-
e m author, whose latest work
Mas me Laws Of tho United States.
died this morning aged 70.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 1O.-Irwin
Malone, formerly a resident of this
city, at present engaged in mining
business in Colorado, has been ape
pointed by the governor to act "a
commissioners for Pennsylvania at
the National Mining and Industrial
in Denver.
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PORTLAND, July 9.-Reports re-
ceived tonight show that the news
received of the forest fires along the
Columbia are greatly exaggerated.
There is little loss in the settled part
of the country. but much underbrush
destroyed. The large trees are so full
of sap that very little damage is
done.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa, July lo.m .rin.
funeral of d. w. Parker, oupe,he
tendent of the Iowa division VI died
Illinois Central Railroad, Wh1 NJ.
a week ago at San Jose, Csi', yery
Cured here to-day and was w.
largely attended.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, July TO-
Chancellor Merritt to-day refused to
grant an Injunction against funding
Of the state debt in accordance with
the funding act ofthe last legislature.
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: SUBJECT FOR REMOVAL.

"A lew weeks ago Judge COnger, o
the First Judicial District of this Ter
ritory, was suspended by the Presi
dent upon certain charges preferred
against him by parties residing il
Montana. AS We understand it tn,
principal charges against him wer,
those of drunkenness and gambling
1t was held by his accusors that hi.
indulgence in these practices de
stroyedh his usefulness upon the bench
and lowered the dignity of his high
office, and that his continuance there
in was an insult to the people OF the
Territory. No charges, having any
foundation in fact, were made against
his integrity and honor as a man OF
as a Judge. His ability was not inn
peached, nor was his industry in the
discharge of his duties questioned.
He. was suspended simply on &C
count of his supposed non.o observance
of certain social obligations which
his position imposed upon him.
His suspension provoked the criti-
cism of the press, and that portion of
1t which sustained the action of the
President held that the private char
acter of a federal official was a proper
subject for newspaper comment, and
that it was certainly a matter for
criticism when the conduct of such
official compromised the society in
which he was received and in which
he moved.
Assuming then that this PROPOSE
ton is correct, the conduct of another
federal official in this Territory be-
comes a matter of legitimate COM
ment by every newspaper in the
country. In fact, it is the duty of
the press of Montana to protest in the
most earnest manner against the ap-
and continuance of indi-
vlduals in positions of honor and
trust who c!othe themselves in the
vices of their native State and leave
its virtues behind. We ere
to note that the
dvdnt Courier, Bozeman Chronicle.
md Benton Record have not re-
NAMED silent under the insult offered
o the Territory through this federal
'Mcial. We have already reproduced
he Courier's article. In another COL
INN will be found the opinion of the
Benton Record which we give in full
With the exception of a word or two. |
We also on another page give place
o an article from the Charlotte,
dich., Frohibitionist, which, it must
e presumed, reflects the opinion of
be people of that place upon the dis
raceful affair. But none of the arti-
les referred to are complete in the
aore repugnant details of the dis
matter. No meqltlon is made
f the fact that this federal official
rought the woman whom he has
'st married into the Territory when
e came to assume the du-
IS of his office; that he
her in Helena so
ETY. as his invalid cousin at one
me and as his invalid niece st
hers; that, being under the impress
on that the woman was what she
as represented to them to be several
the most cultured and refined la .
Is of the city called upon her; that t
} procured for her a boarding place {
one Of the most respectable fami-
8 in the city, and that finally his I
tention to the woman being more G
dent than those generally besto wed b
on neices or cousins, provoked =
,ispers which induced him to send Il
r east last winter. The manner in T
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Mrs. ScOville's Bill

CHICAGO,Ju ga volumnious III,
for alimony and Immediate rs1 Gat
has been filed in the Circuit Cour rt'l Sa
Mrs. Francis II. Scoville against ca u!
ScOville, her former husband. 'eo'
cital of dates back to the becinn, ~.
of their married life is given whinS
is brought down to date. In addition
to immediate relief, she prays for tba
possession of the effects OF CharIas. ny i
Guiteau, her late brother. She ssv e.,
ScOville has broken all the clansas y
the compact made between thpm
shortly after her return from Cinl
c%innati, where she fled last summer
to escape persecution in the trumnad
up charge of insanity. The doen'
ment is a pathetic story Of hunger
hardship and persecution. Recently
Scoville made her the magni6eent
offer of SO cents a day, Zone meal A.
partial support; but in order to oct #
she had to walk Is blocks after abaM
days work at a sewing machine, Hi
treatment of his child Bertha, She Al.
leges, is so outrageous that she draws
he may be debarred from seeing her
except at such time and place as the
petitioner may indicate. Mrs. SEQ.
vilIe's affidavit is sworn to. Mr.,
King, her attorney, says the;case will
be contested to the end, and everv at.
tempt Will be made to save her wis.
consin property, which she says &c.,
vile is trying to secure andsquander.
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The Semi Weekly Miner
The cholera has struck Shanghai
China. 1t may be expected in San
Francisco in the near future.

The death rate in some of the east
ern cities is being increased to an
alarming extent by the prevailing hot
weather.
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Practice Shooting by the
American Rifle Team.
Fatal Encounter With Cow
Boys at Dodge City.
Preparations for Arthur's Ma
tional Park Trip.
The Murderous Apaches Com
hitting More Deviltry.
Investigations Of fraudulent
Land Entries.
Funeral Services of Arch
Bishop Purcell.
Mrs. Scoville's Bill for Ali
mony and Relief.
ETC, ETC
Mrs. Scoville's Bill for Ali
mony and Relief.
Fire Reports Exaggerated.

ETC, ETC
National Republican., 1883-04-12
Ex-confederate Union s,en.

Inasmuch as the attempt to establish n
to be desirable that those who engaged in it
should again be, as they have bcon before,
bone of the nations bone and flesh of its flesh,
wo think the time has gone by for the appli-
cation of epithctS because of participation in
the rebellion. We know there Is a larger in
corrigible element in the south which is as
angry now at defeat as it was eighteen years
years ago when the renowned chief of the
confederacy received back from our great
captain the sword he had tondered in token
of submission. We know that Jefferson Davis
is unable TO pluck from his heart the rooted
sorrow Of his most disastrous failure and that
ever and anon come up from the south words
that crate OH patriotic ears. But it must be
remembered that side by side with tho i'm.
placables who brood over the lost cause are
ex-confcderates TO whom defeat has taught
oblivion for tho past and hope and progress fol-
the future. Among those who now aim to put
the south in limo with tho nation and
all it's pride and hope are thousands o
as brave confederates as any that dwell
in that region. These men are the mission
aries of nationality, the volunteer army o.
the union, taking the place of external force
in tho work of enforcing national authority
within its sphere. Let us prove our goot
fellowship toward such men by avoiding the
use of words which twenty years ago stood
for burning facts, but which now seem lik,
unfriendly taunts. We do not care will
which side of the civil war man fought OF
sympathized if now he is for the union, tn,
constitution, and tho enforcement of th,
laws
National Republican., 1883-04-12
A Pyramid nnd n ParaiIax.

Who of this generation over dreamed that
we should live to sec monthly magazine Of
seventy-two pages established to maintain
the authority of the Great Pyramid of Jeezch
as n standard of weights and measures2 1t
has come, and is as exponsivcly printed as
though It were a publication in the interests
Of civil service reform or free trade. Mr..
Charles Latimor writes the introduction, and
in tho course of 1t remarks as statement Of
purpose and evidence of faith:
Our Ango.saxon weights and measures have
been handed down to us from an age 30 remote
that their origin seems lost to tho memory and
research Of man but the organization OF the IN
tornational institute for their preservation and
perfection dates back only to noon of the eighth
day OF November, 1879, whcn at the old South
church, Boston-that spot Of wonderful memories
aud more wonderful predictlon-we asked tho
blessing Of God upon our undertaking and the
guidance OF His Holy Spirit, through the merits
Of His Son.
Tojump from this to an algebraic calculation
of the suns parallax is trino shocking like
interrupting camp meeting 10 grind n
scythe; but tho editor of the magazine so
handily jugges his old, old facts, and so
solemnly mounts his Pyramid of Jeezeh, or
gets behind IL to fire off learned essays, that
one can neither deny tho Importance of his
mission nor dispute the general PROPOSE
tion that the pyramids stand as um-
pires of oil the steelyards and yard.
sticks in the world. Perhaps it would
be best to frankly admit at tho
outset that they do. 1t may savo the expense
Of starting another monthly magazine to op-
pose the theory. In getting up this able
magazine Mr.. Latimer seems to have shared
tho pleasure by alternating essays with Mr..
j. l.. Dow, and they both write well. They
have written so we'll and so much in this first
number that an outsider-one not UP in
tho Jcezch busincss--would swear there
was nothing left for tho second number,
but Mr.. William w. Williams, who prints the
work at Cleveland may have some sermons
and some algcbraic copy on hand; that is his
business clse's. There was once o
man with theory that the world was going
| to the devil because the bakers did not make
their bread properly Tho man is dead,
while the world and the bakers march happily
J forward hand in hand; but nobody took
issue with the good rcformer, whose theory OF
yeast did not rise to the dignity of a monthly
magazine. '" ''' pp
1t would be misleading and willfully wrong
to conceal the admiration The REPUBLICAN,
has for tho old-fashionod weights and meas
ures. Whether they sue found in the Jeeach
pyramid or on tho counter of country gro
cery store, they are equally admirable and
indispensable The French metric system
may be just as good, but that has no magazine
and SO it is safer to take stand against it and
support the Jeezeh's aud their pyramid
|
National Republican., 1883-04-12
Official Bonds and Oaths.

We can understand why q man charged
with crime should be made to give other per-
sons as security that he will appear to answer,
and We can understand why man who
threatens a breach Of the peace should be
made to furnish such security that he will
not make good his threat but we cannot see
why man, chosen by the people themselves,
to discharge the du ties Of public Office
should be treated as probable thief whose
friends must bind themselves before he can
enter upon his official duties, that they will
suffer vicariously for tho crimes which it is as
sumed ho is likely to commit. When tho
people select n man they should 60 security
for his good behavior. and If he disappoints
their expectations then his delinquency
should be made good out of tho public
treasury to which they have all contributed
And then as to oaths of Office We can easily
see that to require an oath as to incts, and to
afiix penalty to false swearing, is u great
aid to eliciting truth in court and in the
transaction of public business. But we can,
not see the utility of swearing n man about Il
take Office TO his promise to behave well in
the future. II ho docs not carry out the
pledge there Is no penalty for the forswearing
and tho sense of duty cannot be quickened by
such proceeding.
National Republican., 1883-04-12
pRANcu OFFICES,


The following is n list Of tho branch ofnces In
washington. Others will be added hereafter
VS. RoosE's News Stands at the ARLINGTON
HoTEt, WnLARD's HOTEL, and METROPOLITAN
HoTEL
RoosE e. QUEENS News stand NATIONAL HOTEL
B.F. QUEEN, ST. JANIS HorEL.,
RIGGS HOUSE News Stand.
EBBITT HOUSE News Stand.
AMERICAN House News stand.
W. &. THoMPsoNs Drug Store.
c.H. FicKLNGs Drug Store, Georgetown.
JBRApLEY ApAMs's Book Stores
CIR. DUrouR, Druggist 1918 Fourteenth street.
RIB FERGUSON, Druggist corner Second and
Pennsylvania avenue 8. e.
g. L. LEWIS, Druggist, corner Fourteenth and p
streets.
&C. c. sMMs, Druggist, corner Fourteenth and
New York avenue.
W.T.. SCALA, Druggist, 800 East Capitol street.
II. A. JOHNSTON, druggist corner Tenth and o
Etreets northwest.
S. sLArEn's Cigar Store, corner II and First
streets northwest
National Republican., 1883-04-12
Are We NIarylanders .

The rights enjoyed by the people Of Mary
land who resided within the present limits Of
this district prior to its ccssion to the United
States, embraced the rights enjoyed by tho
people Of all tho states, and greatly exceeded
tho rights Of the people in the territories
They could participate In tho election of OK
ecutivo and legislative officers. They parti-
cipated in making all laws for their new gov
ornmcnt, and congress could not aunul them
as they can and do those of territory. In
short, to the extent that state has sover-
cign powers, the people of this district
shared in them when they were Mary
landors. Tho stipulation in the act
of cossion that all rights enjoyed by the peo-
pie Of this district under tho state Of Mary
land should bo forever enjoyed by them and
their descendants would, if literally con-
strued, defeat the ccssion itself. Congress had
been granted by all the states including
Maryland, exclusive jurisdiction over the
district that might be coded for a capital.
The ccssion would have been no cession at all
If IL did not deprive the inhabitants of the
district Of their character as Marylanders.
If the right TO vote guaranteed in tho Mary
land bill Of rights is to be appealed to as n dc.
nial OF the power ofoongress to exercise oxclu-
sivo Jurisdiction within the district to the ox-
clusion of suffrage then the right must be as
broad as the rights of all Marylandors. This
would give our people the right TO vote for
state officers for Maryland and to be repre-
sented in the Maryland legislature Loss than
this would not be "all rights enjoyed by the
Maryland" And if we vote as Marylanders,
must not the Maryland election laws be in
force here and their violation be punished by
that state? Ifso, what becomes of the eek
elusive jurisdiction of congress? We think
Maryland stipulated only for tho preserva-
tion of so much of the rights of her people
as were consistent with the act transferring
them to the Exclusive jurisdiction " of the
United States. And we think the right oi
self-government of the people of tho district
must be based on somc better foundation than
the bill of rights of state which farmed out
its progeny as an inducement to the erection
of national capital on its alienated soil, and
which had previously ratified a national con
stitution which rendered void all state enact
ments or rreserUdtioESin in behalfof the inhabitlnts
/ of that soil rup N IrtnNIr Ppptrpt T., , =
earnestly believes that the people of this dis
trict should in somo manner share in the con
troll of their own affairs. This is in accord
ance with the spirit of the declaration of in
dependence and of our self-governing repub
lie. But let us not deceive ourselves with
the idea that the laws of Maryland have fol
lowed us to the abode of the baby farmer tc
which she committed our keeping.
National Republican., 1883-04-12

WHEN The REPUBLICAN began the pub
lication of an cight-page sheet the
croakers said it would never do; this was
"four-psgo" town, and the people would
never appreciate anything but "four-page"
enterprise A little moro than four months
experience, however, has satisfactorily shown
that the croakers were at fault. That
the people of Washington and vicin-
ity not only intend to support, but en-.
courage the growth of n real, live eight-page
paper is abundantly proven by rapidly and
constantly increasing subscription list, as well
as by demand for advertising space which
can only be met by enlarging the paper. The
business men of Washington have discovered
that it pays to advertise in The REPuBLI-
CAN, and tho readers of The REPUBLICAN
are discovering that 1t is no longer necessary
to 60 to New York, Philadelphia, or Balti-
moro to do their shopping or find nowspa-
pers.
In order to meet tho demands Of both ad-
vertiscrs and readers The REPUBLICAN will
on Saturday morning publish a seven-col-
umn, eight.page sheet, which will give
eight columns more room than the regular
size. These extra columns will be filed with
fresh news and choice selected matter, if our
advertisers do not require them. IF they do,
another advance will be made and perhaps a
twelve-pagc paper will bo needed at no dis
tant day. The eight-page paper is certainly
a success. 1t has come to stay.
The very many persons who are beginning
to realize that THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN is
the best paper of its kind published in the
country, and who find it good thing to send
to their friends at distance, will confer a
favor upon the Office by leaving regular sub
scriptons instead Of coming in and asking
for copies after the supply is exhausted. The
continued call for numbers after the regular
edition has been sold has several times neces.
STATED the printing Of extra editions. 1t Ia
to avert this in the future that the present
suggestion is made.
National Republican., 1883-04-12

must fail. Their declarations arc in sympa-
thy with free trade, but their rank and
hloarc divided upon thosuhiect. Therefore can
they mako but half battle. Warning among
Themselves upon this subject they are fight
ing out the campaign of 1854 in advance, and
are electing the republican nominees. The
more intelligent voters of that party, they
who think for themselves despite the Mt
tempted intolerance of their bosses, know
that tho election Of democratic candidates
would result in paralysis of American man
ufacturc. Therefore will they vote in ac-
cordance with their own bcst interests in
opposition to tho democratic candidates. Tho
party of retrogrcssion is house divided
against itself. 1t cannot stand.