The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-20
The Semi Weekly Miner
BUTTE, FEB. 20, 1884.

BUTTE, FEB. 20, 1884.
Edmunds and Lincoln is the Latest
Republican ticket. Mr.. John Logan
was not consulted in the making OF
the ticket.
The will of Wendell Phillips makes
no public requests OF his property,
S25O,OOo in value being devised to
his widow and adopted daughter.
Col. John Hay, to whom is popu-
larly ascribed the authorship of
the "Bread Winners" receives ST.
$50, 900 from the estate of his father
in-law, the late Amasa Stone.
"There is a disposition,' remarks
the mildly sarcastic Cincinnati Com
nlerci0l Gazette, "to classify Charles
Foster as a prophet with Vennor
and Virgins"
They call it prohibition in Maine,
but the United States Government
issued 200 liquor licenses to persons
iE that State last year, so he who a
may reconcile the fact with the
fancy.
Baker Pasha has been relieved If
his command because his command
relieved itself of the disagreeable
duty of fighting. Fortunately Baker
Pasha is an Englishman, or he would
also lose his life for losing a bat
tie.
Tom Thumb, when he was three
weeks old was a giant III comparison
with q Red Bank baby, which ) well
and hearty ut that age but weighs
only pound. The latest OF the
iiliputians was born To the suggestive
name Of Lawlis.
General Crook Is sendfn g the
Apache boys to school and teaching
their fathers how to work and earn
their own living. This is the soldier
who il as ready to do justice to the
Indian as he is able and willing to
fight him when fighting becomes
necessary. The browning work OF
George Crook as the Indian Pacifica-
tor is now being done in Arizona,
There is just such a thing as..prop-
erty In the news transmitted by press
associations. The bill introduced in
Congress recognizes this fact and
provides that such property shall he
protected against piratical sheets.
Henry Watterson's explanation of
the matter as it appears in our dis
patches yesterday mornil g covers
the entire question.
1t Is said General Sherman ex-
presses himself well pleased with the
quiet life he is now leading in st.
Louis, and all he wants is what JEFF
ferson Davis years ago wanted-to be
let alone. He complains that sensa-
tional reporters annoy him by persist
ing in ''giving notoriety to him anf
his family" But however it may be
with the rest Of the family, the Gen
eral and John would have amounted
TO little without the help of newspa-
per notoriety. ,
The Helena Herald complains of
the cost Of the Constitutional Con.
v%entior, which it says will foot up
about $1,000 and then preserves its
consistent inconsistency by adding.
1--WE do not think this an extrava.
CANT SUM by any means, and even
had it amounted to SlO,0 900 we should {
have said it was we'll worth all it
cost. But while the main hard work
was done by men WHO willingly gave
their time, ii Is not relished to see I
others for inferior services getting I
wages three times above the market !
rates." {
The British Parliament liz 10 wres- ,
tie again with the question Of woman q
suffrage. 1t will come up in cOnnec- =
ton with the new bill to extend and 7
regulate the franchise. The leaders Of f.,
the wOman's rights movement in ;
England are actively organizing a 6
Mrs. Henry Fawcett says +
the Pal Mail Gazette that she ire y
CARDS female suffrage as part and par 7
Eel Of the general programme of Lib T
,ralism." 1t is understood Mr.. Glad :,
,tOne differs from her on this point r
yet he has not shown himself to be :,
inimical TO the demands Of
he fair sex. I.
John Logan owes his seat in the ,
senate to the afiab,lity. political y
and good management of
lis intellectual and ambitious wife.
4 he attains the Presidency, or gets
'ear enough to say "how d'y," he u
Vill owe all to Mrs. Logan. That the y :,
God lady Is determined to seat her n
husband in the White House is evil "
lehced by the tact that she went out o.
hundred miles the other day to ..
meet and escort the Illinois editors to II
City. knowledge is "
'Ower, the press is powerful, and
lessed Is the limited statesman who ia
AZ q noble helpmate. Three cheers D.
,r Mrs. Logan! 81