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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
TOOLE'S RESOLU

Our Helena correspondent give
our readers the principal points o. tn,
debate in the Constitutional Conven
ton over the resolution of Mr.. Tool
to give the printing Of the proceed
ings Of the Convention to the indie
pendent. The most marked feature
of the debate was the unanimity with
which the Republicans opposed the
taking away of the printing from the
Herald. They didn't desire to heal
the WORDS democrat" or "Republi'
can" introduced in the Convention.
Oh. no! But every one Of them to q
man voted to letain the printing in
| the hands OF the Herald. Mr.. Hunt,
Of Benton, was Very seLslt We about
the matter. Mr.. Burleigh, of Gus
ter, his Republican brother. also de-
| precated the introduc ion Of the reso-
Luton. Neither wished to see
anything smacking of poll
tics made a subject of contro-
versy in the Convention. The
Democratic lion and the Republican
lamb were lying down peaceably to-
gether in the hall and they didn't
wish to see he friendly relations ex.
listing between them disturbed. This
was very considerable upon the part
of the gentlemen.
But in spite of all their professions
of peace and harmony and good will
and all that sort of stuff, they
couldn't see that a fair, square dealin
the division Of the printing, upon the
part Of the Convention, was called
for. The Herald had thus far mo-
nopolized it; half OF the session had
passed and the fair thing to do waste
give the printing to the Independent
during the rest of the session. But the
elevated, pure-minded Republicans
couldn't see it. in that light. They
could see why d Republican newspa
per should have it all, but they
couldn't see why a Demo-
cratic paper should have half
Of it. Right here they are al
aicted with moral strahismus. For
the life of them they can't look to:
wards the Independent Office. There
IS 'pOlitics" in that direction, but
heir gaze fingers lovingly upon the
establishment. No poll
les there. All is quiet ard serene.
The angel of peace, Crosby and the
Federal and Territorial printing find
lndisturbed repose there, and no
Convention shall lay its
a%crilegious hands upon them if
iuat and Burleigh can help it. How
ice it is to have one Convention in
he Territory with no politics IN it
specially when the Republicans are
all the good things, out of it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

DENVER, Jan. 24.-The T9ibune,s
Crested Buttes special saws: An ex.
plOring party has alm,st leached tn =
cnamoer number two, and has discOv-
cred one dead body, the skull being
broken and the whole body terribly
bruised and blackened. The gas is 50
IN n mine n the passage-ways
so blockaded that progress is very
slow. Everything possible is being
done to reach the bodies as speedily
as possible. All hope of finding n
OF the buried miners alive has long
since been abandoned. Threats of
vengeance are made against Superin-
tendent Robinson and Mine Ross
Gibson. principally against the latter.
n serious trouble is feared. Koblr-
son IS at the mine experimenting the
work OF searching for the bodies. No
special fear is entert lined for his
safety, but a strong guard has been
placed about the residence of Gibson
to prevent violence.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 24-There ia m
Change i'll the senatorial sltuation
me prospect of a change in the near
future IS not suspicious. HalIam.
VINO has been leading Blackburn i'm
the hght, Is for Carlisle. lie Openly
expresses his preference anu saws the
deadlock will only end in Carlisle's
election. The caucus will meeL aeal
on Friday.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 24-The Com
m fctdl Gazette will publish an open
letter from John Byrne, VII. presi.
dent of the Irish national league If
America, tn Patrick Ford, editor of
the Irish w rid, taking a strong ex-
cepti"n to F rd's call for an "e,ner-
gency" fund to ba subject tO his imdo.
ment alone, without accountability
. inc Eurp"se Of waging
war with England. Mr.. Byrne
clalms that such 4 course as this
implies would be regarded by
AL civilized nations as guerrill4
warfare revolving to the belIlgerent +,
usage OF the age, and they would be
from seIf-interest to assist the
English in crushing it. He pro-
tests against Ford, Rosa, and
AL that class fixing a standard
ny %hch 95 per cent. of Irish and
rim politics can be measured. M.
bvrne closes by saying that he be-.
ne Can relv on the majority of
Inc lr!sh element in America, inciud-
.ng the business and professional
'iasses 10 support his declaration.
GALVESTON, Jan. 24.--Threa
'cnooners OF the Galveston fishing
leet are gwen up as lost with tha;1
;Iews. Forty six men on one schoon.
. are believed to have been run ovsr
an ocean steamer.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

&ai cd Ehprcss: It was doubted
by many if the immigration Of 1883
woull amount to 5000 0O, but the
completed returns show that the az
gregate of the arrivals at all ports of
the United States for the year vas
5eo.i96. the port of New York having
received 3Ss,6i7 of the whole number.
The tide OF Immigration eliminated
In 1882, when 1854 immigrants
were received 1t our ports, but it is
not receding ve.:y swiftly, since the
arrivals OF 1883 were only 27,O98 less
than those of 1880.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

Rev. Joseph Cook, the aesthetic
Boston divine, rises from the depths
of his profound ~cogitations to remark
that there are only five daily news
papers in the country which a self
respecting man can read. If the
MINER knew which were the other
four it would gladly publish their
names.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
THE RIGHT MAN IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.

~~S SAS S~RVAOA viz AAAV
and Express speaks of the newly
elected president of the Northern Pa.
ciic in the following flattering terms;
The election of Mr.: Robert Harris,
for sohle years last a vice-president
Of the Elie road, as president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
is a most important and significant
event in the history of American
railroads, in general, and of the
Northern Pacific in particular. 1t
was the result of natural selection"
from among many able and ambi-
tious men, whose friends would have
been glad to see them achieve one of
the most important railroad positions
in the world. Other men, more ia
miliar to the general public-names
OF men eminent in politics or finance
or both-were "numerously men,
toned" and strongly urged. But no
one of the men mentioned was COM.
parable with Nj. Harris as an able,
experienced, successful railroad man
sger and engineer, who had mastered
every detail of the vast information
needed to run a railroad econom-
ically, efficiently and wisely, not
"for a day,'-in Wall street, but for
"all Time" comparatively speaking.
The election of Mr.. Harris means
that 9 careful, honest and sensible
management of the Inflated North
ern Pacific is needed and wanted,
That is the only sort of management,
at all events, that he will be a party
to, If consistent with the policy ty
which, as Manager and President, he
created the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy as a frs: class railroad and
enormously increased its solid value.
At the same time, with an absolute
detestation for and avoidance of the
arts by which ambitious railroad Of
ficia)s often get feeting notoriety, he
created among the intelligent people
of the Northwest the conviction that
in all the higher and better qualities
he was the ideal railroad manager.
President Harris, we predict, will
be unamenable to either fear, favor or
speculative Influences. He will rule
the railroad he is put over with all
his might" with severity for all ras.
and ineficiencies, with a
keen eye for merit in subordinates.
With absolute knowledge of the whole
road and its business, and with en-
tire devotion to the permanent in
'erests OF the owners of the road and
its securities.
Montana is, probably, quite as
leeply interested in the selection of
President for the road as is anv
State or any other Territory through
Which it passes. There are eight
hundred miles of the road in the
territory. 1t passes through a large
lumber of its most fertile valleys
borders upon its most important
The full settlement of the /,
primer and the more thorough de- :
elopnlent of the latter depend 9
'rgely upon the policy pursued by :
his great road in its dealings with :
people. That 1t will be a liberal :
with Mr.. Harris at tire head of :
he road. there a be no question. =
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

1t is stated upon the best of author.
ity that MI. Blaine is so sure he could
not be elected if nominated that he
will positively not be a candidate at
the Convention for nomination.
That is the opinion all prominent
Republicans have arrived at. They
don't believe any Republican can be
elected.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

The New York Sun, referring to
the proposal to give the same privi-
leges to ireland as to Scotland, asks
if that will content Ireland. Why
should it? Nature joined England
and Scotland and made them prac-
ically one country, while she sepa-
rated Ireland from Great Britain by
q raging sea.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

World: A report comes from Ohio
to the effe t that MI. Charles Foster,
who has just retired from the office
OF Governor with great unanimity,
Is negotiating for a newspaper fran.
chise in Cincinnati. In conjunction
with his son-in-law, Mr.. Foster, it is
said, proposes to give the Republi-
cans of the State a simon-pure organ.
Mr.. Foster is a rich man, and can
indulge in the luxury of an "organ.r
Without something of this Kind he
will soon be forgotten in Ohio.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
The Railroad War Settled

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-It is learned
from:a private dispatch received from
Denver this evening that the war in
freixht rates. on Utah business has
been settled, and that all interested
lines will restore rats Monday. 1t
is also asserted the trouble in Utah in
justed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
Heavy Snow.

KINGSTON, Ont.. Jan. 2,.-Settlers
IN the rear townships are in danger of
Starving, the snow having stop ed
al traff1c. A lumber dealer telexranhs
tnat unless they get provisions thev
Will De Obliged to close down The
snantles. Such a state of affair, was
never known in this locality before.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

The grazing lands of Colorado,
Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana,
Eastern Oregon and Idaho, are esti-
mated at 1000, 600 acres. The
Oregon Short Line is now opening a
region capable of supporting $780,
600 cattle and 10000. 900 sheep,
which, when it shall be fully occu-
pied, can export yearly 500 900 cattle,
and J 5000 0 sheep, besides 10, OOO, 900
pound5Ot wool,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

Senator John Sherman is very
anxious to lead a 300 party in the
next Republican Convention for his
brother. The other candidate can
find no objection if Mr.. Sherman
will be %contented with just 3Oe fol-
lowers,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

Vlgnaux, the celebrated bil.iatd
player recently played a game with
PRESIDENT Grevy, in which the latter
won. Which goes to show that Viz.
naux isI as good a courtier as bill
liardist, -"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

Mr. Bradlaugh announces that he
".,1 swear himself in at the meeting
VI farilament. Mr.. Rradlaugh would
missioner.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

Morning Journal: If Governor
Hoadly, of Ohio, wishes to cure him.
sell OF insomnia he should secure a
position in the store of a man who
doesn't advertise. Natures sweet re-
storer would soon come to his relief
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
Dew alt Ares ted.

DENVER. Jan. Is Frank Dewalt.
the defau,tiug President of the First
National Bank "f L-advitle, was ar
rested today at Ell Pao, Texas. The
Leadville officers are en- route with
extraditloa papers.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
Sulllvan's Reception In San
Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-Fiftv
pollcemen were detailed this morn.
ing TO preserve order on SuIlivan;s
arrival. His reception was a tremen.
deus ovation. Fully SIX thousand nd.
nllrers greeted the great slug yer and
q thousand men aud boys followed
tne carriages up the street irving r.
keep pace with the horses, cheering
~ ne way. The Palace Hotel was
Geselged by the crowd who were de-
satous or paying their respects t. the
~ uscu'ar b 'stonian. The attendance
III the evening was spoiled bv ticket
speculation. Only four thousand neo.
PIE we Q present. The continuation
'parrlng was a disappointment.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

several Chinese bankers have re.
cen'ly committed suicide. In this
country the creditors generally at
END to that kind Of business.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
Miscellaneous.

BOSTON. Jan. G.-The ne wspaners
nave opened a popular subscriniton
Tor b Gayhead Indians who rescned
me people from the wreck of the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.
James Mutt has fully regained bis
reason and Is now at home.
Senator Logan is the self-appointed
champion of the American hog. He
hopes to ride into the Presidency on
his broad back.

The 10th birthday of Benjamin
franklin was celebrated with a din
ner by the New York Society Of the
Typotheta. an organization of prin-
(erS.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26

vennor is heard from again. He
says the latter part of this month vii
oe mild, but February cold and
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The Norfolk and Western.

PHILADELPHIA,J July 1.-THE pres
idcnt of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company authorizes the fol-
lowing statement: The dispatch from
Va, dated July 10, to
the effect that the work on the Cripple
Creek extension of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad has been suspended
for want of funds to pay contractors
is not true. Before the company
began work on the Cripple Creek ex-
tension they sold 100000 of i'm
provement and extension bonds with
which to pay for this and other new
work. The syndicate that took them
had an option on S1,OO0,0O0 more,
which if taken, would furnish ample
means to complete the contemplated
Improvements.
The company determined that no
work should be done beyond what
was provided for in cash in this way.
Owing to the present financial depres-
sion, the last one million of bonds
have not been negotiated, and the
company have stopped the work until
the funds for its completion are as
sured by the sale of the one million
of bonds referred to. The contrac-
tors have been promptly paid, and
are in funds to pay laborers and SUBJ
contractors. The work has been sus-
pended because the company would
not go on with it beyond the cost of
what was actually provided for in
cash by the sale of the bonds. They
do not propose to borrow money in
such a way as to pile up a floating
debt for this purpose. The company
is abundantly able to meet all its OBJ
legations.
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Vital Questions!I!I

steep always!
And they will tell you unhcstat;ngly
Some form Of Hops ur'
CHAPTER
Ask any or all of thpmost ntphysicianss
What is the best and only remedy that can
be relied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys
and urinary organs; such as BrigEt's disease,
diabetes, retention, or inability to retain urine,
and all the diseases and ailments peculiar t0
Women
= And they will
phatically "-Buclitt !!!'
Ask the same physicians
"What is the most reliable and surest cure
for all liver diseases or dyspepsia constipation,
indigestion, billiousness. malaria, fever, ague,
&c." and they will tell you:
Mandrake! or dGlldeIi01l y!
Hence, when these remedies arc combined
with others equally valuable,
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such a
wonderful and mysterious curative power is
developed, which is varied in its operations
that no disease or i'll health can possibly exist
or resist its power. and yet it is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest
invalid or smallest child to Use.
CHAPTER II.
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For years, and given up by physicians, of
plants. severe coughs, called consumption,
have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy H!!!
From agony of neuralgia. nervousness,
women.
People drawn out of shape from cxcruciating
pangs of rheumatism. inIllmatory and chronic.
or suffering from scrofula.
ErysipelHs!
"Saitrhcum. blood poisoning. dyspepsia in
digestion. and i'll fact, almost al diseases frail''
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bittcrs, poof of
the known world.
Es5eNonc genuine without bunch of green
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-10

pension bill. Ia March last a committee repre-
senting 100000 veteran soldiers and sailors had
appeared before the Pension Committee of the
Senate, and fully set forth their ideas on the
subject. The Mexican pension bill having
passed the House, came to the Senate, where it
was favorably reported, with some amendments
relating strictly to Mexican war pensions. The
speaker read the bill as it was finally amended
and passed by Republican Senators. He him
self had introduced a bill in February, which
embodied the principal features of the Senate
amendments. The bill, thus amended, was re-
turned to the House in June, and nOtwlthstand-
ing all the efforts of it's friends and the fact that
there was abundant time for it's consideration.
every attempt to put it on it's passage was re-
sisted almost to the line of filibusterng, and it
failed to pass the House.
After some comment on the electoral count
and other measures, the speaker went on to
speak on the records of the Presidential nOmi-
nees He briefly sketched the careers of Cleve-
land and Hendricks, and then elOquently
sketched the lives and life-wOrk of Blaine and
Logan. Mr.. Blaine was not chosen for the OBJ
security of his record, but because he had in all
the sharp contests of the last twenty-five years.
by speech and vote, made a record which his
fellow citizens approved Like Garfield, he had
advocated and illustrated the principles of his
party, and it's history could be read in his pub
lie utteranceS. Place him in the midst of the
most notable assemblies of the world, and he
will be a conspicuous figure Mr. Harper, OF
There is no mau now living more closely in
sympathy with the people than Mr.. Blaine
Having sketChed Mr.. Blaine'S foreign policy,
the speaker paid an eloquent tribute to the
dauntless courage, unSullied honor, and mill
tary genius of John A. Logan, and to the strong
hold he had upon the affection of his soldier
comrades and upon the respect of his country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-10

Sometimes the surprise is on one side
and sometimes on another. They had
a surprise party at distant quarter of
town the other night, on the frontier. so
to speak, OF society. The surprise was
on the other side. A young and prom
Using newspaper man went out to take
notes for the society columns of socie-
ty daily. He found the surprise party
arranged in order of march, and they
proceeded with all dispatch to the man
sion they had previously arranged to
paralyze. The opening ceremonies over,
the ecstatic delight of the unexpected
simmered down and the committee Of
the affair became uneasy as to ways and
means. The males were all gathered IN
the diningroom, including the society
reporter, and the door was closed, and
the president of the occasion, mounting
the dining-room table, made the sudden
and unadorned announcements:
" All you fellows is assessed dollarl"
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Fertilization by Insects.
From the New York mall and EXPIRES

lFrom the New York nail and Express.]
It is said large crop of apples is
raised when hive of bees is stationed
in the orchard. The bees visit every
flower, busily flying from one to another,
and then passing to an adjoining tree.
The pollen on their bodies is rubbed
against the pistils of myriads of flowers,
which become fertilized in this way.
Many of the strange notifications in
the form of flowers are due to insects,
the transfer of pollen from different
varieties resulting in hybrids. Darwin
remarks that "all experimenters have
been struck with the wonderful vigor,
height, size, tenacity of life and hard
ness of their hybrid productions" He
was the first to show that from flower
fertilized by pollen from different
plant the seedlings were much stronger
than from its own pollen. The wind
and insects are natures great agents in
performing this act of cross fertilization.
The stamens and pistils of the pines,
birches, poplars, grasses, corn, etc., re
SO arranged that the wind fertilizes
them-but in a large number of flowers
they are so situated that they can be
reached only by the agency of insects.
The moths, many of which have tongues
five inches long, probe the long tubular
flowers of orchids and other plants, and
withdraw them loaded with pollen to
leave it on the pistil of some other
plant.