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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
A Remarkable Dog.
(Biu Nye.1

II believe I've got about the most
instructive bulldog in the United
States" Said Cayote Van Cobb yes
terday. "Other dogs may show cute
ness and cunning, you know, but my
dog, the Duke of Rawhide Buttes, is
not only generally smart, but he
keeps up with the time. He's not
only q talented cuss but his genius
is always fresh and original"
"What are some of his s%pecialties.
Van? I asked.
"Oh, there's a good many of 'em,
fust and last. He never seems to be
content with the achievements that
please other dogs. You watch him,
and you'll see that his mind is active
all the time. When he is still he is
working up some scheme or another
that he will ripen and fructlfy later.
For three years I've had a water
melon patch, and run it with more or
less success, 1 reckon. The Duke has
tended to 'em after they got ripe, and
| was going to say, it kept his hands
pretty busy to do it, but, to be more
accurate, I should say it kept MS
mouth full. Hardly night after the
melons got ripe, and in the dark of
the moon, but the Duke would sam
ple q COW boy or a sheep herder from
the lower Poudre. Watermelons
were generally worth 10 cents per
pound along the line of the Union
Pacific for the first two weeks, and a
hfty-pounder was worth IS. That
made it an object to keep your mel
ons, for in a round year you could
grow enough on ten acres to paw off
the national debt.
"Well, to return to my subject.
Duke would sleep days during the
season and gather fragments of the
rea breadths of western pantaloons
at night. One morning Duke had a
piece of fancy cashmere in his teeth
that l tried to pry out and preserve,
that l could identify the owner |
perhaps, but he wouldn't give it up, !
I coaxed him, and damned him over !
the face and eyes with an old board
but he wouldn't give it tt me. Then
l watched him. I've been watching
him ever since. He took ali these
Of goods, / found, over in
the garret above the carriage shed.
YESTERDAY I went in there and
took a lantern with me. There on
the floor the Duke of Rawhlde had
arranged all the samples of Rocky
pantaloons with a good
deal of taste, and I don't suppose you
will believe it, but that blamed pup
is collecting all these little scraps to
make himself a crazy quilt.
You can talk about instinct in
animals, but SO far as the Duke of
Rtwhide Buttes l. concerned, it seems !
to me like ail.w0ol genius q yard
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
American Interests Affected.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The De.
partulent of State has received q copy
OF the proposed treaty between Great
Britain and Portugal by which
American Interests at Congo are az
fected. The terms Of the treaty are
not in accord with the views Of the
PRESIDENT on the subject as expressed
by him in his last message. The
treaty will be referred to he Senate
CommitLtee on Foreign Relations.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
He Said CLAW"
(Exchange.1

CAN this hard wood you export"
said the English tourist to the India
IA lumber, nan. t'all this maple and
beech, you know, where does it go?"
the man told him that most of
it went direct to Scotland, where it
was worked UP into boxes and churns
and paper folders from the ratters of
Burns cottage and the home of Sir
Walter Scott. And the tourist said
"Haw," and wrote something in
his note book.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
No Injunction Granted.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-Judge
Wallace in the United States Circuit
Court handed down an opinion this
morning in the suit of the Western
Union Telegraph Co. to restrain the
National and Baltimore & Ohio Tee
graph Companies from operating a
telegraph line over the West Shore
railroad. He declines to grant a pre-
lilninary injunction
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Genius and Talent.
popular Science Monthly.i

II VPu18K F1C4eN1sS O1V0ta1yl
Genius, as u rule, has made quite
too much Of itself. Having had the
field all to itself, has never been tired
of drawing a hard and fast line be-
tween itself and mere talent. Never
iheless, from the psychological point
of view, nothing Is palmer than the
fact that genius differs from mere
talent only by the Very slightest ex-
cess of natural gifts in a special d.
rectiOn.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Adulterated Food and Drank.

WASHINGTON, March 2s.-Tne
House Crmmi,tee Oh Commerce
agreed upon a bill to provide for the
inspection of meats for e~xportatioa.
and prohibiting the importation nj
adu'terated articles of food and
drink. The committee adopted that
portion OF the bill reported from the
y nate Committee on Foreig; Re-
latlons which referred to adulterated
food and drink.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Ice GOrwe.

ST. PAUL, March 27.-An ice gorge
norIned 10 front OF the city, Just
soove Wabash street bridge, between
minnesota Boat Club island and the
East Side. This threw the channel
nver the west side. An island of
noating Ice soon sawed away two
piers of the bridge, but no fnrther
was done. Efforts were
,naoe Ibis morning to blow up the
s"rge' out SO far have not proved
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Mackay's Kindness.

The Salt Lake Tribune says that
when Edwin Adams, the actor, was
dying, John, w. Mackay slipped into
his room one day when Adams was
out and left a check in a letter which
was couched in language as though
the check was in payment of an hons
est debt due from Mackay tc Adams.
When Adams died that letter was
found under his pillow.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Settlement Of Monies d ne States.

WASHINGTON, March 2~.-The
House Committee on Clains will
report favorably a bill authorizing
the settlement Of the claims of
several States Gnr interest on loans or
money expended by States in de-
Tense OF the Union during the late
war. Claims must be presented VITA.
IN n year after the passage of the
act.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

IfMiss Mary Anderson doesn't make
a fortune and find a rich husband it
will not be the fault nf the wires. She
is now the best advertised woman in
the world. Mrs. Langtry is com.
pletely forgotten in the fulsome no.
tices of this new star in the theatri,
cal Ornament.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

WAsHI>Gr ron, March 2e.-Ihe
House Com ui.tee on Lab r decided
to unanimously report favorabIy on
the bill maxim it q misdeineanor fer
any state or United States officer TO
hire out under contract any prisoner
confined for violation OF United
States law, under penalty Of a fue
and Imprisonment. The report accom-
panying the bill says the contract
81 stem is averse to reform, prisoners
frequently being treated as dumb
beasts.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
DaAylIe Inyestioation.

WARRINGTON, March 29.-W. J.
Dance, who occupied an office
where the former witness swore guns
were stored by the whites, denied
the truth Of the statement, He said
all the negroes he saw, about twerty-
i've or thirty, had pistols. The whites
did not shoot after the negroes ran.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

In one small village in the Ger
man Empire 4O3 persons became Sc
riously i'll and 68 died from trich-
nosis, but not a pound Of American
pork was used by the people. 1t was
the German hog that did it,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
The Berner Case.

CINCINNATI, March 2S.-The tx-
element over the Berner case is
growing. 1t is now reported that an
organization is frming among Ger
mans not only to hang Berner but
other prisoners in Jail charged with
murder.
VIM. Berner was quietly brought
before Judge Matthews ~ two o,cl9ck
this afternoon and sentenced to the
penltentlary for twenty years, that
being the full limit of the law, II ia
probable he will be taken to Colnm-
bus by the first train,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
COreau POl1teness.
(ChicagO Herald

A Corean Is so polite that if you
inquire after his heath, he answers:
'Tuanks to the honor you do me in
asking me such Il question; my health
is good" A sick man says to the
person who visits him; "rhauks to
your visits; l am hctter." II u Core
an speaks to a japanese he begins;
"You are go learned" ur you are 50
great" and if he meets 3 funeral he
stops it., aud, going up to the coffin,
says: Il profoundly regret the dealt,
of this vlrtuous ulan," even if he had
never seen . hearo Of the defunct.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Death of the Duke Of ALBANY.

LONDON. March ga dispatch
from Nice states that the death of the
Duke of Albany was due to the ef-
fects of a fall last evening at the
Circle Nantique.
The surprise at the sudden death of
the Duke of Albany was greatly
heightened by the fact being reported
that he had attended bachelors ball
at Nice last tuesday night and Was
looking in fine health. The Duchess
Of Albany is at the Claremont hotel.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
The Old-FashiOned Miniature.
(Chjcago Berald.]

[CnlCHgO BefaIu.J
Photographic likenesses r no lon
ger considered the thing for the rich,
the great, Or the beautiful either in
England OF in this country. The
old fashioned ivory-painted minia-
ture is nov the rage, and if the
"counterfeit presentuent" is not
quite SO true to nature IS those that
the sun paints for US, it leaves the
field open for artistic fattery and
idealiziny. An English artist iately
came over here, hoping to paint the
bellies and beauties OF the new world
in miniature.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
A Long Felt Want,

WASHINGTON, March 28.-The
House COMMITTEE on Post Offices and
Post Roads to day instructed Repre-
sentative Kieiner to report favorablv
the bill authorizing the Postmaster
General to lease and pay rent for use
of premises for second and third class
and branch post offices.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Ohio cyclones are on the war path
The one that passed through the vii.
lage Of Scipio in that State killed one
person and seriously injured two
others, who were in a building when
it went down.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Mr.. William Pitt Kellogg wants to
be tried right away. He is probably
afraid Walsh will get tired Of his
hiding place, and show himself
where he may be s%ubpoen@d as a
60 7ernment witness. Hence Kel-
logg 10 hurrying the trial.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

A government reward of S25, 900
will be offered to the enterprising
party who will rescue or ascertain the
fate OF the Greeley expedition. Hero
Is a chance to make a stake without
running for office.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Eight hours is now considered a
full days labor in Government navy
yards. If the same rule were OBJ
served in all a%vocations pursued, we
would have a healthier aud wiser
people, if not SO wealthy.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

NEW YORK, March q, -Tha
h hsnhk Line executive conm;'t ne
He,u q meeting to day at Com,n;s e
s1"ier funk's office. The prin"ims,
,vp.o o. discussion was the stahl;ir%aa
hnnie org proposed railway cl.ar;ms
noase, Which was preached st r'ng
Tr,nE ne Ttng OF the residents of IT, te.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
e for Murder.

JACKSON, Mich, March 2s.-Dan.
=. Hoicoh6 and Jud. d. Crouch wera
tms morning held for trial in ,ha
Circuit Court charged with the mnro
der OF Jacob d. Crouch. The aocnsoa
nrara a decision without any ex-
preston. There was a n,nrm -
approval in the audienea. IL u
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
what the Newspapers Saw,

BERLIN, March 2s.--Several news.
paLers here assert that Sargent has
nNecIined to acrept the Appointment Of
Mllnlster at St. Petersburg. They
say ne intends TO retire from diplo.
matlo service aud return GO the
Unlted States with the expectation
1 re-entering the Senate.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
Assisted

LONDON, Mach 2S.-The govern
ment shipped by the steamer Gre
clan, which lett Glasgow for Boston
March 22nd, 27O imlnigrants taken
from the workhouse Of Swinford.
County Mayo, ireland.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Denver's recent disastrous wind
storm will take the conceit out of
some Of the newspapers In that city.
They have learned there is something
can blow harder than they a II
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

DOVER, N. H., March 28.-The
water flowing overt the Cocheton dam
this morning measured As inches
oVer the lush boards, the highest for
~ years: Fears are expressed tor the
saIety at several bridges above the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

General Graham made a water
haul day before yesterday. When he
arrived at Tamnieb the Arabs had
folded their tents and silently stole
AWAY.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Mitchell, the English pugulist, has
learned the American system of hip
podroming. "There's millions in it."
and the clever young boxer is after
his share"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

And now Connecticut has turned
her face against woman suffrage.
Tie movement is being snubbed all
around.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Ielephoning is now reduced to
such a fine point thst the merest
whisper uttered il Boston may be
heard in New York. There is hope
for Tilden vet.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

The millennium is coming. The
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher recently
publicly complimeated a Democratic
editor.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

What kind Of Liberals haye they
in Ireland that will divide seats
with Orangemen to defeat ParneIl~
ite'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

The New York legislature is NOV
ing against oleomargarine end other
substitutes for butter,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

The dreaded nihilists are disturb
ing the peace of Bismarck. The
American hog may take a vacation
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Mr.. Carl Schurz doesn't want a
testimonial fund. Who ever heard
of an eoitOr that did?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Augustus SchelI, an eminent citi-
zen of New York city, died the 9th
inst.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Montreal is threatened with q free
bath. The st. Lawrence is rapidly
rising.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29
OCHhTREB MAKES A
E

The recent introduction of some
meaningless resolutions by the House
Foreign Affairs Committee touching
the Lasker business, gave the Texa-
orator his longed-for opportunity to
thrill the House and sta,tle the coun.
try with his eloquence. The World
gives the following humorous account
of his stupendous effort: He brushed
his solferino hair back from biz noble
bro y and for the space of about ten
minutes his nervous ecstacy was equal
to that of a crested jay-bird twit:er-
ing on a swinging limb. He pro-
, nounced q beautiful eulogium upon
the patriotic Lasker, denounced Con-
gress for its pusillanimity and dis
tributed fragments of history, gath
cred in the Congressional Library,
with a reckless extravaganza equalled
only by the lavishress with which
the Tt xas cowboy wastes his wealth
when :'spreeing." When he reached
the case Of Bismarck his %invective
revived recollections of The great Fox
and the impassioned Mirabeau. He
branded him as a ~"sycophant of i'm
perialism" and charged him with be-
ing "intoxicated with the alcohol of
egotism." Mr.. Ochiltree was reading
from Xenophon, John Stuart MIL,
Carl Schurz and Artemus Ward
when his time expired and his flow
of eloquence was cut of: A member
from Missouri, Mr.. Cosgrove, oo-
jected to granting the bold Texas
statesman the proud privilege Of
printing his sreerh in the Record.
There's q thing you can't STOP"
responded Mr.. Ochiitree-"that's the
press" And Mr.. Ochiltree is right.
The press will e that his fame is
properly cared for. A man who has
the sublime courage to publicly charge
Bismarck with being drunk on the
alcohol of egotism must be preserved.
Morning Journal: The genial.
witty editor of the Burlington Hawk-
eye, Mr.. Burdette, has, we regret to
say, had all the fun knocked out of
him for several days, if not weeks. to
come, by an irate Irishman who
could not see the point of his jokes
On the st. Patrick's Day procession
in that city. At Charlottesville, In
Indiana, another editor has been SCI
verely handled by a road contractor
whose g~ravelling he had ventured
harsbly to criticise. These assaults
upon the liberties of the pre- in the
West cannot be too severely con
demned. The Burlington attempt to
rob the funny man" of n of his
stalest s~tock-in-trade jokes. if fol-
lowed up by others, will soon bank
rupt the Western wits. The mother
in-law, the woodshed, the poem on
will soon find their avengers.
and the Chicago girls foot and st.
Louis girls ear will not lack for
bloodthirsty : champions. That u
Western contractor should attempt
to macadamize bis road with edito-
rial bones is an outrage. Western
journalism, we are afraid, Is on the
decline.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

Freedom a battle once begun.
Requeathed from bleeding sire to son..
Though otter. lost is ever W0n.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-29

secretary OF war has
taken the trouble to contradict the
silly report that he would resign his
portfolio in the event of the Presl-
dent signing the Fitz-John Porter
bill, on the ground that he should
consider 1t an insult to the memory
Of his illustrious father. If Mr.. Lin
coin were alive to-day he probably
would be among the first men in
the country to do justice to a
gallant officer who was wrongfully
accused, tried on incomplete testi-
mony, and so wrongfully condemned.
Mr.. Lincoln was always ready to
right a wrong. He was. above all
things, just. The country will be
glad to see that his son Is following
in his footsteps.
OF course President Arthur wants
Congress to appropriate a few mil>
lions to construct three or four war
vessels. The Presidential election is
coming IN apace and 1t is necessary,
from Mr.. Arthur's point Of view,
that the navy yards be filled with
his strikers and that a few hundred
thousands Of the appropriation be
diverted into the electioneering
fund. During the past fifteen years
over $3.50, OOO, 600 have been expended
upon our navy and we haven't q
decent war vessel o anything else
to show for IL except the election of
q few Republican Presidents. Not
another cent should be appropri.
ated for the navy until an honest
administration comes into power.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-27
Western Associated Press in Its Own
Behalf

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Some DAYS ago the
Journal Of Commerce commented unfavor
ably on the Associated Press in connection
with the election returns from New York.
and expressed an opinion that Mr.. White
law Reid Of the Tribune had exercised an
undue share of influence in the work. This
morning the Journal Of Commerce contains
an editorial on the subject which was writ
ten after Mr. David NJ. Stone, the
editor had inquired into the facts.
Il is as follows: The ioint
executive committee OF the Western and
New York Associated Press met yesterday to
investigate the mplaints which have been
made from both parties concerning the re-
ports Of the late political campaign up to
and including the returns from the late
election. After careful sitting, facts of in
terest were established beyond controversy.
In justice to ourselves and others we state
the arrangements for reporting the pro-
eeedings of the convention, the accent
ance Of the nominations and the savings and
doings Of the several candidates were
shown to be as perfect as could be well de-
vised and wholly without partisan bias.
Any seeming Partially to one or the other
side in the dispatches received were cor
rected at once by Mr.. VIM. Henry Smith,
the general agent, and all that human in
genuity could devise was done TO give
RELIABILITY TO THE RETURNS
We stated on the 18th inst, that, as other
members of the executive committee had not
been active, the election returns appear to
have been collected under the entire sOlicita-
ton Of the Tribune. The latter attended a
meeting of the board just before election,
and was understood, in answer to a ques-
ton from the president TO have given au-
thority for such an assertion. 1t is now
stated and accepted that he did not intend
by his answer to give this impression, and
that neither he personally nor his
associates had anything 10 do
with the supervision of returns. In regard
to the collection OF New York state returns
the Journal further states that so far as the
action Of the general manager Of the associ-
ated press or tine control Of the machinery
Is concerned, there is no cause for com
plant, and concludes as follows: s.Exactlv
how the returns from that state took on the
partisan character they assumed we need
not say. but we are satisfied that no orders