The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-24

s, W. IanQhorne. Gailatin; J. B. Hnbbell, Gu
ter; T. E. Collins, Choteau; John F. McClintocl
Messs sne5nt =; H M,I roinde1 z acs Bdsye. 5etserso "
Chairman Democratic Central Committee.
6. d. &C RTIs, Secretary.
1t is said the happiest man in Wal
street ia he who has his little tin be-
full of first-class securities.
The assertion that Gin the brigh
lexicon Of youth there is no sue;
word as fail" does not apply to tn
young Grants.
1t is hoped and believed that not
solitary vote in a Democratic Con
gress will be recorded against the bill
to retire General Grant on pay a
general Of the army.
An exchange rises t, remark tina
next to keeping hotel, the business o
being President is probably the on'
in which it is most difficult to please
everybody.
Representative Robinson moved in
the House the other day to abolish
the Office of minister to Great Britain.
and denounced Lowell ss the lick
spittle of a monarchy.
At a recent meeting of the Young
Mems Democratic League IN Ere
mont, OHIO, the home of Hayes, that
distinguished reformer was de-
nounced az q monumental fraud"
The House will have it's work done
and be ready for final adjournment
by June II. If the session of Com
gress is protracted beyond that date,
the responsibility must rest with the
Senate.
New Hampshire Democrats in
State convention declare for tariff
reform, and in as many words for
the ticket of '76. Their delegates
will, however, go to Chicago unin-
structed.
A st. Louis paper says the Lord
tempers the wind to the shorn lambs
of Wall street. Summer is at hand,
the walking is good and tramps al
ready on the road report that there is
very comfortable sleeping in the hay
ricks now.
The latest and by all odds the most
novel device to save life at fires has
betn put INTO practice in st. Louis,
where the German Turner's have Or
~emter'sr nesras.as "tblatqs ybr WHY
height and hand down the children
and women safely.
Congressman Paige, of Cleveland,
visited Gramercy Park recently, and
on his return to Washington an
nounced unequivocally that Tilden
will be nominated and will accept.
''then," he added, 1--WE can all 90
fishing and let the campaign run
ITSELF"
"Barkis Is willin." General But>
Ter accepts the nomination for the
Presidency at the hands of the
National ADti-M Monopoly organiza-
ton. In his letter of acceptance
Bntler processes to be thankful for
the distinction conferred upon him.
AS that nomination and acceptance
segregates him from the Democratic
party the latter is very thankful too.
The English census returns show
the great ::preponderance of widows
over widowers. There were in 1881
close upon 100000 widows in
England and Wales, the number of
being less than half as
many. Of these 1000, 900 widows
1900 were under tnIrty>hve years
II age. In Ireland and Scotland the /
number Of widows was in each case ]
hree times that of the widowers. j.,
The Boston Herald answers a cor ,
espondent who asks what it would 6
70 If the Republicans should nomi- !!
tote Blaine and the Democrats But :
or, by relating the story II the col
red preacher who said: my bred
en-, dar ar, two roads in dis worl':
leads to perdition and de oder to
SIN dat case" said !,
ne OF his hearers, ''dis niger will =
Ike to the woods.n :
Queen Victoria is not often per. 7
laded to deviate from a course upon a.
hich she has once fixed her will, il
I'd 1t is very doubtful if the petition e,
sned by 1900 or more Englishmen a
Ill induce her to restore to his rank +
the army Baker Pasha, the Col. F
alentine who was the instructor Of st
@ Prince of Wales and who was pl
to service abroad by an I'M OF
worry episode in the compartment hi
q railway carriage. te
Herald: Mr.. Tilden was su
of the pall>bearers at the funeral IA
Charles O'Conor. This distin W
shed statesman and n of the. De
attest lawyers in the world We're VI
'se friends for many years. Mr.. ar
den wrote 0ne.half of the brief ne
itch presented his case 10 the Elec> th'
al Commission and Mr.. O'Conor M
other halt. In reading it it was pr
d to determine where Mr.. Til Is
Is work ended and Mr.. O'Conor's as
an. po'
re-. VIII
he list Of delegates to the Chicago The
1vention next month contains the ast
mes OF ninety-four men who were hos
nbers OF the Convention of four has
rs ago. OF these sixty-three sup. An,
ted Grant, twenty voted for ind
Inc, six for Sherman, three for the
nunds. and two for Washburne Ec,