The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-02
The Semi Weekly Miner.
BUTTE, FEB. 9, 1884.
The suspended Leadville banks
are all right, and will resume opera
tiOna next Monday.

Porter Bill yesterday by u vote q
1874 yeas to - nays-more than
two-thirds majority.
And now II looks as though ia,
Gould would soon. control the North
ern Pacific. The road might fall II
much worse hands than Mr.. Gould's
senator Ingalls, says he would moi
accept II United States ~Judgeshil
even II were offered to him. Ii Kan
sas had a Republican Governor,
Senator Ingalls, would say nothing
but take the Judgeship.
How fleeting Is the bauble fame.
IL was but u short time ago that the
name Of Window was on every
t%ongue-in print in every newspa-
per. Where is he now: Echo III
swers: Where IL he now:
Dennis Kearney IL heard from
again ~ the leader Of whiskey, hot
coffee and doughnut sellers in the
attempt to jump some land near san
Francisco. The blatherskitr and his
comrades were sunlmarily elected
from the grounds.
Portland, Oregon. wants an appro-
priation from Congress Of $50, 900
for the Improvement Of the Columbia
and Willamette rivers. This Con,
gress IL not In u mood for making
many appropriations Of this charac-
ter and Oregon may have to wait
awhile for what she wants.
Ben Butler declares emphatically
that he has no Presidential or other
political aspirations. SO said Blaine
u few months ago: and General
thing with y forty-foot pole. Arthur.
Logan and John Sherman to hear
from.
An exchange asks: "Will some
II suggest the name OF any one bet
ter qualified to cauterize the Mormon
cancer, ~ governor of Utah. than ex-
Governor Butler" What is the
matter of Governor Murray: Hasn't
he been doing soine stalwart cauteriz-
ing business while In Office:
Senator Logan Is accused OF read
ing y speech prepared Ivy the late III
men,cd against General Porter.
Isn't this y rather shabby proceed |
ing on the part of y Presidential
ssPirant" Garfield's ghost should
not he called upon to aid the Senator
III his persecution OF Fils John Prr-
ter.
The Democratic wnol-srowes of
Ohio and the Republican w~ool-grow-
err ARE desperate. They want the
reduction on the tariff made NY the
last Republican Congress repealed;
but the Democrats are for free trade
and the Republicans want Ia let
things stand ~ they are. Between
the two m%illstonss the wocl-growers
sre being ground to death-so they
think.
The Senate is overwhelmed with
petitions praying for the passage Of
laws prohibiting the sale Of liquors
in the District NJ C,lu"attN and he
Territories. The Senate ma pessi-
bly, br prevailed upon to restrict the
sale Of liquors in the Territories. hut
il will hardly deny itself the priv
ilsge of taking its beef tea" IT the
bars attached ~ the restaurants un-
der the Capitol building. The petit
lions were referred. They will stay
referred.
financial cad Mining .NtIrS. Some
cruel man down in Washington has
suggested that Alaska be made \
penal colony, Better thsu that. 10
ensure y numerous population. let it
he made u home or refuge for diSap-
pointed otice-seekers and broken.
down ConsreS>meu. every inmate IL
rank as Governor and have cc-sousl
power. Ii that wouldn't be All iusti-
tuition worth going thousands Of
miles Io sex. We are Very much mis-
taken.
Ex-Speaksr ksiter is being hauled
over the raal> by the House Sub
committee on Accounts. Ii finds
that kriter removed the House |
stsuographer merely 10 sivethe plSce $
{" his nephew. AMI that the lStter has I
done no work ~ earn the salary paid |
Ann. l\ei.sr Is IA worse than hum l.
ir<is ot r,her Hepuhl cans who have {
their little brief su.hrri,y 10 r
Sdvane' their W or their friends :
interests, |, seems ~ be y pSrt y tthe v
platform u that pSrtv for v
Its members ~ take every SdvSntSss \
~ their official positions 10 SSueSfs Il
all they possibly can gu Of Uncle {
Sans pNrks,NNA. /
Gen. Grrscu"-ssyS 4 Why intel. |,
liSsnI jerusalem correspondent NJ the Il
Il NJ those who believe I
the o,temsu empire is - hs over. L
surneS by the fSn-.\rSbir SllI Fan q
is!suii' movement u which ASbi
MAS the representative. and whose Of
n>e has y been assumed by the :,
NShGi under circumstances far more =
likely ~ insure sucrs~: for not ONLY =
has he the prestige vi belonging, w -
70 belong, Ia The family y. AZ
the knriSh. in which Nohsu,usi :"
rested the Csliphsss. hu. the move =
hiss assn initiated in regions =
inaccessible IL EuopSn ~ in -"
';sSI ~ IN the bSnk q the Susz "
canal snd the shores Of the Ne!itsc. :
-snsAn. ~ wSs the cS>s with ANsi." !"
NN~hasJN.-aoh The repeal Of the 9
Nd ioon-tlsi oath which has passed. *
he House o. Representatives is xiv -
uI serious concern ~ some Of ,hs "