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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04

spirit of the composer of the 'Mikado." The
only"
saw at Demonco's unique silk flag about
to be presented to the Seventh Regiment. 1t
decorated one corner Of the catafaque that bore
the remains of General Grant The staff is of
the cedar left over in making the coffin; its point
is gold litter taken from the casket; beneath
it is piece of steel from the steel case; beneath
this copper ferul,, from the copper case. orna-
Inented with repousse work OF stars. The staff
is circled with bands made from the solid silver
from which the handles were cut; while a section
OF one of the handles is set in the staff at the
grip, engraved with Memorial: General Ulysses
S. Grant. Presented to the Seventh Regiment
by Sergeant Stephen W. Merritt, B Co." On
each side of the inscription is band of the pur
pie velvet with which the casket was covered
Merritt is son of the undertaken. who is now
running as an independent candidate for the
Senate against Gibbs
AT the Fifth avenue Hotel one evening this
week | met Governor Van Zandt. of Rhode Is
He said, in explanation, I'm going to leave this
COMPOUNDED house. if Ben Butler doesn't Three
times this evening have been mistaken for But
Ter. Hanged if | like it, Butler Is a handsome
man, but it isn't impossible to get enough of
good thing"
The same evening met in the Democratic
crowd at the Hoffman Milton Savler, late mem
Der of Congress of Ohio. now practcing law
here. asked him if ali Ohio was coming here.
mo" he said mo; there are only four of us
Democratic members of Congress from Ohio
Southland, Tom Ewing, Sam Cox and myself.
James NJ. Ashley is bore, but he is in the rail
road bus mess and so doesn't count"
W. A. CRoFFUT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
A Centenarian Immigrant.

PIttsburg Dispatch.
Among the ten carloads of immigrants who
passed through this city yesterday afternoon on
their way West was old woman who at
tracted universal attention. Her name was
kathrina Miksch, and she over 100 years
of age. Her form was bent. and her face COW
cred with wrinkles, but her step was still COM
paratively firm. She was accompanied by her
eat-grandson, boy almost nineteen years of
age. The old lady cannot speak word of En-
glish, but the boy. who has been in this country
several years. has almost mastered the language
To little crowd of gentlemen who gathered
around him at the depot yesterday, he told the
following story: "His former home was in b.
hemia Five years ago his father emigrated to
America and settled on farm i'm Nebraska
The farm prospered, and last spring his father
decided to have his grandmother brought over
from the old country. The old lady was afraid
to attempt the trip at first, but she finally
agreed to come If her great-grandson would come
over and accompany her. The boy went over
in the latter part of July. and. after settling up
the old lady's little estate. the return trip was
commenced Mrs. Mksch com pleted her first
century in July, three years ago. All her chill
dren, of whom there were nine, are dead, and
her nearest relative is the grandson with
whom she is going to live. She is very cheerful
and happy, and fully expects to survive the
storms of several winters yet to como"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
A Fault of the Stage.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t has grown to be grave fault of the Amari-
can stage as, sorry ID say, it has long
been fault of the American pulpit, the Ameri-
can press and the American rostrum, TO play
down to its audience The theory or occasion OF
this is in each case Identical IL is that the
greatest good will be attained by catering to the
morbid taste and ignorance of the greatest num-
ber and the result is identical in the deteriora-
ton Of standards, the vulgarzing of methods
and the descent to lower planes of thought and
instruction.
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He Went Up Head.


The candidate from Kentucky was before the
Civil service Commission. What is the mean
ing of idemP asked the examiner. Whisky
promptly answered the candidate. "Whisky.n
exclaimed the Disguised commissioner. You
want TO be chief of the Bureau of Education,
and fail on "A question that any school-boy in
America can answer. Idem means the same
Well replied the candidate. that's whisky
all over my State He got q 81. 900 postoHice
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A Word to the Wise.
Boston TRANSCRIPT

bOstUn IranBcrIpt.
President Ito directors)-"Dont you think,
gentlemen. that it will be we'll to have our eyes
on Mr.. Nimble, the cashier2' Director-'.Why
what is there wrong about Mr.. Nlmblef always
supposed him to be a most exemplary man, and
honest to fault" President-'Yes but il is
my painful duty to inform you that he has Just
been vaccinated.' Director-'But what does
that signifyi President-'.Nothing in itself
perhaps; but suppose you are aware that the
smallpox is raging in Montreal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
"A Poor Young Man to His Girl.

A jewel rare are you. dear Anne,
But can you use a frying pan?
Or get meal for hungry mani
Oh. will wed you if you can,
Sweet Anne.
Your dainty fingers WELD fan,
But can they wash pot or pant
Sweep, bake and brew? Oh, if you can
l am, in truth the very man,
Sweet Anne
You work in Kensington, fair Anne.
Play, sing and dance, but if you can
Well mend my pants, none other than
Myself can worship like this man,
Sweet Anne
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

-..,-. mich ledEto the dining room,
sssd ,henN1fk3Dueh the sius,ke dawn
sirg1aL1ssStrsst When a.. sa rsr
~ -lhesafFest he faiated away.
sSd5hasa "a be carried bodiiy 10 tno
Tnfte5sonxho0se. where he ana MS
Iit. werxk4Iven &fuite nf 0Oliis.
The fire which destroyed the Lang
h.,, hotel last1nIkht proved mucn
..ora dreadful in the l0se OF life and
..hvsi,.l injuries entail@d than Was
.sn:,unsed until. IN early hour this
,n1rnin9. Il Is now knaIwd that ~
i.s.t Ave persons were killed and
H,,Ir Injured Just before the 0utn
wail a the hotel fell upon the f'Axnn
building . plumber If pers0ns b. Sides
those OF the fife insurance patrol were
lu-id~ t - lslrrr baslai" ny assisting 10
save gods Ne mo- tys mediate DANGER
was s..prehendrd. Tneie 10 no means
uf In ,wsnR just hs,w many Oh lorse
vulunte~r~h+lps r. Vert In the strCct
ure at t le time, hut ex AVIATION = nave
pr.n.reu.d tO aIi . < eul which justl1es
me hope that all the dead have been
found.
SOON after the wall fell the wreck
took fire ana the 6r. m.n turned sev-
e. ri st, cams on the nlazlI 8 snass t.
.aye theire mrsd-s fioln being roas'-
ed to .dea b, tue, gu 1T the inlnint Mt
rick Of dio xnina Them. Afterwards
the ice and cold drenched the poor
Imprisoned fellows, chilling them t.
the marrow. NJ e.. BrlkDsp, who
was Killed by Jumping from the upper
window, was the widow OF Col. Bel
khan. VINO died some years ego ~
New Ofleans. She has many friends
IN Cincinnati. Her remains are still
ut the city morgue.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
POINT SETTLED.

Alta large meeting Of eolorrd PEG.
pie recently held ut Norfolk, Virgin
Il, the question: Can . co1ored oiti.
zen become = Democrat through
principle ?" was discussed. The dit
cus.i,n Is represented a. having been
conducted with marked ability, and
th, re was a good deal "f eloquence.
The speakers n the affirmative side
Of the question maintained that the
negroes did not owe their freedom to
the Republican party, but to the war
for III 41r liberation, and heartily
commended the utterauces OF Presi-
dent Cleveland In bis inaugural in
regard.to the freedmen. They found
no obstacle in their way to become
Democrats. Tue negative rpeeches
were of the wild war-issue character,
full ofloud praise of Senator Malone,
who was styled "the best friend the
colored people ever had" When it
came to . vote, the audience being
judges, the decision was almost IMAM
imously in favor Of tho proposition
that y colored citizen can become a
democrat through principle. This Ia
significant only q. showing that the
negroes are making progress In po-
litical knowledge and opinion, and
~ they advance they are learning
how they have been bambooxled and
by the Republicans under the
guise Of friendship.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

Edward J. Phelps, nominated to-
day Minister to England, is y prOlli-
inent lawyer Of Burlington, VT. He
is about SIXTY years If age and pos
SCISSOR 1T q moderate fortune. He Is
An .x-President Of the Bar AssOcla-
ton aud has practiced before the Su-
preme Court In Washington and is
highly esteemed as q lawyer and man
of culture. He has several times
been q candidate for Governor of Yer
mont, but 90 t .r rs known has never
had any pub ic office. For two years
past he has delivered lectures on law
to the gradus1iny class of Yale C,l-
lege. Mr.. Phelps IL q son of +x-Sen-
ator PHELPS of Vermont. Senator
E imonds was his legal precertor.
Phelps Is u personal friend of JUS
tice Field of the Supreme Court, wpo
speaks In the highest terms of his
learning and ability.
Rob.rt McLane nominated IA Min
lister to France, is the present g ,veI-
nor of Maryland. Henry r Jackson,
nominated AS Ministtr 10 Mexico, il
u native of Georgia aud sixty-four
wears Of agr. He was y graduate Of
Yale College in 1899 and shortly at
forwards was admitted to the bar.
He was a CuIonelin a Georgia rexi-
tnent in the Mexican War and fOs ne
four succeeding wears WIS q Judge
in the Eastern c:rcu t of Georgia. In
1858 he was SENT to Vienna, Austria,
to represen It the United States, where
ne remained i've years. During thu
rebellion he was q Southern Briga-
dier-General and had command Oh
the upper /, tomac.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
DYNAMITE IN WAR.

Dynamite will have an important
part In the worlds next great wsr.
and foreign diplomatists, Is well as
American military exper's, regarded
with much interest the test Of dy0am-
it, ~projectlles which took p ace on
the banks o fthe Pot m &C, near Wash
iogton. recently, under The direction
If the Senate Military Committee.
Much doubt has b ZEN entertained as
to the possibility. Of safely firing from
\ cannon . dynamite projec,ile of
sufficient power 10 destroy a first
class chip of wal, bat it is said that
one of the six-incn shells used at the
time FAMED would have sunk any
unarmtd ship af at, and severely
racked the heaviest ironclad. Eight
inch Shells containing t~hirty-five
pounds of nitro-glycer:ne, are soon to
be tested, and it is believed that the
new engine of war will be ~irresistl.
bic, whatever the strength of an emf
my's feet. Its production may SIM
plify the profile =. of the defense of
our seacoast, and the latest develop
ments confirm the conviction that
this nation may, at the expense of
less than its average annual surplus
Of revenue in recent years. make it's
harbors improbable to the assaults
Of any foreign power.
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AcoMPRomsR.

1uasmuch Is many Eastern people
are opposed to silver money, some Of
the ffiehds OF tue white metal are
oiIering what they are pleased to
term : compfomise. It Is to ooin
gold-silvsr pieces-thst is TO say one
half Of tine face value Of the piece
shalt be silver, the other gold. This
tying the two metals togethtr u thus
esmmented upon BY . writer on f.
nance: els coin could be made
o~ae-halfin gold and one-h.lfin value
silver, 90 trait any fall Of the gold
value Of the silver In the proposed
coin would be oounterhsianced BY
the resulting lncsesse il the silver
value Of the gold In the said coin,
could not the aggregate value Of the
gold and silver Up the coin, measured
in commodities, remain unchanged,
the rise and fall Of ifs two COM
pon~nt parts just balancing each
other7 II 90, will not the making Of
such coin meet the present pro lem
of how to use gold and silver without
incurriDg the risk Of having one of
them exported, thus depriving the
couutty Ut the use Of the two met
alsf" The solution thus offered Of
the silver problem Is ! feasible one.
The question remains IL it is the best
possible one. II t'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

Since the withdrawal Of the men,
bers of the Senate to take places In
President Cleveland's Cabinet, 2 re-
cast Of the Senate has been made.
On the 'tasjs oftwo vacancies exist
ing, Que from Oregon and tn. ether
from IIiuti.; the count stands
Republicans So. Democrats Sum
known qualify senator Riddlebsrger,
who declines to attend the caCcnses
of either party. He has Republican
leanings. however. and his colleague.
Eenator Malone, has cast his for
tunes permanently with the Repab-.
licau party. u Ex-senator Riddleberger,
Washington correspondent ssys he
IL bent uroa playing the role OF .
free lance. -
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

C cine, the new apUsthetic. has
grest,y s5liessd8 S6.0 riaaSas aAsss
Jugs. aud - Il pay be u:el to pro-
ducr l cal lnse6sl6ihty:: wat1out af-
feeting the general CONSEQUENCES. ito
yalne promises to be excet dinghy
gTns fact hat If hss been en-
sploysd IL Gen. Crafts ase has given
IL e<p -cial proasipeneesI I'm recent dis
CUSHIONS, aud in his address before
the Womsn's Medical College, OF
Pennsylvania. d.. Keen, the dis.
tingushs d pref-sorof surgery, lnF<eddl
that its discovery ought tosilence the
.bjecters to yiyisection, for without
experimt nts on animals it, value
would still remain unknown. It will
not silence Henry Bergh, OF. couis..
but the great majority of people will
not eondena vivistc.ionH only It Il
Ipractisrd - humanely - possible,
aud never unnecessarily.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
THE NEW POSTAL LAW.

One of the laws that was passed in
the closing hours of the last Congress,
and received the approval of the
President on the rorning of lnaugu.
ration Day itself, was one known as
the quick delivery postal law. 1t
provides that the Postmaster General
may designate Especial delivery !"
Offices at any free delivery office, and
at any city, town Or village contain
ing 1900 people; that a special 10 cent
stamp affixed to any letter in adj
dltion to the regular postage, shall
entitle such letter to immediate de-
livery, within one mile of any post
ofiice SO designated as a special de-
livery office, at any time between Z
o'clock In the morning and midnight
A receipt book will be kept like
those used by telegraph companies,
and q record of the number cf such
letters will be kept by the postmas ter.
The special messenger is to Re paid
out OF the extra postage, but in no
case is to receive more than $50 per
month. This system may be found
of me use in cities, where such
specially stamped letters may to a
certain ex'eat take the place Ct a
district telegraph. It has a powerful
rival in the telephone, however, tor
local uses; and for long distances It
of course compete with the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer is responsible for the state
ment that Secretary Bayard offered
Mr.. Peudleton the office Of first
assistant secret ary Of state, made
vacant by the appointment Of John
Davis % be q member Of the court of
claims. Mr.. Bayard did this in good
faith because he regards the place as
second only to q cabinet portfolio.
Mr.. Pendleton, however, refused to
accept because he aims to represent
this government at the court Of st.
James. The fact that this offer was
made Is. in the opinion Of the corre-
spondent. IN open manifestation that
Mr.. Pendlet ms aspiration In this
direction is one Of great embarrass-
ment. The President, 1t il believed,
Is quite anxious to offer the Englist
mission to Senator Thurman, and
doubtless will do 90. He IL also
anxious to provide for Ex-senator
Mcdonald. If the latter will take
the place he will te made Solicitor
General, an Office Of much dignity,
having its duties chiefly In the
United States Supreme Cnurt. For
office General Durbin Ward and
e. -CoUgpsssman Follett, Of Ohio,
have laid siege.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
A DISGUISED NAN.

Our dispatches say that Ex Com.
missioner Of Internal Revenue Evan,
is greatly disguised. He has GOOD
reason to be. Several months ago an
election was held In this country in
which MI. Evans took an active part,
He labored for Blame with all the
power Of an Internal Revenue Com.
missioner and Blaine was beaten,
That happened In November, A. D.
1884. Since that time only four briel
months elapsed, but Mr.. Evans
seemed to have forgotten the little
episode of MI. Cleveland's election.
Al any rate he rlodded along in his
laborious t9k without regard to the
new order Of things that had set in
since the suspicious 4th of March,
md when . new Commissioners of
Internal Revenue made his respect
full bow Mr.. Evans feigned the Ut
most surprise. Any other head Of a
department would have had manners
enough 70 resign and ave himself
and the:Rfesident some embarrass-
meut, but Mr.. Evans want the kind
OF aipatriot to resign q ak thousand
dollar Office In favor OF any hateful
Democrat He only tieh:ened hi,
grip, shut his eyes and wait. d for
further Developments. He did not
have to wait long, and hence the
tears. Hence ais sundry indignant
Mr.. Evans IL making him
self ridiculous. He should 60 and
never mind the order of his going.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

The long talked OF monument to
the soldiers and sailors Of New York
who fell. In the late war has at list
assumed practical shape. Plans and
specifications are now being prep ared
by . committee Of citizens aud veter-
ans Of which Alex. e Orr and Mayor
Low are active rembere. The mon
ument is to be a fett high, 40 feet
square at the base, Of granie, and on
the four sides will be lifs-size br ,oze
statues Of Washington, Jackson,
Scott and Grant. It will cost about
$4,000. It will probably be erected
in Prospect Park.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

WASHINGTON, March % -Envcys
Extraordinary and Ministers Pier i.
pntentiary If the United s ates
Edward J. Phelps, of. Vernon, t
Great Britain, H.nry A. J ok son,
# Georgia, to Mexico; Robert M.
McLs"e, IF Maryland, to France.
he, amin H. Hill. Jr., United States
Att''rne. fir the n. t4ern Dist riot al
Georgia. David s. B .ker, Jr., United
1t .te+ Attorney for the District Of
Rhode Is and.
The Supreme Court of the Uaited
States to-day sustained the decision
IT the conr1 below. n favor of the
B lard of Commissioners appointed
und. the Ei"unds act to Supervise
elections in Utah.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
The Exposition.

NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-The
c.lebrati"n of the g .rmar day ut ,h-
Exp'w,ti u and the eixhty-eighth
birthday Of the E "psror of Germany
was q grand sue . s.. Ten thousand
people We're in and about Mu &c hall.
The ouening sreech was made bv
John K~ruttDchnitt. German Consul.
and addresses were al-o made b.
Charles F. Buck, Michsel Hahn and
Others.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
WEEKLY MINER
aBUTrE, MARCH Is. lse6i

Toe death cf 5sna'oe Bridger Ut
the I!TIpnis Legislature leaves thst
tody site on tut bail,t. Two mem
bers ab.vei died since the Legislature
conxelsu-o1e DemocrAt and one
r apubiicsn. The election Of .
United States 8enator seems ~ far
of nov - when the session mrs.
commenced.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

The San Antonio Times ladies out
wisdom something like this; ''T.x ss
has enough women If they would
only be sensible enough t. mary In
dustrious. generous-heartsd cow
boys and make them happy, instead
of entertaining dudes In their par
lors and dissipating their lives in
idle gossip and fashionable, frivilous,
airy nothingness." Did, ever oc-
cur to the Times that the ''indus-
trious. generous-hearted cowboy +"
might possibly have something to
saw in the m stter2
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

S. f. Chronicle: Europe Will soon
be too smalla place for the anarch-
lists who wish to remove" crowned
heads. Germany has entered into .
treaty with Russia for the sxtrsdi-
ton of oonspirators sgainst the lives
OF royalty, and France has shown
her temper on the subject by expell-
log three Fenians from her TERRI
tory. Switzerlandtand England have
long beet, the asylums Of socialists,
but London promises soon to afford
no shelter for them. How long
swi'serlapd will hold out against the
united sentiment Of Europe 1t Il diff
fcult to say, but the next century
will probably see an iron-bound. mu-
tual compact against these disturbers
of royal security. ;
To many people 1t may seem
strange that the price Of beet remains
high while other commodities have
declined TO a marked degree. But to
one who gives the matter a thought
the c4use becomes app aren't. Capital
and labor can break millions Of acres.
of new land in . single season and
plant 1t with wheat or corn. Any
kind of manufactured product can bs
multiplied rapidly whenever it pays
to do so. But an enlarged demand
and high price tor beef cannot be
readily responded to by an Increase
in the supply. The cattle have to be
grown ana they increase slowly. W.
read much about rich companies
thu ranges with great herds.
But the cattle come from somewhere
in the beef producing region. They
are not made to or Ter. Particular
ranges may b, o~verstocked by cattle
being aiken from OH u ranges, but
the natural increase becomes no
greater,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
THE IOWA LIQUOR DECISION.

In speaking Of the recent decision
of the Iowa Supreme Court on The
prohibition law of that State. the
Omahs Heruld ssye, the decision
rlvsts the hand that prohibition fast.
ened upon that state tighter than .
wise. The decision amrms the con-
stitutiopality Of the law and sustains
the validity Of ipjunctions to abate
nu,sances which exist - saloone.
This leaves tho liquor dealers the
prey Of anyone who may 'ctoose tn
prosecute them not cnly for vio-
la,ipg the prohibition law, plain and
simple, but for existing at all. The
corner ottencs is punishable by fine
for each and every violation, while
ths later 10 subject TO the summary
dealing meted. out 10 any common
nuisance against which an injunc-
ton can re brought and maintained.
The defense tried IN vain to modify
the decision 90 a. 10 provide that
only those actually interfered with
by the saloons should be entitled t.
compts'n against them ~ . nuisance
but the supreme court ;nsisted that
anybody, whether molested or not,
should nave the right to enter COM
plant. -
What the result Of this sweeping
provision will be IL clearly evident.
1t will drive the liquor traffic from
tho open market, ruin c,untlees oe7l-
ers, encourage ill;oit trade and man
ufscture without stopping any of the
Ills III intemperance which prohibi-
ton. is supposed to remedy. Now
that the case has gone to the last exc
trerue we hcpe the law will be rigidly
applied in order that it may become
thor oughly obnoxious 10 all sensible
When that is done it is pos-
slbls that the party responsible for
the mischief will be retired to make !
room for one that is not wedde1 to |
and bigotry.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2}.-Tbere
was a tremendous crush at the Grand
Opera House this evening to hear
Nile. Nevada, who, after three weeks
illness made her debut before q San
Francisco audience in SOmnambuJa.
The house was crarnmed to its u,-
most capa ity. The ovation given
Nevada at the close of the first ACT
surpassed anything ever t.ndered
any actress In the city. 1t is gener-
ally acknowledge d this was due more
70 the fact OF her being a Pacific
Caast g'rl tnan to anv gteat artistic
eff 'rt. The floral offerings were mn.
merous ard costly. Among them
were an immense arm hair and min.
er's rocker. She was recalled six
times. When she attempted to sinv
Home, Sweet Home" abe bursi
into tears and fled from the stage.