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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

TIE theatrical profession is considerably
exercised over tho marriage in Australia OF
thai veteran manager, actor and play
wright. Dion Boucicault, to his leading
lady, Miss Grace Thorndyke. Miss Thorn.
dyke was one of Mr.. B%oucicault's company
when he travelled through this country,
and, although it was rumored at various
times that the veteran actor and play
wright wa infatuated with the young ladG,
and would in all probability eventually
marry her, this was regarded at the time
as idle gossip, with no foundation in
reality. Miss Thorndyke is known as an
actress OF some ability, with a good stage
presence, but the fact chat Mr.. Boucicault
had his son and daughter by his first wife.
almost as old as Miss Thorndy Ike, in his
company, seemed additional reason among
his friends for supposing the rumor to be
ABSURD. But the affairs OF the heart are
not controlled by laws or rules, either of
decency or morality. and tie star and his
leading lady have de6ed disparity OF yea Va
ana conventlonalities OF Life, and been made
one. The first Mrs. B~oucicault, who will
be remembered by all old play.goers by her
stage name OF Agnes Robertson. lived
apart from her husband for a number of
years. Some years ago she brought suit
against him for support, but an amicable
Arrangement wal entered into, the suit
was withdrawn and the lady is now living
In England. That she and Mr.. Boucicanlt
nave been legally separated is not believed.
and what the upshot OF this later love
match OF his will bs no one can ~ioret.ll.
MT. and Mrs. Boucicault mo. ~ will return
TO America for a starring tour next month.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

The fest Shore, OF Portland, for Octo-
Der, is an unusually interesting number. 1t
gives UP considerable space to Montana,
among the rest an article descriptive OF
Dillon. Speaking Of our prosperous neigh
Dor. the editor says: THE fourishing
town OF Dillon, Montana, is IL good example
Of the progress made in the West under the
joint influence Of railroads and mining in.
terests. Five years ago but one solitary
log cabin stood where is now a prosperous
town. The land and cabin was purchased
by the Sebree, Ferris & White Company,
and laid out into a town in 1881. 1t is
situated on the line OF the Utah &Northern
Railroad, SO miles south OF Butte and 348
north of Ogden. 1t is a commercial center
OF much Importance in Southern Montana,
and is made a common point with Butte
and Helena for freight and passenger rates
by both the Northern Pacific and Utah
& Northern, being the first town on the
line OF the latter occupying that position.
Indeed, only those two populous cities ex-
coed it in Montana in the volume Of bust
ness transacted"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

The Democrats OF Colorado have re-nom-
mated Judge Wilbur F. Stone as their can,
didate for Judge of the Supreme Court.
Judge Stone is a Democrat and has been
uoon the Supreme bench since1S77. When
the state organization was in it's infancy
the question OF party representation upon
the bench of the Supreme Court was thor
Ough]y discussed. Partisan feeling ran as
high then as it ever can run again, but the
sober judgment OF the people decided that
it would be only fair and just to allow each
OF the great political parties to be repre-
scented on the bench. The unanimous cleo
ton OF Judge Stone at the suggestion OF the
Colorado bar Was a natural result OF this
just Judgment. This gave the Republicans
two and the Democrats one OF the three
members OF the Supreme Court. This year
the Republicans broke away from this non
partisan custom and made straight party
nomination. Judge Stone has ably and
honorably filled the Office and a sense OF
decency and fairness should secure his cleo
ton. The judiciary should be protected
from the contamination ofordinary politics.
The Democracy of Colorado did we'll, also,
in re-electing Captain A. J. Bean as chair
man of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee. The party never had an ADLER or
a more conscientious leader, and ii victory
is within the bounds OF possibility he will
achieve it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14
SENATOR MORGAN, of Alabama, says there

SENATOR MORGAN, Of Alabama, says there
will be a great deal Of talk at both ends of
the capitol this winter about silver, but
nothing will be done. Monometallistsh have
been trying to get us scared about the de-
probation OF silver. Their very efforts
would have brought about a depreciation
OF it had it been possible, but zone has re-
suited. Silver circulates by the side OF gold
and ~greenbacks at par. 1t is equally avail
able for all purposes. The Treasury holds
$4,000, 900 Of gold, which John Sherman
bought with silver certificates at par. AL
talk about the depreciation Of silver is pure
theorizing. It is prognostication, and has
been p%rostituting foryears without breeding
a TACT. There will be no legislation on the
silver question, because there is no evil to
remedy. The South is "solid' Tor silver, and
that will weld a pond OF sympathy between
the South and the Wvrt e1.ue JUICES IIU sova
to the greedy, grasping, sordid East.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

A MILES CITY special to the Pioneer-Press
has the following: "In a squabble over an
exposure OF roller rink abuses, William H.
Dunno, editor of the Ma verick, an afternoon
daily, was assaulted this evening by Deputy
Sheriff Bishop, proprietor OF the rink res.
tanraut. Dunno escaned with q. black eve.
a o ear and the loss Of four teeth.
Bishop was hauled off by citizens and will
answer before court"
ACCORDING to the report of Dun & Co.'S
mercantile agency the failures for the past
three months show an encouraging decrease,
both i number and magnitude. During
the early part OF the year the figures were
not &c hopeful, but eve taking all the
nine months a remarkable falling oil in the
mount Of liabilities is noticeable. For
1855, thus far, these debts Of bankrupt
concerns amounted altogether to $97, OOO,-
600, while the corresponding nine months
OF 1884 the total was $1S1, OOO,O 900, or
nearly twice as much. The tendency ut
present is clearly towards an improvement
in all lines OF business, if the agency's re-
ports ars thoroughly reliable.
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FORGED CHECK.
A Fly Young Man Plays 1t on Fred
Ritchie and is Caught.

A rather sedate young man, tall, with
sharp features, OF good address, plainly
but nicely dressed, made his appearance IN
the city last evening and introduced him
self to the police and to Manager Fred.
Richie, OF the Arion, as a detective. He
said he had been sent out from Minneapolis
by the Chief OF Police to discover the where
abouts OF a maiden OF that city who had
been led astray and abducted. His story
seemed straight, was plausible and the
general honest appearance OF the fellow
caused his CONFIDENTIAL friends" Chief
Mieklejohn and Mr.. Ritchie to believe HIM.
So when he produced a check on Clark q
Larabie's bank for $36, bearing the name
OF flames Murray" Mr.. Ritchie readily
cashed it. Later in the night, however, when
he,showed up again with a like check, similar
" signed, calling for $56. MIR. Ritchle hesl-
tated and finally went in search OF Mr.. Muir
ray. When found, Mr.. Murray laughed,
said he had no deposit at that bank and
that his name was flames A. Murray
The fly young man from Minnesota was
found in one OF the private boxes OF the
Arion, cooling with one OF the fairies OF the
establishment and with his fairy love-mak-
ing ~swilling vulgar beer-at the Arion's ex-
pense. He was searched, but was found to
be penniless. On his person was a check
for $50, as yet unsigned. The young man
was carried to Jail. He seemed to be less
annoyed about it than the young lady who,
at that moment, discovered that she had
been drinking a score or more bottles OF
beer for no gain in the world to herself, save
the superfuous flesh the beer might put on
her. Trial to-day.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14
CARDINAL MANNING is one OF the foremost

CARDINAL MANNING is one OF the foremost
men in Great Britain to-day. He is pow
erful not only because CT his position as
head Of the Roman Catholic church in the
Kingdom, but by reason OF his ability, his
independence and courage. He is "a
tower OF strength" While his articlein the
Dublin Review, on "How Catholics Ought
to Vote in the Coming Elections" will be a
disappointment to many OF his faith, its
influence cannot be over.estimated. The
propriety Of SO high an ecclesiastical dig
nitary to- interfere in the political affairs OF
a nation might be questioned in this coun-
try, where it would be resented as danger
Gus and unwarranted, but not sc in Europe.
The result Of the article, as expressed by
the ballots OF the Irish people, viii be
watched with interest.
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n RISING STAR
Compromise in the Case A"e''e" "
the Contestants

-.r there was filed in the since ~.
1esSsiu Clerk and Recorder, arIicles -,
inc 1"aat in settlement OF tine rn,,fton
agreeneno + R. Walker and the Moa n.,a
suit o e5wee known as the Silver sue
Mining atar suit. The agreement 70
n l.,s I'LL eanses that led to the sun, III
cltes snIIows the terms OF settlement, Will" aaoh
tnen aoI,ows: In the first place: tha
nartv to the suit pays it's own W 49, grants
20 ~ Of the first part cohceaes a"1 nart 81
The right to the party OF tne S"ve the 400
the vein or veins in dispute SUI ~" cost end
Tot lsvel west OF and from one &C. a = and
toos ~ tho Rising Star, Silver SAFE nv a;Ia
1a1s lode mining claims, to tne wesJ e or:
uulcn ,; incline on the Silver SAFE lo 'at.
o. ". svast n nat to the depth OF oUV 80 80
aIu e1tooether a distance along tne sIn n
o DC Y seet from the vertical end line ol Sid
o. p;s;uo Star lode claim; and all peio~ e "nd
danth to the extent named Is conceu e srs+
oranted by the second parties 10 - eh,ve
narty. The 800 and . ioot 'e'e aoverned
referred to are tc De the
nJ;cai main shaft on the Rising oIai
,o1e claim now owned by the hrst parry
nc frst party obligates himsen W ~
Inc nls. p coon as can be done, withdraw
b;s nrotest against the application iol
- tept Of the Gulch lode mining claim AM
70 nav the cost of such proceeding. o;ns
veins north of the one in dispute the partles
Of the second part agree not to work within IL;
iess than thirty feet of the main shalt n'
the Rising Star claim without the per per
! mission OF the party OF the first part. ~
| avoid future trouble, on all VEINS on .n III
Silver Safe and !, Cullen ,anatn lo abou uta' which the
| parties have agreed az above s1ateu' . Me
pp~arties Of the second part agree with the
first party that whenever they or anyo tnem ~
din into or enter the Rising Star vein to
stop and submit to arbitration the ON !
| of such entry and to abide by the declslou
the first party to name two arbltrators
| and the second party two; these 1our &c
| select a fifth when a MA. ority canho'
| agree.
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SAN FRANC1sCo's DANaER.

Fear is expressed that the beautiful city
by the Golden Gate will soon be the scene
OF a riot, alongside of which all past up
risings of the people will pale into insig-
, n~iticance. It is believed hat some night,
without y moments warning, like a thun-
der-clap from a clear sky. an outraged
people will rise in their might, sweep down
upon that space OF damnable vice and
pestilence, Chinatown, and sweep it and it's
wretched occupants from the face OF the
earth. The people OF San Francisco have
been patient and long suffering and it does
! seem as though the limit Of their endurance
! had about been reached. No people on
earth would have peacefully borne the
| misery that the Chinese have brought
| upon San Francisco. The 10000 or
more Acknowledged Mongolians OF the city
have m%onopolized almost every avenue OF
labor and have crowded out the white
man or reduced his wages to beggary. The
usual occupations for boys and girls are all
| crowded by the Chinese and the children OF
the poor are in consequence in enforced
idleness. Not only does this brisg want
| and physical misery to the home, but it &C.
/ counts for the hoodlums and the unusual
number Of young women OF loose morals IN
San Francisco. Not being able to secure
employment, the boys become tramps and
the girls prostitutes to an abnormal degree.
| This awful condition of San Franclscos
social system, rarely alluded to from a
sense Of mistaken delicacy, is traceable d.
! rsctly to the evil influence Of the Chinese.
| What other community would have peace
| fully endured such an influence? The
Chinese rest upon the city and, indeed, upon
the whole State OF California, like Il curse.
The poor people have been for a long time
restless and the leaven OF discomfort is
working among them slowly, but surely.
The evil day cannot be far off and it can be
averted in only n way-by the prompt
action of the people OF San Francisco, in
doing away with Chinese labor rs rapidly
as they conveniently can Withdraw en-
ployment and patronage from the Coolies,
and the Chinese question will soon be set
tied. Unless this be done, the next great
piece of news will come from San Francisco.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

ASPEN, in Colorado. is prospecting. The
apex question has been settled aud now
'nas v'rtuous camp is convulsed over a Al.
c'al scandal. One Mary L. Booth h,.
brought suit against an Aspen alderman.
one ). +. slagle, on three different count.
as follows: First, breach OF marriage con.
tract; Second seduction: Third, an at-
tempt to practice an abortion. The a,,a;r
10 now the gossip OF the town, and the trial
promises to be the most exciting exsr h.,a
IN That county. Both plaintiff and defend.
ant are backed by a host of friend. and ~
quarter will be given on either side. indeed
the marvellous mines OF Aspen, OF which ".
nave neara 80 much on paper. are forgotten
ana completely o'srshadowed by this local
scandal. 'oe"'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

TIN San Francisco Chronicle ID
the heat friends of silver In the coun..,
r. n.. never once lowered the tanoaru :.
bi-metallism and in season ana .
season has stood by the miners anu ~.
nectors OF the great West. In I'D l".s
double sheet of last Saturday 1t Jaw w
an entire page to an extended al1 "s,s 10
thes standard silver dollar, which shouio 0o
read by every one interested In tne oul.
question thrust upon the country Dy VIZ
banking interest of the East. Its oo]ec. 10
to illustrate how utterly untrustwor'ny
are the assertions Of the advocates -
the single gold standard. NO per-
son, after studying the ev'oehce
presented, will for \ moment beIleVe
that men who made such q dismal laiiuro
in the prophetic line in 1878, car be true
prophets in 1885. In commenting upon
the article the Chronicle says: 1.-THE art'-
Gle shows that the most prominent oppo-
nents of the demonstration OF the silver
dollar of 4 12A grains made tho fo'lowin
false predictions: They asserted that she
Bland bill would injure the public credit and
cause great loss to the Government ny
preventing refunding at q lower rate OF In
terest than 6 per cent; they declared that
all the gold would be driven out OF the
country il the Bland bill passed; they tier
ated and reiterated the opinion that the
Government could not by its fat make a
silver dollar, coined at a ratio OF sixteen
to one, circulate by the side of gold when
| the market ratio of bullion silver and gold
was about eighteen to one, and they were
sure that a great appreciation in prices
would result from forcing what they per-
sisted in terming a deprecated dol
lar on the people. These were
tn. predictions. And they were
made by such men as Edmunds, Bay
ard, Blaine, Garfield, Hewitt, not to speak
OF a host of men who filled a smaller space
in the public eye. The newspapers in thu
money centers, especially the great dailiee
of New York, repeated the predictions and
warmed them over and over in leading edl'
torials. And now, after nearly eight years
oil experience, we can see how far from the
mark were these false prophets. The entire
debt since then has been refunded, much o.
it at q rate as low al 3 per cent; there ii
twice as much gold in the country a. there
was when the Bland bill was under discus
sion; the silver dollar everywhere in thu
United States will buy a. much OF any
commodity as a good dollar, and prices
are much lower than they were in 1878
Under the circumstances the silver men arr
justified in calling the advocates OF thu
single gold standard false prophets, whose
predictions deserve no more consideration
than the passing summer breeze"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14
The New Orleans Picayune does not have

THE New Orleans Picayune does not have
much use for nor faith in the members Of
the American Bankers Association in their
attitude toward silver. The Picayune,
which, by the way, is a Democratic paper,
says: "If the bankers were sincere in desir-
ing the coinage OF silver stopped, they would
simply flood the country with it, thus
practically proving to the people at large
that there are too many coins of one de-
nomination for the necessities of trade
already. That would stop the coinage
quickly. The bankers are holding back the
silver, and flooding the country with argu-
ment silver instead" We have as yet failed
to find a single section of country that is
overburdened with dollars-silver dollars.
The fight against silver is the most senseless
ever made against any metal. 1t is purely
fictitious. The evils predicted are altogether
fanciful. 1t is a fight of the creditor class
against the debtor; the rich against the
N1f
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

The CHAMBERS has made it's appearance in
certain sections among the horses of East
ern Montana. The fact that the disease
has broken out among horses that were
shipped from Montana in June last, as
shown by a telegram from Bushnell, Illinois,
yesterday, would indicate that the disease
was in the Territory as early as that date,
though possibly in a dormant state. Too
much care canno be exercised by our
horsemen in reference to this most repul-
sive and fatal Of horse ailments. 1t should
be stamped out with the utmost viaor.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

WHILE electrical propulsion for street
railroad cars is generally pronounced a
failure in England, Mr.. Field recently de-
clared in London that within a short time
electric motors would be as complete a
success in New York as horse cars are nov
on their street railroads. He further de-
clared that the experiments thus far have
proven hat we have not yet claimed hal
enough for electricity in this direction. The
London Electrical Review in noticing these
remarks says: I'VE suppose that after
the electric propulsion Of electric cars has
been successfully established in America for
a few years English capitalists will be found
who will pick up courage enough to do
something OF a practical nature in chat
direction at home"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

The new marriage law OF Pennsylvania,
which went into effect last Thursday, is SO
stringent in it's provisions that the MARI
ages OF minors and runaway couples will be
much less frequent than heretofore: Thu
license now required is drawn up in a very
inquisitorial manner, and if the applicant
can fill it so cents must be paid. As to
minors, the guardians have to fill separate
blanks. Hitherto marriage has been very
cheap in Pennsylvania, and upto II O'Clock
last Wednesday night there WAS a great
rush of couples to ministers and other
authorities to get married in the old cheap
way. Hereafter it is expected that many
couples will flee to New Jersey to be yoked,
although evasions OF the new law are prob.
able.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

CONSIDERING that the New York Tribune
has probably said the meanest things pos
sible OF Mr.. Tilden; that it has abused, viii
lifted and maligned him for years, without
sense, reason or decency; hat it has done
this in season and out. makes the following
extract from a Tribune editorial all the
more remarkable: "If Mr.. Tilden had be-
come president in 1875 he would have set
the democracy upon it's feet for years. He
would have postponed problems Of politics
and the tariff. He would have checked wild
experiments in finance. He would have
harmonized and drilled the clamorous fac
tons OF his party without too scandalous
an abuse Of the patronage. He would have
organized campaigns without quite turning
the treasury into = machine shop. He
would nave transacted the business OF the
executive office with punctillious care, and
observed it's forms and ceremonies with ir-
reproachable decorum. He would have
been respected; and when at last he retired
he would have passed for perhaps the very
ablest administrator who ever occupied the
presidential chair" These things are un-
~doubtedly true, but they are not acknowl-
edged at this late day IN compliment OF Mr..
Tilden. but as a thrust at Mr.. Cleveland.
These thrusts fall wide of the mark. because
the converse is not true Of the present adj
ministration. The needless intermeddling
with finances-notably the interference with
silver and the system Of paying the Nation
al debts the only charge that can con-
sistently be made against it, and yet that
may be an evil not unmixed with good. It is
hardly fair to judge OF an administration
in the first six months OF its existence. The
country is not quite prepared to judge Of
some Of the past administrations OF the
country, even as far back as Lincoln. His.
tory is not made in a day and it is only de-
cency to give Nh. Cleveland an opportunity.
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IT is said that Stilson Hutch:

1T is aid that stilson Hutchins. o, +ha
washington Fost, and through his renra,
sensations Richard Smith, of tn. Cinc;nnat:
oazeete;; Mr.. H%aldeman, OF the Lou;.v;ma
Cous,er-Journal;; William Henry Smith. -,
the New York Associated Pres. ~ ~ o'
eeone'o OF the News, Of Chicago, have Bacon.
investors in a new type-setting and st.rens
pm machine. 1t il said that thes. 1sst
named gentlemen have invested $3.50 ono
II q machine can be invented that r;n y:
tne work claimed for the one these ,.n+1s'
men have interested thsmselve. in .n;-"%
culabls fortune awaits the owner. A"an
those named are thoroughly nra.t,..1 a. all
mere must be more than a probab;rtr -;
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TELEGRaus

inst. oner resplted to the 28th
.h Inc celebrated bandit, Jioue h..
Snoe at Santiago de Cuba. 4"'' mas been
McCio.[ Lases OF the Church over c. rd;,o,
' los" will be continued TODAY caro'nai
+o "aeoD Heppner, a clotb;er -,
bilities1 9 eoG "n1, assigned yesterday 0JrEe'
NJ 49, 1o'ooo; assets, about S12'ooo'
place 'n u mas been rendered Mr. Eoto.,
This d Gn inc Civil Service Comm n;ason,
Charles +. cedm OF the sumor c%oncerninx
tsaesd io1 shs at , ea1t bb1 t;sJ Hoot a sen.
she first degree, to be Anne shnt 19r murder in
.1 1aSn. Andrew Smith. ' Em; On November
MN nicholson, editor a. ~ olsen and
p%snit.n ter o. sentenced to six no on q D;s e.
hi eoh.Sissytsionsdl $500 ilns each ior u m tn.
All were defiant. ~"-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-14

The orchid is the favorite plant in
fashionable New York now. It is very
costly, but the fashionable world must
have it. The furore over it has grown to
such dimensions that the photographers are
now ridiculing it. Recently a landscape
gardener fled from Germantown, with $500
of his employers money, and it is suggested
by a local paper that che has, no doubt,
zone to New York to buy an orchid"