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ton. to cut off the eastern part OF
Gallatin comfy and annex 1T to Yel-
lowstope. The bill was supported by
the members from Gallatin except
sloan, because they believed the pas,
sage of this bill would defeat the Dill
introduced by Sloan for the division
of Ga,latin county and the formation
O. the. e.cou nty;of Bridger, with Living
ston as its county seat.
Finally, on motion. the committee
voted to repors the bill back with the
recommendation that it do not pass.
The committee recommended that
the bill relating to judgments against
county officers, passed by the Coon-
Gil, do not pass.
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A London Police Order :

! LONDON, Feb. 18.-When the Bow
Street Police Court opened this morn
ing for the re-examinatlon Of Cum
ningham and Burton, surprise was
occasioned to the public by notices
conspicuously posted upon the cor
ridor ways that no person carrying q
bag will be permitted to enter the
building. In addition to this the mo-
tice warned everyone that the police
would search anyone whose appear
ance or conduct was suspicious. The
crown proceeded to produce testi-
mony inculpating the prisoners In
the Underground railway explosion
at G0Wer-street station, January I'd:
Cunningham was remanded for the
week.
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THE BOY.

He sets his Brain to Work In Solitude.
Our readers shall have the full
benefit of the boys cogitations taken
from an exchange.
I notice that girls have the greatest
faculty of growing "all at once"
Now EN- is as bony as . porgy, but
when she puts on that new
dress just before her beau comes, she
becomes as plump as q rubber ball:
notice that the girl who Is fond OF
calling men delusion likes to hug
delus;ons. I notice that pa points
with pride to my big brother who
smokes ten-cent cigars ell day as an
exemplary son, while he almost
makes mince-meat Of me II use up
one of Toms stubs. notice that
girls hair grows faster than boys.
Jen always has more hair on her
head when her beau comes than she
has in the morning she gets up. l
notice a big difference between
the town clock and ours
On the morning after Ems
fellow comes to see her. l notice
that the dude who parts his hair In
the middle has but very little room
on either side of his skull to part
with. Inotice that the more spindle
shaped q fellows .shanks are, the
tighter he wears his pants. l notice
that his mother aint't like mine. II
she was he'd wear them loose enough
to put q shingle In OH AN emergency.
I notice that girls who would blush
| il q man should see the fourth button
on their shoe at home, will 60 in
bathing at the seashore, among q
big crowd, with less clothes IN than
| they wear to bed. I notice that an
elegantly clocked silk stocking will
beat modesty every time, l notice
that the hOmiiest shaped women like
the Mother Hubbard best. notice
that the girls of G lcago are the most
modest about showing their 1eet.
I notice that wOmen's rights
women always wear mems hair
and women's rights men women's
hair. I notice there is seldom
much harmony in church choirs.
I notice those fellows VINO cuss rail-
road monopoiies most. never refuse
free pass. notice that pa has very
intimate knowledge Of the rules
of poker and faro, for q man who
| never LOuCucU CdSu Ill LIS AIIC. 1
notice that it is all wrong fl me to
play ards for keeps, but it is all
i" right for our church to play guess.
cake till they take in the whole pile.
notice that for girl who virtuous-
~ says she wouldn't allow any man
to kiss her but the one she is engaged
to, my sister En- does like an indis-
criminate game of cop nhagen
araazingly. I notice that "kickers'
in politics and elsewhere have the
softestisnap. PAS the kicker Pm the
kicked. / notice that hen never
gets too old to be spring chicken :
neither does a girl for that matter
! notice. our preacher says II want
to tie an angel" and. II long, oh, ]
long to be tnere," bnt when the collie
takes him he's the first to want the
:. doctor, and is about as "scart" as
auyr "ornary" sinner.
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SILVER MONEY.

Among the many friends OF the sil'
yer producers OF the West the Cleve-
land fOhio) Plain Dealer takes prom
inent rank. That journal, ever true
to the interests of the great mass OF
the PEOPLE of the country, has the
following to say in regard to the
white metal: Thomas Jefferson is
the author of our decimal system as
expressed in the coinage of gold and
silver-by which the silver dollar
was made the unit or standard OF
measure. The amount of silver to
be used In dollar was decided upon
by taking the average weight and
fiueness of the Spanish dollars In
1902 the first mint was established
at Philadelphia, and coinage began In
1874 under the article of the constitu-
ton giving to Congress power ito
coin money and regulate the value
thereof" The dollar authorized by
Congress under the act of April "a,
1892, contained 37l4 grains of pure
silver or 4le grains of standard silver
which contained al grains of alloy.
This act fixed the relative value OF
silver to gold lis and the gold coins
at II parts pure gold and one part
alloy. .-..
By the act of January 18th, 1887,
both gold and silver coins were made
900 fine, and established the silver
dollar at 4123 grains-but as the
fineness had been increased the
amount of pure silver remained the
same, and thus the ratio Of silver to
gold became 1898 to livery nearly.
The silver dollar had Ass grains aud
the gold dollar had 25.8 grains. At
this time France was coming at the
ratio of ISL to l, and as our silver
dollar contains 1898 to l, it left a
profit of about per cent. as an in
duceme mt to export our silver dollars
to France-and so many were ex-
ported that there became dearth OF
silver coin, and In 1858 Congress
passed an act reducing the amount
of silver in the dollar to 3S4 grains
but made coinage free, and this law
was in force till 1873, when the "gold
bugs, ,"succeeded by stealth in getting
it abolished. From that day to- this
they have fought against free coinage
of silver and IN fact against the coin.
age of silver in any way, and the con-
flict is not ended. and it will not end
till gold and silver have equal rights
under the law and in favor Of the
party in power. Silver is the peoples
money. The silver dollar is older
than the government. 1t was the
unit of value, and through nearly all
of our history has been the measure
OF all values. and no party, whether
from selfish or political interests, can
drive it from our money.
The people have faith in 1t. They
know what it means. They store 1t
away. 1t is secure, clear and solid.
It has the historic ring of honesty.
The silver money Of the country is
the emblem of our independence and
our liberties, and should and will be
protected and preserved by the
people.
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Dynamite. Stolen. .

New YORK, Feb. 16.-Eight cases
OF dynamite has been stolen from
the magazine Of the American Dy
Mantle Company, West Chester coun-
ty. Every effort is being made to
locate 1t. AS dynamite is not a
marketable product, the thieves are
believed to be connected with social
istic or othor organizations Of dynam-
tiers.
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GOOD.

A butcher of Louisville, KY, re-
Gently sent q saddle of mutton to
Mr.. Cleveland, and in return re-
ceived the following autograph letter:
Il am glad to learn of your kind
feelings toward me, and that the
pleasure consequent upon the Demo-
cratic victory prompted you to tender
to me a saddle Of your famous NUT
ton. / don't want to appear small In
matters Of this kind, but I have q
very great aversion to the receipt of
gifts, and I have made up my mind
to AJAX you to allow me to take the
will for the deed, and to regard you
as just as good q friend and broth. T
Democrat as though you had pre-.
sented me with the whole carcass.
(Sjgned)
"GA0vER CLEVELAND"
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The fact that Russia has ordered .
large number of Krupp guns for the
purpose of strengthening her position
In Central Asia creates considerable
excitement in London financial cir
cles. The English lion must keep an
eve on the Russian bear. There may
be mischief brewing beyond the
YYra1e
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The Grant retirement bill is shelved
by the House for an indefinite period.
The vote, however, by which the
motion was lost to take 1t from its
place On the calendar and consider it,
indicates that the bill would pass the
S1Uuss IL IL CHI Ue Drought before
that body. AS 1t is, the bill will
likely 70 over for the new Congress
tn act unOn
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The managers of the Worlds Expo
sition at New Orleans ask congress
for an appropriation to cover their
deficit of $sl9, 900. President Arthur
takes the ground that the United
States having, to . great extent
recoanized the Exposition as ma
tional affair, are under obligations to
make good the amount asked tor. In
view of the immense benefits which
will accrue to the people of the coun-
try through the enterprise, the sum
required to perfect it should not be
withheld.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

A challenge for an internationa
rifle match at CreedmOor next au'
tumn will be sent to the British Rifle
Association by the National Rifle
Association of the United States, II
is understood, and perhaps the chal-
lengers may be surprised to find that
their invitation will be accepted. A
national encampment. would contrib
ute even more than such q match
however, to the interest OF the Ma
tional Guard in rifle practice.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The unemployed workmen Of Lon
don resort to purely English way
to obtain work. Day before yester-
day they marched through the streets
Of London, accompanied by several
bands of music, and through their
committee demanded work for the
people they represented. At the
local government board Office they
overpowered the police, but were in
their turn overpowered and dispersed
In their attempt to force an entrance
In the official residence of Gladstone.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Old Boreas was out on lark yes
terdlay and frolicked with the snow,
and with the hats and drapery OF
those who lined the streets to witness
the advent of King Carnival In Butte,
to the intense disgust Of all. The
King. however, took in the situation
and by q wave of his magic wand
reduced the fierce element to gentle,
sighing mountain zephyr. All hail
Rex I.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Minneapolis Tribune If Mr.. Cleve-
land is the sensible gentleman he ap-
pears to be, he will politely but firmly
request those ladies who are prepar-
ing to ask him to Danish wine from
the White House table to attend to
their own household affairs and al
low him to attend to his.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Eastern newspaper paragraph
fiends are having great trouble In
mastering the fr0lt name OF Mrs.
Dudley. For their information we
will state that Yseult Is pronornced
f. seae,t and is the Chinook Indian
word for ''poor shot" we supposed
everybody knew this.
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CHICAGO, Feb. le.-Further and
later inquiries develop the fact that
the Chicago and Alton and Louis
willie, New Albany, Chicago and sew
eral smaller lines are biockaded. The
former sent out one train about noon,
but expresses little hope of beng able
to get it through. The Granu Trunk
refused consignments of freight this
morning.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Some one stole eight cases OF
dynamite in Westchester county,
New York, day before yesterday.
He is q bold thief who will tackle the
festive compound. and wouldn't hes
itate to pack off a grizzly bear or q
red hot stove II either were In bis
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
Russia Orders Large Gums,

LONDON, Feb. 16.-Some excite
ment was created here to-day, es-
pecially in commercial and financial
circles by the receipt of dispatches
from Be1ber announcing that the
Russian government has ordered
2,C00 Krupp guns for the purpose of
STRENGTHENING its position in Central
Asia, the guns are to be of the larg-
est pattern, ard are evidently In
tended Tor service in fortresses of
superior build. Simultaneously with
the above report came dispatches
from St. Petersburg stating that Sc
tastapol will be made free port.
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Suicide.

BRYAN, Texas, Feb. 1e.-Major
Frank Clarke, senior partner In the
BANKING firm of Clarke, Bryan q
Howell. suicided this evening at 5
O'Clock by shooting himself with .
revolver. Cause unknown. It is
supposed he was laboring under
mental alteration at the time. The
bank ia in . prosperous condition.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The House does not see 1ts way
clear to an adjournment on the 2lst
inst, and, therefore, indefinitely
postponed the Council concurrent
resolution fxlng that day for q dnai
winding IN of the session.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Mrs Sharon nee Hill will keep the
wolf from the door on s., 500 a month.
Besides furnishing her this spending
money Mr.. Sharon is ordered to pay
SIS 600 for her counsel fees. Az Poor
Richard would say. Mr.. Sharon is
paving dear for his whistle.
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CONGRKDsIONA Al.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-Slocum.
under instructions from the military
committee, moved to suspend the
rlles and pass the senate bill for the
retirement of Gen. Grant. This Is
the first bill passed by the senate and
specifically names the officer to be re-
tired.
Horr and. Warner. of Ohio. dmand-
ed q second. The motion to suspend
the rules was secured ITO to ".
Thirty minutes debate was allowed
under the rules. 1t was opened by
SlOcum in behalf of the bill. This
bill, he said, proposed to place Cen
eral Graut in the same position he
would have occupied had he not lin
accordance with the will of the
people of the countrS) accepted the
office of chief magistrate. In form
and language this bill was precisely
like all bills Iassed for purposes OF
this kind. It has often been said
that much has been done for Gen.
Grant, but nothing has been done for
him by the United States government
beyond paying him salaries to which
he was entitled by laws. The motion
in the house to suspend the rules and
pass the Grant retirement bill was
lost: yeas 1853, nays 1O3, not requisite
two: birds In Affirmative.
SENATE.
The chair laid before the senate q
memorial of the legislature of Arl-
zona urging that certain coal fields
in:the White mountains on the Indian
reservation be separated from the
reservation. Referred. The post
Office appropriation bill was laid be-
| fore the senate aud referred.
After some discussion the senate
proceeded with the consideration OF
| the Indian appropriation bill. Vest
read q letter from the governor OF
Montana, saying that notwithstand.
| ing the relief offered by the govern
ment, the condition of the Indians in
parts of Montana from exposure and
starvation was fitiable in the ex'
! treme. 1t was useless in Vests opinion
to say let the Indian work or die
That was simply saying, let them
die. You might a. we'll say to .
child in the cradle. Go to work OF
die. We were under much more
christian obligations to these heath
ems in our own territory than to the
heathens in Asia and Africa. Bu1
no starving Indian had ever beer
brought to realizing sense of chris
tian charity,
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SENATOR HILL SPEAKS,

In noticing the defeat Of Senator
Hill for reelection the Omaha Herald
moralizes after the following fashion
When the Great Fraud infested the
White House his apologists claimed,
in mitigation of his crime, that his
was at least an honest administration.
Not until he departed from the stolen
Office were the series of plumbers dis
covered that flourished under bis
immediate nose. and known as the
Star route thefts. Just 50 ls Mr..
Arthur's administration glorified as
being a particularly clean one; clean
despite Chandler; clean despite
Brewster, and clean despite Teller.
The last named patriot might have
escaped scrutiny for the present had
he not overreached himself in his
anxiety to land in the senate. He is
charged with having for the last
three years subordinated the entire
power of the interior department In
the west to accomplish his election
by manipulating all the enormous
Indian contracts, the privileges of
trade around the reservations and
the Entertainments Of capitalists up
on the Indian Territory. His brother
republican, Senator Hill, thus ex.
presses his opinion of this model
cabinet officer and new light Of the
United States senate: "Teller is q
thief. He defeated me by the crosses,
corruption. This Is q matter that can
be proved, but 1t would be worse than
folly to ask the United States senate
to investigate the manner of his elec-
tion. The senate is to-day dominated
by corporation influences that are
heartily in sympathy with Teller. I
do not intend to waste my time try
ing to do anything one way or the
other"
This is pretty strong language from
such q source, but 1t creates not q
rifle of excitement, as 1t would else
where, because the people know they
can expect nothing of brigands than
br!gandaRe. It was ever thus since
the halycon days Of Grant. That is
the reason why the people decided
sra'ly to tu rn the rascals out.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Mrs. SnaT0n's AlAmOny.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l6.-Judge
Sullivan this morning rendered de-
oision on questions of alimony and
counsel fees in the Sharon divorce
case. He granted plaintiff, nee Miss
Hill, $2,5O0 a month from date of ap-
plicatien, January 9th, and $4,000
counsel tees.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

The bill to prevent prize lighting
In the Territory will pass the House
without single negative vote. 1t is
not likely to meet opposition In the
Council, and the bill will become
law in few days.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
Vh0 QhiQese MnsA Go

AkoATA, Gala, Feb. le.-Citizens
VI tn's city, after compelling the
Uuinese TO remove outside the citv
nnlts, raaa' hel1 a meeting and adopted
,,se sutions a'' pledging themselves tn
sa.., use an legal means to prevent tho
'e'''ement Of Chinese in Arcsta ~
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
Afraid OF Dynamit6.

OTTAWA, Feb. le.-spsaker Miller
of the senate, has issued an order ex-
Guiding every body, the prfss ipclud-
ed, from visiting any Of the.aajacent
rooms to the. chamber, no mater
what their errand may be. Itgfs said
he II afraid Of dynamite. 3
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
He Would Like TO See 1t.

swell, WE'LL" said Mr.. Jarphly.
swell, what?" asked his wife.
"I'm just reading of the American
missionaries attempt to introduce the
Bible in China, my dear" replied
Mr.. Jarphly.
"What is strange about that" III
quired Mrs. Jarphly.
"Oh, nothing particular, only I've
seen 1t in calf and in Russia leather,
and In cloth, and l thought I'd like
to see it in Chlna," apd ne innocently
scratched his nose.
"Jarphly, you're a fool" said Mrs.
Jarphly.-Pittsburg Telegraph.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
BUTTE, FEBRUARY 1s. 1886.
February is entitled to the cham
pionship as the blizzard month OF the
voar
When Panama hasn't the cholera
It has q revolution. Just at present
it ia wrestling with the latter.

President-elect Cleveland starts
of wrong in his administration OF
the Government, it will not be owing
to lack of Republican advice In the
maftar
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 16.-In the
joint session of the legislature to vote
for United States Senator, the speaker,
- usual, voted for Morrison, the only
vote cast. It is not believed . regular
vote for senator will be reached this
week.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

Mrs. Dudley is now free again. she
should hire a shooting gallery and
perfect herself IN pistol practice, be-
fore she goes q man hunting again.
She is too poor shot to make q sue
cessful dynamite killer.
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18

A gentleman from Nevada says
shat ifthe PROPOSED railaoad to Butte
1s built Nevada will be depopulated.
1t is evident that the people of that
country have their eyes turned t4
wards better country, and II the
railroad Isl built they believe that the
y Saliatin M valley will be the promised
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
OUR HELENA LETTER.
Petati0ns-Notlces Of Bills-Passage
Of Bills-The $1,000 Reward
Bill again House Pro.
ceedings, Etc.
HELENA, M. T. Feb. Is, 1885

HELENA, M. T. Feb. Is, 1885.
In the council Greene presented a
petition from residents and taxray-
ers of Yellowstone county, asking for
the repeal of the present law con.
cerning public printing, and the en-
actm,ent of law providing that the
public printing be let to the lowest
bidder.
Two petitions from Gallatin county
were presented, praying for the
pass age of the bill to suppress gamb-
ling. They were referred to the
special committee consisting of
Kennedy, Greene and Buck. who
have the bill under consideration.
This committee will probably make
their report next Monday. Several
more petitions in favor of the bill
came tonight and will be presented
to the council in the morning.
Chessman gave notice of a bill to
apportion the members of the legis-
lative assembly.
DeWolfe gave notice of bill In re-
lation to auditing the accounts of
county commissioners.
The bill to regulate the fees of
sheriffs for the board of prisoners,
which passed the house. was
amended and passed In the council
to-day.
As amended 1t allows sheriffs Is cts
q day for the board of each prisoner
when the number Is less than five,
and when five or more go cts.
Under this the sheriff gets the
same for boarding four prisoners as
he does for five.
Cardwell moved to reconsider the
vote of yesterday on the resolution
appropriating $1,000 for the relief of
O'Neil, Bashaw and McF Farland.
He stated that he voted against the
resolution yesterday, but asked for
reconsideration In order that an
amendment or substitute might be
presented.
The motion 10 reconsider was lost
by . tie vote.
THE HOUSE. =
The House has been in committee
'of the whole all day, fer the consld.
eration Of general orders. A large
portion of the time was occupied in
discussing q hill introduced by Nor
The semi-weekly miner., 1885-02-18
THE ILLINOIS SENATORIAL CON.
TEST.

TEST.
Morrison and Logan are the or
posing candidates for the Ill fnois
United States Senatorship, The
Legislature is evenly divided
standing lO2 to l02, including one or
two members on each side who re-
ceived support from some other Or
ganization than that which they
were politically identified. If every
vuu - Ia nIs seat ana RENAME true
to his party relations there can be
no election Of Senator. and the Gov.
ernor will appoint some one in which
case Logan will doubtless be re-
turned. But 1t is already certain
every member will not be in his
seat. One Democratic Senator Is so
ill that his recovery is not expected,
ard one Republican member is not
able to appear in his place
unless carried thither upon a
stretcher. Ifthe Democrats would
allow q vote to be taken during the
absence of one of their members
the Republicans, if In full force,
would elect the Senator, but the
Democrats do not propose to surren-
der the prize so readily. They can
prevent vote by Withdrawing from
the joint convention, thus leaving
that body without quorum. This
is the course the Republicans pur-
sued the other day and the Demo-
Gratis will follow their example.
If Senator Bridges, the sick Demo-
cratic Senator, should resign, it
would take four weeks to fill his
place. The district is overwhelmingly
Democratic, and consequently the
tie would be maintained in the event
Of q new election. 1t Is said that
several Republicans are not especially
anxious to see Gen. Logan reelected.
Several were absent from the caucus
when he was nominated, but no one
has announced his intention to with
hold his vote from the caucus nomi-
nee. But in q contest Of this kind,
where every member is required to
be in his seat day after day, there isl
certain danger attending the indif-
ference of even one of the members.
1t will be singular If, in the course Of
the four weeks required to fill the
vacancy, which the probable resigna-
ton of Senator Bridges would occa-
sion, there are not occasional vacant
seats on the other side. It must be
remembered also that the Democrats
have the Federal patronage at their
disposal, and are especially interested
in securing the election of . Demo-
cratic Senator from Illinois.