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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-07

Henry Ward Beecher also thinks
Gov. Cleveland is pursuing the right
purse in consulting with the leaders
Of his rarty before taking his seat as
President.
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A DISTURBED.

The visit of Samuel J. Randall and
Speaker Carlisle to President-elect
Cleveland, seems to greatly concern
our Republican friends. Just why
they should feel so much interest In
the meeting of these gentlemen Is
difficult to tell, lest they imagine a
Job is being incubated by which some
of them will lose their official heads
At an early date. They are 80 accus-
toned to dealing In job' and jobbery
that they are ready to conclude that
their political rivals will follow In
their wake in this sort Of work. We
can see no good reason for their great
anxiety, and the less they say the
more sensible will they appear to the
public. It is but natural that MI.
Cleveland, before entering upon the
important duties of President of the
United States, should call to his side
men of large experience in govern
mental affairs and consult with them
upon the best policy to be pursued
during the coming administration.
TO do less than this, in view OF his
comparatively little experience as a.
national politician, he could justly
be criticised for his blgOtry and
shortsightedness, not to use stronger
terms. It is we'll known that many
leading Democrats differ on ques-
lions of policy-particalarly on the
it is but right and proper
that Mr.. Cleveland call them together
and effect, il possible, some means
BY which the contending elements
might adjust their differences and
enter the new administration with a
perfect understanding upon all the
more . important issues that are
likely to be raised and dis
cussed. II Mr.. Cleveland can
accomplish this result In q
friendly, quiet way before he
takes his seat in theWhite House, he
will have performed a service EMIT
ling him to the plsudits Of every
Democrat in the land. Had General
pursued a similar course, 1t
is fair to say he would be alive to-
day, and perhaps his party yet In
power. But he elected to run counter
to the opinions of the best statesmen
Of the Republican party, and as a
consequence . feud was engendered,
as still as the hint may be,
tended to bring him to ali untimely
grave. For q president to take the
in his mouth and set at defiance
the opinion and advice of the best
of bis party, is to surely bring
upon himself certain trouble that
possibly could have been averted.
Gov. Cleveland may not be the most
experienced statesman, but he starts
out in the right direction by counsel.
ing /" peace on earth and good will to
men,. With this view Of the case
1t Is not strange that he should IN
vite q confab with Messrs. Randall,
Carlisle sndother leaders Of his party,
In. advance Of taking his seat as
Chief Magistrate of the Republic. 1t
Is only to be hoped that before the
ides of March be will have made 1t
convenient to converse with even
more than he has been accredited
with and that when he assumes con-
troll Of the government on the 4th,
prox, he will do SO with q clear un-
head, and feeling the
that he sets out upon his work,
not only unhampered, but with the
best wishes Of q united party. Let
he good work 60 on, and its results
IAN be better estimated four years
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-07

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6.-The
weather to-day was perfect. The At
tendance at the Exposition, 80. 900.
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CONGRESSIONAL,
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. belmont,
from the committee on foreign affairs,
reported back the resolution request
ing the President to cause copies of
all communications which had been
received respecting the Congo confer
ence, and especially copies of the text
OF commission or power sent by the
government to each of the three
American plenipotentiaries or agents
to be Immediately transmitted to the
House. Adopted.
The House went into committee of
thu whole on the river and harbor
bill, pending actor. on the appropri
alton for Sandy Bay, Mss,., the COM
mittee rose. Holman, from commit
tee on appropria' ions, reported l.gis-
lative, executive aud judicial appro-
priation bill and referred it to
committee Of the whole.
SENATE.
Van Wyck offered the following
resolution which was agreed to:
Resolved: That the secretary of
the Interior inform the Senste what
amaunts were due the United States
Dec: 81. 1882, from the Union Pacific
Railroad. Also what amounts have
become due from that date until Dec.
81, 1881, according to the rule aid
down in q decision lately made be-
tween the United States and said
road In the Court of Claims. Also
whether the annual settlement was
made February LIST, 1885. as provided
In the Thurman acf.
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Dated Uecemv1i .y.... 49,.
CALEB Z. IRVINE,
,--lCd Probate Judge.
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of the total ~depravity Of man, but if
any argument were needed to con-
vince him that it was founded in
truth the speeches he had just listened
to were all-suficient. But he could
not believe that printers were so de-
praved, and tina: while he had no
cause to entertain any very great de-
gree Of love for the press of the Terri.
tory he believed they would size up
as far as honesty In their dealings
was concerned with the average of
men In other occupations" The
Governors little speech set the news
paper men present at their ease again
and those from a distance concluded
to stay a day or two longer at the
Capital.
In reply to this TRADE Of abuse
heaped upon the press If the Terri
tory we assert and can prove that
there is not a newspaper in the Terri
tory that has received q dollar more
for doing public printing than the
law, which lays upon the desk OF
every member of the legislative as
sembly, allows them, and if it has 1t
Is because the board of commissioners
which allowed the bill was either a
let of ignoramuses or a trio of knaves
If the newspapers have received
more than their work was worth it ia
because the law passed by the repre-.
sen'atlves of the people gave It to
hem. The fault lays in the law or
with the County Commissioners
- certainly not with thu news
papers of the Territory. We
would pay ne stten,i IN to this exhib-
ton Of ignorance or spleen upon the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-07

L, vel Mainsuset,re. Unionsto yNlu
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
A Pretty Love Letter from Pret-
ty Girl Written to a Lord and
Fool.

At the Fortescue- Garmoyle breach of
promise trial, the following letter from
the lady to her noble lover was read by
her counsel. 1t reveals the burlesque
actress, despised by his lordship, as a girl
of superior mind;
Deal Old Sweetheart wore your
last present at dinner after you left, but
/ do want you to remember what say
when l beg you not to give me any
thing else for long time. Sweetheart,
you see besides being loving lad and
Iassie we are sensible man and wom-
an, who, having found out they care for
each other more than for any one else
in the world, have settled to pass their
lives together For this to be successful
the man must not be in the habit OF
thinking the woman pretty plaything
on whom Jewels and toys are to be
lavished, and that these things make her
happiness. Now, dear old boy, we must
face the fact that you have heavy ex-
penses, and many of them, and, there,
fore, you can not put your income round
my neck and arms without getting your
affairs into amuddle somehow. All the
pretty things you love to give me know
are in some way sort of public witness
of your own affection for me; but now
YOU must give me what do ask you to
do as a witness compliance to
my wish in this particular. You see I'm
not simply pretty brainless doll whose
spurious kind of "love" (save the mark
Of daring to use so holy sentiment to
Indicate such pitiful feeling needs to
be kept afame by all sorts ofappeals to
her vanity as her strongest point, but
deeply loving woman, who, besides
thinking of the pleasure of the moment,
wants to see the future clearly on the
same lines. Don't think / do not appre-
cate the sweet thoughts which prompt
ed you to want the prettiest of things
for "your little girl, )" nor would / have
had it otherwise than it has been, only
now l want you to see this thing from
my point of view, and agree with me in
it. Do you know, old boy, you and l
owe something to other people? BY
that / mean that, as we have done some
thing q little out of the way, we are
bound to make it a great success for
each other, 80 that other men and wom-
en- in, perhaps somewhat similar posi-
tions may say: "Those two took their
lives into their own keeping, and faced
many things for the sake of being to-
gether They made a success of it, and
so will we try" And it seems to me
it is rather a good thing in life to have
been able to help other people little
by being strong and brave, and doing
right You remember what you told
about being the only woman who ever
wanted You to do that. Well. darling
it is so for us both, and we will find the
answer to our efforts at the end of our
lives. God bless you, my darling
Surely you and l viii be very happy.
You know how ambitions was for my
self Well, now, my hopes are centered
on and in you You must, and shall,
and will do finely.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
Personal Matters.

The Lewiston, Me-, Journal Intimates
that when young convert arose in the
meeting of the Salvation Army at Port
land one day last week, and said he had
been "a dreadful bad man." it sounded
bad enough but when his wife re-
marked, shortly afterward, that before
her husband was converted che was
about the meanest man that ever lived"
it made him very mad indeed.
Mr.. A. G. Gennett and Mrs. Orpeh
T. Crubb, of Preston, England, have
Just been married at Milwaukee, Wis.
The pecdliarity about the marriage
was that the brides first husband was
the groom's uncle, so that English law
would not allow them to marry, and
they had to come to this country of en-
larged ideas to be united. They will
return to England in a few days, the
object of their trip being accomplished.
Mr.. George Jones, of the New York
Times, who was the active promoter of
the $250,000 fund for General Grant,
says there is nothing wrong about that
fund; that the Wabash bonds, in which
it was invested, had not failed to pay
the interest; that Ex-Governor Morgan
had guaranteed not only the interest of
the fund, but the principal; that the ten
years guarantee had yet about seven
years to run, and that the Morgan es-
tate, amounting to millions, was not in
any way involved.
BY the now assignment Of work by
the board of Bishops of the NJ +.
Church, Bishop Hurst will remain in
Europe this winter and next summer.
He is to preside at the North India Con-
ference, Barilly, India, Jan. Sth, 1885.
At the Sweden Conference at Motala,
Sweden, May 14th, 1885 At the Nor
way Conference at Fondhiiem. Norway,
May 2Sth. AT Denmark Conference
June 18th, and he also presides at the
German and Switzerland Conferences
later.
Rev DIR. Ashbel G.. Vermilye, who is
descendant of Ebenezer Hazard, first
postmaster of New York and afterward
Postmaster General, read paper up
on his ancestor and the early New York
postofiice before the New York Histori
cal Society the other evening. The
Now York postofliee was established in
1875, when the city had population of
about three thousand five hundred.
When Mr.. Hazard became Postmaster
General he had salary of 81 200 year,
1900 miles of post roads to look after,
and no clerical help. But he made the
Postofiice Department self-sustaining.
Director General Burke of the New
Orleans Exposition, is a man of wonder
full executive capacity, and his task is
simply prodigious. He finds no time
to leave his Office on the grounds, but
has his meals prepared there and sleeps
the few hours he can get in the same
place. With corps of stenographers
and clerks he dispatches business as he
must with great rapidity. Familiar
with several languages, he reads letters
in French, Spanish, Italian, Mexican
and German and dictates replies. A
telegraph instrument is at his side, and,
being an expert operator, receives and
answers his messages at the instant.
He is thoroughly educated newspaper
man, being owner of the Times Demo
GRAFT He is a most courteous gentle
man, very wealthy and immensely pop
ular. A.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
Dick short Arraiened.

New YORK, Feb Ga large number of
dynamiteTs in attendance at the tombs
police court to-day to see the arraignment
of Richard Short, who committed an assault
ON Capt Phe.an Phelan was brought from
/ the hospital, entered the court room, and
took a position before Judge Patterson.
Phelan was pale and thin, his left arm hung
in a sling. lie made an affidavit charging
Short with stahbing him.
DO you see the man III the court who as
saultcd your inquired Justice Patterson OF
Phclan.
That Is the man." be replied. pointing at
Short. who stood directly behind him.
Il shall hold you for examination, Short, nm
der 50, 900 bail, said the judge to the prisoner.
Judge, shouid like to ask fof the protection
Of the police while I remain III the city, said
Phelan with show OF hesitancy. i do not feel
safe from the attacks OF that man, pointing to
Short.
replied Justice Patterson, but | cannot
IF YOU give me the privilege OF carrying weap-
Gus can defend myself, replied the captain
with some pride.
Apply to the police; they will grant YOU per-
mission.
The sergeant of the police court squad was
determined to see that Capt Phelan got
home in safety so he sent two police officers
as a body guard to the captain and his wife
The examination will take place tomorrow.
DID HE HELP KILL CAvENDIsH?
An official at the Tombs says Scotland
Yard detectives have been in the prison. and
the features of Short were scanned. with a
view TO Identifying him as ole of the princi-
pals in outrages ~ Ireland 1t is even
said that Short was engaged in the Phoenix
Park murder 1t is sold certain that the
British government has evidence proving his
connection with crimes in Ireland before he
be made to secure evidence for the purpose
OF having him extrad ted
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
A committee Of the Pennsrlvan

A committee of the Pennsylvania
state senate reported against bill tc
punish wife-beatlng with the lash, to be
administered in the presence OF witness
rs in the Jail yard, at a whipping post
The strength Of the growing sentiment
in favor of the whipping post for this
class Of oGenses was shown by the senate
voting down the report. and voting tc
take up and consider the bill by 30 tc
NG. This does not necessarily insure
he passage of the bill, but it indicates
a growing conviction that wife beating
Is not at present, adequately punished
and the necessity of more ignominiou:
nd personally painful treatment thar
snow prescribed By the laws for sucl
an ignominious offence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
wellington's Symathy.

From Sir George T. Napier's Memoirs.
About the middle of the night, as DIR.
Hare was sitting doing in chair op.
posite Lord MARGINS bed, who had fall
en- asleep, the door of the room gently
opened and figure in white cloak
and military hat walked TO the bed,
drew the curtains quietly aside, looked
steadily for a few seconds on the pale
countenance before him, then leaning
over, stopped his head. and pressed his
lips on the forehead of Lord March,
heaved deep sigh, and turned to leave
the room, when the doctor, who had
anxiously watched every movement, be
held the eountenance of Wellington
his cheeks wet with tears He had rid.
den many mile that night, alone, tc
see his favorite young soldier, the son
of his dearest friend.
He then returned to his head quar-
tiers, having first made every inquiry
respecting the sick and wounded and
and given such orders as were necessary.
Does this betray want of feeling in the
Duke? 1t needs DO comment; the fact
speaks for itself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
Romance Pe+ering Out.

New York Letter. Victoria Morosni
Schelling- Hulskamp is going about with
a brass band singing in country towns
around New York, and undergoing the
same sort of an exhibition that would
attend any other museum curiosity. ii
there was ever real sympathy for girl
who would leave her fImily and go OIL
with a common German coachman, it
has melted away in tho hight of the sub
seduent actions of Mrs. Hulskamp.
The story of beautiful girl who was
kept under lock and key. and never al
lowed to venture forth unless under the
supervision of some member of the fam
lily or a servant. was certainly rather
pathetic. The girls father made such
a wild exhibition OF himself that people
rather congratulated the daughter in
getting away from him, but, as it is
looked at now. Mrs. Hulskamp is en-
titled to very little sympathy. Her
mothers health has been completely
shattered and the family has delayed
its trip to Europe until the physicians
are willing to have her moved. Mean
while Mrs. Hulskamp gees about sing
ing In town halls accompanied by hen
coachman- husband, her manager. and
a liveried brass band Rather disap-
pointing termination OF romantic cpl
sode In the life of bankers daughter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
a Humorist in Several Languages.

A story having gone the rounds that
Opie Read, the humorist of the Arkan-
saw Traveller, began his journalistic ca
reer under Cowles, of the Cleveland
Leader, and that the latter had no APP
probation Of humor, Mr.. Read comes to
the defense of his employer.
II was employed by the Leader com.
pany to do humorous writing, and my
sad attempts at wit must have made the
old gentleman's hair stand up like the
excited tooth-picks on the back of the
agitated porcupine. One day, calling
me, he said: Look here, / wish you
wouldn't write any more sketches in the
negro dialect. Many of our prominent
colored citizens have become offended.
Can't you write some Other kind of hui
NOR 2
eyes, sir"
"'All right, see that You do"
Several days later he sent for me.
Look here. said he, / wish you'd drop
that German dialect. You don't under.
stand German, do you 2"
No, sir"
Well, then, don't try to write it.
I'd much rather you would attempt Eng
lish. We can't afford offend our Ger
man citizens
"tAll right, sir. ;"
A few days afterward he came to me
and gave me a few more lines of advice
which found me enjoying the same bless
ing.
"'Look here, I notice that You have
taken up the irish dialect Were yor
ever in Ireland?'"
No, sir.
"'Then don't try to write Irish. An
other thing wish to say. In writing
up the bakers strike, YOU headed the
article On the Loaf ? What did you mean
by that?'
wy, that was a joke
So was told, but took the paper
home with me and studied the question
pretty thoroughly, but can't see where
the joke comes in. must compliment
you, though, on one article. That one
headed The Widows Last Biscuit was
one of the most Imaginable pieces of de-
scription / ever read"
IVY, Mr.. Cowles, that was pathe-
tic article
THAT so? 1 thought it was funny.
Say, can't you fix it some way so can
distinguish your humor from your
pathos? 1t is embarrassing to be CON
stantly in doubt. Fun must be hilarious.
There must be no mistake about it-no
room for conjecture. Your sketches
are all very well in their way-they
show much hard work what an effort it
costs you to enable the compositors
to read them, but it strikes me that
there is something lacking. Some
people say that [ have no idea of f1n
This is q mistake Didn't laugh the
other day when Perdue fell down
stairs? OF course l did | don't want
you to think that am hard to please,
! for / am not. but if you want to make
me laugh you must write something
funny. You seem to have brought
gloom along with you. Can't you
shake off the dependency which seems
to be clinging to your garments? ]
! think you have made mistake in your
calling. This very minute you ought
to be an undertaken You would make
an excellent hand to lift heavy metal
lie cases. / have just told Perdue to
pay you up. / think you'd better GO
back to Arkansaw. l am sorry that
we must part so SOON. Good bye,
and turning around with a pleasant
smile he discharged the city editor
and begged the base ball reporter to
throw down his pencil and seek tie
fresh air of the country"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12

TnonPE, Wis, Feb 8 William Wright,
chairman of the towr board of Thorpe, was
shot and Instantly killed Wednesday, by his
son Robert, aged twenty The old man had
been drinking very hard for the past week
and been coming home every night and ter
rOrizng his family by threatening TO kill
them When he came home Wednesday
night Bob was in bed upstairs and his
mogher was away from home. His father
commenced abas ne the children and threat
ing their lives He asked where Bob was,
and being informed he was upstairs SAID he
was going to kill him Bob, hearing this,
slipped down stairs, and VIII lie his father was
in the act of reaching behind the stove for
IN axe, shot him vi h a rifle through the
window The BAH struck him in the small
OF the back and came OUT near the collar
bone. The old man turned and opened the
door and started toward his son, who fired
again. the ball entering nearly the same
place as before, but coming outat the breast
He died in a few moments Bob was arrested
and taken before the Justice court, and his
trial postponed until Feb 10 He was taken
to Wellsville and lodged in jail to await trial
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS or THE WEEK.
aninaeaota in the Laaa at New o.l,aas.

'Ainneseta in the Lead at New o=saas.
Referring to the Minnesota dairy exhibit the
New Orleans Times Democrat says:
Minnesota is ahead in the dairy division of the
exposition. II is cause for pa rdonable pride to
Minnesotians that the highest honors in the
awards on butter should belong to citizen of
that state, and that IN addition to the grand
sweepsta kes twenty out of sixty four Of the
class and pro rata premiums on butter should
De awarded to her dairymen. tits said by those
Who knows that this was one of the most closely
ested awards ever made in this country so
Snat the hOnors conferred here were fairly won
The result shows to the world that Minnesota
g now IN quality, as she soon will be in quanti-
y, the leeding dairy state IN the nation THIS
IS due to the following causes: soil peculiar
y adapted 10 the growth of diary grasses water
abundant and always pure and cool; climate
clear, dry and bracing. free from fogs and
sultriness; and last but not least intelligent
stock and dalrymen The dairy industry is in its
.nfancy in the state The first creamery is not
Eve years old, yet the amount of creamery butter
went from nothing in 1879 to 30,000. COO pounds
IN lSS4 The dairymen of the state were honOred
by the appointment OF c. Il. Marvin, a pionser
creamery man in the state. and proprietor, with
Mr. Cammaek, to the position first OF state and
then of general superintendent of the dairy
division He selected T. A. Richardson OF Aus
tin, Mimi. and A F. McKinstrey of Minnebago
City as assistant superintendent for the state,
and to their ability and interest under Mrs
Marvin's direction the success Of the state ex-
hibit is due. Minnesota has $4,000 cows and
room for millions more She has a healthy
climate for stock, as well as people, AZ any in
the world She can furnish premium bread
and butter for Christendom, and invites the
attention OF hoineseekors TO her broad acres
and generous welcome. The rapid develop
ment of her stock and dairy interests in the
state is largely due to the organization OF the
Butter, Cheese and Live Stock association, and
any information concerning openings in Min
nesota for stock ard dairy farming may be adj
dressed to the secretary. W c. Rice, Zumbrota,
MINI.