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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

WHEN President Adams, OF the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, visited Butte,
the mill men laid before him the salt ques-
ton. He asked that they communicate
with him hy letter. This was done and he
acknowledged the receipt OF the letter.
Than came Mr.. Cllisolm, the expert, who
made an inquiry into the subject, and has
probably mad his report. Still no action
has been taken. The low price OF silver
makes it urgent for the company to act in
the matter. The rate is too high, ly fifty
per emit. The company brings coal into
Butte from a point 200 miles east of Salt
AXE for seven dollars per ton, yet charges
twenty dollars per ton forhauling salt from
Salt Lake, Or nearly six times the cost OF
the goods. Why the company should thus
discriminate against the mining industry is
i mystery. 1t is certainly bad policy. Ii
ta- rate is not reduced soon, Il number of
TIE mills, probably all OF them, will shut
down and then the company will lose not
only the salt trade, but all the supplies
that enter into consumption of the Aills.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THERE is no end OF new from the East,
but it is as uncertain and complicated as
the election returns from Ohio. The indi-
cations are, however, that the Powers will
'sit down" on the belligerent Kingdom
lettes and crush their war-like spirit. Tur-
key shows a conservative spirit, but this is
a matter of diplomacy, while Russia is in
clined to be firm and decisive exhibiting es-
pecially repugnance to Bulgaria. England,
France and Germany do not say much, but
seem to be looking with favor upon the
Roumelia- Bulgarian Union. 1t is a game Of
diplomatic chess and while it is going on
England is invading Burmah from Ransoon
with her Indian forces, preparatory to de-
spelling that country. Austria and Ger
many continue to expel foreigners from
within their borders and the outlook over
the whole Of Europe is anything but peace
full. 1t is almost certain that before the
present troubles are ended the maps Of
Europe will have to be retraced.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
CORRESPONDENT of the COurier-J

\ CORRESPONDENT of the Courier-J0urnal
says: "On my return to Stuttgart l found
my table covered with foral welcomes after
the pretty German fashion, and with these
a basket OF delicious fruit. There is some
thing very touching in this hospitable Ger
man custom. I wish it were transatlantic.
1t is not mere sentiment. The same friend
who has a basket OF flowers and a card OF
welcome left at your door an hour before
your return will remember your birthday
in mid.winter by a pair OF crocheted bed
shoes for bitterly cold nights" 1t is a
beautiful custom among Germans to keep
a birthday book, in which a page is assigned
to a day, frequently five or six pages. in
which are recorded the births OF members
of the family, relatives and friends. This
book is read to the whole family after the
religious exercises OF the day, and birthday
mementoes and congratulations are never
overlooked. l. is not all sentiment, but it
has made the Germans a peaceful, law
abiding, familyloving nation, with whom
blood tells to the remotest generation.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

Nor only do Montana cattle bring the
highest prices in the markets, but our sheep
also rank higher than any Others. A we'll
posted gentleman writing from Chicago to
the Fort Benton River Press says: "Mon-
ana sheep as they run hold up to and even
surpass everything that comes to this
market for mutton, except a very few
highly fed sheen. Those that have arrived
in the last two weeks have run rom $3.37132
to S3.62h per 100 pounds, and have aver
aged from JOG to 122 pounds per head.
There is a rich concern here that is question
ing me thoroughly in regard to establish
ing a mutton dressing establishment at
some point in Montana on the Northern
Pacific Railroad. It looks about certain
that it will be DONE" The resources of the
Territory are just beginning to be recognized
abroad and, indeed, realized by our W
people. 1t would be a bold man who would
attempt to prophecy as to the future OF the
agricultural industry OF Montana.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

SENATOR WALLACE. OF Pennsylvania, is a
man who is entitled to the sympathy Of
his large number OF acquaintances. One
trouble after another has come upon him,
and he has borne up under it like a real
martyr. Mr.. Wallace is a man Of high lit
erary attainments and one Of the most
eminent attorneys in the State. He has
amassed il fortune of 81, OOO, 900, and is
possessed Of one OF the most complete and
beautiful homes in Clearield county, in the
western portion OF the State, yet the iron
hand Of domestic misfortune seems to be
tightening its grasp upon him. gradually
robl,ing him OF prizes for which all his
wealth cannot recompense. Six years ago
Mrs. Wallace, who had always been the
gayest of the gay and the leader OF fashion
able society in aristocratic old Clarified,
suddenly became demented and was placed
in a private asylum at Media, Penn, for
treatment. Since then all recollection OF
the past happy life has vanished, and she
recognizes none of her old friends, not even
her husband. In another asylum in the
same town is confined a son, aged about
80 wears, whose life has been blighted
THROUGH the carelessness OF a nurse. who
allowed him to fall from her arms when a
babe. And now Mr.. Wallace is called upon
to mourn the loss Of his promising son
Bishop, a young man of fine education and
rare business qualifications. For many
years Senator Wallace has been the hon
orcd leader OF the Democracy OF Pennsyl=
vania, and by his mastery management
and ability attained national reputation.
He has the sympathy OF his political enc
mics in his Affections as fully as OF his
allies and associates. AS a man and citi-
zen, no one stands higher in the Keystone
State, not even Mr.. Randall.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

A TELEGRAM from Bloomington, Illinois,
brings the following unpleasant news in
reference to persons not unknown in Butte:
..i9uite a sensation occurred last night
upon the stage Of the Durley Theater in
this city. At the end OF the third act OF
''yirginius,'' which was being rendered by
the Fred, Werde Company. Miss Mittens
Willett (Mrs. Mary Avelinei in the ole OF
Vjrsinius, dashed before the curtain and ina
very excited state OF mind announced that
she would retire from the cast. She said she
had been brutally assaulted by her mana
ger, Robert S. Hudson, who had struck her
behind the scenes" We are sorry to learn
that Mr.. Hudson should have so far for
gotten himself as to hase struck a woman,
and that woman the leading lady OF his
and SO charming and amiaole a
lady 40. Mics AWilletts:, We age ptsultprisle e
to learn that MI. 'Warhe s,seasaln. is not \
suecess.saIt could thardly The, under such a
manager s2'sA- 3:a s1&'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
KEEL Must Hanu

ba n'snoS: October 22.-The Privv Council
mas dismissed the appeal Of I,on;s De-,
hSa'" hs the sentence Of death passed un r~v'
II In Dy tne Canadian courts. p'"
canadia interview ennn to-day Fitzpatrick, Riel's
NJ pretend that Riel was unfa;rIrp otts;o1e
tho No oouDt at the time OF the outhrea , ! IT,
have %;anwest grievances existed which
t lave since been remodied. Riel cowm anaen
M ~ agitation rom purely political mnti~ss
valuable eo spr sun consider that he rendered
less tive exc;t TO the country. Doubt
III liehtai alteration, rendering hi HIM iuca IN hhel
On ftbbe a the rebellion within legal lim;tu
IL IL the scaffold Riel will become . m nntss'
pntt Prson OF in an asylum he would b a fSr'
;ss;dears i'm IN the face Of conflicting medical
seatsd the an ,,'sa1 case, Fitzpatrick. .advo-
yGGo vernInenfp D ~ by the Canadian
= nise she ~pEisoner,.. - 'asain on
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THE money necessary to insure Montana
- resentation at the Worlds Fair at New
LEANS has been raised and the question
o is, who is to be appointed from the
west side?' We have heard OF no sug-
sastions, but Governor Hauser can name
rn one who would better or more accept
ably fill the place than the accomplished
EDITOR of the Inter Mountain. MIR. j. b.
2ead. Few men are better Informed upon
the resources of the Territory, and no one
would work harder for the good of the
Territory than he. We speak from per-
eonai knowledge when we say that at the
first Denver Exposition he was ~tireiess in
Lis efforts in behalf OF the Territory, and
secured for it more extensive advertising
than any other Commissioner in attend
anoe. His ability us a journalist, his faith
in the future of the Territory, his acknowledge
OF our resources and his energy and perse-
verancs specially fit him for the position.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

TIE Helena Herald has no conscience
when it comes to the discussion OF political
matters. In a recent issue it says:
The removal of miners from the Sweet
Grass country is serious in itself and more
serious in the policy which it represents.
No Republican administration has ever
lnolested prospectors upon an Indian reser-
walton, but the Democrats no come
into power than they proceed to reverse
this wise and liberal policy and close vast
mineral regions against white men. This
order is made while Mr.. Toole is at Wash
ington. OF course it is transcendingly i'm
portant that the Republican ~offieeholders
in the Territory should be removed and
Democrats appointed in their places; but ii
our delegate could spare a few moments
from his labors in this behalf, it might be
well for him to give a little attention to a
matter which concerns not only hundreds
OF deserving and hard working citizens, but
also the development and prosperity OF the
Territory as ii whole.
This is the sheerest demagoguery. Thu
Herald must know, if it knows anything,
that no Republican administration ever
allowed prnspectors to locate mines on In
dian reservations and never granted pat
ents for such locations, when made against
the law. Such locations arein the very ma
ture OF things illegal and no patent would
be valid, even il granted. When the great
discoveries OF minerals were mad on the
Ute Reservation in 1878, 1879 and 1880
not only did the Republican administration
refuse to grant patents for mines duly To-
Gated, but it issued proclamation warning
prospectors not to trespass upon the Res
ervation and when miners ignored this it
drove them off at the point OF the bayonet,
and this in the face OF the protest ofadoaen
Republican members Of Congress, among
whom were ;our Republican United States
Senators.
These lands belong to the Indians by
solemn treaty and the Government is in
duty bound to keep off trespassers. no
matter what their mission may be. The
timber thieves, the cowboys and the pros
pectols are equally alected by the opera
ions OF the aw. The prospectors know
tina: theyhave no right TO invade the reser-
~vatiols and when they ignore the law they
must take the consequences. Neither Re-
publican buncombe, OF which the extract
from the Herald is a fair sample, nor any
efforts that Mr. Toole may put forth, can
set aside the law, or induce the Government
to violate its sacred treaty obligations.
The best information that we can obs
tain from reliable sources is that there is
no mineral worth digging for in the Sweet
Grass country, but il it should turn out
that there is, it will be inaccessible to the
white man until the Reservation is restored
to the public domain, from which it has
been set apart for IL specific purpose: Tie
administration has no choice in the
premises. 1t has no alternative. Its duty
is plain, and that duty is to keep all tres
passers off reservations.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

On Tuesday evening Mr.. John Mcguire,
manager of the Butte Grand Opera House,
and oil the Montana Theatrical Circuit
wiilbe rendered It complimentary benefit at
the Grand. The movement ia in the hands
of the leading citizens OF The city, and the
Grisiner-D av ies Company has kindly vol
u~nteered for the occasion. They will play
at Anaconda on Monday evening and re-
turn here on Tuesday, giving the beautiful
drama Of "Rosedale" for the beueGt. No
manager ever deserved . benefit more than
does Mr.. Mcguire. lie has been the theat-
rical pioneer of the Territory. He came
when the country WAS a bowling wilderness,
holding out few inducements to performers,
and entertained the people when 10 one
else would come. He has remained here
ever since and has been ~tireless in his efforts
to please the people. He has brought here
some OF the best TIA lent in the country. and
has never wearied in his eNertions to raise
the standard of amusements. He has I'M
consciously been a public teacher, %elevating
the tastes Of the people and e~xerting an
educating and refining influence impercepti-
bly,. 1t Is to his energy anG persist
ence OF purpose hat Butte owes
the existence OF it's beautiful temple Of
| amusement, with it's comfortable seats,
pure air and fine stage accessories. 1t re-
mains to be said, and not to the credit Of
the community either, that adequate remun-
Grafton has not followed all his efforts and
he has not accumulated lucTe, and laid it
up where the 'moth does corrupt and
thieves break through and steal" 1t is,
| therefore, most fitting that this benefit
should be rendered him by the people whom
he has so often delighted. The gentlemen
who have assumed the management OF the
scheme will carry it to IL successful issue
and that the occasion will be the greatest
ever seen in Butte is already assured. Our
people should arise as one man and con
tribute to the success OF the benefit. Let
it be a monster gathering OF Mr.. Maguire's
friends, so as to bring him to a full realiza-
ton OF the appreciation that the people
have OF his Efforts in the past, to the end
that it may encourage him to still better
things in tue future, if that be possible.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

ANEW YORK letter, speaking OF Roscoe
Conkling, says: Another man whose
fgue is frequently seen on Broadway is
Roscoe Conkling, and l wish sometimes for
his own sake that he could hear the re-
marks that follow him as he passes along.
He undoubtedly has enemies, but though !
have been with men when he passed many
times. there was always some one who
spoke with honest admiration and enthu-
siasm of the one man who has Impressed
everyday people as being absolutely incor-
ruptihie. Mr.. Conkhng does not dress as
he did when a Senator. OF course, every
body knows that he was a great athlete
in his youth, and he still has the physique
and bearing OF a man of great strength. 1t
may not be noticed, but athletes are much
given to sack coats, and Mr.. Conkling is
among them. AS a rule he wears a long
pea Jacket, loose trousers and walking
boots. His powerful shoulders, clear eye,
good color and rapid movements indicate
perfect health. l wonder whether that's
because he wasn't a M~ugwump?'
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
IT is true as held by the Chicago Telegram

IT is true as held by the Chicago Telegram
that good to the Democracy may come out
OF the Ohio election. The Republican press
OF the country is pointing to it's result as IA
victory for the bloody-shirt issue, and,
acting upon this opinion, the leaders appear
inclined to inject the sectional agitation
into the campaign in the States where cleo
tions are to be held next month. Ii the
contest in New York is fought out on this
line the result will be a strong Democratic
triumph in the Empire State. The bloody
shirt may do as a banner in strong Repub-
lican States like Ohio, but in New York the
day when the people will respond to a
demand that carpet.bag government be
restored to the south has long since passed
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

Score one for Jay Gould. Findils that
the Cant fund was nearly $4,000 short
OF We s25OnO0, he was the first to ,.-opose
10 : assessed to complete it. From tie
proceedings 1T appears as though the fund
vas safe and intact, and would at once be
SO secured that there need he no further
concern about it. 1t will be intrusted to q
Trust company, who will pay the interest
anllually to Mrs. Grant andleave it subject
to her bequest, the nature of which has al
ready been decided upon-to be equally dis
tributed among her daughter and the wives
o. her sons. With this fund and the profits
to be derived from the sale of the Generals
book, the family will be fcreveI placed be-
You'd wan There is no doubt, also. that
Congress will vote Mrs. Grant the pension
due the widow OF a General of the Armv.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THE death OF the mother Of the Eootlls,
which occurred in New York on Thursday,
will be regretted among the theatrical pro-
fession. She was a great and q noble wo-
man. a devoted, self-sacritioing, dutiful wife
and a loving and indulgent mother. She
gave to the country the greatest performers
that have ever trod any stage. She was Il
great iavorite among theatrical people and
their friends and was much beloved. She
lived to a ripe old age, 81 years, after she
had seen her sons attain the highest oin-
nacle OF fame and passed away peacefully.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

The sentences imposed upon the muir
d.rers of "Opium jim" by judge Gal
braiti', last evening, are none too severe.
The crime OF which they were convicted
was, as the Judge said, one Of the most
atrocious ever committed in Montana. r.
amounted to torture, alongside OF which
instant death would have been 1nercif,,,
These men should have been found e,;ltv
Of murder in the first degree and ha mod
me twenty years that Cannon will spend
in the penitentiary will give him amnl,
time in which to reform, as the Judes
grim'y assured him was his object in lean.
iag to mercy and foregoing the life sen
l-nee.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THE completion Of the Miners Union
Hall adds another to the many evidences OF
the prosperity Of Butte and proves the
faith. public spirit and enterprise OF the
splendid organization by which it was
erected. The hail is as solid and substan
tial as the strong arms and sturdy hearts
OF it's builders, and will long remains mon
ument to the Union. 1t is already a credit
to the city, and we hope that it will be ii
source Of profit and benefit to it's con-
structors. We sincerely congratulate the
gentlemen upon it's completion and oc"n.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

COMMENTING upon the evident intention
of England to extend her dofhinions' az
shown by advices from London TO tne
effect that it has been resolved at the IN
dian Office to dispatch a force to Mande-
Law to dethrone the King OF Bsrmah n
annex his dominions Gin order to prevent
future complications the San Francisco
Chronicle says, "just so, mighty conve-
nient arrangement for all parties except
King Thebaw and his subjects. 1t is just
sixty years since the English began
the business of despoiling Burmah.
In 1924 the Government OF British
India, Sin order to prevent future
complications,'' made war on the Burmese
King, and stripped him of the Tenasserim
provinces. Twenty-Five or thirty years
afterward more complications Threatened
to occur, and the benevolent government
of India was impelled to seize the province
of Pegu. This took from Burmah all her
s~eacoast, but left her an inland territory
about twice as large as California, with
3.OOO,O 900 or 4 900, 900, people. It is This
territory which the Earl OF Dufferln now
PROPOSES to steal for fear some one else
should get hold of it. OF course King The
baw is not an agreeable person
age. He killed all his brothers
except two when he came to the throne,
and he administers his Government on
general principles OF murder and robbery.
But if every bad Government ~justlhed IN
reference by foreign Powers, what q tron-
blesome world this would be to live In!
There is Ireland, for instance. which has as
bad a Government as can well be imagined
vet Great Britain would net take it kindly
il the United States or France undertook
to annex Ireland in order to avoid future
complications. It is singular how infatu-
ated the European Powers appear to be
with the policy Enumeration and conquest.
Here are the three great Powers-England,
France and Germany-all going up and
down the world, like the devils in the legend,
seeking what they may devour. Yet each
new acquisition is an element OF
instead of strength, a source OF expense
not Of revenue. In the late struggle with
Russia, England was handicapped by the
possession OF Northern India, which was
full Of an explosive population ready to
break out in rebellion when the first shot
was fired; yet the lesson bore so little irult
that she is now going to extend her Terri
tory on the east to the Chinese border.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THE Grisrner-Davies Company is doing Il
gratifying business at the Opera House.
The company is a good one, evenly bal
anced, carefully drilled ana each individual
member strives to do his duty. Miss Davies
is a conscientious actress, and has won a
deservedly warm place in the affections of
the people OF Butte. Their engagement has
been a success, financially and artistically,
and we have no doubt that forthe remain.
ing performances the house will be racked.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

CAPT. DAN. MARRATTA, recently appointed
United States Marshal for Dakota, is "A pi-
oneer and one OF the best known nien in
thai Territory. He was for many years
steamers, and through that connection
made a large acquaintance among Montana
business men. He is an old time Democrat
and one OF the best fellows in the world.
His many friends in Montana are delighted
to hear of his appointment.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

JUDGE DIFfENHoEPPER, the well known
theatrical lawyer in New York, says that
Dion Boucicault's marriage IN Australia is
not bigamous in America. No crime was
committed here. But cohahitation with
Mrs. Boucicault No. 2, while No. ] is living,
will be adultery in the State OF New York
and in Utah would be punishable under the
Edmunds law. Dion wants to be careful
in flying his dates on his return to America.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

A STRONG fight is being made ON the Bell
telephone patents. A syndicate Of power
full rival corporations is makinE very pos
aible effort to break the mc~cpoly. 1t
looks as though they had q lair chance
of succeeding, in which event there will be IL
nightly drop in the stock Of the company,
and as many fortunes will be lost i'll it AZ
were made by it. For the sake Of the good
OF the country it is to be hoped that the
patents may be SET aside and the monop-
DIV destroyed. Such an issue would bring
the telephone and its use within the reach
of The people. 1t is exorbitantly high now,
simply because it is a monopoly.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

THIS is the way that the genial slitor OF
the Solid Auldoon apos rophizes Haray,
in Colorado: "Ouray WAS never so gay;
Butchers all indicted, tinl,orns on tie fly;
enjoying IA weekly ~ro'nd-np;
married men in the hills; Washers working
double shifts; parlor picnics seven gifts in
the week; beer two for a quarter moon
light %strolIs; pie three times a day, and fifty
five tons OF ore per diem coming down from
the hills. Blessed OurayH"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24

The course of the Almighty seems to
rest upon Plymouth, in Pennsylvania. 1t
was the scene of the Avondale disaster,
last summer it was swept almost ont Of ex-
~istence by a typhoid fever Epidemic and
yesterday another explosion Gor led there
in one of the mines of the DeleU ~re & Hud-
son Company. Four miners were killed
outright and adozen mofewiIl probably die.
The shocking details will be found in Our
Geographic columns.