The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-23
COURT HOUsE SCHEME

pllcatlOn Tor an injunction to restrain the
Commissioners from allowing further pay.
ments on account of work on the new Court
House until a thorough. skillful investiga.
ton of the work already done al be had.
just how this will affect the county is a
tract for building the Court House. They
are under heavy bonds for the faithful per.
Torrance of their work as provided by the
terms of their contract. An injunction will
of course destroy the contract and it is not
unlikely that in such a event the contract.
ors may be heard from.
THIS SUDDEN CHANGE
In affairs grows out of a new discovery
made by the committee from having the
law presented to them by their attorneys.
The rirst proposition vas to take proceed.
ings for the removal of the Board of County
Commissioners. Tia new election would fol.
low and the people could select their success.
ors, I believe that ourse would have been
pursued, possibly to success, but when the
law has fully explained to the committee
and they learned that in the event OF any
vacancy occurring in the Board of Commits.
sioners from any cause the vacancy or va
cancies must be filed by the Probate Judge.
When this information was impaired to
the committee they raised their hands and
voices In holy horror, and with one accord
decided that they would be going from bad
to worse by such a change.
JOE DAVIS COMMISSIONERS.
What a gang they would be. says one.
What q miserable law, exclaimed anO ther.
Let the present Board remain by all means,
said they all. That was the reason for the
sudden change in the programme. Just
what the outcome of this whole matter will
be is a problem that no one can solve, or
even prophesy with any reasOnab BILE degree
of certainty. We will keep our eyes open
tight for further developments.
THE CITY
Will soon be on us again, and there are
already numerous aspirants for local hon.
ors. 1t is generally conceded that John
Stedman will be the Republican candidate
the nomination, with fair prospects OF sue
cess. He will be an easy man to beat, for
he is not popular with his own party, but
he has wanted the nomination for Mayor
for several years, and several OF the Repub-
lican leaders have already said that the
only way to take the conceit out Of him
will be to give him the nomination and
then "snow him under"
JULIA AN
Has already been importuned to run again,
but positively refuses to entertain the
proposition for one IN He knows
when to let 60. The salary (?) of the Office
has no attractions for him and the addi-
tional honor OF a reelection to an office OF
that character will not to his mind recon-
that he is likely to be mentioned again po-
hofnro tho oononoYOn Of 1893 10
closed, but just where has not yet been
made public. Personally, he says, he has
no further aspirations, yet he is just in the
position to become available at any time,
for he has always been successful, and there
is nothing SO successful in politics as sue
cess.
WHO THE CANDIDATE WILL BE
On the Democratic ticket is as yet un-
known, or if known it is kept very quiet.
Aldermen Lissner and Moth; Chief Fire
Maginnis, ex-Mayor Hundlay and others
are mentioned. Any OF these would beat
Stedman so badly he would want to be
thrown into his blastfurnace and be re-cast.
The rule of succession was broken last
year and the former theory of a change in
politics annually has been exploded.
Until last spring the Republicans and
Democrats alternately elected a Mayor.
For instance, the first Mayor was John
Kinna, Republican,; the second was e.. w.
knight, Democrat; the third was T. H.
Kleinschmidt, Republican; the fourth was
William Hurdley, Democrat; and the fifth
might have been a Republican had not
Kleinschmidt tried to double-shot the game,
calling forth the present incumbent, a
Democrat, who downed him, and then
l-~1,o ILL., o1oA1 al ALL ~~I1n E ~0k-,
OUR WATER R
The people on the East Side are grum-
bling constantly concerning the water sup
ply. For years Shelton Duff has had charge
of it, and, az he was a hard worker and
one who thoroughly understood his bust
ness, there was very little complaint. "Old
Duff" would get up in the night when the
thermometer was 40 below zero and look
after the water pipes. This fall Bob Hale,
who owns these works, thought that he
could make a soft job for a nephew OF his
and let Old Duff" out. He may be saving
money and, like the lamented Grant, caring
a relative, but the people are cussing
him plenty. The present manager does
not know beans about running a water
works. He may have been good al husking
corn or pulling stumps, but he is too
ClA\AV " ~ viz ""OSA ~SAASS -" SA"1
If Hale does not let him out
soon, the people on the East Side will re-
fuse to pay their water bills. If we should
have one good fire some night, and find the
water shut of. Hale and his tender
foot nephew had better keep out OF sight.
PERSONALS.
Thomas H. Carter, attorney-at-law, and
Miss Galen have gone east to be married.
John Brunton and his bride have been
expected home for a week. Query, will they
ever return?
John j. Fallon has gone east after his
sister, or somebody else's sister.
J.H .McDougald. Alderman from the Sixth
Ward, has been heard from in California.
A. j. Steele is still expecting the Registers
Office, Tor something else).
Ed. Zimmerman bears the h0n0rs OF
riches with a happy equilibrium.
More in time. FREE LANCE.
Fishy Story.
MADRID, January 21.-1t isrumored that
q revolutionary expedition against Spain
ia being prepared in France, and that it