The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-02
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front of the pistol just in time to receive the
bullet.
Jane Smith and Josephine and Adelaide
Brisso, all young girls, were drowned while
skating in Boston on the 26th inst. rs
The Chicago base ball club was defeated by
the knickerbockers in San Francisco yester-
day, six to four.
st. Julian's attempt to beat his own time,
2l2aa, has been indefinitely postponed.
New YORK, Noy. 2s.-The Worlds WASH
ington special says the belief is becoming
general among army officers that the severest
Indian war since the Seminole IVA is impend-
ing. Letters received from the West corrob-
crate the statements.
The same authority says that Joshua Hill,
of Georgia, is now said to be the most likely
name for second place on the Grant ticket.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.-In his THANKSGIVING
sermon yesterday Beecher said: We have
entered upon a period of prosperity which
will run from fifteen to twenty years. What
will then be the condition of our country I?
The tinkling of cow bells will be heard over
many portions of the North West which is
now a wilderness. In fifteen years the North
ern Pacific Railroad will be finished, and you
little know the greatness of the great North
West. There are marvels of riches in her
breast she has such grain growing power.
Civilization came first out of the tropics, but
1t was out of the north that strong men came.
Nature renews not from the tropics but from
the colder climes. In fifteenyears there willbe
States where now there is but a bowling wild
erness, and Canada may be united in mar
rage with the United States" L"@'
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 2S.-The Marcellus
Powder Mill, twelve miles southwest of this
city, exploded, destroying three buildings and
5000 pounds of powder. The report was
heard twenty miles distant. No person was
injured. "' I" f'
This morning q few minutes before five
o'clock, a heavy explosion was heard and a
bright light seen in the northwestern sky. 1t
is supposed to have been a meteor.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Nov. 2S.-The annu-
al meeting of the stockholders of the Denver
Il Rio Grande Railroad Company was held
here to-day, pursuant to the bylaws and pub.
lished notice. The meeting was harmonious
and the present board of directors, viz: VIM,
Palmer, DR.. Bell, Jay Gould, Russell Sage, G.
F. Moreshoffer were unanimously elected
Resolutions were adopted repudiating the
lease on Boston papers, and requiring the di
rectors to prosecute the Atchisou, Topeka and
Santa Fe for, damages, and also resolutions
confirming the action of the directors in pro-
viding for the extension of the road over all
its chartered routes, particularly to I.eadville
the San Juan and Ell Paso in Chihuahua, fD
which the President reported that ample
means had been secured.
ROME, Nov. 2S.-Signor Winchera, of thu
Nicoteras group of deputies, yesterday made
an attack on the cabinet in language SO vic
lent that he was called to order several times
Among other invectives he asserted that the
new ministry was an insult to the Chamber o
Deputies and to the country.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The Tribune has al
editorial on the Mormon question, from whicl
the following points are cleaned. The tint
is close at hand when the population of tn
Territory will be so large that to refuse Utal
admission as a State will look like an arbltra
ry and unjust departure from we'll establishe
precedent, and there will be practical incon
v~enience also. in continuing the presen
method of administration. The Democrat
party has for the moment something to gain b
the admission of Utah.
Two Senators and one Representative to b
elected under a State constitution would Gel
: tainly be Democratic. Three electoral vote
of the new State would be a gain to the Den
ocratic candidate. If the election of Pres
dent be thrown into the House, the vote {
Utah will count them as much as the vote {
New York. 1t is not to be supposed that tn
Democrats at Washington are insensible {
!. these conditions.
: Pslygamy cannot be abolished unless it
broken up by the National authority Will
! Utah is still a territory. Nobody doubts TIM
) under State government crime would be II
salized and perpetuated. 1t is polygam
which erects what is practically a forelg
> State in the midst of the American contlnen
ruled by a community which has no symps
a thy with the Union, no respect for its law
. no interest in its prosperity. The America
people never will consent to the erection
Utah as a State until the barbarous practl'
which divides it from the whole Christie
world has been forever abolished. And b
fore there can be any serious question OF az
o mission, laws against polygamy must
II amended and put in force.
e LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 2s.-A fearful to
nado played havoc in the southeastern pc
u ton of the city. This morning a terrific ga
q struck the city at the end of Fourth tSreet, Il
Rev. Stuart Robinson's house being one Of t
q first to suffer, thence it continued in a mort
q easterly direction through the city to Ca
Hill. The south fence of the Central park
z all blown down. The old Louisville ba
/ ball park is completely riddled, not the lei
e portion of the fence was left standing exec
q, half of the east side. The roof of the graz
stand was smashed into kindling wood a
II blown away. The grounds and street a
sc strewn with broken boards and timber. L
{. Rev. Stuart Robinsgn's house is slightly dal
le aged, about one third of the roof being blow
down. 80.
a NJ. S. Fishback's carpet beating establis
T. ment on Third street was completely dem
n ished. Fences and trees suffered general
'e Alfred Lewis's brick house on Third strt
N had the root blown off, and the side OF ri
y Belmer's house was shivered. Iompkln
Or ice house had the root torn of and genera
= smashed.
% The next place to suffer was the Lau
g Crystal spring distillery at the end OF Fl
IL street. Here the wind from across the co
m mons had full sweep, and great damage "
= done. The new brick warehouse was co
pletely blown down, not a brick being p, !
z .linu of tia snuth ana west. walls. u