The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-17
miscellaneous Dispatches.

NAloOclldlleUuS UiSpaLCll6S.
CilcAGO, Aug. IA San Antonia dispatch
TO lhe lrtbunc says that the movements of
tue hlllbusters styling themselves the army of
Occupation are being closely watched by Gen.
ORD, whose orders in regard to the neutrality
law are very strict. The Mexicans are also
reported to be ready to give them u warm re-
ception.
zen. Ord thinks there is little in the move
ilelit' and that it is probably lnaugurated by
German English influence in M.vico to inter
rupt good feeling between the United States
ana Mexico and thus retard railroad tuilding
which would greatly endanger their trade.
NEW YORK, Aug. S.--After p. IN. Dr.
lanner rested quietly. At he asked for an
apple, which he ate and then asked for and
received two more. At I he was given a
oeefSteak weighing half pound and paltook
OF 1t. AT he drank an ounce of wine and
then slept until 10, when lie awoke and chat
led cheerfully. Dir, Worksde said that DR..
TANNER was well aud did not think any trou-
Die would arise from his undertaking. He had
gone against the advice of all physicians.
seemingly with beneficial results, and he ex-
pected the doctor would commence work on
h's biography tomorrow. At late hour he
was resting quietly.
CAIRO, H., August 7.-Wm. Hartsell re-
ceived the nomination to-day fo: Congress in
18TH district vice Thomas Heelman declined
NEW YORK, August 7.-General Hancock
visited the headquarters of the Democratic
National Committee to-day and chatted with
the chairman, VIM. II. Barnum and Hon,
W. l.. Scott. L, S. Senator Chas. W. Jones.
OF Florida, also called
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-This afternoon while
the excursion propeller Corning was leaving
Glen Island for this city with 700 or 800 pas
sengers she backed OH a rock, staving hole
in her stern, when she filed and sank to the
guards. The passengers were all safely trans
terred to other steamers and brought to this
city.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 7.-Recent rains
have done much damage to the cotton crop.
1t is now thought that on prairie and bottom
lands not more than half the cotton will be
made that was expected four weeks ago.
Returns show the democratic majority on
the state ticket to be fully 5000.
CHICAGO, August S.-The Inter-O Oceans
New York special says -" When asked as to
his future movements DR.. Tanner SAID he
had not given them any thought 1--we been
offered said he, 81, 100 to deliver lectures in
California, and as have long been anxious
to visit the Pacific slope, am inclined to
think favorably of that"
OMAHA, Aug. Son Friday M. Walch, a
farmer Of Hamilton county, Neb., challenged
another Farmer named John Wiley to fight a
duel to settle some difficulty. Wiley went to
Aurora yesterday and had Walch arrested
and bound over for trial at the district court
for violating the state law dgai1st dueling.
PoTTsvILLE, PENN, Aug. 9--The inside
| workings of the Keely Run colliery, Shenan-
doah, were discovered on fire this morning.
All the workings were filled with smoke, but
mules and other loose property was rescued.
The fire is serious one, as the mine cannot
be flooded, and how to eXtinguish the flames
is question puZzlng the engineers. This is
the mine where Reed, WolseY and Whitman
lost their lives few days ago, enGeavoring to
remove the gas from the old workings.
! New YORK, Aug. 9.-The Commercial
| Bulletin sums up the review of wheat pros
poets TINS : sit is rarely that the crops of Eu-
| rope are SO uniformly satisfactory as they are
this year, and this fact seems to warrant the
expectation of a full average yield"
The Tribune thus closes a similar article
"Low prices for wheat seem inevitable that
they are likely to fall SO low that an American
| surplus of 2O0,000O000 bushels can not be
marketed seems plain.
UTICA, August 9-lIenry SclIuer, repre-
sentative of North Mitchell, New York, came
to Utica Friday with witha a stock of diamonds.
He left the hotel at four yesterday afternoon,
returning at eleven in The evening. This
morning he discovered he had been robbed
of diamonds valued at $4,000.
NEW YORK, August 9.-Captain +. E.
Harris, his first mate John Tender, and
steward W. F. Brown, and seaman and jno.
Martin and Thos. Casey were taken from the
schooner Augustus from Port DefaX Sa'u' day
and sent to the fever hospital at the Quaiali-
tine.
The police OF this city and Brooklyn re
endeavoring to find the murderers of man
whose remains were found to-day III the
woods near Locust valley, Long Island. The
head was lying some ten feet away from the
! trunk.
NEW oHk, August o. The Horid to-day
has 4 story hat one object OF the recent re-
publican conference here was to induce Conk-
ling to get Grant to stump the south for Gar
field Conkling and Garfield were both III
the secret The scheme was abandoned be-
cause of failure to 1gree Oh compensation
between Garfield and Conkling.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug ".-Thc grand stan
Iard of the Knights 'remplar about to dcpar;
for Chicago to attend the conclave OF that on
der, was cOnSecrateu Win imposing ceIemo
nies at Grace church to-day, Rev. ID. Plat
rector, officiating.
NEW YORK, August 9. Tanners wcnder
ful recovery from the effects Of the fast i:
exciting as much general wonder as the ta>t
itself.
CLEARFlELp, Pa, August o.-EN-Governol
! Rlg!er died at o'clock to-day.
CmCAGo, August 9.-Representatives o
the Union Pacific Co. have to-day notitict
the American Express Co. that hereafter il
would not receive freight for transmission tt
different points along its line from the Amer