The Phoenix herald., 1880-08-27
TELECRAPhIC. News of the World for the
 Past Seven Days. Associated Press Dispatches to
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 BOTTLED BEN BUTLER
 Nsw YORK, August 20.-Worid's Boston spcciol says: At the meeting of the Democratic committee, last evening it was officially announced that Ben Butler would, on the 18th, address mass meeting in Fanuel Hall and declare hIs intention to sup port Hancock for President Ii is not known whether he will be can didste for Governor, but if he does he will have tnll support of all wings of She party
 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, DESTROYED ST. LOUIS. Mo. August 20.-Col- Baker, Supt. of Western Union Tel egraeh Co, has dispatches from Cor pus Christi, Texas, which say that is reported that Brownsville, Texas, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, was nearly destroyed by fearful storm which prevailed aloag the Texas coast on the 18th and 18th inst. and that many lives were lost The telegraph wires along the coast are down.
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
 LEADvILLE, August 2O--The Dem ocratic State Convention at late hour yesterday afternoon adopted ly a vote of 325 to 90, plank censur- ing tAe declaration of martial law. Platform was then adopted as a whole. Adair Wilson was then nom mated unanimously but declined.
 ANOTHER ABsCRDITY- NEW Yoax, August a9--Nellie Holbrook, who stumped California for Hayes in 1878, will stump New York for Garfield and Arthur, nak- ing her first speech here in Chickcr- ing Hall, early in September, after which she speaks ia the principal cities of the State.
 STOCKS.
 SAN FRAScisco, Aug 20-Thc fol lowing are the prices of the principal s.ocks today:
 Nevada, 172l-
 Union. S29.
 Alpha. sTiz.
 Yellow Jacket, S9-
 Best. s14z.
 Utah, $l2.
 Belle, &is1f-
 Silver King. s.
 oPhir, S1Otz.
 BoIIe, S.
 Mexican, S1s15 Mt Diablo. si3
 SOUTH cAROLISA's CENSUS. WASHINGTON, August 20.-It is rn- dcrstcok that new census of South Carolina will be ordered under law for supplementary work The present supervisors will be removed and new appointments made.~7ts returned ny tsssscensus sf 1870. the population l.,zass35, 's3 and according to the C. sufas 7lIz-s-of last census, 50 far, tiie acaIssipn is 97l ,3J2. FORE EIsS TROUBLES.
 PANAMA, August s0-Advices from Snuth America state that Chiiians appear more determined than ever to capture Lima, and have gathered q force Of 3O,GOO men there, winch they propose 10 increase to 5,09g; Garrison consists of 10000 men It is stated that Chilians have COCO men in the northern department Of Peru, and are destroying plantations and seeking defenceless towns
 LIGHTNING.
 BRADFORD, Pa, August 20.-Dur- ing heavy storm last night light ming struck two twenty thousand barrel iron tanks, at Dallas City, six miles northeast of here, and forty thousand barrels of oil were soon i'll flames. One tank belonged to the United, and the other to the Tide Water Pipe lines, who summoned q force of men to dig trenches and prevent the spread of the ire.
 FIRST TO DESPAIR
 DowSIyuLE, Cal, August 20-- The Democratic candidate for Coro- ner committed suicide this morn ing, by taking strychnine- He had been drinking hard for some time.
 EUREKA's FIRE.
 sAE FaAscIsco. August 2O-Dis- ? tehes just received from Eureka gives the list of losses of the various Insurance Companies. showing that none lost more than S20.0o0, and few more than s5,OO0.
 SMALL PoX-
 For She past month the Jute Fac tory, at Oakland, has been under quarantine, owing to the existance of small pox among the Chimes en- ployed there. Some seven or eight hundred inmates attempted to break out, by force. Four policemen, in constant attendance, resisted, and an additional force was sent to their assistance, with instructions to shoot any one attempting to break out. Much excitement prevails.
 SCHOONER CAPsIzED.
 SAN FRAEoIsc1sco, August 21.- The scow schooner Energetic, r tons, Captain Jordes, was capsized yesterday between Goat and Angel fsIaaai in six fathoms of water. The Captain was drowned. The vessel is keel up and in line of tie river travel. All the seamen were saved.
 3ICssEL SLOUGH.