The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-16

ST., LOUIS, Nov. 11.-One hundred and five
counties and St. Louis city, as officially re-
ported to the secretary of state, give Hancock
los, 900 votes, Garfield 14S,311, and Weaver
81, 1872; Hancock's plurality 5O,693.
BoRDELL CITY, Pa, Nov. 11.-Last night
as some men were sitting around the fire in a
boarding house, four others having gone to
bed, one Of them took a dipper full of oil
from a bucket at hand and poured it on the
Goals. The fire quickly communicated to his
person, and putting the blazing dipper in the
bucket an explosion ollowed and the room
was deluged with liquid fire. The men
rushed out and wrlthed on the ground in
agony. Meanwhile the house burned down,
and in its embers the charred remains of ELL
colt, Brown, Stacy aud Hyde were found. of
those down stairs Joe Dannock, Henry War
ner, Frank Welsh and an unknown man are
dead, and a fifth Will probably die.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.-Before a notary
public to-day j. G. Flood testified in the case
of Burke against Flood and the O'Brien es-
state. John G. Mackey, James G.. Far and the
late w. s.. Mackay were the sole owners OF
the stock of the Pacific Mill Company, of Viz
ginia, Nev.-SO,O00 shares. He could not
remember within a hundred dollars a share
how much profits were realized by the mill
company from crushing ore from the Consol-
ludtCt V liSliild dllu dIllo lis iiiiC 1uC
mill company claimed all the tailings from
the mill under all oral contract with the W
mining companies. He could not remember
who the officers of the companies were, or
when the contracts were made. Some of the
tailingS had been worked and the proceeds
appropriated by Flood & O'Brien, but he
could not remember the amount thus OBJ
tanned.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 11.-All the democrats
are reelected from all the Arkansas congress
lonal districts by large maioritics.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE Alton read
advanced the pllce of tickets to St. Louis to-
day to $500, which was necessary in order to
relieve their oveltaXcd resources for transport
tation. The Wabash rate remains at $l.0e'
Wabash and Alton both began cutting doWn
the rates to Council Bluffs on Tuesday, the
highest price being 5000. The regular rate is
$3.50.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-the treasury de.
p%arlIncnt to-day purchased $4,000 ounces
OF fine silver for delivery at the United States
minis at Philadelphia, New Orleans and Sal
Francisco.
Receipts from internal revenue since The
commencement of the current fiscal year III
to and including to-day, $4S,24O,7SS, agains
SAB, $50 ,035, for the corresponding period o
last year.
LEADVILLE, Nov. 1.-THE new camp a
Battle mountain, in the Eagle river distric
, continues to improve and promises to be on
of the richest camps in Colorado. The frs
load OF bullion from that district arrived herr
to-day. Tic Beldcn is delivering TO tn,
smcltcr twenty tons per day. Experts pro
!, nounce it the best smelling ore yet discover
ed in Colorado.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 11.--The annual repor
2 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
: road shows the gross earnings to be $li,425
600; net earnings, $5,3SO,oO0.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Information wa
y received from Senator Grover to-day to tn
y effect that he is steadily improving IN healt
q at the Wilmington, Del, water cure estal
> lishment.
BROOKLYN Nov. I.-Ex-Ald. Dunno, wh
e made a brutal attack upon eN-Judge Morri
J has been indicted by the grand jury for a
sault with intent to kill. The Judge is suile
T. ing intensely, and is unable to move or I
n speak.
ROME. Nov. ll.-The pope in receiving
delegation of Irish bishops, expressed grei
n sympathy for Ireland's sutlerings, but coul
e selled the avoidance of all revolutionaI
principles.
u DUBLIN, Oct. 11.-At Claremorris a crow
hooted the soldiers as well as the Orang
men, the latter We're allowed to carr
revolvers, and promised not to use them III
less life was endangered. They proceeded
II BallinrobA without any remarkable incideI
e and arrived there at 1880 tonight. A lars
|, crowd has assembled but no violence h;
q been offered.
SAN Francisco, Nov. IA Los Angel
d dispatch says a suit has been entered in Il
d superior court by A. a. Cohen, attorney fl
y The Atlantic and Pacific road, against S.
Rice, receiver of lands in this county, f
IF lands alleged to be unlawfully held by the d
u PENDANT, and foe rent since Aug. /, lSG
amounting to S250,000.