The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-27

ohADf ohD, Ia, apfll ia special from
emporium says that intense excitement pre-
walls at Caledonia, Elk county, Pennsylvania,
over murder committed there yesterday
morning by the noted forger and outlaw,
Harry English. A posse went from St. Mary's
TO apprehend English, who had taken refuge
III his house near Caledonia. At D. IN.
constables Wrenth and Volmer and Justice
Burk met English coming down stairs.
Wrenth ordered him to surrender, but he
| returned up stairs and locked himself in
room. The officers drew their pistols and
declared their intention Of taking him dead
or alive. As constable Wrenth came upto the
room English thrust a rifle through the door
and shot, killing him instantly. Constable
Folmer then carried WrenLh's body down
stairs and as he entered the yard English shot
Nomer. The latter, it is thought will not
recover English gained the woods in the
excitement. While he vas running District
Attorney Nursell shot him in tile leg. Com
| pany ii State volunteers has been ordered out
| to caJture him.
The Kearney Case.
SAN Francisco, April 17.-Counsel for
Kearney announce that they will apply to the
| supreme court for writ Of habeds corpus as
| the only resort left thela. The supreme court
is now sitting at Los Angeles, and some time
will necessarily elsrse before any action can
be taken on the application. The superior
| court ordered q 9'emitteUr forthwith, which
| would land Kcarney in the House Of COrrec-
ton directly. He was not present when the
| Judgment of the court was rendered, and 1t is
runlored that anticipating the decision and
the pending application for habeGs corpus,
he has absented himself from the city.
Boston Wool Market.
Boston, April 17.-The wool market was
very quiet the past week and prices have
taken downward turn. Manufacturers are
buying lightly and transactions in washed
fleece were quite small, and in unwashed and
| unmerchantable fieeces the sales were only
| $4,000 pounds. There was fair business
doing in pulled woods, with safes for the week
Of 10000 pounds. There was rather more
inquiry for full California. Territory woods
were scarce and quiet. The transactions in
foreign woods have been 100000 pounds. The
sales include Ohio and Pennsylvania xxx
and above, 525aJ7 Chzan, 52a52a New
York, so; Delaware, SO; tub washed, 62t;
Oregon, 40; medium Missouri, 4Ga; Colorado,
2Saa36t; unwashed and understandable
tleeces 81 aa4S; superfine and X pulled, ,4SaGS;
secured 47aS1.O0; full California, 20a39 ;
AOntevido, 43a45 Australian, 40a4G; English
combings, 52a57. Total sales of the week,
1,192,0OO pounds, of which co., 500 pounds
were domestic.
Forest Fires.
PETERSBURG, April 19.-The forest fires
which have been rag ng in this vicinity the
past week have become uncomfortable. The
flames are plainly visible here. Barns and
stables in large numbers have been destroyed,
and III many instances farmers have lost all
their crops, horses and farming implements.
) A number of cabins were burned, the occu-
pants barely escaping with their lives. In
Prince George county the fires have been vei y
) | ilaStluctiYe iDvnTipp fila II pl3rHG and
stroying hundreds of fruit trees, and it is
feared that unless an early rain occurs the iirC
will destroy the railroad bridges and tcle-
graph poles.
NORFOLK, Va, April 1S.-passengcrs re-
port destructive fires along the line Of RAILROAD
from Lynchburg to Norfolk. Several dwell
ings have been burned. Extensive fires are
) raging in Dismal swamp, with great de,truc
tion Of timber, cut wood and lumber.
Territorial immigration.
New YORK, April ly.-The Sun, on Down
cy'S constitutions! amendment, says: "a liu'
:, Of emigration from Europe and the Easlcrl
States Is pouring Into the Territories, and or
after another We see these Territories come
into the Union a. States. by rlllu4 .
their population at most IL can DC DuL l. -
z years before all Of them with the solitary ca
ception Of Alaska, or Of Alaska and N!s.!.-s
tor Territory, Will he adlcc. Why u!luIj
l his process, through which ali the 1orme
Territories have passed? Ii is not wort
e while, and DOwley needs patience, -oi
i constitutional amendment"
J., DeLesseps Successful.
:, New YORK, April l0.-YAe HerdiQ's IArt
- | special says: Tie Figaro publishes lettc
, this morning from Nj. UeLesseps, i'll wl.ic
, | the writer says that all obstacles to the CO..!
4 struction OF the Panama canal have bee
9 swept away. The feasibility OF It's execute
has been demonstrated theoretically al!
practically. All Impedintnts have been II
u moved by the will OF the American peor.
unanimously expressed il public meethG
: and also uy the L Hltcd States government. II
II follow no other policy than thai which
; dictated by opinion. TlIs is also the guAe!a
tenor OF speech delivered by II. DeLess2I
II al the SurbOulie last .igit. lie there aIilille
Il that he had $500, 900 0UO awaiting him at y G.
It i ork for the prosecution OF his enterprise.
II Fierce Storm.
CHICAGO, april 10.~-1Ls storm referred
:; III last nights dispatches developed lrto atI
0 greater riOleuce towards morning, and I'll
wind and rain did considerable damage in l..
e city. IAis morning the " eStcrn .4ion lie
y egraph Company had a wiieS down a..d con
'e munlcalioM was severed Ill nearly eve!
2. direction. RepOr.s from sucA points as wei
y not cut oti indicate tia. HE storm las bee
s. widespread and las dv!4c serious injury
,! many towns northeast and SOutA-West, al
e. continues unab&ted. No further disasters [
q the lake are yet reported. although any era
IS that Was out last night must have saliers
The wires are gradually Icing repajIed al
sr are coming up. II is turning cold LOW a.
IS threatening to snow.
Is AearSLcy.
II SAN Francisco, April lJ.--In The poll
court this morning the prosecuting atom,
$ asked for a commitment for kearuey. II
7r latter was not present at tie time, but in
II few moments appeared will lis counsel, "
N asked delay 10 enable him to make apple
ton to tle supreme court iOr writ of h0Cc
ut corpus. Tie court denied the request