The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-24
HE MINER

west OF Ireland is now certain to be not only
abundant but unusually large.
1t is said soine Dublin officials have been
urgently pressing for a renewal of the coer-
cion acts.
CHICAGO, August 19.-Thc question of
holding the next triennial conclaye at San
Francisco will be decided upon tomorrow.
1t is very probable that the action of the com
mittee on location will be confirmed as there
is a general favorable opinion that San Fran
cisco should have it. The experience Of
knights with heat and bad management here
tends TO make San Francisco more eligible.
1t is understood That no other city is pres
sing its claims very strongly. The c~onclave
has granted charters to the new commander
les Eureka No. , Of Nevada, and Dakota No.
!, of Dakota. The matter of a charter for
Montana No. 3, of Butte city, was continued
to the next conclave.
+ YORK August 20.-The HerddtS BOs-
ton special says that at a meeting OF the DEM
Ocratic ward aud city committees this even
ing it was officially announced that Gen.
Butler would, on the 18th inst, address a
mass mce,ingin Faneuil hall and declare his
intentions to support Hancock Tor president.
1t is not known whether he will be a candi-
date for governor, but if he does he will have
the the full support of all the wings of the
party.
CHICAGO, August 20.-No action has yet
been taken by the %conclave on the PROPOSE
ton to hold the next session in San Fran
cisco.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-The will of Dudley
Field, written by himself, has been offered
for probate. He gives to the daughter of his
sister, Mrs. Mnserove, $4,000; to William
Ashburtier, OF San Francisco, his gold watch,
and all the rest of his property he bequeathes
to his wife.
LEADvILLE, Col, August 20.-The Dem
ocratic convention. has made the following
nominations Governor, John S. Hough
Lieut.. Governor, W. G. Glover, of Larimer
county. For congress, r. S. Morrison, of
Clear creek S. d. Wallace, }. ID. Wheeler
and Nat Latham were chosen presidential
electors. C.. o. Urfug was nominated Tor
secretary of State.
BALTIMORE, August 2O.-TEe american
editorlally announces the great success of the
Montgomery gold mine, fifteen miles from
Washington, by use of the California Roberts
electrical reduction process. The mine had
been worked eighteen months by the ordina-
ny stamp process at a steady loss, because of
its rebellious character. a Robertson fur
mace was recently erected and the test for the
first days work with it was made in the pres
encc of the inventor, Robertson Vernon Sea-
man, of San Francisco, the president of the
, Robertson Company, and Fulton and Agnus,
, of the american, and many others. 1t yield
l ed forty-ive dollars to the ton at q cost of
.. three dollars and fifty cents. The daily aver
age in the hands of the ordinary mill EN-
1 ployes continues at over thirty-seven dollars
:. to the ton. Fulton and Agnus are the prin-
: cipal owners Of the property and are greatly
elated by their success.
PARIS, August 20. -DeFreicinet, president
i of the ministry, in a speech at Mentynlyn, de
clared that the recent election had complet-
ed the foundation of the republic. He an
!. nOunced that the government would intro
u duce a bill to settle the condition of all re-
e lIglous associations. Of this the authorized
congregations take the benefit, but must new
5 er be permitted to place themselves above the
law. He concluded by stating that the for
~ eign political situation was never better, ant
IL that France had emerged from the isolation
to which events had condemned her and re
suned her place in general politics. Th'
~ situation was good at home and abroad.
a. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2O.-Col. Baker, superir
ID tendent of the Wertern Union TELEGRAPH
company, has dispatches from Corpus Christ
which say that it is reported there tina
-, Brownsville, near the mouth of the Ri
Grande, was nearly destroyed by a fearful
q, storm which prevailed along the Texas coas
81 on the 18th and 18th, and that many live
were lost. The telegraph line along the coas
III from Indianola south was Frustrated and
ne still down, south of Corpus Christi. TIL
IullldIS GClCSfd pI IihC " INV" ~
Re the Rio rande is badly torn up; therefore II
~ communication can be had with the stricke
" city.
~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-The wholesaI
VI surrender of the hitherto unsubmissive Siou
w. Indians who went into Canada, now takir
-, place at Fit. Keogh, is not unexpected, and I'll
-, policy Of the government with .referen(
"S thereto was decided upon long before the lr
" " dams began to make their appearance. o
;"r ders were sent to department commanders
w. permit the return of all Indians willing
,,hh surrender Internationally and submit then
,I selves and their property to the disposition
,a this government. All Sioux and other Ii
Nv dams now coming into Fl. keogh come vi
"a ID tually as prisoners of war. They will
w., promptly disarmed and d~ismountcd; the
:" "t arms and ponies will be sold and the procee'
turned into provisions for their temporal
subsistence. Eventually they will be turns
w over to the interior department and tran
ported to some point west of the Nilsson
s: river and as far south as practicable, whe
laI they will be placed on "A reservation and Ike
&c there by such means of restraint as may
d" found necessary.
~ SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2n-A Eureka, Me-
,h- dispatch giving a list of the losses by vario
,at insurance companies shows that no one col
Ln panv suffers to the extent of over $4,000
of $4,000, and few more than $4,000.
,ru The important Developments maue III I
nd Albion mine ore body are in that portion
al ! The mine about which there is 10 dispute WI
the Richmond company.
WASHINGTON, August 20.-On and Aft
I'd HE first of October postage charges on new
hit papers addressed to countries or colonies
it the universal postal union shall be the sal
pks as on printed matter generally for The sai
en- destinations, one centfor each two ounces
her fraction of two ounces.
no Rp,nE,RD Pa. oOth.-Thr oil fire
D,li.s c;,y is undar comDh,ted control, be
he the tide water and united tanks have burn
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