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

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T~1TusvI.LE. Pa. Oct. 1O.-ColE +. Fl, Drake.
drilled the first oil well here, and then
bussnie FOUNDER OF the immense petroleum
business. died Monday. H. was highly
esteemed. w." nS"S
YAhKIoN, Da. Oct. 1O.-pettigrew, (rep.)
gress. Wi
LONDON, Oct. 1O.-The Bark Macedonia
saiiinS from Pensacola for Berwick, when
abandoned was water logged and dismasted.
IN lie OF the crew were drowned.
GALVESTON, Tex, Oct. 15-The Ne,ys
bryan special says: The boiler in the oil
mill exploded to-day, killing the engineer
and four workmen.
ST. JOSEPH, Oct. 10.-lt is believed that
Tue vote as certified from several counties in
The ninth district to Secretary of Stale will
make a tie between Ford, (~greenbacker) ard
Gen. Craig, (dem). The vote for Craig was
Increased in Ray county, and that of Ford !!
decreased.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Preparations for
the Inauguration of Garfield are already as
Stunning organized form. The executive
having the arrangements in charge
extend cordial invitations to all military and
civic organizations throughout the country tn
take part in the inauguration ceremonies. All
communications and enquiries on the subject
should be addressed to Col. II. G.. Corbin,
corresponding sec'y, Washington, d. c.
New YORK, Oct. 10 THE Bulletin says
Prophetic spectators here are %discounting
he business of De Lesseps Canal by buying
Pacific mail. 1t also declares the recent
election, means an early repeal of the silver
bill, which will 90 down with greenback
iJl ripnpV Ra1iavnrs in tho o,vorpppapt ,r;ll
issue bonds for greenbacks, in other words
fund them, and that this will be one OF the
first acts of the in oming administration
COLUMBUS, Nov. 10.-The official returns
of the November vote gives Garfield 375, 045;
Hancock, 340,SI1; Weaver 5,456; Dow 2,616.
Garfield's plurality, BAIT; majority over all,
26, l05.
CHICAGO, Nov. l0.-The Tribune has COM
plete official returns from all the counties III
he state which show the total vote on presi-
dent to be G22, 230: of which Garfield receiv-
ed 3lS,2O5; Hancock, 277, 454; Weaver, 25,-
S21; Dow and Phelps, $50. Garfield's plural
ily, 4O,751.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-The Inter Ocean, New
York special says Morey when arrested to-
day for perjury, desired to make a statement
Or confession, but was not allowed to do so.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 10.-A train
from the Madison court house having on
board five citizens in charge of a deputy us.
marshal, ARRESTED for alleged violation of the
election laws, was boarded Tuesday night, as
it was leaving Madison, by a party of masked
men who released the prisoners and made
the witnesses disembark.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 1O.-R. L. Herrick-
burg has instituted a lible suit against the
Rocky Mountain News for $4,000 damage.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10.-Oiicial returns from
81 counties give Hancock a plurality of 3d.,
721, and a majority of 1851, against a ma
jority OF 10000 for Tilden in '7G.
VIENNA, Nov. 1O.-An earthquake was
felt to-day throughout southern Austria from
Vienna to the Adr'atic. The shock was so
violent that houses were injured and severa
persons killed. Many Of the buildings at
Agram will have to be pulled down. A
large number of the inhabitants fed to the
fields.
MONTREAL, Nov. 1O.-The epizootic il
spreading to an alarming extent among
horses. The disease is more severe than OF
any previous occasion. The deaths are al
ready numerous. The disease is spreadin:
mostly among heavy draft horses.
WHEELING, W. Va, Nov, 10.-A Goa
miner named leter Miller, partially blind
living in the southern part Of the city, blew
his head to piece3 IN the garrett OF his hous'
this afternoon, by placing tie muzz!c OF
double bar:eleu shot gun in his mouth pull
ing the trigger with his hand. His head an'
face were literally torn to atoms.
WASHINGTON, Nov.-The Star this morn
ing says: A letter fl ON Gen. Hancock wa
received here to-day, by an officer OF tn
army. who was Oh his staff. In the lettc
Hancock says empAatlcally that he has IL
voice in TIE party agitation in regard to tn
throwing out OF New York, nor will he have
any. He is opposed to the agitation. Ii
says and believes that Gen. Garfield wa
elected, and that he should be inaustrate
without any fuss.
HUDSON. \. Y, Nov. 1O.--The chairina
and The secretary Of the democratic count
committee have served upon the board OF ca'
vassers of Columbia county a protest a9al'l'
the counting of the republican electoral, COZ
gressional, assembly and county tickets, o
the ground that such tickets were Illegal
endorsed. The protests were ordered place
ON file, and the board adjourned until Thur
dav to take legal advice on the question. II
beard is composed OF l. republicans and
democrats.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.--The anxiety e.
pressed in many quaglel> yesterday r0I!trfi
I Ing tie threatened attcn t Il " '!ea' Garfield
: election bT throwing OuU ,Hc 'Ot' oi ~
, York has been rtirctually disposed {. to-'i'
, by the cold water thrown on it b. the lett
+ Of L. X. Apgar, from The state democrat
| committee, discldiining any support to such
! proposition, and by the apparently we'll at
: thenticatcd declaration Of Hancock that lie
r totally opposed TO the agitation, and beiIev
Garfield was elected. 1t is now believed III
the ftrmenters of the agitation will recel'
n no encouragement from influential lea
!. ers to the movement TO ihvalidatt the lcSa
ty of the vote Of New York.
New York, Nov. 1O.-Thc Charlestt
5 Ne,ys and Courier (democratic) says that Il
party has been fighting against the logic
events. 1t has been the party of obs.ructit
Y and negation. A. political party which ca!
for nothing but immediate success is on Il
broad .oad to ruin.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-The Sun sa