The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-02-10
Miscellaneous Dispatches.

At II O'clock Welcl's block, on the corner of
Mountain and College avenues, was discovered
to be in flames, aud. notwithstanding every
effort of the citizens, was entirely consumed.
The fire appears to have started near the stair
case. and its origin is unknown. Two per-
SONS sleeping in The building were burned to
death, Mr.. A. z. Hopkins and Miss TilIie
Erwin. Several other persons, who also had
rooms in the building, escaped. The loss on
the building and contents is stated at a total
of $4,000. on which there is an insurance Of
$20,O0O. t.. -..'. g.. ....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The House com
mittee on agriculture with one dissenting vote
accepted The report of the subcommittee IN
favor Of the bill presented by Aiken as IA
substitute to Muldrow's bill making the De-
partment of Agriculture an executive depart
lnent. Aiken, Chairman of the subcommittee,
was instructed to report his bill to the House
with a favorable recommendation for its pas
sage. Coverly will present the minority re-
port.
FALLS RIVER, N. j., Feb. 4.-The schoon-
ers Daniel Harding and Kate Newman col
lided during the storm Monday night, the
latter sinking with all but one of the crew.
Seven dead bodies have been washed ashore
here.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 4.-Samuel j.
Holmes, who last May married the widow,
Mrs. Holiday, for her property, and who was
much displeased because she gave her daught-
er, who subsequently married a man named
Benntield, sixty acres of ground, this morning
made a brutal and probably fatal attack on
Bennteld and Mrs. Bennfield with a hickory
club and after one of the most terrible con-
ficts. in which he chased them over the frozen
ground in their night clothes. they escaped.
Holmes pretends to know nothing of what he
did and will plead insanity. The physicians
say neither Bennfeld nor wife can possibly
recover.
New YORK, Feb. 4.-Drcxel, Morgan Il
! Co. have given notice that they cannot act
any longer as treasurers of the fund raised
through the fundamentally of Parnell.
AUGUSTA, Feb. Ex-Governor Smith, in
concluding his inaugural message, thus refers
to the late difficulties: "There can be no
halfway ground in regard to this great public
wrong, which should receive the condemna-
ton of every honest citizen, that may serve
as a warning in the future to those, who,
under a free government, may attempt to
trample upon the rights of the people. l
would recommend an investigation of the
whole subject of arranging, tabulating and
counting the returns, that the facts ascertained
may be made public.
New YORK, Feb. 5.-At the church Trans
figuration, last evening, Lieutenant JOIN r.
Totten, of the army now Stationed at San
Francisco, was married to Lizzie S. Town
send, daughter of John D. Townsend. There
were six ushers in full uniform.
ALBANY, Feb. 5.-The Post says the result
of the Pennsylvania convention is commented
on by the Republicans here with some degree
of caution. Outspoken Grant men approve
and are in favor of the New York convention
following the example. They say that the
action of the Harrisburg convention shows
that Pennsylvania is for Grant, and that he
will, if nominated, carry that State with ease
The more conservative Republicans are re,
luctant to criticise the result of the conven.
ton. Blaine men predict trouble in the New
York convention if the attempt is persisted il
to instruct the delegation in favor of Grant
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.-Adolph Borie
ex-Secretary of the Navy, died this morning
Mr.. Borie had been in i'll health for a lon!
time and his demise is attributed to a genera
breaking down of the system. His dealt
occurred at half-past three this morning. Ag,
II.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a fire in a Chi
nese wash house on Pine street. near Tavlor
this morning destroyed the building. 1t il
not known how many occupants it contained
but ten bodies of Cinnamon have been re
covered from the ruins
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Judge Rodgers yester
day, in the replevin suit of Clark VS.. tn,
Mica noint in law If stonn.o, in transit" A
Rnstdn firm had sold oooIS 10 -. San E'anc;scl
firm and delivered Them 70 th,. marina, ~
that firm in Roston who shimned tbam :,
,heir destination After sbin,nant tho Sar
Franciscn firm want into hantm,ntc ana ~,
Goods vera ,anIavinaJ in Ibio,Go nv,
colrt, held that althouoh the Goods wera ,a
livared 10 tho nartnor p, RoS,='u -, lie sto,.
it was only for shipment t" their final desti
nation, and that when they once had beel
shipped toward that point it all constituted
SIMPLY one transit lhe right To stop tht
goods and revoke the sale was not lost. tn
purchasers having been shown to be insolven
at The time.