The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-06
Miscellaneous Dispatches,

DENVER, Col, March 31.-The Tribun
and Ne'cs' Leadville special says: F. A
Prentice last night shot and killed L, c
Dixon while engaged in a quarrel GROWN
out OF an alleged insult offered BY Prentic
to a lady whom Dixon was escorting home.
The Iribune's Canon City special saws:
Is stated here that AGENTS of the Denver
Rio Grande Railway company are brinein,
Z,OOO men from Canada to work on the Lead
vile extension of that road, and will have
trains running into Leadville in seventy-five
days.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-During Black
burns speech in the House to-day on the star
service, he sent to the clerks desk and had
read a letter from j. d. Carr, of California. an
OLD mail contractor, to the effect that the star
service was managed in a way which led to
the most reckless aud unnecessary expenditure
of the public money.
LONDON, March 31.-Thirty-one members
OF the late Parliament were to-day reelected
without opposition. Among them, Beach.
Minister to the colonies.
The steamships Deronia and Neckar. from
New York, have arrived out.
BERLIN, March 31.-The departure from
Paris OF Prince Hohenlohe, German ambas-
sador to undertake the new functions of Sec
rotary of Foreign Affairs, has been postponed
four weeks.
NEW YORK, March 31.-The Secretary of
The Treasury bought S., OOO,O 900 in bonds, but
The money market is stringent, little money
being on the markets this afternoon.
TOPEKA, April AFTER adjournment. last
night the delegates from the Sd district elected
andrews and Steele delegates to Chicago.
Both are Grant men and will claim seats.
Inc second district elected Sears and Day +;
Grant men.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The House cleo
ton committee decided to 5 against the
resolution giving the seat to Washburne.
The minority decided that Donnelly is not
entitled to the seat. The matter will be re-
commended to be remanded to the people for
"A new election.
MANSFIELD, o.. April 1.-Secretary Sher-
man was received with much demonstration
to-day along the line of road hither, and
arriving at 4:30, a vast crowd met him with
bands and formed a procession of escort along
the gaily decorated streets. The Secretary
only made brief remarks to his friends reserv-
ing his speech for this evening, when he spoke
to All audience which was as dense and ell
thusiastic as possible.
NEW YORK, April 1.-The Herald,s Wash
ington special says: Ex-senator Edmunds is
reported by his friends to be extremely averse
to the Presidential nomination for himself.
He is even, it is said, inclined to write q public
letter declaring his refusal to accept the NOM
nation. In conversation to-day with other
Senators on the subject, he is reported to have
exclaimed: Il I'M absolutely opposed to it.
l see not a single feature in the Presidential
Office which would please me-"
(NuJrArn Anil rT1,o T,;L,.o,, yV,o1,
ington special says: Prominent Republicans
here have been aware for some weeks that a
movement Is Oh foot to make a second Repub-
lican nomination in case Grant is successful
at Chicago. The matter has progressed so far
as to make such result certain. Thus far the
principal work in this direction has been done
in Massachusetts,, New York and Missouri.
SAN ANTONIO. April IA detachment of
State troops had a fight on Monday with Mex
lean desperadoes. Some thirty shots were
exchanged. Two Mexicans were KILLED and
one American, Porter Johnston.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-Senator Blaine
caused considerable surprise by favoring the
rider on appropriation bills, in hostility to the
former position of himself and the Republi-
can party.
LONDON, April 1.-The election is resulting
in large gains for the Liberals. 1t is consid-
cred that Beaconsield's ministry is defeated.
SAN A%NToNIA, Tex, April 1.-Incendiaries
burned the Brown county court house and
Jail, destroying the records and cremating sew
eral prisoners.
LONDON. April 1.-The Pail Mall Gazette
admits that the government is defeated. The
number of votes cast thus far aggregates
343, 56S liberal and 231,370 Tory.
CoHoEs, n. Y, April 1.-The section
hands compromised and resumed work at
Harmony mills. The weavers and %spinners
are still out.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1.-Another skir-
mish has taken place between the Cossack
pickets and Chinese troops on the Kuldja
boundary.
SALT LAKE, April 2.-Captain Wesley,
who was wounded in the encounter with DR..
Lecompte. which grew out of a tritllng and
unintentiOnal breach Of social etiquette by
the latter, is considered out Of danger, but a
section of bone near the shoulder having
been taken out, his left arm, if saved, will be
useless.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The contract was let
to-day tor an immense new depot to be quilt
on the corner of Canal and Madison streets
by the Chicago " Milwaukee, st. Paul, Pitts
burg & Fort Wayne and Chicago " North
Western railroads..
OMAHA, April 2.-Tilden carried the Ne
braska State Democratic Convention which
concluded its labors to-day at Columbus.
The delegates to the convention were not in
structed, but are all Tilden men.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The House COM
mittee on Indian affairs to-day took up the
Ute Indian bill. Ainslie offered an amend
ment to the argument of a portion of the bill,
proposing to locate the White River Utes on
agricultural lands in Colorado instead OF on
the Uintah reservation, III Utah. This prop
osition was lost by Il considerable majority. 1t
is asserted by the members who favor this
change that the action of the I'M OH
the proposition will undoubtedly be reversed
at their next meeting.
NEW YORK, April John Swinton is out
l.. :, ord addressed to i. Mcclure and Albert