The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-13

| overlook band OF Sioux Sunday near Terry
Point, charged their camp and captured forty
| eight ponies. Sergeant johnson was killed.
Two privates were wounded. The Indians
escaped.
General Miles is at Fallon creek, awaiting
the arrival from Fort Keogh of Lieut.. Clark,
Of Chief Joseph fame, when he will come IN.
INDIANAPoLIs, April 5.-The election in
| Indiana for township officers and on the con-
stitutional amendments to-day brought out
two-thirds of the voters of the Slate. The
| indications are that the Republicans have
made large gains throughout the State and
carry the constitutional amendments by de-
cided majority,
| NEW YORK, April 5.-The journals gen.
orally regard the episode in the House yester
| day as foolish attempt to blacken Springer
! character.
| MEMPHIS, April 5.-Three coored children
| Zone, two and three years old) were burned
to death twelve miles north of this city.
Their parents were at church. .. ..g ..'
NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-General Grant
was guest of the yacht club to-day, and had
| a banquet at the st. Charles hotel given by
the citizens tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-The supervisors
to night resolved that the peace of the city
has been seriously imperilled by the alleged
| incendiary speeches of Mayor Kalloch, and
authorized the judiciary committee to investi-
gate the matter and report. 1t is said that
this is the first step toward impeaching the
mayor.
LONDON, April 6.-Advices from Capetown,
dated April 1st, say: "The peace preserva-
ton act was to-day proclaimed in Basuta-
land" This was probably done in connection
with the disarmament of the natives, from
whom trouble was apprehended.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 6.-The number of
| Chinese who crossed the Amoor river is nearer
1000 than 10000.
PARIS. April 6.-Leon Say succeeds Ad-
miral PotLl.an as French Ambassador at
London.
Three hundred amnested communists
have arrived at Brest from New Caledonia.
Prince Jerome Napoleon's letter on the sub
ject of the DEGREES against the religious soci-
cites is fatal to any idea of vote of censure
i'll the Senate or Cabinet, for even if the
Conservative Republicans are willing to join
the Royalists in such division the Bonapart-
ist Senators could not now do so without
rebelling against their chief
NEW YORK, April 6.--The contest for the
O'Leary belt IS attracting greater interest than
any preceding pedestrian contest at SO early
stage of the struggle. When Dobler passed
Hart, thus securing the lead, there was great
cheering for Chicago, O'Leary and Dobler.
AT o'clock a. IN. the score was as follows
Dobler, 100; Hart, 157 Faber, $50; McIn-
tyre, 145; Allen, 143; Pogram, 1872; Merritt,
1876; Howard, 1913; Williams, 1913; Woods,
lis; Hamamker, 113; Krohne, 100.
CANDAHAR April 6.--The British commits
soner has brought letter from the Viceroy
of India to Sirda Shere Ali, informing him
that the Queen confers the sovereignty of the
province of Candahar upon him, with the title
, of Wall. The limits of the province are to
|, be fixed hereafter. Shere Ali is also informed
of the proposed construction of railway to
Candahar, where the British force and polt-
ical agent will be permanently stationed.
PARIS, April 6.-The municipal council of
!, Paris presented Prof. Nordenksjold with a
gold medal. He was afterwards received by
, Gambetta, and dimes this afternoon with
President Grevy.
The letter of Prince Jerome Napoleon,
implying all utter disavowal of the section of
, Bonapartists represented by Paul de Cassag-
! nae, is likely to lead to rupture of the cler-
ical and non-clerical Bonapartsts.
New LONDON, Conn.,, April 6.-The night
, express that left Boston at ten o'clock last
= night for New York, ria Springfield, was
= partially wrecked by the caving of an en-
. '. bankment about three miles north of this city.
y Nobody was injured seriously.
= Madrid, April 6-In Congress to-day,
during the discussion on the Cuban loan and
budget, Lelaiglesia, speaking in the name of
u the budget committee, said that it was imper-
: atively necessary to borrow enough money to
n pay off 500O0,000 plastres due the army and
!, $1,000, 900 due military contractors.
u u New YORK, April 6.-Mrs. Deutsch, sister
~ of l.. B. Van Buren,, formerly Of California,
and now Consul General to Japan, died yes.
e terday from opium eating, fastened by an
e overdose of laudanum.
LANCASTER, Pa, April 6.-Gen. James l..
=, Reynolds, we'll known soldier, lawyer and
;, ;, politician, died yesterday. lie was in his S5tf
Il year.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 6.---Brackett's block
e burned this morning. Loss Sl6O,OOO insur-
II ance $4,000. Nothing was saved. Cause
spontaneous combustion.
II CHICAGO, April Collection day is pieasan,
d and cool, and a moderate vote is icing poIled
o for city council and town officers.
MILWAUKEE, April 6.-The Republican
IL city ticket is elected by about $500 majority
n the first Republican government Milwaukee
IS ever had. The council and board of super
visors is largely Republican. Returns from
# the State show no great change. Madison
v elects Republican mayor. The council il
a divided. Oshkosh elects Democratic ticket
q by small majority. Eauclaire elects a Re
! publican ticket by large majority.
e SALT LAKE, April G-The Republicans are
'e dissatisfied with the action of The territorial
committee in assuming to appoint delegates
f 10 the ChlcaSO convention ana so re-elec
l. themselves for four years, and have called the
r territorial convention for April Goth, in this
,e city, to elect delegates to the Chicago conven
II ton and territorial committee that will
properly represent the party and conform tc
- its prncples.and usages.
~ CHICAGO, April 6.-The Inter Ocean.
ar Washington special says: Gentlemen who
ID have arrived here to- day from Connecticut
say that the convention in that State to- NOR
row will send a delegation to Chicago thai
- will be yery much mixed IT, will he divided