The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Miscellaneous Dispatches.

READING, Pa, March 6.-The EMPLOYEES
IN the extensive iron works of E. & &. Brook.
resumed work to-day at an advance of ten per
cent.
SAN FRANCISCO, March IA Portland
dispatch says orders have been received at the
headquarters of the Department of the
Columbia for one hundred men to hold them.
selves in readiness to proceed to San Fran.
cisco. They expect TO leave Tuesday next.
LONDON, March 7.~~Twenty-three deaths
have resulted from the boiler explosion at
Glasgow, on Friday.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Booth, in tbe
senate, and Page, in the House of Repre-
sehtatlVes, this morning introduced bill to
Collrin the Stratton survey of Pueblo and OF
oan Francisco. The bill was referred in each
mouse TO the committee on private land
claims.
CHICAGO, March S.-Being interviewed on
tne SUBJECT at Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mrs.
Hlcks-Lord denies that she is going to marry
Charles O'Connor. She is fond of him as
lawyer, nothing more.
WASHINGTON, March s.-The select COM
mittee on the inter- oceanic canal gave audience
this morning to DeLesseps.
SAN FRANCISCO, March S.-A Seattle dis
patch says an engine and eighteen coal cars
were wrecked Yesterday by the giving way of
the trestie at Little Lake. A man named
Stewart, from Nanaimo, was killed and sew
eral others were injured.
WAsHINGTON, March S.-Gen. Mcdowell
commanding the military division of the
Pacific, has been ordered to move all of the
available troops to San Francisco, to be posted
where they can be most efiectllally used, in
case their services are required. This is a
| precautionary measure.
WASHINGTON, March SIN the case of
Clark, election judge in Cincinnati, involving
the consti,utionality Of the Federal election
laws, the Supreme Court atfirms the law con-
| stitutlonal and orders the prisoners remauded
to the custody of the United States marshal.
Justice Field read the dissenting opinion.
PANAMA, March S.-An explosion in the
artillery barracks at Santiago Chilli, killed
twenty-tour persons and destroyed portion
Of the buildings used fer the manufacture of
SHELLS, etc. Several persons are missing.
New ORLEANS, March The Democratic
State Convention is called for April 18th to
select delegates to Cincinnati.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-Hon. Henry F. Scar
rett planter of Pass Christian, Mississippi.
is here, and says that in view of the negro
exodus from the South and the disturbed
condition of things in California, the planters
in his section of the country have canvassed
| tie question to some extent of attempting to
| obtain Chinese laborers. CORRESPONDENCE has
already been had with one Chinese company.
and probably some Cinnamon will be set to
work in Southern Mississippi in few weeks.
POTTsvILLE, Pa, March 9.-The puddlers
at the Palo Alto Mills have resumed work on
a basis regulating the wages in accordance
with the price of rails.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 9.-General Nell
! koH asked for four members of the muncipal
council to take part in the deliberations Of
the executive commission.
PARIS, March 9.-Prnce Orloff, tile Rus
sian ambassador, who will shortly depart on
a leave OF absence, contemplated making the
journey in February but postponed it in con-
sequence of the Hartman affair. He will
return to Paris in April, after the Gar has
gone to Llvida.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.--It is ascer-
tanned that the removal of arms from the
various armories of the companies of the
second regiment was done by the direction of
the Governor for their better protection.
A god attendance was at the walking
match tonight. At ten minutes to nine
O'Clock CIeary completed his hundredth
mile and left the track. Weston continued
walking and at nine O'Clock scored eighty-six
miles.
HARRISBURG, March 9.-Several persons
concerned III the legislation bribery case.
: pleaded guilty to-day.