The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-09

CLEvELAD, o., March 5.-At l o'clock this
morning a gale accompanied by thunder and
lightning, blowing 90 miles per hour,
suddenly raised to a velocity Of As, dong
great damage to many chimneys, fences and
signs. Trees were blown down and a brick
wall two feet thick on Broadway was thrown
over. Several small frame Buildings were
wrecked Three hundred dollars worth of
plate glass in the front Of the Odd Fellows
block, on Pearl street, was ruined. The
Cleveland Female Seminary, on Woodland
Avenue, on, was half unroofed, and a part of
the upper foot-wall was torn of. About 20
young ladies' were sleeping in the institution.
The roof of the new brick wire mill, OF the
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, in the 18th
ward, was uplifted, and one end of the wall
blown in on the workmen, killing julius
Brown, and severely wourding several 9TH
efS.
JERSEY CITY, March 5.-On motion of
VIM. A. Lyon, one of the editors Of the
Evening Post, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted by the Republicans of
Bergen county, N. j.
ResOlred, that inasmuch as the united vote
of the party is necessary to its success in
November, we deem it inadyisable that Gen.
Grant should receive the nomination for Pres
ident from the Republican National Conven-
ton at Chicago, and it is the wish OF this
! convention LldI JIO uclcSdLtS clGCtcu hCIo
shall oppose at Trenton the choice of any
delegate to Chicago who prefers General
Grants nomination.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.-Charles Colby,
whose execution was set for two weeks ago
and was delayed on account of the non-arri-
val of the necessary from the
Supreme Court, was hangeI to-day at Santa
Cruz. He left a written statement asserting
that he killed Williams in self-defense, and
had been convicted on perjured testimony,
and made a long rambling speech on the gal
lows to the same pulport. His demeanor
was quiet and unmoved. Previous to his
execution, though, his nerve gave signs OF
breaking down just before the cap was drawn
on.
INDIANAPOLIS, March "a terrific lorna
do passed over this city about ii O'Clock last
night. A large number of houses were I'M
rooted, chimneys blown down, and trees
uprooted. The Central avenue Methodist
church was almost entirely demolished. One
dwelling house was lifted from its foundation
and carried five or six feet. The inmates of
the house escaped with slight injury. Two
or three persons were seriously injured, but SO
far as known no lives were lost. The damage
canno. be fully estimated but it is quite large
in the aggregate.
CHICAGO, March 4-The Tribune's Daven-
pOIt, Iowa., special says 1cIcilhcHuS ulC"-
cry, two miles from this city, burned this
afternoon. Loss, $4,000; insurance, ST.
900. 1t contained about 10000 bushels of
grain.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-the fourth day
of Logan's speech on the Porter case brought
a large crowd to the Senate to hear him. He
expects to finish to-day.
DALLAS, March 4.-Jay Gould and party
arrived here to-day. Gould told the reporters
that he cam to extend the telegraph war to
Texas, in the interest of newspapers and the
people.
CHICAGO, March 5.-James Redpath, the
special correspondent whom the Tribune has
sent to Ireland, writes that the famine is well
in hand, and that all danger of general star
walton seems to have passed.
CHICAGO, March 5.-The Journals New
York special says the seeds of bitterness sown
by the Utica convention among the Brooklyn
Republicans are springing up. In the fourth
ward association last night a resolution OPP
posing the nomination of Grant was carried
by a considerable majority and much feeling
was shown.