The weekly miner., 1880-12-14
Miscellaneous Dispatches.

DENVER, Dec. "a fire last night at Sill
yer Gin destroyed the Colorado hotel and
Iessaurant Ts n 1 and two small adjoining buildings.
Aoss' Sl'ooo to $4,000; insurance, S1,S00.
NAsHv1LLE, Dec. 9.-The governor and
secretary Of state failing to agree on tho cleo
:lon rom Bradtry county, the former claim
my that the democrat is elected, and the
case will be decided by the leeislature. The
democrats still have three majority ON iolnt
ballot. va '
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Glasswan, a
Serman woman of Marquette, in a fit of
temporary insanity, killed her babe by cut
tihS It's head off. She then cut her own
'nroa1' dying almost Immediately.
=, RICHMOND, Dec. 9.-The grand jury Of
!ne federal conrt indicted three election
Judges at Manchester for refusing to take
votes because they alleged that the capitation
TAX was illegally issued from the state audit
or's Office.
CHICAGO, Dec. "a dynamite explosion
occurred this afternoon at the Union lime
works, on 18th street, which resulted in the
death OF John Maugh and the fatal injuring
of Walter hall.
WICHITA, KS, Dec 10.-Payne, with 400
men, expects to make a night march on the
Cherokee trip. Lieut.. Mason and company
OF the 4th cavalry are following closely on the
heels of the invaders.
The tobacco factory of James Leigh Jones
burned tonight. Loss, $4,000; partly in
sured.
HUNTERS POINT, Dec. 9.-Great excite
ment was caused this afternoon by the explo-
SION OF a still at the Brooklyn Oil Refinery,
at Newton Creek. The surrounding neigh
borhood was greatly shaken up, and thou
, SANDS were attracted to the spot Windows
, were broken at long distance, and pedes-
: trians were lifted from their feet by the force
OF the shock. No one was injured, but the
+ damage to property is very great.
3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The treasury de-
r partment to-day purchased AGO. 900 ounces OF
/, line silver for delivery at the San Francisco
r and New Orleans mnts.
r ST. JOE, Mo-, Dec. 9.-Ford, republican
g greenbacker, received his election certificate
4 to congress to-day. The final canvass gave
Ford two majority in over 43, 900 votes.
New YORK, Dec 10-Bowil, Dash q Co.
coffee importers, have suspended on account
e of Arnold & Kimball's failure.
a CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-The jury in the case
z of Charles Earl, abortionist, after being ou
: flfty hours, returned a verdict of guilty, thi.
o morning, with sentence of five years in the
VI penitentiary.
: MONTREAL, Dec. 10.-A number of Jesuit
:. have lately arrived here from France and ia
C 6 ken up quarters temporarily with thej
u brothers in this city. The seminary of Cal
u u pic has provided eight hundred acres of lant
u u for these exies at Okla, and they will 60 int,
- - farming there next spring.
"a STAMFORD, Conn.,, Dec. 9.-The expires
train from New York this afternoon strucl
70 the carriage of Theodore Davenport, instant
is ly killing Miss Harriet Davenport, and YER
" seriously injuring the daughter of the Rev
J. W. Hyde and Mr.. Davenport.
CA1CAGo, Dec. 10.-Judge Drummont
this morning, in the United States court, dc
e, cided that the tax leyied by the city OH til
"a street car companies OF Chicago of $50 pc
E. car, per year, is valid. This will put abou
'e $4,000 annually into the city treasury.
4" SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1O.-A Bellevill,
~ New, dispatch says: Charles Marshall, no
- ed desperate, on Tuesday night last brutal
~ =. murdered an inotfensive old man named Jac
Nc .o McCann, whom he first shot and then kicke
VI until he was dead. This morning while tn
en " sheriff was starting with his prisoner for til
~. w county seat a party of citizens. rushed upo
" " him and his posse and forcibly took Malsha
y. Va from their custody. The prisoner was the
u u conveyed to the outskirts of the town an
", ~, hung.
,e PARIS, Dec. 10. The Greek question hs
n entered phase in which it may reach p'
,e cfic solution. For three days there has bee
st an active exchange of views among the pow
vs. ers in regard to the scheme by which thin!
ar will probably be peacefully settled. 1t
eft proposed to constitute the powers high cou
al of arbitration and to summon the parties
av issue to appear before it to hear argumen
y The scheme seems to have been adopted
the powers, and Turkey and Greece will al:
probably agree to it.
g. CARDIFF, Dec. 10.-A great explosion o
las Cured this morning at Penygrig, new CO
u liery in Rhonda valley. 1t is believed tn
ur 81 persons have perished. An exploring pa
a ty discovered sixteen corpses when the sear'
ID was impeded by the after-damp and debr
ty The pit is about a mile from the scene
his the great explosion in the Dinas col.iery,
ur the same valley, January l3, 1873, when
Ia persons lost their lives.