The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-27

1 fires are spreading rapidly in this vicinity.
!. Crops. stock and many buildings are burned.
Twenty houses in the Irish settlement de-
s~troye,i since Thursday night. 3 p s
1 CINCINNATI, Sep. 19.-Aubrey Wenslaw,
confidential agent of NJ. 5. Forber, pork mer-
chant, has left with a shortage OF $l5,UoO to
! SIC, OOo, caused by wheat speculation. He
left a letter owning up.
ST P~ETERsBuRG, September 1Sth.-Dep-
= ~utations of Jews representing different towns
have arrived and are consulting in regard to
\ interviewing General I2natieit, Minister OF
Y the Interior. They intend to present q petl
/ ton praying for All official public declaration
! of liberty for all creeus, and a suspension in
I the meantime of the law 5 sanctionli 9 the ex-
pulsion OF the Jews from certain localities.
( The Gar and Emperor Francis Joseph will
shortly meet. vs. m-
NEW YORK, September II. ~ Tribune
and other papers in a parting Iibu,e to 81
monitor, who .withdreW to-da, from the
general agency Of the Associated Press, conf
pliment the energy, skill and fairness with
which he has managed its business, and
states he only retires to give his whole time
to his recently enlarged business interests in
Colorado and California.
New YORK, September ls.-The T~ribune's
Washington special says Guitteau has been
removed to al inner cell which has been spe-
cially constructed for HIM. 1t is SO ar
ranged that he annot be seen by Lis guards
from any point of view. He is therefore safe
from assassination by shooting. Guitteau
las suffered much from apprehension OF per-
sonal harm, and since his removal to his new
cell has expressed himself to warden Crock
cr as much relieved in mind and body. tie has
little light now and not much air, but he pre-
fers these conditions, coupled as they are
with greater security TO himself.
DYKER MILL. La, September IA ne
gro woman named Jane Campbell vino lived
near here Supporting herseltand Two children
BY washing anl cotton pick lts, became a,g-
~ with her children, the other day, because
they d'soneyed her in some trivial matter,
took a pine knot aud beat ont their brains.
After he corouer's verdict, a MOB composed
of blacks and whites gathered and seized
MIS-. Campbell. tied her TO a stake and de-
spite her screams an" cries FOR mercy, literal
" roasted her alive. The crime and pun
ishmenC are without parallel in the criminal
records of this country.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 1S.-A dis
patch from Tucson. \. T., says tie report
that Eskiminzin, an Apache chief, took a
large quantity of arms and ammunition from
that place when he returned TO San Pedro Is
coutradicted on the best of authority. Dep
uty Sheriff j. Brokon followed the chief a
mile from town and examined his wagon and
found but three guns and a small amount OF
ammunition. Thee companies of the Fourth
Cavalry with all the stock arrived at FL Paso
on Friday morning. They leave for Fort
Wingate and from there proceed to Fort
Apache. Four more companies arrived this
morning under Captain Hodge bound for The
same place.
SAN FRANCISCO, September lS.-A dis
patch from Sacramento says: In 1871 a well
known citizen of Lincoln, Placer County,
named Singleton disappeared. A farmer
named Niles, a RESPECTED citizen, now a resi-
dent of this city, owed Singleton $1,000.
Singleton visited Niles to collect the money.
Niles and Singleton visited Sheridan in the
same county together during tie visit OF
Singleton to Niles house. rom that day
Singleton has not been seen. The nen were
old friends having crossed the plains together.
Niles statement that Singleton went to Ali
IONA was accepted and believed by the com.
munity. Shorty after the disappearance OF
Singleton, Niles filled up au abandoned vel
near his house. Lately Some property be
longing to Singleton was seen in Niles pos
session; especially a gold watch W have
belonged to the missi . man. A few OF the
ueighbors who remembered the circumr
stances OF the disappearance of SIN Ileton and
the filling % the well, connected the two cir
cumstances together. Mics had sold The
farm and the new proprietor COIL
sented that III. well should bs
excayated to It's old depth. This was
done last Thursday, although the work wa
not completed til FRIDAY. The body OF Sin
gleton was found al HE bottom OF the well
The high responsibility OF Niles, the popu
larIty OF Singleton, and the proninen' reIa
lions sustained by both i'll the coIninuuit,
invests the case with The most exciting in
terrst.
NILES CONFESSION.
A dispatch from WheatIand says Niles Wa
taken 20 Lincoln. On the way he ackuOwl
edged 10 the Deputy Sheriff he put Single
TOMS nody in where it was found. lie said b
and Singleton Were on a wagon and had
quarrel. Both fell oil, and he (Niles) wa
stunned. Singleton had All arm broken an
injured otherwise 50 he died III Niles field
Niles says not knowing what to do he threN
the body into the well. He gave no reaso
why he concealed the affair. All eXalnins
ton of the remains Of Singleton shows Ii
arm broken and that his skull is crushed a
with a blunt insti ulIient.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 1o.-A dh
patch from Fort Thomas, A. T., says.
band Of southern Alscies and Their eli
came into The agency yesterday, and some {
Johlata'8 band, but they do not seem
lave amy news of the iIostiles. SanchaZ is r
ported a. being thu leader OF the host!ies.
IS the opinion that some Of The renegade
have brokea from Cibicu and came over c
Block river.
Major Mcclellan with l. Co. crossed Il
ella to-day, moving toward the Apache
Lit. Bailey and his company, vino lett lie
on lste Yesterday p. NJ. in pursuit of the 1
dians returned and reported having fund II
signs Of The Indians.
Supplies are being pushed forward fl
Apache by the A. & p. r. r. Guards wi
be furnished for trains from New Mexic
The road to Apache from this point Y
Rocky Cauon being at present impossible +
freight trains. The reports fro