The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-05

OhhS tA0AS" u nv pIoSSSNIIiSo
Morey letter case will be finally dis
n in a few days. Assistant District
ey Bell, who has had charge of the
nee the commencement, being satisfied
careful examination that the letter
b written when it was originally claim
bave been penned, a nolle prosequi will
bre be entered and the bondsmen will
eased. Witness O'Brien alias Lindsey,
4 the Tombs, having pleaded guilty on
dictment charging him with perjury,
bortly be brought up in the court of gen.
kssions for sentence. Ell. l.. Morey, who
ID he was an uncle of the man to whom
ter was written, is confined in the house
ention. but having furnished suitable
laLion to the prosecution will be liber-
ha few days.
NON, March 29.-At / a. M, the con-
of Beaconsfield is unchanged. The
AT of real danger is in his throat, which
n inflamed.
ANA, March 30.-The work of repair
Union Pacific in Platte valley is rap
Fogressing and by next Saturday the
will probably be running on time. Al
trains over the Burlington & Missouri
b Kearney are running without much
and no further trouble with washouts is
The delayed Union Pacific trains
this evening. Over 80 per cent. of the
! have been washed away by freshets
braska and numerous erist mills were
we'd. Cattle have been drowned in
numbers, but the only persons
to be drowned are a woman and
Ehildren, west of Schuyler, who were
near an emigrant wagon. The rest of
lrty were probably drowned.
SCOTT, March ga private dispatch
ed here to-day announced the death of
A. Brown, a son of eX-Gov. Neal S.
h, of Nashville, at Albuquerque, New
10, yesterday. He bad been in the m
II the Adams Express Company five
rs out of his car at Kearney, Kansas, in
nv, 1878. Other daring exploits have
Id his courage, on account of which the
my highly valued his services.
AHA, March 29.-lt is impossible as
procure more than meagre facts about
bEdition of towns in the Platte valley
were inundated, owing to the fact that
legraph lines are only partially rebuilt.
lives are all that are known to have
ost, but it is believed a number more
led. The loss of stock and property
! up into the hundreds of thousands.
Intended now to run the Union Pacific
through by Friday.
n PIERRE, March 29.-The steam fer
Il, Jim Leighton, is landed on eight feet
800 feet from the river bank. The
island, which was heavily timbered,
wept clean as though mown. and is Gov
WITH 7 to Is feet of ice.
IRE, Dakota, March 29.-The loss by
God here is $1,000 only. At Fort
one the opposite side of the river, only
three habitable houses are left. The
fully $4,000. No loss of life at either
1t is thought the officers and crew of
Gamer Far West" frozen in 20 miles
% Pierre, are lost.
" YORK, March 30.--The Worlds
ington correspondent says: Conkling
nobbing with the democratic senators
ure Robertson's rejection. Editorially
'0rld reviews the question in all its
5. including Robertson's well known
N, ability and fitness, and hopes Conk-
i'll not succeed.
" YORK, March 30,-The Herdid's Lon
eeial says it has transpiIed that the
Mailing together of the British cabi-
derday afternoon was caused by the
of alarming intelligence from Ireland.
orster announced that intelligence from
ID was of the most disquieting character
Ugh the attitude of the people appeared
tranquil on the surface. Mr.. Forster
that according to information in pos
n Of the Irish government the tranquil
the people had increased the business
authorities VIII regard it as the lull
b the storm.
pmation in possession of Dublin castle
rites caused it to be believed that
F~urrectionary outbreak might be eX
at any moment.
land league meeting held to-day the
options received during the week was
lnced as amounting to f2,399. All but
being from America. Dillon stated
no organization is spreading rapidly and
are now a larger number of strikes
the payment of rent than at any
BUS time.
FcAGo, March 30.--A cold wind and
were the rather monstrOus features of
horning. But as the day progressed the
ceased and the air became keen. About
; fell causing renewed trouble on street
scks. The 10Y appeared to have been
more severe outside the city.
WYoRK, March 30.-There has been
winds, heavy rains, and the tide the
st Of the year, and the New Jersey low
are flooded. The storm was very heavy
the coast.
Louis, March 30.--Gen. Grant and
y arrived here between II and l o'clock
porning en- route to Mexico. The par
X quarters for the night at the Lindell
and left this morning by the Iron Noun
abroad. The general stated to a re-
lust before the train started that his
Mexico is in the Interest of the Mexi-
Puthern railroad, of which he is prcsi-
and partly for recreation and rest. He
hot talk about politics. The party
e absent about two months,
fUMBUs, o., March 3O.-The snow is a
e,ep and heavily dlifted. Travel is sus-
LADELPHIA, March 30.-A private
ge from Los Vegas, New Mexico, says
. Carrie, the murderer of Porter, the
was shot and killed at that place March
Carrie, it appears, was on a drunken
and threatened to kill several people.
3 the persons threatened was the bar
of a saloon, who shot him in self-de-
A party of railroad hands, friends of
fad man, attempted to lynch the bar
but the sheriff succeeded in getting
lil. A %coroner's inquest was held,
jury at once returned a verdict of
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