The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-19

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went in a boat to a supply store three
miles away where whisky was freely drank.
Inc quarrel was renewed and Austin drew a
knife and drove Wall from the camp threat
ening death If he came back. Wall went to
q negro cabin and forcibly secured a shot gun
double loaded it aid in ambush waited the
appearance Of the boat. When about 125
J yards from the starting point Wall halted
| them and ordered them to land. While yet
begging them not to shoot, he fired, killing
Charles Williams and Marshal Bowman and
wounding Others seriously. Austin escaped
unhurt. Wall is still at large, but the gov
eminent offers a large reward.
CHICAGO, April 16.-At the Board of
Trade To-day the deprivatiOns, disasters, and
sufferings OF the communities in, Dakota
which have been subjected to the overflow of
the Missouri river this spring, were present.
ed by several gentlemen who knew the situa-
ION, and a was appointed to raise
FUNDS and provisions. A liberal response is
certain.
The grain men, at an informal meeting held
n a corner OF the room. unanimously agreed
to recommend that McGeogh, OF Milwaukee,,
who is manager of the pork corner here,
should send a thousand barrels of pork to the
sufferers.
A ANTONIO, April ia horrible triple
murder was committed about seven miles
from here. John Simmond, a heavy stock
owner, left home Sunday. Yesterday a herd
er named J, S. Philips went out with sheep.
About noon Mrs. Simnon was found lying
i'll her room with her throat cut and from
appearances had been outrageously assaulted.
An alarm was given and soon the bodies of
a child and Mrs, Slmlnond's mother, Mrs. Par
ker, were found at the foot of an embark
meht a hundred yards from the house,
the skulls crushed in with a rock
The herder seems to think that Simmonds was
the murderer, but he himself was committed
without bail.
MOUNT WASHINGTON, n. H., April TO-
1t has been showing here since the afternoon
of the 18th. There is more snow on the sum
nit and the drifts are greater than at any
time before this winter. Low barometer,
temperature fourteen degrees above zero, ve-
lOcity Of wind ten miles per hour from the
northwest.
New YORK, Bpril ia French journal,
styled, the Correspondence, states it has au-
thority for declaring that Nd terms of peace
were imposed by Chilli on Peru, such as we're
recently published and brought to the notice
OF the American government by NJ. Osta
Burnago.
Marctal Martinez, who recently presented
to the president his credentials as minister
from Chilli, says those conditions were pub
lished in Valparaiso in the Hc1euri. but not
as reported by its correspondent Who was at
the seat of war, but as an extract from a let
ter written by a simple officer of the ~yictori-
Gus amy to a friend at Valparaiso, by whom
it was communicated to the CHILEAN organ.
The letter simply said that it was the desire
of The army that such conditions shoulu be
imposed upon Peru.
The Worlds City of Mexico special says
the riots which have imperilied the lives of
protestants have in Michioacan aud other
points during the past few days are believed,
on good authority, have been promoted by par
ties hostile to the invest ment here of American
capital and not all of them are natives of
Mexico by any mesans. The government ha,
shown great energy in suppressing these out
breaks and all professionals are now perfectly
safe throughout the republic. This point in
the evidence of SO distinguished an American
as Mr.. Frederick E. Church, now visiting
Mexico with Mrs. Church, may he safely TAX
ell.
General Grant was received in the City 0
Mexico by a number of distinguished citizens
and was called upon at once by the foreign
ministers.
Senior Marzol Romero went with him to
Okjaca to consult with the local authorities
there as to the new company for constructing
the line from Anton Legards to the Pacific.
The Times, Oh the International bi-metalic
d; conference, says: The feeling Is gaining
> ground that nothing will come of the con.
! ference, but a very pleasant vacation of oul
; delegates, and by proving the hopelessness OF
! a general International agreement, IL will
Z hasten the existing law, so 'the conference
may after all prove a blessing for the cause Of
sound currency.
+ The Sun says: The anti-monopoly league
now has organizations in 90 of the "A assem-
| bly, districts Of the city.
: The Brooklyn league is making progress in
G organizing in Kings county. 1t is proposed
, to hold a mass meeting at the Brooklyn acad
5 envy OF music at an early date.
1 The Herald says Chief Engineer Magee, o
the U. S. navy, who has lately returned from
the Gulf Of California, was at The Fifth av
: enue hotel in company with one Of the
principal merchants of Mexico who had jusj
arrived from Paris, whittier he had been on a
: mission to dispose Of his annual harvest o
: precious stones. The merchant. while hop
: ing to see his country developed, and Ameri
can capital, industry and machinery encour
5 aged for this purpose, did not think that the
present condition of the pearl fisheries o
California would warrant an investment 0
t more capital or labor.