The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-02-25
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President Arthur gave his first State
dinner on the 18th.
Edmunds' anti-polygamy bill passed the
Senate unanimously.
At Washington on Sunday the churches
adopted anti.polygamy resolutions.
Thirteen moonshiners and quantity of
whisky have been captured in Texas.
Two editors, in Mexico, recently fought
a duel with pistols. Both fired and both
fell dead.
The Mississippi levees are giving away
to the floods, and towns and farms are be.
Ing inundated.
Abraham Nelson beat his wife 90 badly
at Pittsburg Saturday that she died half
hour afterwards.
Track laying commenced Monday on
the Southern Pacific branch from Mohave
to the Colorado river.
An explosion in the pvrotechnic works
at Cheater, Pa, on the 18th, killed IS per-
sons and wounded 70 or 90 others.
A Portland dispatch saws that the Board
of Trade passed resolutions urging the
abrogation Of the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty.
The circulation Of standard silver dollars
for the week ending February 18th, was
$l3s,48s, against $o,,4o, for the correspond
ing period Of 1881.
Gems Sherman and Pope and Col. Mar.
row start the 1st. Of March on tour Of in.
spection to the department Of Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona.
London Times Berlin correspondence {:
Bismarck has conferred with the Emperor
regarding Skobeloff's sdcech. A mild re.
monstrance will probably be sent to St.
Petersburg.
There Is great excitement in the neigh.
borhood of Desmoincs, Iowa, on the dis.
covery of vein Of pure Camel coal S feet
thick, also six foot vein Of Bituminous. -
The Director of the Mint has just de.
cided that coin once punched or mutilated
can only be considered as bullion hereafter
even II the holes are filled with the same
quality Of metal.
Last Saturday the Massachusetts State
Senate passed resolution expressing alb.
horrence of the practice Of polygamy.
Congressman are aaked to secure the pas.
sage of ant'-po'ygamy law
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The
reported outrage upon the Jews near
Kicheneff Is confirmed. The affair grew
out of an elopement and marriage Of a
Je wish maiden with Christian.
A Helena, Ark, dispatch says: Disas.
ters from the flood are still increasing.
Cattle and hogs have been drowned by the
h.,11 lS..ve
In some localities the people are threatened
by starvation.
A tramp printer from Kentucky by the
name Of r. ID Raven got into quarrel
with James Cook at Waverly, Nebraska,
and drew revolver and shot him dead.
Raven was taken to Lincoln to save him
from l'eing lynched.
The water in all Northwestern Texas
streams is rising rapid, and flooding the
country. Two big bridges on the Texas
Pacific Railroad have been swept away be-
tween Weatheriord and Fort Worth, stop
ping travel.
A fire in Haverhill, Mass, last Saturday
DESTROYED the best portion Of the town
Some So shoe firms were burned out and
others injured more or less. Two or three
lives lost and 2,ooo persons thrown out oi
employment. Loss estimated at $2.5oo,-
600.
A Portland dispatch says: The British
ship Corsia struck on the Columbia river
bar last night while coming out. She
was abandoned dnring the night and sank
this morning. The crew were saved
She had cargo of wheat for the United
Kingdom, valued at $4,000.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: 1t has been
raining hard all day with a prospect O
continuing The River is rising at tit
rate Of an inch per hour. 1t is alread, thu
highest since 1S+7. Indications give thu
opinion that it will exceed the rise OF 1896
the greatest on record. Navigation Il
closed.
Gov. Cameron and party last Saturda,
captured whole oyster fleet, consisting o
six schooners and one sloop, and ,nad'
prisoners Of the Crews-sixty.one men
Eighteen shots were fred through the rig
ging of one of the schooners and she wa
chased thirty.fve miles toward Cape Vir
ginia before brought to.
The British Counsel reports there Is
movement to exaggerate the seriousness
Of the anti. Jewish riots in Russia. TIL
loss Of life and outrages on women ar
generally denied. The destruction of Jew
ish property is fully confirmed. The state
ment is confirmed about 100 Jews betn'
shamefully maltreated at Warsaw, and tel
or twelve who died Of their injuries.
The House, on the goth, on motion
Page, suspended the rules and adopted
resolution making the Chinese i'nmigra
ton bill q special order for the secon
Tuesday in March and from day to da
thereafter until finally disposed Of but nc
to interfere with the consideration Of tn
several appropriation bills. The vote O.
adopting the resolution was l1S against 81
Deposits of gold nuggets were receive
at the New York assay office this weel
varying from mere grains to the size Of hen
eggs. The largest one weighed g ounce
and was worth over $43o. The tot'
weight after melting was S4S troy ounce
and the gold bullion was worth $!!S93
These nuggets came from California, an
were obtained from "pockets" by hydrau
ic process.
A terrible tragedy occurred near Centre
Vile, Texas, on Sunday, in which two nj
groes named Hail, were killed and the
wives mortally wounded. 1t appears tn
the negroes, who were riding along IN
wagon, had some trouble with the child
n 1vhito ,,,or o,,,oad via The child ra