The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-29

many miners in the district. Tho
men have no intention to strike 40
they have had but little work and
scarcely money ell ,ugh to buy two
weeks provisions ahead. The Anal.
gamated Union of miners was ONLY
organized last SUMMER and is too
poor to stand such a strike.
BOsTON. Dec. 27.-A lady residing
in Smyrna writes to the Journal thai
the recent earthquake left the clty
uninjured, and that the loss of ljfe
was less than three hundred, although
1u,OOO people i'll the country lost their
homes.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Ex-senator
Mcdonald is attending closely to his
law practice in Indianapolis which
has this year Melted him over $4,000.
lie is about to proceed to Washing
ton on supreme court business but
will confer with Senators Beck and
Garland as to his chances for the
presidential nomination.
BUFFALO, Dec. ia terrible gas
explosion occurred in the French res
taurant tonight. The workmen had
been fixing a leak in the street main,
and one of the stop cocks under the
sidewalk being loosely closed the gas
collected and was ignited by the
lamps. The head waiter, Purcell,
was knocked senseless and internally
injured. Cbas. Richards, the cook,
was severely cut about the head and
body and two mattresses were badly
cut in the head. The dining room
and bar fixtures were demolished.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 27.-The miners
of the Connellsville coke region met
at Scottdale to-day. After passing
a series of resolutions denouncing
Hungarian labor they appointed =
committee to prepare IA petition to
congress requesting the passage of
some restriction law upon the whole
sale importation Of Hungarians.
Three thousand employees of the
National Tube Works company in
Mckeesport decided tonight to A.
cept Il reduction Of l215 to Is per
cent. on January 1st. The mills viii
now probably continue operations.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2s-The Times
indianapolis special says: Having
been charged with the murder of his
wife. in q suit brought by her father
1t indianapolis, Captain johnson
produced under positive orders from
The court sixteen letters from the
lead woman clearly detailing the
events OF a criminal intimacy be-
ween herself and Mr.. Henry OF
Nashville. Johnson had carefully
the reputation OF his wife
Until her father brought the scandal
,efore the public.
2H~ILLsBORO, Ill.,, Dec. 27.-The trial
f three men. Montgomery. Pettis and
Elements for the outrage on Miss
emma Bond, over a year ago, has been
n progress here for four weeks past
Turing which time Mr.. Bond, father
f the victim OF the horrible outrage,
as received numerous letters from
parts Of the country, in which
he writers offered to furnish any
lumber Of men to lynch Montgom-
ry, Pettis and Clements. One letter
'ostmarked at a town near Galveston
tates that the writer is chief Of ali
rganiZation for the punishment Of
rhine and that he would be pleased
furnish forty men on short notice
hang the three defendants if Bond
esired. Bond gives no cOuntenance
whatever to such communications.
BosTON, Dec. &c. II. Wood, the
DOT and shoe manufacturer, who
allied for S1,5OO,COO last summer, has
his entire property for the
'enefit of his creditors.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 21.-The state con-
ention OF liquor dealers, after per-
a state organization with Il
entral committee of fifteen to look
fter auxiliaries and legislation,
as a sense of the convention;
hat us the people OF Ohio voted
gainst prohibition at the last cleo
on. and as the Scot law was in their
contrary to the wish of the peo-
lie as expressed by that voice they
all on the legislature to abolish the
colt law.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-The Brit
h bark Lalla, which sailed from
Philadelphia on June 9th for Hiego,
.pan, with a cargo of refined petro-
'um, is over due. Fears are enter
lined for the safety of the cargo,
alued at Sal 900. She carried a crew
10 Americans.
PITTsBURG, rec. 27.-OAicials Of
local miners organization pro-
ounce the report of an extended
rike on the first Of the year of 10000
liners of West Morland, Cleartield,
tdford and Huntington counties alb
lrd. They say there are not that