The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-12-29
Tribune Agent.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
Five men were killed in row at Austin,
Texas, on the 25th.
Archbishop Perche is reported dying Of
old age at New Orleans.
The Ohio river has receded somewhat
since the cold wave struck that part Of the
country.
Cox, of New York, declines to serve as
chairman Of the House committee on Ma.
val Affairs.
Prince Napoleon has Withdrawn from
ste candidacy for member of the Chamber
of Deputies.
Smallpox is decimating the people Of
Gadsden; Tennessee, and causisx much
general distress. 2asSh
There is reported trouble between Penn
sylvania coal companies and their miners.
A strike Is imminent. ~
Mrs: General Rosencrans died IN Wash.
ington; D. c., on Mondays The. funeral
was heid on Thursday.
Miles NJ. O'Brien has been elected Pres
ident OF the Irish Confederation in New
York for the ensuing year.
There were laid in the United States in
1883, $500 miles of railway track. In 1882,
1900 miles were constructed.
1t is said that the small herders of Texas
have destroyed 5000 miles Of wire fence
belonging to the large cattle men.
During parade. of Orangemen at Har.
Dor Grace, N. B., a mob fired upon the pro.
cession, killing three men instantly.
Some negroes shot and killed three white
gentlemen at Yazoo City, Miss, on Dec.
einber 25th. Only one negro has been
apprehended.
The Philadelphia M. E. preachers de.
nounced Sunday newspapers as a form Of
"Sabbath dissertation that is becoming too
fearfully prevalent"
Sammy Tilden proposes to give his man.
sion in Granercy Square, together with lis
large library and fine collection of works
Of art, to the city Of New York.
The suit of the State of Pennsylvania
against the Western Union for $4,000
taxes on stock dividends has been compro.
missed by the company paying $4,000.
John Amslutz and two daughters, ol
Lima, O., while attempting to drive across
tue Lake E..c " estIsa ~ track, on the .5th
inst, were fatally injured by an engine.
1t is said the ways and means committee
IS organized to report at as early day as
possible low tariff bill, which its chair.
man, Mr.. Morrison, is engaged in drawing
up.
a snow slide near Tullidge, Colo, on the
24th, carried off the shaft house of the Men
dota mine, killing eight men and wounding
two others. A mail carrier is reported
lost on the range.
The bell of independence Hall, Philadel
phia, was rung a hundred times, at noon
last Monday, commemorating the giving
up by Washington Of his commission as
Commander.in.C Chief of the army.
The Wheel Mill Powder Works, o.
Newburg, New York, was blown up last
Saturday. Hundreds Of pounds OF powder
were exploded, and the neighborhood wei
shaken up, but fortunately no one was hurt
The refusal to accept nickel money ir
the market at the City Of Mexico on Dec
ember clst, caused quarrels resulting II
firing and cries of "down with the nickel
The panic spread and all business houses
closed. MODS passed through the streets
breaking lamps and windows. Troops free
blank cartridges at the mob and cavalry
charged the crowd. Order was finally re
stored without bloodshed.
Capt. Watts, of the American schooner
S. ]. Watts, reports his vessel boarded, or
November ,Sth in the Bay Of Port az
Prin ce, by the crew of Haytian man OF
war. The commander, who announced
himself as Captain Cooper, ordered Waite
to show his papers, threatening If all wa
not right he would shoot the Watts crew
The papers proving satisfactory Coope
left, after informing Watts that he was th'
son of Rear-Admiral Cooper of the I.
Navy, and engaged by the Haytian Gov
ernment to break up the blockade running
between Kingston and the Haytian ports.