The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-24
DAY DISPATCHES.

| pleasant and somewhat unsavOry ad-
| venture. At 2 O'clock ON Friday
morning, as he was being driven
homeward he alighted at \ public
house in the Seven Dials to get q
brandy and soda. On returning to
his cab he was attacked, as he swears,
| by seven desperate ruffians, who
gagged him, pinioned his arms and
rihed his pockets, including among
other property his gold watch and
chain, valued at e59. All the foot Dads
escaped but one, who was captured and
was tried to-day at the old Bailey.
His defense was that he had simply
assisted drunken stranger to get
into his cab, and had no hand In the
robbery. One of the jurors asked the
complainant II it were true that he
had been under the influence of liq-
uour, and Sexton furiously denied the
assertion. This episode caused q
eral smile in the court room, but did
not save the prisoner, who was
promptly convicted by the jury and
sentenced to fifteen months impriS-
Onment.
There was great rejoicing at Hasgee
to-day over the arrival of the new
steamer Tumalpais. This is the pio-
neer vessel Of the new line of the
Compania Mexicana Transatlantic
to ply between Liverpool, Havre
Havana and Vera Cruz. The new
vessel is a steel screw steamer Of $50
tons and with engines of 5000 horse
power.
PARIS, Nov. Glowing to cable in
terruptiOns informatin of military
operations in Tonquin is not expected
for a week. The feet will mrke na-
val demonstrations OF the Chinese
coast during the attack upon Bacnih.
HANCOCK, Mich, Nov. 2l.-It is
feared that the ste amer Manistee, ply
ing between this port and Duluth,
has sunk with her crew and also 25
passengers on board. She left Bay
died at midnight on the 18th inst. for
Ontonagon. on her way to this port
and has liot npen heard from since.
The steamers Duluth and China left
Bayfield, one hour and a half after the
Manistee left for the same point, but
did not see her yesterday. A tug was
sent to find the Msnistee but return
ed to-day bringing Il bucket
marked Manistee. and a por-
ton Of the pilot house. The
boat being old and heavily loaded
and the sea being very rough, it is
feared she has foundered. Two tugs
have been cruising for her the last
three days. A telegram received this
morning states that the tug had
found part of the cabin that was
washed ashore some distance above
utcnagOn.
SALT lake, Nov. 2l.-The Tribune
this morning says: The case of EliZ-
abeth Townsend against Hooper and
Jennings, involving the title to the
Continental Hotel property which
went through, the courts of this ter
rito'y few years ago and was ap-
pealed to the United States Supreme
Court, is coming on for hearing at
Washington in few days and 2. l..
Williams. attorney for defendants,
has gone to the capital to argue the
case on behalf Of client.
The Eureka Hill Mining company,
of Tintlc, on Saturday knocked off
xOV mlll0ISs 1uC AUIl AOACO OOAAAS
worked up to that date was l25 men,
and the output Of ore was 1900 tons
per month. Instead of sending out
four car loads of ore daily, as they
have been doing, they purpose,
from this time on, shipping out
only two cars. It is believed. h0wev~
or, that the reduction Of the working
force at the mine results from the
fact that the market is already over
stacked with Eureka ore and that the
smelters are getting more OF it than
they can use to advantage.
Fort SCOTT, KS, Nov. 2O.-In pur-
suance of resolutions adopted by the
last annual meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Captain w.
Shackey, chairman Of the committee,
appointed for the purpose, has sent
circulars to all posts Of the G. A. e..
in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Ne
braska, Colorado, New Mexico, and
Indian Territory, asking the sigma
lures of all commands to memorial
to congress praying for the establish
ment of soldiers and sailors home
IN Kansas. Speedy action is asked
so the memorial will be presented
early in the coming session.