The semi-weekly miner., 1883-11-07
DAY DISPATCHES.

CLYDE. o., Nov. 3.-The Clyd
bank suspended payment yesterda,
Cashier w. p. Parkhurst, who left O
"Wednesday night had not returne
last night. The deposits amount
sixty or seventy thousand dollars. l
is supposed this can be made good b
the remaining partners, A. Richard
and ID. A. darkness.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3.-Lates
accounts from Afghan!stan show tn
country to be in state of complet
anarchy, the exchequer without funds
the troops demoraliZed and the AIMEE
q plaything in the hands Of the Chi
sais.
Prince BebHuf, who originated tn
| device OF a wreath with broken chain
as one of the II )ral offerings at tn
funeral OF Tourgenietf, the Russian
novelist. has been expelled from S,
Petersburg and placed under polio
surveillance.
New YORK, Nov. Government
lower and the market excited. Their
was no feature to-day except a gener
al tirmness in maintainence in spit,
| of the dullness, with the exception
OF the Texas & Pacific, which is veal
partly on the reported small earnings
for the year and partly On an avoWet
determination Of the incom, Of bond
holders to refuse scrip and try tt
compel the payment OF interest il
cash. There have been no special,
VVAfr cfnaES hn what to Il wv
The general range Of prices is frac
tional decline. but at the close they
were strong and generally at the
highest prices Of the day.
Mining stocks We're very dull. HOrI
Silver sold at 600. Ophir 5.25, Mexi
can 325, Eureka Con. 400, Chrysolitt
1.15, Sutro Tunnel Is and IS. Sales
were 20, 165 shares.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. THE amount
received at the st. Lonis postotlice
for postage during September last
under the old postage rate was i'5,.
744 and in October under the new
rate $s72 lGY. The receipts for Oct.
last year were S6s.932.
BELolr. Wis. Nov. 1.-The rumol
of the failure of the Rockriver Paper
company is considered premature
The firm has assets double its liabili-
ties. It is hoped that the matter will
be adjusted satisfactorily. The com
pany has been in business twenty-five
years and owns mills at BelCit and
Rockton, Illinois and Marshall Mich
igan. Its capital stock is Ssl50,OOO.
BERLIN, Nov, 3.-rhe German
press generally regard Protrowski
who states he was sent by The Prus-
sian nihllists to kill Bismarck as an
impostor or lunatic.
DUBLIN, Nov. 3.-Lord Mayor Daw-
son returned from Londonderry last
evening and was received with great
enthuasm. \ procession with bands
of music and torches escorted him
from the station to his residence.
Sexton addressed the multitude and
denounced the treatment of the Lord
Mayor im Londonderry.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Ellery H.
Andrews, clerk in the Northwest
ern National bank, who confessed
three days ago to the embeZzlement
Of $95,O;N pleaded guilty this morn
ing and was sentenced to three years
in the Peniteutiary.
George w. Ristlne, who was tend
cred the position OF commissioner of
the 'ransrOntlnental ASSOCIATION, has
declined the office owing to a desire
Of the managers of the railroads in
terested for him to MAXI an imme-
diate decision. Fhe managers are
now ballotlng for other candidates.
LONDON, NOy. 3.-Several hundred
factory women are on a strike be-
cause the proprietor refused to dis
charge a man in the factory who
moved to sustain the corporation
Ut Londonderry IN resembling the reso-
luton granting permission to the lord
mayor of Dublin to lecture in the city
hall. The women paraded the streets
:rying, "God save Ireland" They
were attacked and stoned by mob,
which they fought despe, ately. Po-
ice finally dispersed the mob.
HONG KONG. Nov. 3. - Admiral
Courbet assumed command of the
French forces at Aanoi and will at
ack Backnirh with 3,COO men and
thirty guns.
LoNDoNDEEKY, Nov. 3.-The dis
orders arising from the hostility OF
he orangelnen and natiOnallsts co II
;inue and breaking windows is gem
,ral. Several nat!onalists were stab
,ed to-day. Rowing and beating
persons is frequent on all sides and
'evolyers and other weapons were
lsed.
UTIC,, Nov. 3.-Arthur B. John
on was found dead in his office this
orenoon, with pistol ball in his
,reast. He was the uncle of johnson
=. lynch, who was hot by Rowell in
}atavia, Tuesday night. Heoccupled |
he same Office. This morning Lena
Bender, the woman with whom his
intimacy has been notorious for
ears, entered Johnson's private room.
;he saw the dead man and ran into |
Iall, shrieking, "Oh, he's dead:
;rntIemen having offices on the |
anne floor hurried in and the news
lew over the city like wild fire.
The Office and the street in front were !
uickly filled with men. The WOMAN
II the present case is not more than
). Her relations with Jnhnson baye |
'een notorious for years. He had a
wife and four children, the |
ldest one twenty years OF age.
ohnson was about 55 years Old, and
n recent years has been conspicuous
S staIwart republican and the close |
riend of Roscoe Conk!ing. Presi- |
ent Arthur appointed him commits
loner 10 examine Il section or the |
Northern Pac, tic railway.
Boston, Nov. 2-Wool is in good
emand; Pennsylvania extras 3t(44l.
Iichigan iieeces 81 4A IS, conbing and
elaine 3S Is, California spring WOO!
lM3D, pulled 3lto44
Berlin, Nov. 2,-The bureau OF !
tatistics states that the imports of
rain into Germany from the begin
ing of January to the end OF Sep
ember, showed a decrease compared
With the same period in 1882, while
he exports showed a marked inc ea-e.
specially of wheat and oats, the
uantity OF both being nearly
oubled.
ATHENS, Noy. 3.-Many districts in
'hessaiy are still flooded, although
be rains have ceased. The fate Of
nany villages is still unknown.
LONDON. Nov. "A dispatch from
o,,a,nIarr1, t.,foS that n man hand