Mohave County miner., 1884-02-24
News of the Week.

promotion of Lieutenant Rhodes ot the revenue cutter Dexter for gal lant conduct on the occasion of the wreck of the City of Columbus.
 The Mexican Central railroad vii be finished by March 1st.
 Tie agents of Fl Mahdi are al work in Yemen, Arabia; his forces have abandoned their position be fore Suakim.
 Canncns, guns and other munitions of war, intended for the Hayti insur- gents, and seized on board the schooner E. G. Irwin, have been for feited to the United States Govern ment.
 The gross earnings of the Union Pacific railroad for the last year are S29, 9,761, ,OOO; expenses. $16,67O, 900.
 4 San Francisco police officer named Nicholson, native of Canada, was mysteriously murdered on his beat. When found the blood was flowing from three wounds in the head made by pointed duIl-edged instrument. The motive is not known.
 A new fire proof stono building is to be erected at Las Vegas, Hct Springs, New Mexico, on the site of the recently burned Montezuma hotel, by the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe railroad company.
 On Friday last an entire block in the center of the borough of Hazleton Pennsylvania-a town of 5000 inhab itants- sank into the earth over three feet. The drop was caused by tiie tiii giving away of tlmbers in the Sugar Loaf colllery underneath. Three or four houses, including a hotel, were entirely wrecked, while a number of others were more or less injured.
 A dispatch from Matamoras, Mex ico, says that a desperate fight occur red on Tuesday about twenty miles from there, between custom officers and guards and a gang ofsmugglers- Several smugglers were killed and wounded. and the remainder. fled, leaving behind them $6O0O worth Of dry goods and a number of horses and mules.
 H.C. Turpin and John Burnett rival sewing machine agents qusr- relied and Turpin was stabbed to death.
 In Chesterville, N. Y, mar named Avery killed his wife and attempted suicide. Avery says he is willing to go to prison for life, but has concientious scruples about hang ing. Avery and his wife were about twenty years old.
 J. W. Mackey has completed ali arrangements for the laying of the new cables across the Atlantic. 
 Mrs. Ella Behring, a young widow Of Baltimore, attempted suicide be- cause George Gamble refused to marry her.
 4 gang of boy burglars has been in Shenandoah, Pa.
 The British Government has ten dered to the United States the use of the steamer Alert for the Greeley re- lief expedition, she was built special for the Arctic service and will be used as 6 supply ship aud follow in the wake of the other vessels.
 A letter dated at Fl Obied says that El Mahdi is in great fear of assassination. Visitors are permitted to approach him only on all foErs and must remain at a considerable distance. The condition of Christian missionaries is most deplorable. They live in straw huts. outside of town and are destitute of food, cloth ing and money.
 The will of Col. Hunt, the million aire lumbermau of Roscommon coun ty, discloses that he has bequeathed S5,000 to Caroline Browne, the moth CT of 8rtemus Ward, and similar amounts to Eli Perkins and Josh Billings.
 In San Francisco, ?. Delucca and Nardini, Italians in reputable GIT cumstances, quarrelled on Saturday over an amount due by the latter to the former. Delucca, with a stiletto, stabbed Nardini six times and the latter then drew a revolver and fired twice. Delucca died to-day.
 The Ono State Commission esti- mates that 75O0 people and 626 en tire families are destitute in 12 up