The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-12

has been written to and is exneo.
| in Paris early in The summer, uISed
he will assume the entire directj""nue "a
operations.
CHICAGO, March l0.-Postmas,.
| General Gresham who arrieved hssll
last night on the fast mail tre ts
from New York has completed y
rangements tor an extension Of H. e
fast mail to Omaha. The details .e
as 70 lows: The new service will ~
over the Chicago, Burlington an M
q ,incy roads, the first train leayina
at o'clnck Il. NJ. and reaching Omahs
a, 8 in the evening of the same dav
This train will take mail brought i,
the fast train from New York whieS!
leaves there at $50 p. m. and arriyss
here at 1890 p. m. the next day. Thu
new train will catch aud deliver mali
at all stations en- route. The result
will be saving "a hours time between
New York, land Omaha and all points
west of Omaha to the Pacific Coast
As fast train ,nnections at Omaha
with the west bound Union Pacific
will be made.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-A. NJ
Gibson continued his testimony be-.
fore the Springer committee to-day.
He reiterated the statement that the
government selected the nos com.
dictated star route case for trial and
rejected y plain and simple one. The
foreman of the grand jury told the
witnesses that the government did not
wish to proceed with the case he con-
siLered So clear. He could not tell
why no Indictment was found against
tn Sc whom it has been proposed to
proceed.
CLEVELAND, March 1O.-In a glove
contest which took place tonight b.
tween Mervine Thompson OF this
city and q. A. Smith, (coloredl Of
Saginaw. Mich, the negro did most
of his lighting by butting with his
head and clinching. He Was knocked
down a number of times, under the
lower ropes, and finally knocked out
in the eighth round at the end OF 20
minutes.
Thompson and Duncan Ross leave
on Thursday for Chicago, ready to
meet anybody there in public Or pri-
vate. Ross reIueWs his challenge to
back Thompson against the world. 1t
was rumored that Madden would be
here to match Mitchell against the
winner, but he has not appeared.
UPPER PorTseRovE, PA, March
1O-At midnight Mrs. Woodward
Kirklaf. crazed with Malarial fever;
left her bed and deliberate y set her
clothing a6re. She fought desper-
ately with those who tried to extin-
guish the flames and was slowly
burned to death.
LONDON, March l0.--A race b.
tween George Bubear. the well
known English oarSman. and Wallace
Ross, the famous New Brunswick
scuiler, occurred this morning. TIE
distance roWed was four miles ana
two furlongs, over the regular
Thames course, from Putney to,
Mortiake, Ross conceding bubear ten
seconds The bets stood S on Ross to
4 on Bubear. Bubear's lead at the
start was four and a half lengths, but
at Hammersmith the boats wera
nearly even. The race Was WOE by
the American by six lengths.
WASHINGTON. March i0.-The re-
port OF the consumption ana dlstri-
button of ctrn and wheat Of the
United States, from returns in the
Of agriculture, on the
first of the month show that about 81
per cent. of the corr cron has gone
into consumption, leaving 80 per cent.
on hand, as against Sc per
per cent Of the crop Of 1882 remaining
on hand March l, 1881. This shows
a reduction OF about 100000 bush
els. The proportion Of merchantable
corn Is SO per cent In an average Of
The Years it is so per cent. Five
sixths Of all understandable corn: or
more tn III 5O,O0O,O0O bushels, ara
found north If the Ohio river and
west of Pennsylvania. The average
value is placed ut about 81 cents per
.ushel, or $48O,OD,NO.
CHARLEsTo rs c.. March 1.-THE
congressional district has nominated
small, colored. for congress to
succeed Mackev. deceased. There
was little opposition 10 >mall's nomi-
nation. which is considered equivalent
to an election, there being an over
majority of negro votes in
The district.
CHICAGO, March 1O.-Patrlck
Schultz. a contractor. who choked his
wife to death about 10 days ago, sui
cided in his cell in the county Jail
this afternoon by fastening a cord On
his neck and drawing the same until
WASHINGTON, March 10. 49, Herr
Won E s%endecker, Germ IN Minister,
on the Department of State to-
lay. and presented to Secretary
t'reelinghuysen the returned Lasker
resolutions, together with IN accom-.
oanying letter from Prince Bismarck.
The President will probably send the
communication On The subject to the
. use this afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10,-The
Colorado division of the Southern
Pacific is badly washed for six miles
west of Daggett. There is one break
800 feet and two others of 800 feet
IN the northern division. The Fresno
is impossible and passengers
ire transferred. Freight is accuInu-
ating at Deming. Ii repairs on she
cad are delayed the effect on husi.
will be serious. ,rhe southern
wires are again down.
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