Mohave County miner., 1884-02-17
News of the Week.
The loss near Tokar was 2250.

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 Tie massacre of 300 Christians il Tonquin Is reported.
 The charges of train robbery against Frank James at Kansas City have beer dismissed.
 The Denver Tribune, one of the leading newspapers of the West, has been sold to a syndicate of New York gentlemen for $100,000. 0. H. Rothacker continues as editor III chief and F. J. T. Skif as manag- CT.
 A black valise, containing S25,OOO, was stolen from the New York Trans fer Company while being taken to the Desbrosses-street ferry from the Grand Central depot.
 The steam collier Umatilla struck on Flattery rocks last Saturday and was abandoned; afterwards she was towed into Esquimalt, B. C., and sank in 4z feet of water.
 Howard Kelly, Delaney, Dowd and Sample, five of the Bisbee murderers, were convicted of murder in the nrst degree at Tombstone.
 Thirty i've members of a wedding D rty wero drowne while crossing he river Theiss on the ice.
 B-adlaugh administered the oath to himself in the House of Commons but was excluded by vote of 2SS to 21O.
 Mrs Jessie D. Schlank. the wife of Portland restaurapt-keeper, com. mitted suicide on Sunday night.
 AChinese sleep ing car was burned at Blue Canyon Sunday morning.
 George Q. Cannon has gone to Washington to work against Govern or Murray's reappointment.
 Both houses of Congress yesterday passed a bill appropriating S3OO,OOO for the sufferers by the flood in the Ohio valley.
 The San Francisco Postoffice bill will be favorably reported to the House.
 Twenty three Texas editors have each been presented with boy babies since the 1st of January, 1884.
 An extraordinary case of fatal burning occurred at Chehalis, w. T.. last Saturday. Martin Ohlen, night watchman in Wadham & Elliot's saw-mill, had just banked the fire under the boiler to keep up steam all night. He was clad in an oil skin coat and the remainder of his cloth ing was more or less oily, while the buckskiu gloves on his hands were saturated with oil. He was standing with his back to the furnace wht Il his oilcloth coat caught fire; he reached back to put ont the hams-, when his gloves caught fire, and he was unable to aid himself. He ran to the pump, which happened to be frozen. His screams aroused the neighbors, who rushed to his assist ance and extinguished the flames. Ohlen was unconscious for several hours, but died at 4 o'clock this af ternoon.
 Advices from Alden report the arri- val of important secret dispatches from the Captain of the British man of-war Tourmalin0 at Madagascar The French refused to convey them from Reunion to the political agent.
 All parties in England are intense ly excited over the Egyptian question and the strictures cr the dilatory action of the Government are severe, even by its supporters.
 Miss Fortescue, in her breach of promise action against Lord Gar moyle, estimates the damages to Der affections at 95O,OOO.
 The women and children at Sinkat are suffering severely from fam inc.
 Admiral Seymour has received orders to be ready to start for Egypt.
 Several persons were killed in a fight at Hot Springs, Ark, over tie opening of gambliHg=house.
 A Lohdon cablegram says: Late adyices from Fl Mahdi's camp con- firm the report that the False Proph- ot has started out to subjugate the entire world. The recent victories of the rebels have so emboldened GIaro KI,ok Al,or, D~o olro,,o.o1. .lo.c.