Mohave County miner., 1884-06-22
of Ramandan, of June 2sth.

and French soldier fired pistol at | the Americans. The bullet passed through Roosevelt's hat and in slight | contact with his head, knocking him over. The wounded man pointed out the soldier, but the latter, with two companions escaped, It's supposed that the soldier mistook the consul for an officer in civilians dress against whom he had grudge.
 London, June 16. -Advices from Greenland state that the brig Elerla IS crushed in the ice and ten of her crew are drowned.
 Philadelphia, June 16.-The In qulre tomorrow will give the details of tho purchase by the Lehigh Val ley railroad company of tract of bituminous land in Clearfeld county embracing nearly 50,OOO acres. The contract regulating the rate of tolls over the Pennsylvania road was signed to-day, and the land purchase immediately afterwards for $1, 100000 cash.
 Tell City, Ind, June 16.-A fire last night burned the Tell City fur niture factory. Loss, $6O,OOO; insur- ance, $12,OOO.
 Boston, June 16.-Hon. John A. Logan and family left here for Aug usta, Maine, this morning.
 London. June 16.--Three thousand employees in the worsted mills at Bradford have struck for higher wages. There was great disturbance and the windows of the mill were smashed. The stone mssons of Brad ford have also struck.
 London, June 16.-In consequence of the threats of dynamiters, cor don of armed watchmep is around Eaton Hall, the Duke of Westminis ter's residence. at Chester.
 Five flat cars are said to have sunk completely out of sight near Alamlllo on the Atchison, Topeka and Sauta Fe railroad and there IS again. great danger that the company must suffer at that polnt.
 Vacaville, June 1.-The first car load of apricots and peaches was shipped from here to Chicago to- day.
 Brussels, June 11.-Rioting broke out here again tonight with renew ed violence. The mob demolished the shutters and windows of the Catholic Library and tore down the Papal arms.
 Isaac A Stanley, paying teller o1 the Cleveland National Bank of Com merce. has been arrested for embez zling $lOO,OOO.
 Audrian won the Missouri Derby at St. Louis.
 General Grant was yesterday elect ed President of the Society of the Army of the Potomac.
 Rev. W. H. Smith of Rockford, III. has been elected Supreme Command CT of the Order of the Red Cross.
 A convention of socialists met 1T London.
 Portland, June 11.-Asa $. Whit tier. house painter, aged 27 years was found dead ID a room at the Jefferson House this morning, His feet were fastened in the rail of the foot of the bed and his head was dropping to the floor. A post-mor- tenn examination revealed the fact that his skull had been fractured years ago; that small pieces of bone stuck into the brain, rendering him liable to die at any time of epileptic convulsions. Letters in his posses sion indicate that he is from Bangor Me-, and that he is a nephew ol couslp of the poet, John G. Whit tier.
 The United States Grand Jury al New York on Tuesday indicted James D. Fish, John c. Enc and Ferdinand Ward.
 It is understood that Charles FraI cis Adams Jr. will succeed Dillon as President of the Union PacinC Railroad.
 A fire at Athens, Pa, on Tuesday caused loss of $102,000.
 Hosmer defeated Hamm in a three mile rowing race near Boston or Tuesday,
 Blame and Logan paid visit tc Senator Hale at Augusta, Me, or Tuesday; large crowd gathered tc welcome them.
 Justice Field is reported as saying