Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-19
TELEGRAPHIC BRETITIES.

The French senate has forwarded to the
public prosecutor a report On the case oil
General Boulanger. The senate advises
that proceedings be at once begun against
Boulanger. .-
Disastrous foods visited Kansas, Satur.
day. Uniontown, fifteen miles west of Fort
Scott. was swept away, and two women
and four children drowned. The upper
valley OF the Walnut is much damaged. A
portion of the Missouri Pacific was washed
away.
The handsome granite and bronze
memorial erected at the grave OF the late
President Chester A. Arthur in the ceme-
terry here by some OF his personal admir-
ers, was unveiled at Albany. N. Y, Satur-
day. The ceremony was attended by the
donors, who inspected it.
John o. Marion, young farmer near
Fayette, Mo-, and Richard Fowler, cousin,
fought duel on the streets of that city,
Saturday. Marion was killed and Fowler
is probably fatally wounded. The duel was
over attentions paid Marrion's wife by
Fowler.
James A. Donahue. president of the San
Francisco and North Pacific railroad, says
there are apprehensions that this year g
wine product in California will have to be
sacrificed at loss of 80 per cent. or more
to the wine dealers OF San Fra ancisco. III
Sonoma county, he says, in the great wine
district, every cellar is full and as the pres
ent prices are far below cost, the outlook
is not promising to the producer.
At Pittsburg, Pa, June Is. in the Luthe.
ran Synod, a sensation was created by the
report of a committee favoring the adop-
ton of the old common service OF the
church, which wac laid aside few years
ago for a new one. This blow at the new
service provoked vigorous discussion,
which will be continued on Monday. There
is much difference of oppinion on the
matter.
The latest accounts in regard to the
Cedar Creek, Texas, shooting affray are
conflicting, one report stating that six men
were kill, d and three seriously hurt, while
another account says only three were
killed and four wounded. The officers at
Cedar Creek say everything is quiet, but
that a large posse of officers were out scour
ing the country for Wilson, the negro con
stable, who started the affray. 1t is re-
ported he had been found and killed but
the report was not confirmed.
James M. Gamble, a wealthy real estate
dealer OF Chicago, was found dead in his bed
at the Palmer House Saturday afternoon
Indications are that he reached his apart
ment during the previous night partially in
toxicated, and either by mistake or witt
suicidal intent, swallowed q bottle of car
bolic acid. Gamble was a batchelor, ano
has figured in several sensational affairs
notably in one in which he broke a leg il
jumping from the window OF a married
woman's room.
At Chicago. June Is, the supreme court
of Illinois reversed in effect the noted de
Il e II =
the big Livdauer litigat; on. Judge Pender
CAST, in this case, enupciated for the frs
time the principle that preferring certain
creditors by confessing judgments in thei
favor. amounted in law to a voluntary as
| signment. 1t Is intimated Lindauer Bros
and Keppenheimer, who was rstappointet
| receiver, will sue Judge Pendergast TO,
| trespass. Keppenheimer, it will be remem
bered, was sent to Jail for twenty-fou
hours for disobeying Pendergast's order il
| the matter.