Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

used in the construction of bridges.
William Jones, for twenty years a trust.
ed employe of the firm Of e. Fl. Butler &
Co., educational publishers of Philadelphia,
has disappeared, leaving, it is said, q de-
fciency OF $40, 600 in his accounts.
Alexander Kennedy, who is wanted in
Chicago for recently shooting q man
named Quinlan, surrendered at Elkhart,
Ind, and was returned to Chicago.
The vicinity OF Mammoth, Pa, was
visited by q snow storm shortly after
daylight last week. The white fakes fell
until the ground was completely covered.
The credit bank which the government
at st. Petersburg established in '86 to ad-
vance loans to nobility on mortgages, has
foreclosed one or two thousand estates
which must be sold by auction at the end
of the year..
The senate committee on irrigation ar.
rived at Salt Lake, Monday, and will listen
the need of irrigation in Utah, and the re.
suits of irrigation thus far.
The British government is making great
effort to secure the confirmation by parlia-
ment of the contract with the Canadian
Pacific railroad for the transfer of the
mails for Hong Kong, which it is proposed
to send by way of Halifax.
In a riot between italian and negro rail-
road laborers at Petersburg, Pa, one of
the Italians was shot dead, another had
his head split open with a stone, and sew
eral others were seriously hurt. The Ital-
ians were driven out OF town.
Twenty robbers boarded a freight train of
the Western New York & Pennsylvania
railroad at Irvington, N. Y, yesterday, in
Inundated the trainmen, and broke open
and robbed the cars OF 8 large quantity of
goods. Four of the robbers were captured.
The new race track at Morris Park, New
York, is said to be the finest race course in
the world. 1t is located in Westchester
county, at the city limits. 1t was opened
Monday. The first race, five ~furlongs, was
won by Geraldine. Time, one minute, near.
ly the best record.
At a meeting OF the French ministerial
council Tuesday, the minister of war stated
that out of 10000 officers of the army
5000 have been guilty of participating in
political agitation and nave been dealt
with. Twenty n non-commissioned Off
GERS have been chastised.
Twenty Arabs OF both sex are detained
at Castle Garden, New York. until the
Turkish consul can be consulted. It is said
there are 10000 Arabs waiting to come to
this country provided the twenty are
I.assed through.
The Phoenix wooden company of East
Greenwich, r. l., has assigned. The en-
barrassment was brought about through
the failure Of Brown, Atees & Clark who
held the company's notes for q large
amount. Assets and liabilities unknown.
The board of marine under writer's at
Philadelphia, August 10, awarded to
seven tugs $17,5OO salvage for saving the
English steamship, Thord:so, which caught
fire while loading with petroleum at Point
Breege refinery.
A dispatch from Montenegro says q
famine is threatened owing to the failure of
the crops. and that an epidemic disease ia
now extensively prevalent.
Among those who sailed for Europe from
New York, August FL, is Chas. P. Harring-
ton, on the Teutonic. Parson Davis and
Peter Jackson, the colored Australian
pugilist sailed on the City of Rome.
John l.. Sullivan arrived in Boston.
August 20, from New York. He denied he
was to make q tour OF the country with
Kilrain, al rumored, but said he would /
give the latter $4,000 to spar him in New
York.
A fire broke out at Sonoma, CAL, at z
O'Clock Tues lay night. A large portion of
the business part Of the town wa burned.
During the progress OF the fire F. Duhring, a
prominent merchant, dropped dead from
excitement.
In Marshall county, Kentucky, Campbell
PERKINS quarreled with a neighbor, Oscar
Branac, and hit him with q club. Branac
cut Perkins fatally with a knife. Sidney
Perkins, a son, went to his fathers assist
ance and was also fatally cut.
The London strike of dock laborers ia
spreading. One thousand men on the com.
nercial docks Joined the strikers. The
socialists are trying to lead the movement,
red flags being displayed and 10000 dock
men marched through the city to-day,
They were orderly.
Frank Morris, John He'll, James O'Brien
ana brodle Morris, miners, were caught be-
tween q fall of slate in the mines of the
Co., in Fayette county, ", Va.
Monday night and instantly killed. Sew.
others were wounded and many had a |.
narrow escape.
A bad wreck occurred on the Erie road
1t Big Flats, N. Y, Tuesday night. Two
Ieight trains collided and a fagman was
emit back to stop passenger train No. q.
de Jailed to obey orders. Two engines and
leariy q dozen cars were burned. Engineer
andrew Wallace and fireman Kimball were ,
atally injured. l
The attorney general has received tho do.
allied account OF the shoe ting OF Judge ]
.erry: Having considered two kilograms 9
ON california in relation to the same c
i1alr, has sent word to District Attorney
,!arey to use his own discretion in aiding in il
ne defense OF Marshal Nagle, who did the Q
h~ooting. h
Richard Haion, a we'll known figure at
he French pool rooms at Coney Island +
ace track, was shot and probably mort. q
lily Wounde Tuesday morning in 'front.' of.I a
10 residence on west Forty-second street.
ew York, by John McCue, q boarder in
house. He had ordered McCuet to leave L
ne murderer was arrested. y
Inc Chicago police claim to have discov. =
ed the tlnsmith who has identified Mar. q
n as the man for whom he soldered a tin
Ok on Monday following The tragedy, and Il
INCH, 1t Is thought, SO the police sav To le
ave contained Cronin's clothes. Esec. d
Id tin box soldered is sunnosed :, F
se. ~
At Albany, N. Y, August FL. William = te
owe appeared before Governor Hill and l.
ade an argument upon his application for &C
clemency for Charles Chin ~ ia
d NoWian and John Lewis, three Of The dl
e murderers confined in the Tombs Ne. "a
'rk, waiting execution on FRIDAY. At the
Inclusion OF the argument the ooyernor eli
ID be would grant Giblin a rasnite for m
lety days. The applications for Nowlan 81
q Lewis we're denied. T.
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