Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-17
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NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Augus 16.

SpeClal agent jayne. or the Custom
House, has been made defendant in
"A suit brought against him 10y Plat Il
Boyd, glass Importers, who are being
prosecuted for the recovery of a mil
non dollars 1t seems that
Platt " Boyd discovered that five of
their clerks were giving information
10 a rival house, and discharged them.
Jayne Immediately took them into
his service, and from information
given, obtained Il warrant giving him
the right 10 seize all their goods and
papers relating to certain specific
frauds but according TO their atlida-
Wit, they affirm tuat JAYNE is
n~Ialiciously intending to injure them,
and to brighten them into the paw
ment of Il large sum in order to OBJ
tain back their property and prevent
interruption to their business, and
consequent injury to their CONNER
cial standing and credit that he vio-
lentiv sliced anu caused to be carried
away all books and papers, as well us
those which he was advised were not
referred to in said warrant. The firm
charge Jayne with gross improprie-
ties OF speech, and action
when he first entered their store. He
threatened to put them all into the
WV" ,Ioii' lIi-, as iIltStu L
viii lock up the whole damned lot OF
you Tonight, if it takes the whole
army and navy OF the United States
to do it."
Nineteen families of the Menmo-
mites Sect, numbering a hundred per-
Sons in all, arrived here Yesterday,
from Prussia, bound for Kansas.
UTICA, August Is.
The races which had been POSTPONED
for two days. on account OF rain, were
resumed to-day. Fullerton, Cainos.
Sensation, Lucille and Gold Dust
trotted. Fullerton Won the second
and fourth heats, Camos taking the
third. Time, 2:22, 2:234, 2:2324 and
2:254. In the last heat, tui erton
trotted the halt-mile between the
quarter and the tbree-quarter mile
post i'll l:O4ia, the fastest half-nile
ever trotted III a race.
The second rae was for a purse of
$500, and was won 10y C~lenentine in
straight heats, beating eight others.
The best time was 2:29ls.
OHIO.
DAYTON, August 16.
Thomas Smith, a wealthy farmer of
Wayne township, shot and killed
John Fester, also a farmer, in quar-
rel growing out of whisky and All old
teud.
MAINE.
RoCKLAND, August 16.
President Grant and suite, accom-
panied by Governor Perham AN |
Messrs. Hamlin, Morrill, and Blaine,
arrived here at zoe The party i'm
mediately embarked on the United
States revenue steamer McCOlloch,
and proceeded to Mount Desert. Not
outstanding the rain, several hum
bred people gathered ON the wharf,
by whom the President was heartily
cheered.
MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16.
At Fulton, Mo, on Thursday last,
Peter keSSter was sentenced to the
Penitentiarv for six years for horse
stealing. Col. Low, the Sheriff, with
a posse OF four men, started with the
prisoner, who was demanded By a
mob. Upon the refusal of the Sheriff
10 surrender the prisoner, several
shot We're fired into the hack of the
party, MORALLY wounding the Sheriff
and seriously wOunding the Prosecut-
ing Attorney and John Ct. provinces.
Editor OF the Fulton Press, John Wat
son, a merchant, and a Young man
named Dunbar. who were acting as
guards Tor the Sheriff. The prisoner
Vas taken out Of town and hanged.
INDIANA.
MICHIGAN CITY, Aug. lG.
A convict named James Simpson
made desperate attempt to murder
Deputy Warden Manning this morn
ing. Having in some way got hold of
a cooper's broad AK, he attacked Man
ming III n OF the offices, and the
Warden was forced to shoot him to
save his own life. He killed him the
second shot.