Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-01-09
TcIcgraphit Dispatches
Eastern Dispatches.
coNCRrsssoNaL PROCEEDINGS.

ricI,r TO The rrocHk pAILI sxoo.D

1Hlt Jan o.
Washington sp~sisis Of the 9th say the House
Military Committee to-day began an tnvestigs- |
ton to ascertain whether the military expenses |
can he reduced. The Secretary Of War and Gen
eral sherman favored the maintenance OF the 1
full force Of % coo men, and said that with the
with less. He thought the staff corps could De |
materially reduced, and reduction eouia tAAs
place in the quartermsster, eommisssy Anu
medical forces. The committee expects 70 DC
able TO make very marked reductions po'h ~
the numbers employed in the military and ciyii
branches Of the service. and in WORK esrr'u Oh
under the War Department.
Curc.co. Jan A terrible storm Of sleet and
snow is prevailing over the Eastern and Middle
states prosirating telegraph lines in all dircc-
tons, completely cutting OF communication be
tween East and West. Nothing OF any kind has
been received to-day from east of Toledo
The proposed Continental Railway, for which
A charter is to be asked of Congress, ~ 10 marked
out on a map in the Railroad and Canal Commit
tee Room, is almost on an air line from New
York to Omaha. 1t starts from Jersey City. sno
runs due west across New Jersey, crossing the
Delaware at Belvidsre; trsverses Pennsylvania
without deviating from a straight line passing
! through bloomsbury, Milton and Newcastle:
! enters Ohio near Youngstown, returns tnronRh
I Akron. London and Lima; takes Fort Wayne In
( its route through Indiana; 1T point half way
| across Illinois then slightly to the northSard,
/ crossing he Mississippi at Muscafine. and reach
4 ing Omaha by bee line The road never goes
/ out Of the way to reach town or city, and the
purpose Of its projectors appears 70 be 10 open
| a great direct line between the far West and
! New York without reference to local trafhc- Tue
project is no; fully matured yet. but bill Is in
I course Of preparation which Will have number
I Of prominent capitalists Is oorpc rstors Inc
! psrties who indicate o willingness 70 UNDERTAKE
] the entsrprise with moderate aid from the GOV.
4 eminent mention guarantee OF bonds oeArne
4to 5per cent. interest to the amount OF about
the cost Of construction. The commune
have been in correspondence with number OF
th.s. c.pitslists with q view to induce them 10
accept Congress canal charter, and under II
con struct q line from the Missouri river TO the
Atlantic sgreeing TO carry freis hf 81 sfpulafso
! price below the present rates Responsible par
Ties stand ready 10 undertake this work with ths
Government Aid, but the COMMITTEES VIII esaeav
or TO secure their obj ect without mourning any
expense or responsibility on the tart OF thu
Government, and they are not without hope
will agree II nothing better can be done, TO re
commend the Government to guarantee the In
terest at low rate upon the bonds representing
a portion Of the cost OF construction, and take
first lien Of the road for It's security, mas not We
been decided,
CHICAGO Jan SO far as can be learned tn
storm of snow, rain and sleet which has pre-
,, vailed during the latter part Of last night an
all of to-day and tonight in Eastern Ohio an
presumably east of that State, has been almos
! unprecedented in violence. Telegraphic con
munieation between here and the East has nsvs
been SO completely cut of as st present. Th
. weather here the past two days fine, clear an
warm.
!, Both branches in the Legislature to-day adop
: ed Joint resolutions condemninR Congress Il
passing and the President for signing the SalaI
bill. and requesting Illinois senators and hepr
sentatives to vote for its repeal, and also recon
y mendng an amendment to the Constitution
. the United States prohibiting any future Co
8 gress from increasing the rate OF their compe
a sation.
10 At IL O'Clock tonight the first messages can
= through from New York, via. Indianapolis, b
n the wires work very slowly and hard.
= INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7.-Scudden' livery stsbl
k with rs horses and 20 valuable carriages, W
a. burned tonight loss heavy.
,r COLUMBUS, Jan. THE storm last night pre-
H. trated all the telegraph lines leading out
te here. Except on the sidewalks all parts Of t
RS city are covered and branches Of trees are brok
H. by the weight of the ice collected on them
MT LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. I'm Davis count
10 Ky, last Monday two negroes and white m
On killed John Gassstt: One of the negroes wa
ing up to Gassett placed q pistol against
body and fired, instantly killing him. They IN
he dragged the body to q ditch where It was fou
. next day. The murderers were arrested.
"a CIsCISSATI. Jan. AT 10 O'Clock toni
ny, snow changed to sleet and ran. II has fal
nd since ,ast riuht Ta'aaranh polss and wires
Vi cation between here and the East and North
rk, almost entirely cut of. The extent Of dam
raj to the wire is not known