Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-07
Eastern Dispatches.
Accident on the Northwestern Rail-
road.

CHICAGO. Feb. "A passenger train
on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road was thrown from the track this
morning 50 miles north Of Chicago by a
broken rail Three passenger coaches,
sleeping and baggage cars, with all the
baggage, were burned and fifteen persons
injured, three seriously. None we're
killed so far as now known.
Fire and Loss of Life.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 5.-The gro
Gerry store of Chris Mehr was burned at
. o'clock this morning, and Mebr, his
wife and four children and barkeeper
were burned to death. Mehr's father
aud two children escaped.
Bismarck and the Uitramontane
Party.
A letter from Paris says the general
belief in educated circles is that
while Prince Bismarck would avoid
war. by preference, he would not miss
pretsxt which would give him the ap-
pearauce of right and enable him to
crush at once for all time the Ultramon-
tame party. The recent elections to the
Prussian Parliament have demonstrated
the extreme impossibility Of his success
by purely lega! or Parliamentary means,
as the Catholics have gained 80 seats in
the Lsndstag over and above what they
had, and the Liberals have gained con-
siderably. The French Bishops declare
their intention to fight any attempt to
muzzle them and Plus.
Items of General Interest.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The Commits
sion appointed to examine and report
upon the route and surveys for the pro-
posed ship canal between the Atlantic
and Pacific met to-day. The Commits
sioners, accompanied by eminent engi-
neers, will pass over the routes already
surveyed, and report upon their FEAST
bility.
The Senate has confirmed Ebenezer
Smith as Postmaster at Central City,
Colorado,
The investigation Of the case of Judge
Busted began to-day.
Caleb Cushing has filed bill against
Myra Clarke Gaines for an accounting
and settlement.
CHICAGO, Feb. Only seven persons
were injured by the accident on the North
Western Road day; none seriously.
UTICA, n. Y, Feb. 5.-Judge Alfred
Conkling, father of Senator Conkling,
died suddenly to-day, aged So.
The New Atlantic Gable.
PORTSMOUTH. y. H., Feb. 5.-Collector
Howard has received orders from the
Secretary OF the Treasury to allow the
landing of the Atlantic Gable at Rye
Beach without entering the ships con
tanning it at the Custom House; also &c
afford the enterprise all the aid at the
disposal of the Government here.
ihe NutiohSi DTanSe.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 5. - The National
Grange is still in secret session here.
This evening they voted $4,000 each tc
the State Oranges of Iowa and Minneso
ia, and $3.50 to Dakota for the relief Of
suffering homesteads.
Archbishop Ledochovsky's Case-- Au.
topsy ofthe Siamese Twins.
New YORK, Feb. "a special to thu
Herald from Berlin says that Archbishop
Ledochowsky will be tried on the It'll
inst. and on no other charge except {
refusal to pay fines. He may yet be re
leased if the fines are paid. The En-
peror has declined to interfere in thu
case, notwithstanding the moral infu
ence brought to bear in the Archbishop
favor.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s. The physi
clans have arrived from North Carolin,
with the remains of the Siamess Twins
The autopsy will be conducted privatel,
by the College of Physicians, but the re
suit will be furnished to the public.
A Negro Hung by n Mob.
CAIRO, Ill, Feb. ga mob this even
ing took Chris. Wyeth, negro. VIII,
murdered and robbed Mrs. Ryman nea
Carbondale, few days since, out of jai
at Murphysboro, HI, and hanged him
Wyeth confessed his guilt.
The Woman War Against Intempcr
ance in Ohio.
CHICAGO, Feb. Ga special to tn
Times from Cincinnati has the folowin
in reference to the Woman's Prayin
Temperance Movement y. C. Va
Pelt, who is the wickedest. delivered
rousing temperance lecture last evening
at New Vienna. His audience was i'm
mense, and the most intense enthusiast
prevailed during his remarks. BE apollo
gized for the former hostility manifesto
towards the agitators, and stated this
his heart had been softended by thei
prayers, and all his purposes changed b
their long sufferings. He confessed t
having frequently taken the last dim
from some poor wretch to pay fo
whisky dime which he knew had bee
earned by starving wife or child. H
was determined to abandon his business
, and to come in on the Lord s side. HI
) remarks were frequently interrupted b
repeated and prolonged applause, and .
the conclusion the audience presente