Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-28
Eastern Dispatches.

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and Burlington and Northwestern roads
on the question of pro rata freight, is
virtually settled, nothing being left to
complete the arrangement except some
details This settlement was brought
about to-day at meeting of the general
! freight agents of the above roads. An
other meeting will be held tomorrow,
when the terms upon which the roads
are willing to pro rate will be finally
settled.
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 26.-The women
continue their prayer meetings with their
usual spirit. The Advisory Committee
took legal advice to-day, and it is re-
ported decided for the present against
street prayer in consequence Of the
stringent ordinance against obstructing
the streets. The ladies' may yet con-
clude to test the ordinance.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.--At a meeting
to-day the Temperance women completed
their plan of operations for their praying
brigade to attack the saloons of the city,
and fixed upon Tuesday next to CON-
mence the campaign.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 26.-The Loco.
motive Engineers elected this afternoon
P. N. Arthur, OF Albany, New York,
Grand Chief Engineer, vice Chas. Will
CON rae;,pa1 The brotharLnoJ ora et;I1
in secret session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Tyner moved
to reconsider the vote of yesterday by
which the bill reviving the ranking
privilege, was rejected. He said he
would call it up when the members were
more generally in their seats, and that
his object was to move to recommit the
bill to the Postoffice Committee, with
instructions to report back the third Sec
ton only, which relates to the free circu-
lation Of weekly newspapers in the coun-
ties of publication, and the free exchange
of newspapers.
Frederick, Md, Feb 81. - Several
valuable horses, including the well-known
Wade Hampton, we're burned to death by
fire in Samuel r. Bungle's stable this
morning.
ITHACA, n. Y, Feb. 27.-The woman s
temperance movement fairly started here
at O'Clock this morning. Bells were
rung, and the people in large numbers
assembled at Library Hall, where Dio
Lewis explained the manner Of orsaniz-
ing and conducting the movement.
Short spec ches were made by clergymen
and prominent citizens. Ladies of the
leading families were on the stage and
also spoke.
WASHINGTON Feb. 27.-General But
Ter, with Secretary Richardson, Senator
Boutwell, and Representatives Hooper
and Burlington, had an interview with
the President this morning relative to
the appointment OF Simmons as Col.
lector at Boston, the result being, it is
stated, that the President will not with
draw it. nor in case of rejection will he
nominate any of the three persons named
by the Massachusetts Representatives.
The House to-day granted pension
of fifty dollars month to the widow of
General Candy. Coburn made an effort
to have the pension a hundred dollars a
month. The House al-o voted to the
widow Of General Meade and to the
mother of General Mcpherson pensions
of fifty dollars each, and increased the
pension to the widow of Commodore FL
lott from thirty to fifty dollars month
NEW York, Feb. 27-The temperance
crusaders in New York are patiently
waiting for "A storm from the West, and
expect to begin work in earnest with the
opening of next week. Last night the
Sons of Temperance gathered in mass
meeting, when, in an address, the Rev.
W. c. Steele said that the Mayors wife,
the District Attorneys wife, and DR..
John Halls wife could sweep the saloons
before them, as the first women of Phila.
delphia and other towns were doing. On
Monday, at the Seventeenth street Meth.
odist Church, daily prayer meetings will
begin, and on Sunday afternoon a
temperance experience meeting will be
held in Forsythe street Church. Nearly
200 ladies OF high social standing, in
Jersey City, met yesterday and or
ganized woman's temperance move.
ment. They are not connected with the
ladies' praying band that visit saloons.
Their plan is to district the city, visit
families and urge men, women and
children to sign the total abstinence
pledge.
At n mass meeting in DR.. Cuyler 4
church, in Brooklyn, on Tuesday next,
Drs. Talinage, Buddington and Duryea
will speak. Tho Latin Catholic Tenn.
perance Union of Brooklyn will have a
great demonstration in THE Academy of
Music. under the patronage of Bishop
Laughlin.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says the
woman's temperance crusade in that
city and State continues to be the all alb.
sorbing topic. The christian ladies OF
one portion of the city have perfected
their plans, and between three and five
hundred women of the best society will
take part in the war. A great public
demonstration by the Catholics of Jersey
City was held last evening in st. Mich
aers Church. Three thousand people
were present. The President of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America, the Rev. Dean Byrne, of Tren-
ton, made most emphatic speech, urg-
ing their Catholic citizens to arise imme-
diately and do battle against the great
public foe of American liberty and OF
their christian religion. They owed il
to the honor OF their name to show how
they could crush out the great evil now