Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-15
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
BY Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL.
Tempest I'm n Teapot.

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Tempest In n Teapot.
ROCKFORD, Aug. 10.
The excitement accustomed by Kim
balls startling announcement, that
jeff. Davis would speak at the Fair this
year, has been growing since Monday,
when the letter OF acceptance arrived.
The publication of the letter i'm the
Tribune, and other Chicago papers.
was the first information that came Of
~ficially to Rockford, and from that mo.
inent the excitement was greater and
the people aroused to an indignation
which will not be- easily allayed, unless
jeff. Davis cancels his engagement.
The Grand Army of the Republic held
a special meeting and passed a resolu-
ton strongly protesting against the ac-
ton of the Board of Directors in invit-
ing Davis to speak. The excitement is
not confined to Rockford, but extends
throughout the country.
COld.BiOOded Murder i'm Fayette.
Missouri.
B~oONvILLE, Aug. Is.
A special dispatch from Fayette,
Missouri states that A. Jones was shot
on Wednesday night by VIM. ID. N.
Wilson. 1t is reported as a cold blood.
ed assassination. There was no quar-
rel nor trouble between them. He was
shot with a revolver. the ball passing
through his head and killing him in
stantly. After Jones was down, Will
son fired two more shots into his body.
The assassin was arrested and is now
in jail. Jones' body was taken to his
brothers house.
Failed to swim h Channel.
New York, Aug. 10.
A special dispatch from London says
that Webb. the Englishman, who I'M
dertook to swim from Dover to Calais
without a life-saving apparatus, failed.
tie started at 5 O'Clock p. NJ. yesterday,
and at midnight, when halfway
across, owing to the Increasing of the
%roughness Of the waves, it asthought
prudent to take him on board the at.
tending sloop. lie was apparently not
fatiyued.
Severe storm in New York city.
New YORK. Aug. ID.
The most violent storm of the season
visited this city yesterday. The rain
commenced falling shortly before 3
O'Clock p. NJ. and descended in torrents
Tor an hour and a half, flooding the
streets and ~submerging cellars to "A
depth In some cases of two feet. In
Brooklyn the storm is reported a. ter
rible, spreading destruction in every
direction.
The Wheat Crop in the Northwest.
CHICAGO, Aug. ID.
The Inter. Ocean to morrow will con-
tain advices from two hundred and
fifty points in the Northwest showing
that in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Mich
igan, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Dakota, the
wheat crop will be in the aggregate IS
per cent.
The Remains or Ex-GOv. Graham.
NEW YORK, Aug. l3.
! A special from Raleigh, n. e., says
Elk Gov. Graham's remains will arrive
there this afternoon and will lay in
state until 7 O'Clock, when they will he
removed tn Hill>boro for inter,nent.
Business will he suspended while his
remains stay in Raleigh.
Shot Her BrOther.in.I.aw.
MONTPELIER, VT, Aug. 13.
The wife of VIM. Dodge, living at
Middlesex, shot the latter's brother O
day, blow ing off his jaw and infiicting
what are considered fatal injuries. The
parties had a law suit about property.
Military Change .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 49,
Capt. John Simpson, Assistant Quar-
termaster. is ordered to report for duty
in the Department of Arizona, and
Assistant Surgeon Curtis Il. Price is
ordered to report in the Department Of
California.
A Failure The Carlists Achieve
Another Victory Dismissed
from the English Army-Arrival
Of Moody and Sankey.
NEW YORK, Aug. H..
e. s. Jaffray & Co., dry goods deal
ers nave lost forty thousand dollars by
the defalcaiion of G. A. Church, the
head oftheir ribbon department. Church
has left the city.
The following dispatches have been
received from Europe: A battle has
taken place between the CarIists and
the Government troops at Arduna, IN
which the Carlists were victorious,
driving the Alfonsists with considera-
BILE slaughter. They captured a mum
her of prisoners, artillery and amuni-
ton.
Col. Valentine Baker, recently tried
before the assizes At Croydon aud con
victed of indecently assautinga young
lady on the railway carriage, and sen
fenced t" fine and imprisonment, has
been dismissed from the British
army.
The steamship Spain has arrived
from Liverpool with Moody and San.
key on board.
Rain storms In New York-Damage
TO Railroads.
NEW YORK. Aug. IA.
The Erening lost says: Although
this city escaped yesterday the daily
storm 10 which the city has been &C.
customed during the week, the sur-
rounding territory was not as fortu-
nate. At Hackensack the rain came
down In torrents, shower after shower,
each accompanied Ivy vivid lightning,
and the water seemed to he one conti,i-
uons stream. Az the ground was al
ready thoroughly soaked tho nood ar