Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-30
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
by Overland Telegraph.
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY %sENrINEL.]
Oshkosh in Ashes-Terrible Destruc.
tion Of PrOperty-The Inhabit.
ants in n state of Frenzy.

Oshkosh I'm Ashes-TerribIe Destruc.
ten Of PrOperty-The Inhabit.
ants In n state Of Frenzy.
MILWAUKEE, April %.
One-third ofthe city ofOshkosh is in
ashes. The engines have all stopped,
and the best one is burned up. They
are blowing up buildings, hoping
to save some part fthe city. The citi-
zens are applying to neighboring cities
for help.
OSHKOSH, Wis.,, April 2S-9 p. NJ.
A terrible fire has been raging here
all the afternoon. All the newspaper
offices, banks, telegraph offices, Hard
ing's Opera House, the postot1ice, the
Universalist Church, all the hotels but
one, and nearly all the business por-
ton Of the city are gone. 1t is utterly
impossible to estimate the loss. Two
men have been killed by falling walls.
The city is i'm the widest state of fren-
~. The fire is now under control.
The burnt district is nearly a mile
square.
10 p. NJ A fire broke out this even
ing in Morgan Il Brothers sawmill.
burning that together with a doz-
ell OlIl6T saw anu SIlltIEiC minis
on Saw-Dust II and a mill
lion of feet of lumber and hundreds of
houses. The burnt district is a mile
and a halt long and half a mile wide.
Three lives are reported lost and hun
dreds of families are homeless. Near
Iy all the business houses are burned,
including all the banks. There is not
4 dryyoods store sanding on the north
side now. 1t is impossible TO give the
loss tonight. The city is in the hands
of a mob and an extra police Pre- on
duty.
Attorney General Williams Letter
OF Resignation appointment Of
Edwards ~PicrrepOnt.
WASHINGTON, April %.
The following is the letter OF Attor-
new General Williams and the reply OF
the President:
"DEpARTMENToF JUSTICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April ~.
THE PREsIDENT-STR: l hereby re-
sign the Office of Attorney General OF
the United States, to take effect on the
18th proXimo. | cannot dissolve our
official relations without thanking You
for the many acts of friendship and
| confidence with which yuu have hon
ored me, and expressing for you
personally my very high regard and
esteem. Very respectfully,
GEORGE II. WILLIAMS"
"ExEcUrIvE MANSION,
W~AsHINGroN, April %.
Hon. GEORGE III. WILLIAMS, Attor-
ney General oflhe United Siaies-Dear
sir: In accepting your resignation OF
the Office of Attorney General OF the
| United States. to take effect May 10Th,
1878, as rendered by your letter OF the
22d of April, allow me to express my
appreciation Of the ability. zeal and
efficiency with which the trust ccnid
| ed to your charge has been performed.
MY sincere friendship accompanies
you in the new field OF life you nave
chosen, and my best wishes are for
your success.
Very respectfully,
u. $. GRANT"
The President having rendered the
position of Attorney General to Judge
Edwards Pierrepont, of New York,
that gentleman has accepted It.
The Union Pacific Road Clear The
Last Break Closed.
OMAHA, April 90.
At l:30 o'clock this afternoon, che last
break on the Union Pacific Railroad
was closed near Green river and al
trains waiting al thai point passed over
the new bridges, east and west. Tw,
emigrant trains, which left Omaha
sunday with over a thousand passen
gers, have gone through without trans
ierring; also the express trains leaving
here Monday noon. There is O m
interruption To the regular movement
oftrains between Omaha and San Fran
cisco.
Billiard Match.
New YORK, April %.
In the billiard match 10 night, be
tween GARNER and Vi2nauX, for the
championship and 81 1000 a side, Gar
nier won in the iorsy-sjxth inning by a
score of 600 to 25S.
The Em,na Mining suit-Marriag.
I'm High Liie-COntempIated Mar
riaSe OF Miss Ida Greedy.
New YoRK, April %.
The suit Of the Emma Silver Min
ing Company against Trenor w. Parl
and others, has been transferred to Tho
United Sta.es Circuit Court, on petition
of defendants, who state therein tina
~codefendant Stewart has not been serv
ed; thar plaintiff is an English corpora
ton, and that the claim suit is for fiv,
million dollars.
Cardinal McCloskey will to-day unit
In marriage Gen. Adam Badean, U. S
Consul at London, and Miss Mary Il
Niles, daughter of the late Minister t
Italy.
Miss Ida Lillian Greeley, eide
daughter of the late Horace Greeley
will shortly he married IN this city t.
Col. Nicholas Smith, of Kansas.