Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-14
EASTERN DISPATC HE'S.
BY Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL. TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
FOrgers Arrested - Teie.raphic
Matters-Sale Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad.

NEW YORK, AUG. IL.
The Evening Post furnishes the fol-
lowing: Four men have been arrested
for participating in the forYeries of the
California and Oregon Railroad bonds.
Most of the money advanced on the
bonds has been recovered.
President Orion, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, in a pub
lished letter this afternoon, says: "The
Western Union Company can use to
advantage. and may absolutely re-
quire, within the next twelve months,
10000 miles of additional wire. Ii
these additional facilities can be ac-
CURED of companies now using them
in competition with MS cheaper than
we can erect them, clearly it would be
for our interest to buy out such com
panies rather than erect new wires;
hut we have made no proposition for
the purchase of any competing lines
and no proposition has been made to
us ma would Ice for the interest of the
Western Union to accept" The Eren-
ing Post says the Executive Committee
of the Western Telegraph Company
yesterday appointed a committee to
confer with the representatives of the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
pany in regard to the consolidation OF
interests.
The Northern Pacific Railroad, with
all tn: franchises of the company, in
Guiding the property of the company,
except those lands which have been
patented or certified to, was sold, under
a decree OF the County Court, at auc-
ton to dav on the steps of the Custom
House. The whole was bid on as an
entirety by a purchasing committee,
consisting of Livingston, Billings.
Stark, Moorehead, Hutchinson and
Denison, representing the general
body of bondliolders who have as
scented. or may hereafter assent, to a
plan of purchase and reorganization.
There being no competition, the price
realized was a nominal of 800 200.
Red Cloud and spotted Tail.
OMAHA, Aug. IL.
General Ruggles has just received
the following from Laramie: "A cou-
rier from the black Hills reports Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other Indians,
To be near Harney's Peak, demanding
compensation for damage done to their
country, and Pollock wishes t o know
il Gen. Crook has any orders for him
in case he meets the chief. A courier
leaves this afternoon"
A Coming Grand POw.wOw.
WASHINGTON, Aug. II.
The following dispatch Was received
at the Indian Bureau this morning
from S.. s.. Human, dated Cheyenne
River Agency, August llth: 1.-THE
Indians ut Cheyenne and Standing
Rock consent to go to Red Cloud for II
| grand council. We have directed their
agent to furnish them rations for the
Journey and to attend in person IL pos.
sible. There will probably be 5000
Indians present at the council, besides
those belonging tOthe Red Cloud and
| Spotted Tail agencies. 1t IS important
that presents should be sent for them
and horses ordered to he purchased.
The failure to rernove the whites from
the Black Hills is still causing us
trouble.
Shooting Of = Spanish Colonel.
KEY WEST, Aug. IL.
A letter from Havana states that the
| passenger who was forcibly taken last
month from the British steamer Elder,
at Porto Rico, by the Spanish author
tiles, proved to be a colonel in the
| Spanish service. He WAS brought
ashore and soon afterward shot. All
the foreign Consuls protested against
the act. No news OF this arrest and
execution was allowed by the censor
ship in Havana TO pass over the wires.
Breaking Of a Reservoir.
SPRINdFIELD, Mass, Aug. IL.
The Searsville reservoir dam on the
west branch of Mill river, was swept
away last night. The amount Of dam
age is n0t yet known. There is prob
ably no loss OF life.
Theodore Going Again for Coin.
New YORK, Aug. IL.
The notice of the trial of the 500, 900
libel suit of Theodore Tilton against
the Brooklyn Eagle and Thos. Kin