Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-24
EASTERN DISPATCHES
poMEsTIo NEWs.
me P.a.sylvaaia FIre..


NV Yonx. May IA special from
Osceola. Pa. estimates tho total loss by
fire at over $500. 900. These iros have
swept the noted game regions OF the
State Of Pennsylvania.
win Held = xscepsisn.
NEW Yo,x. May 24.-Cardinal Nc
Closty gives . grand reception 70 tho
clergy Of his archdiocese. 1t his resi-
dsncs tonight. Uboldi and Roosti
leave for Milwaukee tomorrow.
VIII bs 1snssi.atsd.
NV Yonx. May "A Philadelphia
special says nothing Is cersain in the
present condition OF Pennsylvania poll
tics beyond the fact that Gov. Hartranft
will be nominated by tho Republican
State Convention. at Lancaster, on
Wednesday. for q second term. Col.
Strange probably for Treasurer.
Nenorial Services ssr the schiller
Victims.
Nrw YoRx. May 3i.-The memorial
services yesterday. al 81. Johns Church
by Rev. DR.. Held. for those who per-
ished by tho wreck Of tho Schiller. were
attended by all officers and seamen oil
German vessels in port. tho German
Consul, and q large number OF friends
aud relatives Of tho lost.
Havoc BY she Pennsylvania Firss
A Laekawaxen. Pennsylvania, dis
patch says. tho rains on Friday night
and Saturday were not heavy enough to
wet undsrbrush sufficiently. and fires
broke out again In several places on
Sunday. and threaten moro damage.
But little is actually known Of the real
amount Of destruction. as there are
hundreds Of isolated settlements, and q
hundred miles in the counties whore the
fire has boon rigging. bears, deer. pig.
cons. and all kinds Of game have been
driven by the fires ON tho Pocono range,
into Enclosures With tame cattle, and
around the settlements In the region OF
LackawaIen. A hundred miles Of
forest has been burned. and II is now
feared that thu are will gain Roadway
o. the wood o standing Is very dry.
A Phillipsbug. Pa. dispatch says
rain began to fall last night, relieving
the fears OF the residents in that thickly
wooded section. At osccola yesterday,
1000 rations were issued to the desii-
tuto. The Moshanon Railroad IL SUI.
ieien,ly repaired to allow trains TO pass
and coal shipping will DO resumed to.
day. The greatest need Of the people
is feed for such Of their cattle as have
not been destroyed. All green food in
the woods and fields has been burned.
destructive Fire In I.exisEtsn, NY.
CINCINNATI. May %. - Twenty-Five
b iildiugs wero destroyed by Ere yestcr-
day. ut Lexington, Kentucky. The
losses arc ~ follows: Davis 4 Adams
livery stable and eleven horses; loss,
$40, 600; insured. 5000: 81. James
Hotel, entire loss; insured. J. n. Tip
ton, 81, 200; insured. J.. II. Hall, &C..
900; insured. 1900. A. Clark, $4,000;
insured. buildings OF l.. II. Waters,
occupied by saloons, total loss; insured
5000. Thomas Bradley. grocery, to.
tal loss; insured $4,000. Charles Kar-
To. boots and shoes, total loss; insured
slO, 900. William q. Goodler, loss.
80, OO0; insured. $4,000.
Must iIavo Their whisky.
CHICAGO, May ga Washington
special says the reason The Sioux Chiefs,
now in that city, changed hotels yoster-
day. was that the fremont House. were
they were quartered. is n temperance
house, and tho noble red men were
determined not to stay where they could
get no whisky. There is a probability
that the stay OF these Indians in Wash
inston will DO prolonged q week or two.
on account Of tho absence OF "Man
afraid Of his horse" Without him
negotiation for the csssion Of the Black
Hills Territory. II il believed. would
fail. The absent chief has boon tels-
gnphed for.
General Sherman's Hsmoirs.
General Shcrman's memories arc Gre
ating a decided sensation among the
army officers whose record in the late
war he Ia said TO have criticised with
great freedom and considerable severity.
Montgomery Blair is out in a letter de-
fsuding his brother. General Frank r.
Blair, against Shsrman's aspsrsions.
and attacking Sherman himself. 1t Is
stated that Sherman has boon offsre
$50, 900 by tho Applstou's for the cory
right Of his book.
Beseher-rrltsa.
BRooKLrs. May 2i.-At tho opening
Of Court. ex-Judee Porter resumed his
address to tho Jury. He took up tho
letter OF contrition declaring II was the
coinage Of Moulton and Tilton. an alb
soiuts fiction. and the work Of
knaves. Turning to Tlton he
said that letter bore upon Its face
connection with Frank Moulton. and
that II WIS given in care Of q scoundrel.
lilo characterized its punctuation Al
worse than the work Of school girl,
and not like the full. earnest living
words Of the Henry Ward Beecher.
No one ever heard BOecher speaking on
3 public platform without coming away
with vivid thought Of nome strong living
expression bright a Shakespeare. and
grind rs Homer. No one heard
the expression ''nest hiding" among oil.
and no ono svor dreamed Of Its
nasty application till those conspiratois