Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-20

copied by the President. Pratt says
ii he remains here after the 31st inst.
it will be because he Is persuaded
against his inclination.
Fatally stabbed.
New YORK. July 10.
Police Sergeant Jos. McGiven was
fatally stabbed last night by James
Hendricks, a pickpocket whom he had
arrested.
The College Boat Race.
Cornell wins the Saratoga race. Co.
lnmbia second, Harvard third.
The Indian War;.
CHICAGO, July 10.
The following was received Al mil
ftary headquarters here to day:
FORT LARAMIE. July Is, 1876.
To Col. II. G. Drum, Adjutant Gen
eral Military Division of the Missouri.
Chicago: A courier just arrived from
| Red Cloud reports that on the 10th
| instant Merritt intercepted the 800
Cheyennes and Sioux who ha,i left the
agency to join the hostile bands against
back to the agency.
lLs lOW
Particulars OF the Boat Race.
SARATOGA. July ~.
There was a large crowd gathered on
the banks of the lake to witness the
University boat race to-day. AT l1:35
o'clock a start was made with Cornell
leading, Columbia second and Union
third. Cornell appeared to be going
about 36 strokes. At the first mile
Columbia led, with Harvard second,
Cornell third. AT the second mile
Cornell took the lead with a squirt,
Harvard second. As they neared the
stand the crowd of Cornells and Har.
wards cheered to the echo. 1t was
soon given out that Cornell was first,
Harvard second. Columbia third,
Union fourth, Wesleyan fifth, and
Princeton last. The following is the
official time: Cornell, l7:0l%, Har-
ward, l7:05A; Columbia, l7:lS4;
Union, 17:27H; Wesleyan, 17:5ST;
Princeton, lS:l0X. The single scull
race was won by Francis, of Cornell;
Dunford second, Parinley third, and
Weeks. of Princeton, fourth. Francis
time was i3:42s4; Dunford, 1856;
Parmley, l4:2l; Weeks, l4:23A.
The Grecn.Eyed Monster.
CINCINNATI. July 10.
Alonzo Anderson, colored, shot his
wife last night i'm a tit of jealousy. An
aged mother in law interfered and VAS
shot, and will probably die.
Rally Around the Flag, Boys.
NEW YORK. July 10.
The Executive Committee of Union
soldiers and sailors have called u con
vention, to be held in indianapolis
September 10, "a the call says, ITO ex-
press your sentiments in favor of the
principles for which you commended on
flood and field, and TO indorse the
standard-bearerss of the party which
sustained the Union and your efforts to
preserve it while endangered by do
nestle foes"
Chicago Items.
CHICAGO, July 10.
Mayor Heath entered on the per-
Torrance of his duties TO day without
opposition on the part of Colvin, who
acquiesced ia the situation.
A. Sturrs, counsel tor Hesing, and
for several indicted distillers. left for
Washington this morning with a petit.
ton signed by four to five thousand
citizens of Chicago, many of them
prominent persons, asking Executive
| clemency for his clients.
The Board of Trade to-day adopted a
resolution regarding the continuance
OF the fast mail service bet East.
ern and Western cities, which Urgent
ly requests Congress to provide at
once. by supplemental legislation. for
the continuation of this branch of the
postal service, at least on all lines
where it is at present in operation; and
| directed that the resolution he for
wsrdei tn the House of Representa-
tives and the Postmaster General.