Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-17
Sentenced for M RIDER.

BELNiDERE N. j. Feb. ID.
Patrick Wood. for the mHrder OF
Peter Miers, in Phillipsburg in Ma
last, was sentenced to he hung in
March.
John Ritter. who murdered his two
children in Hacke.tstown in October
last, pleaded guilty of murder in the
second degree, and was sentenced to
the State Prison at hard labor for %
years on each of the two indictments.
Contest Between Female Pedestri.
ans.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 10.
Miss Annie Matte, formerly of this
city, and Miss Millie Ross, the cham
pion American pedestrian, commenced
a walking contest at Il exposition Hall
this morning. They have II track one.
fOurt' enih of a mile in length and all
tho Arrangements complete for a fair
trial of speed and endurance.
Drowned I'm the River.
CINCINNATI, Feb. Is.
A Commercial, Golconda, H., II e.
cial of the 18th says Sundays storm
blew down several houses and barns
near there and capsized n sail boat in
.he river, drowning five out of six oc-
cupants. The only survivor was res
cued by parties in a skitf four mile, be.
low.
EOrger Arrested.
IS New York, Feb. l6.
Chas. j. Williamson, believed to he
a principal in the issue of forged bonds
of the New York Central and Erie rail-
road and the w. u. Il. Company, has
been arrested here.
Lost at Sea.
The ship w. j. Hatfield, fro Phila-
delphia for Bremenhaven. Was di>cov-
cred at sea disinasted and watar-logged
10y the bark Floka. Which sent Otfa boat,
but IT could not get alongside. Three
men jumped overheard. One was
drowned. Two We're picked up. The
| remainder of the crew could make no
effort to save themselves, being ex-
hausted for want of food aud water.
The Floka hove TO from six o'clock in
the evening until the following morn
ing, but during the night the vessel
went down with all on board.
The Tom scott Railroad BilI-Re.
ductiOn OF Salaries.
CHICAGO. Feb. IS.
The Times Washington special says
to-day the committees on the Pacific
railroad will take action on Scots
scheme, and rom "A careful canvass OF
the committee there ~ no doubt that
the committee will report favorably
| on the bill. The ruinors 10 the effect
that the committee will tie on the
question are far from true. There will
lie a majority of three at least of the
thirteen members.
The Committee on Appropriations
yesterday had under consideration the
bill referring to territorial govern
ments. 1t was decided to cut the sala-
| ries down TO war fgures-that Is. to
what they were before the increase OF
four years ago. This will make the
pay Of Governors $500, instead of
3 1000; Judges, 81, 800, instead of 81. 900;
and Secretaries, g., 900, instead Of 81, 500.
Refused to IsssiGy-tien. Fremont 70
TcsGifv.
In the Senate the Judiary Committee
have decided adversely on the appoint
ment OF ex-Representative White, OF
| Alabama, for U. =. Judge OF Utah Ter
| ritory. This unfAvorabie action was
on account of Mr.. Whites completely
in the fraudulent Parkman- Brooks
cotton claim.
Gen. Fremont Is expected to testify
| before the Judiciary Committee to-day
about the lobby operations connected
with securing the Texas Pacific charter.
He has refreshed his memory by the
inspection of books at New York a d
Is understood to have an interesting
list of names Of persons who received
brides.
The I~nflatiOnists in the Ascendancy.
CHICAGO, Feb. Is.
A T,Tbune's Washington special says
the i~niationists in the House seem to