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Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
EAST.

The Changers Encampment building al
Elm Station, near Philadelphia, or the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was Totally destroy
ed by fire on the 18th. Loss, $500, 600; in
surance, $50, 900.
Miss Mary Fletcher, of Burlington, VT,
has given $3.50, 900 for the establishment and
endowment Of a hospital.
During an Episcopal Church entertain
ment at HIPS Hall, Perryville, Madison
County, N. Y, on the evening of the 18th,
the floor gave way, precipitating over so
ladies and children II feet to the floor below.
Several ladies were seriously, if not fatally,
injured.
Oshwold and Ryan, convicted Of the MUIR
der of Officer Brock, at Newark, N. j.,
have been sentenced to be hanged Janu-
airy 5.
Thomas Ellis, the defaulting Teller Of the
National Park Bank, New York, has been
arrested at st. Johns, New Brunswick.
The steamer Franklin. with VIM. NJ
Tweed On board, arrived at New York on
the 23d. Tweed was received by the Sher-
if and escorted to his new quarters in Lud-
low Street Jail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

Presidential Electors, on the ground that
the act creating the Returning Board does
not use the word ELECTORS in giving the
list of officers whose vote the Board shall
canvass. The power to canvass this vote,
not being specifically conferred upon
the Board, he contends resides in him,
rs he is required by a United States
law to issue Electors certificates, and must
canvass the vote in order hat he may de-
eide who is entitled to the certificates. The
contend that Electors are in
.cluded under the head of estate officers.'
which expression is used in the act, and
have given Governor Stearns notice that
they will contest in the courts his assump-
ton of the power to canvass the votes in
question.
A Tallahassee dispatch of the Goth says
that the official returns from all but seven
counties had been received, but it was not
expected that the official canvass would be
begun for some days. The board Of Cam
vassers are allowed by law thirty-five days
after the election in which to begin the cam
Vass.
The Circuit Court at Tallahassee, ON the
21st, issued a temporary injunction re-
straining Governor Stearns from %canvassing
the returns of the Electoral vote, and also a
mandamus requiring the Board Of Cam
vassers to at once begin their anvass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

a misfortune for Russia. The dispatch adds
that the Russian Government requested the
publication of the facts above stated.
Official notice has been given that torpe-
does have been placed at the approaches to
the Russian ports of Odessa, Keutch, Sc
bastopol and Eschakoff.
Intelligence from the City of Mexico to
Nov. u is to the effect that ex-Chief Justice
Iglesias had proclaimed himself provisional
President and located his seat Of Govern
ment at Leon, in the State Of Guanajuato,
the Legislature and Governor of which sus-
tain him. Troops had been dispatched to
overthrow the pretender, who it Is said is
not supported by any other State. Four
Thousand Pronunciados had taken possession
of Apiziaco, where the Pueblo Railroad
branches off from the Mexico and Vera
Cruz Railway, interrupting all travel and
communication between those two cities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
Fire i'm a Coal Mine-A Column Of
Flame 800 Feet High.

About IL O'Clock on Saturday night,
says the Naniamo Nevada) Free Press,
the whistle of the Wellington Colliery
sounded an alarm, owing to fire having
been discovered in the Wellington Mine.
On examination, it was found that the
coal OF each side of the upper slope
near the furnace was on fire. The fire.
continued to increase in spite of the,
efforts made to stop it, and on Sunday
the flames burst up through the cave in
estimated that the column of flame was
at least 100 yards high, and roaring
like a vast furnace. This, however,.
was soon smothered out. Smoke COM
ing up through the bin of coal at the
MINES mouth, it was thought advisable
to move it, and the men were busily
engaged in doing so on Sunday and
Monday.
Ali other efforts to check the fire hay
ing failed, on Monday morning the
work of walling in the fire, by building
a brick wall below the place where the
fire exists, was commenced and pushed
forward with all possible speed. Yes
terday morning all the apertures except
the mouth of the slope ha1ing been
closed up, steam was injected into the
mine from large boilers at the pithead,
and at nightfall the fire was SO much
subdued that miners went up and down
the main slope. In the workings on
each side of the slope, however, large
bodies of fire still exist, but the propri-
etors are sanguine that in a few days
the fire will be extinguished. At the
present time it is impossible to tell the
amount of damage done, although it is
thought not to be very extensive. The
fire is supposed to have originated from
the Cinnamon piling up the coal in the
furnace SO that it would last till morn
ing, and thus save themselves the trou-
BILE of staying there through the night
to replenish the furnace as it required
fuel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
South Carolina.

The South Carolina Supreme Court, on
the 18th, issued an auxiliary order instruct
ing the Board of CanvasSers to proceed
strictly in ministerial duty to canvass the
returns and submit the same to the Court.
The Board OF Canvassers met and decided
to admit a full delegation of gentlemen on
each side to witness the canvass.
\ dispatch from Columbia, S. c., 18th,
says: The result of calculating the returns
of the County Canvassers gives the State to
the Hayes Electors by maiorities varying
from 80 to !, l23. Counsel for Democrats
Immediately filed exceptions to the aggrega-
ton on the ground OF irregularities, errors
and omissions between the Managers re-
turns and the statements Of the County
Canvassers, which they claim will change
the result. The Supreme Cour will, it is
understood, direct the Board in its duties
at the final count
The South Carolina Supreme Court, on
the 2ed, issued q p~eremptory mandamus to
the Board Of State Canyassers to issue GER
~titicates to members Of the Senate and
House Of Representatives appearing on face
Of returns to be elected, the final contests
in the House to be decided by the members
themselves. The effect Of this order would
be to place the organization Of the Legisla-
ture in the hands of the Conservatives.
The Legislature counts the votes for
Governor and MISUNDERSTANDING
and elects q United States Senator.
The Court also, in the case Of the Electors,
ordered the Board to show cause why they
should not correct the statements Of the
County Canvassers by the precinct returns
in their possession. Pending these pro-
ceedings of the Court, however, the Board
held a session and issued certificates to all
the members Of the Legislature, except for
Lsurens and Edgeield Counties, thus Sc
curing q majority Of the Leg
islature to the Republican side, and
the defeat Of Hampton and the election of
Chamberlain. The Board also issued GER
~titicates Of election to the Hayes and Wheel
er Electors and all the Republican State
ticket. The Board then adjourned sine die.
The action of the Board caused great ex-
element, and Gen. Hampton issued an adj
dress to the people, advising all to keep the
peace, and assuring them that the action of
the Board could nave no legal effect what
ever.
In explanation of their course in ad-
journing sine die, the Board of Canvassers
claim that by law their term of office-ten
d~ays-sXpired at noon on the 22d. The re-
turns of Laurens were rejected by a vote Of
two yeas to three nays, and these
Of Edgefeld by a vote of one yea to four
nays. The Court, On the Esd, issued an or
der reconvening the Board of Canvassers,
but it was generally understood that no at
tention would be paid to the order.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

In the Admiral Porter p~rize-money case
the Court decided that the captors were
entitled to but half Of the proceeds of
prizes.
Certain Washington rumors having con-
neted Mr.. Blaine's name with the Presi-
dency of the Senate, that gentleman has
taken occasion to state that he probably
could not be chosen to that position if he
would, and most assuredly would not if he
could.
President Grant, Gen. Sherman, and Sec
rotary Cameron nave recently been inter-
viewed regarding the arrival of troops in
Washington, but all concur in the state
ment that their coming had no important or
special significance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
miscellaneous Items.

H. r. Ware, Chairman of the Republi-
can State Committee Of Mississippi, on the
10Th addressed a telegram to Gen. Garfield
in New Orleans, requesting that the North
ern delegation come to Mississippi and in
vestigate the fraudulent means by which he
alleges the State was carried at the recent
election.
The official vote of Maryland is: Tilden,
81, $50; Hayes, 1881. Democratic ma
jority, 10, 799. Congressional majorities:
First District, David NJ. Henry, 1854;
Second, Charles b. Roberts, 3,O19; Third,
William Kimmell, $3.50; Fourth, Thomas
Swami, 2,593; Fifth, Eli j. Henkle, 2,731;
Sixth, William Walsh, 14-all Democrats.
The official vote of Virginia, with the ex-
ception of York County, the returns from
which are imperfect, is: Tilden, 139, 512;
Hayes, 80, PCS. Democratic majority, H.
pa.
Complete returns from all the counties Of
Illinois give Hayes = majority over Tilden
Of l., 400.
The official vote of Ohio is: Hayes, $780,
63S; Tilden, 1928, 1872; Cooper, 3,051; Smith,
1885. Hayes's plurality over Tilden, -
SIG.
The official vote of Pennsylvania is:
Hayes, 3S4, 14S; Tilden, 366, 204; Cooper,
:, 1904; Smith, 1912. Hayes's plurality,
Il, 944.
The official returns from Minnesota show
Hayes's majority to be 24,OOS. The three
Republican Congressman are elected by the
following majorities: Dunnell, S, 945; Strait,
4, 100; Stewart, 900.
Wisconsin gives Hayes q majority Of g.
al. Owing to a mistake in printing the
blank returns, the majority for Downs, one
Of the Republican Electors, is only 1900.
Gov. Charles K. Ingersoll, who heads the
Democratic Electoral ticket in Connecticut,
holds the Office of Commissioner of the Cir
cult Court OF the United States, and the
Republicans will contest his election on the
grounds of ineligibility.
The official canvass Of the vote Of Mis-
souri, gives the following totals: Tilden,
2O2 ,6S1; Hayes, IA .39S; Cooper, ., 49S.
Tilden's plurality, 5S,2s9; majority, a.
-pf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

The report that Edwin Adams, the actor,
recently died in Australia, appears to lack
confirmation.
A telegram from Calcutta states that 120,-
600 persons persisted during the cyclone
which passed through Eastern Bengal on
the 31st OF October. The Government is
taking active steps for the relief of the dis
tressed population of the district.
A Calcutta telegram of the Goth gives the
following particulars of the recent terrible
disaster in Eastern Bengal: Three large
islands, namely, Haitian, Sundeep, and
Dakhan Shahabazhare, and numerous small
er islands included in B~ackergunge, Nook
holly, and C~hittagong, were entirely sub
merged by the storm-wave of Oct. 81, as
was also the mainland for five or six miles.
These islands are all in or near the estuary
of the River Megua. The larg-
est, Dakhan Shahabazhare, is 500
square miles in extent. 1t had
a population Of about 240 900. Haitian and
%Sundsep, together, bad about 100, 900 pop
ulation. Up to about II O'Clock on the
night of the 31st, there were no signs of
danger, but before midnight a wave swept
over the country to the depth, in many
places, of twenty feet, surprising the peo-
pie in their beds. Dense groves OF cocoa
nut and palm trees around the villages en-
abled many to save themselves by climbing
among the branches. Some took
refuge on the tops of their
houses, but the water burst the houses
asunder, and swept out to sea. Some were
carried thus across the channel, ten miles,
to the Chittagong District, but the vast ma
jority were never heard of again. The
country is perfectly fiat, and almost every
one persisted who failed to reach the trees.
There is scarcely a household on the islands,
and ON the adjacent coast, but lost many
members. The cattle are all drowned, the
boats are swept away, and the means OF
communication with the other districts is
destroyed. There is much distress among
the survivors, which the Government is re-
lieving. The Government Gazette says that
wherever the storm wave passed it is be-
lieved that not a third of the population
survived. The islands have barely one
fourth of their former Inhabitants. The
stencil from the purifying bodies is insult
ferable, and a general outbreak of the chol-
era is expected.
A London telegram of the 21st says: The
Foreign Office publishes a dispatch in which
Lord Lof5us, British ambassador to Russia,
reports in detail what passed at the audi
ence he had with the Car Nov. 2. He re-
ports that the Car said he had sent the ul-
timatum to the Porte because he feared
the discontinue of the Servian
army might be followed by atroc-
tiles. The Porte had, by a
series of maneuvers, frustrated all at
tempts at pacification. The present state
of things was intolerable. Unless Europe
was prepared to act firmly and energetical-
ly he would be obliged to act alone. He
regretted to see that inveterate suspicion
and continual fear of Russian aggression
still existed in England. The Gar re-
minded Lord LOTUS that he had on several
occasions given most solemn assurances that
he desired no conquest. He had not the
smallest wish or intention to acquire Con-
~stantinople. Such an acquisition would be
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
Florida.

A dispatch from Tallahassee, Florida,
18th, says: Both parties still claim the
State. Democratic estimates based on I'M
official returns gives Drew and Tilden both a
clear majority. The Republicans claim that,
even admitting this, they will be able by
proving frauds to overcome this primaa tacie
majority and establish the State for Hayes.
The fight before the State Board will be very
bitter. The Democrats, besides defending
their majority for Tilden, will attack the re-
turns in Jefferson, Alachua and Leon Coun-
ties, which are Republican strongholds.
1t was intimated ON the 10Th that the
Governor of Florida would assume the sole
right of canvassing the vote of that State for
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
The Election Bets of Kentucky Women.

1t appears that betting on the result
of the election between Tilden and
Hayes extended to the gentler sex.
Several ladies staked hats, gloves,
s~carfs, etc., and a couple of our marri-
ed ladies waxed so warm in enthusiasm
as to bet a pint of soft soap against a
pint of apple-butter. Three young gen.
tlemen, with the aid of d wheelbarrow,
and led by a Grassland, safely deposit
ed the ap~ple-butter at the domicile of
the delighted victor, who in return
made them a pointed speech on the
error of human judgment and the ne
cesssity and prospect of reform and
economy in household as well as gov
ernmantal affairs.-NeIsom Record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
A Half-DoIlar in a Boys .Esophagus.

1t seems almost incredible that a boy
only eight years old, or a person of any
age, could lave carried in his HsOpha-
gus a silver half-dollar for nearly three
weeks without experiencing any incon-
venience except a frequent desire to
spit, yet we have the best evidence that
such was the case with the coin now on
exhibition in the journal office window.
On Thursday, the 18th day of October,
DIR. w. H. Hazard, of Wakefield, was
called to attend a little boy eight years
old, the son of George Booth, of Peace
dale, who, it was said, had got a half
dollar stuck in his throat. DR. Hazard
was quite sure that he felt the half-dol-
lar by the pressure of his hand on the
neck externally. On the Dist of Octo-
Der the boy came to Providence and
was examined by DR.. Robert Millar,
who, we are informed, came to the
conclusion that the boy was mistaken,
and that there was no half-dollar either
in his throat or stomach. On Sunday
last the boy, while washing, coughed
up the one in our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Or. ~ Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
Another County Heard From.

"My son." said a pious father out N
South Hill to his hopeful son, "you did
not saw any wool for the kitchen stove
yesterday as L told you to, you left the
back gate open and let the Gov out,
you cut off eighteen feet from the
clothes-line to make a lasso, you stoned
Mr.. Robinson's pet dog and famed it,,
you put a hard-shell turtle in the hired
girls bed, you tied a strange dog to
Mr.. Jacobsen's door. bell, and painted
red and green stripes on the legs of old
Mrs. Polaby's white pony, and hung
your sisters hustle out in the front
window. Now, what am l, what a [
do to you for such conduct?' "Are all
the counties heard FROM" asked the
candidate. The father replied sternly,
"No tritiing, sir; no, [ have yet several
reports to receive from others of the
neighbors." "Then," replied the boy,
''you will not be justified in proceeding
to extreme measures until the official
count is in" Shortly afterward the
election was thrown into the house, and
before half the votes were canvassed, it
was evident from the peculiar intona-
ton of the applause, that the boy was
badly beaten.-Burlingt0n HGUk-eye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

A PLANT has just been received at
Paris from China which changes its
color at regular hours during the day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

"A Christian Convention is to be
held at the Moody and Sankey Taber-
nacle in Chicago, on the 23d and oath
of November. Most of the pastors of
the Chicago churches unite in the call.
Arrangements are being made with
hotels and railroads for reduction of
charges to delegates.
The actors call Anna Dickinson a
GO reformed lecturess."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
Republican County Convention,

vI,uE REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CENTRAL
Committee Of Eursk County. Nevada, at
ameetnr held IN Eureka on the evening of
August 2jtb. ls'j.
Resolved. That County Convention Of the
Republican party OF Eureka County. Nev ada.
bonse. OF Saturday, the 30th day of Septeu-
b.r. 1876. az III o'clock A. NJ, Tor tac purpose
u nominating candidates for county and
ewnship. oihcers TO be eiccted at the gen
sil elsction Of November, 1879.
Sesolvcd. That the primary elections in tho
srsrsl precincts bo held on Saturday, Sop
tsnber 2id ls7s
The Comm ttes made an appsrtioument Of
delssates from tho following precincts, viz:
Eureka 81 delegate. polls, CoUrt-house I;
luiros and INSPECTORS, J. d. Ayers, I. Doug
H. ch ris. Carpenter.
Jseksop Mine and South Ruby Hill, Ie ael-
ustss polls. Matt. kylss saloon Judges
sd inspectors, seth Lang bsurh, larry
battle, berry Coughlia
Ricbmand Mins, 4 delegates; polls, Gem
nny's ofice.
Atlas Mine, 4 dslsrates: polls, hoisting
WORKS.
Hamburg Mins, l delegate: polls, Cobb's
bostding-ho
Wander silt, - delegates: polls, Gayland's
aloon
Fish Crock, delegates polls, McKcrnen's
ranch.
Con'orth's Ranch. delegate; polls, Con-
forth's
Spring Valley, l dologats; polls, NcCoush.
las ranch.
Adams Hill. delegate polls, Adams Hill
boarding-houso
bs,ip. Cato, l delegate; polls, Andy
louck's hotel.
Roberts Creek, delegate; polls. Richard
sons hotel.
Cortoz, delegates; polls, Cortcz hotel.
Beowase, delegate; polls, Railroad Sta
ton.
pali,adc, 2 delegates; polls, John Mar
chants store.
Mineral Hill, l delegate; polls, Railroad
House.
Alpha, | delegate; polls. Railroad Station.
shiplsy's Ranch, delegate; polls, Ship
ley's ranch.
hoosac, delegate; polls, Bob Stewards
n uMatanoras, l delegate; polls, PiantoRi
Resolved, That the polls be kept open from
O'Clock p N. until o'clock I'm.
resolved, That all Precincts where Judges
sno inspectors have not been appointed, the
'%ers select the sapo to act MS such.
nosolsed. 1ha only test to be applied to
Wssrs W,Vsssrs pledge to support Hayes and
wheeler a the coming election.
w ~, II. DAVENpOkT, Chairman.
"''' SMITH, Secretary. au2l-td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
loFfICIAl..l |

)h0POSED AMENDM ENT AND REvIS-
ioa OF tho Constitution of the State of
Legislature: " -'
ncsoived, by the Assembly the Senate con-
WIRING Ns' that tho Constitution Of tho State Of
'1ssua 90 amended a. follows:
can.s;.a cm.una section one of Article TX. Of tho
read as follows; W
as%. ss%cil9nl The fiscal year shall commence
SIme nrst day Of Decem Der in each year.
eu,Sra u,S.O,Vca, by tho Assembly, tho Senate con-
tausbg, tibng, that our history, as state, has
sf,ss.l fss. ls the necessity of revising the Con-
tor, t,s,eni y. we therefore recommend tho cleo
in1tne next election for members of the
Of of.1Tsture, TO vote for or against the calling
Il, ,IrCOnsention for the purpose Of revising
Pss,aasS' Pas'tu,ion ru Of the State of Nevada.
4.''ea february Is, 1875.
con;a.seoy aesreoy certify the foregoing to be true
On liz L rom the original enrolled resolutions
Sal - : Witness my hand and the Great
40 sne State. August /, 1876.
). ID. MINOR, Sec'y of State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
JACOB B. LANGsTROFF,
Merch a mt r aiIor,
'aoor to International Hotel, Main street,
Has Fine stock or
-APortsd French Broadcloths,
Doeskins, Cassimeres,

innECI FROM NEW YORK. ON HAND.
ersot =, Will furnish fine suit Of clothes, and
tsiloss nt guaranteed for less cash than any
cIuSaAi TINS State, and San Francisco not ex-
ap4-f
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON
VENTION.

npMocRATIC COUNTY GEN.
V'hE ECnmmittee Of Eureka county, Ne
ua meeting held in Eureka, on the
evening y, Thai a County Convention Of the
Rosoivsu, ,,artv for Eureka county, Nov,
pemociau.n anrnpso Of nominating candidates for
deS .ss, S, ss % 'sss'a 3 t. hsi I'D
ge9SSa1, gSa togn Of Eureka, in the Courthouse, on
-,..aav. the 26th day Of OfSeptenaber.
1870, At III o'clock. A. II.
Resolycd, That tho primary elections in the
saysfsl precincts be hold on
saturday, september 10. 1875.
Tho committee made an apportionmeat OF
a.lasatss from the following precincts, viz:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
Delegates.

I,wn reIolvcd, that, at tho diforont POLL
jar places, on tho day Of tho primary election,
H, ctlrens should erganEe and appoint
Jsdrss and inspectors Of Election; and that
ib, boiling places, in the populsus precincts.
/, kspt opon from 10 o'clock A.. n. until TP. n.
E.,olyed. That tho test at the primaries be,
viii YOU support Tildsn and Hendricks in
the coming campaignf"
4. BENEDICf, .. {. LOCKWOOD.
secretary. Chairman.
auStd
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-31
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

,,, crorx AND GREAT DESTRUCTION or
."mnryrTy-A rREsHET OF RAKE rN0i YIN IN
TNoTh", ,,,rrcrs SWEPT AwAY--LoSSES OF
1''' ,. OF the Richmond Dspatch.l
t'''''>f''|'% nr1sr1AxsRrRG, July 81. 1874
,;,,- ear MS. big Richmond" has
n.'sin monopoly OF the storm business.
~, ~, .nn have had our little storm. aineru,S
We '" n,, from the one which visited the
sofH'N. ' -, the .Iccms." but scarcely less
'NmCH'" ~ l,ss destructive OF property.
'cEE'' ',.,,r IN the shape OF rain--rain IN per-
GAR 'H,'r II was on last Friday night,
tCr' W'.' - ,hc month. During the after
the - ,.S,.,I rain-cloutlS arose in the west
noon = ,I around lis. but at dusk there
ana i> 6niuouS gathering around the
was 49, and northwestern horizon Of angry
Wc.'''.' passes oi black Storm-cloudS.
.",H zoos 80 ,crms 10 have been no apprchen"
S'"' :.'.",,h;ny unusual. About s O'Clock
50" 90. hr,.,n 70 fall At first and for some
t"' 'a.', ,,.o. N ! Gentle. refreshing shower.
HIN ..,lorL il had become very hard,
- -. rain. and somewhere between and
'.,' ''.,,,,;,o,cl in 4 regular cloud-DurSt.
=, ,,t,,,,,s awnkc on saturday morning to
w., I...,,c had been suddenly visited by
IN" ''.' .,,rb a> rarely falls 10 our lot. The
! IT,. ..,r,ns branches which run through
,".', ra1 been higher than they had been
,.,r, :, hr Tor many years. Ntcr sweep
,.qrIcnS and tearing away fences,
- ,.,,f,,t inst below town III the dcStruc-
go q rsr,,c stone dam. In short dis
90" 49,. railroad WAS reached and bridge
' .,".... cuav. 81 this point the waters from
,',~ =, 3.rr united with those OF Crab creek,
~. stream down which the railroad