Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-26

HOmOrs to the Dead Speaker.
NEW ALBANY, IND, Aug. "a.
A constant stream of people has
been passing through the corridors of
the Court house to-day, to view the re-
mains of Speaker Kerr. Choice flow
ers were profusely strewn on the cata-
falque. His tace would hardly be re-
~cognized by his friends on account Of
the intense pain he suffered having
contorted his features. At $3.50 o'clock
to. night the casket was closed and
taken to the family residence by an
escort of various civic societies, in
Guiding Masons and Odd Fellows, of
which orders he was a member. The
procession will leave the house to-
morrow afternoon, at 4 o'clock. All
public buildings are draped in
ing and all business houses are closed
until the Obsequies are finished.
Military Movements In the south.
New YORK, Aug. "a.
A general order just issued from the
War Department directs Colonel Ru-
ger, upon assuming command of the
Department of the South on or abouC
lst, to transfer the head
quarters of the department to Atlanta,
Georgia. The companies of the Second
Infantry now in the Department of the
Gulf Will be transferred to the Depart
ment OF the South. The companies Of
the sixteenth Infantry now in hal de-
partment will be transferred to the
Department Of the Gull.
The Campaign In Missouri.
ST.. JOSEPH, Aug. "a.
John s. Phelps, Democratic candi-
date tor Governor of this State, opened
the canvass to-day at EastOn in this
county, where there was q grand bar
becue, at which from-4, 900 to 5000 peo-
pie were present. Abiding to the
scandal in circulation regarding his ac-
ton toward some ladies on board the
steamer Andy johnson last July, Col.
Phelps briefly denied that there was
any truth in it.
Tennessee Republicans.
NASHVILLE. Aug. "a.
There are about 200 delegates at the
Republican State Convention here to-
day. No nominations were made for
Governor. Ex-Governor FOote and
IL. Pettibone we're chosen Presidential
Electors at large. The platform reaf-
firms the principles of the Cincinnati
Convention and of the Republican
party.
The DOcile Sioux.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Aug. "a.
Dispatches from Fort Sully state that
the conduct of the Indians has become
very docile within a few days, in
marked contrast to their former inso-
lence, many of them voluntarily COM
ing in and delivering up their arms.
II is supposed they are influenced in
this by news OF reverses to Sitting
Bulls band, which could easily reach
them by this shorter and more direct
line of communication with the hostile
camp.
The Heavy Rain.
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. "a.
The heaviest rain storm for several
years passed over this section tonight,
lasting three hours without intermis-
sion, flooding houses and cellars IN
Main street, causing considerable loss
to merchants who had goods stored in
them. Bridges in the southern portion
of the city were washed away and corn
fields throughout the section were bad
ly damaged.
Mechanics Going to Scotland.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.
One hundred and fifty masons and
stone cutters sailed yesterday for Scot
land, under contract with John Cay
hill, to work on parochial buildings
and greenrock. They are to receive
ten pence per hour for eight hours a
day. One hundred and fifty more are
to sail soon for Scotland.
The Peace Commissioners.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.
The Peace Commissioners, some half
| dozen in number, arrived here to day
en- route to Omaha and other points
west, to talk with the Sioux Indians.
Bishop Whipple will arrive and Join
them this evening and they will leave
| within twenty-four hours on their mis-
sion. They are furnished with instruc-
tons from the Interior Department to
inform the Indians that they must not
leave their reservation and must stop
depredations on Black Hills miners, or
submit to determination.
Conservative CandIdatc.i
P RICHMOND, Aug. 25.
Governor c. Walker has been nomi-
mated as Conservative candidate for
Congress from the Third District of
Virginia.
Attacked by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News-TeleS raph Line.
CHEYENNE, Aug. 25.
A party Of fl Teen men, on the return
trip from Deadwood were attacked by
Indians on the goth inst, 10 miles be-
You'd Sage Creek, where Lieutenant
Taylor's company OF the United States
Twenty-third Infantry is stationed.
Two horses were killed, three wounded
and six stolen. The men escaped I'M