Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-18
Miscellaneous Eastern News.
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS FROM
MAINE TO Nebraska.
A Hard Winter--A Victory Over
Sitting Bull.

ST. PAUL, Jan. l6.
Hon. VIM. Window was to day
elected to the United States Senate for
the six years beginning ou the 4th of
March next.
-. AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 16.
Jas. G. Blaine has been elected Unit
ed States Senator for the long and
short term.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. rs.
T. w. Ferry was to day re elected
United States Senator by the unani
nous Republican vote of the Assem-
bly,.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Jan. 16.
A ballot for United States Senator
o-day resulted: Garland, 1l5; Yor-
by, Selecting Garland.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16.
The vote in the Legislature for U.
S. Senator to-day reeulted: Hitchcock.
%; Buggs,l2; Saunders.l II; Crounse, 10;
Nye, 3; and the rest scattering. Adj
journed till tomorrow. Fifty-eight
is the majority.
Boston, Jan. IS.
On the first ballot for United States
Senator in the Senate. to day, Bout
we'll received II; Hoar, II; Abbott, Z;
and Rice, 4. In the House: Boutwell,,
10; Hoar, IS; Abbott, So; Rice. 10;
Bullock, 4: Seelye, 4; Chas. Adams,
jr, /; X. l.. Fierce, /; and Sanford, /.
The second ballot was nearly identi-
cal. a joint convention of the two
Houses will be held to- mOrrow.
NEW YORK, Jan. IS.
The winter thus far is unparalleled
in severity. From all quarters come
accounts of snow, detention to trains
and destruction of life and property.
At this hour-5:30 ~o'clock-in New
York it is raining but freezes as fast AS
it falls. making locomotion extremely
difficult.
CHICAGO, Jan. is.
The following was received at mill
tary headquarters to day.
ST. PAUL, Jan. Is.
To the Adjutant General Of the divis-
ion of Missouri:
A dispatch received from Colonel
Miles states that on the Sth of Deem
Der three companies of the Fifth In
fantrv, under Lieutenant Baldwin,
struck Sitting Bulls camp IN Red
water and defeated him with a loss of
all the property in the camp and sixty
mules and ponies. The Indians es-
capped with little besides what they
had on their persons.
[Signedl ALFRED III. TERRY,
Brigadier General.
Troy IN. W, Jan. II.
An explosion of five tons of powder
this morning demolished three build
ings of the Schaghtcoke Powder Mills.
The shock was felt 20 miles around.
A large quantity of the powder was
for the Russian Government.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL.
The arrival of about three million
dollars in gold from San Francisco,
which is simply a transfer from the
California sub-Treasury to that located
here, was employed to depress the
market to day, and gold sold down to
1863 as against 6B.
Mrs. w. G. Ralston and two children
sailed in the steamship China for Eu-
rope to day.
Boston, Jan. II.
In the first senatorial ballot to day
the highest votes were: For Boutwell,,
90; Hoar, SO. Second ballot-Hoar,
%; Boutwell,, 90.
CONCORD IN. H., Jan. II.
ne III Sldt6 C"buNeiitIou
to-day nominated Daniel Marcy tor
Governor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II.
Rear Admiral Joseph Smith, the
oldest officer in the navy, died here
this morning. He entered the navy
January Is, 1909. For many years he
has been on the retired list.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL.
The Executive Committee of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
have been summoned before the Com
mittee on Powers and Privileges of the
House.
SPRINGFIELD (Ill.), Jan. II.
The fourth ballot for United States
Senator resulted: Logan, IS; Palmer,
80; Davis, Z; Anderson, 7. No choice.