Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-13
EASTERN NEWS.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
DISPATCHES.
wAsHIM oToN.
Value Of Railroads in the
United States.
A GOOD WORD FOR COLONEL
PERRY.
The Republican Party Disbanded fn
Mississippi.
The Republican Party Disbanded In
Mississippi.

| The Public Prl1ter has Just ueliN-
cred his first annual report on the in
ternal commerce of the United States.
Ii saws among other things that the
value of tne railroads of the United
| States Is about twenty-three tunes the
value of the shipping engaged in our
foreign commerce, and the value OF IN
ternal III Is twenty-five times
the value of our foreign commerce.
Eighty. seven per cent. OF our grain
shipped from the west to the seaboard
during the last year was transported
on rail lines and over twenty per cent.
| OF the internal OF h coun-
try is carried on railroads. Although
the total amount Of the contributors
of the Government up to the close of
1876, in aid of railroad construction,
amounted to one hundred and forty
four millions of dollars, embracing
land grants and subsidies to the Pacific
railroads, yet this Jun is only three
per cent. OF the entire cost of the rail-
road system Of the country.
Prominent officers of the army ex-
press surprise at the recent dispatch
from Lewiston to the effect that Col.
Perry, of the First Cavalry, failed TO
render assistance to Captain Randall
and the sixteen volunteers from Mount
Idaho with him, who were attacked by
Indians in sight of Colonel Perry.
| Colonel Perry was twice breveted for
g~allantry, and has an excellent record
in the War Department, and it is
thought there must be some mistake
in the charge against him.
Advices state that the Republican
State Committee of Mississippi, on
Saturday, by a bare majority passed a
resolution of confidence in President
HAYES. The Committee resolved to
nominate no State officers at the fall
election. owing to the Presidents order
forbidding Federal officials engaging
in campaign work, the majority of
them being Office holders. A sine die
adjournment was voted, which is the
same as disbanding the party in MIS-
sissippi.
DIR. Hayden, a geologist, starts west
Tomorrow in charge OF a party OF dis
tinguished biologists from England,
who desire to visit the Territories on
an exploring tour. The party will
visit Colorado. Wyoming. Nevada,
Utah and the California gold regions.
The s.S,un" ON GrOver-AIarmin.
Specials from Montreal.
NEW 1ORk, July L..
The Sun editorially says the whole
evidence in the case of Senator Grover
is not in yet, and it would be prema-
ture to come to q decided conclusion
respecting the matter, but so far the
proofs indicate that he was a party to
the purchase OF his seat in the Senate
of the United States, and that he
bribed members of the Legislature of
n. - nod thovn hrihaA fn aIaot
himself. II Grover is finally proved
guilty, lie must be turned u of the
Senate, and woe to the Democratic Sen
ator who, by speech or vote, attempts
to save such q culprit from this action
OF justice.
Several journals have specials from
Montreal Of an alarming character.
1t is thought trouble and possibl y
~bloodshed will take place to day.
The Hopper Plague.
MILWAUKEE, July II.
The Sentinel has kilograms from va
rious points in Minnesota, Iowa anG
Dakota, which report grass hoppers in
large numbers flying with the wind
In Minnesota the 'hoppers are flying
north, only a few lighting. At the
| points heard from in Minnesota the
'hoppers are doing nc damage. The
farmers are encouraged with the croI
prospect expecting average crops. A
dispatch from Sauck Center, MINI.
says if no more 'hoppers arrive we
will harvest about half a crop. IL
Dakota about 10 per cent. of tie wheat
crop is ruined. On the whole the re.
port is favorable.
Fatal Railroad Accident in Massa'
chusetts.
GREENFIELD. Mass, July IL.
An extra engine and caboose run
ming towards Greenfield, on the Fitch.
burg railroad, at Wendall, ran into q
| team crossing the railroad at thai
point, killing Ira Davis, Mrs. Jonah
Davis. Mrs. Ira Wakefield, Mrs. Eu.
gene Brown and Miss Nellie Lacey.
Mrs. Brown lived half an hour, but
the others were killed instantly, and
badly u up. The locomotive was
not running at very great speed. The
party were returning from a berryinz
party.
what Captain TObin Knows About
Mormonism.
CHICAGO, July IL.
A Tiibune's Springfield. Illinois,
special says Captain John Tobin, for
nierly OF California. who was at one
time a confident of Brigham Young,
has q large amount OF evidence cal.
culaled to identify Brigham Young
with the Mountain Meadow and other
massacres. Tobin claims to have heen
at one time a guide 10 u party OF GIN
tiles who were deliberately murdered
by a son at Brigham, acting under
orders from his ia her. who i-ared Thai
the slaughtered band were on. heir way
10 California 10 misrepresent Mormon
i'm tn the Californians. The Captain
will 90 To Salt Lake 10 testify III the
coming trials.
LOnisvilie's Mu>ieni Feast.
LOUISVILLE, Kv.. July IL.
Every eat and NEST OF The standing
room In Fest Hall ~as taken tonight.
At least $500 parsons were present.
and the su cess CT thu Saengerfe>t IL