Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-08
EASTERN NEWS.
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
SITTING BULL!
He Turns Out to be a College-Bred
Half Breed.
Interesting Sketch of Ills Life /.
Interesting Sketch of Ills Life

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New YORK, Sept. 6.
The Worlds correspondent at Fort
Walsh, British Columbia, has the fol-
lowing abou Sitting Bull: In CONVEX
sation, after dinner, with one of the
police officers the other day, he said
that he was a native Of Fort Garry and
an alumnus of st. Johns College,
statements which he himself after
wards confirmed. Several old traders
who have had a look at him, declare
that they remember him well as
Charlie Jacobs, q half breed, who at
tended the college in its infancy, 30
years ago. This young Jacobs was OF
the Objibway tribe and was a remark
ably intelligent lad, with an ambition
to become a .'big %injun." He disap
peared from Fort Garry about 1858.
When asked by the police officer ii he
recollected anything about Fort Garry.
Sitting Bull laughed heartily, and said
he knew the principal people there,
and among others Donald A. Smith,
of the Hudson Bay Factors, James
Sutherland. and Father Vary, now a
missionary at the Soult. He was also
we'll acquainted With the late Jas. Ross,
Chief J Justice Of the Riel Lepine gov
eminent i'm lS69-70. Indeed, he says
they were boys together. Ross was a
half breed, who, after graduating at
st. Johns College, went to the Toronto
University, where he was a gold med
alist. Sitting Bull says his father,
Henry Jacobs, was at one time en-
pIoyed as interpreter by Father Prou-
tx, on Manitoulin Island, but whether
the old gentleman is dead or not he
does not know. Sitting Bull is thor
oughiy familiar with French and Eng
lish and several Indian languages. He
is about AZ or 43 years OF age, medium
sized, athletic-built man, of no distin-
gushing traits beyond those always
found in the half breed. He is al ex-
cellent conversatiOnalist, n will talk
on any subject but his plans for the
future. The cores pendent says, fur
Their, that Sitting Bull is still in British
territory. and he knows all about the
movements for e~xtraditing him, and
that it cannot be done. He also knows
about the Commission to meet him,
and says he will accede.
The striking Miners
New YORK, Sept. 6.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarrs speak
ing OF the strike of miners, says:
There is reason to believe the worst
| feature of communists will soon crop
out. The agricultural districts are be
| ginning to feel the effects of the law
less demands. Bands of so-called
committees are scattered through the
country, and wherever their requests
for provisions are denied force is used.
Barns, orchards, stock yards and eel
lars are Unfortunately ~plundered.
Valuable cows are killed and their
hides left where they we're slaughtered.
Itinerant peddlers are ~plundered of
their packs, potato fields are invaded
and their products carried off. Gov
ernor Hartranft has determined to
place a regiment of three months men
in the disturbed districts to cooperate
with the regulars.
Sale agents for various coal compa
MES in Wilksbarre have decided to
ad VI 20 cents ger ton for the North
ern and Western markets.
Reunion ofsthe Army of the Ten.
nessee.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.
The TFibune's st. Paul special says:
The Army OF the Tennessee met
again this morning and elected officers
tor the ensuing year as follows: Pres
ident, General w. T.. Sherman, with
Vice Presidents generally from the
Western States. An acknowledge
nient was ordered sent t 0 General
Grant of a dispatch received last night
ex Expressing sympathy with the gather
ing. Resolutions of coincidence on the
death of General Giles A. Smith were
adopted. An excursion was taken tc
Fort Smelling, Minnahaha, Minnea
polls and other points of interest. The
reunion closed with a banquet to-
night.
Dreadful Gas Explosion I'm a Mine.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Sept. 6.
This evening the Phoenix Park Coal
mine near Minersville, was the scene
of a dreadful explosion of gas which
became ignited from q blast made by
one of the workmen. Eight miners
r burned, three seriously; one of
whom, John Jenkins, died soon after.
Thomas Lloyd, brother of the proprie-
tor of the mine, was also seriously
burned.
The Presidents Western Trip.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 6.
A number Of prominent citizens OF
! this city, Irrespective Of party. have
extended an invitation to President
Hayes TO visit Cincinnati while en-
route. Mr.. Rodgers, the Presidents
Secretary. replies by the direction OF
the President, that the cordial invita-
ton of Cincinnati, his neighbors Of
former years, gives him much pleas
ure, and that he expects to reach Gin
cinnati September Is.
Federal Officers to be Fired Out.
WAsHINGrON, Sept. 6.
After a full consideration in the
Cabinet to-day, the President deter
mined that public interests would be
better served by the appointment of
new officers for the three leading posi-
tons in the New York Custom House.
The Army worm Marching on
King Cotton.
! MEMPHIS, Sept. 6.
The army worm is devastating the