Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-12
SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO
EUREKA!
THE MISSOURI RIVER OUT OF
ITS BANKSl
SENATOR FERRY IMPROVING!
Secretary Sherman Stirs Up a Hor-
nets Nest
WASHINGTON, June 10.

An order is to be issued shortly for
| the consolidation of the Eiko, Eureka
and Phoebe Land Offices iuto one Land
Office at Eureka, Nevada. The re-
| ceipts OF the offices to be discontinued
are very Insignificant in comparison
! with the cost of maintenance.
E. B. Elliott, a well-known statisti-
| clan, has received information relative
to the esta blishment of a single gold
standard in Finland. The Govern
ment has submitted to the Legislative
| Assembly of Finland a draft of a law
proposing the establishment there of
q gold currency. Hitherto there has
not existed a p aper currency in Russia,
but strictly a silver currency. 1t is
proposed 10 make the gold mark the
unit of the new Finnish coin system,
and TO carry this change into effect as
soon as possible, so that all Govern
ment from and alter jan
uary LIST, 1878, shall be kept according
to the gold standard.
ST. LOUIS, June 10.
The latest accounts from the West
says the river below Kansas City is
still rising and doing great damage.
The water is higher than at any time
since the flood OF 1S49. The town of
I1dIlofI, OppOSlt0 IdilSd WY IS ON
feet under water, and is likely to be
in the vicinity are greatly damaged by
pie living on bottoms along the river
are moving to the bluffs, taking what
property they can with them.
Judge Miller. of the United States
Circuit Court, left Leavenworth yester
day for Omaha without rendering an
opinion in the case of the United Trust
Company, of New York, VS.. the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad.
Judge Dillon, of the United States
Circuit Court, refused to grant a writ
Of hdbe0s corpus in the case of the
United States W.. Schaffenburg, late
United States Marshal of Colorado,
now i'll tie Kansas penitentiary.
DETROIT, June 10.
A telegram received from Grand
Haven this evening announces that
Senator Ferry's symptoms are more
favorable. Friends are confident of
his recovery.
WASHINGTON, June 10.
The order of Secretary Sherman dis
missing clerks from the Treasury De-
partment, SO that no more than n of a
family shall be employed, has demon
allied the whole Department., and will
prove to he one of the greatest frauds
Of the Civil Service reform. 1t is only a
prefense t. make places for friends of
officials, and it is openly proclaimed
as such on the streets of Washington
10y Republicans. Yesterday, two wo-
men clerks. who had lost their hus-
bands in the war and who are regard
ed as competent clerks, were dismissed
because they had a brother in the De-
partment. The Secretary, however,
has not dismissed his brother, who is
a Collector of Internal Revenue, in
Iowa. or called on the Department of
Justice to recall his nephew, who is
Marshal of New Mexico, nor made q
raid on his other relations and those
of his family who are in office.
The Little BOat Heard From.
New YORK, June IL.
The schooner, 20 feet long, in which
Captain Grape and wife are making
their way to Europe, starting from
New Bedford May 28th, was spoken
June 9th, latitude AZ deg. 20 min., lon.
gitude "a deg. % min.