Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-03
THEY ARE ULosETED FOR HALF AN
HOUR.

THEY ARE ULOSETED FOR HALF AN
HOUR.
What They Said and Done q Fro
found secret.
New YORK, August 3.
A Times Boston correspondent has the
following version of the B~utler-kearney
affair. Butler called on koarney at MS
mothers house in Brighton on Tuesday
evening, and the two great men, with their
private secretaries, were closeted 1or nan
an hour. No one else was admitted ana
what was said remains a profound secret
the private secretaries remaining as DUMP
as oysters. Butler publishes the following
card / see it published as a Telegram
from California that Kearney came to
Massachusetts, at my sugg stion, and IN my
interest. In justice to Mr.. hearuey, as
this is one of the lies sent from san fran
cisco to injure him, allow me to say thai 1T
is absolutely false in every. particular.
had no communication with : Mr.. Kearney
| directly or indirectly, or with any friend OF
his, upon any subject whatever, until a
few DAYS after he came to this city, and
| then, at my leisure, i called upon him, as
| l do upon all other gentlemen Of promi-
| nence who visit Boston, to whom l be-
lieve my visits would be agreeable.
Democratic State Convention.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., August 2.
The State Democratic Convention met
| to-day, General John D.. Kennedy presid-
ing. The platform adopted reaffirms the
| platform Of 1876, and is in harmony with
| the pledges and performance OF Governor
| Hampton. 1t guarantees full protection
to all classes in the administration Of JUS
tice. Accompanying the platform is a Sc
ries of resolutions, also adopted, urging a
unity of purpose and action among Demo-
Gratis, d%enouncing q fusion with
Republicans, and deprecating the pres
ence of Independent candidates, also
strongly recommending the fostering Of
immigration, inviting people from every
part of the globe to make their homes in
south Carolina, directing attention to the
revenue troubles in the upper counties
and urging Congress to amend the law and
quiet the irritation, and requesting the
President to grant amnesty to the illicit
distillers in the upper counties. Governor
Hampton and the entire list of State Off
GERS were Endorsed and renominated amid
great enthusiasm. Hampton and others
made speeches.
A Warm Reception to be Given to
the National Troops.
PANAMA, July %.
The relations OF the State Government
with that of the Nation, are not pleasant.
The officer who took charge OF the troops
a few days ago, in the name of the Nation,
found but 108 stand of arms out of 1000,
purchased by the General Government
during the revolution of 1876, and the re-
naming arms and a large quantity of am
munition are in the hands of the State
Mt -, .vo, a n ,,,1nr
the President for them, bnt he refused to
give them up. He said: Give hundred
men are now on the way here; the missing
arms have been distributed among the ad-
herents Of the State Government, and they
are being drilled. Every preparation is
making to give a warm reception to the
National troops should they come with
hostile intentions"
A Party Of Explorers.
NEW YORK, August 2.
A Times Bismarck special says: A party
Of explorers, with a military escort, and
headed by General Rosser, the Chief Engi-
neer of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, left this morning for Fort Keogh.
Their object is to ascertain the value OF
tho Northern Pacific Railroad lane grant
between the Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers. Doriellius Morrison, of Minneap-
oils, is accompanying the party. He will
report on his return to New York capital
lists, who think of buying the road to the
Yellowstone, and accepting from the North
ern Pacific Company 10000, 900 acres of
land as the consideration.
A Tornado.
CINCINNATI, August 2.
Advices from southeastern Indiana state
that a tornado swept through that section
Of the country yesterday, damaging crops,
trees and buildings quite seriously. AT
Liberty, the Methodist church was badly
damaged, and the residence Of ]. M. d.
Arco was partially burned. At Eaton,
Ohio, the town was fattened out over a
large area, and apples and pears covered
the ground i'll the vicinity of the orchards.
Reports Of the same tenor are also received
from Greenville and West Alexandria, Ohio,
and Bushvilie and Knoxville, Indiana.
UnvefIing a Monument.
CHICAGO, Auguat Q.
A dispatch from Muskegon, Michigan,
states that the monument erected to Cap
tain Jonathan Walker, by Rev. Photius
Fisk, of Greece, was unveiled at that place
yesterday with imposing ceremony, Cap
tain Walker was known as the man with
the branded hand, q cognomen derived
from the fact that the palm of his right
hand was branded IS. S.'-Slave S~tealer,
on acc ount OF his having assisted in rum
ming fugilives over into Canada, on his
vessel. Ex-Congressman Williams, General
Pritchard and other orators made adj
dresses,
Congressional Nomination.
NEW YORK, August 2.
A Times special says the Congressional
District Republicans in Ohio have nomi-
mated Foster. The latter made a speech
declaring that the President had ~alienated
the most of the party leaders of the great
mass of the Republicans. This is remark
able, coming from a ~well-known supporter
Of Hayes.
Highway Robbery.
DEADwooD, August 2.
James Anderson, q milkman, who lives
on a ranch about ten miles north OF Dead
wood, started for town early this moInlns
on his regular trip, and when two miles
from the ranch, was stopped by five MASKED
men. and bound, gagged, robbed and LETT
in the edge Of the woods. The robbers
took about $40 dollars in money and a
span Of horses from the wagon. They then
proceeded to the ranch, where they appro-
priated three more horses and three sad
dies to their own use, telling the man who
was in charge OF the ranch to go and lib
crate Anderson.
Death OF Count DE BodiscO.
New York. August 2.
Special dispatches announce the death OF
Count De Bodisco, the Russian Consul
General at New York, which occurred at
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, TO-
day.
Exchanged shots.
AUGUSTA, Ga, August q.