Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-23
EASTERN NEWS.
EASTERN NEWS.
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
WARRINGTON.
Changes in the Election of Presi-
dent and Vice President.
The Best Way to Get Rid of
Polygamy.
NO EXTRA PAY FOR MEXICAN
WAR SOLDIERS.
WARRINGTON.


The select committees appointed by
the House and Senate to report b
! chapges are needed in the present plan
of electing the President and vice.
| President, will hold their first JOINT
| conference this week. The Senate
| COMMITTEES is practically unanimous IN
| the opinion that all serious dlflcu ties
in regard to the counting OF the e!e:
toral vote can be provided for by a leg
| islative enactment. The majority OF
| the House committee favor the projscl
for a direct vote by the people, minori
~ repI esentation. ETC., whlcn would
require a constitutional amendment.
A variety OF propositions have been
prepared and will he submitted for dis
~cussion At the joint meeting. The pros
pect of action on the subject by this
| Congress is not very considerable.
Current political gossip has recently
brought to the surface in this city a
suggestion, said TO have originated on
| the Pacific coast, that the best way to
get rid of polvgamy would he to an
mex Utah to Nevada. The constit ution
of that State would, it is argued, quick
ly dispose of the problem without fur
Their trouble to Congress.
Gossip also predicts that a formid-
able movement will soon be made to
admit Washington Territory As a stare
of the Union, and thereby provide two
more Republican Senators. lis scarce
ly necessary to say that such a move.
ment would AVE 10 possible chance
of success in either branch OF Congress
At present.
senator Jones, of Nevada, has gone
to New Orleans to look after his ice
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He is ex pected back Thursday.
The published report that the Senate
passed the House bill granting three
diers Of the Mexican war is erroneous.
A Great Storm-Indians En- Route to
sitting Bull.
DEADwoOD, April 81.
The severest storm ever known in
the Hills has been raging since the
night of the 10th, heavy snow, rain
and hail doing much damage to he
placer mines and shafts in the gulche>
by flooding them. Operations in the
quartz mills are almost entirely sus
pended, roads are impossible. and, as
the road bridges are washed away,
contemplation between the camps Is
cut off. Many buildings in the course
of the overfiowed creeks nave been
washed away. Snow is still falling.
Bellefouche river, heretofore crossed
by the Bismarck stage, is NV three
miles wide and very deep. Passen-
gers are being ferried across in skitfs,
the coaches being unable to cross at
any point.
The first appearance of Indians in
three months WAS evinced last Satur-
day. Deputy Sheriff Wilson. arriving
from BelIeiourche, reports his narrow
escape from a parry of hostile Sioux,
evidently en- route to join Sitting Bull.
A Banker Assassinates an Ed
COLUMBUS, Ga, April Il.
Colonel w. l.. Salisbury, banker, and
owner of the Enquirer Sun, in Colurn-
bus, was fatally shot in the back
while entering the train at Yale
| ALA Saturday by DR.. r. NJ. Palmer.
The latter had sued Salisbury for
$3.50 900 damages to character by pub
lications, and the jury awarded him
one cent. Salisbury died to-day.
Palmer fled. A reward of $500 has
been offered for the arrest of the MUIR
| derer.
Bishop McCeskrey Denies the Soft
IInpeachment.
New YoRK, April 81.
Bishop McCossrey sends to the
Associated Press the foliowing: II
give my unqualified denial to articles
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