Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-05
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P. S. 0'Bricn Spirited Away.
TWO WOMEN DO THE DEED.
Two Million Dollars in Question.

NEW YORK, January 4.
The Herald prints a column dispatch
from Raleigh, N. c., giving an account of
the spiriting away Of p. s. O'Brien by two
women. They represented themselves to
be his wife and daughter. O'Brien had
been in destitute circumstances, and was
cared for by a man named Waters. After
the death of the Bonanza O'Brien he COM
municated with his sister. who provided
for his wants. A New York lawyer en-
deavored to induce him to break the will,
but he refused. He supposed his wife was
dead. O'Brien was led to believe the
women were his wife and daughter, and on
the 10th of December they took him away
No tidings have since been heard from
him. The women promised to write to
Mr.. Waters. O'Brien also promised to
write, and told Waters that he should
write to Father White, but to the present
date no syllable has been heard Of their
whereabouts. The people here say the
correspondents are greatly puzzled TO know
the object of taking O'Brien away. 1t is
the opinion of those acquainted with the
circumstances, that O'Brien is in bad
hands, and there is nc hesitancy in saying
that the object was to secure P.S. O'Brien's
signature, as that is the only signature by
which two million dollars, coming to him,
can ever be secured. The Indifference of
the women does not accord with thea actions
of a wife and daughter. Their sudden dis
appearance and departure, as well as that
while here, they did not want to be known,
is a queer chapter in tho story. 1t is al
lodged that O'Brien has been kidnapped
by a woman, and forced to sign papers set
ting sside the will of his brother, and that
his part of the estate will be used by sharp
ers, who no doubt had the whole thing
mapped out before O'Brien ever dreamed
Of seeing his dead wife.
Government Railroad Directors
Report.
WASHINGTON, January 4.
The Government Railroad Directors
have sent their annual report to the Secre-
tary of the Interior. They are OF the opin-
ion that the Union Pacific, in view of the
extremely liberal aid it has received from
the Government, and the brilliancy Of its
its success as a commercial enterprise,
should be judged by the most severe stand
ards known among the railroads of the
country. Measured by these standards,
they report deficiencies many and appar-
ent. At the same time the property is
being brought up with s~teadiness, though
slowly, with q fair degree of average excel
lence. The failure to replace with steel
rails the worn-Out iron rails, is sharply
criticised, and the Directors say, that al
though the policy now pursued by the
company in regard to the material condi-
ton of the property is careful and sufi-
GENTLY safe, it is by no means liberal, nor
such as the country has q right to expect
or the Government to insist upon.
The New York Herald" TO be
Sued for Libel.
New YORK. January 4.
William r. Palmer, brother Of Manager
Palmer. Of the Union Square Theater, is
about to bring o libel suit against the New
York Herald for publishing his family af-
fairs as part Of the history of William l..
Palmer, the insane murderer of a police
man, at the Metropolitan Hotel, a few days
ago. The Herald evidently COMPOUNDED
the two names. The chief offense appears
to be the Herdld's neglect to correct the
statement afterward.
what Advantages do the United
states ORe to Emigration:
New YoRK, January A..
Letters from England state that the ques-
ton is coming up every day in connection
with the unprecedented hard times: What
advantages do the United States offer to
emigration Z And the writer's earnestly
ask authoritative information as TO what
America is doing for emigrations. The in
quiry is called out by the representations
that American industries cannot employ
the hundreds OF thousands already here.
A Valuable Train.
NEW YORK, January A..
1t is stated that a special train from San
Francisco, that arrived here last Saturday,
! carried under a manifest calling for SIX