Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-03
EASTERN intelligence.
TIE RELEASE OF BR0CKwAY.
He Surrenders the Counterfeit
Plates.
GOVERNMENT GETS vALUA-
BILE INF OR NATION.
Casting the Electoral Ballots.
MEETING or FRIENDS or PRISON REFORM.
BERGH AsTONIsHEs THE ASSEM-
BLAGE.
MEETING or FRIENDS or PRISON REFORM.
BERGH AsTONIsHEs THE ASSEM-
BLAGE.
Trial of DIR. John Buchanan.

New YORK, December 1.-THE plate OF
the counterfeit notes and the bonds sur
rendered by Brockway, were to-day turned
over to the United States District Attorney
of Brooklyn, who said Brockway bad made
these s~urrenders and had been released
upon the condition that he should plead
guilty to two indictments against him, and
refrain from ever again counterfeiting. BY
taking this course the Government had
come into possession of information OF
great value. the precise nature of which,
however, he could not at present disclose.
How the States Voted.
AUGUSTA, Me-, December 2.-The Elec-
| toral college of Maine cast their ballots
| to-day for Garfield and Arthur. The vote
from other capital towns is reported SO far
as follows Salem, Mass, Garfield and Ar
| thur; Harrisburg, Pa, Garfield and Ar
thur; Annapolis, Nd, Hancock and Eng
| lish; Providence, R. l., Garfield and Ar
| thur; Trenton, N. j., Hancock and Eng
| lish; Richmond, Va, Hancock and Eng
lish.
What the Georgia Code Says.
ATLANTA, December 1.-The Georgia
| Code, Section 1912, provides that the Gov
ernor shall notify the Electors to meet at
| the Capitol on the first Monday in Decem-
Der, to be ready on the Wednesday follow
| ing to cast their vote. This the Governor
has done, but it is thought by leading
! officials and lawyers here that they have
no right to meet and vote next Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Bergh Chops ON His System.
New YORK, December AIT a meeting
in the Cooper Institute last night, of the
friends of sprison reform, Henry Bergh as
tonished the assemblage by declaring him.
self utterly opposed to the sentiment OF
the meeting. He said: 81 believe, if a
man cannot live without numbering some
body, he must be got out of the way. !
say kill him. A great deal has been said
about improving criminals. Let me tell
you / would abolish all the p~enitentiaries
in the land and save all the expense OF run
ming them. In their place l would have
whipping-p posts everywhere, and to make
sure that the lash was laid on ~feelingly,
would offer a reward for the invention of
steam machine that couldn't be bribed
with offers of political place or money
No man has had better opportunities
to see what criminals are made
Of than 1 have had, and I tell
you that hundreds of them commit
crime to be sent to places which you pro.
and clean there they get good soup and
| nina nofafoao and ovoruthipo which hard.
working, honest men and women can't gel
in your tenement houses"
Surrender or Counterfeit Plates
New York, December 1.-The plates o.
counterfeit notes and bonds, surrendered by
Brockway, were to-day turned over to the
u. s. District Attorney of Brooklyn, VIII
said Brockaway had made the surrender
and had been released upon condition hi
should plead guilty to indictments against
him, and refrain from ever again counter
feiting. By taking this course the Govern
ment had come into possession OF informa
tion Of great value, the precise nature o
which, however, he could not at present dis
close.
Acquitted.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-The tria
of DIR. John Buchanan for using the mail
of the United States to defraud, was com
menced yesterday in the U. 8. Circuit
Court. After hearing the testimony Judg'
Butler directed the jury to acquit the de
PENDANT, upon the ground that there was nj
evidence to sustain the charge Of Using
the mails to defraud." Those who pur
chased knew what they were getting. ant
intended to use it to defraud others.
Gives Bail.
New YoRK, December George AL
fred Townsend, New York correspondent o
the Cincinnati Enquirer, put in IN appear
ance to-day, and gave bail in the libel sui
for $40, 900, instituted by Joseph Hart
publisher of the Truth. Whitelaw Reid. Of
the New York Tribune, and General Ansor
G.. McCook became Mr.. Townsend's bonds
men.
An Eccentric Old Mans Will.
CINCINNATI, December John I. Craw
ford. an eccentric old man with from $780,
600 to 500, 900, left all his property for the
building Of q Home for aged colored men,
on q tract Of eighteen and one hall acres al
College Hill. One Of the witnesses is deac
and the other. John K. Frenchy, is absent
in the army somewhere in the West, and sc
the will cannot be probated yet.
One hundred and eleven thousand hogs
were received here during November, the
largest receipts known for a month.
Fast Young Men Come to Grief.
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.l December l.
Northampton was much aroused to-day al
the discovery Of an organized system o.
robbery among the clerks of the varioui
stores. The boys had been living fast. ant
it was found that they had been receiving
all the goods they wanted from each other,
store without pay. Tenor twelve youns
men have already been caught, and Their,
are thought to be many others. The theft,
are of u large amount, but are not know
definitely. Many youth Of the best fami
lies are In them.