Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-12
THE GEORGIA CONVENTION.
Nomination Of State Ticket.
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Cattle Epidemic.
DEMOCRATIC JOINT COMMITTEE
Consolidation ofs.ooo Miles Of Rail.
way.
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cratic State Convention yesterday resolved
| that after the thirty-second ballot for q can
didate for Governor, and no choice, the
| convention recommended to the people
| Governor A. H. Colquitt. The convention,
by rising, voted the united and hearty sup
port Of the Democracy Of Georgia to Han
| cock and English. The result Of the thirty
second ballot was: Colquitt, 220; Lester,
| IS; Hardeman, 46; Gartrell, Is; Warner,
8. The convention then, by reclamation,
| placed in the field an electoral ticket for
President and Vice President Of the United
States, and adjourned until to-day. The
convention nominated Clifford Anderson,
Of Bib county, for Attorney General; D.
W. Speer, Of Troup, for Treasurer. W. A.
Wright, Of Richmond. for Controller, and
N. @. Barnett, of Baldwin, for Secretary Of
State.
HARTFORD, August 1.-THE Republican
State Convention organized to-day, with
August Brandage for permanent President.
After his address, Bigelow was nominated
for Governor on the second ballot by accla-
nation, having received 205 votes, within
five Of q majority on the first ballot. George
William H. Bulkely was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor, having received Ill
votes on the first ballot for Governor.
Conference Of Railroad Magnates.
PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-THE Press
says Of the conference of railroad mag
mates, and the proposed union of Pacific
Coast lines: 1t will consolidate 5000
miles Of railway, which gridirons all the
Northwest and Colorado and Kansas.
These roads will make the grain fields OF
Kansas as near New Orleans as Chicago,
and will make the former, which increased
its foreign shipments from two to ten mill
lions recently, one o. the largest grain
shipping ports OF the country. Besides
this there will be a through connection be-
tween st. Louis and New Orleans effected.
Gould already controls the barge line be-
tween these two cities, and the combine
ton will get possession Of the wheat carry
ing trade of Kansas n that section OF
the West, at the expense OF Chicago, Mil
Yankee and other ports which have hith-
erto monopolized the grain trade.
Railroad Accident.
CRowN PoINT, Ind, August lift
teen Of the rear cars Of q freight train on
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
Railroad, broke away from the other por-
ton of theltrain yesterday, while ascend
ing the grade about three miles east of
Crown Point. The cars ran back against
another freight train, just then commence
ing the ascent of the grade. The caboose,
which contained q conductor, brakemen
and four cattle drovers, was run into by
the engine Of o coming train, and the oc-
cupants were badly scalded and otherwise
injured. One Of the cattle men, q brother
| Of Judge McCallister, Of this city, died
almost instantly from his injuries. 1t is
thought the brakemen and engineer can
not live.
virulent Forms of Spanish Fever.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE officials
here think there is evidence Of virulent
forms Of Spanish fever prevailing among
the cattle Of Texas, and fear that unless
| great care is taken it may spread to Him
OILS, and decimate the cattle on the great
stock farms in the southern part Of the
State. Since last spring over 200 cattle
have died Of this imported disease in Mis-
souri,, whittier 1t was brought with cattle
from Texas.
Massachusetts State Central Conn
mfttee.
BosToN, August 1.-THE Democratic
Joint Committee Of thirty, recently APP
pointed to act as a Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee, to organize a State Con-
v~ention, have decided to hold the State
Convention at Worcester September LIST.
The Secretary Of the National Prohibition
Committee asserts to-day that the Prohib-
ikrrv na,kxx ~us11 nxnx n. nlok1~c1 xfol1k L.
fore the voters Of twenty States.
4 Freshman Cuts q woman's
Throat.
NEW YORK, August 11.-At 10 o'clock
this morning, in tenement No. 81, Thomp-
son street, Amadie Bigot, q French timer,
cut the throat Of Mrs. Marietta Kemeul,
q married woman, who had rejected HI.
advances. The woman died instantly.
Bigot then cut his W throat.
Burglars Make . Haul.
NEW YoRK, August 11.-Burglars blew
open the safe at Clarksville, New Jersey,
last night, and obtained securities Of the
st. Joseph a Pacific Railroad Company,
and Of the Kansas d Nebraska Railroad
Company, valued at s25. 900 belonging to
T.. Edgar Hunt.
De. Tanners Diet.
New YoRx, 11.-Dr. Tanner is in good
health and spirits. Breakfast, eighteen
stewed oysters, three crackers and eight
ounces Of milk. He ate pieces Of water
melons at intervals. Dinner, fifteen
stewed oysters.
Discharged.
oswEeo, Kan, August 1.-THE sup
posed Blenders had a preliminary examin-
alton here to-day, and were discharged.