Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-11
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ESPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Edmunds for the Supreme Bench,
A MANIAC's D..
Goals of Fire on General Sherman,

WASHINGTON, January 10.
Every now and then paragraphs have
appeared about who would be the success
sor Of Justice Hunt Of the supreme Court.
What has been said has been largely IN the
nature Of surmise. Nothing very definite
has been agreed upon IN the case unti
within the last week or ten days. Inc only
thing that remains to be settled IN the mat
ter now is the exact time required Tor Con-
gress to pass an Act retiring Justice Hunt:
His successor will be Senator Edmunds OF
Vermont, who has been positively offered
| the position. and has accepted the same,
| subject to the ordinary circumstance and
| conditions of the case. HIS health hasnot
been of the very best OF late, and he has
not been very unwilling to retire from
politics. The position on the Supreme
Bench would be much more congenial to
| lin, and as he has saved no money in his
lifetime the additional salary would also
be very acceptable to him.
A MANAGES Deed.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, January 10.
The village of Lyons, in Wayne county,
situated west Of Syracuse, was the scene OF
| a terrible tragedy this afternoon. At about
| half-past l O'Clock Hr. Hiram Hovey, a hat
| and zap merchant, was shot by his daugh-
ter, Miss Frank Hovey, and died imme-
diately. His daughter then shot herself.
Mr.. Hovey was one Of the most prominent
citizens Of the town, a merchant OF forty
years standing, and a prominent member
Of the Methodist Church. He was about
60 years old, and he and his family filled a
responsible place in the society of the vii
lage.
Miss Hovey lost by death a few months
go her betrothed husband. She was to
have been married soon. Since that time
she has exhibited marked evidence Of in
sanity. She was devotedly attached to her
lover, Mr.. Eugene Rains, of Rochester,
and his death had dethroned her reason.
Mr.. Hovey was sitting in his store alone
when his daughter came in. His son, who
was clerk, went to dinner. leaving his sis
ter and father alone in the store. Soon
after some one stepped in, and was shocked
to see Mr.. Hovey lying dead on the floor,
with blood trickling from a wound in his
temple. A physician was hastily summoned,
but the man was beyond aid. A brother
OF the girl sought his sister, and upon
looking for her up stairs found her in a
dying condition from a similar wound.
She held in her hand a small single-barrel-
eQ plSbOl, huu lTOu utT pbSltlO1 huu tuc
surroundings it was evident that she had
shot her father, gone upstairs in a store
room, deliberately reloaded the pistol and
shot herself. She had taken off her hat
and held a small hand-mirror in such a
position that she could take deliberate aim.
Rough on General Sherman.
WASHINGTON, January 10.
There is a story current here with which
the friends Of General Sherman are not
pleased. The story runs that when Grant
passed through Columbia, s. c., the other
day, Judge Mackey got into the car with
him and pointed out objects of interest.
Pointing to some blackened chimneys, he
said "Those are General Sherman's mon
uments in this part of the country" and
continued, ~ am glad, General Grant,
that you have left no such Monuments"
s'No," replied Grant, 81 did not believe in
making war on women and children and
vacant houses. During the whole war l
ordered but one building destroyed, other
than public buildings, and that was a hotel
in Mississippi, where my men were refused
a drink of water" The Judge Mackey re-
ferred to is the individual who immortalized
himself by supporting Hayes and Hampton,
three years ago. He is now regarded as a
Grant and Hampton man.