Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-18
EASTERN Intelligence.
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITOL.
Conkling Visits Mentor by Invita-
ton.
CAMPBELL DopcINc CANNON.
Cannon Trees Him at Last.
what n sea I'm the New York Ex'
change. Costs.
CAMPBELL DoDciNc Cannon.
Cannon Trees Him at Last.
Special to the Sentinel ]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-There was con-
siderable gossip at the Capitol yesterday
concerning the reported departure of Sena-
tor Conkling for Mentor. 1t is said that
he has gone to visit General Garfield upon
| special invitation. and he would not go
until thus invited. The visit reyives the
belief that New York is to have the Treas
ury portfolio, as friends of Conkling de-
| clare that he intends either to name the
Secretary of the Treasury or no officer at
all. Gossip says that Levi P. Morton will
be assigned the Treasury Department and
Senator Allison to the Interior Department,
with some Pennsylvania as Postmaster
General.
Senator Logan has returned from Men
| tor. He is reticent as to what he learned
while there, but he seems to be in rather
exuberant spirits.
Senator Hereford to-day introduced a
bill to provide that all money due to the
Government from the Pacific roads shall,
as fast as paid in, be distributed to the
various States and Territories in porpor-
ton to their population, and be applied by
each to purposes of general education,
without regard to race or color.
The existing vacancies in the army re-
tired list will not be filled by President
Hayes, but are to be left for General Gar
field to try his hand on.
A brief executive session was held by
the Senate yesterday, but the Chinese
| treaties are not reached. Their friends do
not apprehend any serious danger of their
| going over to the called session without
action.
Cannon Chasing Campbell.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-An amusing fea-
ture of the Cannon Campbell contest has
just come to light. Governor Murray gave
a certificate Of election to Campbell,
and when Cannon heard this he took
steps to serve a notice of contest on Camp
bell, having thirty days under the law to
perform the ceremony. Campbell left
Salt Lake ostensibly for Washington, but
never reached here. This put Cannon off
the track. He was daily l~ooking.for Camp
bell, SO as to serve the notice for contest,
but Campbell came not. Cannon tele-
graphed to New York, Chicago, Omaha and
Salt Lake, but could not get the run of
Campbell's rapid movements. He acct
dentally heard of him at Circlesville, Kan
sas, and telegraphed there. but the bird had
flown. Becoming thoroughly frightened,
for fear that the thirty days would expire,
Cannon sent four notices of contest to
Salt Lake, each to a particular friend, with
Instructions to hunt Campbell regardless
of the expense. One man took a train
East, and accidentally met Campbell at
Green River station, on the very last day
of the thirty. Campbell was about to sit
down to breakfast in fancied security, but
the man with four wives and a seat in Con-
gress was too much for him.
Raising the Price of Seats.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Evening Post
learns that early this week a membership
in the New York Stock Exchange was sold
for S31 900, and the buyer has to pay in
addition 81 900 to the Stock Exchange.
There are l 100 memberships, and at $751;,
900 each, the present value Of the total
membership is S34, 900, 900. Five years
ago it was a difficult matter to sell a mem
bership for $4,000.