Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-21
Two More Ballots for ConkIing's
Successor.
LAPHAM FOUR VOTES SHORT
OF AN ELECTION.
A Bill Providing for Filling Vacan
eies I'm Congress.
A SEDUCER SHOT BY THE
SEDUCED.
Col. Corkhill's Opinion of Guiteau's
Pistol.
Special to the SENTINEL


the Cabinet officers by the Presidents pri-
vate secretary:
There is a decided Improvement in the
Presidents condition this morning. He
slept very well during the night, and his
pulse at this hour is sc, which is lower
than at any previous time +; temperature
and respiration, normal. The wound is
doing well, and is discharging freely and
properly. The Presidents appetite is still
good, and great care will continue to be
exercised in his diet.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-"He is GER
tainly going to get WE'LL" was the very con-
fdent declaration made by DR.. Bliss last
Yet the physicians are not will
ing to put any such confident declarations
their bulletins, and within "a hours
even have said they could not safely pre-
dict that the wound would not terminate
The doctors seem to have one
language for the public and another for
persons, but the confidence of the
people in the ecoyery of the President,
has existed for a week, has not been
IL L q oP ~
yesterday. 1t was found that the pain in
his back had disappeared, but curious, and
some think suspicious, the pains continue
in his legs and feet. The reason why the
word suspicious" is attached to the
pains by some of the physicians is that
there is a remote fear that the Presi-
dent, after his recovery, may be weak in
his legs, He seems himself apprehensiye
OF that, as he has frequently asked his at
tendants what they thought about it, and
has expressed an earnest wish to be able
to stand up to see whether his legs would
still remain his servants. The first sensa-
tion when the bullet struck him was that
his knees gave way. He seems to have re-
tanned that sensation ever since, and still
fears his knees may give way. The arrival
OF various delicacies in the way of food for
the President continues to be a feature of
the mail at the White House. To-day sew
eral cases Of wine arrived, and also some
woodcocks from Maryland. DR.. Nichols,
one of the attending surgeons at the Belle
yue Hospital. New York, put up his ap-
paratus for lifting the patient off his bed
without disturbing him. in the White
House to-day. The doctors are going to
inspect it and determine whether it can be
used or not.
Matters at Albany.
ALBANY, July 20.-Two more ballots
were taken to-day for a successor to Conk-
ling. Each vote resulted as follows: Lap
ham, 70; Potter, 40; Conkling, %; Wood
ford, /. Necessary for q choice rs. On
motion Of Strahan, the convention then
adjourned.
Speaker Sharpe, in voting to-day, noticed
the newspaper statements that he had
been ungrateful to Conkling, and said he
never held any Office by the assistance Of
anyone who has been q candidate for the
United States Senate, here or anywhere
else.
The Assembly to-day passed the bill pro-
viding for the filing OF vacancies in Con-
gress.
A Horrible Tragedy.
LITTLE Rock, July ia Gazette Fort
Smith special says: Greenieaf. near Fort
Gibson, in the Cherokee Nation, a point
about so miles west Of Fort Smith, was the
scene of . horrible tragedy on Saturday.
The Creek and Cherokee Indians were hav.
ing q barbecue, preparatory to the nomina.
ton Of their candidates for the ensuing
election next month. Whisky flowed a.
freely As milk and honey In the promised
land. Two full-bloo6ed Indians, Bill Low
EFT and Deer Track. became fighting drunk
and made an onslaught on some Of the
party. Seven men were killed or NOR
tally wounded. Five men, Jim Satterwait
and his father were first shot and had their
heads completely severed from their bodies
by the crazed demons. The murderers are
at large and no efforts are being made to
arrest them.
An Engineers Carelessness.
NORTH ADAMS (Mass.), July 19.-The
Saratoga special train from North Adams
was in a collision one-half mile east of Zoor
station with the w~est-bound accommoda-
tion train, on the Fitohburg road, this af-
ternoon. Both trains were going at full
speed. Engineer Moore, of the
dation train, and G. Prescott, fireman on
the Saratoga special, were killed. Aaron
7. Corliss, engineer on the special. was
the Fitchburg Cos rolling stock is esti-
mated at $40, 600. The collision was caused
by Engineer Corliss running by the Zoor
contrary to orders.
Geo. Coles shot by Mrs. Coleman.
NEW York, July 20.-George Coles,
b~ook-keeper at Miners Theater, was
shot, probably fatally. last night by Mrs.
Coleman, wife Of the Captain Of q schooner,
whom he had seduced, leading to a suit
Tor divorce by her husband. Mrs. Coleman
arrested and committed to await the
result Of Coles injuries. Coles lies at
the hospital in q dying condition. In his
Anti-mortem statement. he said that he had
the woman several times, but did
not know that she was married. She rep
resented herself to him as . single woman.
A Sad Case OF Jealousy.
SEDALIA (Mo.), July 20.-Nsar Upton,
yesterday. q man named Eastley was re-
home with his wife from laboring
On the farm, and, being tired, they lay
down to rest. The wife was awakened by
sudden noise and shock, and found that
her husband was shot. She ran to the
nearest house. where the owner found that
was shot in the head, and her husband
shot through the brain, dead. She said he
jealous, thinking her unfaithful.
Guitteau's Threat.
WASHINGTON, July ia Southern pol.
of some prominence informed the
General that on the 18th day
May be. in company with another gen.
was visiting the State Department,
where he met In the corridors Q man who
he knows was Gaittsau, accompanied by .
tall slender man. Guittesu was overheard
10 say to his companion In q very angry
They have put me out Of the White
I will show them whether l can get
even with them" The next day, according
to Guitteau's confession, he purchased bis
pistol.
Two Men BADLY Shot and Beaten.
DENVER, July 20.-In a shooting scrape
Kohoma yesterday, John D. Morrissy
was shot through the lung and Denis Nc
Donald was shot through the thigh and
badly beaten about the head. Both men
are in 9 precarious condition. Thomas
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