, 1881-10-28

| On SUNDAY night the house of J. NJ.
| Mccarthy at Cooks Corners, New York.
| burned and four of McCarthy's children
! perished.
A large meeting in San Francisco de-
| nounced the arrest of Parnell and others.
| Folr hundred dollars We're subscribed to
the fund
The British ship Friedberg while dis
charging rails at Oakland wharf had her
slings slipped and three rails went through
| the ships bottom. She sank i'll water lust
deep enough to cover her hull,
Chas Siegel, miner of Piute mountain,
Cali .ornia, was found dead in his cabin
| with three bullet holes III his body. Tom
Herbert, discharged employe, has been
| arrested, charged with the murder.
A Tombstone dispatch says there is
much rejoicing at the news of Fremont's
| resignation, but dissatisfaction at the
probable appointment Of Gen. banks.
The people want some resident appointed
who knows their needs.
Sam ?. Dorsey, an old and respected
citizen, livery stable keeper and stock
man, shot himself in the head at Eiko,
New. Oct. 18th. He was alone in his
room He has not been conscious, and
| it is doubtful If he lives.
The president and all the cabinet ex-
cept Window, Kirkwood and MacVeagh,
have gone to Yorktown From all quar-
tiers OF the north and south troops, guber-
material statfs, and eminent citizens are
moving toward the Same place.
Geo. ii. Bernhard, now in Jail at Wash.
ington for having asked for a revolver to
| assassinate Guiteau, has been legal and
| military crank in the west for many
I l..
Omaha as a trickster and drunkard.
The Herald, referring to Fremont's re-
ported resignation, and the rumor that
Gen. Banks will succeed HIM as governor
of Arizona. reports an interview with
Banks, in which he denies all knowledge
of the report and believes it inspired by
his enemies
The nomination of Commissioner Dud-
ley, who was appointed by President
Garfield TO succeed Bentley, has not yet
been confirmed by the senate, although
sent in early last week. 1t appears he is
not likely to get his confirmation without
a struggle.
young man named Syphers, son of
the Mormon bishop of Panaca, in the
| southeastern part of Nevada, last week
shot an Indian without provocation near
BulliOnvIlie. The Indian is not expected
to live. His tribe are greatly excited over
the shooting, and il is feared they may
retaliate. Syphers is not yet arrested.
The Grand Trunk has made another
savage drive at Nanderbilt's lines. which
will almost inevitably bring them to a
| fighting attitude with that railroad 1t
ordered Detroit and Chicago offices to sell
| tickets to all points reached by Michigan
Central in Michigan at reduced rates. In
timation was thrown out that the amount
| Of .,..t.k r.
spare would be the price charged in each
| case.
Diverse opinion prevails among demo-
Gratis in regard to the question of secre-
| taryship of the senate. Some dislike the
caucus candidate-L @. WashiL gton-and
are perfectly satisfied. to let things remain
as they are until next December, when Il
| new Candidate may be obtained. Colonel
| Washington and his friends are anxious
| TO plsh the question to a vote as soon as
| the senate reassembles regardless of re-
suits. The republicans seem more dis
| posed than ever for the present to let the
| officers now in charge alone until Deem
ber.
a Tucson dispatch reports from Watrhet
mountains that three men were ed
while following the trail of a band of cat
| tie which had been carried off Saturday.
| fight with soldiers near Eagle creek. The
| Indians Ut away with the horses. Gen.
| Mackenzie is ordered to the department
| of Missouri, and Gen. Keiton sent to
| examine affairs here. He says Arizona
| is free from hostiles and likely to remain
SO unless the Chiricahuas return from
| Mexico, which is doubtful. Troops are
| being disposed along the border and about
| the reservation to secure order.
The Courier j ournal of Tuesday pub
| fishes a letter from Prof Klein saying:
Il have for several weeks plst noticed IA
| singular phenomenon in the heavens in
| the shape of double comet or comets at
| tended with nine smaller ones, all in a
| circle and closely resembling one of Sat-
urn's rings. They all appear TO be con-
nected together as they move in the same
| orbit, and the larger or double comet will
| at regular intervals sclipse the smaller
! one, and the little ones are on such occa-
sions lost sight of have no doubt this
| is the comet of lSi5-'46, supposed to have
| been destroyed, that now appears to us in
| this singular shape, attended with numer-
| Gus satellites which, by sore of the Won
| derful processes of nature. were undonbt-
| edly thrown from its nucleus, but not with
sufficient force to get beyond its attrac-
! tions, and are, therefore, resting on the
original ring like nucleus which has un-
dOubtedly been Tent asunder by great
cometar~ eruptions and gathered again in
! its present shape. This, too, | believe to
| lie the comet of 1911, having period of
| 80 years. Aside from this wonderful
comet, or rather eleven comets, there are
| now five others visible.