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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04

a new trial, Butler discovered that an old
Maryland law, which had descended from
English law, and which was still in force
here, contained an unrepesled provision
that persons convicted Of murder should
be hanged in chains. When q new trial
was refused. Butler said he should then
insist that O'Brien be executed strictly in
accordance with the law, which did not
sanction the custom OF hanging by a rope.
OtBrien's sentence was commuted by
Grant to imprisonment for life, SO that
Butler had no occasion to follow up his
point. 1t was reported that he intended
while here to suggest to Scoyille TO demand
the enforcement of the law in Guiteaus
case. Scoyille says that the advice has not
yet been rendered, and he does not con-
slider it worth his while to give his atten-
ton to such a matter. The legal opinion
seems to be that the point could be strong
ly urged were it material how Guiteau was
TO be hanged.
Discharge of CustOmhouse En-.
pIOyes.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-About IL employees Of
the Customhouse. mostly Ohio and Iowa
men, have been discharged by the Collec-
tor. The manner Of their discharge makes
~ RACttt CitdL thab thS
cent dispatch are correct, and that the
fight ia many sided. 1t is believed that
the President is trying to punish Sherman
in kind for old scores, by turning out his
friends here; that Arthur is laying the
wires for reelection that Logan is being
neglected or little consulted in the changes,
and that Collector S~paulding is to get the
Senatorship to help Arthur.
Indians Forthcoming h Govern
menr.
MONTREAL, Feb. 3.-The C~aughnawaga
Indians, occupying the reserve near this
city. who have made great advances in
civilization, many OF them being well edu-
Gated and in prosperous circumstances,
have petitioned the Government for all the
rights Of free citizens. Public opinion is
favorable to their demand, and ii is likely
to BIZ acceded to,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04
DOUBT In oUIrEAU-s CASE.

Guiteau's counsel propose to have the
proceedings in his case reviewed by the
full bench of Judges. Scoville has filed
numerous reasons why q new trial should
be granted the prisoner. OF these only
two seem to be worthy of consideration.
He claims that the verdict Of the jury is
uncertain and defective, in that it found
the prisoner guilty as indicted" If the
indictment varies the charge in different
degrees. under several courts, it would
appear that the verdict in this form can.
not hold. by reason Of uncertainty.
But the most serious item in the bill of
exceptions is that the offense committed
by the prisoner is not legally punishable
in the District of Columbia. AS soon as
the President died in New Jersey it be-
gan to be discussed whether the Court in
Washington had jurisdiction to try
Guiteau for murder. Judge Cox has
decided the question adversely to the
defense; but he has done SO in disregard
Of the authority Of the Circuit Court, to
which his own tribunal is successor.
In 1909 a man named Bladen was in
dicted in the District of Columbia for
manslaughter. The mortal blow was in
Aicted at Alexandria, then within the
limits Of the District. The victim died
in the State Of Maryland. After a yer.
dict of guilty, the prisoner was dis.
charged. The Court, of which William
Cranch was then Chief Judge, held, in
the language of the official report, ''that
as the death happened in St. Mary's
County, in Maryland, although the fatal
stroke was given here, the judgment
must be for the prisoner, the offense not
being complete within our Jurisdiction"
Has the law on this subject changed
in the District Of Columbia since 1909?
1t has been said that certain statutes Of
the United States have changed the rule;
but the laws cited do not seem applicable
to Guiteau's case. They are intended to
affect only such ofenses as are crimes
against the Federal Government. both in
the place in which the criminality begins
and in which it ends. But, although
murder is crime against the Federal
Government at Washington, it is not SO
in New Jersey, where President Garfield
died. There is nothing in the reported
words of Judge Cox to indicate that he
sought to justify his setting aside the
rule in the Bladen case by reference to
any statute. Why a single Judge should
override q prior decision Of the full
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04

~ No one allowed on the ice except en- masque.
This rule will be strictly enforced.
80 The management will be in competent
hands, and the order herstofo re observed will
prevail. Skates furnished all persons on ap-
plication. ALEX. MCKAY d co.
Eureka, Feb. Q, lss2. fAtd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04

bench on the precise point of law before
him is not entirely plain. 1t may be
that Judge Cox has consulted with the
other members Of the bench and that
their construction Of the law in Guiteau's
case is expressed in his own opinion.
Otherwise, G~uiteau's fate is by no means
yet determined.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04
CANDELARIA.

The Near Completion of IN G. d
C. r.. Ran Expected Boom in
the Distriet-sOme Gossip About
the Mines.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04
PACIFIC COAST ADvICES.
The Verdict of n Cor0ner's Jury.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

ESPECIAL TO THE s~EyTINEL.I
SHASTA, Feb. 3.-The officers have re-
turned from the scene Of the homicide on
Cow Greek. The Coroner's Jury justified
Milton, and decided that deceased, Wood
ward, came to his death by a shot from
a pistol in his own hands, while attempt
ing to shoot Milton.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04
DIED.

At Eureka. Feb. 2. 1882, Katie. daughter Of
J. b. Cook, aged 10 days.
The funeral will take place at 2 O'Clock this
Saturday afternoon from the family rest
denee on Paul street. Friends and acquain.
tancss are invited to attend.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04

The swallows had grown SO numerous at
one time In New York as TO be Q nuisance
aud q plague. Angelina was walking in
the park with Adolphus. and she asked him
which he thought were the worst, swallows
or wormsa "Doa-n't kna-ow," he
drawled, "neyver had sparrows."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-04

A San Francisco policeman has become
insane. A burglar accidentally ran right
into his arms. and the fright crazed him.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
Asphalt Payements.

Correspondence s-Democrat.
Washington, Dec. !, l3S2-Lieut.
Greene, the engineer in charge of
the streets of Washington, has
submitted to the District commits
sioneas his annual report. This
report is important. aud interest.
ing, particularly to those who feel
an interest in street asphalt pave
ment. Those who have not visited
Washington fer the last 10 or II
years would be both surprised and
gratiiled at the change in the con.
dltion of Washington streets. In
the place of almost impossible mud
IN wet weather, and binding dust
in dry weather, there are now the
smoothest and cleanest streets to
be found anywhere in the world.
For driving these streets are I'M
equaled. Asphalt has wrought
this delightful change. Wood pave.
ments were given q trial aud found
to be a failure. The wood quickly
rotted and, after very short
time, the streets were wood was
laid. became not only unfit for use
but unhealthy. Next coal tar was
tested. At first it seemed to an
swer very well, but it was soon
discovered that it was open to two
objections. 1t was too yielding in
warm weather and cost too much
TO keep it in repair. At last the
engineers determined to expert
ment with asphalt. The expert
ments<ere entirely satisfactory,
and would be extremely difficult
now to get the engineers to put
down any other kind Of pavement.
Lieut.. Greene's report shows that
now, in Washington, there are ls
miles Of concrete pavement, the
greater part of which is asphalt.
Every year several miles of This
kind of pavement are laid. The
asphalt used is known as the Trim
idad asphalt. 1t is brought to this
city from the island of Trinidad in
hard cakes. Here it is put through
. process by which It is prepared
for tho streets. II Is mixed with
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
Mississippi River Estimates.

In reply to the resolution of
Senator Jonas, calling upon the
Secretary of War for estimates of
the Mississippi River Commission
they have been sent to the Senate.
They aggregate s1,673,OOO. This
is proposed to be expended in mar
rowing the channel and protecting
caving banks ON six reaches be-
low Cairo. as follows:
New Madrid reach, 40 miles
Plum Point reach, 80 miles; Mem
phis reach, 16 miles Helena reach
80 miles; Choctaw Bend reach.
80 miles Lake Providence reach,
30 miles; and for improving the
harbors at Vicksburg, Natchez
and New Orleans; for making a
lock at Bayou Plaquemine; for the
rectitication of Red and Atchafa-
laya rivers, and for closing ere
vases and outlets as auxiliary to
the channel improvements.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
England's Greatest Tradesman.
Marion Junction, Ala.

William Whitley is perhaps the
most interesting specimen Of the
British tradesman extant. He set
up fn 1868 with q staff consisting
of himself, two clerks and an er-
rand boy. Now he employs 3100
persons, 1900 Of whom he boards
at his own hotel, to supply which
aud his patrons he maintains a
farm at Finchley. lie gets his
mail in wagon, and sends ont 140
men to deliver his goods. The
clerks have lectures and Bible
classes, teachers of French, music,
German, shorthand, drawing, etc.
and innunerable dramatic, litera-
ry and aesthetic associations. Mr..
Whitley calls himself the "Uni-
versal Provider,D and lives up to
his name, furnishing dry goods,
groceries, provisions, confection-
cry, cake, brea furniture, musical
instruments. toys, coal, railroad
tickets, books, newspapers, sta
tionery, boots and shoes, patent
medicines, hardware; ii needs be,
BARRIERS, walters and clereynen,
cradles and collins. His place of
business is al NestbouTnc tsroye,
London.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
NO. 21
Horrible Murder.

NArdHAN STATION. Miss, Dec. :.
Editor Jackson Comet:
A terrible crime has just been
developed at Yszoo City. IN the
year 1878 a young man became
enamored of the daughter-in.law
of Samuel Bristol, living 4 miles
from Canton; but the union was
opposed by Bristol, who threat
ened the young man, VIM. Avery,
with death in case he perseyered
in his suit for the young Iady's
hand. But young Avery was not
to be thwarted in that way, and
went boldly into the presence Of
the father-in-law while at work in
his shop, and stated his purpose
to marry the young lady. 1t is
stated that Bristol got his gun to
shoot Avery, when the latter, in
self-defcnse, threw q hammer and
killed Bristol. lie escaped inte
fazoo county, and happened to
get into u neighborhood of Bris.
tors friends. In the night col
ored farmer happened to see him
IN his corn field, and mistaking
him for an escaped convict, arres.
ted him. The next day, as near as
can be learned, eight persons
started with him ostensibly for the
purpose of taking him to Canton
Jail. The parties named are; II.
A. Bell, j. I. Bristol, John Moore,
J. w. Ricketts,, VIM. Bristol, jr.,
VIM. Helm and Ben Bell; the other
name not ascertained The party
turned off the main road, went
into n swamp, and drew lots to SEQ
who should kill yonng Avery. The
choice fell on John Moore, when
he refused. Again they drew lot,
but without avail. Then young
Avery was sho. several times and
beheaded. The report was given
out that he had escaped and run
away. But the belief has been
firm that he had been foully dealt
with. At last two of the parties
have turned States evidence, j,
w. Ricketts, and William Helm
r. A. Bell aud J. I. Bristol have
been arrested and are now under
going trial at Yazoo City. JOIN
Moore and William Bristol have
run away. Ben Bell was killed BY
Rickets. The indignation here il
very strong against Rickets, VIII,
is believed to have been leader
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

Archer, the famous jockey, is to
be married Christmas to one of the
prettiest girls in Newmarket, the
daughter of John Dawson, the
trainer. Archer is building n house
at Newmarket of red brick, with
deep stone dressing, and hand
somely decorated. Itbas ornamen-
tai and kitchen gardens, stables,
hot-house, on elegant conservatory
and every comfort, including an
enormous mastifi. There is q pri.
vate Turkish bath, in which Archer
proposes to keep himself down to
all but skeleton weight. lie can.
not take walking exercise. lie is
worth 100000, invested for him by
Lord Falmouth in solid securities.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
Lake Bolivar Leree Work.


A correspondent of the Rose
dale Leader, writing FROM Bolivar
Landing, gives the following infor-
nation:
That portion of levee which is
being built on willow mattresses,
is how up to ordinary high water
mark, and no sinking has yet Oc-
Cured. In two or three weeks,
with favorable weather, the levee
will be completed. The levee just
above, known as the Wade break,
will be finished in ten days.
For the energetic manner in
which these works have been car
ried on much credit is due to j. S.
McTighc and Messrs. Fruin & Co.
The levee across Lake Bolivar is
considered the most important in
the levee district, as a break in it
will overflow all the plantations
around the Lake, and q large por.
ton of the Deer creek and VIII
liams bayou country. embracing
ten or fifteen thousand acres of
cultivated land.
The crops in this nei eighborhood
have turned out well, especially on
Egypt Ridge. Much of the cotton
remains in the fields, as the high
price paid for levee hands induces
many 10 work ON the levee who
otherwise would be picking cotton
For the same reason many of the
front planters are not able to get
labor to repair the damages occa-
stoned by the overflow.
The town Of Bolivar Landing
has been thrown out by the new
levee, and the stores and dwellings
are being moved out OH the Lake,
and the new town Is beginning to
assume quite neat appearance.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

A member Of a certain church
was laid aside by illness, and com.
planned bitterly to his pastor that
only one or two persons had come
to see him. my friend,r said the
minister, "you have been a pro-
Tossing Christian for thirty years.
During this long period how many
sick have you visited ~ "Oh,'
replied be, "it never struck me in
that light. I thought only of the
relations Of others to me, and not
of my relations to them.'
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

d. Mayer s. Co., who have large
levee contracts, have completed
the one from Raleigh to Willow
Point on the Louisiana side, and
will complete on the Mississippi
side running from Magma Vista to
Chotard, about the 10Th instant.
This firms contracts altogether
measured about 100000 cubic yds.
They have pushed the work rap.
idly; other contractors are en-
deayoring to get Mayer & Co. to
assist them. Vicksbnrg CONNER.
cial.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

"You mustn't touch the top of
the baby's head,p said q mother to
her year-old, "she has q soft spot
there that is very tender" The
youngster gazed at it curiously for
a moment, and then asked: "Do
all babies have soft places Oh
their heads ~ " "Yes.r "Did papa
have a soft spot on the top of his
head when he was a baby ?" "Yes,"
replied the mother with a sigh,
"and be has got it yet" And the
old man, who had overheard the
conversation from an adjoining
room, sang out: "Yes, indeed he
has, my dear boy, or he would be a
single man to-day
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

river sand and cement. These form
the base of the prepared asphalt.
When ready for use it has very
much the appearance ofvery damp,
black sand. The durability of the
sheet asphalt pavement depends
almost wholly on the foundation.
The foundation, in a properly con.
structed pavement, is smooth and
almost as hard as rock.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
FIXTURE Gambling.
IVicksbvrg lIerald.l

Senator Morgan on Friday in
troduced an amendment to the
United States bankrupt law max.
ing the buying and selling of fu-
tnres per sc an act of bankruptcy.
The amendment was promptly ac-
cepted and there is no reason to
doubt its acceptability to the
House. When the bankrupt law
goes in force it is probable the "fu.
ture" feature will be part of it.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
EEYILLE TIMES.
TEENS. arm DISTRICT.
CIRCUIT COURT.

D county-Begins on the lst
bf March and October, and may
4 ! judicial days.
ha county-Begins on the Ind
Df March and October, and may
y judicial days.
county-Begins on the 4th
of March and October. and may
. u judicial days.
Ewer county-Begins on the 2nd
affer the 4th Monday Of March
4ober, and may continue 6 ju-
4ys.
n county-Begins on the 3rd
tine 4th Monday of March
bber, and may continue 6 judicial
lena county-Begins on the 4th
Fafter the 18th Monday of March
|Dber, and may continue 6 judicial
[ington county-Begins on the
5day after the 4th Monday of
Ind October, and may continue 30
days.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16

Fogg says his wife is the most
fickle-minded person he over saw.
The other day she spoke of Miss
Blank as charming young lady,
and remarkably handsome. "And,r
said Fogg, 81 told her that was
just what | thought; that Miss
Blank was most delightful young
lady, one whose beautiful face one
never tired of gazing upon, and
considerable more to the same eff
feet. Well, would you believe it,
Mrs. T. suddenly tackled about and
said: oh, she isn't so very pret-
"! She's got an awful homcly
nose, her mouths mile too big
and she hasn't got a bit of express
sion in her eyes. Then she's got
such disagreesble way with her."
Boston Transcript.
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
Ed. STOKES.
From Sing sing 20 the Society OF
Bonanza Kings.
[Brooklyn Eagle.l

The career Of Edward Stokes is
remarkable. | was AZ Gahe Cases
rOad-hOnse yesterday when he
drove up with his beautiful team
of flyers, and sprightly lighting to
the ground, stepped into the bar
room. On every side he was sa-
luted with "Hullo Ed and hands
were stretched ont to grasp his MS
he moved along. Merchants, ban.
kers, brokers, lawyers, million
aires, men about town, gentlemen
of leisure, and men of the highest
social standing all greeted him
warmly, and he was asked by half
a dozen to drink with them. Could
ANYTHING be more extraordinary ?
He, rs every one knows, is the
man who deliberately killed Col.
Jim Fisk at the Grand Central
Hotel, was tried for murder, aud
spent several years in a murderer's
cell in Sing Sing. When he came
out nothing was heard of him for
some time until he suddenly splur-
ged out as the proprietor of swell
uptown hotel, which is now fa.
nous because it has the most gor-
geous bar-room in the world.
Stokes has filled this superb drin-
king saloon with Il collection of
statuary and pictures-all studies
in the nude-which is perhaps un.
rivaled in this country. He next
appeared as the bosom friend of
John w. Mackey, the Bonanza
king, who always stops at Stokes
hotel when in New York. After
this he took to theatrical ventures
by leaning capital TO actors ambi
tious TO build theatres. Lately he
has begun to erect q theatre him.
self, though his name is carefully
kept in the back ground, for fear
of the prejudice which still exists
in the minds Of many good citizens
against the man who killed the
genial and generous Jim Fisk.
His very last move, however, has
been in the direction of trottine
horses. Ho splnrged out in that
direction very suddenly. He jog,
ged up TO Fleetwood Park one day
behind a pair of keen looking
horses, named Lyman and Bel
Flower. He Dragged rather loud
ly of their speed, and n match wai
arranged between them and an
other team, which STOKES won ca
silly and scooped in more thousan,
dollars than he had fingers in hal
an hour. Since then he has beer
very solid with turfmen, who al
ways admire a man of that kind
Stokes is still handsome man
though his face is very deepl,
lined and bis hair gray. lie is a
vain as when he held the ladies' re
ceptions in the Tombs, and dresee
with an extrayagance unequalel
by many millionaires in New York
He is popular among men here
which Is n curious thing. Onl
question constantly presents ii
self-wOuld he have attained hi
present position of influence AM
wealth if he had not killed jim
| Fisk
The Greenville times., 1882-12-16
Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton.

In lecture Of George Alfred
Townsend Gath we have this
picture of three heroes of the re-
volution:
These three men represented
three ideas. all necessary to the
republic. Adams represented in
depence, Jefferson liberty. and
Hamilton empire. The elder two
had brought the nation forth, while
Hamilton dressed it in q constitu-
ton and gave il u financial milk
bottle. Twenty two years younger
than Mr.. Adams, he had been edu.
Gated on the military staff, and
making no allowance for the ge-
MUS of Western people, this
Englishman-born hastcned to mold
America to instant maturity, for
he was q statesman by nature, and
lead her into a military career
against Spain's colonies, where in
the decaying powers Of Washing
ton Hamilton would be the New
Worlds Napoleon.
Jefferson, of q feminine and sus-
piciOus nature, like a Welshman,
and with physical courage alto
gether below his mental originality
had lost his judgment in his SYM
pathy with peace, and come TO
consider Washington himself a
conspirer against his own people.
President Adams, crotchetty but
all masculine, believed in neither
Hanilt0n's army nor Jetferson's
mob. He wanted to keep his
country out of the vortex of Eu
ropean war and maintain the inde-
pendence we had secured. To
this end he signed the alien and
sedition bill passed by Hamilton's
friends in Congress, but he would
not make the English alliance
Hamilton demanded, nor attack
France and her ally. Spain. He
incurred Hamilton's resentment,
and the consequence of Hamil-
toms legislation fell upon Adams's
never great popularity, the Fede-
raj party fell in half, and Aaron
Burr organized the opposition into
victory, and on his bullet Hamil-
! ton wrecked q life whose artificial
honor was ever stronger than its
moral toue. From the chaos Pres
ident Adams drew Chief Justice
who had been the main supporter
of his administration in Congress
and diplomacy, and who saved the
judicial bench of this government
from insanity for thirty.fve years,
or till Mr.. Jefferson's organization
had ceased to rule The intuitive,
the profound, the perfect model
of a Judge-John Marshall, of
Virginia.