Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-19
EASTERN NEWS.
REPRESENTATIVE Willis Bill for F6dGfal
Aid to EduHt0n.
ACCIDENT AT AN OIL LEASE
AT RUTHERFORD, Pa.
General Resumption Of Work in Glass
Factories and Mines.
TEE REPORTED ACTION OF sIsxARcE
NOT AUTHENTICATED.
rrKie Lands ic- the Survivors Of The
Mountain xsaicw Massacre.
ESPECIAL 10 rzK sExTISKL.I
A Bill for Federal Aid TO Educatfon.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Bspresentative
Willis has prepared a most interesting
table 10 accompany his Till for Federal
aid 70 education, which shows that Hitter
acy holds the balance OF power IN IA
Northern and all Of the Southern States.
In s. States there is 1.S71.217 lliterste
voters. Only one voter in FIVE can write
his ovn name in the Southern States. The
illiterste voters in South Carolina are
more than one half; in Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina and
Virginia, one in two, while in Missouri,
with one in nine, presents the best record
in the Presidential election Of 1876. New
York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Con-
nscticut, Iadiana. California, Nevada,
Ohio, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode
Island, Michigan and Pennsylvania were
ranged on the side Of illiterscy. In the
last Presidential contest 80 States Of the
Union, with 298 electoral votes, were again
within the dominion Of sovereigns who
could not read the very charter OF their
liberties. The msiorities which they gave
could have been overthrow by the COM
bined vote Of their illiterate voters, even
If those iliiter9te voters had been five
times as great as they were. In 1876 60
out of our rs Senators, three-ffths OF
whom, and 259 of the 292 Representatives
were in the grasp OF illiteracy. In 1880 So
Of our 76 Senators and 1872 of our 325 Rep
resentatives were in States and districts
where the illitera.e voters held the balance
of power.
Fatal Effects Of Agftasing an Oil
Well.
BRADFORD, Pa, Feb. 18.-A fatal acct
dent occurred on an oil lease at Ruther-
ford Run, three miles from this city.
Jacob Dickey was agitating the well, using
for the purpose an iron rod about II feet
long. This was attached to q rope passing
through q crown pulley rod, dropping
down the tubing till it reached the sand
rock rod. II agitated the well SO effec-
lively as to cause q strong flow OF gas,
which blew the rod and rope out Of the
we'll and up into the derrick. In its
descent, the point Of the rod struck Mr..
Dickey square on the top of the head, and
passed through his head toward the left,
and came out at the occipital bone, and
passed on down through the left shoulder,
through the left lung, narrowly escaping
the heart, and passed out below the last
rib, protruding several inches. The man
did not lose his consciousness through the
whole Of it, but stood without finching
during the operation of pulling the rod
from his body. He lived long enough to
give directions about his funeral.
Not Authenticated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The State De
psrtment has not received information
corroborative of the reports that Bismarck
returned the resolutions of coincidence or
Herr Lasker's death to the German Minis
ter here with instructions to return then
to Congress. Secretary Frelinghuyser
telegraphed our Minister at Berlin for in
formation, but has NOT yet received
reply. The Secretary IS inclined TO doub
the truth of the matter in view of the fac
that neither he nor the German Minister
have been informed Of any such actor
by Bismarck.
Herr Won Eisendecker, the German
Minister, has not received any informa
ton on the subject as yet, nor intimstioI
that the resolution was on the way to him
He said if such was the case he though
the communication transmitting il woul(
convince everybody that the resolution wa.
not returned in a spirit of retaliation.
General Resumption of Work.
PrrrsBuRG,. Feb. 18.-There will be al
almost general resumption of work thil
week in the iron mines. glass factories ant
river coal mines. Many of the mill
flooded out started up last week, and tn
balance will be running in a few days. AL
the glass factories will be working by to
morrow. After seven months suspension
on account OF the strike, the river Goa
mines, which have been closed nearl,
all Winter, owing to the depression il
trade, resumed work to-day, when no at
tempt was made to reduce wages. The re
sumption gives employment to man,
Thousands of men. The Railroad mine q
Scott Haven struck against Q reduction
Saturday night, and the mines were shu
down.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-House-Bill
were introduced and referred to Peel
granting 800 acres of the public lands t.
each Of the survivors Of the Mountain
Meadow massacre.
By Belford-A resolution calling upoI
the Secretary Of State to inform the Hous
whether Prince Bismarck has sent his de
partment any letter touching the resolu
ton recently passed by this House con
corning the death of Herr Lasker. and /
80. TO transmit q copy Of the same. ant
inform the House Of any advices he ma,
have on the subject.
Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle
PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. 1S.-Near tn,
quarantine station at Deering. Me-. are Q;
head Of cattle afflicted with mouth an(
foot disease, which is said to have sprung
from an English importation. DR.
Thayer, United States Cattle Commits
, %sioner. is on the ground, and is taking
every precaution to prevent the spread Of
the disease.
Arrest of Jim stanton.
!, New YORK, Feb. 1s.-James Stanton
who was arrested here. is the man who