Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-24
MxaterY solved.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The Daily News
Bellsire, Ohio, special says; In the Au-
tumn of 1854 Margaret Porter, then 8
handsome country girl, got tired of the
monotony Of country life and found m
ployment in this city. One September
evening she left Bellaire to visit her coun-
try home. She was never seen afterward
until this week. Suspicious Of foul play
were at once aroused among her friends,
and there was even talk Of the criminal
prosecution of two suspected parties. The
most rigid examination failed to furnish
any clue to the missing girl. The matter
finally died out, and the public heard
nothing more OF Margaret Porter's disap-
p~earance until recently. when Q skeleton
was found in an abandoned stone quarry
that lay along side Of the path taken by
the girl on her last visit to her country
home. Harrison Porter, the father Of
the missing girl, now past 80 years Of age,
was almost frantic with grief, for he had
always expressed the belief that he would
sec her alive.
Last week the old gentleman received q
letter stating that his daughter was still
alive and we'll, and could be found at
Farmer Wells place, on Short Creek. A
brother of the girl found the place desig-
mated In the letter. and there he found a
young girl, hardly 20 years of age, who
resembled his lost sister. He found that
the young girls mother lived on Whitney
Island. He visited the place and found
the object Of his search. Brother and
sister recognized each other at first
sight, and the erring daughter confessed
her fault and was brought home to her
aged father. She had gone away to hide
her shame, and though never mora than
six miles from her home. she had not the
courage to return. She says that when
she read the newspaper accounts OF the
skeleton and how her father yet hoped to
see her, she could stand it no longer, and
sent her own child to Short Greek, that
Cleveland's Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-It IL thought
that New Jerseys chances for securing .
Cabinet Office under the new administra-
ton arelimproving. Ex-senator John
Stockton will be Secretary OF the Navy il
the influence Of the New Jersey Democrats
can accomplish his appointment. His
strength, however, lies in his fitness for
the place, and not in the geographical po-
sition of the State. New York will prob
ably have the Secretaryship of the Treas
ury, and on the other hand, II Bayard is
given the Treasury portfolio, New York
will in all probability be put at the State
Department. The question for Grover
Cleveland to decide is, whether he viii Sc
lect three members Of his Cabinet from At
lantic Coast States. If he decides to do SO,
Stockton is reasonably sure OF the appoint
ment; but, il not, neither New Jersey nor
Connecticut will be represented in the
Cabinet. Southern and Western politi-
clans argue that if the State and Treasury
Departments are given to the East, the
War, Navy, Interior and Postofice Depart
ments aud Attorney Generslship should go
to the South, West and Northwest. The
Pacific Slope will probably not be recog-
nized by the President-eleot in the forma-
ton of his Cabinet.
Sentenced TO h Penifentiary.
TORONTO. Ont, Dec. 23.-Charles Muir
ray, the Californian who fired two shots at
John W. Bunting, a medical student, dur
ing q dispute over q game of billiards in q
saloon 10 days ago, to-day was sentenced
to three years in the P~enitentiary.
An Ex tensfve C0nfiagratiOn.
Troy, N. Y, Dec. 23.-Cambridge,
Washington county, was visited by a great
confagration this morning. Four large
business blocks were completely destroyed.
The probable loss is between $3.50, 900 and
5000, 900. The estimated insurance is be-
tween $50, 900 and SIS, 600,