Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-02

the clerks dropped were recently borne on
the rolls Of the Internal Revenue Bureau.
but were detailed to work in other offices.
The changes in the Registers offices were
due to the reduced appropriation. Several
changes in the Navigation Bureau, which
had been provided for by Congress, also
went into effect.
General Grants Critical Condition.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-Gen. Dent, who
is Gen. Grants brother-in-law, said to-day:
81 am afraid that Gen. Grant will not last
MANY more days. To-day / received infor-
nation from the family that the cancer has
commenced to inisme the jugular vein.
and that death is a question of only a few
DAYS in the opinion of his physicians"
MT. McGREGoR, June 3O-9:45 P. NJ
DR.. Douglas has composed his patient for
the night. The doctor said he had
scarcely cleared his throat during the
evening, and so little had been the mucus
secretion that the General would have been
able to speak this evening had he exerted
himself, there being less thickness of the
tongue than has been the case. The doc
tor believed the indications for a comfort
able night were as strong as last night.
Samuel L. Clemens arrived at the cottage
this evening.
A Railroad Pool.
New YORK, July 1.-The World says that
a very important railroad pool was formed
yesterday by Jay Gould and @. P. Hunt
ingten, by which a vast system of roads,
extending from st. Louis to San Fran
cisco, will be perfected practically as one.
Huntington signs for the Southern Pacific
system, Gould for the Missouri Pacific
system, Receiver Clark for the Houston
and Texas Central, and George Sealy for
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. Other
roads will join the pool, which is to last
for a period of five or ten years On q basis
to be agreed upon. The roads are to work
Extensively and defensively with each other.
II the roads cannot agree as to the per-
centage of business, the matter shall be
left to arbitration. Rates are to be adj
vanced after tomorrow.
Appointments.
WARRINGTON, July 1.-The President
appointed VIM. M. Rockhill, of Mare
Island, as Secretary of the Legation Of
the United States to China; Charles DENLY,
for India, Second Secretary of the SAM
Legation. The President has decided on
the appointment of William Dorsheimer
to be United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York, vice E.
B. Root, resigned, and of Martin G. Nc
Mahon to be United States Marshal for
the same district, vice J.. B. Erhard. The
appointments will probably be announced
tomorrow.
Severe winter I'm Alaska.
WASHINGTON, July 1. - Lieutenant
Ok0nnu ~ fho AIocla EvpInrsnn Evnad;-
ton, reports to the Navy Department of
the arrival of himself and party at Him
link, Onnslska, on June G.. He says the
past Winter was severe, and that the Behr-
ing Sea was never before seen with such
heavy ice. The Lieutenant will go north
ward as fast as the ice will permit.
The Ute Situation quiet.
DENVER, Col, July 1.-The News Just
received the following:
~IGNAoIo, Col, June 30.-The head chief
of the Utes promises no further retalia-
lily of six on Friday morning, June 10.
Peace is secured. (signed.)
SToLLsHEIMER, Agent.
A Prominent Republican Suicides.
New ORLEANS, July IA. j. Dunont,
late a naval officer of the port and chair.
man of the Republican State Central Com
mittee, blew his brains out to-day at his
house at Algiers. Family trouble is said
to have been the cause.
A Fatal Fire.
CLEVELAND, July by a fire in a frame
building on Broadway this morning a Miss
Misele and two little children lost theil
lives. The other occupants escaped with
difficulty.
A Business Failure.
Boston, July 1.-Messrs. Bowditch,
Skillings d Co., wholesale milliners Of
this city, have failed, and are negotiating
a compromise with their creditors.
The Debt Statement.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The debt state.
ment to be issued to-day will show a reduc'
| tion during June of S.. 500. 600.