Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-06
EASTERN Ne WIS.
Two New Civil Service Commissioners
Appointed.
A WIFE MURDERER WHO Is
PROBABLY INSANE.
The Elaine-Irish Republicans Blamed for
Davenport's Defeat.
NEW JERSEYS NEXT LEGISLATURE WILL
BE REPUBLICAN.
The Result Of Tuesdays Elec-
ton in Massachusetts,.
LEES MAJORITY is PROBABLY
10000.
The Result Of Tuesdays Elec
ton in Massachusetts.
LEES MAJORITY Is PROBABLY
10000.
SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

A New Givtl service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The President
this afternoon appointed Dorman b. Eaton
as a momber of the Civil Service Commits
sion in place of Thoman, whose resigna-
ton was accepted to take effect November
/. The appointment is but a temporary
one. However, as it Is proposed to ap-
point a permanent successor to Judge
Thoman in o short time Eaton consented
to serve q few weeks, in order to assist the
newly-appointed Commissioner in famili-
arizing themselves with their duties, and
also close up certain unfinished matters,
in which he is greatly interested. 1t is
not known who will succeed Eaton, beyond
the fact that the new appointee will be a
Republican in full sympathy with Civil
Service Reform.
LATER-The President to-day appointed
Alfred p. Edgerton, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
as Civil Service Commissioner in place OF
Dorman B. Eaton, resigned, and William
j. Trenholm, of South Carolina, in place
Of J.. NJ. Gregory, resigned.
Probably Insane.
BUFFALO, Nov. 5.-The body of Eva
Herman, wife of Charles Herman, was
found In the room OF the couple in this
city to-day. They were heard quarreling
on Sunday night, and the fact that Mrs.
Herman had not since been seen led to an
investigation. The body was lying on q
bed. Her throat was cut from ear to ear,
and her hands gashed in q struggle, to
which the state OF the room bore witness.
The woman kept a market stall, and the
husband is q butcher out of work. He has
been seen to enter the house every evening
and leave every morning since the tragedy,
and as there is but one bed it is believed
he has been sleeping beside the corpse OF
his wife. He has not been arrested.
latest New York Election News.
New YORK, Nov. 5.-Hon. Mahlon
Chance, of Ohio, attributes Davenport's
defeat to the detection OF the Blaine Irish
Republicans and the solid vote Of the Pro-
hibitionists.
ELMIRA, N. Y, Nov. 5.-Governor-elect
Hill was serenaded by the Elmira Club to-
night. In response to calls he delivered
an address, in which he thanked them for
having assisted in vindicating him from
the charges which had been brought against
him during the campaign. He congratu-
lated the party upon the fact that New
York is q Democratic State, and he said
Republicans had left their party and be-
came permanently identified with the Dem
ocratic party.
The New Jersey Legislature he.
publican.
New YORK, Nov. 5.-The Tribune gives
the complexion of the next Legislature in
New Jersey as follows: Senate-Republi
cans, 10; Democrats, 8. House-Republi.
cans, so; Democrats, 81; Independent
Democrat, l. This gives the Republicans
q majority of nine on a joint ballot, and
insures the election of a Republican
United States Senator.
The Result i'm Massachusetts.
Boston, Nov. 5.-The vote of the State,
with five towns to hear from, shows;
Robinson, (Republican,) 112. 343; Prince,
(Democrat,) 90, 1876; Lathrop, (Prohibi,
t~ionist,) 1854; Sumner, Labor 2,194,
Robinson's plurality over Prince is IL, 207
Maryland Strongly Democratic.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 5.-Suficient returns
have been received to indicate that the
majority for the Democratic State ticket
will be nearly 80. 900. The Legislature
will be nearly two-thirds Democratic.
An Appointment.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The Presidentsto'
day appointed E. l.. Carson. of Texas, az
Indian Agent at Ouray, Utah.
Lees Majority Fully $4,000.
RICHMOND. Nov. 5.-Lee's majority will
reach 25, 900, and may go to 80, 1000.