Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-09

Is have been received from per-
ION living in Georgia and Virginia.
From our correspondents in those States
we learn that the success OF tho prohibition
movement is 10 Maine.
Matters Assuming Their Normal
Condition.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 6.--Things
are settling down in Charleston. and a
slight tremor OF earthquake which is felt
once or twice q day attract little more
attention than the running Of passing
wagons. Lsborers are OF work In every
direction, cleaning away masses Of falling
brick and stone, and there are strenuous
efforts made to protect injured buildings
from expected rains. Everywhere there
are signs of restoration Of the normal CON-
dition of things, and business is trans
acted lust as usual. The Relief Committee
which was organized last Saturday is
actively at work, and has now provided
accommodations in tents and huts for
over 5000 persons. Besides this the
Subsistence Committee is in full swing,
and ia serving out to-day ample rations 10
all worthy applicants. Contributions
are coming in very freely. aud the aggre-
gate now 10 about SlOO,OOU.
s44 The Vermont Elections.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. Sept. b.
Thirty .one towns give Governor .Ormsby
Republican, $3.50 votes. and for. Shnrt.
left (Democrat) 3,554-a majority for
Ormsby OF Q 1897. Out of 81 towns % are
for Edmunds. From six there are no re-
turns. One is for Edmunds, and two
have no choice. Returns are coming In
very slowly.
LArER-One hundred and thirty-eight
towns give Ormsby (Rep.) for Governor
2 1858, and Shurtleff (Dem.) 11,247-a
Republican majority Of 1884, with r103
towns to be heard from. For members OF
'Congress-From the First District Al
towns give Stewart (Rep.) 1873 and
Bridgeham (Dem.) 4, 202. Stewards ma
jority is 7,173, with 80 towns to hear from.
In the Second District "a towns
give Grant (Rep.) 1884 and Folsom
(Dem.l 5.754. Grants majority is 6.770,
with 81 towns to hear from. The Repub.
licsns have elected 112 members Of the
House of Representatives, the Democrats
10, and the Workingmen /. OF the Re
publican members elected 80 favor Ed
munds for the United States Senate.
k. OF l.. Changes Proposed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. SIT is under.
stood that at the National Convention Of
the Knights Of Labor at Richmond next
month changes OF the present law will be
made. amounting TO a complete reorgan-
izstion of the order. The State assemblies
under the new plan, will have control OF
the territory under their Jurisdiction, but
the acts of their officers will be subject to
q reversal by the General Master Work.
man. Thus Mr.. Powderly will retain su-
preme control, while gaining relief from
routine work that now falls! upon bis
shoulders. The plan has been thoroughly
canvassed since the Adjournment Of the
Cleveland Convention, and there is little
doubt but that it will be adopted.
Dem White TRASH"
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Sept. 8.-A specia
to the Advertiser from Gsdsden, Ala.
| gives an account Of q horrible crime by
negro parent. Gabe Watts. He lived II
miles in the country in o cabin with three
| children, the eldest OF which Is 10 years o
age. Recently he expressed . wish TO go
rid of them, and q few nights since, JUS
before daybreak, be knocked all Of then
in the head with a stick and piled up tn
bedding on the floor, set fire to the house
fastened 10 and left. The fire Was dis
covered, but when taken Out one child wa
dead and the other two were barely alive
the skulls of both being fractured. Cab
has been arrested. He confessed tn
crime, and said he did it because he didn'
want the children to fall in the hands o
white folks.
A Probably Fatal Accident.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8.-This Afternoon
while a force Of men was engaged in tear
ing down the old Young Mems Christian
Association building, preparatory to tn
erection Of q new one. the s%pringing of al
inside wall threw down the upper tier o
jOists, upon which were 81 workmen, pre-
cipitating them to the floor below-abou
20 feet. All OF the men were more or lesi
injured. But seven were caught in tn
debris, and had to be extricated. OF thes,
it was found that four were dangerously
injured perhaps fatally.
Election Results I'm Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Sept. g. Partia
returns from one.hslf Of the counties II
the State indicate no change from the es
Inmates telegraphed on Monday night
The combinations between the Republican
and other elements affected by the Dem
ocratic tickets wholly or in part stale thai
the labor ticket carried White and Nevads
counties. and will receive probably 4.00t
or 5000 votes in the Stste-drawn about
equally from the Democrats and Repub.
lioans. The Legislature is largely Demo
cratic, losses and gains being equal.
A Mexican Anniversary.
Cry OF MEXICO. Sept. 8.-To.dsy being
the Anniversary Of she Defense Of the
Castle Of Chepultepec during the Ameri-
can war, g solemn memorial service com.
memorative of the valor of the cadets who
fell there was held at Chepultepec. the
President of the Cabinet and the highest
officials Of the Army and Civil Service be-.
ing present. Services were also held In
all OF the churches. 100
A Terrible Storm.
BosToN. Mass. Sept. 8.-A cable dis
patch speaks of 3 hail-storm accompanied
by q high wind which recently prevailed in
Paris and Its environs. It was most
severe in the suburbs. where 10 destroyed
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