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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-08-13
Matter Of Administrators Sale.
I'm the Sixth Judicial District C0ur
of tho State Of Nevada, i'm and for
the County of Eureka.
IN THE MATTER OF THE EsTATE)
of
GEORGE K. McCULLOCH, Deceased.

A D. McCulloch, the Administrator of
IA the estate OF George X. McCulloch, de-
ceased. having filed his petition herein duly
verified, praying for an Order Of Sale OF all
the real estate of said decedent, for the pur-
poses therein set forth, 1t is therefore hereby
ordered by the Judge of said Court that all
persons Interested in the estate of said de-
ceased sppear before the said District Court on
SATURDAY. the Gath day OF July. A. D. 1885,
at 10 O'Clock A. M, Of said day, or soon
thereafter as counsel can be heard, at the
Courtroom OF said Court, in the town of Ru-
reka, County of Eureka. State Of Nevada, to
show cause, II any they have. why an order
should rot be granted to the said Adminis-
traitor to sell the real estate of said deceased
at public auction. And that a copy OF this
order be published at least four successive
weeks In the EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL, news
paper printed and published in the town and
county of Eureka. State OF Nevada.
HENRY RIvES. Judge of said Court.
Dated June %, 1886.
FITZGERALD & BEATTY, Attorneys for Admin-
isiratcr je24-td
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The Color Line at Little Rock.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. Nov. THE color line
came very prominently to the front in this city
yesterday. The colored person is Willis Nc
Nair coal black negro. and for year past a
barber in Little Rock He was serving on a
United States jury. and when the Jury went to
j. w. Knott's restaurant for breakfast, the pro-
prietor refused to admit the negro to his dining
room, which he runs for white people. The Cap
ital Hotel restaurant also refused to furnish
breakfast for MeNair When the facts were re-
ported to Judge Caldwell. he made speech from
the bench. that the jurors were officers of the
law, could not be separated, etc. They were
sent back. and the United States marshal in
structed to accompany them and report to the
court Mr.. Knott refused to admit the negro,
and said he would never admit one to the white
peoples room. The Capital restaurant, how
ever, took them in body, and for the first time
a negro enjoyed his repast at the leading hotel in
the State. and among white people. The entire
proceedings cause no little comment
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The Indiana senatorship.

Washington Special
1t is very probable that the scheme of the
Democrats who favor the election of Governor
Gray, of Indiana, to succeed Senator Harrison,
will be nipped in the bud. Since the election of
Colonel Robertson, Republican, to fill the vacan
cy in the nant-governorship caused by the
appointment of Acknowledgements Manson to
be collector of internal revenue, thus making
Grays election to the Senate political absurd
ity. and. therefore, ont of the question, as it
would leave the governorship to go to Robertson.
Grays friends say that Manson has not vacated
the Office of Observation-Disclosures and will not
give it up. Elk Senator Mcdonald, who is Soma
tor Harrisens prospective successor, and Gray's
rival for the Senate. is here, and says that it
makes no difference whether Manson formally
resigned the enant-governorship not.
that his acceptance of the Office of collector of
internal revenue, and the fact that he entered
upon the discharge of the duties of that Office,
is equivalent to a resignation. In connection
with the proclamation of the Governor for the
election of Lieutenant-governor, Mr.. Melon
aid intends to contest the matter if Gray's
friends insist upon Manson's return to the lieu
tenant-governorship ard it is generally believed
that McDonald's position is right.
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John Lozer. of Richmond. was found dead on
Saturday from the effects of treatment for the
morphine habit
The voters of Knighsstown have decided to
erect public building for town purposes, and its
construction will be undertaken at once
John May, pioneer resident of Lafayette
died on Saturday. after twenty-four hours ILL.,
ness. He born in Rhenish Bavaria, in 1926
and came to America in 1852
VIM. Idle. farmer, driving from his place
three miles south of Warsaw, to that city, was
instantly killed under peculiar circumstances
While driving under leaning tree il a patch of
woods his head was struck by the tree and
crushed. His neck was also broken His body
was not found until Saturday evening. Idle
leaves family. and was fifty five years of age.
The barn of Marcus Jones. at Summit Station,
Clark county, caught fire and burned to the
ground. In the ruins were found the charred
remains of man. 1t is supposed to have been
a tramp who laid down to rest in the loft. and
accidentally set fire to the hay. The property
was not insured, and the loss will be about $500
A small gold ring was also found among the
debris, and it is supposed to have belonged to
the tramp.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
Nottingham Fatally Shot-A Fight Over
Politics - Verdict of Imprisonment
Where Hanging Was Expected.
INDIANA.
A Horse Jockey Shoots Down a Laboring
Man Without Provocation.

A Horse Jockey Shoots Down a Laboring
Man Without Provocation.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. GA serious shooting affray
occurred here this evening, which will prob
ably result fatally to one Jacob Furney. Fur
ney is a laboring man. and on returning from
work this evening entered the saloon OF Mike
Speshoffer to buy a cigar. After buying
the cigar he was in the act OF leav-
ing, when he was accosted by one Billy
Herring, alias HeImes. jockey, who was
displaying a revolver. Nothing serious
was thought of this. but Herring remarked:
''Furney, / would like to shoot you" AS no
trouble occurred between the two, attention
was paid to the remark by any of the lockers on,
but on Furney replying, BILLY, don't think
you would shoot me- would your he had no
more than finished the sentence than Holmes
fired, striking Fnrney in the abdomen,
which will result in his death. Holmes immedi-
ately left for parts unknown, and several vigi
lance committees are securing the country for
him. If he is caught he will be severely dealt
with.
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ILLINOIS.

Verdict in the Ward Murder Case-The Find
ing Not Satisfactory to the Public.
Special to the Indiana polls JGurnai.
DANyILLE Nov. THE jury in the case of
Charles Ward, jr., charged with the murder of
Jacob Francis reached a verdict this morning at
10 o'clock. after being out seventeen hours,
sentencing the accused to seventeen years in the
penitentiary. Ward is twenty three years old,
and Francis was twenty-one. They were broth
ers-inlaw, marrying sisters and both were
farmers. On May 20 last they met in field in
lakewood township and quarreed over a trivial
matter. The next morning Ward went to a
neighbors and borrowed shotgun, on the pre-
tense of shooting a weasel. He mounted his
horse and went direct to where Francis was
planting corn. When he arrived within haiIing
distance he ordered Francis TO throw up his
hands, as he was going to kill him. Jump
ing off his horse, he fired one load into Francs's
limbs and then advanced few steps and fired
the other load into the defenseless mans abdo-
men, who expired in few minutes The verdict
is a surprise to everyone, there never was a
more deliberate cold blooded murder committed
in the county than this. Nothing short of hang
ing was expected
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Harvard.a Celebration.

BOSTON. Nov. THE observances of the 250th
anniversary of the founding of the Harvard
College, which were inaugurated on Friday,
were continued to-day. The weather was clear
and immense audiences were in attendance upon
the religious and musical exercises of the day
and evening. The morning service. at 1890
o'clock, in Appleton Chapel, was conducted by
Prof. G. c. Everett. dean of the
Harvard faculty of divinity. The
Rev. Francis G. Peabody, Plummer professor
preached the sermon. At 430 P, M. a grand con-
cert was given, in Sanderss Theater. by the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra. Commemorasion
services were also held in Appleton Chapel, at
730 A. NJ. conducted by President McCosh. of
Princeton College, and Prof Francis G. Pea
body The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Phillips Brooks, d. d. Tomorrow will be the
principal day of the celebration, when President
Cleveland, Secretaries Endcott Lamar and
Whitney, Governor Robinson and other digni-
laries will be present
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Losses by Fire.

PITTsBURe, Pa, Nov. AT $40 o'clock, this
morning, fire was discovered in the rear of the
first floor of No. 66 First avenue, occupied by
the Pittsburg Firearms Company and the re-
ceiving department. of the United Lines Tele-
graph Company. The loss to the fre-a COM
pany is $4,000 The stock of Wanamaker e.
Brown, clothiers. in an adjoining building, was
damaged by fire and water to the amount of
$4,000. The loss on the building is So, 900.
Fire this morning entirely consumed Emil
Winters grease rendering establishment Nc
Conway e. Torleys foundry, and the Westing-
house Machine Company's foundry. Loss, $780,
000 fully insured.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov Fire was discov-
cred this morning in the piano factory of Will
lam Hoffeckmer e Son, and owing TO high
wind that prevailed the place was totally de-
stroyed. The damage on the stock and to the
building will aggregate about $40 900; insured.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov THE Otis elevator
was completely destroyed By fire last night.
Loss, $4,000; insurance not known.
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twenty feet He received some very severe
internal injuries, and grave doubts are enter
tanned as to his recovery.
Burglars entered the residence of Samuel Bax-
ter, prominent grain merchant of Murdoch,
and secured 81. 800, which he had concealed in a
drawer of sewing machine. The thief has not
yet been apprehended.
Z. S. Burt and o. R. Burchard 1.-THE Rockford
Shirt Company) confessed judgment at Rock
ford on Friday, for 81. 553 The creditors in
Chicago and other places are believed to have
been frozen out.
Henry Mnge, wealthy farmer living near
Matteson, was found dead in his burning barn
on Friday morning. with his breast lacerated
and bleeding. and his legs and one arm roasted
by the flames There are suspicious of foul
play. while many believe it to be case of sui
eide.
Mrs Susan Cousins of Olathe, Kan. visiting
her mother, Mrs. Margaret Caldwell at Alton,
committed suicide by jumping into cistern at
her mothers house She had been dead about
half an hour when the body was discovered.
Mental alteration was the cause. The deceased
leaves husband and one child.
On Saturday a little son of Mr.. J. B. Louns-
berry, residing three miles south of Nokomis,
was playing with powder-iask which contained
about halfsa pound of powder, when he threw
1t into stove The explosion which followed
destroyed the sight of both eyes and burned him
badly about the face. besides destroying the
stove and demolshing the furniture in the
ROOM
At Decatur Mrs. Ella Newell, the young wife
of James III. Newell, grocer, committed sui
eide by taking two doses of arsenic. of which
she swallowed in the presence of her husband.
She got the poison on Tuesday, when she took
the first dose, and since then until her death she
had been in great agony. The verdict was death
at her own hands. The couple were married a
year ago at Springfield. Ill The parents of Mrs.
Newell reside at Homer. Ill. Her age TWEEN
ty-.hree.
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Publisher Elder and HI. Late Editor

NEW YORK, Nov. THE Suns Utica CORE
spondent says that publisher Elder of Literary
Life. was last week refused admttance to Miss
Cleveland's house. and note from Miss Cleve
land was handed him stating that hereafter all
transactions between them would have to be done
through third party, gentleman who is a
friend of Miss Cleveland. Mr.. Elder the dis
patch says. was very coolly treated in the village
and departed much discounted. Among the rea-
sons given by Miss Cleveland for severing her
relations with the paper. it is stated, are Mr.
Elders insertion of an article to which she OBJ
iected, and her receipt of letters from George
Parsons Lathrop and Edgar Fawcett, saying
that they could not get their pay for articles
furnished
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Brief Mention.

Rev s Hubberd; prominent Universalist, of
Clinton. has come out in card renouncing that
faith.
Lewis Rodgers a farmer residing near Tusco-
Ia dropped dead in a field on Saturday while
husking corn.
Mrs. Phoebe Dummer, widow of the intimate
friend of Abraham Lincoln. died on Friday
morning at Jacksonville
In Boone county there are only seventy schools
while one hundred and twenty persons hold
teachers certificates.
At Mendoza, Jacob Scholl, supposed to have
been suffering from political excitement, walked
in his sleep through his bedroom window and
fell to the ground beneath, distance of over
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The Observation-Disclosures Affair.

kentIand Gazette.
In the Sentinel of Oct &c, on the fifth page,
there appears the following article from Kent
land:
KENTLAND, Oct. 26.-John B. Spotswood, editor
and proprietor of the kentand Democrat, shame
fully attacked and beaten by William III. Hershman,
county superintendent of this (Newton) county.
Spotswood working at his in his office
when Hershman in and. without warning. hit
him desperate blow. which felled him to the hoor
Hershman is a young and powerful man. weighs about
225 pounds while Spotswood is old man. sickly.
and will not weigh 125 pounds The county
superintendent took exceptions to article in Spots
woods paper wherein he stated that he (Hershman)
received 81 DO per for his services county
superintendent, much too large considering
the population of the county and the amount of labor
performed The citizens indignant at the dastardly
outrage and there whisperings of mob law and a
general demand on the superintendent resign the
Office he has shamefully disgraced
Every material statement of which is false
The facts are that Spotswood, HerShman, Strole,
township trustee, and Pfrimmer, ex-trustee,
were talking on the street about a certain Off
cial report that Spotswood had published the
week before and in order to examine the original
manuscripts they all repaired to Spotswoods
Office While there, Spotswood said that he
IHershmanl was mixed up in fraud. Then
Hershman said, II have notion to hit you,
Spotswood" Spotswood squarely facing him,
said, "Ht away" and then Hershman did hit
him a slight blow There was no further dem
onstration by either party, and all talk OF mob
law or asking Hershman to resign is false. The
sympathles Of the entire community, except the
lying correspondent of the Sentinel, with
Hershman. He is a man whose character is
above reproach, and we'll liked by very large
majority of the people of the county. The
Democrat has for many years attacked Repub-
lican officials without cause, and without any re-
gard for the truth, and decent Democrats AS
well as Republicans look upon this man Spots
wood as a political scavenger.
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A Howl from Away Back.
Atlanta Constitution.


If anything were needed to demonstrate the
folly of the free traders the result in the districts
where the issue has been made would be suffi-
Gent The difficulty is that this result affects
the free traders far less than it does the Demo-
cratic party. A Democratic loss is a Republican
gain The free-tracers are not hurt at all They
will go on with their stale arguments, and they
will never be satisfied until they have succeeded
in dividing the party in the States where unity
is essential to success This of course. means
Republican rule, instead of free trade but if the
attitude of the free-traders mean anything. it
means that they would rather sacrifice the party
in ali parts of the country than to postpone their
long-winded discussions.
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Maior stine.s Bat.le-Field shrubbery.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINeToN. Nov. 7-Major j. Fl. Slime,
historian of the First Corps. left the city last
night for his old home at Union City, where on
next Tuesday afternoon, he will participate in
an historical event of a peculiar character and
unusual proportions. He has gathered from the
most famous battlefe of this country pieces
Of shrubbery, which he will have planted by
acted from either army. The shrub
berry was taken from its orig
NAL soil within the past week, and
shipped to Major Slime here, and then all was
sent by express to Union City. 1t will be planted
on his farm near that place. When the trans
planting takes place on Tuesday there will be
some ceremony. A large number of invited
guests expected to be present, and the his
tory of each shrub will. be recited-or rather
some history of the battlefield from which it
was taken-as it is planted. Quite number of
interesting letters will be read from notables who
were invited. but find it inconvenient to be pres
ent After the planting there will be a lunch
and social intercourse. The event will figure in
the history of the First Corps now in prepare
ton by Major Slime. Some time next year he
intends to have arbor day at his farm, the
cason to be a big time. when thousands of those
who fought under the stars and stripes alone
will be there There will be soldiers from both
armies present on Tuesday next
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voorhees, the scapeeoat.

Washington Special.
The cause of the Democratic defeat in Indi-
ana is laid at the door of Senator Voorhees,, who
as the representative of the administration, has
distributed the patronage of the State The
chairman of the Democratic committee in Della
aware county said yesterday to friend who ar
rived from Indiana tonight that Senator Voor-
hees, as the mouthpiece of the President in Indi-
ana, had so decreased in popularity that if he
were candidate for State Office he would be
defeated by ,000 '"Fhere is no Disgusting the
fact, he continued '',hat Voorhees, champion
ship of the President was daily weakening the
strength Of the the party"
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Philadelphia RI cord.
When the offce-holder is prohibited by the
order of tho administration from taking an act
i've part in the working of his party machinery,
there is no one else left in the political divisions
to do the necessary work. Consequently the sp-
athletic or the dissruntled partisan does not vote
A nomination for Office under such conditions
must lead to disaster at the polls. The political
millennium is still long way off.
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MONTREAL, Nov. IA sensation has been Gre
ated here by the prosecution. in the Court of
Queens Bench. before Judge Ramsay and full
jury, of Napoleon E. Liable, an exchange
broker and private banker of high stand
ing in the city for twenty years
past, on an alleged charge of conspiracy with
MERCER the ledger clerk in the bank 10 defraud
the bank by allowing the accused to overdraw
his account to the extent Of $I3, 600 without the
knowledge or consent of the manager.
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More Shocks at Charleston.

CHARLESTON S. c., Nov There wes a
moderately strong shock of earthquake felt here
to-day about 1l:04 o'clock A. NJ 1t was preceded
and accompanied by the usual rumbling sound
and vibrations, in a somewhat milder form, how
ever, than of late. This shock was of perhaps
ten or twelve seconds duration, and was gener-
ally felt throughout the State. as far as tele-
graphic advices are received. This shock was
followed, in about five minutes, by second
shock, which was quite moderate, however, and
lasted only few seconds.
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The President Departs for Boston

WASHINGTON, Nov THE presidential par
ty, en- route to Boston. left here the Pennsyl-
vana railroad congressional express, at $50 p
NJ. to-day. A special car was attached to the
train for the accommodation Of the distinguished
gentlemen. The President was accompanied by
Secretaries Bayard, Whitney and Lamar. and
Private Secretary Lamont
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A Trne Woman.

Boston Budget.
In talking to his wife, the other day. about
the death of Mrs. A. T. Stewart, gentleman of
tubs city said: What would you do if Mrs.
Stewart had left you 81 600 900 in her wll?" The
lady unused for moment and then replied:
"Wel l wouldn't make any more homemade
bonnets.n
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Cattle Dying from Blacllee.

SHELByvILLE, Nov David Hudson, of
Dry Point township, Shelby county, has lost
seven head of fine cattle from blackleg. The
disease was epidemic in that region last winter
and its temperance has caused widespread
alarm among the farmers.
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Fight Over Politics.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal


WABASH, Nov. IAN election fight is re-
ported here to-day from Xenia. Miami county
John Shaw and James Farrell. two prominent
politicians, became engaged in controversy
over the election, when Farrell knocked Shaw
down and jumped on him with both feet. mang
ling his body. Farrell hastily left the town.
The full extent of Shaw's injuries is not YET
known Shaw is Republican. and Farrell a
Democrat.
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for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1886, shows
that the expenses of the bureau for the year
were $T63, 207 or SPOIL 987 less than the expenses
of the preceding year A large share of the
saving was due to decrease in the work pro-
duced but at least 000 he SAYS. may fairly
be set down to the credit of the economies
which have been made in the management of
the bureau His estimate of expenses for the
next fiscal year-l887- 88-call for 1901, 900,
an increase of $l06 900 over the appropriations
for the current fiscal year. This increase Is due
to the increased quantity of engraving and
printing which the various departments will
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WE have no hesitation in recommending the
Garland Stoves and Ranges" Their high rep
utation for durability, economy of fuel, conven-
fence, and artistic finish. stamps them as the
best in the world. 1t is the constant aim Of the
manufacturers to make the very best stoves that
can be produced They are unrivaled.
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A confederate monument to mark the spot
occupied by the Second MARYLAND Infantry dur.
iue the bloody encounter of July g 1863 arrived
NJ GettEsourg on Saturday and was put in posi-
ton. The monument will be dedicated Nov
10. 1t is the first confederate monument ever
erected this battlefield
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United States District Attorney Staunton has
brought suit against the Mortified Knife Com
pany, of Litchfeld, Conn, for $1,000, penalties
for importing fifteen English laborers under con
tract. The suit is brought under the law of 1885,
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The same is done in vigo and St Joseph coun-
ties, and several others Music is in the air, and
the Republicans are fully determined to unearth
all frauds and expose them