Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-06

IA UtaAtFs
New YoRk, Feb. 5.-Tho thermometer
this morning stands six degrees below
zero. The present cold snap is by far the
coIdest of the season, and the suffering
among the poor is very great. Trims on
the elevated roads are greatly delayed. ana
| owing to the snow II Is almost Impossible
for borse-cars to make Roadway. Twenty
nersons. who walked across the Brooklyn
bridge Yesterday, had some portion OF
,hair boJjes frozen. Charitable persons
boppht large numbers OF tickets for rides
| in the Brooklyn bridge cars. and had the
noIice give them to poorly clad persons
Who attemJied TO walk across. -Four
steamers arrived ut his port yesterday,
hint no sailing vessels have been reported.
yhe Shooting Of Captain Crawford.
New YoRK. Feb. 5.-A Tombstone. A..
T. sueeiaI to tho Post, says: The reported
! causes leading TO the shooting of Captain
Crawford are confirmed by the arrival
here to-day from Sonora of A. J.. Huncke,
A citizen of undoubted eredibllity. lie re-
marta that last month Id of Crawfords
| scouts. while intoxicated, attacked Next
can citizens living near FrGntefHs. Fhey
an h9a0neltiV EOud tuED EiOHhCAaft hAAAb
mn and down the s%treets, driving terror
ized citizens into their houses. which
thew barred. preparing 70 defend them
selves. The drunken scouts had the town
To themselves for 9 time. The MexioaDs
LANDED and wore ready to attack the men
when Crawford rode into town. and by
his presence succeeded in drawing OF the
scouts.
BodIcs Found FroZen Stif.
KANSAS Cry. Feb. "a Times Lincoln,
Neb., special gays: Advices from Geneva
state that the bodies CT a man aud woman,
and six children. were found frozen stiff on
the prairie near Oberlin. Kansas, yester-
day. They are supposed to be a man
named Lennon and his family. who
started in an emigrant wagon for Oberlin
lust before the recent blizzard. and have
not been heard from since. A brother OF
Lennon has gone to Oberlin to identity
the bodies.
MArAMoRAs, Mex, Feb. 5.-Depusies OF
the State Congress will be elected on sun
day, and it is hoped that after the election
some sort of order will he restored. Every
night pistols arc fired in the streets and
murders are of frequent occurrence. The
better class of the community stir about
worry little after dark, when everybody
goes heavily armed. On Tuesday night an
attempt to a~ssassinate General Villaresl,
commander OF the troops, was made.
Going Through fne Whirlpool.
ToRoSTo, Feb. 5.-Wsllsce Ross and
Fred Plaisted say they will make an at
tempt next August to so through the
Niagara whirlpool in boat. They say that
Captain Webb was drowned through an ac-
cident, and that the boat they have con-
tracted for in the United States will carry
them through safely.
AcqufEfai of Mrs. Howard.
MoRaIsvILLE, N. Y, Feb. 5.-The trial
of Mrs. Harriet Howard, for the murder
OF her husband in December, 1884, al
Petersboro, was concluded this morning,
the jury rendering q verdict of acquittal.
Judge Martin Was displeased with the
verdict, and in discharsinS the prisoner
used Ian which indicated that he did
not agree with the jury.
Pardened by tIle PRECEDENT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The President
has pardoned George 3. Sims. who was
convicted of participating in a conspiracy
to defraud the Government on pension
cases. and sentenced to five years impris-
onment in the Southern Illinois Pointer.
tiary.
An Absc0nder Sentenced.
JERSEY CRY, N. j., Feb. John Mac
Mshof. the detaulting ex-Colleosor OF Rev
enue OF Hoboken, who abscouded two
years ago, leaving a deficiency Of over SOL
900. was sentenced in the courtof special
sessions to-day 10 five years in the States
Prison, the full extent Of the law.
Agree To Fight.
ToRosTo, Feb. 5.-Harry Gilmore Of
this city, and Jack Dempsey of Now York,
have signed articles to fight with gloves for
$3.50 a side, London prize ring rnlos,
within 80 miles of Detroit within fur
weeks. George Fulljames backs Dempsey.
Cold weather.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-This morning
was the coolest of the season, the Their.
mometer registered two degrees below zero
at seven O'Clock.