Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-18
r NEWS ITEMS.
The East.

The caisson for the New York East
River bridge was successfully launched
on the Sth. Its weight is $4,000 pounds.
They are introducing " palace cars''
on some of the New York street rail
ways. Double fare is the rule, with
guaranteed seats.
William Hamilton, Actuary of the
Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia,
died on May 10, aged 81. He has
been connected with the institute forty
years.
"A frightful collision occurred be-
tween a passenger and freight train on
the Erie Railroad, near Attica, N. Y,
on the 18th, killing five children and
injuring some twenty adults.
Governor Clafin, of Massachusetts,
has appointed Julia Ward Howe and
Mrs. Stevens, of Cambridge, Justices of
the Peace for Suffolk County. The ap-
pointment awaits the confirmation of
the Executive Council.
Horace Greeley, Gen. Merritt, and
a few friends left New York for Texas
on the 9th, where Mr.. Greeley is to be
the guest of the city of Houston, and
the orator of the day at the Texas Blood
Stock Fair there May %. a
Three children were burned to
death at Auburn, N. Y, on the 9Th
inst. They were at play in an out
house where there was a barrel of fire.
works, which exploded. 1t is pre-
sumed that they, with matches, set fire
to the barrel. .-s
The National Convention of the
Grand Army ofthe Republic assembled
in Boston, on the 10th inst, General Lo-
gan in the chair. One hundred and ff-
ty delegates were present, from nearly
every Northern State.
-Drs. Gray and Vanderpool, who, by
appointment of Gov. Hoffman, of New
York, made a thorough examination of
the mental condition of Edward 81.
Ruloff, the Bingh&mton murderer, have
submitted a report hat in their judg-
ment he is in sound physical health and
entirely a3FoH a7-& att
Joshua F. Bailey, the default
ing New York Collector, has settled
he has been Joined by his wife. The
amount of Bailey's defalcation is now
said to be over $780, OO, and not $780,
GOO, as previously stated. Bailey's
friends claim he used the money he
withheld from the Government in paw
ing informers to work up the whisky
cases. -
The West. - ia-1--
Quincy, ILL.,, is agitated oYer the
discovery of coal near that city. jri3 D..
chant of Cincinnati, died ON the l2th.
Iowa papers speak of a large
breadth of land being planted in corn
and other crops. I'D
Work on the Northern Pacific Rail
road is progressing with unusual vigor,
with an force of men.
Mrs. Laura Fair, the convicted San
Francisco murderess, possesses over
$4,000 in Governments bonds, besides
considerable real estate.
Thomas H. Jancey murdered a
young man named Lord in cold blood,
by ~stabblng him, at Buena Vista, Ind,
on the 18th. The murderer was ar.
rested. M a ~1S, : F..
Two men, named Steve McFeely
and James Lemons, believed to be the
murderers of Hon. Sharon Tyndale, at
Springfield, I'LL, we're arrested in Stark
county, I'LL, on the 9th inst.
The ~coroner's jury in the case of
Isaac M. Ruth, at Lawrence, Kan, have
returned a verdict that Ruth died from
the effects of poison supposed to have
been administered by DIR. Medilcott.
A Springfield, ILL.,, dispatch of the
9Th says There is no trace of he
Tyndale murderers.s The citizens of
Belleville have subscribed $3.50 as a re-
ward for the criminals. The total
amount now offered is $4,000.
"A petition in bankruptcy was filed
at Indianapolis, on Saturday, against
h Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafay-
cite Railroad Company, by E. and j. F.:
Richardson and II. j. Heustis, based
upon commercial paper amounting to
over 800, 900.
Miss Kate Manning was found muir.
dered near North Platte, Neb., on the
9th inst. She had been shot twice in
the head and breast, and had received
several cuts about the head. The sup.
posed murderers have been arrested.
"A disgraceful row occurred in the
Grand Jury room of the District Court,
at st. Paul, Mimi, on the 10th inst,
growing out of an attempt of several of
b jury to indict the City Justice and
the Chief of Police for m~alfeasance in,
Office. The Deputy Sherifs were called
in to quell the disturbance.
The first drove of Texas cattle,
numbering 1000 head, arrived at Abe
LiO' NdiiSdSJ On Ino IUIn 1nSG. ~ OlQ
drovers, who have used this route for
four years past, estimate that the drive
this season to the Kansas Pacific Road
will reach $4,000 head, or seven-tenths
OF the whole number that will be driven
North. ass - - 80 - &
-Advices from La Mesilla, Arizona,
confirm the reported massacre of In
dams at Camp Grant, Arizona, by citi-
Gems, and increase the number gof
Indians killed to $50. The people of
Southern New Mexico and Arizona are
growing desperate, and are determined
to protect themselves if the Govern
ment fails to do so. They say1hence-
forth the Indians must stay on their
reservations, orsbe shot wherever found.
The South. r.
Frederick Ruth, a married man, So
years old, hung himself to his bed-post,
at st. Louis, on the 18th. t,.s
The women of Georgia have col
lected nearly $1,000 for the proposed
monument to the late Gen. Robert E.
Lee. The whole amount raised for the
purpose in the South thus far is said to
be no less than $4,000.
"A band OF. outlaws, on the night of
the 9th inst, went into Lumberton, in