Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-05
summary Of Late news.

Z - Summary Of Late News.
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TIE weather is intensely cold al
Richmond, Va f Gaesr rr9i &
THHFr most satisfactory observations
have been taken Of the suns eclipse in
England or saaff 6ffss =.
II TIE French of San Francisco have
raised so, 900 In coin for the petriotic
fund, from Christmas gifts.
TIE westher In Wyoming and New
Mexico has been extremely cold, the
thermomSter being reported at 26 deg.
below zero.s oi1 -rssG5 ~ fsa
A MOTHER and two children were rum
4 over and killed by q train on the New
Jersey Railroad at London, near Ehzar
beth. Thursday morning
RorHERME1's great painting, ssThe
Battle Of Gettysburg,n y was unveiled
tuesday night In the Academy of Mus
ic. There was large attendance of
citizens. =
TnE New England Society T. of New
York celebrated the landing Of the Pill
/ grims by a dinner at Delmonico's, on
the evening of the 22d. Many sdistfn-
guished men were present. . .
The annual meeting of the New York
Colonization Society was held Tuesday
afternoon. The report showed that the
interest IN the cause Is increasing. Prof.
f. B. Morse was reelected President.
A ACoLD snap seems to have succeeded
the snow storm of Monday all through
the Northwest. As Sterling, H., Mad
ison, Wis, and several other points,
the thermometer was down to zero on
the 10th. s''a.-l. -
District of Pennsyl ylvania resulted in q
/ Democratic candidate. In October the
Republicans had over /, 900 majority in
the same district The vote was light.
THE steamers b. E. Lee and Potomac,
collided opposite Natchez, on the 22d.
Both were badly damaged The Lees
pilot ran her on bar, where she sank
in nine feet Of water. The Potomac
was unloading for repairs. No lives
were lost. ass,a,T ai53s ii "a
JUDGE GnEs, of Maryland, on Thurs.
day. m the United States District
Court, sentenced Ludwig Moses, for
merly Ietter-cafriebof Baltimore city,
to twelve months Imprisonment for
livery to another person ~. .f.i.
4 Ar Greeley, Colorado, Tuesday, it
was reported that the coal mines at Car
bon Station on the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad, were burning; that o
track has had to. be built around the
mine near the station, and that the
houses at the station had begun to sink
~ The managers of the Atlantic Gable
Company now despair, it Is said, of sue
cessfu1ly repairing the broken oceaa
lines until next june, when the work
can again be prosecuted with a smooth
sea. The steamer Robert Lowe, how
ever, is endeavoring to gfapple, the
broken connections. The French cable
is again overcrowded with telegrams
for Europe and they are transmitted
with difficulty and very slowly.
: On the summit Of Mount Washington
December 22d, Up. M, the thermome-
ter marked 9 below zero. wind n.
W., velocity II miles per hour. The
northwest storm Of last week took near
ly all the ice of the house, but it is be-
ing rapidly covered again. aMessrs.
Clough, Kimball and Woodridge visited
the Upton House Thursday morning,
and found it nearly buried in snow.
They had no difficulty In getting upon
the roof. s 4i.st sas 1rsts
AcRovp of angry Crispins, now on a.
general strike In New York city, as
senbled at Burt's store, Park Row,
Thursday, with the ayowed intention
of assault on the non-society men who
recently began work for Bust & Co.
An assault was committed ON some men
wednesday night. Thursday. II was
found necessary to bring q large force
of police to see the men safely home
A later report says that the Crispin
strikers finally compelled Mr.. Briesly,
of the Park Row shoe nanufactofy, to
suspend operations and dismiss all nom
society men whom he had lately en-
ployed hF sl ~ s5s7rf F-V
"A FIRE occurred at Sycamore, DekaIb
county, Illinois, on Sunday, which des-
troyed property valued at over 800,
600 The principal losers are j. O.
Waterman, $50, 900, insurance SIC, 600,
J. s. Waterman, SIS, 900, insurance
812, 600. These concerns were largely
engaged IN the sale of dry goods and
clothing. Warren & Ellwood lose S0,-
600; insured for that amount. There
were q number of smaller losses. The
Insurance Companies lose about 1885,
600 The fire is supposed to have
originated in the explosion OF coal gas
in q store, throwing the fire on bed
which stood near. s9ss
ABROAD.
JOHN BRIdHr has resigned the Preai-
dency Of the Board Of Trade. sr,-
A FsYScH force 10, 900 strong has been
defeated at Paisly and Fontenelle.
KING WILLIAM has signifed his &c
caI,tarca 1f the title of Emperor of Ger