Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-02

test, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company are now placing upon
all their passenger trains the Westing-
house Air Brake, which is so constructed
that the engineer can brake the entire
train in n second of -time and stop in
one trains length when running at a
rapid rate. Each car is provided with, a
cylinder and brakes, applied by means
of atmospheric pressure. w. t,,~-
The statement which has been 60
ing the rounds of the papers, that a Pc
tition against woman suffrage mas been
received at Washington, bearing the
signatures of 426 lady students of the
Illinois Normal University, is I'M
founded.
"A telegram from San Francisco
states that Deery won the game in the
Deery-Dion match of billiards, scoring
500, actual count, in the n hundred
and thirty-fourth inning, against Dion's
479. "The former grew cool, the latter
excited, to the surprise of everybody"
result. Deery's largest Tun was 81 (;
Dion's, AZ. ... .r.
Jennie Mcintosh, whose parents
live at Oskaloosa, Iowa, was up before
Recorder Wilson for preliminary exam
ination on a charge of numbering her
illegitimate child on the 26th of Deem
Der. 1t will be remembered that the
dead infant was found on a car seat of
the Des Moines Valley railroad, wrapped
in two newspapers. The woman's con
dition at the time of her arrest proved
her recently to have been delivered of
a child, and during a conversation with
DIR. Carpenter, of Keokuk, she admitted
the fact, stating that the child was born
in a privy in Keokuk-that it was alive
and breathed several times.
"A terrible calamity occurred at
Braidwood, ILL.,, the coal-mining town
south of Wilmington, on the night of
the 18th instant. The house of William
Grower took fire, and before the discov.
cry was made, the flames had gained
great Roadway. There were in the house
Mr. Grower, his wife and three children,
and eleven miners who boarded with
them. All of the inmates escaped 'ex-
cept two of she children and a young
Englishman named William Reynolds,
who persisted. Reynolds lost his life in
his efforts to rescue the children. Ten
of the rest of the inmates were badly
burned, and all lost their clothes and
.valuables.
"A San Francisco dispatch says
The volunteers from San Diego, who
went out to find the Indian depredators
in Jameuet Valley, returned, reporting
the finding of two, whom they disposed
of. 1t is feared that serious trouble may
arise from this action, as about 5000 In
dams are in the vicinity of the line be-
tween Upper and Lower California.
Last evening a party of Indians at
tempted to stop the Los Angeles stage,
near old San Diego. Lieut.. Cradelbough
twenty soldiers were surprised at
the Sixty ~Forty-nines, east of Prescott,
Arizona, by a hundred and fifty Indians.
They lost twenty-four horses. DIR.
Steigers was shot in the shoulder, and
arm had to be amputated. T..
Meyers was severely wounded. 1t is
Subsequently Capts. HawleY
and Monahan overlook the Indians and
defeated them, killing several: 81
Foreign.
The Empress denies that she had
the agreement which Bismarck
to have. The Empress is de-
pressed and distressed at the news from
Paris. - IL 49,
There was a terrible collision in
the tunnel, Thursday, between two
one carrying German recruits for
guards and the other French prisoners.
Many prisoners were killed and a large
number injured. The collision was &C,
cidental.
"A London dispatch of the oath says
the Conference has again adjourned for
one week. A resolution to confine the
discussion to the consideration of the
question of the treaty of Paris was
adopted. The Conference is regarded
as a farce.
4 The defeat of the Prussians on Sun
day, at Dion, was complete. Ricciotti
Garibaldi destroyed the Sixty-tirst Prus-
sian Regiment. The French behaved
heroically. After the battle the Prus-
reiterated toward Mesigny and Sa-
Zigny-le-Sur.
1t is stated from London that, Ma
feels confident of the restoration
himself. AT any rate, it is stated
and demand that the French
shall abide by it. - -~I
Letters from Paris, by balloon, state
that the Council of Defense, on the af-
of the 2lst, after the sortie, aac-
the resignation of Trochu, and
replaced Admirals Soisset and haroni-
Trochu remains Civil Governor.
is succeeded by Lorain. q Il, =
The Liberals condemn Bismarck,
and not Favre, for delaying peace. A
organ says: "There is no
necessity to prick the vanquished with
pins. The Chancellor's last note may
another sortie, and if it costs
D dozen German lives it will be a too
expensive fee for another classical dis
patch."' .E
Dispatches have been received at
headquarters from Gen. Won Werder,
commanding the Army of the East, an
nouncing his continued pursuit of the
under Bourbaki. A large num-
per of prisoners have been captured.
Several severe skirmishes have taken
place with the French rear guard, with
out serious loss to the Germans. So
"A dispatch from Lille of the 23d
'ays that NJ. Gambetta has received a
telegram to the effect that the Garibal-
gained a victory near Dion, and
hat the enemy abandoned a strong posi-
ion previously held, with large stores of
material of war. Many prisoners fell
nto the hands of the Garibaldians, who
ire pursuing the enemy.
-Advices from Paris, under date of
he 22d, state the loss of the French in
he sortie of the 10Th to have been Off
ascertained, and proves to have
been less than 5000 Killed, wounded
md missing. Gen. Trochu has issued