Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-15

Louis for a grand Union depot and a tunnel
extending from the western terminus of the
bridge to the city.-On Saturday the contract
for building a bridge over the Missouri river
at st. Joe was awarded to the Detroit Bridge
Work Company for $4,000.
Foreign.
IT is reported that Jules Ferry will be ap-
pointed Minister to Washington from France
-1ncessant attempts are being made in
Paris to induce the soldiers to fraternize
with the people. Intense dissatisfaction pre-
walls among all classes, and fresh trouble is
anticipated.-The fusion of the Monarchists
has wholly failed, owing to the intrigues of
Theirs, who privately exults over the GER
tainty of maintaining a nondescript Repub-
lie, with himself as Chief, as in the case of
Prim of Spain, for an indefinite period
The Council of Hygiene of Paris declares
that there is no epidemic in the city, and
such precautionary measures have been
adapted as will prevent the spread of any
disease to such an extent. They also state
that the health of Paris is at present salts
factory.-Twenty-ive women were killed
and fifty injured by q railroad accident near
Paris, on the 18th inst.-The proposal to
leave untouched the ruins of the Hotel de
Vile in Paris is being seriously discussed
MARQUIS GALLIFIT was assassinated on the
9Th inst, by the widow of a Communist
who was shot by his order.-It is authorita-
lively announced that Theirs favors the Re-
public for the future government of France.
In the debate relative to the removal of po-
litical disabilities of the Orleans Princes, he
said the safety of the republic had been con-
ided to him, and he should not betray the
trust. The law of prescription was then
abrogated by a vote of 4S4 yeas to 113 nays,
and the Duka d'Aumale and Prince de Join
vile declared entitled to seats in the Assem-
blythe official journal declares the cause
o. the Instruction to the congregation by
Napoleon of 300 200 workmen in Parls.-
Jules Merese, the celebrated French mixer
is dead.-A dispatch from ConstantlnoPle,
| dated the 9TH, says fires broke out yesterday
morning, simultaneously in four places, and
at one time 200 houses were in flames. For
tunately the wind was light, and there was
a prospect of getting the confagration under
control. The fires are supposed to be the
work of incendiaries
DISPATCHES dated May 10th say that it is
officially announced that crops of all kinds
in Russia promise an excellent yield.-Snow
fell in England on the 9th inst.-The Prus-
sian troops remaining in France have begun
their homeward march.-The Minister of
Finance, in presenting to the Assembly a
bill making provision for a loan of one hun
dred millions sterling, urged the OF
the indemnity in order that France may be
rid of the Germans. The Minister said that
he relied for success in raising of the loan
Upon foreign confidence in the ability of
France to meet her obligations and the inter
nal energy of the nation.-Gen. De Trobri-
and, who has just returned to New York
from France, states that he does not believe
what they call Legitimacy in France will be
restored, mainly because all the large cities
are strongly opposed to it, and inclined to-
ward a republic. No form of government
has now a good chance of permanency. He
regards Theirs as unqualihedly honest in all
he has said and done, and adds that we in
this country nave no idea of the deep de-
moralization of the French people under
l 1OT1IG Nonnlnnn If " O vynrSn o0vnrn-
ment than ever France had before. But
there is no fear of its restoration. Although
many of the peasants are in favor of 1T, their
master is gone and they have no leader.
THERE was a snow storm of an bour's du-
ration in Birmingham, England, on the 10th
inst.-The idea of burning the bodies of the
victims of the civil war in Paris has been
abandoned, and they will be exhumed from
their present burial places in the park of
Monceaux and the garden of Luxembourg,
and transferred to the new cemetery beyond
the village and fort of Vanvres.-Prince de
J~oinville and Due d'Aumale visited Theirs
and the members of the Cabinet on Satur-
day. They were received with the utmost
courtesy, and Theirs subsequently, returned
the cali. AT their interviews with Theirs
and Grevy the two princes resigned thell
seats in the Assembly, and disclaimed any
f intention of intriguing against the Republic
The Orleanists are preparing a banquet tc
the Due d'Auma1e.-The sacred vessels and
valuable ornaments taken from the churche!
by the Communists have, with few excep'
tions, been discovered in the mint and othel
p~laces.-Picard has resigned the governor
ship of the Bank of France.
, Miscellaneous.
l The population of Montreal, Canada, i
l I6O, 900, according to a recent census
!, Judge Barron, Fifth Auditor of the Treasury
: recommends four ladies for first class clerk
! - III .- a. -.~
examination that male clerks are SUBJECTED
: to by the Examining Board.-The Agricul
= tural Report for 1870 will be ready for dis
/ tribution in October.-1t is again rumore'
that Acknowledgement Alderman will sool
resign on account of i'll health, and that hi
- successor will be Mr.. Harlon, of Kentucky
: The San Domingo report and document
. are at last complete, and will be issued il
the course of a couple of weeks.
t RETURNS to the Treasury Department sho,
b that the total number of distilleries in opera
ton in the country on June 1 was PA, wit
a total capacity of 192,O59 gallons. OF thi
= number Illinois has %; Indiana, 10 Ker
i lucky, SO Ohio, "a; and Pennsylvania, 3d.
The Government Board of Steamboat II
spectors, after o careful investigation of tn
circumstances of the disaster to the steam
i boat W.. R. Arthur, on the Mississippi rive
last fall, by which IS lives were lost, hay
n reported that the engineers of the boat wei
o. to blame, and it is probable that they will
indicted for murder.-Fifteen millions
A dollars worth of new internal revenr
II stamps will SOON be issued. Several of tt
bonds missed from the Printing Burea
while under the supervision of Edwal
- Clark have been presented for payment
ne letter from St. Johns, N. F., May "a, sa.
rt that information has just been received the
of the total loss of a small coasting schoone
with no less than forty souls on board. 81
left st. Johns for Old Pelican, in Trinit
ng Bay, and forty men, including the crews
s., the Nimrod and Hector, took passage in he
3, The poor fellows were inhabitants of o
n, Pelican, and were returning to their HON
ng with the proceeds of their successful voyag
"A They were nearly all married men wi
ed families. The unfortunate vessel has N
re since been heard of, and on May %, part
- her cargo was picked up at sea. 1t is su
ell posed she struck a low iceberg during dar
~, ness and went down Immediately. The Ii
On tie village is a scene of mourning and We
Tor nearly every family having lost a memb'
ky The Toronto Euening Express publish
on the following: awe have received positi
an information from a private and trustwortl
t., source, that the Indians have come down
on force upon the Hudson's Bay Company
buildings at Shebondowan lake, and ha
burned their steamers and buildings and
the material, together with all the too
Iu- They have also stolen all the provisions
ay the store. The people are in the utmost tt