Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
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"A New York paper gives the French
population of that city at sc, J1tais
ians, $4,000; Spaniards, 5000; Ger
mans, 100000; Irish, nearly 35O,0O0.R j
"A bold and skirlfuI burglary was
committed at the store of Jandt, Kidd
& Co., 203 Eighth avenue, New York,
on Wednesday night, the thieves secur-
ing valuable goods, including shawls,
silks and laces, to the amount of $10,-
600.
One of the most noted men con-
nected with the industrial business of
the country-Hon. Zadock Pratt, for
merly member Of Congress from New
York-died at Bergen, N. AJ.,f ON the
9th inst. Mr.. Pratt was born at Stephen
town, Rensselaer, county, N. Y, on the
9th of October, 1870. ''s F~'""1"'t -
james S. Mcneil, of the FIRM OWN.
Este & Co., stock brokers in Broad
street, New York, absconded on Satur-
day, having forged the signature of the
firm to a number of checksJ the total
amount of which is not yet ascertained
Two checks, amounting to $780, were
certified by the Fourth National BankJ
and on one of them Mcneil obtained
$4,000 in gold. The bank will lose
about $4,000 bySthe operation, as the
firm had on deposit aboutNha the
amount certified. A reward of $1,000
has been offered for the arrest of Mo-
nell. .r,. .7f-.. ss'.sN
The West. ilE .t.tiH e
"A man in Chicago attempted to
take the life of his wife with a knife,
but was prevented from accomplishing
it by her corset.
Clark Durham, Postmaster of Bur
lington, Iowa, and formerly proprietor
of the Burlington Ha,Okeye, died on
Wednesday, the 18th. i3 ... .-
Lake Pepin, below st. Paul, is open,
the navigationgo of the Mississippi at that
point having been closed for a shorter
period this season than ever before.
During the recent high wind, a fire
broke out about five miles south of
Wautoma, Wis, and swept everything
before it for miles. The damage was
confined to the destruction of barns,
sheds, fences and growing timber.
"A Mr.. Zimmerman ,of Green Lake
county, Wis, died and was buried, and
remained in the2 luRthsomeg ohaFnek
house two monShs.AThey% resuFfeeted
him the other day, hadhis stomach ana,
lyzed at Milwaukee, and his wife is now
in Jail onla charge ofmurder. There
was an unfortunate attachment between
herself and a peighboring widower. so.
lThee soath.YP ~" stHI+I
Gen. Dyer, Chief of Ordinance, re-
turned, on Saturday. from st. Louis,
where he has been to complete the ar
rangements for the 'transEef,of all the
property of the-arsenal at that place 70
Jefferson Barracks. The arsenal will
hereafter be- used as a recruiting5depoe,
and already the cavalry -depety which
has been at Carlisle, Pa, for a number
of years, has been transferred to st.
Louis, and as soon as the transfer of the
property is completed, 1t viii become
the principal depot for infantry recruits.
-Thirty-eight mechanics of Chicago,
who a few days ago engaged with a man
(. named Geo. Hill to work on the Hous-
ton and Great Western Railroad, of
Texas, and I'VE him SIP apiece, in con
sideration of passes from st. Louis to
Houston, arrived at st. Louis ON Satur-
day, and on presentation of their passes
at the Office of the Merchants' Southern
Packet Company, to which they were
directed, discovered that they had been
swindled by the old intelligence Office
game, the passes being entirely worth
less. Several of these men are without
money, having given Hill all they had,
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ton.
"A special dispatch from Austin,
Texas, to +. the Galveston Netos says /:
Keard & Miller's train, loaded with
bacon, from chihuahua, for Fort Bacon,
was attacked near the boundary by a
band of Indians. Heard, his wife, and
five other Americans Wereekille6. The
chihuahua ~frontier troops pursued the
murderous bandNacross the boundary
into the United States, and killed and
captured eighty Indians. The United
States troops, at Fort Goodwin, sent to
protect the Indians, came in collision
with Mexican soldiers, and 4 fight en-
sued, in which the commanding officer
soldiers were killed. The Mexican SOL
diers numbered two hundred. .,1j
Foreign.
The O6qtsas Jotrr7udl of the 18th says
Germany Viluonly interfere in the do
mestic affairs of France when it shall
become necessary for the collection of
money due herself.
London specials, seemingly well au-
thenticated, say that the insurgent
leaders have ceased to entertain hopes
of success, and that they are actuated
now only by a sort of wild resolution
Dorm OF aDsoluterdespalr. 1hey nave no
remorse at indiscriminate bl~oodshed,
and will fight desperately.
The Official Journal publishes an APP
peal from sundry women, adjuring the
Guards to fight to the last extremity.
The same journal also publishes a de-
cree promising pensions of 600 francs to
wives of National Guards killed, and
365 francs for, each. child, legitimate or
ilsgitimate, no matter which. Other
relatives are Also promised pensions in
certain cases. =IlcLG 1-q"- s..s1H,f
"A World special dated the 10TH at
Paris, says unless the Germans save us,
Paris must Don sNim with blood. The
Commune hourly grows more desperate
and resorts to fierce excuses. The Con
ciergerie is filled. with priests and nuns,
who have BEEN arrested on warrants
calling them citizens styled servants OF
a person called "God."h 3- r- II
Desperate fighting took place on
Sunday in Paris, resulting in victories
for the Commune, 1t is reported that
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