Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-10-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

seven business houses, involving a loss of
upward of $3.50. 000 ......Philadelphia, at the
recent election, polled over 1 5000 votes.
Hartranft's majority is 20,437.....John Nor
rissey lost $4,000 on the Pennsylvania
election--.The Cubans in New York, on the
10th inst, celebrated, with much spirit, the
fourth anniversary of the independence of
the Island of Cuba......Hon. VIM. H. Seward
died at his residence in Auburn, N. Y, on
the 10th of October, after a brief illness.
OK the 5th of October the horses Harry
Bassett and Monarchist met on the Jerome
Park course, New York, for a three mile
race, and such was the confidence in the
victor of Longfellow that the betting was
ten to one in his favor. To the surprise of
everybody Monarchist won the race, which
is described as living been one of the most
exciting contests in the history of the Amer
lean turf. One week later the same horses
met for a second trial, this time in q four
mile race; and, notwithstanding his pre-
vious defeat, Bassett was still the favorite at
large odds. Again he disappointed his
hackers, and succumbed to the superior
speed and endurance of Monarchist. Thus
the king of the turf is deposed almost as
soon as crowned, and Monarchist ~justi6es
his name by succeeding to the equine roy-
alty."..A fire at Bangor, Me-, last week,
destroyed over $100, 900 worth of property.
N. H., was visited by a $780,
600 fire the other day."..Sarah Payson VIII
lis, wife of James Parton, the historian,
otherwise known as Fanny Fern, died re-
Gently, in New York.....Jame Spalding,
founder of the New York World, is cad.
The funeral obsequies of Mr.. Seward, at
Auburn, N. Y, were of the most imposing
character. The following prominent gentle
mon acted as pall-bearers: Thurlow Weed,
Edwin D. Morgan, Richard Schell, Samuel
B. Ruggles, Abram Wakeman, James Barnes,
Elias V. LeaVenworth, Henry Wells, George
Patterson, NJ. s. Myers, James A. Seymour,
Richard Steel, Nelson Beardsley, Daniel
Hewson, E. T. T. Martin, John Porter, and
j. II. Chedell.
THE Saratoga County Bank, at Waterford,
N. Y, was robbed the other day of over
100000, by a gang of nine masked desper-
ADDE'S. The robbers secreted themselves in
the house of the Cashier during the night,
and bound and gagged the entire family,
except the Cashier, whom they compelled to
open the vault of the bank.
Hon. JUSTIN S. MORRILL, has been re-
elected United States Senator from Yer
mont."..James Anthony Froude, the En-
glish historian, was banqueted at New York
the other day. Mr.. Froude explained that
the object of his visit to this country was to
contribute to the formation of public opin-
ion in this country regarding the relations
the recently appointed colored midshipman,
is having about as bad a time of it at the
Annapolis Naval Academy as Cadet Smith
did at West Point. On last Friday night,
Wnen LQ6 mlOSn1pmen were In line marcn-
ing from the lower part of the grounds to
their quarters, an attack was made on Con-
yers by some score of middys, who kicked
and cuffed him unceremoniously. A cadet
officer rushed in with a drawn sword among
the crowd that had gathered about the un-
fortunate cadet and stopped the attack. The
Presidents attention has been called to this
matter, and he has promised that all the
parties engaged in the affair shall be dis
missed....-A throwing match between base
ball players took place at Brooklyn, N. Y,
he other day. Hatfield, of the Mutual
Club, threw the ball 1873 yards, L foot, Z
the Boston Club, threw lie yards, L foot, 10
inches, and Harry Wright, of the same club,
III yards, l foot, L inch.
BEN BUTLER has been renomina.ed for
Congress by the Republicans of the Sixth
Massachusetts District.......Th will of the
late William H. Seward is a clear, succinct
document, singularly free from legal tech
nichalities, and written entirely in his own
hand. He bequeaths his late home at Au-
burn to his three sons. His other property
he divides into four equal shares among his
sons, Augustus, Frederick, and William, and
his adopted daughter, Olive Risley Seward.
The property amounts to about $500 900.
The West.
An affray, growing out of a heated political
discussion, occurred at st. Louis the other
day, between j. Milton Turner (colored),
United States Minister to Liberia, and Geo.
Medley, another prominent colored man,
in which the latter stabbed Turner in the
breast with a pocket knife, inhicting a
probably fatal ......T The anniversary
of the great fire in Chicago (Oct. 81, though
there was no formal demonstration, was
generally observed as a kind of holiday by
the people of the Rebuilt City......A CHICAGO
paper has started another Golconda sensa-
ton. It processes to tell the story of a man
who has discovered the existence of vast
mineral wealth in the Island of Aruba. off
the coast of Venezuela. The island in ques-
ton is represented as almost one solid mug
get of gold, and that an immense company
has been formed to work the mines. The
story is highly sensational, and doubtless
had its origin in the fertile Imagination Of
the reporter who wrote it up.....The village
OF Harrington, Mich, has been almost en-
tirely destroyed by fire.
Sioux CRY, Yankton, Fort Randall and
other points in Iowa and Dakota recently
experienced a severe earthquake shock......
Mayor Medill, of Chicago, has ordered all
saloons to be closed on the Sabbath, and
signihed his intention to do all in his power
to enforce the order.
DURING an ARRAY on the fair grounds at
st. Louis, last week, two men were stabbed
and killed by a drunken rowdy named
David Ring".."An extensive f rnace at
rLeuerlcKtoWn, MO-, just cOmpleted at a cost
OF $25O,00O, was destroyed by fire a few days
since Five hundred men are thrown out
OF emplSyment.....The Texas cattle fever,
in siz weeks, destroyed $780, 600 worth of stock
IN Morgan county, III.
HI propeller Lac la Belle, from Chicago,
sunk near Racine, Wis, last week. Six
lives were lost by the disaster. The Lac la
Belle was a large vessel of 1 ,~O0o.tons burden,
and was valued at $75, OO0......The town If
Newton, Eldorado county, CAL, has been to-
tally destroyed by fre......Rev. j. F. Ken
nedy,a prominent Methodist minister, re-
Gently committed suicide at Delaware, Ohio,
by shooting himself through the head with
a revolver.
The stockholders os the new Merchants
Exchange at st. Louis have authorized the
issue of 81, 900 twenty-year bonds for the
construction of the projected edifce......Mrs.
A!ger, of Grand Mound, Iowa, recently COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself to a door
knob with a bed-sheet......A petition for a
mechanics lien on Potter Palmer's great
three-million-dollar hotel, at Chicago, has
been filed in the Superior Court of that city
by the contractor and builder of tnat struc-
ture. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company has a mortgage of 1,OOe, 900