Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-14

spreading. Families are flying, and those
who cannot escape are starving on the
house-tops or in trees where they have taken
refuge. The streams are filled with car
casses of cattle and wrecks of houses and
barns. The town of Raggio, fourteen miles
from Madina, has almost entirely disappear
ed beneath the aood.....A successful land
ing has been made on the Cuban coast of a
quantity of arms and ammunition for the
patriots.
An immense mass meeting was recently
held in Hyde Park, London, in favor of am
nesty for Fenian convicts. The assemblage
was an orderly one, and no attempt was made
by the authorities to interfere with the pro-
ceedings..The London Telegraph announces
that the late Sir David Baxter has be-
queathed the enormous sum of two and a half
millions of dollars to the Free Church OF
Scotland, and a quarter of q million to the
! University of Edip burgh......K aiser William
charges Uncle Sam nothing for his services
in the San Juan arbitratiop...-..The latest
| advices from theCity of Mexico report every
thing quiet in the land of revolutions. On
the news of the death of Seward, the dag on
| the American legation and the consulate was
hoisted at half mast, and kept so four days.
The Mexican press contained lengthy and
hatteripg biographies of Mr.. Seward.....The
late municipal elections in England resulted
in large Conservative gains. There was
much dissatisfaction at the working OF the
new Ballot act. The voting was 80 slow that
in many places all the votes could not be
polled.-.--The Emperor of China was mar
ried on the 10th of October. The Emperor
is II years old, and his bride .15......John
Francis Mcguire, the we'll known Irish
member of Parliament for Cork City, anc
proprietor and principal editor of the COrA
Examiner, is dead.
IT is stated that Marshal Bazaine is no
expected to live through his trial...-.Franc
has just paid Germany 200 900. 900 mor'
francs, and will continue to make simila,
installments until the end of the year, SO tina
on the LIST of January only two milliards o
the war indemnity will remain unpaid.
The irrepressible Carlists are again becoming
troublesome in Spain.....The excitement II
Germany over the Country Reform bill ha
subsidized. Another effort will be made t
pass the bill on the reopening of the Diet
49,. The King, and Queen OF saxony nav
Just celebrated their golden w~edding"....A
last accounts there was 40 abatement OF tn
flood in the River Pc. The destruction o
life and property has been frightful 18th
cholera is spreading in Europe. Dispatche
from Berlin, Vienna and Prague annoanc
the appearance of the dreaded scourge II
those cities.
A PARIS telegram says !: Henri Rochfor
has been permitted to come to Versailles t
marry the dying mother of his children /
order to legitimitize his offspring. When tn
ceremony is concluded he will return t
prison.....Th Russian Government has re
called the expedition against Khiva..:..
Enough new Peers are to be appointed b.
the Prussian Government to overcome tn
majority in the Upper House, which de
feated the Country Reform..bill pressed by tn
Government at the last session......It is an
nounced from Paris that the evacuation o
the Department of the Upper Marine by tn
German troops has been completed that o
Department the of the Marine Is slowly pro
ceedinQ.