Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-29

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when last seen, and, both being
partially blind, it is supposed they lost their
way while returning to the asylum and per-
ished from cold.-..Mrs. CARLY and child, of
fredericksburg, O., were burned to death on
Wednesday, in attempting to start a fire
with Sweets Hotel, at Grand
Rapids, the largest hotel in Western Michi-
gan, was partially destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night. The loss Is estimated at
nearly 800, 900.
The South.
A DUEL was fought at Bay st. Louis, on
Thursday, between Gen. A. s. Boden, Chief
of Police of New Orleans, and Hon. George
W. Carter, formerly Speaker of the House in
the Louisiana Legislature. They exchanged
shots with rifles at sixty PAGES without eff
feet. The differences were then amicably
adjusted 1.-The Methodist Book Concern at
day night. Loss $4,000; insured for ST, 600.
ma destructive fire occurred at Sharps-
burg, Bath county, KY, on Tuesday, con-
Stunning the Presbyterian Church and five of
the best business houses in town. Three
men were arrested, charged with starting
the fire, and it was with difficulty that the
mob could be prevented from hanging them.
On Saturday night a fire broke out in
GoodalPs clearinghouse, on Main street,
Memphis, Tenn. Owing to the scarcity of
water the building and several adjoining
ones were damaged to the amount of $40 900
fully insured. Henrietta Conley, colored,
employed in Goodall's, was asleep at the
time and was burned to death.....A Will
mington, N. c., special says the Lowry gang
raided upon the town of Lumberton, and
carried off a safe from the store of A. 81.
Mcleod, with $22, 600 deposited by various
parties for safe-keeping, there being no bank
in the town, Valuable papers were taken
from the Sheriff's safe. A posse of police
attempted the capture of the thieves, but
were too weak.
HENRY DORSEY, age 16, living four miles
south of Memphis, was accidentally killed
by his own gun, while attempting to shoot a
wildcat......An the courts in Memphis have
been compelled to adjourn, owing to the coal
famine.
A WOMAN named McManus while walking
on a platform at a blast furnace, in Benwood,
near Wheeling, W. Va, on Monday, stepped
| on q loose board and fell to the ground, a
distance of Is feet She was carrying her
little boy in her arms at the time the acct
dent occurred. The woman died soon after.
The boy had a leg badly fractured. The
suit of Fred Breitzman against the st. Louis
Packet Company for $25 900 for false i'm
prisonment and malicious prosecution in
1869, was decided in the First Circuit Court at
Memphis on Tuesday, by awarding Breitz-
man $1,000.
Washington.
l OECRETAh1 BOUTWELL, 6I0uQb Himself from
the fault found with him for the selection of
the Bigelow Block for the Post,Ofice site in
/ Chicago by asserting that the Government
saved $500 900 thereby, and that he was
recommended to accept this bid by a ma
jority of the members of the Illinois Con-
gressional delegation. With reference to
the Government interest in the old site, it
has been suggested that it would serve
for the location of a new bonded ware
house.
WADE HAMPTON, M. G. Butler, and Ker-
shaw, of South Carolina, have reached
Washington, to ask for a hearing before the
Ku-Klux Committee, to defend themselves
against the charge made in the Senate, that
they were in active sympathy with the Ku-
Klux in that State......The Senate in execu-
tive session on Monday confirmed the nomi-
nation of Charles Hale, of Massachusetts, as
Assistant Secretary of State.
Foreign.
THE activity of Bonapartist agents who
are intriguing throughout France to secure
the return of the ex-Emperor creates some
excitement in parliamentary circles at Yer
sailles... Minister Washburne has received
instructions from his Government to nego-
tiate a postal treaty with France-.-.The
court martial of the persons connected with
the murder of several Dominican friars in
the town of Angel, Department of the
Seine, has ended. Three of the prisoners
were found guilty of murder, and were con-
demned to death, and nine others were con-
victed of completely in the crime, and
awarded various terms of imprisonment......
The subscription committee in Nancy have
already received 1900, 900 francs in con-
%tributions to the voluntary fund for the pay
ment of the war indemnity.
GEORGE h. BOXER, the newly appointed
Minister of the United States to CONSTANT.
nople, was on Monday presented to Presi-
dent Theirs in Paris by Mr. Washburne.....
The Paris Opini0ne Rationale asserts that 8
conspiracy has been discovered in which
three Generals under the late Emperor are
leaders. Their plan was to dispense the As
sembly by force and take possession of the
government, when they were to be sup
ported by a large number of ex-officers anG
soldiers of the Empire from the North. The
Opinione says that in consequence of thiI
revelation the Belgian frontier is carefully
guarded, and no one is permitted to crosI
into France without passports....Bogumi
Dawson, the eminent tragedian, died neal
Dresden, Feb. 2, aged 54......In the annua
estimate for the expenses of the English
army for the year there is a reduction of one
million pounds from the estimate of las
year.
IT is reported that Viscount Monck, VIII
was Governor General of Canada from 1856
to 1868, will be appointed Viceroy of Indis
to fill the vacancy caused by the assassina
ton of Earl Mayo-...The English court cir
cular announces that the Prince of Vale
intends to go to Yarmouth to recuperate.....
The injuries TO Mime. Ristori, the well-knowr
tragedienne. by the recent railway acciden
J near Perugia, are more serious than at frs
supposed. In addition to flesh bruises, Ris
tori sustained a fracture of the knee-pan
which will render her unable to attend t.
professional duties for a long time.....It ii
reported that on Sunday last the Pope signed
a decree convoking the Ecumenica1 Council
the place of meeting to be either in thu
Island of Malta or in Tyrol, as shall b.
hereafter determined, and that when tn,
Council meets the Pope will leave Rome.
Baron Gerolt, late German Ambassador a
Washington, is given by the Emperor a lib
eral pension and a place in the PrivY Coun
Gil, with the title of His Gen
Won Moltke and Won Room lave been created
life Peers by royal decree, and will take
their seats in the Upper Chamber of the
Prussian Diet....There is much excitement
in Paris and Versailles over the ALLEGED
Bonaplrtist conspiracy. The police fore,
has been doubled, and troops have received
orders to remain at their barracks ready 70,
action......The Austrian Reichsrath, by
two-thirds majority, has passed the compul
sorry electoral bill, which makes importan
changes in the political system of the prov