Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-06-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

rockville, Canada, on the 11th inst. The
boat was run ashore on Grenadier Island,
all the passengers managed to save
themselves with the exception of Mrs. DR..
Jones, of Montreal, who jumped overheard
and was drowned.....W Whitfield, N. H., had
. 500, 900 freshet on the 18th inst...-.Lib-
bic Garrabrandt, the slayer of Burroughs
now under sentence of death, has been pro
insane by the Medical Society of
Paterson, N. j.
Two hundred indictments relating to
frauds have been drauEhted for The
new United States Grand Jury at New
York.-..The Continental Hotel, Long |
Branch, has been sold for $3.50 - |
third its value.....News of another terrible
triple tragedy comes to us from New York.
On the 10th inst. Charles Magyar, an ltal-
ian, shot and killed his wife. Louis Ma
grit, brother of the murdered woman, then
shot and mortality wounded Magyar, and he
in turn shot Magrif, inficting q death
wound.....The venerable Nathan Weston,
late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Maine, is dead..... The eight-hour parade of
the w~orkingmen of New York, on the. 10th
inst, was q grand failure, not more than
1000 or 5000 turning out. The strikes
still continue.
TEE New York State Superintendent of
Public Instruction has decided against ex-
GLIDING c~hildrencfrom public schools Cor re-
W IC80 II Oo4PCulbIOub
have left this eeuntry, within q few days, to
suceor the struggling Cuban patriots......In
Allegheny City, Pa, on the 18th inst, Am
brose Lynch fatally stabbed and killed VIM.
Hatfield, aged 40 years, for criminal init
macy with his (Lynch's) sister.-..A man
was knocked down and robbed by two aban-
doned women, on Broadway, New York, last
Paterson, N. j.. has just had the
fercest tornado she ever experienced. A
number of buildings were demolished.....
The aauonkaanth ntarnati0na convention nf
the Young Mems Christian Association was
in session at Lowell, Mass, last week. II.
Thane Miller, of Cincinnati, p~resided.....
Twenty three Ku-Klux prisoners arrived at
Albany On. " Penitentiary, last week,
from Charleston ......A New York telegram
announces the painful intelligence that Mr..
Joseph jefferson, the celebrated comedian,
has become suddenly blind. The constant
glare of gas n calcium lights is said to
have produced the sad affection. Mr.. Jefer-
son is under the care of the ablest oculists
of the metropolis, and hopes are INDUCED of
his ultimate recovery....Hot westher IN
New York on the 18th; Thermometer go.
The earthly remains of James Gordon
Bennett were deposited in their final rest
ing place, in Greenwood Cemetery, New
York, ON Thursday, the 18Th inst. The
funeral ceremonies of the great j~ournali.t
were very imposing, many noted men APP
Pearing IN the cortege. The streets along
the line of the procession were lined with
oRCCb6bOfoy u 1dRba tQEOU&nOu6 the City
were hung at half mast-...Fred. Kramer
and Richard d. Maxwell, machinists, were
crushed to death by an immense steel bed
plate, at Pittsburgh, on the 18th inst.--.The
Republicans of Maine have renominated
Hon. Sidney Perham for Col
Forney and Col. Thos. A. Scott, the railroad
king, have gone on q several months jaunt
to Texas-...Emil Andres FrenchmsR, shot
and killed his wife, in New York, ON the
18th inst.
The West.
Work on the Northern Pacific railroad
goes bravely on. The road is completed
across Minnesota, and the first locomotive
crossed the bridge into Dakota on the 9Th
fnst.-..John Barclay, for the murder of
Charles Garner, will hang at Columbus, o.
Oct. 4.....The molten of Mrs. Fair, the San
Francisco murdsress, for a change of venue,
Has been overruled, and a venire of 200 ju-
fors haS been ordered to try b case.--.By
the death Of ex-Mayor Smith, Of Brooklyn,
receives $4,000. ehe was the frat white
womanswhe settled in Fox River Valley.
Another case of emotional insanity comes
to US from San Francisco. J.H. Mansfield
met Mary Helm ON the street, and, because
she persisted in her determinatOn not to
marry him, shot the young lady twice in the
breast, and then served himself b same
way. Both will probably die.-.-The shoe
makers of Cincinnati lave ended . success
full strike, having obtained 20 per cent. adj
vance in their wages....The Buffalo print
ers have demanded an increase of wages.
The other trades are arranging to follow.
Logan county, Ohio, was visited by a
terrific and destructive tornado on the even
ing of the sfk fnst. The villages of Quincy
and DeGraH We're alraost wholly swept
away. Thirty-uidS persons were injured
more or less-some, NiSfeared, fatally-and
a vast amount of property destroyed-.-The
workingmen of Quincy, HR.y are agitating
the eight-hour movement--.NA magnificent
railroad bridge is to span the Missouri river
at, Atchison, Kansas....The 0m9pH GNeb.)
Daily Bee Office was destroyed by fire "a the
18th inst.-..The pleasure travelt to Califo4aha
has SEQ il, and promises to be immense this
summer. Tho westward bound trains from
are cro~ded with passengers every
day....The receipts of silver bullion at
Omaha, from the West, average a ton and a
half daily.-..Yolunteers and troops from
Fort Whipple, Arizona, overlook she Apaches
who raided near Prescott and feSaptured
1000 ACKNOWLEDGMENT laid the corner
stone of her new courthouse with imposing
CEREMONIES, on June IL. Proposed cost OF
structufe5 5000, 900 ...... There are apprehen-
sions of q genera1 indian war on the from
tier. Especial danger seems to threaten
settlers on the line of thSN offhefr Pacific
Railroad..--Henry Book, of Dubois county,
Ind, last week shot and killed his son-in-
law, Henry Aufderhaon, and then hung,
himself.
TEE house of Michael Kenly, near Ma
rengo, Ill, was burned on the night of the
sth inst. Mrs. Kenly and four children
were burned to death ....Joseph Fraw COM
mitted suicide at Cleveland, on the 10th
inst."...Ira Lafriner, one of the Oldest ship
builders of Cleveland, is dead.,..The wild
man who has lately been frightening laborers
on the Museatine Western railroad, in Iowa,
was ound dead IN a slough, last week He
turned out to be q mulatto, and 10 supposed
TO have been insane.
TIE Democrats of Indiana have nominated
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks for Governor......
Chicago had $40 900 worth of fires on the
18th in~st....john AtWater, of Canton, ILL.,,
got his foot e~ntangled in a halter and was
dragged 10 death by q horse, last week..
Michael Foonan was killed by a locomotive,
at Fort Wayne, Ind, ON the 18th inst..-.The
Springfield (Il.) rolling-mills have COM
menced operations-.....The NatioEai Senger-
fest opened at st. Louis on the 18th. Over
10000 strangers were in attendance.
Near Peoria, Ill, on the 18Th inst, ten
freight cars became detached from a srain
on tho Peoria n Rock Isla2d railroad'
and, starting of on q steep down ei--ade,a at
the rate of e5 miles an hour, coilided, Esith
terrific forces with some empty cars on the
track smashing the Cars iat0 millions of
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