Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

VIRrUoUs and law-abiding Boston is agita-
ted by the Preparation of a crime out of the
usual order. Two barrels were found float
ing in the Charles river, and upon opening
them the body of a man., cut in several
pieces, was revealed. The murdered man
had on his clothes, which were of the best
quality. Everything seemed to indicate
that he was wealthy, and that he was muir
dered for money....It is stated hat Mes
DANES Woodruff and Clafin, the New York
free-loVe agitators, have become alarmed at
the prospect of the Penitentiary. They ad-
NIT the falsity of the published statements
concerning Reecher, Tilton and Challis, and
offer to retract everything and abandon
New York, provided the prosecution is with
drawn. The injured parties, however, will
not compromise, but are determined to press
the case until the libellers are lodged within
the strong walls of the State Prison.
The fnacial disasters resulting from the
Boston FIRE have been less marked than
those following the Chicago calamity. Stocks
declined an average of less than five per
cent, but soon recovered one-half of the de-
probation ....High Mansard. roofs served as
distributing reservoirs for the flames at the
Boston fire, and are believed to have cost
that city $25, 000, 900. New York has the
good sense and the good fortune to learn a
lesson from this experience of others, and
through her Common Council has forbidden
any further erection of Mansard roofs IN
less built of fre-proofmaterial......T The funeral
pageant of Gen. Meade, at Philadelphia, was
a very large and imposing one. The pro-
cession occupied one heur in passing a given
point. President Grant, Gems. Sherman and
Sheridan, Secretary Robson, and other dis
tinguished gentlemen were in the line, and
immense crowds threnged the line of march.
-NoLsueh- funeral demonstration has been
made since Lincoln's death.
The investigation into the charges of bri-
berry in the Philadelphia City Council reveals
an amount of corruption and venality rival
ing that exposed in New York last year......
TIL Centennial Commission has issued an
address to the people of the United States for
subscriptions to the proposed ten million dol
lars fund. The Commission looks to the
unfailing patriotism of the people of every
section to see that each contributes its share
of the expenses, and receives its share of the
benefits of an enterprise in which all are SO
deeply interested. 1t urges the formation in
each State and Territory of centennial organ
1~zatlons, which shall in time see that county
associations are formed, so that when the
nations are gathered together in 1876, each
commonwealth can view with pride the con-
tributions it has made to the national glory.
CHARLIE FRANCIS ADAMS arrived at New
York from Europe last week.-..Anthony
Trollope, the great English novelist, arrived
at New York the other day, having made
the journey overland from San Francisco.
-...George Grant was hung at West Chester,
Pa, on the 18th inst, for the murder of
Amanda Spence, a year ago.....A general
meeting of the citizens of Boston was held
the other day, and recommendations were
made to the Common Council that the Peace
Jubilee building be removed, that the streets
In the burnt district be widened and straight
ene6, that the Mansard roofs and high build
ings be discouraged, that a new Merchants'
Exchenge be erected, and that Congress be
Petitloned for a drawback on building ma
terials and to enlarge the new postofice......
Boston, its newspapers say, wants no assist
ance from Secretary Boutwell,, no opening of
the Common for business purposes. no relief
from other cities, no extra session of the
Legislature, no issue of bonds by the city
nothing but its own resources....Th New
York Spectator prints the following list of
insurance companies that have suspended in
consequence of the Boston calamity, and the
amount each will nav.