Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-09-05

Jay Gould. Inc exnlDlGlon was a miserable
farce. OF the four horses, two were declared
to be in an unfit condition to trot, while the
other two-Jay Gould and Elmo-went
around the track at a dog trot. The disap-
pointed audience became SO enraged that
thew drove the riders of the horses off the
ground, abused the managers of the affair,
attempted to tear down the stand, and be-
haved generally in a most outrageous and
disgraceful manner.....Gen. Morrow is fix
ing up a little arrangement with the Utah
redskins which, it is hoped, will obviate
the immediate necessity OF commencing the
threatened war of determination against
then.-..The st. Crispins of Cincinnati, 600
strong, are on a strike.-..Archibald ely
bourn, the oldest settler in Chicago, died in
that city, last weak, at the age of 20 years.
He emigrated from Virginia to the site of the
Garden City in 1918, where he continuously
resided up to the time of his death.
A PRIzE-F1GHT was lately contested at
Washoe Lake, Nevada, between Ben Will
liams and John Chatham, upon the result
of which over $40 900 changed hands. Will
liams was the victor in 45 rounds"-..The
latest accounts concerning the Ari IONA dia-
of the river Chiquite, but the value of the
discoveries is doubted. Helena, Montana,
has been visited by a destructive fire, in
volving a loss of $4,000.
THE Rock Island and Pacific railroad is
now running through trains from Chicago
to Atchison, Kansas....Live Wolf, the val
liant chief of the Kiewa Indians, has pro-
claimed his ultimatum to the Indian Coun-
Gil at the Cheyenne!Agency, which is that no
peace can be secured until the military are
removed from that country and Fort Sill
abandoned.....Cain Higgins, an old, wealthy
and respected farmer residing near Chicago,
was found dead near his house, the other
day, with several pistol shots through his
body and his head badly crushed. The af-
fair is enveloped in mystery.....The hog
cholera is playing havoc with the swine in
Green and Jersey counties, 1u"...Gen. Ord
telegraphed that the reports concerning the
Indian troubles in tab are greatly exag-
gerated, and that all the Indians having re-
servations have gone The venerable
Bishop Uphold, who died at Indianapolis the
other day, had been Bishop of that diocese
since 1S49......A little boy, son of the City
Recorder of Dubuque, Iowa, was drowned in
the Mississippi river a lew days since.
Mr.. Remington, foreman of the Illinois
Central railroads shops, lost his life in ar
attempt to rescue the little fellow.
THE mean average temperature at Chi
cago for the fifteen weeks ending with Au-
gust was 734-the highest ever recorded in
any previous summer for the same period
of time.-.. William Kali, editor of the De-
troit journal, a daily German paper, fell
down a flight of stairs, last week, and dis
located his neck, causing instant DEATH.
The number of deaths in Chicago for the
week ending Aug. "a was 3S4, of which 1873
were children under one year Of age.
THE bill-posters of the country met in
c%onventio. at st. Louis, last week, and form
ed a national organization for their mutual
protection and beneft.....A mob composed
of citizens of Hayes City, Kansas, broke in
to the jail at that place., a short time since,
and killed two noted desperadoes confined
acknowledgements troops recently seiz-
cd and destroyed all the liquors in James
town, Dakota, and imprisoned nearly all the
liquor dealers-....A little two-year-older of
Washington, Iowa, strayed away from home
the other day. The alarm was raised and
the whole country turned out to search for
the lost child. After a three days hunt the
little fellow was found in a corn-feld two
miles from home.-..Jacob White, the Oldest
white man in Indiana, died in Clay county,
in that State, last week, at the advanced
age Ct los years.....Four persons were kill
ed by the bursting of a boiler in q Cleveland
rolling mill, last week.....The boiler of q
threshing machine engine, in Oakland couD-
ty, Mich, exploded the other day with fatal
effect, four persons being killed and two
others dangerously wounded..--.Three more
kerosene suicides-Mrs. j. c. Mcconnell, of
Marengo, Iowa, and Cora Mcgee and Maria
Alexander, at Indianapolis, Ind.,..-..By the
explosion of the boiler of a saw mill in Law
renee county, Ohio, a few days ago, four
men lost their lives and two others received
serious injuries.....Ja cob Thacher, of Peoria,
ILL.,, died last week from ~hydrophobia, from
being bitten by a dog eighteen year ago.
The South.
The authorities of Brownsville, Texas, re-
Gently pursued five Mexican desperadoes
across the river into Mexico, where they
| were seized by q body of cavalry co-operat-
ing with the Brownsville people, and sum-
marily executed. There seems to be a de-
termination on the part of the Texans in
that region to rid the country of these Mex
lean ~marauders, and declare their purpose
to kill the ~scoundrels whenever and wher-
ever foEnd.
THE New Orleans Board of Health an
nounces that there has not been a single case
of yellow fever in that city during the
present season.
Mrs. AMELIA WHEAT, of Baltimore, aged
rs, was foully and mysteriously murdered
in her bed, a few nights ago-....G. W. Mar
tin, who was confined in the Ripley county,
Tenn, Jail for the murder of his wife, was
recently taken out by a mob and shot to
death, his body being riddled by twelve
charges of buckshot......An ARRAY at st.
Louis, the other day, between three negroes,
resulted in two of them receiving a bullet
through the head, from which they cannot
recover from North Carolina
represent that much lawlessuess and violence
| prevail in and around Salisbury, growing
out of the intensity of political feeling, and
many deadly encounters are expected.
REPORTS of the cotton crop in Arkansas,
Tennessee and Mississippi are very unfavor-
able. The drought is causing the cotton to
rust and shed, and in some sections it is
thought the crop will prove an entire fail
ure.
Washington.
The Postofice Department has at last
agreed upon the size, style, color, etc., of the
forthcoming postal card. 1t will be of a
light amber color, 5x3B inches in size, and
weigh about II drachms...-.The internal
Revenue Bureau has refused an application
to distill spirits from cantaloupes under the
exemption allowed fruit distillers, on the
ground that the law recognizes those only
as fruit distillers who distill from apples,
peaches and grapes......The Second National
Bank of Washington, capital 5000 900, has
commenced operations."...The Kentucky
war claims, which have just been allowed,
amounted to 1927 ,22S, instead of $245 ,25S,
as heretofore announced.
GEN. GIDEON j. PILLOW having asked to be
enumerated for a large lot of mules seized
by the Federals at Helena, Ark, in 1852, At
torDav Genora1 Williams holds tn q the claim