Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ThA East.

The East.
IT is stated that Boss Tweed's trial will lie
postponed until next spring......In the trial
of Nc Williams, Chief of the Jersey City Po-
lice, for completely in the robbery of the
Jersey City Bank, one of the robbers testi-
fed that the Chief melted him to the deed,
stating that there was $500. 900 in it, and
promising, for 20 per cent. of the plumber, to
let the thieves escape, if caught 1.-THE new
horse disease is still rapidly spreading at the
East, but the alarm among horse-men is
subsiding as the disease and its mode of treat
ment become understood. 1t is an inhu-
enza more resembling diphtheria than ca
have a slight cold; a cough sets in, and still
later a running at the nose. frequently a
horse will cough up a large mass of mucus.
The epidemic is raging throughout the
New England States. In Brooklyn the
horse-cars have ceased running, and nearly
all the horse-cars and omnibuses have stop
ped in New York, Broadway showing less
than one-fourth of the usual traffic.
Ex-Gov. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON, of Penn
s~ylvania, is dead-....Lagrave the swindling
New York broker, who fled to France some
time ago, has been brought back and lodged
in Jail, in default of $40 900 bail......An i'm
mense coal fleet, consisting of nearly fifty
steamers, having in tow 440 barges contain
ing six million bushels of "black diamonds"
passed down the Ohio river for Cincinnati
and louisville last week.....The r~egistra-
ton of New York and Brooklyn shows a
falling off from last year of 1000 votes in
each city. The registry of New York is
smaller by 1900 than Philadelphia.
The death of Mrs. Horace Greeley, which
occurred last week in New York, was not
an unexpected occurrence. She had been
for many months an invalid, and for several
weeks prior to the sad event her death was
daily looked for. Notwithstanding the par
tisan feeling ofwhich the bereaved husband
has been one of the principal objects, he has
the sincere sympathy of the public in his
sad athiction. He was a constant and I'M
firing attendant at his wife's bedside up to
the last moment Mrs. Greeley leaves three
daughters.
The West.
Ar DeKalb, Ill, last week, a balloon broke
from its fastening before the eronaut had
entered, and started upon its upward career.
The rope became ~entangled around the leg
OF a man named McMann, and carried him
up leo feet, with his head hanging down.
ward. The involuntary eronaut extricated
himself from his horrible position and
climbed into the basket. When at the height
of 400 feet the terrified man leaped out, and
was, of course, instantly killed. Suisse
quently the balloon took fire and was con-
sumed.
The South.
A BAND of Kiowa Indians recently made
a raid into Texas, murdered a family and
drove off a large amount of stock from the
vicinity of Palo Pinto. The murders were
committed in the usual barbarous styIe of
savagea art.
The Memphis Savings Bank has suspend
ed. Its liabilities are over $175, ZOO.
A GANG of Texas marauders recently made
O raid nupr tho Rio Gro.lo ;.4o Ar.-:.z r
the purpose of plumber. A fight ensued, in
which several Mexicans and tive Americans
were killed. After setting fire to and burn
ing all the houses in the town, the Texans
recrossed the river and dispersed ...... The
liabilities of the Memphis Savings Bank will
exceed 100000, of which individual deposit
ors lose about $4,000. NJ. J. Wicks, the
President, has placed his entire private for
tune at the disposal of the creditors, which
will pay 20 per cent. of the total indebted
ness--..St. Charles street, New Orleans, was
enlivened the other day by a desperate
ARRAY between Perry Lyons and John
Henry, two notorious gamblers, which re-
suited in the death of both of the despera-
does. Henry emptied five chambers of a
revolver into Lyons body, who in turn made
mince meat of Henry with a bowie-knife.
THE St. Louis Republican publishes the
particulars of an Indian raid into Hood and
Parker counties, Texas, ON the BRACES river
Inc cltlzens were organizing Tor the purpose
of driving them out......A dispatch from
Little Rock, Ark, announces that "peace
once more reins in Pope comfy the militia
have been disbanded; everything is quiet,
and no more trouble is apprehended."
Washington.
The crop report of the Department of
Agriculture for October shows that the record
of the yield of wheat is quite as variable as
was that of its condition during the summer.
TIL New England States lave about sus-
tanned their usual average, while the Mid
die States show a falling off of 35 per cent,
and the Southern States have largely in
creased their production. California has in
creased her yield 20 per cent. Minnesota
and Iowa have made a material increase.
while Missouri and Kansas show a falling
eff. Virginia and Kentucky have good
crops, while Maryland and OHIO return d.
minished yields, as does the entire district
between the Ohio river and the lakes. It is
probable that the completed estimate will not
fall short of 24O, 00O,1 300 bushels, upon an area
oflittle less than 20 900 900 aeres-between IL
and 13 bushels per acre-which is about. an
average crop. The quality of the wheat is |
generally better than that of last year. The |
per centage of product in comparison with
that of last year, in each of the States, is as |
follows: