Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-06-06

are on q 5trlke IOr an auNdnce OF wages.
A MAN named Charles Sackrider committed
suicide on the goth ult., by jumping into
Lake Huron, from the propeller Winslow.
Myers, travelling agent for a Boston
jewelry establishment, was robbed of watches
and jewelry valued at $4,000, at the Plank
enton House, Milwaukee,, on the goth ult.
1.-THE Masonic Grand Lodge, in session
last week at indianapolis, was largely at
tended, and a good deal of business of inter
est to the order was transacted. 1.-THE labor
agitation continues to spread, having ex-
of that city lave struck for an ad-
vance of wages, and other trades will soon
follow.
The South.
THE greater portion of the business part
of Warrinton, Va, was destroyed by fire on
the 23d misunderstanding Delaro was in St.
Louis on the oath inst, on his way to Wash
ington.....The Republican State Conven-
ton, of West Virginia, met at Grafton, on
the 3d, and after passing resolutions, among
which was one declaring that NO Office
holder should be a delegate to the Philadel-
phia Convention, elected its delegates and
instructed them to vote for Grant.
NJ. ]. HEATING, The Catholic priest, who
was arrested as a vagrant a few days age,
died at the hospital at St. Louis, recently.
IAN attempt was made to assassinate a
lady named Mrs. Carrie Robinson Pierce, at
Newport, KY, or the oath. The whale
bone in her dress saved her life.
A BRE1GHr train on the Orange, Alexandria
and Manassas railroad ran over a cow about
eight miles from Alexandria, Va, on the
9th ult., throwing The engine and cars off
the track, killing two brakemen, and seri-
ously wounding the freman......Th Ma
ti0nal AOrio11tT1ra1 G0nuraaa COMMANDED
their joint session at st. Louis, on the 9th
ult. Over 800 delegates were present.
AT st. Louis, on the night of the 2sth ult.,
three negroes got into a fight at a disreputa-
BILE lance house, resulting in the killing
of one and the serious ~wounding of two
others.....The southern portion of Louisiana
was visited by a severe tornado on the 9th
uit., doing much damage to the growing
crops, and destroying considerable property.
"A terrible tornado passed over Morgan
county, Mo-, last week, playing havoc with
barns, orchards, fences, etc., besides in
volving a sad loss of life. Jacob Blosser
and child were killed, and some fifteen or
wind was accompanied by one of the most
terrific and destructive rain-storms ever
witnessed in that region.
Hon. JoHN GILL SHORTER, a prominent
politician and former Governor of Alabama,
died in Eufala, Ala, on the goth ult.....Thos.
j. Hill, a young lawyer of Forest City, Ark,
was shot and instantly killed by VIM. Schan,
a deputy marshal, who was attempting to
arrest him, on the goth ult.....On the 29th
ult., John Branham, living in Owen county.
KY, split his wife's head open with an axe,
killing her instantly. The murderer is in
jail.
Washington.
For the first time since the beginning OF
the war Congress was full in both branches
on the 23d inst. Sion H. Rogers, of the
Fourth North Carolina district, was sworn
in on that day, making a full representation
from each State in the Union....Archibald
Campbell has been appointed by the Presi-
dent COMMISSIONS to survey and adjust the
southern boundary separating Minnesota
and Dakota from the British possessions......
The Freedman's Bureau, according to the
action of the House of Representatives will
close on June 80, 1872.
TIE Finance Committee has fixed the tax
on whisky at 70 cents, and the tax on TO-
bacco is made uniform at 2 cents. The
committee recommend the repeal of all
stamp taxes. The reduction made in ex-
cess of the House is about $4,000, 900, max
ing a total reduction of $50 900 900 for Gus
toms and exciso....The American Institute
OF Homeopathy, recently in session at
Washington, elected DR.. Small, of Chicago,
President, and DIR. Burgess, of Pittsburg,
Vice President. They meet again at Cleve-
land, on the Sd of June, 1878.
The United States Agricultural Society
has been organized at the capital. VIM
Beckwith, of Michigan, was elected Presi.
dent, with one Vice President from eacl
State......Th President has nominated Gen
Robert h. Milroy, of Indiana, to be Super.
intendent of Indian Affairs for Washington
Territory.
THE Sioux Indian delegation, headed by
Red Cloud, held a council with Secretary o.
the Interior Delano, on the 9th ult. Speeche.
were made by the chiefs, in which a desire
for peace was ferely expressed. Secretary
Delano responded in a brief talk, with which
the dusky braves were highly pleased. Or
the 28th the chiefs held a pow-wow with
President Graat.....By order of the Presi,
dent, the several departments were closed
on the S0th ult., to allow the employees to
participate in the ceremony of decorating
! the graves of Union soldiers in the various
cemeteries around Washington.
Born Houses of Congress have agreed *
adjourn on June 3.....The Department o
Justice will soon issue an order abandoning
all suits against those who have filled public
Offices contrary to the Fourteenth Amend.
ment to the Constitution, and whose politi.
cal disabilities have just been removed by
law. 1ue ldIScSb uuHuDcI OF Sucn cases II
in Tennessee.
The Spanish Minister has notified Secre.
tary Fish that DIR. Houard will in a very few
days be released, and his property restored
to him .....Advices from Washington repre-
sent that the protocol Endorsed by the Sen.
ate is SO arranged as to be a decla.
ration of principle, instead of a mere sur.
render of the demand for consequential,
damages, and that there is a probability, il
consequence of dissatisfaction on the part Of
Great Britain, hat the whole subject may
again be a the occasion for further
diplomatic correspondence.
Foreign.
The Archduchess Sophia, mother of tht
Emperor Francis Joseph, is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever. The latest bulletin re-
ports that she is rapidly sinking......The
Atalanta and London crews have agreed or
the 10th of June as the day for the race, and
4:3O p. m. as the hour for the start. The
new boat ordered by the Atalanta is being
made by Bifin, and will be completed by
Wednesday next. The Pail Mall Gazette
says the American crew now pull in a style
which is simply perfection, and that be-
tween it and the Londoners the difference is
plainly visible.....Gen Greaves, who was
present at the battle of New Orleans, in
1915, died recently. Weather throughout
England is fair, but unfavorable to the