Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-10-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

LIE EaStO |
IT is reported that James Gordon Bennett
will soon m issuing a German edi-
ton of the New York RerGld.....Mr. Bur-
roughs, a ~well-known New York hotel keep
er, formerly proprietor of the Continental
Everett House, New York, has eloped to
Europe with Ella Wesner, a male character
vocalist and actress. He leaves a wife and
family and numerous creditors to mourn his
fight.
GEoUND has been broken on the Connecticut
State House at Hartford.....Snow to the
depth of four inches fell on the Penobscot
river, in Maine, on the 18th of October.....
The horse disease which has been raging in
Canada has broke out in New York, and
causes much alarm among horse owners....
New York merchants report the trade with
the South greater this autumn than at any
time since the war.
Canada horse epidemic is prevailing
+. to an alarming extent among the horses of
Buffalo......Th total vote of Pennsylvania,
at the October election, was 65S 200, and does
not vary much from the vote of 1S68.-...In
the baseball tournament at New York, the
Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, carried off
the first prize, 81 800 the Boston Club the
second prize, 81, 200 and the Mutual Club,
of New York, the third prize, $1,000. The
Athletics won four games, the Bostons three
games, and the Mutuals one game.
ARRANGEMENTS are making in New York
for a public debate between James Anthony
Froude and Father Burke on the Irish
question 1880. b following is the official vote
Of Pennsylvania at the October election, as
compared with that in October, 1858:
OCTOBER. 1865. ocToEER. 1872.
H Hsgiso hsD---.ss1 I - BastEfe7s: f kiBB:::::-:sia: :sss
Rep. majority..... e,677 Rep. msjority.-. s5.545
There are twenty murderers confined in
the New York Tombs...--The Cambria Iron
Company's rolling mills at Johnstown, Pa,
resumed work just one week alter their de-
struction by fire.
THREE hundred horses nave died in Buff
alo and Rochester, in twenty-four hours,
from attacks of the Canadian horse disease,
which was at first said not to be fatal. All
the stables in Western New York are affect
ed the street-cars, and livery-stables, and
the express companies, of Rochester, are all
at a stand-still. The disease exhibits no
worse symptoms than those of a bad cold,
and the great mortality Is attributed to i'm
proper treatment. The disease has also
broken out at Brooklyn and Boston. I'm
portation of horses from Canada has been
prohibited at Detroit. There is much
alarm in New York, lest the epidemic should
break out in that city. The stables at
Jerome Park and other places have been put
in quarantine, and the owners of valuable
horses are sending their stock to the coun-
try.....Three car loads of emigrant5 from
Aisace and Lorraine left.New York for the
West last week.-.-.Secretary Borie and
Miss Nellie Grant arrived at New York
from Europe last week.
VIM. NJ. TWEED surrendered himself to the
sheriff, at New York, the other day, and
gave bail in SIS 5000 on each of the indict
ments pending against him. Mayor Hal
gave bond in similar amounts. Thoma.
G. Fields, another member of the ring, fail
ed to put in an appearance, and the Judg,
ordered the forfeiture of his bail......T III,
horse epidemic has reached Boston and New
York. In the latter city 1000 horses were
disabled in t~wenty-four hours in one stable
and in another, 200 in four hours. Up t
On the Third avenue railroad alone, owe
1000 were affected. 1t has caused an ad
vance in the freights on the Erie Canal, AM
it is feared there will be difficulty in gettin;
horse power for towing the boats.
The West.
The Directors of the Colorado River rail
road, in view of the bitter hostility existin
in San Francisco to railroad subsidies, hav
published a card Withdrawing from the vot
of the people of that city the proposed $40,
100000 subsidy--.Two-thirds of the s.
Louis EUentng Dispatch has been sold by Y
H. McHenry to D.. Robert Barclay for $50
600.
A STAGE was recently stopped near Pleai
ant Valley, Montana, by highwaymen, an
the passengers relieved of $7,O0O......T
Emma mine trial is proceeding at Salt LAX
City. An army of lawyers is in ATTENDANCE,
and much excitement prevails.....The s
Louis Globe, although but a few weeks OLE
has a hundred thousand dollar libel suit O
its hands.-..Kate B~oyington, of Chicag,
attempted to shuttle off her mortal coil, Il
other day, by swallowing two yards of sho,
string.
THE following are the names of the Coz
gressmen elect in the various districts
Ohio, and their respective majorities