Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-05-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

The East.
A DISPATCH from Scranton, Pa, May Is,
Persons just returned from the
Genes of the terrific mountain fire in the
aeighborhood of Tobyhanna report that the
was entirely surrounded by fire on
Wednesday. The villagers mustered all
heir force, and beat back the fire until they
it under control. Had it not been for a
large swamp intervening between the town
and the fire, there is no doubt but the whole
Of Tobyhanna would have been destroyed.
The inhabitants and those who have been
there assisting them haVe had a terrible
week of it, some of he men not having
slept for four nights--..An extensive FIRE is
reported as having occurred in Westford,
Mass, Wednesday afternoon, destroying a
larg g quantity of cerd-wood, and overrun-
ming a large wooded territory, preventing
travel on the highways.
MRS. BARBARA SMITH, rendered insane by
the loss of her child, leaped from the roof
of a four-story house in Williamsburg, N.
z, Thursday, and was instantly killed.
Ar Paterson, N. j., Saturday, Libbie Gar
rabrant, the girl murderess, wal sentenced
to be hanged on the 10th of July.....The
body of a real estate agent named Ober-
lander was found in East river, New York,
Saturday, with his throat cut. It is un-
known whether the case is suicide or muir
der..-..At New York, on Saturday, a mes
senger of the Gallatin National Bank, while
on q collecting route, was robbed of a pouch
containing $4,000 in gold oeti6oates and
checks and $500 in cash......A Port Jervis
IN. W special of the 18th says: ain Pike
county, Pa, fire covering territory seven
miles in extent is sweeping over some of
the best land in this section. At Wagon
torst's, Callahan's, and Dowling's settle-
ments, nothing is left but charred and smok-
ing ruins. Dozens of families have been
compelled to flee for their lives. A quarter
of a million of dollars win not pay the
losses in this section. The and of the
Blooming Grove Park Association has been
swept over, and large number of wild game
destroyed" In Wayneburg, Pa, the fire
compelled a suspension of coal Transports
ton over the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company's railroad, leading from the mines
to Honesdale. The lumber villages of Car
ter and Gould, Pa, nave been almost totally
destroyed, only three houses remaining in
the two places. Sussex county, New Jersey,
and Sullivan and Delaware counties, New
York, and Monroe county are still being
swept over by the forest fires, and the losses
are estimated as footing up in the millions.
......A Ere in Philadelphia, Sunday night
destroyed property to the amount of
$1,000 900.
OK Monday the double-scull race of five
miles between Coulter and Cavitt, of Pitts.
burg, and the Biglin brothers, of New York
took place on the schuylkin river at Phila.
delphia. The Biglins won. Time 32:01.
THE woody region of limestone north Of
Pittsburg, Pa, has been much damaged by
a sweeping FIRE. The farmers dug trenches
to keep off the storm of fame.....At Am.
sterdam, N. Y, Tuesday, the knitting mil
of John Maxwell was destroyed by fire
Loss estimated at $45,000.
TIE preliminary ~arraignment of Edward
Stokes for the murder of James Fisk tool
place in the Court of Oyer and Terminer
New York, Wednesday,. After a motion 70,
further time to afford opportunity for &
special plea, the Court adjourned the hear
ing for a day, and Stokes was returned to
prison....Greenwood's WOODEN mill, in
Philadelphia, Pa, was totally burned
Wednesday morning. The fire originated
in the picker's room. Loss $40, 000......T The
Gallatin National Bank, New York, has re-
ceived, through the mail, commercial paper
drafts and notes to the amount of $40 900
of which its messenger was robbed on Sat
urday last, the thieves %profting only $63 by
the transaction.
The West.
A A IA years of age, son of Patrick
Grady, a resident of Davenport, Iowa, was
struck by lightning at about 1 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, md was instantly killed. He
was standing at a street corner at the time
1.-THE boilers of the Springfield (Ill.)
city water-werks exploded Thursday morn,
ing. No damage was lone to the other
machinery, nor was any person i~njured......
At Lansing, ILL.,, Wednesday, q young mar
by then name of McCracken shot his fathe,
three times. The father was abusing his
family. The son interfered, and the father
then tried to kill the son with a 6sh-spear
with the above result. He was still alive al
last accounts, but there was no hope of his
recovery.
A Terrible domestic tragedy occurred in
Chicago on Friday morning. A carpente,
named Edward Simonds shot his wife, the
ball lodging in the brain. He then blew hii
own brains out. At last accounts Mrs
Simonds was alive, but was not expected to
recover. JealousY is the alleged cause.....
A report has been received giving the de
tails of a massacre by Indians, Mexicans
and negroes combined, of persons in charge
of a train of supplies en- route to Fort Stock.
ton, at Towards Wells, near old Fort Ian.
caster. All the people with the train, seven.
teen souls in all, were killed or wounded
except one woman. Words fail to convey
an idea of the sickening atrocities commit
ted by the lemons who overpowered the
train. The men, several of them, were taker
alive, tied to wagons, and burned. An ole
WOhAoA was Cd1Elou 6Om0 distance from L1(
place of attack and then shot and scalped
Her grandchild had its ears cut of, wa.
scalped, and had its brains dashed out......
prominent and wealthy citizen of Kansal
City, Mo-, named Wilkes B.. Brown, WA
called to his door Thursday night by SOM,
unknown person and shot dead.....One o
the boilers in the rolling mill at Joliet, Ill.
exploded at four O'Clock Friday morning
seriously injuring two of the fremen, one o
whom, John Leonard, died about three hour
after the accident.
AT Peoria, Ill, on Sunday evening, a mai
named Henry Fleetmeyer be came involve.
in a quarrel with a neighbor named VOL
when the latter drew a knife and Stable,
him five times in different parts of tn,
body, INJECTING dangerous wounds.....A fir,
at Flint, Mich, early Sunday morning, de
stroyed $l5O,O0o worth of property......A
Chicago, Sunday morning, two men nance
Maloney and Foley were shotfwhile attempt
ing an outrage on the person of a German
woman named Schultz.
A MAN named Kirkham was killed by tw,
rowdies at Rose Claire, Ill, on Saturday,.
At Peoria, Ill, on Monday, a German work
man named Johnson, employed in tn,
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw machine ant
repair shops, met with q fearful and fata
accident. He was elevating a car from tn,
track with a lot of jacks when the car sud
denly slipped from its place and fell on him
CruahinO him into an a1,o.k --.---.-IT