Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

The East.
ANDREW C. CLARK, convicted of rape, was
hanged at Newcastle, Del, July 12......A fire
in East Boston, July IL, destroyed $4,000
worth of property....Contrary to general
expectation, the Orangemen's parade in New
York, on the 18th of July, was unattended
by the slightest disturbance. About 400
were in the procession, and were escorted
by a police force of nearly 2,OOo"--The
alarming prevalence of smallpox in Pater-
son, N. J., has led to the closing of the pub
lie schools......Hon B. Gratz Brown was
Frustrated by a sudden and dangerous at
tack of cholera morbus, at New York, on
July IL, and for a time serious apprehen-
sions were entertained as to tho result. The
illness was only temporary, however, last
ing but a few hours.
TIE deaths in New York for tho week
ending July Is numbered 1,o56, against
1869 the preceding week......A daring rob-
berry was perpetrated at Uxbridge, Mass.
July Is. A gang of burglars entered the
residence of a bank cashier at 8 o'clock in
the morning, bound and gagged the family,
and compelled the officer to accompany
them to the bank, open the vaults, and de-
liver to them the funds of the institution,
some 4 0,0o0......The trial of Edward s.
Stokes was concluded at New York on July
Is, and the case committed to the jury.
After celebrating "a hours they announced
that they were unable to agree. They stood
nine fer murder in the first degree, one for
granddaughter in the third degree and two
for acquittal ..-..A new Federal census of
New York city has been ordered..-.The
property of the Staten Island Ferry Com
pany New York; is about to be sold at
Sherif's sale, to satisfy the claims OF par
ties who recovered judgment for damages
inflicted by the explosion of the ferry-boat
Westield.
THRBE thousand natives of Alsace and
Lorraine formed in procession in New York,
ON July 10, and, preceded by music, marched
in a body to the office of the French Consul,
where they signed papers Of allegiance to
France-..The Stokes jury, at New York,
after deliberrting for forty-eight hours with
out reaching a verdict, were discharged on
July Is. At the time of their dismissal the
jury stood seven for murder in the first
degree and FIVE for Granddaughter in the
third degree.....W VIM. Woodruff, the veteran
horse trainer and driver, died in Boston,
July Is.
THE TitusviIle Courier reports the total
production of crude petroleum for the month
of June at $50 ,473 barrels average per day,
IT 1882 barrels; decrease from May, 523 bar
rels daily; stock on hand July 1, 976 ,36ta
decrease of 9,76S barrels. Shipments in
June, 549,241 barrels--..The trial of VIM.
NJ. Tweed commenced at New York on July
16......Stokes, Fisk's slayer, will not be
bailed. His next trial will probably take
place in Saratoga county, N. Y, in Septem-
ber......Gratz Brown, who was attacked by
cholera. morbus at New York, the other day,
is again on his legs....Dr. Lanahan is to be
made Presiding Elder of the Washington
District Baltimore Conference).....The West
Point Board of Visitors have made their
ANIMAL report. They animadVert severely
upon the manner in which the affairs of the
institution have been conducted, and find
fault with the management of the cadets
and their department.. The Board advise
that more nil be used in the diet of the
VI ------ ~--
fellow and Harry Bassett, had another
meeting at Saratoga on the 10th of July
and old Jshn Harper's pride is sgain hum
bled. The course was It miles, and was
won by Bassett by q length, in ~
fastest time ever made in America. While
running the last mile, Longfellow twisted
the shoe of his right fore foot, cutting the
leg badly. A large amount was won and
lost on the race, the New York sports being
badly scooped.
Mrs. FREDERIcKs, a wealthy and respected
lady of Hackensack, N. J., drowned herself
last week, from grief over the loss of a
brother......The official trial of the road
a complete success. The engine drew three
loaded boats at double the speed of boats
drawn by horses.
SARATOGA dispatch of July Is says ="
paid a visit to Harper's stables early thii
morning, and there stood the wreck of Long
Branch racing greatness, in an ~undignifeG
attitude, on three legs. He is gone forever
The wound in his heel is nothing comp AIRED
to the breaking of a tendon, a middle one
too; and ITO use the precise language of hi
trainer, HilD II will never more thar
Walk-run he couldn't .... There are nine
teen prisoners confined in New York city OF
the charge of murder, one of whom is under
death sentence-Foster the car-hook muir
derer.
The West.
ADvTcEs from Fort Sully represent that tn,
Indians; to the number of 1000, have takeI
the war path with the avowed intention o
resisting the proposed survey of the North.
ern Pacific railroad through their country
The surveyors esc-ort-consisting of i ,00t
troops and a battery, under o
Gen. Stanley, an experienced Indian fghte
lit is thought will be able to conduct then
safely over the route......A Salt Lake tele
gram of July IL says the greatest body o
mineral ever discovered has just been LOCATED
by two Illinois men near Echo, on the Cen.
trail Pacific railroad. The ledge yields $25i
to $1,100 per ton of perfectly free silver ore
be over 10000 tons, valued at over Sc, 000, 200
Old mining experts and prospecters ar,
greatly excited......A son of Charles Hoff
man, a prominent grain merchant of Peru
July II, jumped into a corn bin while tn,
grain was running through the spout. TIL,
father leaped in to rescue his boy, and boil
persisted.
BIZ the explosion of the boiler of a steam
thrashing machine in a field in st. Clai
county, Ill, July IL, three persons wer'
killed and four neutrality-suspicious., Mich.
wassvisited by a disastrous confagration OF
the 18th of July, upward of $2Oe 900 wortl
of property being destroyed. The saddles
part of the disaster was the loss of life-nt
less than i've persons having persisted i,
the fames....The rather novel sight of
funeral procession stopping before a photo
graphic establishment. while the coffin coulC
be carried up stairs, and its inanimate ocs
cupant photographed, was witnessed il
Milwaukee the other day....The French
Garde Republicaine Bard arrived in Chi
cago on the 14th of July, and were enthusi
a~stically received, over 10000 citizens turn
ing out to welcome them.
THE Northern Indiana State Prison, a
Michigan City, was damaged by fire to tn,
extent of $4,000 on July 15..--Two Irish
men were detected, the other day, in Ala
media county, CAL, setting fire to haystacks
and were summarily hung by the incenset
farmers of the neighborhood .-..The Cana
dian Pacific railway surveyors nave beer
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