Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-12-19
NEWS OF TEL WEEK.
The East.

York on his African adventures, for the rea-
SOD that the receipts fell short ofthe expense.
It is stated that his failure is owing to poor
elocut;on and badly written lectures......
Rogers, the murderer of Policeman Donohue,
was hung in Brooklyn, N. Y, last week..
A proposition has been started in New York
to erect a printers monument to Mr.. Gree
ley.
NEAR st. Joseph, Mo-, a few days ago, an
express train ran into a wagon crowded with
people, which was attempting to cross the
track, killing three persons, and fatally in
juring two otherS.....The owners of the
lucky ticket which drew the capital prize
($75, 000) in the louisville lottery is a party
of ten, most of whom live at Columbus, Ind.
A GREELEY National Monument Associ-
alton is forming at Boston, to raise $4,000
for the erection of an enduring testimonial
to Mr.. Greeley's memory; $175,00 have
already heen promised to the fund..".Maj.
Gen. Hancock, who succeeds Gen. Meade in
the command of the Military Division of the
Atlantic, will make New York his head
quarters instead of Philadelphia, as hereto
fore.....The editor of the Journal Of Com
nerce, has brought Postmaster-Genera! Cries.
we'll into Court, to see what right he has to
demand full postage upon letters half-prepaid
at the starting point. Mr.. Stone will push
the case to a legal decision....Mayor Hall,
of New York, denies the story that he is to
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1.-THE New York Fifth Avenue Hotel was
damaged by FIRE and water to the extent of
$15o,000, last week...--.The daughters of the
late Mr.. Greeley appeared before the Surre-
gate, at White Plains, N. Y, the other day,
to offer for probate the last will of their father,
executed Nov. 20, 1872. At the same time
counsel appeared to contest thisw will, offer
ing in its stead one dated January,
1871. The contestants are Samuel Sinclair,
Richard H. Manning and Charles Storrs.
Counsel for the contestants thought the will
executed by Mr.. Greeley before his death did
great injustice, inasmuch as it gave all his
property to Miss Ida, with the qualification
that one-half of it was to be used by her at
her own discression, to support and educate
her sister Gabrielle, and that some relatives
would be deprived of property intended for
them. The Misses Greeley then declined to
consider any proposals for compre Mise, and
regular proceedings for the contest will en-
sue, on the ground of the incapacity of the
testater to execute the will of 1872.
The West.
THE Office of the New York Express has
been destroyed by fre......S. N. Pike, the
well-known liquor dealer, formerly of Gin
cinnati, died in New York last week.....Ac-
cording to. the "best authority" Mr.. Gree
ley's vacant place on the New York Tribune
has been offered to Vice-President Colfax.
e. Rumor connects the name of Mayor. A.
Oakley Hall with the managing editorship of
the New York Herald, at the expiration of
his official term.
CINCINNATI was the scene of a horrible &C.
cident the other day. A scafolding at the
water works gave way, precipitating eight
men a distance of eight feet, killing four of
them, and wounding the other four...-.Cairo
has been convulsed by a $4,000 robbery,
perpetrated upon one of her leading dry
goods frm-Messrs. Blum & Amesar--..The
scandinavian National Bank, of Chicago,
has collapsed "....Capt. Thompson, an old
lake navigator, says the recent storm on
Lake Superior was the severest he ever ex-
perienced.
THE steamer Emma was burned in the
Ohio river, below Evansville, a few days
ago. Loss on boat and cargo about $40, 200.
-...Capt. Bogardus, champion pigeon
shooter, while out hunting near Elkhart,
Ind, recently, received an ugly wound in
the thigh by the accidental discharge of his
fowling-piece.
The South. -
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, a few days age, a
desperate knocked down Mr.. Colwell, a
merchant, and, sitting down upon the pros
trate man, stabbed and carved him in a hor-
rible manner, killing him. Then, when his
arrest was attempted, he shot and killed two
policemen and wounded a third, afterward
escaping across the river in a canoe....Two
chivalrous editors-James II. Hayward and
Malcolm J. Observation-Disclosures of rival
sheets at Orangeburg, S. c., fought a duel the
other day. We read that after the exchange
of two shots without bloodshed the parties
saluted and left the feld......The Louisiana
political muddle grows more complicated.
The Pinchbacko or Custom-House Legislature
convened in the State House en- Monday, the
10th, and, after organizing, immediately pro-
ceeded to pass RESI- solutions impeaching Gov.
Warmoth for high crimes and misdemeanors,
Lieut.. Gov. Pinchback assuming the duties
of Governor. The Senate was organized as a
High Court of Impeachment, Chief Justice
Ludeling being sworn in as Presiding Judge
of the Court. There was much excitement
in the city, anil serions apprehensions Of
bloodshed prevailed.
THE large statue of [Chief Justice fancy
was unveiled at the Capitol building, in Bal
timore, the other day....A large meeting
was held in New Orleans, on the IIth, of
citizens who regard the action of Judge
Durell and the Custem House faction as an
invasion of their rights. The speeches, one
of which was by Gov. Warmoth, were tenn
perate in tone. The Governor advised that
an appeal be made to Congress for redress.
A committee Of 100 was appointed to visit
Washington, lay their grievances before the
President and Congress, and ask that the
Federal troops be Withdrawn from the State
House and the people be left to govern them
selves, or else that the present unbearable
conflict of authority be euieted by the estab-
nshment OF q Military Government over the
State.
Washington.
GEN. SHERMAN delivered a lecture at Wash
ingtoD, the other day, on his travels among
the Greek islands, before an audience COM
posed of a large number of Washington
Swans, professors and invited guests....
The President has appointed ex-Gov. James
L. Orr, of South Carolina, to be Minister to
Russia, Mr.. Orr will be remembered as
former Speaker of the House of Reoresenta-
tives, which position he subsequently held
in the lower house of the Confederate Con
gress.--.Gen. julius White, of Chicago, has
been named by the President as Minister to
the Argentine Confederation ...... Secretary
Boutwell, has still on his hands q large
amount of t1e bonds of the funding loan,
and he has informed the Committee of WAYS
Ind Means that unless Congress takes some
steps in the matter, he will form another
Syndicate in order to get rid of the balance
at 4 and A per cent.
BARNEY WOODS was hung at Washington,
last week, for the murder of Samuel N.
Cheeseman, in August last......It is said an
. attempt will be made during the present
SESSION of Congress to secure the admission
OF Colorado and New Mexico as States.
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