Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-04-11

tanning $67 900. TIE runner placed the
book on the counter. Some one asked him
a question, and while answering, his book
was taken and another substituted. No
arrests.
A FIRE at smithland, KY, on Saturday,
destroyed the hotel, three business houses,
and six dwellings.......A fight occurred
over a game of cards in the jail at Bowling
Green, on Tuesday night, between two
horse thieves, in which one named William
Thomas was struck on the head with a
board by the other and killed almost in
stantly.
Washington.
THE Subcommittee on Commerce, who
were designated to make up the river and
harbor appropriation bill, have completed
the work. The following are the items for
the west: Improvement of the Ohio river,
$500, 600 improving navigation at the falls
of the Ohio river, $500, 900; Maumee river,
above Toledo, 81, 900 Toledo harbor, $4,000 /;
Sandusky river, $40 900; Sandusky harbor,
SIS, goo Ashtabula harbor, $15 900 Vermll-
lion harbor, St, 900; Port Clinton hsrbor,
$4,000 Rocky river harbcr, 100000 Chicago
harbor, 800, 900; Calumet harbor, $4,000
Michigan City, Ind, $4,000; Improvement
of st. Mary's river and canal, 100000 i'm
provement of the Des Molnes rapids,
$40, O00.-...The contract for reporting and
publishing the debates in Congress, as au-
thorized by the recent law, was signed on
Wednesday,, Rives & Bailey, of the Globe,
being the contractors.
Foreign.
An explosion occurred in a coal mine at
Anterior, near Balton, England, on Thurs
day afternoon, by which % men were killed
outright. Eleven men were rescued, but
they are fearfully burned, and nearly all
will probably die......E European mail advices
| state that the town of Shamaka, in the
| Caucacus, was almost entirely destroyed by
a recent earthquake. The number of per
IONS killed was 137, and the destruction OF
property very large. A considerable portion
of the country was converted into a desert
and the inhabitants are reduced to great
| misery by the destruction of their crops.
1.-THE bark Nimrod was burnt off Bermu-
de on the 10th ult. OF seventeen persons on
board, only ten were saved. The vessel was
| loaded with naphtha and kerosene, and an ex-
| plosion from some unknown cause took
place in the hold behind the main hatch.
1t is believed that the Captain, wife and
daughter, a young girl, were in the cabin at
| the time of the explosion. When the fire
was seen from the harbor of Bermuda, il
was too late to render assistance.
AN explosion occurred on Saturday in 8
| safety-fuse mandatory at Cornwall, Eng
land, where a number of females were en-
| ployed, causing a sad loss of life. Seven
women were Killed, one is missing, and
| several others were injured. 1t is feared
some of them may not survive.
! A SPECIAL from Cairo, Egypt, says thai
General W. T. Sherman was splendidly en-.
tertained by the Khedive. A state breakfast
was given in his honor, he was invited tc
reviews, and a special train was provided
for himself and suite. A palace was tend.
cred to him for his residence, but he de-
clined it. He leaves on Tuesday for Con.
stantinople, where he will be the guest o
the Sultan-...A band of robbers last weel
removed the rails on the Madrid and Anda
lusia railway, between Valdepenas anc
Manzanares, Spain, and stopped a mai
train. They then made IN attack or the
train, which was resisted by the guard
Shots were exchanged, and one of tht
guards, an officer, and a passenger wer'
wounded. The bandits finally gained pos
session of the cars, and took all the none
they could find, some $4,000 sterling.
THE number of emigrants leaving tn
British Isles during March exceeded tina
of February by 7,OOO..-..A convention ha
been signed by the Maintenance Con
struction Company of Great Britain, am
the government of Portugal, to lay a cabl
from Lisbon TO Brazil via Madeira and tn
Cape Verde Islands.