Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

ALLISON u CO.'S car WorkS, In west fhlla- |
delphia, were destroyed by fire, July rs.
Loss, $500, OOO......The Catholic Protectory,
at Westchester, N. Y, was burned July IS,
involving a loss of $3.50, 900. ....By the burn
ing of the Eric railroad buildings, in Jersey
City, the ompany has, it is estimated, sus-
tanned a loss of $500 900. One man was
killed outright by falling walls, and another
is missing. The losses by this calamity
have caused a serious depression in Erie
stock.
Two boats-one containing a boy and a
girl, and the other carrying two men
drifted over Niagara Falls on the 26th ult.
......Hon- Alexander W. Randall, ex-Gov-
ernor of Wisconsin, and Postmaster General
under President Lincoln, died at Elmira,
n. Y, on the 18th ult., aged SO years.
The sugar refinery of Berger, Hurlbut &
Livingstone, in New York, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $3.50 ,oOO......The
Brooklyn city authorities seem determined
to enforce the Sunday law, and nave COM
menced by sending two saloon-keepers to
prison for twenty days as a penalty for its
violation ......Ex-Congressman Harry Hib-
bard, of New Hampshire, is dead.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Hunters
Point, Long Island, On the 3Oth ult. "a
number of canal boats and the Standard
Oil Works were destroyed. The total loss
will reach a half million dollaes.
BURKARDr HErzLER, of Rochester, New
York, impelled by the green-eyed monster,
shot Jacob Goetzman dead and then COM
mitted suicide......Ge Fitzpatrick has sued
the New York Times for libel, for reporting
that he (Kilpatrick), when acting as Minis
ter to Chilli, tried to force an abandoned
woman on CHILEAN society and was recalled"
1.-THE Mayor of Yeddo, Japan, and a
number of Japanese Am bassadors attended
the launching of the steamboat Keiveda,
which has been built for the Japanese Gov
ernment, at New York, last week......Henri
Drayton died in New York on the 31st ult.
By the death of this eminent artist thu dra-
matte profession is deprived of its finest
singer and the operate stage of it's best
actor.-.A general meeting of the Roman
Catholic clergy and laity is to be held in
New York city, the object being to protest
against the enforcement of the British law
OF 1929 expelling Jesuits from that King
dom.
The Dean Academy, at Franklin, Mass,
has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $l2O, 900:
insurance, $lO6, O00.....Gen. Fitzpatrick is
on the war path. After instituting his libel
suit against the New York Times he forth
with went for the Bangor Wing to the tune
of $4,000. The chiefs of both journals
have been held in bonds to appear and an
swer."..The city of TitusviIIe, Pa, has
been lighted with gas from the Newton oil
we'll, located five miles from the town..
]. NJ. Majorga, General Agent of the Cubans
in New York, has advised the Governor of
the Republic of Cuba to remove Gen.
Ryan.
The West.
TEE lynching case at Brainard, Mimi, has
stirred up the enmity of the Chippewas,
and the India 8 of that tribe, at last ac-
counts, occupied the town in large num-
bers, threats of vengeance being frequently
hear Thrao nnr ioc E frnnno uynra "
dored there to preserve the peace......The
Rod River Indians are becoming restless
again. They decline to enter into any
treaty with the Dominion Government, and
propose to stop all mining operations. An
extra military force will be necessary to
prevent open instruction.
THE house of Mr.. ]. L.. Ramsey, of Van
Writ, Ohio, was blown down by a tornado
last week, killing Mrs. Ramsey and a young
boy, and seriously iniuring other inmates of
the house......A horrible accident occurred
near Detroit on the 26th ult. A boy was
thrown by a vicious horse, and, the halter
becoming fastened around his neck, he was
dragged for some distance by the animal,
when his head was actually severed from
his body and cast several yards distant.
CROP reports from various points in Illi-
nois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska mako a
most favorable showing. In Central Illinois
recent heavy rains nave done some damage,
but a good average yield is promised.
A MAN named Stack died at Ottawa, Ill,
last week, from effects of drinking corrosive
sublimate and alcohol, in mistake for
whisky.....Georg E. Hamilton, of DUBUQUE,
Iowa, has accepted a bet from John D.. Bush
for $5, 1000 on the Presidential election. The
wager is 800 on each State, except Florida;
500 that Grant will not. carry three States,
and $500 that he will not carry ten States.
-..-MTS. SlmOn tr0H- an aatImQ HE lad y "a
siding near Sterling, ILL.,, recently died from
the effects of chloroform, which she inhaled
for the purpose of having a tooth pulled.
ANOTHER raft tug explosion has occurred
on the Mississippi river, near McGregor,
Iowa, involving the destruction of six lives
and the manning of some dozen more.......
By a railroad accident on the Kansas-Pa-
cihc railroad, in Kansas, recently, five pas
Sengers were killed and several injured.
1.-THE First National Bank of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, has been robbed, in a very
mysterious manner, of $40 000.-"..B Burglars
and highway robbers have become SO bold
and numerous in Dubuque, Iowa, that the
citizens have organized a vigilance COM
mittee, and propose to deal ~summarily with
the scoundrels.....The wife of John Nc
Gregor, of Storm Lake, Iowa, while driving
reaper, fell from her seat and was cut to
pieces by the Observation-Disclosures Bader,
of Milwaukee, aged II years, was
drowned the other day, while bathing in
Inc IlVeT.
WHILE Barnum's show was parading the
streets of Terre Haute, Ind, the other day,
the officers and employees of the Prairie City
Bank rushed out to see the procession.
About the same time an adroit thief slipped
in the back way and bagged about St, 1000 of
the banks funds.-.-.News from Fort Sully,
Dakota, is to the effect that the Yellowstone
expedition, which rendezvoued at Fort Rice
for the purpose of guarding the surveying
party of the Northern Pacific railroad, was
ready to march on the morning of the 26th
ult:, and undoubtedly left at that time. The
Indians are very hostile, and it is almost
certain they will attack the party....A dia-
mond mining company has been formed in
San Francisco, with a capital of $40, OOO, 900. |
Samuel Barlow and George B. Mcclellan, of
New York, are among the trustees. The
mines are said to be near the headwaters of
the Colorado, and are reported to be very |
rich, the company now having in the Bank
of California $1,000 0O worth of cut diamonds,
and one in the rough weighing 1O2 carats.
A large number of rubies and emeralds have
been obtained in the same locality......H. K.
Whlttlesey, money receiving clerk in the
Adams Express Company, at Cincinnati,
was arrested last week, and $4,000 of the
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