Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-15
NEWS OF I'll WEEK.
The East.

Inc EaSJs
BURKARDr HELLER, of Rochester, New
York, impelled by the green-eyed monster,
shot Jacob Goetzman dead and then COM
mitted suicide...-.Gen. Fitzpatrick has sued
the New York Times for libel, for reporting
that he (Kilpatrick), when acting as Miais-
ter to Chill, " tried to force an abandoned
woman on CHILEAN society and was recalled"
1.-THE Mayor of Yeddo, Japan, and a
number of Japanese Ambassadors attended
the launching OF the steamboat Keiveda,
which has been built for the Japanese Gov
eminent, at New York, last Henri
Drayton died in New York on the 31st ult.
By the death of this eminent artist tn dra-
matte profession is deprived of its finest
singer and the operate stage of its 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, SI2O, 900;
insurance, $lO6, OO0a-..Gen. Fitzpatrick is
on the war path. After instituting his libel
suit against the New York Times he forth
with went for the Bangor Whi5 to the tune
of $50 900. The chiefs of both journals
have been held in bonds to appear and an
swer-.-;The city of TitusvilIe, Pa, has
been lighted with gas from the Newton oil
well, located five miles from the town......
J. M. Majorga, General Agent of the Cubans
in New York, has advised the Governor of
the Republic of Cuba to remove Gen.
Ryan.
JOHN GAFFEEY has been sentenced to be
hung, at Buffalo, for the murder of. Patrick
sFahey..".Charles NARROW was hung at
Millyille, N. Y, on the I'd inst, for the
murder OF VIM. Bachman, in August, 1872.
.....Eight stores were burned in Elmira,
N. Y, on the I'd nit T.0Ss- S60 Q00 -AE
A GANG of river pirates gently forced an
entrance to the Hamburg dock, at Hoboken,
N. Y, and stole $50, 900 worth of watches......
The Cuban privateer Pioneer, lying in the
harbor OF Newport, has been seized by the
Government Her commander, after pro-
testing against the seizure, with true Span
lsh bravado, fred offo e of the privateer's
guns, nailed the Cuban flag to the mast,
Threw ms sword overheard, and, with his
crew, left the vessel in high dudgeon... .Gerrit
Smlth is using his personal influence to-
ward the release of some of the
conhned IN the Albany IN. " Penitentia-
stances.-..Horace Greeley is ruralizing on
ms native heath, in New Hampshire.
s. L. N. BARLOW has been elected Grand
Sachem of the Tammany society.....Ger
Grant and Phil Sheridan have been indulp-
ing in a little piscatorial sport on the St.
lawrence. The pair are reported as having
whipped out a canoe load of bass and pick
erel In one day-...Two boxes of diamonds,
rubles and sapPhires from the Arizona dia-
mond fields have been on exhibition in New
York. S. L.. M. Barlow, one of the trustees
OF the recently formed Diamond Mining
company, states that they have pre-empted
S,O0O acres, and have so men at work. He
states, also, that the discovery was made
eighteen m ,nths ago, and that as far back |
as a year ago, 100000 worth of Arizona |
diamonds were received in New York;.
Forty thousand dollars worth of struggled
goods were seized in New York the Other |
day....-A new oil well took fire at Titusville. |
"a, recently, and fatally burned four men.
.";.Slmeon Leland, one of the l-kn
LELAND brothers, hotel proprietors, died at
New Rochelle, N. Y, last week.
The Continental Sugar Refinery, in South
Boston, has been destroyed by fire. The
loss is $500, o00--"The Grand Jury has pre-
scented an Indictment againstL j. Jennings,
OF the New York Times, for libel on Gen.
kl!patrick--..Gen. Diven has resigned the
Erie Vice-Presidency.
The West.
WHILE Barnum's show was paradinp the
streets of Terre Haute, Ind, the other day,
the officers and employees of the Prairie CITY
rushed out to see the procession.
About the same time an adroit thief slipped
IN the back way and bagged about S., 900 of
. L. cn lIOQ1 u i l
Dakota, is to the effect that the
which rendezvoued at Fort Rice
Tor the purpose of guarding the surveying
party OF the Northern Pacific railroad, was
ready 70 march on the morning of the 26th
IT., and undoubtedly left at that time. The
Indians are very hostile, and it is almost
they will attack the party ......A dia- j
mono mining company has been formed in J
San Francisco, with a capital of $40, 0OO, 900. !
Barlow and George B. Mcclellan, of 4
New York, are among the trustees. The i
mines are said to be near the ~headwaters of {
ne Colorado, and are reported to be very {
'icn, the company now having in the Bank I
If California 500, 600 worth of cut diamonds. I
one in the rough weighing I02 carots' !
a large number of rubies and emeralds have
oeen OBTAINED in the same locality......H. K.
Wnlttiesey, money receiving clerk in the I
Auams Express Company, at Cincinnati, '
arrested last week, and $4,000 of the Y
,ompany's funds recovered from. him. He !
In Jail"...A shooting ARRAY at Ellsworth. :
Kansas, recently, resulted in the death of a :
Lexas desperate named Oliver, and a man t
rom michigan named Kennedy......Th e y
Mysterious disappearance of Berthold 4
business manager for the French 4
with q large sum of money belonging 1
Q the band, is puzzling the Chicago detec- '
'thers favor the theory that he has been '
oully dealt with. =
The motion for a new trial in the case of
e"O Uid pO1iS muTOereSS, mas =
'een overruled, and she is again sentenced
o the Penitentiary for life......The South
IN Railroad Company has negotiated
worth of seven per cent. bonds of f
ne city of Cincinnati, at q per cent, being 7
be first installment of SIT, 00O, 900. which =
ne city has voted to that project.....The :
oiler in a stone quarry at Aurora, Ill, ex- r
ioded last week, blowing the proprietor, y
,lasey Berthold, $50 feet, literally tearing 7
I'M to pieces.--.Dr. Andrews, of Indian "
polls, has been elected President of the y
Indiana University, at Greencastle, in place l.
Bishop Bowman. "
THE contract for concrete stone to be used
the foundation of the new Custom House L
Chicago has been awarded to the Lemont .
ll.( Stone Company at 1896 per cubic u
ard.---There is quite an excitement in 8
an Francisco over the diamond discoveries -
Arizona, and many are preparing for a A
lsh to the diggings-....A lit tile child of DIR. n
euchier, of Springfield, ILL.,, wandered q,
to the doctors Office and drank some =.
'isonous drug, from the effects of which n
e little fellow died-....L Lieut.. Wheeler's A
eat scientific expedition has left Salt -
Ike, Utah, for Northern Arizona and A
lstern Nevada. The party comprises $50 n,
Ii