Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


THE National Association of Iron Manu-
was in session in New York last
week. They adjourned to meet at Phila-
delphia in January next. The meeting was
largely attended 800, E imund Yates, the au-
thor, arrived at New York from England
the other day..-Newark, N. j., has had a
destructive fire. Loss 500, 000......Justice
Henry Hogeboom, ofthe New York Supreme
Court, and an eminent jurist, is dead, aged
64......Bishop Manton E~astburn, OF the
Episcopal Church, died at Boston last week.
...... Horace Greeley visited st. Johnsbury,
VT, last week, during the State Fair, and
delivered an address upon Agriculture"
A multitude of foreign musical celebrities
have arrived at New York, including Pauline
Lucca and Clara Louise Kellogg. Mdme:
Lucca speaks English fuently, and is said
to be the most vivacious of all the prina
donnas who have visited our shores
THERE have been a number of heavy fail
ures in New York and Baltimore, within a
few days, aggregating between three and
four million dollars. The suspended firms
were principally engaged in the sugar, cof-
fee and tea trades.....A. T. Stewart, the dry
goods king, is prominently mentioned in
connection with the Mayoralty of New York.
1.-THE efforts of the producers, in Penn
sylvania, to decrease the production of oil,
has proven a probable failure, all interest
Joseph jefferson. the comedian, in a note
says "My eyes are completely cured, but
I deem it prudent to retire from the stage
until next season."
PITTSBURGH was enlivened, a few nights
since, by a desperate political riot between
a Greeley ward club and a Grant club
(colored6 who happened to meet while
parading the streets. Over a hundred shots
were fred, and brickbats and other missiles
fell like hail for several minutes. A number
of persons were seriously injured, but none
fatally.
GEN. SHERMAN, accompanied by his son,
arrived at New York from Europe the other
day, and proceeded at once to Washington.
...... Matt. Morgan, the artist, was the victim
of a rather unpleasant mistake, at New
York, a few nights ago. While calling upon
q friend in Nassau street, at a late hour,
the famous caricaturist was arrested by a
policeman, who mistook him for a burglar,
taken to the station-house and locked zap.
IAN iron church, worth $50 900, was re-
Gently shipped from New York to Ancon,
Peru.....A large number OF medical and
other scientific gentlemen met in New York,
the other day, and organized a society to be
known as t G American Public Health As
sociation. Stephen Smith, of New York,
was elected President.
A MAN has just been pardoned out of
the Maine Penitentiary after serving twenty
five years, having been sentenced for life.
......Another installment t. of 900 Mormon re-
CIu4l5 1IN az z 4O4A GuIODCJ
the other day-all single men and women.
.....Gen. Sherman has been interviewed by
the irrepressible reporter. He expressed the
opinion that the French Republic would
survive Theirs, whom he regards as an earn
est patriot, and that the Republic will at
tain a high degree of prosperity under his
administration. The General has a high
opinion of the efficiency of the Prussian
army, and thinks United Germany is des-
tined long to exert a controlling influence in
Europe. He hints, however, at the posi-
bility OF its falling to pieces at the with
drawal of the single hand by which the
which may happen at any moment.
The West.
Ar Detroit, the other day, Frank Lesper-
ance was crushed out of all human resem-
blance by a pile-driver weighing 900 pounds
falling upon him......W Work on the new Chi
cago Custom-House will be commenced i'm
medIately.
ADv1cEs from Alaska represent affairs as
in a very unsatisfactory condition. Outside
of the immediate vicinity of Sitka, life and
property are at the mercy of the Indians
.....1n Scott county, Ind, last week, a little
hoy, eight years old, in a fit of passionseized
a shotgun and discharged the whole load in
the stomach of a little girl, aged s, produc-
ing almost instant death.
By the explosion of a boiler in a foundry
at Cincinnati, the other day, three persons
were killed and nine badly injured..-.Chi.
cago is going to build a grand opera-house
to cost one million dollars.
The man Kennedy, who was some tim
ago pordoned out of the Illinois Penitentiary
and re-arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of Hon. Sharon TyndaIe, at Spring
field, has been discharged from custody, toe
Grand Jury failing to elicit any evidence
duplicating him in the crime.
THE Utah exploring expedition, unde
Lieut.. Wheeler, is not having the mos
peaceful time of it. The military escort ha
had several fights with the Ute Indians, il
one of which nine savages bit the dust, anC
many were impeded in their locomotion
Desert City, in Central Utah, a town con
tanning 40 houses, was found deserted BY
the party, the inhabitants having fled TO
safety.
TIE late Rev. Samuel j. Browne, of Gin
c%innati, whose shooting of a boy in his or
chard some weeks ago created such an ex
element in that city, bequeaths in his will
$15O,000 for the establishment of a university
to bear his name; and also the land WHEREOF
to erect the university building, and an adj
ditional sum for the endowment of pretes
sorshlps-.-. VIM. Sweigart, the murderer o
Kane Higgins, near Chicago, has been sen
fenced to imprisonment for life.
The South.
The Texas Border Commission is still pur
suing its investigation at Brownsville, anc
evidence continues to accumulate of the sac
condition of affairs along the Rio Grande
The Mexican devils continue their depreda
tlons under the very noses of the Co mis-
sioners, and utter bitter threats against the
witnesses. Early and prompt action by
Congress is looked to as the only means o
remedying the unfortunate condition o
things-...The " Old Defenders" of Baltimor,
and Washington celebrated the anniversary
of the attic of North Point on the 18th o
September. AS the little band marched
through the streets with feeble steps anC
white locks, they were received and greeted
with the ~profoundest respect by the multi
tudes that thrcnged the sidewalks.
The State Auditor of Louisiana was re
Gently sent to prison for contempt of court
1.-THE ice supply of New Orleans is nearly
exhausted, and the city is threatened will
an ice famine.
Hon. RICHARD H. ROUSSEAU, a prominent
member of the Louisville bar, and brother
of the late Gen. Lowell H. Rousseau, is dead
.....A terrible state of excitement exists il