Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

twenty-five Kentucky counties stands
Greeley, s6,684; Grant, 1888; O'Conor,
1907.
TIE official majority for Grant and Wilson
in New Jersey IS IA .557.""..Charles r. Buck
alew has been sworn in as a member OF the
| Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, in
session at Harrisburg, in place of Mr.. Frazer,
of Columbia, who resigned for that purpose.
Incomplete returns from nl~nety-seVen
couaties in Illinois give totals, compared
with the vote of the same counties in 1868,
as follows:
ls6s-seymour.. IL 1902 Grant-.243. 40 Mai-5l4ls
" Koerner..--.isT $50 ogiesby. 81 ,oi2 Maj...43.4sO
The. counties of Cass, Crawford, Jasper,
Mason and Mercer. to be heard from, voted
in 1868: Seymour, 7,l2l; Grant, 1898. Ihey
are now reported to have gives Grant 772
majority, which would make his total ma
jority 55,769.....A delegation of Pennsyl-
varia politicians, beaded by Senator Came
ron, called on President Grant last week,
and re quested the appointment of one Fairs
man to the vacant Philadelphia Postmaster
ship, on the principle that he was a good
Republican. To this the Presidant replied
that he felt himself bound by the principles
of Civil Service Reform, snd would probably
promote the Deputy Postmaster, a faithful
! and efficient official. Thih little incident has
created quite a sensation among certain poll
ticians, but the course of the President is
highly commended on all Sides, outside the
SAidoO i"hlOulosOAy
TIE official majority for Grant, in Delaware
is 9Os......Greeley's majority in Tennessee is
S,213,with ten counties to hear from officially.
Grants official majority in Virginia is 1,s75.
.-...Secretary Fish positively. declares-so
says a Washington correspondent-that he
would not accept the English mission if
rendered him, but that he intends to retire
to private life after the 4th of March.-..1tis
now estimated that Secretary Boutwell, does
- - - TU,iz4~ga aAak h,k ruSll
remain in the Cabinet another four years.
TEE official vote of Illinois stands: Grant,
24o ,37s; Greeley, 1850. The vote was
| lighter by 25,37s than that cast in 1868 sees.
The vote of Maine at the late election was
the smallest cast in that State for Presi-
dent since 1S20."..The following is the
official vote of Pc Pennsylvania for President,
as compared with the October vote:
i ssz:. s s S;S:ss'' sl,;.is s $#:s$s' $685. IS: $50 ~ ! ss;sEs
The vote of Delaware:
@s sssss,:: 5ss:: q s: Sc ssEEssss1ss.=: :::z: IT, IL: 4:
The vote of Maryland:
1865. 1872.
sssfssRRtG..u..r:-...-...----..ssSS.:sa IS GTsst 90 20
THE New York Times Washington CORE
spondent says there are indications that q
sharp attack will be made in Congress on
the new civil service appointment machinery.
Two fem ale ballots were cast at Browns
town, Ind, at the late election ......O
received about 5000 votes in Georgia.
GEN. BANKS has declared his determine
ton to resign the Craftsmanship of the House
Foreign Relations Committee. Gov. Blair, of
Michigan, will also resign the head of the
Claims Committee -..Secretary Fish has
authorized the statement that he will not
H. E--1.l r-s-,o- -. a-- okLa-
diplomatic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Delano
is said to De the coming Secretary of the
Treasury-previded, of course, Mr.. Boutwell,
sccceeds to Mr.. Wilson's Senatorial ~seat.....
The total vote of South Carolina was 95,-
217; Grants majority, 1886.
General.
THE General Missionary Committee of the
Methodist Church reports the receipts for the
past year, 1851 ,o56; disbursements, $780,,
647; increase of collections over 1871 about
$50, 900. The pecuniary basis for missionary
work for 1873 was made at $500, 900, and
$I36, 600 was voted for foreign missions, and
$40, 900 for domestic.....Col. Mcdaniel, the
owner ofHarry Bassett and other we'll known
flyers, offers to match his stable for three
races against any. horse or horses in the
world, to name at post, two, three and four
mile heats, for $40, 1000 or 81 1000 each race,
races to be run over the Saratoga course,
New York, any time between the last of July
and the hrst of September, 1s73--..Congrat-
ulatory messages were exchanged, the other
day, between the Mayors of Adelaide, Aus
tralia, and New York, upon the opening of
Geographic communication......The Swiss
residents throughout the country are making
great preparations to celebrate the 565th an
niversary of Swiss independenoe......The
signal officers at Washington claim to have
traced, during the last few days, the progress
of an erial wave from its starting point in
Oregon or British Columbia eastward over the
Rocky mountains and southwark to the Gulf.
1t is thought to be kindred in its character
to an annual atmospheric phenomenon in
England that has for a long time been a diff
fcult problem for scientists. The practical
value of the discovery is believed to be con-
siderable, in that it will make it possible to
predict with considerable accuracy the
coming of winter weather.
TAE Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, in
order to make with railroads in the United
States connections the want of which has
been seriously felt in its business, has
changed its gauge to four feet eight and a
half inches. This change was made between
Sarnia and Fort Erie, q distance of 200
miles, in one day....The Supreme Court of
tn United States has decided the celebra-
ted Cherokee land case in favor of James F.
JOY, the purchaser of the lands from the
tribe......The horse distemper continues its
ravages in the West and South, and from
present indications it seems that no spot in
the country is likely to escape the trouble
some visitation. In the East it has about
run its course, and in Chicago and some of
the larger Western cities it is rapidly abat-
ing. But Columbus, Ohio, st. Paul, MINI,
and Madison, Wis, report that they have it
bad. TIL plague is slowly but surely wend-
ing its way Southwark, having brosen out
in Wilmington and other points in North
Carolina, and in Memphis, Nashville, and
Lexington. 1t is even spreading through
the rural districts of Tennessee and Kentucky,
and is said to be very fatal.
Two THOUSAND Roumanian Jews are on
their way to this country......It is said that
large amounts of counterfeit coupons of
Union Pacific railroad bonds are in c~ircula-
tion......One hundred and thirty-two cargoes
of wheat have been shipped from San Fran
cisco to England since July last.
TIE New York and San Francisco Steam
Arizona, about whose fate q painful
existed for several days, has turned
up safe, having been spoken off the coast of
Mexico, with her piston broken.....It is al
legged that startling discoveries have been
of extensive and systematic frauds in
management of the affairs of the Atlantic
and Great Western railroad, which will