Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-17
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

the killing of Charles Pfefer.. New Jersey
is in raptures over the General Railroad bill,
which has been signed by the Governor, and
which, it is hoped, will put an end to the rail
road monopoly which has so long ridden that
State.
The lobby of the New Jersey House of Rep
resentatives was the scene of a disgraceful
row on the morning of the adjournment of the
Legislature. In a debate the day before a
member named Carse had called the Hon.
James NJ. Scoviu ga perjured man " and "a
scoundrel," and when Mr.: Cole and John Hood,
members, met in the hall they engaged in a
war of words. Scovin came up, and, mixing
in the quarrel, Cole called him ga liar" and
was Immediately knocked down by ScovilI-
The SpeakeT4rdared all the doors to be closed,
but before il Wassdon Carse rushed into the
Eght, and Scogin knocked him down ALSO, and
he was badly punished while he was down.
The Mayor ofyTrenton interposed, and pre-
vailed upon Scovill to leave the State-House.
and the fight ended. Coles face was much
disfgured... 1t is proposed to take all the
bodies of the Atlantic victims to Halifax and
bury them together in q public cemetery, and
erect a monument over them. The City Coun-
Gil, on application of the Provincial Govern
ment, has resolved to place a lot in the ceme-
terry at the disposal of the friends of the dead.
One hundred and seventy bodies have SO far
been recovered. t.. Nixon, under sentence of
death at New York, is completely broken down,
and the prison officers say ifhe does not die of
fright he will have to be carried to the gallows.
May 16 is is the day set for his execution. -.
Henry Briceland, the murderer of John Al
bingham, has been sentenced to be hung at
Washington, Pa. The Hon. Richard Yates,
of Illinois, ex-United States Senator, and re-
Gently appointed a Government Director of the
Union Pacific Raiiroad, was arrested n-Phila-
delphia, afew nights since.
THE New York Herald says Miss Nellie
Grant is engaged" to Thomas Murphy, Jr.,
son of ex-Collector Murphy. A large section
of the CITY of New York was plunged into
darkness the other daV- a6 the result of the
strike of the gas men..-.A. T. Stewart, the
New York dry goods king, is seriously ill with
Bright s disease of the kidneys. .Agassiz is
in failing health.
PRESIDENT GRANT was the guest of Senator
Cameron during his visit to Harrisburg, last
week....Tw of the Italians taken from
Wards Island to supply the places of men who
left the works of the New York Gas Company,
last week, preferred death to that kind of in
dustry, and drowned themselves. Others
clamored to be returned to the island, to await
less exhausting employment. The New York
East Conference has appointed a to
make arrangements, in concurrence with COM
mittees in other sections of the country, for
the proper celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the first Methodist Conference
in America.
THE Genesee valley and other parts of New
York have been visited by serious floods, in
volving great destruction of property, and, in
some cases, of human life. At Rochester, an
incident of the overflow resulted in a sad
calamity. A large number of persons were
standing on an unfinished wall by the side of
the river watching the rise of the waters,
when the wall was swept away, and ten or ff-
teen persons precipitated into the stream.
Several of them were carried over the falls
and W The election in Connecticut
resulted in the success of Ingerson, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, by a majority of
5000 votes, over the Republican and Prohibi-
ton candidates. The Congressional delega-
ton stands exactly as in the last Congress,
namely: First District, Hawley (Rep.); Sec
ond, Kellogg Rep.); Third, Starkweathel
(Rep.); Fourth, Barnum (Dem-); while the
Democrats have a majority in the Legislature.
Peter Gilsey, the largest real estate dealer
in New York, is dead.
The West.
GEN. JOIN W. WoeLEY was found dead in
his bed at the Newhan House, Milwaukee, a
few mornings since. It is believed his death
was caused by an overdose of chloroform.. :.
A most remarkable accident occurred in Pike
county, Ill, a few days since. John Bailey was
engaged in thrashing wheat with a ten-horse
machine. The ground being soft, a large guam
tity of straw had been thrown on the track tc
make solid walking for the horses. A journal
in the machine became so hot as to set the
straw on fire, and the flames spread SO rapidly
that in a few minutes the machine, a large
quantity of thrashed grain, and several ricks Of
the golden cereal were consumed. Five horses
were burned to death, and several othersmade
useless by being cooked to a crisp. One mar
nhQ mO5L Oh nb ClOLnlQR Durn6O OIL, DuG Wds
not fatally injured. - dvices from the seal
of war in the Modoc country represent the
situation as unchanged. Capt. Jack is master
Of the situation, and still defiant. The sug.
grangercandidat for Governor of Iowa ausef
considerable .f1uttering among the party
managers The organization of new oranges
continues without abatement. Nearly 1,20(
are now organized, and the number is rapidly
increasing. The members are now discussing
what action they will take in the coming cam
oS1 o-I -4es1
watching their movements THE town o.
Parkers Landing, on the Ohio river, has beer
almost totally swept out of existence by fire
hardly a building being left standing.
farmers are organizing all over Illinois
The Clinton Register says there are II organi
cations and 1,800 members in that county
and a cooperative store is being organized. =.
TIL well-known st. Louis trotting mare, Flor,
Belle, has been purchased by Alex. Lewis, o.
Chicago, for $22, 500. Burlington, Iowa, has
been visited by aaterribly destructive tornado
A grocery store was blown down, causing thu
death of seventeen persons, and woundint
nineteen others. Many other buildings wer,
unroofed, and a great deal of damage in
f1icted.
Mr. J. DIETz, a Galesburg Qn.) merchant
was killed at Cincinnati, recently, by falling
through a hatchway in a store. +. . The printer
in the Office of the Cedar Rapids Qowa) Re
publican recently went on a strike on aceoun
VI hO6AO IVY OOAh6 OnhPAOyOo Ii nc OuACC
Mrs. Workman, the wife of the Eureki
(Il-) Methodist minister, has confessed havin,
killed Mrs. Hedges, at Eureka, and says shI
did it in self defense.
DIED, recently, at Aurora, Ill, Mrs. Knapp
aged 101 years. Gould read the newspaper
without glasses up to within a few weeks O.
her death. :. Brigham Young told the Mormon
Conference at Salt Lake that he was getting
old, and wanted a young man to carry out the
work he had commenced. He has retired gen
orally from business, spiritual and commercial
and it is said he will join the new Mormon
colony in Arizona.
The South.
ALL the magistrates composing the Mem
phis county court except four have been in
dicted for voting themselves So per diem
when only authorized by law to draw 80. Foul
of the number refused to draw the additions
pay: They will be prosecuted to the extent OF
the law.
ADVANCE sheets of Gould & Co.'s new "Di
reetory give the population of twelve of the
thirteen wards of st. Louis at 42S, 126-an in
crease of III, 1852 over the census of 1870.
CHIEF-JUsTIcE CHASE has been visiting ex.
Confederate Gen. Bradley I, johnson, at Rich
Extensive preparations are made a