Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-10

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Red river. james West and Levin Palmer,
both colored, have been sentenced to death at
Baltimore-the first for murder, the other for
rape on a white girl.
A LARGE band of Kickapoo Indians and
Mexican brigands are reported to be massing
on the Mexican border, opposite Brownsville,
Texas, preparatory to making a raid on the
American settlements. -. One-half of the
business portion of Townsville, Ga, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,0O0.
Washington.
IT is said a company of Americans has been
organized, who propose to purchase from the
Government of Mexico two or three of the
Mexican States, with a view to developing
their mineral resources. The States alleged
to be in view by those parties are chihuahua,
Sonora and Tamaulipas.
The Secretary of the Interior has made the
following important ruling: When a home
stead is Cancelled and a homestead claimant is
found on the land at the date of such cancel
lation, together with others, who all design
taking the land under presumption laws, the
homesteader being legally upon the land, his
settlement right rests Instantly on such cam
collation., while the claimants having gone on
the land while it was covered by said home
stead, were trespassers, and the homestead
claimant is the preferred party under the pre-
emption laws.
A LARGE amount of blank certificates of in
debtedness of the District of Columbia were
recently obtained from the printer by some
sharpers, on a forged order. The Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has ruled
that a person shall be allowed to make but one
entry under the provisions of the Timber Gull
ture act of March 8, 1873. Acknowledgement
Williams is firmly of the opinion that the pro-
ceedings of the Government against the Credit
Mobilier will be successful. The Mexican
Border Claims Commission have finished the
examination of the claims for damages SUBJ
united to them. Their final report, which has
been sent in to Secretary Fish, covers 400
cases, involving claims to the amount of
81, 600, 900.
THE internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year just closed were over $115, 600, 900, being
IS, 900, 600 above the estimates. -. The War
Department has sent to West Point, as a
trophy of the late war, the first gun fired in
the cause of the rebellion. 1t was fired at a
steamer passing Vicksburg, supposed to have
Federal arms and ammunition on board -.
The Secretary of War, after diligent investiga-
records have been removed from the depart
ment, as charged.
Foreign.
THE militia barracks in Cork were broken
open a few nights ago, and several stand of
arms taken away The telegraph wires be-
tween Baudon and Kinsale were cut about the
bdil0 Lille OoN0Td1 dTICSIS udN0 Doou uldu0,
and much excitement prevails. Gen. Nouy-
las, commandments of the Spanish Army
of the North, and several companies of his
command, have been captured by Carlists near
The yellow fever is raging in
Havana h instruction in Guatemala
still continues. The city of San Salvador. in
America, lately destroyed by an earth
quake, is being rapidly rebuilt. b Emperor
of Germany is getting better Italy is threat
ened with another Ministerial crisis IA bill
for the compensatory emancipation of Cuban
slaves is to be submitted by the Spanish Gov
eminent to the Cortes. The Carlists were
badly defeated by the Republicans at Estella,
Spain. Their loss was 600 killed and 300
wounded, while the Republicans had only four
dealer of Ottawa, Ontario, has failed
for 81, 000,0 900.
Dublin was the scene of a frightful riot on
the 7th of June, of which full accounts have
been received by mail. The occurrence of a
fire gave the lower classes a coveted OPP
portunity for plundcring and disorder. About
30, 600 of them gathered in the streets, over
powered the police, drove away the fire
to recall them to reason. The fury
Of the mob was heated by liquor, which they
pillaSed from neighboring wine-stores. After
smashing. things generally, the rioters were
by the Interference of the military,
but only after a brutal fight, in which they
with bricks. stones, and bludgeons....
items TIL report of the capture of
NOuNludS Nv Lu6 SdTUSIS WAS premature. Il
Rubio has been appointed Minister
20 London, in place of Moret y Prendergast.
N his credentials Rubio is styled the
of Spain to England. instead
ito Her Majesty the Queen of England"
the representatives of Spain to the Powers
which have not recognized the Republic are
accredited.-The Carlist leader
,aballs has had three of his officers shot, and
,thers are condemned to death.-In the city
f Seville the extreme Radicals have risen and
rected NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. disturbances are
in Malaga. The p~opulace rose against
he authorities and killed the Mayor. The
'aris Steele, conservative Republican organ,
as been seized. News comes by way of st.
etersburg that the Khan of Khiva has capt. I
ated to the Russian forces, and that the Z
apital of the Khanate is now occupied by the =
Ears troops. Holland and Acheen are I
bout to enter into negotiations for the peace I
IL settlement of their quarrel ]
JAPANEsE farmers are advised by the news t
apers of Japan to use the labor-saving agri-
machinery produced by the United
tates. -. The Catholic clergy of Brazil are a
,rbidden by the Council of State to publish n
lie bulls of the Pope until the Government =
Is accorded its permission, and the same au- !.
iority deny any civil effect to sentences of L
communication go. Hiram Powers, the, emf C
mt American sculptor, died at Florence, n
ally, on the 9th of June, aged &c. He had =
sided in Italy since 1885, =
THE crisis in Spanish affairs still continues. y
nor Margall has succeeded in constructing a "
mpromise Cabinet, and has appealed to the &
,rtes to refrain from interpretations. The y
Lrlists lately surprised and defeated Casta- N
command near Pampeluna. As an offset, :.
IN Alfonso's army has been beaten by the o
troops. Finding themselves
,rsted in the appeals to arms which they is
ade to support their aggressions on the h
heenese, the Dutch have descended to ne -
They offer to repay the Acheenese IL
,vernment the costs of it's defense, and re- tie
burse it for all the damage lone by the al
Itch troops, and to respect its religious and nj
Iitical rights, provided it will grant Dutch -,
ders privileges similar to those which they r,
Joy on the neighboring islands. In the OF
trict of Bosnia, Turkey, 27O Christians have
sn murdered within a period of six weeks M
Mohammedans, and complete anarchy pre- o.
Is. Many Christians are flying from the W
lntry.. d. Venice and the n~eighboring towns b
Northern Italy were recently shaken by an til
thquake. In Feletto, a little town of Pied IN
Mt, q church was shaken dow and thirty -
Int persons were killed and near Vittora, ~
rteen person were killed. The Vienna Expo th
on building has been a second time flooded M
a violent rain-storm. The American gal va
was badly damaged. The roof of the
Restaurant was driven in, and the
ruined. The capital of Khiva was SUI
upied by the Russian forces on the 10th of In
70. The Khan of Khiva fled to Yuman- his
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English Government has received dis DO