Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-21
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

VI 6eTIndu D0cI-S0lcrb have DcOh LluOo
800 and sentenced to six months imprison-
ment at Worcester, Mass, for violation of the
liquor law.
NEARLY 5000 cabin passengers left New
York for Europe by steamer during May, June
and July. .Cnbans in New York are prepar-
ing another large expedition to land arms and
ammunition on Cuban soil by the steamer
Virginius.
PORTLAND, Me-, was visited by a disastrous
confiagration on the 9th inst. Three steam
ers, a large warehouse, an elevator, and
several freight sheds were burned. The loss
is estimated at 5000, 900. Five persons we're
driven from one of the steamers by the flames
and own
Gov. AUSTIN, of Minnesota, visited Presi-
dent Grant at Long Branch, last week, to in
tercede in behalf of the Manitoban prisoners.
The Governor is satisfied with the Presi-
dents determination to have the matter
speedily settled. Al Bethlehem, N. H., the
other day, a ix-horse stage team ran away
and upset the vehicle, instantly killing two of
the passengers and injuring same dozen
more -Vice-President Wilson was In Boston
last week, much improved in hea 18th.
THE success of the proposed Centennial An
niversary in Philadelphia is endangered from
the rivalry of contending interests in Penn
sylvania. 1t is stated that the leading Com
missionerships are filed by Pennsylyanians
who are suspected of working for their own
interest, and h have already excited the
jealousy of some of their fe~llow-workers. 1t
is also feared that the scheme has been per-
fected upon a too comprehensive plan, and
that the sum of $15, 900, 600 will with difficulty
be raised. Much excitement has been caused
among New York petroleum dealers by
the Yy-faH-in- the prices of crude and
refined oil. The decline was produced by
the discovery of eight new wells in
Pennsylvania, which are yielding an
average of 500 barrels per day.
Three men were drowned at Pittsburgh. a few
days ago, by the sinking of a skiff ....G George
N. Saunders, SO conspicuous on the Confed-
crate side during the rebellion, died very sud-
donly in New York, last week, of heart disease.
DIED at Wilkesbarre, Pa on the 18th
native of Germany, and had smoked and
drank beer for the past century. President
Grant was the guest of Speaker Blaine during
his visit to Augusta, Me-. Anna Dickinson
denies the story that she is going on the stage
as an actress, or as ever having thought of
such a thing.
The West.
A FRIGHrFUL accident occurred at Negau-
nee, Mich, on the 9th inst. A tr~estle-work
over which a heavily-laden train of cars was
passing gave way, ~precipitating the train upon
a party of workmen beneath. Four men were
killed, and several others seriously wounded.
Jennings King, Grand Chief Patriarch of
Minnesota, has been expelled from member
ship in the order of Odd Fellows, for embez-
element of the Widows and Orphans fund,
amounting to $780,. .John w. Young, the
Western money-order forger, has been ar
rested in Boston and taken to Chicago.
George w. Cass, brother OF the late Gen.
Lewis Cass, and father of Gen. Gorge W.
Cass, of Pennsylvania, died recently
at Dresden, Ohio, aged SO years..
News comes from the Cherokee Nation that
the members of that semi-civilized tribe are
having a bloody war among themselves. The
trouble grew out of the recent election, in
which what is known as the Ross faction came
out ahead. It is the outgrowth of an old feud
of voaras atandinO A fire in the North D-
vision of Chicago, on the 9th inst, destroyed
$50, 600 worth of property. Eight frame build
ings were burned.
THE population of Iowa, according to the
census just taken, is ,249, 418. In the assess
ment of cities Dubuque ranks first in amount,
Des Moines second, Burlington third and Da-
venport fourth.
THREE men-Thomas Connerton and
Thomas and Pat Feeney, brothers-were suf-
located by foul air in a well, at Burlington,
Wis, last week. Connerton descended first,
and, falling to the bottom dead, Thomas Fee
ney went to his assistance, followed by his
brother, when both suffered the same fate. .
A band of $50 Pawnee Indians were recently
attacked by 1000 Sioux warriors. The former
we're overpowersd and leo of them slaugh-
tered. The fight occurred near the Republic
can river. e. =. Dubuque, Iowa, was visited, the
other day, by a terrific rain-storm. The fall
measured four inches in two hours, and the
water waist deep in some of the streets. The
damage in the city will amount to $15, 600 or
$40, 000. 1.-The Chicago Tribune says: 1.-THE
reports from all sections of the Northwest re-
garding the crops indicate a most bountiful
harvest. In Minnesota and Wisconsin the
yield is literally immense. The Milwaukee
Chamber of are already alarmed
about their capacity to store the 1000, 900
bushels of surplus grain they calculate upon
seeking q market. IA suit to recover illegal
freight charges paid the Milwaukee and st.
Paul road has been begun by q firm of grain
shippers in Minnesota. They claim that the
company has charged them eight and one-half
cents a bushel more than is allowed by the
law, and he's thereby extorted from them $780,
600, which they mean to get back....The new
Chicago directory contains 1873, 043 names.
IT was announced, a few days ago, that
John w. Young, the Western money-order
forger, had been arrested at Boston and taken
to Chicago. The statement was partly true.
The culprit was arrested in Boston by a Special
Agent of the Postofice Department, but
while en- route for the West jumped from the
his escape. . The recent convention of Ameri-
can dentists at PG5-in-Bay, Ohio, was the
largest gathering of t~ooth-pullers ever held.
A TELEGRAM from Fort Garry, Manitoba,
says: SIN the decoration of the courthouse
for a bazaar, in a spirit of courtesy to the
American citizens the Stars and Stripes were
suspended side by side with the British flag.
beholding the terrible disgrace of the emblem
of his alteration, in virtuous indignation he or
dered the ladies IN charge to haul down thai
flag No one obeyed his command, and he re-
tired with his feathers dropping. >. Mime
apolis, Mimi, has been visited by a destruc-
tive conflagration. The total loss is about
800, 900, with light insurance. Col. J. L.. D.
Morrison, of Illinois, has entered suit in the
United States Court at st. Louis for the re-
covery of some ZOO acres of land in st Louis
county The notorious "Lord" Gordon. fol
whose attempted abduction several American
citizens now languish in a Manitoban jail, sud
denly left Fort Garry between two days, leav-
ing his attorney and other creditors to mourn
his departure. 1t is said he has gone to the
Rocky Mountains.
HENRY PAGE, recently an inmate of the St
Joseph (Mo.) Poor-House, has fallen heir .tc
$50, 600 worth of real estate in the suburbs Of
Indianapolis.
The South.
The caterpillar has made its appearance in
the Sea Islands, and the prospects are that
the Sea Island cotton crop will prove a fail
ure....The Acknowledgement of Louisiana has
begun suit against ex-Gov. Warmoth and Joe
Hernandez, his broker, to recover q large
amount of money said to be Illegally with
drawn from the State treasury.
The Cairo and Fulton railroad is completed
to within a few miles of Red river. :. The
cholera has reappeared at Chattanooga, Tenn
Dr.. R. T. DUNN, a Deputy United States
Marshal, was assassinated by some person un.