Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-09
The September report of the Department of

1O6pOuBc W ali INJURY NuoLu0T d per
son who sells brandy peaches, brandy cherries,
ETC., is liable to a special tax as a liquor dealer,
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue replies
that unless said articles are bona tide sold as
such, and contain only the necessary quantity
of brandy to preserve the fruit, the dealer
must pay a special tax for selling brandy.
Two roughs who, while partially drunk, called
out to President Graut in q rude and bolster
GUS manner as he was riding to church with
his family last Sunday, were arrested and fined
S5 for disorderly conduct.
Mrs. BELLA LOCKWOOD has been admitted
to practice as an attorney in the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia. The financial
troubles have caused a large falling off of in
ternal revenue receipts. The Comptroller of
the Currency states that he cannot legally ap-
point a receiver for a national bank on account
of refussls- by a national bank to pay money,
which gives certified checks in lieu therefor,
rs is now the general practice in nearly all of
the large cities Ia Washington dispatch
says a printed circular will be sent to the
creditors of Jay Cooke & Co., stating the
terms of compromise which they have decided
be done until replies have have been received
from all the creditors. The official state
ment shows that the United States currency
of all kinds outstanding at this date is $402,-
S23, 030.
Foreign.
SEVERAL persons were killed and injured by
a recent railway accident near Carlisle, En-
gland. The deaths are announced of Sebas-
tiano Olazaga, the well-known Spanish states
man; Jean Chacornac, the eminent French
astronomer; and James Clay, member of Par
Lament for Hull, England. Discussions in
the ranks of the Carlists in Spain continue,
and they are growing disheartened. Money,
artillery and ammunition are growing uncom-
fortably scarce. IA Paris telegram says:
Members of the Right assert that the Assem-
bly, will declare in favor of the restoration of
a monarchy before November.
RAILWAY accidents arc becoming alarmingIy
frequent in England. A recent London tele-
gram records nine accidents in one day on En-
lish railroads. 49,. The Spanish town of Ali
cante was recently bombarded by the insurg-
ent iron-clads, which gothandsomely whipped,
and were compelled to withdraw. 1t is an
nounced that Theirs will assume the leader
ship of the opposition in the French Assembly.
....Louisa Muhlbach, the celebrated German
novelist, is dead
THE typhoid fever prevails to an alarming
extent in London The Carlists in the north
Of Spain have recently met with a series of
damaging reverses. Discomfort and demorali-
cation are spreading in their ranks. In the
meantime, the enthusiasm for the national
cause is increasing in the northern Provinces.
flight persons were killed in Alicante dur
ing the bombardment. ...Th police have
closed the gambling houses in Madrid.
IT is stated that Franco has resolved to
carry out, with great activity, the execution of
a 6CbO1dI P1d N41Ch VIII D1uo UOSOL1OI LII bu6
Notifications in France by connecting them
with Paris. b important announcement is
made by telegraph from Paris that Cardinal
CASTOR de Bonnechase has gone to Rome for
the purpose of inviting the Pope to make a
journey to Paris to witness the ceremonies of
the re-establishment of monarchy, and conse-
crate de Chambord as King Henry v. of France.
Hughes is lecturing in England on
America. He advises all who desire to emil
CRATE to go to Canada or the United States &C.,
Don Carlos, as King of Spain, has issued q
postage-stamp bearing his portrait. Three
criminals lately executed at lobe, Japan, were
beheaded, their skulls battered in, the brains
scooped out, and the hearts torn from the
bodies. The price of coal is steadily advanc-
ing in England. Accidents continue of fire.
quent occurrence on the British railways.
London and Marlborough Express, in which
several were killed and wounded. :. France
has been divided into eighteen military depart
ments,- under the following commanders:
D'Aumale, Clinchaut, Montaudon, Lebrun, |
Bataille, Douay, Ducrot, Cissey,
Lalemand, Lartigue, Picard, Bour-
baki, Espivont, Aymard, Fenelon, and Palla-
dimes. =. TIL natives of Omao, a town in one
of the West India Islands, lately committed
gross outrage upon the British Consul and
imprisoned several of Her Majesty's subjects.
The British Tar-steamer Niobe demanded sat
of the authorities, which being re-
fused, she proceeded to lombard the fort,
which was silenced after three hours fighting,
IN which several of the enemy were killed and
wounded. The affair was arranged by the
release of the imprisoned British subjects, and
'he payment of an indemnity of $50, 600.
Political.
The following is the ticket nominated by
he Liberals and Democrats of Wisconsin, at
heir recent convention at Milwaukee: Gov
William r. Taylor, of Dane county :
C. D.. Parker, of La
Crosse Secretary of State, Peter Doyle, of
Prairie du Chen; Acknowledgement, A. Scott
SlOan- of Dodge Snnerintandant of Schools
Edward Soaring, of Rock county Emigration
Commissioner, Martin j. Argard, of Eau
Claire T New York Republican State
Convention, recently in session at Utica,
'assed a resolution d~enouncing the SALARY
,rab. .Mosby and Hughes, of Virginia,
ave postponed their duel till after the cleo
ION.
THERE has been another revolution in Ar
,ansas politics. The Acknowledgement has
the suit against Gov. Baxter, the
after has disbanded the militia, and the Re-
organ at Little Rock has declared in
avor of Baxter. The Governor declares that
is general policy will remain unchanged,
lbeit charges are freely made that he has
old out. ,
General.
CRoP reports for September, received by the
department. of Agriculture, present a COM
lete summary of the wheat crop for 1873. !
here is manifest improvement in the yield of {
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio. Kan !
AS, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in Illinois, {
and Michigan there is little difference {
the crop of 1872. while California and ,
1diana have been less favored than last year. l
ho Commissioner of Agriculture believes {
lat the decrease of yield, in nearly every in 1
ance, can be traced to the want of intelligent
Iltiyation IA series of robberies and foul
have recently been committed on
le United States citizens residing and travel =
g on the Mexican border of Texas which seem {
indicate that the banditti select Americans as {
le victims, either as a retaliation for Gen. 4
ackenzie's raid into the Kickapoo camp in @
exico, or because the authorities are so I'M q
iendly to the Americans that such crimes
IN be perpetrated without fear of punish :,
ent. In many Instances the perpetrators Z
ave been arrested and their guilt established, 4
1T they are never punished. The facts have i
zen proven before the United States Consuls n
I'd sent to Washington, in the hope that re- =
will be demanded. =
JAMES GIBBONS, exp sident of the Fenian !.
rotherhood, is dead. =
THE schooner Three Brothers recently foun- q
on the coast of Newfoundland, and all .
board, twenty-one in number, were lost -. n
ecent deaths John B. Baldwin, a promi- g,
mt Virginian, and ex-Speaker of the Confed- =,
ate House of Representatives Lieut.. Hun =,
of the navy and Admiral Winslow, also u
the navy, who was in NINA of the Kear- CT
rye when she sank the Alabama. n