Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-30

that he twice called upon imfor ammunition,
but received no assistance whatever. He could
have held his position at Mars La Tour on the
10th of August, but abandoned it by special
orders from the Commander-in-Chief Mar
shal Leboeuf deposed that his corps achieved Q
decisive advantage on the 10th of August, but
Bazaine orderedi 1t to fall back, fearing failure
of ammunition and provisions.
Political.
THE Democrats of the Sixth Congressional
District of New York have nominated the Hon.
8. s. Cox for Congress.
THE Democrats have a majority in the Ohio
Legislature of 16 on joint ballot, which in
sures the return of A. G.. Thurman to the
United States Senate. .McKinstry, Peoples
Independent candidate for Supreme Judge in
California, has been elected by about 5000
majority.
IT is now no longer q matter of doubt that
Allen, the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio, is elected by about 600 majority.
The Republicans have elected the rest of the
State ticket. q. e. Carpenters majority for Gov
error of Iowa will be in the ~neighborhood of
20, 600. Butler predicts that there will
be a dozen bills to repeal the salary act intro
duced within ten minutes after Congress as
sembles. -. The st. Louis Times says b. Gratz
Brown aspires to Carl Schurz' seat in the
Senate.
General.
SENATOR SUMNER, yielding to the advice of
his friends, has renowned thelecture-ield for
the present season.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says It is reported
that costly goods are being reshipped to Eu
rope because there is no market for them in
laces and ribbons are chief ~amongithese reship-
ments. No loss to the country in import
duties is occasioned, but owners lose heavily
in the cost of freight, insurance and handling.
-. great storm of the Oath and 25th of
August, on the New Brunswick coast, was one
of the most terrific and destructive cyclones
of which history furnishes any record. A
report of the damage done by the gale has
been prepared and published by the Signal
Office at Washington. About 1852 vessels,
of which 425 were small fishing schooners,
are known to have been destroyed in the
-neighborhood of the Gulf of st. Lawrence
and the Atlantic shores of Nova Scotia, Cape
Breton, and Newfoundland. In addition to
this large number, over 80 vessels were de-
stroyed by the same storm in its course be-
fore reaching Nova Scotia, making q total of
1,122 vessels destroyed within q few days.
Some 223 lives are definitely reported lost,
and the most moderate estimate of numerous
cases, in which whole crews are stated to have
been lost, swells the number to nearly 500,
while if to this be added the loss of life on
land and in the earlier history of The cyclone,
the grand total amounts to at least 900 lives.
Records also show that about 300 buildings
were injured or fatally destroyed by the
storm.
LOUIS RIEL, the Manitoban rebel, has been
elected to the Canadian Parliament by accla-
nation, and has left for Ottawa, although he
is under Indictment in Manitoba, jointly with
Lepine, one of his staff, during The rebellion,
for the murder of Scott.
GEORGE Francis TRAIN has again sailed for
Europe. He makes the gratifying announce
nent that he viii never return to America.
A national convention of Fire Marshals has
- - -
week, discussing the various modes of fight
ing the fiery fend- 1.-The engineers desig-
mated By the War Department to examine the
bridge across the Mississippi ats Louis have
to navigation AS the plans cannot
now be changed without cost, it is
proposed to obviate the difficulty BY cutting q
canal behind the eastern abutment 125 feet
wide and 800 feet long, with a draw Of the
same width.
RECENT FIREs: Morgan Bros. lumber mill,
at Oshkosh, Wis; loss, $4s, 600 ; insurance,
s11, 900. AT Topeka, Kansas; the offices of
the Commonwealth, Kansas Endngesicd1, and
Kansas Monitor newspapers burned, with
other establishments loss, $i00, 600; insured
for $50, 000.. Colt and Posts ~planing-mill,
Oswego, N. Y; loss, $4,000; insurance,
SIT, 900. 1t has been frequently decided by
the State courts that q railroad company sus-
tains the same responsibility toward a paesen-
ger who rides on a pass as toward one who
pays his fare. This doctrine is now cor
by the Supreme Court of the United
States, which has just given q decision affirm
ing y Judgment by the United States District
for the District of New York, in q suit
against. the Central railroad for damages
suffered by 3 droyer, who was travelling on q
dead-hesd ticket.
THE Cunard Steamship Company have with
drawn their vessels from the West India line,
and will shortly establish a daily line between
and New York......The National
Board of Trade was In session in Chicago last
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