Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

I'VE w SO uVufAuN
The East.
A COMPLIMENTARY dinner and reception was
given to Cakes Ames by his fellow-citizens OF
North Easten, Mass, on the occasion of his
arrival home. The gentleman appointed to
deliver the welcoming speech performed his
part well, p~ronouncing him that noblest WORK
of God, an honest man. and closing with the
sentiments: seThe Hon. Cakes Ames like gold
from the crucible, he has passed through the
fiery ordeal and come out brighter and purer.
..Henry Howard is the Republican candidate
for Governor of Rhode Island. ~
THOMAS F. ANDERSON, cashier of a bank at
Franklin, Pa, recently set fire to the notes,
bonds and papers of the institution, and then
shot himself through the head. George
Francis Train, who is confined in the New York
Tombs, insists that he is insane, and a medical
commission has been appointed to determine
LARGE numbers of orders are being received
at New York from Europe to purchase wooden
vessels to replace the iron ones lost in the
last years gales. Some brokers say they find
find it impossible. to fill their commissions
fast enough. al
AT Syracuse, N. Y, the other day, a young
man named Keller brutally murdered his
cousin-Miss Ida Spencer, aged 14-by beating
out her brains with an iron bar. The motive
for the crime is unknown. AThe prohibition
lists of Rhode Island have nominated a full
ticket for 6tate4ofheers. so ny
THE office of the President of the Pennsyl-
vania and Western railroad was robbed in New
York, recently, of $685. 600 in bonds THE
famous New York prison, known as the Tombs,
is to be demolished and replaced by q new
structure. \. The medical commission appoint
ed at New York to examine the mental condi-
ton of George Francis Train report him to be
a man of good education and brilliant intellect,
but undoubtedly Of unsound mind. 1t is pro-
babe he will be turned loose, as he is not re-
garded asa dangerous man, and therefore not
a fit subject for commitment to an asylum.
Trains latest assertion is hat in 30 days not
one. stone in thesbastile shall be1eft standing
upon another, and that the streetsaof New York
are to run with blood
The West.
A FATAL epidemic has been raging among
the cattle in the vicinity of Lawrenceburg,
Ind. Forty-nine out of a lot of sixty-two died
within three days. . The epizootic is seriously
interfering with mining operations in Nevada.
Several Quartz mills have been foreed~tos sus-
pend. AFt&$
The political excitement at Salt Lake has
died out, the utmost good nature exists be-
tween Mormon and Gentiles, and the business
prospects are said to be unusually promising.
....There were two@hangings in Illinois on
Friday, the 14th of March-George Driver, at
Chicago, for the murder of his wife, in Novem-
Der last; and John Marion Osborne, at Knox
vile, Knox county, for the murder of Mrs.
Adelia M. Matthews, IN August, 1s72:...The
German Savings Bank at Kansas City, Mo-, was
recently burglarized to a heavy amount.
John Kelsey was shot at Centeryille, o., the
other day, by Miss Ella Benham, a discarded
lover. Nevada has been having a little speck
of Internal war. The Acknowledgement re-
fused to surrender the Office of Warden of the
Penitentiary, and conform to the new law de-
taching the two Offices, whereupon Gov. Brad
ley marched upon the Penitentiary with militia
and cannon, and forced the surrender of the
rebellious officer, who will probably be i'm
peached....A proposition has been introduced
into the Michigan Legislature for the appoint
ment of Railway Commissioners, who shall
have powerto enforce the general railway law
and have a supervision of all police regulations
concerning railways in the State. An effort
viii be made for another conference with Capt.
Jack, the -Modoc chief, though there is little
hope of a peaceful settlement. /. The epizootic
is raging Throughout Arizona, and stage travel
and the mails are much delayed. .D-A Ma
honey, editor of the Dubuque Telegraph, has
sued the cityof Dubuque for $40, 900 damages
sustained byNa fall on the slippery pavement,
which resulted in a broken arm
NEW peace commission has been organ
lied to treat with the Modoc Indians, Capt.
Jack having expressed a desire to have an
other conference.
EMMA HALE, a waiter in the Fisher House,
Three Rivers, Mich, committed suicide last
week by taking strychnine. "a German,
named Albert Goetz, was murdered in a dance
p p0dss Of j 0n nsh w 1n lii literally r + eut his dsg throat Po.
from ear to ear. The farmers in the vicinity
of Jacksonville, Ill, report that at least one
half. if not two-thirds, of the honey bees have
been killed by the severe winter just past.
The South.
EZRA CLEVER, aged 10, recently killed his
father in Hardin county, KY, by striking him
with a shovel e3
THE Annual Conference of the Methodist
Church has found the Rev. DR.. Huston, of
Baltimore, guilty of the crime charged against
him, and decreed his expulsion. The matter
will be appealed to the General Conference.
ROBERT T. LEE, JR., son of the late Gen.
Lee, is the prospective Democratic candidate
for Governor of Virginia. /. The Falls City To-
bacco Bank robbery, at Louisville, foots up
$3.50, 600. The bank offers a reward of $50, 900
for the return of the bonds, or 25 per cent. of
the amount returned, and no questions asked
also, offers a reward of $500 each for the cap
ture of the burglars.
THE Memphis and Little Rock railroad was
recently SOLD at auction for $4,000.
THROUGH trains are now run from Galveston
to st. Louis by the1Texas Central road.
Washington.
TIE President has appointed Rev. Edward
PaysonlSnith, of New York, to be Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs ..A@-Washington
correspondent says "The country has been
misinformed in relation to Congress
legislation with regard to the postal
laws this session. The F~arnsnorth bin, re-
ducing letter postage to 2 cents, and providing
for the prepayment of postage on mail mat
passed the House, but failed in the Sem
ate. There was an amendment to the Post
Approprlationc bill, which repeats all ex-
sting acts with regard to free mail matter.
Of course, Includes exchanges between
newspapers and free postage on papers circu-
ated in the counties where they are pub
ished. The law takes effect on the 1st @of
July. r.. The statement that the Attorney
General had decided that the eastern erminus
# the Union Pacific railroad is at Council
Bluffs instead of at Omaha seems to be
as he still has the matter under
onsideration. The President has desig-
for appointment as Cadet Midshipman-
It-Large Frank Crockey, of Iowa, son of the
ate Brig. Gen. NJ. G.. Crockey, formerly of
)esMoines -. Among the recent appoint
nents of Postmasters are the following
Arthur d. Downs, Wyandotte, Kan; Simon
10lz; Hayes City, Kan.;- Frederick D.. Rich
e, Council Grove, Kan.; NJ. Il. Baldwin,
slgin, Ill; Gustayus A. Pfrangle, Aurora,
Il; William O.. Stewart, Marengo, ILL.,; John
!. Karnew, Fort Wayne, Ind. JOIN B. Tyer,
Wabash, Ind; H. NJ. Redington, Elyria, o.:
1homas W. Golfer, Coshocton, o.; II. B. Clark,
q Harry Stavana0n Greapvi11ar n