Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-02
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East

THE arguments on the motion of Mr.. Evarts
to dimiss the Credit Mobilier suits on the
ground of unconstitutionality have been con-
at Hartford, and the case taken under
amusement by the Court. This closes the
Credit Mobilier case for the present. The
decision will probably be given as soon as
reached, but that time is uncertain.
NED OBALDwIN, pugilist, better known as
the Irish Giant" is again in trouble. He
has just been sentenced, at Philadelphia, to
two years in the Penitentiary for aggravated
assault.
IT is stated that $40, 900, 900 of city bonds of
the Cincinnati Southern railroad have been
negotiated in New York to a German house.
The West.
THE Yellowstone expedition has completed
its mission, and will shortly start on it's home
ward march It has been a complete success,
was inaugurated. An area of 20, 900 square
miles of unknown country has been explored,
the Indians thoroughly thrashed. and the
survey of the Northern Pacific railway COM
pleted. ..Twenty-four hours imprisonment is
the sentence pronounced upon the Manitoba
prisoners concerned in kidnapping Lord Cor
don. The temper of the Court and people
seems to have become much Modified. Gov.
Austin, of Minnesota, who was present, was
invited to a scat On the bench beside the
Judges. The trifing sentence was received
formalities of trial had been observed, the
Americans and their friends spent the
evening socially with Judge Betourney....
Chicago was visited, on the 18th inst, by a
destructive confiagration. A spark from a
passing locomotive set fire to a hay shed, which
was soon famed into a flame. A high wind
was prevailing at the time, and the fire spread
with Incredible rapidity, causing a wild panic.
The flames were not subdued until ten acres
of buildings had been consumed The num-
Der of houses burned was fifty-three, nearly
all of which were frame shanties of little
value. Total loss about $3.50, 900, one-third of
which is covered by insurance. 1.-The lost
propeller Ironsides is said to have long been in
an unseaworthy condition, and that she had
been leaking badly for several days before the
accident. -. Chicago estimate
the loss by the recent storm on Lake Michi-
gan at half a million dollars
Til Pacific Mail steamer Costa Rica was
lately wrecked on the California coast. The
passengers and crew were saved....A San
Francisco telegram says: Measures have
been taken, in military circles, to secure a
Communication of the sentence of the Modoc
prisoners Slow Luck and Boncha. The death
warrants of the other prisoners have not been
received yet at Fort Klamath The most re-
markable discoveries have been made by the
Wheeler exploring expedition in the Far
West. The Typographical and geological re-
suits of surveying Eastern Arizona are de-
is said, has been discovered with magnificent
parks, streams and woods far exceeding anyin
Colorado.
A. c.. & o. F. BADGER, bankers of Chicago.
have suspended. 80. The Railroad Committee
of the Illinois Board of Equalization are said
to have determined to assess the railroad prop
erty of the State at $50, 00O, 600.
The Orchard City Savings Bank, of Burling-
ton, Iowa, has suspended. IA fire and explo-
sion in the Yellow Jacket mine, Gold Hill,
Nevada, on the goth of September, caused the
death of six miners, and the wounding of many
more. :. Burlington, Iowa, was visited by a
disastrous confagration on the Goth of Sep
tamhar The fire broke ont in the heart of the
city and swept over two squares and a half be-
fore it could be checked. The loss is esti-
mated at about 5000, 900. The heaviest losers
were Gilbert, Hedge & Co., lumber dealers,
who lose about $120, 600. The Terre Haute
lind. )rron and NaiIWorks have been destroyed
by fire. Loss, $175, 600 insurance, $73, 600.
THE three grand arches of the great bridge
at st. Louis, it is announced, will be completed
by the middle of December. The two center
sections of one of the arches have just been
completed, thus demonstrating the feasibility
of the original plan, andits success is regarded
as one of the greatest triumphs of engineer
ing skill the world has ever seem
A SINGULAR and terrible shooting ARRAY
occurred at Independence; Mo-, last week.
James J. ChiIes, anoted desperado, met Depu-
ty Marshal James Peacock on the street, and
slapped him in the face. A fight ensued, dur
ing which a pistol fell from Chiles' pocket,
which was picked up by his son, IA years cid,
VINO hot Peacock in the back, infiicting a dan
gerous wound. Peacock then shot Chiles
through the head, killing him. A son of Pea
cock then shot young Chiles, wounding him
fatally, City Marshal FartQw, who then came
ap s9stop the fight, was slightly wounded IL
The breAst, but by whom is not known -
hdaripg and extensive plot to rob the Indi-
5Msp5iis ESpReition of diamonds and other
rEslpables h& been discovered 1t was ar
lSnged that Experienced burglars !. y sh tn,msn be
while confederafss siSS9Gfa s,t, the eas.pipe
Hmch supplies the Exposition, anA1isieh runs
through an open common. In the darkness
and confusion q raid was to be made. the cases
Se1nashed, and the xsluables secured. Since
the discovery of this plot the guardshave
been strengthened, oalcium lights provided.
and all precautions taken to frustrabe their
design.
4 sr. Paul dispatch of Sept. % says.
eRrnds - the Northern Pacific concede to-
day That Jay Cooke & Co.'s failure puts a stop
to building the road, and that when building
Will be resumed is an unanswerable question.
1t is rumored that the Minneapolis Construc-
ton Company holds short time acceptances of
the Northern Pacific for about a quarter of q
million, being about all the profit made by the
Construction Company, and its payment is
thought doubtful in financial and mercantile
circles. The feeling holds good, though, from
the latter class that the worst is over. The
bruisers Tom Allen and Mike McCoole con-
tested a prize-fight in Illinois, a few miles
above St. Louis. last week. Allen was de-
clared the victor after the eighth round, hav-
ing received scarcely a scratch. McCoolew was
badly punished. 1t IS stated that the cholera
is raging among the Russian colonists in Da-
kota.
The South.
A RAILROAD collision recently occurred near
Columbia, s. c., by which two persons were
killed, one mortally wounded, and two 9TH
ers slightly injured. The number of deaths
from fever in Shreveport is fearful to con-
template. The mortality has scarcely a prece-
dent in history. In some instances whole
families were swept out of existence in the
space of a few days. The Times of Sept. 10
says: Our stores are all closed, and our dwell
Jugs turned into hospitals. In fact, Shreve-
port is one great hospital, one great charnel-
house, and the Times merely a death-record.
The number of interments since the LIST of
September sums up 226. The number of sick
is variously estimated at from 500 to 800.
A SHREVEPORT Ga.) dispatch of the Doth
says there are less than 5000 people in the
town, 1000 of whom are either down with
fever or convalescing.
THE yellowfever is rapidly abating at Shreve-
port and Memphis series of railroad ac-
cidents, resulting in serious loss of life, occur
red in Georgia, on the 22d of September,
caused by a heavy rain-storm washing away
culverts. At Branchville a train ran into a
washed culvert, killing four persons. Another
train ran into a culvert near Millen, and three
persons were killed. ALI the killed were en-
ployes of the roads. Other accidents of a