Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-11-13
The Transportation Question.

QuCSOlOHs
The committee of the United States
Senate are now prosecuting their in
quiries into matters pertaining to the
carrying trade with very gratifying ear
nestness and vigor. It is very likely
that an able and exhaustive report upon
this important subject will be submitted
to Congress Immediately at the opening
of the session. In the language of
Senator Conkling "In the East and
the West the problem of creating chan
nels for commerce will assert itself and
hold supremacy until it is successfully
solved" The popular mind is now
fully aroused to the vast interests in
volved in the question, and the ag1ta-
ton prevailing will not subside until
every effort has been exhausted which
promises to bring producer and con-
sumer nearer to each other. There is
no stimulant so potent as sef-interest
in directing the thought and the action
of the masses, and in this matter every
man in the country may be said to have
a practical concern. At the same time
there are difficulties in the way of ac-
complishing the objects in view which
it will not do to ignore or overrate. One
of these is the jealousy with which any
local system of internal improvements
undertaken by the Federal Government
is likely to be regarded in certain guar
ters and the other is the opposition of
the existing companies, whose monopo-
ly of the carrying business will be
threatened. But the necessity for a
remedy Of the evils complained of is
SO imperative and urgent that all minor
considerations must give way before it.
The interior of our continent, the gran
ary of the world, must have direct, con-
tinuous, and uninterrupted outlets to
the ocean, and to secure this no sacrifice
can be too great.-I'ater- Ocean.
Wrestling Match-America VS.. England
An international wrestling match be
tween Albert Ellis, of London, England
and John Mcmahon, of Rutland, vt.
champions of their respective countries
came off last week, in New York. Mem
bers of the sporting fraternity from
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Chi
cago, and other cities were present, anC
showed great interest in the match
Mcmahon weighed 1872 pounds, while
Ellis turned the beam at 1873. Homer
| Lane, ex-champion Of America, wa:
agreed ON as referee, Mike Coburn act
ing as umpire for McMahon, while
Robert P. Browning, of Cornwall, En-
gland, officiated for Ellis. McMaho1
had the advantage in weight, Ellis IL
agility and skill. Lock after lock wal
made and broken with the greatest ia
pidity and dexterity, until finally Nc
Mahon threw Ellis heavily, and claimed
the first fall. A scene of confusion fol
lowed, the friends of Ellis claiming tha
only one of Ellis shoulders had touched
the ground. The match at this poln
showed evidence of breaking up. Th
fall, however, having been acknowledge
by Ellis, the play proceeded, and Nc
Mahon lost the next fall by a foul, ae
cidentally given, and promptly acknowl
edged. Fourteen breaks were the
made, Ellis avoiding fails by turnin
while going down, and carrying th
house with him at every display of hi
extraordinary quickness in gettin
away. At last, by terrible swim
from the left hip, and an inside loc
during the swing, McMahon thre'
Ellis heavily on his back, and game
the third and de iding fall. So th
championship was won by Mcmahon.